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The Worst Episodes of Mysterious Ways

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

Declan Dunn has a fascination with mystical phenomena that began when he was buried under an avalanche and given up for dead. After he miraculously...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Network:NBC
Episodes
44
Avg. Rating
7.7
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Worst Episodes Summary

"A Man of God" is the worst rated episode of "Mysterious Ways". It scored 6.6/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Brad Turner and written by Carl Binder, it aired on 3/26/2002. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Reasons to Cry".

  • A Man of God
    6.6/10(14)
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    #1 - A Man of God

    Season 2 Episode 19

    Aired 3/26/2002

    Declan's investigation of a fraudulent televangelist is turned upside down when the televangelist is suddenly able to perform a genuine healing. Instead of setting out to prove the man guilty of fraud, Declan is prompted to help the televangelist discover the true reason behind his new-found power to heal.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: Carl Binder

  • Reasons to Cry
    7.1/10(20)
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    #2 - Reasons to Cry

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 12/19/2000

    As a funeral takes place in an inner city church from another gang related shooting, something unbelievable occurs – an image on a stained-glass window begins weeping tears of blood. In the midst of Declan's investigation, another miracle occurs within the community – the people, taking the icon's tears as a message to stop the violence, begin banding together, helping the gangs to resolve their differences. Declan is left with the moral dilemma of disproving this ‘miracle' to a community in desperate need of an answered prayer.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: N/A

  • Strike 2
    7.1/10(17)
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    #3 - Strike 2

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 2/27/2001

    A man who lost his hearing twenty years ago when he was first struck by lightning, is again struck by lightning. Now he seems to not only have his hearing back, but also amazingly has the power to foretell future events using sound.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Demons
    7.2/10(18)
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    #4 - Demons

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 9/12/2000

    Peggy is assigned to the case of an attempted suicide and piques Declan's interest when the girl claims she is haunted by demons. As Peggy struggles to help the tormented girl, Declan uncovers a terrible secret lurking behind the patient's disturbances.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • 29
    7.3/10(15)
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    #5 - 29

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 10/9/2001

    Following an earthquake, Declan must disprove an end-of-the-world theory when the number 29 continues to appear unexpectedly.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Dance
    7.3/10(14)
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    #6 - The Last Dance

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 12/11/2001

    A man confined to a wheelchair after a terrible car accident miraculously heals, able to walk again after twenty years. But Peggy and Declan learn that the man's disabilities run much deeper, as they uncover the real reason his family was torn apart.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Friends in Need
    7.3/10(15)
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    #7 - Friends in Need

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 3/19/2002

    After repeatedly seeing visions of his old friend Mike, Declan pays him a long over-due visit. When these mysterious apparitions continue, and Mike's past is further revealed, Declan realizes that he must put aside old grudges in order to help his friend at a critical moment in his life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Crystal Clear
    7.4/10(19)
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    #8 - Crystal Clear

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 11/7/2000

    A window washer falls from the side of a very tall building and crashes through the top of a parked convertible landing in the passenger's seat next to a very frightened driver. He is dazed but un-injured. Declan, Peggy and Miranda must investigate how this could happen and find a very interesting coincidence.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: N/A

  • Handshake
    7.4/10(21)
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    #9 - Handshake

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 11/21/2000

    When Declan investigates an old woman with the miraculous gift of being able to predict future events by means of a mysterious handwriting, he discovers the woman to be amazingly accurate. But when she looks at him and writes the words ""Your sister is dying,"" it sends Declan on an emotional journey of reconnection with a sister he's alienated. As Declan struggles urgently to uncover the truth of the woman's prediction, he learns that before he can help to heal his sister, he must first heal himself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love's Divine
    7.4/10(13)
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    #10 - Love's Divine

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 10/16/2001

    A man saves Peggy's life only moments after asking for a sign showing him his true soul mate. After several more baffling events direct him towards Peggy, he comes to believe she's the one.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • MUTI
    7.4/10(15)
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    #11 - MUTI

    Season 2 Episode 20

    Aired 4/30/2002

    When Peggy's friend, Johanna, miraculously survives a motorcycle accident in Uganda she is accused of being a witch. Peggy, Declan and Miranda must go to Africa and help prove Johanna's innocence in time to save her from execution.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer

  • The Gray Lady
    7.5/10(27)
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    #12 - The Gray Lady

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 7/31/2000

    A man promises his wife on his deathbed that he will contact her exactly one year after his death to prove that there is life after death. As the anniversary draws near, Declan and Peggy are drawn to see for themselves if a miracle happens, as opposed to investigating one after the fact. Peggy, a widow herself, can relate to this woman's pain and loss, but in the end she discovers some faith of her own.

