5.8/10465 votesLoading...#1 - Criminal Justice
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 5/4/2021
When a young man accidentally shoots a cop in self-defense and goes on the run, the team members find themselves in a moral dilemma on the best way to carry out justice. Also, Barnes and her wife struggle with their plans to have another child.
Director: Milena Govich
Writer: Richard Sweren
6.5/10524 votesLoading...#2 - Patriots
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2021
New Fugitive Task Force member Kristin Gaines joins Jess and the team, as they head to D.C. to find a dangerous fugitive from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Director: Peter Stebbings
Writer: Richard Sweren
6.6/10139 votesLoading...#3 - White Buffalo
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/2024
After a simple act of defiance by a couple of young climate activists goes south, the Fugitive Task Force works to hunt them down before their plans take a devastating turn. Meanwhile, Nina and Scola face family drama when they host her father and sister after they come to town.
Director: Peter Stebbings
Writer: Wendy West
6.8/10393 votesLoading...#4 - Iron Pipeline
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2022
When a family of four from New York is found dead in a Georgia motel room, the Fugitive Task Force investigates a connection between the victims and the sale of illegal firearms. Also, Barnes struggles with Remy's leadership style upon her return from maternity leave, and Remy and his sister plan for their mother's care.
Director: Peter Stebbings
Writer: Richard Sweren
6.9/10267 votesLoading...#5 - Patent Pending
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2022
After a tech entrepreneur is abducted from a rave in Brooklyn and found bludgeoned to death at his estate in Connecticut, Remy and the team must dive into the world of psychedelics to find his killer.
Director: Sudz Sutherland
Writer: Ryan Causey
7.0/10328 votesLoading...#6 - Taxman
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2022
Rookie agent Ray Cannon joins the Fugitive Task Force as they hunt down a mysterious killer targeting IRS offices.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: David Hudgins
7.1/10324 votesLoading...#7 - Inherited
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2021
The team must determine if the kidnapping of a young Chinese-American woman is a random hate crime or if she was specifically targeted, in order to find her. Also, Jess and Sarah struggle with Tali’s continued rebellious streak.
Director: Romeo Tirone
Writer: Wendy West
7.1/10289 votesLoading...#8 - Incel
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 3/22/2022
The team must track down a murderous member of the incel community targeting those he believes never give him a chance. Also, Barnes, Hana, Ortiz and Kristin deal with their grief in the wake of Jess’ death.
Director: Carlos Bernard
Writer: Zach Cannon
7.1/10300 votesLoading...#9 - Karma
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2022
The team's Thanksgiving plans are put on hold when they are brought in to investigate whether a shooting at a Buddhist temple was a hate crime or something more personal. Also, Remy and April make a tough decision.
Director: Cory Bowles
Writer: D. Dona Le
7.2/10584 votesLoading...#10 - Dopesick
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2020
Jess LaCroix and his elite team of FBI Fugitive Task Force agents track a doctor who's deeply involved in a world of organized crime, drugs and lies, and is on the run after a phone call records him delivering his wife's fatal shot.
Director: Fred Berner
Writer: René Balcer
7.2/10487 votesLoading...#11 - Defender
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2020
A single mother goes into a deadly rampage at a Public Defender's office, taking justice into her own hands after her son is given a harsh sentence for a petty crime. Also, Jess worries how his daughter Tali is handling life without her mother.
Director: Nicole Cummins-Rubio
Writer: Richard Sweren
7.2/10436 votesLoading...#12 - Hairtrigger
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2020
When a young man is traumatized by his experience surviving a mass shooting, and radicalized into becoming an anti-government terrorist, the team must act quickly to track him down before he can exact revenge on those he believes failed him.
Director: Jim McKay
Writer: N/A
7.2/10420 votesLoading...#13 - Caesar
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2020
Barnes goes on a dangerous undercover mission involving an ambitious gang leader who is plotting turf wars and massacres across the Bronx in a bid for more power.
