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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...
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Network:CBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"Criminal Justice" is the worst rated episode of "FBI: Most Wanted". It scored 5.8/10 based on 469 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".

  • Criminal Justice
    5.8/10469 votes
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    #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

  • Patriots
    6.5/10527 votes
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    #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

  • Iron Pipeline
    6.8/10394 votes
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    #3 - 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

  • White Buffalo
    6.8/10175 votes
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    #4 - 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

  • Patent Pending
    6.9/10268 votes
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    #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

  • Taxman
    7.0/10328 votes
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    #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

  • Inherited
    7.1/10325 votes
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    #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

  • Incel
    7.1/10291 votes
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    #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

  • Karma
    7.1/10300 votes
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    #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

  • Dopesick
    7.2/10589 votes
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    #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

  • Defender
    7.2/10491 votes
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    #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

  • Hairtrigger
    7.2/10442 votes
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    #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

  • Caesar
    7.2/10425 votes
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    #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

  • Silkworm
    7.2/10376 votes
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    #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

  • Rampage
    7.2/10382 votes
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    #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

  • Decriminalized
    7.2/10285 votes
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    #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

  • Black Mirror
    7.2/10273 votes
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    #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

  • The Line
    7.3/10342 votes
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    #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

  • Tough Love
    7.3/10324 votes
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    #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

  • Succession
    7.3/10285 votes
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    #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

  • Gold Diggers
    7.3/10288 votes
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    #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

  • False Flag
    7.3/10280 votes
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    #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

  • Wanted: America
    7.3/10253 votes
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    #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

  • Above & Beyond
    7.3/10252 votes
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    #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

  • Anonymous
    7.4/10351 votes
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    #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