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The Worst Episodes of Justified

A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky,...

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  1. 6.2/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Alive Day

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    S6:E6

    Raylan investigates a murder that has sown discord in Markham's camp. Boyd's latest heist forces him to revisit his mining days.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  2. 6.5/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Sounding

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    S6:E5

    When Ava makes a drastic decision, Raylan turns to an old friend for help. A suspicious Duffy looks into Ava’s release from prison.

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    Director:N/A
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  3. 7.0/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Hole in the Wall

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    S4:E1

    Raylan investigates a burglary that's uncovered a diplomatic courier's bag hidden in his imprisoned father's house, while a new preacher's ministry cuts into Boyd's drug trade.

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  4. 7.0/10(6 votes)

    #4 - Cash Game

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    S6:E2

    Raylan's investigation brings him into conflict with a paramilitary outfit, while Boyd and his partners try to salvage a profit from their heist.

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    Director:N/A
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  5. 7.1/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Where's Waldo?

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    S4:E2

    Following the murder of an imprisoned Dixie Mafia soldier, Raylan looks for a longtime fugitive whose ID was found inside the diplomatic pouch hidden at Arlo's house. Meanwhile, Boyd suspects the St. Cyr siblings of undermining his drug business.

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    Director:Bill Johnson
  6. 7.1/10(10 votes)

    #6 - This Bird Has Flown

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    S4:E4

    Raylan enlists Rachel in his pursuit of Lindsey and her jealous ex-husband Randall, while Boyd looks to keep Ellen May quiet about the crimes she's witnessed.

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  8. 7.1/10(10 votes)

    #7 - Foot Chase

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    S4:E6

    As Raylan races against time to find Cairn, Ava and Boyd's search leads them to an upscale Harlan neighborhood's underground sex party.

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  9. 7.1/10(10 votes)

    #8 - Money Trap

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    S4:E7

    Boyd and Ava attend a sex party in an attempt to identify Drew Thompson, while Jody draws Raylan into a showdown.

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    Director:Don Kurt
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.3/10(12 votes)

    #9 - When the Guns Come Out

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    S3:E6

    As Boyd fights for control of the Harlan oxy trade, Raylan works to keep the battle from becoming an all-out war while also battling a personal issue.

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    Director:Don Kurt
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.4/10(2.5k votes)

    #10 - Fixer

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    S1:E3

    In tracking a vanished confidential informant, Raylan goes against a pair of violent ex-cons who are just dying for a showdown with "The Kentucky Cowboy."

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  12. 7.4/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Measures

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    S3:E11

    Raylan squares off with a pair of merciless Detroit hit men. The battle between Boyd and Quarles comes to a head.

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    Director:John Dahl
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.4/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Get Drew

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    S4:E10

    With his identity exposed, Drew Thompson goes on the run from Raylan's law enforcement dragnet and Boyd's plan to turn him over to the Detroit mob.

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  14. 7.5/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Thick as Mud

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    S3:E5

    Raylan races to save Dewey Crowe from a gang of vicious organ harvesters. Boyd faces off with a new adversary.

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    Director:Adam Arkin
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.5/10(8 votes)

    #14 - The Hatchet Tour

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    S4:E9

    Obsessions collide when Raylan's search for Drew Thompson leads him to question the inmate who killed Arlo, while Colt's confession sends Boyd looking for Ellen May.

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  16. 7.6/10(2.7k votes)

    #15 - Riverbrook

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    S1:E2

    Raylan hunts an escaped prisoner who is determined to reunite with his ex-wife...and his stashed fortune.

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  17. 7.6/10(11 votes)

    #16 - The Man Behind the Curtain

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    S3:E7

    Raylan's tactics put him at odds with the FBI as he intensifies his efforts to take down Quarles and the Detroit mob.

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    Director:Peter Werner
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.6/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Kin

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    S4:E5

    The race to find Drew Thompson puts both Raylan and Boyd at odds with a dangerous Harlan hill country clan.

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  19. 7.6/10(7 votes)

    #18 - The Promise

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    S6:E13

    Raylan, Boyd, and Ava fight one last, bloody battle to find out who leaves Harlan alive.

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    Director:N/A
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  20. 7.7/10(2.3k votes)

    #19 - The Lord of War and Thunder

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    S1:E5

    Raylan's father is arrested in the wake of a confrontation with the tenant of a house he and Raylan's stepmother own.

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    Director:Jon Avnet
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  21. 7.7/10(2.2k votes)

    #20 - The Collection

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    S1:E6

    After an apparent suicide on an opulent Kentucky horse farm, Raylan must resist the sexy widow as he searches for the dead man's missing art.

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    Director:Rod Holcomb
  22. 7.7/10(1.8k votes)

    #21 - For Blood or Money

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    S2:E4

    When Rachel's brother-in-law makes a violent escape from a halfway house, Raylan is forced to hunt him down. Boyd entertains a dangerous offer in Harlan.

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    Director:John Dahl
  23. 7.7/10(12 votes)

    #22 - Guy Walks Into a Bar

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    S3:E10

    Raylan struggles to keep Dickie Bennett in prison while contending with an increasingly violent and unpredictable Quarles.

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    Director:Tony Goldwyn
    Writer:N/A
  24. 7.7/10(11 votes)

    #23 - Coalition

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    S3:E12

    While Raylan closes in on an ever-more-unpredictable Quarles, Boyd enters into an unlikely alliance with Dickie Bennett in a last-ditch attempt to recover Mags's fortune.

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    Director:Bill Johnson
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  25. 7.7/10(1.3k votes)

    #24 - Whistle Past the Graveyard

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    S5:E8

    When Kendal takes off with his uncle Jack, Raylan's search exposes the truth about their relationship to Wendy. Meanwhile, Boyd and the Crowes move heroin across the Mexican border, and Ava sets up a drug smuggling operation in prison.

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    Director:N/A
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  26. 7.8/10(2.0k votes)

    #25 - The Hammer

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    S1:E10

    Determined to repair the damage he's done, Raylan takes time away from his assignment bodyguarding an eccentric judge to track down an old lead.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Alive Day" is the worst rated episode of "Justified". It scored 6.2/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/24/2015. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Sounding".