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The Worst Episodes of Midnight Diner

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

Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists...
Genres:DramaComedy
Networks:TBSMBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"Pickled Cabbage" is the worst rated episode of "Midnight Diner". It scored 7/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/24/2011. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Red Pickled Ginger Tempura".

  • Pickled Cabbage
    7.0/1055 votes
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    #1 - Pickled Cabbage

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/2011

    A young screenwriter has to live through a scandal after her affair with her producer is revealed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Red Pickled Ginger Tempura
    7.1/1047 votes
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    #2 - Red Pickled Ginger Tempura

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/2014

    Regular Komichi falls for Kasumi, whose past is unknown. She asks Master to make pickled ginger tempura, a taste familiar to people from Osaka.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Simmered Taro and Squid
    7.2/1048 votes
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    #3 - Simmered Taro and Squid

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/2014

    Private detectives Kei and Mamoru are drawn to the aroma of Master’s simmered taro and squid. They spend the night together after leaving the diner.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tomatoes Wrapped in Pork Belly
    7.4/1053 votes
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    #4 - Tomatoes Wrapped in Pork Belly

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/27/2014

    Comic editor Uno brings up-and-coming award-winning artist Hashimoto to eat Master’s pork-wrapped tomatoes. He lives with a woman and writes comics.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ochazuke
    7.5/10116 votes
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    #5 - Ochazuke

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2009

    Miki, Rumi and Kana meet at the diner to eat “ochazuke” (hot tea over rice) and gab about men. Master secretly calls them the “ochazuke sisters.”

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Freshwater Clam Soup
    7.5/1046 votes
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    #6 - Freshwater Clam Soup

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/1/2014

    On Saturday mornings, Yoshio and wife Mizue come to eat clam soup. People refer to them as a close couple. Yoshio is actually Mizue’s third husband.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Potato Salad
    7.6/10112 votes
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    #7 - Potato Salad

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2009

    Master starts each night by making potato and macaroni salad. A recent regular and charismatic porn star has become a fan of his potato salad.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Katsudon
    7.6/1095 votes
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    #8 - Katsudon

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2009

    Boxer Kacchan always eats katsudon (pork cutlet over rice) after a win. He falls in love with another regular Akemi. A big match suddenly comes up.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Canned Goods
    7.6/1064 votes
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    #9 - Canned Goods

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2011

    A group of young film makers producing a movie about a suicide at the same site bumps into a mysterious young woman, and can't shake the feeling she may be some ghostly reincarnation of the victim.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cold Noodles
    7.6/1058 votes
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    #10 - Cold Noodles

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2011

    A bowl of cold noodles reminds a soon to retire detective of a fugitive that had eluded him his entire career. Could he possibly capture this elusive thief before they both retire?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Vermicelli Salad
    7.6/1048 votes
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    #11 - Vermicelli Salad

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/2014

    Miho and Sayuri, in charge of their elementary school reunion, order vermicelli salad. The two recall their old schoolmate who loved the dish.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cabbage Rolls
    7.6/1048 votes
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    #12 - Cabbage Rolls

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/24/2014

    The weather is getting cooler so Master prepares extra stuffed cabbage to the regular customers’ delight. Only the stripper Marilyn feels differently.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Liver & Chive Stir Fry
    7.6/1046 votes
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    #13 - Liver & Chive Stir Fry

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2014

    Detectives Noguchi and Izumi always disagree. He wants “liver and chives”, she wants “chives and liver”. She tells Master she wants a new partner.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Steamed clams
    7.7/1061 votes
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    #14 - Steamed clams

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2011

    A middle aged martial arts teacher and his elderly mother seem to constantly bicker and fight, but a traffic accident reveals the depth of her maternal relationship.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cream Stew
    7.7/1056 votes
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    #15 - Cream Stew

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2011

    An author with some writers block issue decides to solicit an escort for stress relief, but the chance meeting with her might be more than he bargained for.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fried eggs and red wieners
    7.9/10144 votes
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    #16 - Fried eggs and red wieners

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2009

    The stern-faced master of this diner only wields his knife from midnight to 7 am. The yakuza Ryu has been a regular since he tasted the “red wieners”.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Red wieners, again
    7.9/10113 votes
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    #17 - Red wieners, again

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2011

    Ryu the local gangster boss, Noguchi is a detective both coming from the same high school. A colleague from their past forces the two to set aside differences at least for the time being.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Braised Burdock Root
    7.9/1049 votes
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    #18 - Braised Burdock Root

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/2014

    ”Do you have sautéed burdock?” asks stately Chizuru Ichikawa as she enters the diner. She is Gen’s former high school teacher, club adviser, and crush.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sauced Yakisoba
    8.0/1090 votes
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    #19 - Sauced Yakisoba

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2009

    Ex-idol Rinko visits the diner. Her former fan club members get excited when they hear she ate a plate of pan-fried noodles topped with a fried egg.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)
    8.0/1087 votes
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    #20 - Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2009

    Yachiyo, an older lady, visits the diner two days in a row. She becomes friends with Marilyn the stripper and they go out clubbing together.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cat Food
    8.1/10142 votes
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    #21 - Cat Food

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2009

    Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Egg Sandwich
    8.1/10104 votes
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    #22 - Egg Sandwich

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2009

    Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nikujaga (Meat-Potato Stew)
    8.1/1058 votes
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    #23 - Nikujaga (Meat-Potato Stew)

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2011

    A hardworking young lady delivers a singing birthday telegram at the diner and winds up falling in love with one of the regular patrons. Could this really lead to a true romance?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ramen
    8.2/1086 votes
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    #24 - Ramen

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2009

    Gen, who usually comes with his “big bro” Ryu, is alone tonight when he orders ramen. He then stabs the leader of an opposing gang and disappears.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Menchi-Katsu
    8.2/1089 votes
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    #25 - Menchi-Katsu

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/20/2014

    Widowed singer Misao Kashima makes a rare visit to eat minced meat cutlets. Misao has been unable to perform on stage ever since she lost her husband.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A