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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    I AM A KILLER Season 5 Episode 4 - If Things Were Different
    4.9/10(107 votes)

    #1 - If Things Were Different

    S5:E4

    Ezdeth Highley reflects on her murder conviction, her transition while being incarcerated and what she's learned during her ongoing 60-year sentence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. I AM A KILLER Season 3 Episode 2 - Someone Else
    6.0/10(146 votes)

    #2 - Someone Else

    S3:E2

    On death row for murder, Deryl Madison reflects on his struggles with mental illness and finds support from an anti-capital punishment advocate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. I AM A KILLER Season 3 Episode 1 - A Question of Loyalty
    6.1/10(175 votes)

    #3 - A Question of Loyalty

    S3:E1

    Subjected to abuse throughout her life, Victoria Smith confessed to killing her husband. But someone close to the case has doubts about her admission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. I AM A KILLER Season 3 Episode 3 - History Repeating
    6.3/10(138 votes)

    #4 - History Repeating

    S3:E3

    Daniel Paulsrud says his fatal shooting of partner Leslie was an accident. But accounts from her family — and his handwritten notes — raise doubts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. I AM A KILLER Season 3 Episode 4 - Blackout
    6.3/10(144 votes)

    #5 - Blackout

    S3:E4

    James Walker claims he has no recollection of the 2001 murder he confessed to committing. An investigation into his traumatic past offers more context.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. I AM A KILLER Season 5 Episode 1 - Redemption
    6.4/10(102 votes)

    #6 - Redemption

    S5:E1

    By helping his fellow inmates, Jamel Hatcher feels he's turned his life around — but not everyone believes his rehabilitation is genuine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 1 - In Her Hands
    6.5/10(329 votes)

    #7 - In Her Hands

    S2:E1

    One of the small number of women who commit murder, Lindsay Haugen claims that she strangled her depressed boyfriend in 2015 as an act of mercy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 8 - A Silent Order
    6.5/10(194 votes)

    #8 - A Silent Order

    S2:E8

    At a New Year's Eve party in 1996, Brandon Hutchison killed two brothers, a crime he admits — but there are conflicting versions of the story.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 10 - Honorable Intentions
    6.5/10(192 votes)

    #9 - Honorable Intentions

    S2:E10

    Mark Arthur maintains that he murdered a friend's father on a Houston highway for savagely beating his wife. But police have a different theory.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. I AM A KILLER Season 4 Episode 3 - Serving Time
    6.5/10(113 votes)

    #10 - Serving Time

    S4:E3

    Years after leaving the military, Toby Gregory claims his service and PTSD caused him to murder his wife, Inez. But Inez's family believes otherwise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. I AM A KILLER Season 4 Episode 6 - Friendly Fire
    6.5/10(110 votes)

    #11 - Friendly Fire

    S4:E6

    After fatally shooting a coworker, Thomas "TJ" Schiffens maintains his innocence. But details surrounding the crime suggest TJ had a motive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. I AM A KILLER Season 6 Episode 4 - A Common Purpose
    6.5/10(63 votes)

    #12 - A Common Purpose

    S6:E4

    When threatening messages escalate into an assault that leaves one teen dead and another severely injured, Kimberly Dunkin reflects on her involvement.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 3 - Pyro Joe
    6.6/10(229 votes)

    #13 - Pyro Joe

    S2:E3

    After 24 years on death row, Joseph Murphy saw his sentence commuted a week before his execution due to the extreme abuse he suffered as a child.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. I AM A KILLER Season 4 Episode 2 - A Mother's Love
    6.6/10(131 votes)

    #14 - A Mother's Love

    S4:E2

    In prison for killing her husband, a woman details her past abuse and her turbulent marriage. Her mother also reflects on their strained relationship.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. I AM A KILLER Season 4 Episode 4 - A Father's Shadow
    6.6/10(120 votes)

    #15 - A Father's Shadow

    S4:E4

    Enraged over his rebellious daughter's choice in men, an extremist father enlists his son in a terrifying plot of intimidation and murder.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 10 - A Matter of Life and Death
    6.8/10(241 votes)

    #16 - A Matter of Life and Death

    S1:E10

    Convicted murderer Wayne Doty admits his guilt but requests that his execution be carried out by electric chair, a method no longer used in Florida.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. I AM A KILLER Season 2 Episode 5 - Overkill
    6.8/10(205 votes)

    #17 - Overkill

    S2:E5

    In 1996, David Barnett murdered his adoptive grandparents, stabbing them over 20 times. Later, he revealed years of abuse at the hands of his father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. I AM A KILLER Season 6 Episode 3 - Defense of Another
    6.8/10(69 votes)

    #18 - Defense of Another

    S6:E3

    Serving 20 years in prison for a bar brawl gone awry, Walter Triplett maintains that racial profiling played the biggest factor in his conviction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. I AM A KILLER Season 3 Episode 5 - Rolling the Dice
    6.9/10(133 votes)

    #19 - Rolling the Dice

    S3:E5

    Accept a plea deal or go to trial? Three men receive radically different prison sentences for their roles in the fatal shooting of a cab driver.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. I AM A KILLER Season 4 Episode 1 - Family Matters
    6.9/10(139 votes)

    #20 - Family Matters

    S4:E1

    A murderer recounts the crime that ended one life and ruined his own. Those affected, including a police officer and the victim's family, also speak.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. I AM A KILLER Season 6 Episode 1 - A Mother's Choice (1)
    6.9/10(79 votes)

    #21 - A Mother's Choice (1)

    S6:E1

    A botched drug deal is only the beginning when Candie Dominguez assists her boyfriend, Daniel Lopez, in his gruesome killing of her cousin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 5 - Intended Evil
    7.0/10(294 votes)

    #22 - Intended Evil

    S1:E5

    After shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new lover, Charles Thompson is charged with manslaughter -- until his ex dies due to a hospital error.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 6 - Declared Competent
    7.0/10(259 votes)

    #23 - Declared Competent

    S1:E6

    No one -- including David Lewis himself -- disputes that he committed murder. But Lewis's mental fitness remains in doubt despite his death sentence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. I AM A KILLER Season 1 Episode 8 - Hunted
    7.0/10(257 votes)

    #24 - Hunted

    S1:E8

    Robert Shafer and a friend target a same-sex couple in a robbery, but their crime spins out of control into kidnapping and double murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. I AM A KILLER Season 3 Episode 6 - A Bad Day
    7.0/10(135 votes)

    #25 - A Bad Day

    S3:E6

    David Cameron Keith recalls the day he took a young hostage before heading to an airport and killing the pilot who volunteered to take the child's place.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"If Things Were Different" is the worst rated episode of "I AM A KILLER". It scored 4.9/10 based on 107 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/16/2024. This episode scored 1.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Someone Else".