Director: Fred Berner
Writer: Kathy McCormick
7.2/10370 votesLoading...#14 - Silkworm
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2020
After a former counter-intelligence officer is caught leaking classified information to a foreign government and attacks his former partners, the team must track him down before he escapes the country.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: Dwain Worrell
7.2/10378 votesLoading...#15 - Rampage
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/2020
With COVID-19 devastating the country, two gunmen take out their desperation and rage on the elite class they perceive to be oppressing them; Jess' father returns and may not be over his old ways.
Director: Jim McKay
Writer: Richard Sweren
7.2/10284 votesLoading...#16 - Decriminalized
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/29/2022
The team gets called to Vermont after a married couple who grow illegal marijuana massacres their employees. Also, Barnes begins to regret not taking any time off to bond with her new baby.
Director: Timothy Busfield
Writer: Melissa Scrivner-Love
7.2/10272 votesLoading...#17 - Black Mirror
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/14/2023
When two Vermont teens are kidnapped on their way home from a basketball game, the team is led to a wayward pastor and his brother. Also, Remy attends a hearing for his brother's murderer.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: Richard Sweren
7.3/10338 votesLoading...#18 - The Line
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/26/2021
After a rogue militia group opens fire on several teenagers crossing the Canadian border into the U.S., the team races to find the ringleader and his final target. Also, Jess' relationship with his father, Byron reaches a breaking point.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: Dwain Worrell
7.3/10323 votesLoading...#19 - Tough Love
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2021
When a judge known for serving harsh sentences to juveniles is murdered, the team looks into his lengthy list of cases in the hunt for his killer. Also, Kristin faces family hurdles while resettling with her teenage daughter in New York City.
Director: Marc Roskin
Writer: Stephanie Sengupta
7.3/10285 votesLoading...#20 - Succession
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2022
After a heist in the Diamond District leaves three dead, the team's search for the fugitives reveals a dangerous connection to Kristin’s undercover past in Miami.
Director: Tess Malone
Writer: Wendy West
7.3/10288 votesLoading...#21 - Gold Diggers
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2022
The murder of a geology professor leads the team to uncover an ancient legend regarding a secret treasure dating to the civil war, and they encounter a deadly fugitive determined to kill to find the gold. Meanwhile, an old friend from Remy's past shakes up his relationship with April.
Director: Don McCutcheon
Writer: Stephanie Sengupta
7.3/10279 votesLoading...#22 - False Flag
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/2023
The team is thrown for a loop when they discover the abductor of a disgraced state police detective is connected to someone from a recent case.
Director: Cory Bowles
Writer: Zach Cannon
7.3/10252 votesLoading...#23 - Wanted: America
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/28/2023
When a rising star athlete is found violently murdered, the team chases after one of her teammates and his girlfriend; Remy reunites with a true crime show producer from his past.
Director: Ludovic Littee
Writer: Wendy West
7.3/10248 votesLoading...#24 - Above & Beyond
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/13/2024
When a mysterious deal goes south, leaving behind multiple bodies, the Fugitive Task Force heads to Virginia to put the pieces together with the help of a familiar face and new addition to the team, Special Agent Nina Chase.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: Elizabeth Rinehart, David Hudgins
7.4/10348 votesLoading...#25 - Anonymous
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/19/2021
The team searches for a young woman who is heading down a deadly path of vengeance, using ties to an online radical conspiracy organization to further her cause. Also, Barnes must make a life-changing decision, finding it hard to not let the dark side of her job affect her.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: Spindrift Beck
The Worst Episodes of FBI: Most Wanted
Every episode of FBI: Most Wanted ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of FBI: Most Wanted!
The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee the highly skilled team that...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:CBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"Criminal Justice" is the worst rated episode of "FBI: Most Wanted". It scored 5.8/10 based on 465 votes. Directed by Milena Govich and written by Richard Sweren, it aired on 5/4/2021. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Patriots".