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The Worst Episodes of Jericho

Every episode of Jericho ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Jericho!

Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on...
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaMysteryWestern
Network:CBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"Long Live the Mayor" is the worst rated episode of "Jericho". It scored 7.1/10 based on 837 votes. Directed by Sanford Bookstaver and written by Jonathan E. Steinberg, Josh Schaer, it aired on 11/1/2006. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "9:02".

  • Long Live the Mayor
    7.1/10837 votes
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    #1 - Long Live the Mayor

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/2006

    The slick gang leader Jonah bails Mitchell out of jail and agrees to give back the food that his bandits stole and agrees to keep out of Jericho. This plan strays off-course as Jonah negotiates new terms involving Jake and Emily.

    Director: Sanford Bookstaver

    Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Josh Schaer

  • 9:02
    7.2/10835 votes
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    #2 - 9:02

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2006

    Hawkins must step in when an argument between Jake and an adversary becomes heated. After an electromagnetic pulse leaves Jericho in the dark crime runs rampant. Later, Jake is held at gunpoint and is rescued.

    Director: J. Miller Tobin

    Writer: Nancy Won

  • Four Horsemen
    7.3/10919 votes
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    #3 - Four Horsemen

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2006

    After seeing a broadcast via satellite from Asia, Jake gathers a group of people together for information gathering. After finding out that there is information out there, Jake suggests having four search parties to go out to get a better understanding what is going on outside of Jericho. The search parties set off in four different directions.

    Director: Jon Turteltaub, James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: Stephen Chbosky, Dan O'Shannon

  • Federal Response
    7.3/10859 votes
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    #4 - Federal Response

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2006

    The children of Jericho start to return back to school. A power line that has fallen causes an accident on the playground when the power returns. Jake has an argument with his mother regarding a secret that Jake hasn't disclosed to his dad.

    Director: Duane Clark, Jon Turteltaub

    Writer: Mike Ostrowski

  • Walls of Jericho
    7.4/10901 votes
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    #5 - Walls of Jericho

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2006

    Jake finds a stranger who is sick with radiation poisoning and he must make a decision whether or not to help him. The hospital’s generator is running out of gas and the residents find that their supplies are also running low.

    Director: Martha Mitchell

    Writer: Ellie Herman

  • Fallout
    7.5/101,010 votes
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    #6 - Fallout

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2006

    The fallout from the nuclear blast in Denver will hit Jericho in an hour and Jake has to get the residents inside. The official shelter is not adequate and Jake must find another shelter to protect them. Emily faces troubles of her own while being picked up by who she thinks are two officers.

    Director: Jon Turteltaub

    Writer: Stephen Chbosky

  • Crossroads
    7.5/10821 votes
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    #7 - Crossroads

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/2006

    The residents of Jericho receive a visit from a group of questionable outsiders and they realize that they need to form a plan to keep the outsiders out. Emily has a dream about her wedding morning to Roger. She wakes up and realizes that he is probably dead.

    Director: Paul McCrane

    Writer: Robert Levine

  • Red Flag
    7.5/10782 votes
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    #8 - Red Flag

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/2006

    Supplies are dropped by air into Jericho and the Green's and Hawkins think that they know where they came from. Jonah Prowse returns to Jericho causing even more trouble.

    Director: Martha Mitchell

    Writer: Mike Ostrowski

  • Vox Populi
    7.6/10802 votes
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    #9 - Vox Populi

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/2006

    Some of the residents of Jericho are concerned that Gray's actions may actually make Gray the new mayor. In other news, Mitchell claims that Jonah is the killer under much speculation.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: Carol Barbee

  • Heart of Winter
    7.6/10783 votes
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    #10 - Heart of Winter

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/7/2007

    While on a hunting trip outside of Jericho, Jake, Stanley and Mimi find themselves in a dangerous situation when they run into some strangers. Meanwhile, Hawkins realizes that his family is in danger because of him. Emily and Roger work on their relationship.

    Director: Steve Gomer

    Writer: Nancy Won

  • Winter's End
    7.6/10778 votes
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    #11 - Winter's End

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/28/2007

    After April collapses and goes into early labor, Jake makes Kenchy face his problems so that they can save April. The wind turbine arrives from New Bern but Heather does not return. Jericho makes a deal with New Bern to send ten of their people to New Bern to make more wind turbines as long as New Bern receives a percentage of their spring crop.