    Director: Carl Binder

    Writer: N/A

  • Crazy
    7.5/10(24)
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    #13 - Crazy

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 9/4/2000

    Peggy and Declan find themselves at odds when Declan interferes with one of her patients - a schizophrenic who claims to be hearing a voice. Peggy wants to put her on medication, but Declan suspects there may be more to this voice that's trying to communicate with her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Intentions
    7.5/10(20)
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    #14 - Intentions

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 11/28/2000

    Peggy struggles when she begins seeing the ghost of a patient who recently committed suicide, jeopardizing her career in the process. Meanwhile, Declan also finds his employment at risk when his pursuit of miraculous phenomena interferes with his classroom responsibilities.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • 19A
    7.5/10(17)
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    #15 - 19A

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 1/9/2001

    Declan hears about a man who had a premonition of a recent plane crash. When Declan investigates whether or not the premonition was real or just a fabrication he makes a startling discovery, which could alter the lives of two families forever.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer

  • The Big Picture
    7.5/10(13)
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    #16 - The Big Picture

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 11/6/2001

    Declan investigates when an agoraphobic, clairvoyant police sketch artist creates remarkably accurate pictures, leading to a showdown with a serial killer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Spark of Life
    7.5/10(15)
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    #17 - Spark of Life

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 1/22/2002

    Miranda encounters a woman who seems to be linked to a series of electrical mishaps. Can Miranda help her work through her guilt from the past in time to save her?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Midas Touch
    7.6/10(23)
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    #18 - The Midas Touch

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 8/7/2000

    Peggy and Declan discover a town whose citizens have overwhelming good fortune. Upon further investigation, they uncover the town's secret, a woman who supposedly has the gift to give people good luck just by touching them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer

  • Twins
    7.6/10(20)
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    #19 - Twins

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 8/28/2000

    When two students in Declan's anthropology class exhibit uncanny similarities, Declan becomes curious when both adopted young men turn out to share the same birth date, the same mannerisms, tastes, and test answers, but a blood test determines that they aren't related. When one of them becomes ill, the mystery of what brought them together intensifies. Meanwhile, Declan and Peggy discover they share a coincidence as well.

    Director: Anne Wheeler

    Writer: N/A

  • Wonderful
    7.6/10(19)
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    #20 - Wonderful

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 1/29/2001

    A mother comes to wake her daughter for school but finds her missing; across town, the daughter is found asleep in a park, still in her pajamas, and no one has any clue as to how she got there. The episode leads Peggy and Declan to help the parents re-discover just what is important in their lives -- and show them that it's not too late to put things back the way they once were.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Do You See What I See?
    7.6/10(16)
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    #21 - Do You See What I See?

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 2/6/2001

    Declan's mentor, Rudy, becomes Declan's next miracle mystery, when the old anthropologist begins having bizarre visions, including tacky alien spaceships, circus clowns and even the Big Bad Wolf. Declan brings Rudy to see Peggy, who thinks these visions are the result of stress, but when she has him undergo a physical check-up, a brain tumor is discovered. The tumor is pressing on the part of the brain that houses memories, thus triggering these strange visions -- memories from Rudy's childhood. But one of the memories is of a young girl -- the childhood sweetheart Rudy let go. With Declan's help, Rudy is able to make contact with the woman, who just recently divorced... right about the same time Rudy started having these visions.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Condemned
    7.6/10(18)
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    #22 - Condemned

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 8/3/2001

    Declan investigates when a remorseless convicted murderer miraculously survives his execution, while Peggy helps the mother of the killer's victim come to terms with her bitterness and hate.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Carl Binder

  • Child of Wonder
    7.6/10(19)
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    #23 - Child of Wonder

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 10/2/2001

    A blind man miraculously drives his pregnant wife to the hospital, where she gives birth to a baby with supposed healing powers. Declan investigates while a beautiful, ambitious reporter incites a media frenzy that puts the ""miracle"" child in jeopardy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Time to Every Purpose
    7.6/10(15)
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    #24 - A Time to Every Purpose

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 11/13/2001

    A woman miraculously awakens from a 17-year coma, confused, but otherwise healthy. But she comes to believe that the dream-like world she remembers is an alternate plane of existence shared by other coma patients.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Doctor in the House
    7.6/10(15)
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    #25 - Doctor in the House

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 11/27/2001

    Declan investigates when an uneducated blue-collar worker is suddenly able to perform complicated emergency surgeries. But will the man's new medical skill help him stop his teenage son from making a tragic mistake?

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: N/A