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#1 - Please Shine Down on Me
Season 4 Episode 13
Aired 9/5/2022
Murphy copes by distracting herself with a new motivation: getting even. Felix attempts to help her find other ways to deal with her emotions, but like anything with Murphy, it's an uphill battle. Josh is smug as he slowly puts together how the night unfolded, until he realized that it's not over yet.
Director: Ryan McFaul
Writer: Corinne Kingsbury
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#2 - Power Trip
Season 3 Episode 8
Aired 8/25/2021
Things get awkward when Murphy and her friends ride out the storm together.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#3 - Center of Gravity
Season 4 Episode 9
Aired 8/8/2022
Murphy and Max have a long overdue conversation. Darnell's paranoia turns into fear when everything starts crumbling.
Director: Chloe Sarbib
Writer: Corinne Kingsbury
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#4 - Match Point
Season 3 Episode 11
Aired 9/22/2021
With the walls closing in, Murphy and Trey make a desperate move.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#5 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 4/4/2019
Murphy is a hard-living, hard-drinking, disaffected twenty-something with a penchant for cigarettes and casual sex. She’s also blind.
Director: Michael Showalter
Writer: Corinne Kingsbury
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#6 - Excess Baggage
Season 3 Episode 9
Aired 9/1/2021
When Murphy starts to spin out, Felix takes matters into his own hands.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#7 - Home Run
Season 3 Episode 10
Aired 9/8/2021
Feeling isolated and alone, Murphy seeks comfort in the familiar but sometimes things do change, and she is forced to fend for herself.
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#8 - Expectation is the Root of All Heartache
Season 3 Episode 13
Aired 10/6/2021
Murphy finally learns the truth about what happened to Jess and it forces her to take a closer look at who she herself has become. Season Finale.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#9 - The Big Break
Season 1 Episode 3
Aired 4/18/2019
Murphy enlists an unwitting Felix to help her organize an outreach presentation at Fairview High so she can do some digging around to try and locate Tysons girlfriend Kira. When the presentation goes awry, Murphy and Felix take a smoke break under the bleachers and have their first heart-to-heart. Meanwhile, Dean does his best to be there for Chloe as she experience’s a rite of passage.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#10 - I Woke Up Like This
Season 1 Episode 11
Aired 6/13/2019
Murphy and Jess borrow the Guiding Hope van to search for Max, leaving Felix in a precarious position. Meanwhile, Dean receives some surprising news.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sarah Link
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#11 - All About the Benjamin
Season 2 Episode 1
Aired 4/16/2020
Murphy, Jess and Felix must act quickly to devise a plan that will keep them out of Nia's crosshairs and, possibly, save Guiding Hope in the process.
Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Writer: N/A
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#12 - Cross My Heart and Hope to Lie
Season 2 Episode 2
Aired 4/23/2020
Murphy gets a surprise visit; Felix, Jess and Murphy work on a plan to cover up their new "business"; Darnell's visit to Nia takes an unexpected turn; Dean gets a new mission.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#13 - Son of a Gun
Season 2 Episode 3
Aired 4/30/2020
Murphy is forced to turn her attention from Max when Guiding Hope’s monetary surplus puts them on the radar of IRS agent Josh. Meanwhile, Jess’s interest is piqued by a new employee and Felix decides to take matters into his own hands. Dean gets closer to information he can use against Nia and Darnell explores his options.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#14 - Bail's In Your Court
Season 4 Episode 1
Aired 6/6/2022
Murphy is having a tough time adjusting to life in prison with unexpected dangers looming large. Meanwhile, Max accompanies Leslie and Felix to an interesting afternoon with their grandmother.
Director: Annie Bradley
Writer: Yael Zinkow
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#15 - The Trial of Murphy Mason (1)
Season 4 Episode 5
Aired 7/11/2022
Murphy’s trial date has arrived and she must face all the ghosts of her past that have come forward as witnesses against her and the secrets that are revealed along the way. Meanwhile, the trial also means a complicated reunion for Felix.
Director: Dinh Thai
Writer: Jess Burkle
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#16 - Going Up
Season 4 Episode 12
Aired 8/29/2022
Max and Murphy make plans for the future, and everything seems to be going according to plan at the fundraiser with Murphy and Darnell posing as the un-happy couple. Meanwhile, Josh concocts his own plan and inserts himself in the middle of everything.
Director: Malakai
Writer: Yael Zinkow, Jeannine Renshaw
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#17 - Mommy Issues
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 4/11/2019
After Murphy’s latest one night stand calls her “Mommy,” she develops a rather unexpected lead in Tyson’s case. Meanwhile, Chloe thinks it’s time for her father Dean to start a dating profile. Lastly, Murphy helps Jess pick out a special gift for her girlfriend Vanessa.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#18 - Jessica Rabbit
Season 1 Episode 8
Aired 5/23/2019
Murphy finally starts opening up to Max. Meanwhile, Murphy, Max and Darnell step up to help Jess. Lastly, Felix makes an interesting decision.
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Randall
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#19 - Safe and Sound
Season 3 Episode 4
Aired 7/14/2021
With Murphy still on the run, Josiah enlists Darnell to try and track her down.
Director: Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Jr.
Writer: Malarie Howard
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#20 - No Time to Spare
Season 4 Episode 10
Aired 8/15/2022
Murphy and Darnell come face to face with the source of their problems and Max and Gene get pulled into the mess. As his condition worsens, Josh's bad blood with Murphy gets the best of him.
Director: Joey Klein
Writer: Yael Zinkow
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#21 - Deal or No Deal
Season 1 Episode 9
Aired 5/30/2019
With Jess focusing all of her attention on Vanessa, Murphy begins to feel neglected. To make matters worse, tensions begin to rise between her and Max. Meanwhile, Jules is forced to make a quick decision.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#22 - Bait and Switch
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 6/6/2019
Murphy and Jess are both going through similar situations, but they are handling things very differently. Meanwhile, Felix and Jess share a beautiful moment together.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#23 - Deal Me In
Season 2 Episode 4
Aired 5/7/2020
Murphy seeks to help Max out of a life-or-death situation, while Dean leverages them against each other in an attempt to fix his own bad circumstances. Felix finds difficulty juggling his dating life with his dealing life, while Jess is happily distracted by a new romance. Darnell tries a new gig, but his loyalty to Murphy and Max keeps him entangled in Nia’s web.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#24 - The Unusual Suspects
Season 2 Episode 5
Aired 5/14/2020
Murphy's choices plunge the Guiding Hope crew deeper into Nia's game, as Jess continues to grow suspicious of the closed-door meetings between Felix and Murphy. Dean tries to keep Chloe away from Murphy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#25 - The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back
Season 2 Episode 7
Aired 5/28/2020
Murphy’s preoccupation with helping Max - whose luck continues to spiral – forces her to take more extreme risks. Felix is forced to contend with issues at Guiding Hope, while Jess struggles as all her relationships are tested. Meanwhile, Chloe meets Dean’s new partner, Gene, who shares information that feeds into her growing suspicions about her father.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of In the Dark
Every episode of In the Dark ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of In the Dark!
Murphy is a flawed and irreverent woman who just happens to be blind and is the only “witness” to the murder of her drug-dealing friend,...
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:The CW
Episodes
52
Avg. Rating
7.8
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Please Shine Down on Me" is the worst rated episode of "In the Dark". It scored 5.9/10 based on 246 votes. Directed by Ryan McFaul and written by Corinne Kingsbury, it aired on 9/5/2022. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Power Trip".