    Director: Kevin Dowling

    Writer: Frank Military

  • One Man's Terrorist
    7.6/10747 votes
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    #12 - One Man's Terrorist

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/4/2007

    Roger gets desperate after Gray kicks the refugees out of Jericho. Dale and Skylar collect on some debts. Hawkins continues his quest to find Sarah's contacts. Meanwhile, Hawkins begins the process of finding who's coming after him.

    Director: Christine Moore

    Writer: Mike Ostrowski, Stephen Chbosky

  • Pilot
    7.7/101,320 votes
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    #13 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2006

    After a nuclear disaster caused by several terrorist attacks wipes out most of North America, residents of a small Kansas town have to come to terms with a very different reality.

    Director: Jon Turteltaub

    Writer: Stephen Chbosky

  • Black Jack
    7.7/10788 votes
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    #14 - Black Jack

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/28/2007

    Jake, his dad, Heather and Dale visit Black Jack to try and find the parts needed to fix the windmill. Sarah goes home with Hawkins against the rest of his family's wishes.

    Director: Helen Shaver

    Writer: Dan Stolz, Jonathan E. Steinberg

  • Condor
    7.7/10742 votes
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    #15 - Condor

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/2008

    Jericho gets ready for a very important visitor from the new Cheyenne government. Meanwhile, Hawkins and Chavez work to find the new leaderships secrets.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Scaia, Matthew Federman

  • Rogue River
    7.8/10850 votes
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    #16 - Rogue River

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/2006

    Jake and Eric head out of Jericho to the nearby town of Rogue River to try and acquire some medicine for their father. While the brothers are at the hospital they encounter a combative group of individuals who call themselves Ravenwood. The brothers find that they’re trapped and must find a way back to Jericho.

    Director: Guy Norman Bee

    Writer: Stephen Scaia, Matthew Federman

  • Reconstruction
    7.8/10820 votes
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    #17 - Reconstruction

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/12/2008

    Following the battle of New Bern, Jericho begins the rebuilding process, while the Cheyenne government shows a particular interest in the town. While the dispute between Jericho and New Bern is being sorted out by the Cheyenne government, Heather returns. Meanwhile, an old friend of Rob comes to Jericho.

    Director: Steve Boyum

    Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Carol Barbee

  • The Day Before
    7.9/10820 votes
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    #18 - The Day Before

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/21/2007

    The lives of Jake and Hawkins are explored during this flashback episode. This episode begins 36 hours before the bombs went off. Sarah is introduced and is associated to Hawkins. Jake had been living in San Diego.

    Director: Matt Earl Beesley

    Writer: Mike Kelley

  • Casus Belli
    7.9/10732 votes
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    #19 - Casus Belli

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/18/2007

    Jake believes something more is wrong after Eric doesn’t return from New Bern. Jake and Hawkins go to New Bern and discover that Jericho is in danger.

    Director: Steven DePaul

    Writer: Karen Hall

  • Jennings & Rall
    7.9/10729 votes
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    #20 - Jennings & Rall

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/26/2008

    The deadly Hudson River virus hits the area and a vaccine is being withheld from the citizens by a government official. Jake and the Rangers find a way to protect Jericho.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Joy Gregory

  • Semper Fidelis
    8.0/10784 votes
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    #21 - Semper Fidelis

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/14/2007

    After a company of Marines show up, the town of Jericho has hopes that life will finally start to return to normal. However, their behavior raises Jake's and Johnston's suspicions.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: Stephen Scaia, Matthew Federman

  • Sedition
    8.0/10701 votes
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    #22 - Sedition

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/18/2008

    Following the Rangers' decision to take justice into their own hands, Major Beck goes to extreme measures to prove he's in complete control of the town, while Hawkins receives a call from Chavez telling him that it's time to transport the bomb.

    Director: Scott Peters

    Writer: Carol Barbee

  • One If By Land
    8.1/10751 votes
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    #23 - One If By Land

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/25/2007

    The hostility mounts between the citizens of Jericho and New Bern. A handful of residents of New Bern are shot and injured after getting caught trying to steal from the Jericho salt mine.

    Director: Seith Mann

    Writer: Joy Gregory

  • A.K.A.
    8.2/10765 votes
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    #24 - A.K.A.

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/11/2007

    Jake finds that Hawkins has not been honest with the residents of Jericho about his past and holds him at gunpoint for answers.

    Director: Sanford Bookstaver

    Writer: Robbie Thompson

  • Coalition of the Willing
    8.2/10783 votes
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    #25 - Coalition of the Willing

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/2007

    The residents of Jericho and New Bern fight over precious resources and Gray must make a tough decision after the streets of Jericho are bombed.

    Director: Guy Norman Bee

    Writer: Josh Schaer, Frank Military