The Worst Episodes of Psycho-Pass
Every episode of Psycho-Pass ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Psycho-Pass!
Psycho-Pass is set in a futuristic era in Japan where the Sibyl System, a powerful network of psychometric scanners, actively measures the biometrics of its citizens' minds. The resulting assessment is called a Psycho-Pass. When the calculated likelihood of an individual committing a crime, measured by the Crime Coefficient index, exceeds an accepted threshold, he or she is pursued, apprehended, and either arrested or decomposed by the field officers of the Crime Investigation Department of the Public Safety Bureau.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Psycho-Pass" is "Agamemnon’s Offering", rated 6.9/10 from 144 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Agamemnon’s Offering" aired on 11/22/2019 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Cubism".
6.9/10 144 votes#1 - Agamemnon’s Offering
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/22/2019
A Special Religious Zone is established, where immigrants can practice religion freely. Religious leaders gather for a press event in Mitake New Town, the site of the Special Zone, but the venue becomes the target of a terrorist attack by a suicide bomber with explosives implanted in his stomach. Unit One starts investigating the anti-special-zone faction.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 151 votes#2 - Cubism
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/2019
Unit One has begun to grasp the truth behind the incidents following each other like a line of falling dominoes and team up with the SAD to continue their investigation. Arata guards the governor, who is at risk of being targeted again, while Kei organizes a sting using Kisaragi as bait. When he arrives at the appointed meeting place, however, he finds Shizuka Homura waiting for him.
Director: Fumiaki Kataoka, Kazuya Aiura, Tomoko Hiramuki
Writer: Makoto Fukami, Tow Ubukata
7.1/10 187 votes#3 - Laelaps’ Calling
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/2019
Tokyo, 2120. A massive transport drone crashes, and Unit One’s new inspectors Arata Shindo and Kei Mikhail Ignatov head to investigate. Discovering that Hyper Transport Co. accountant Asahi Rick Fellows is missing, Arata performs a Mental Trace to track him, but finds only his waterlogged corpse. Arata and Kei suspect the crash was staged, and pursue the mastermind who tried to silence Rick.
Director: Tomomi Kamiya, Hirotaka Mori
Writer: Makoto Fukami, Tow Ubukata
7.1/10 148 votes#4 - Herakles and the Sirens
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/8/2019
After meeting Karina Komiya face-to-face, Arata senses something unfathomable from her, but can’t find a clue to the case. Then Lee Aki, the secretary of her opponent, Kosuke "Heracles" Yakushiji, is murdered. Unit One decides to split up to investigate both the attackers and their victims, but…
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 139 votes#5 - Caesar’s Gold Coins
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/2019
Arata and the others have just learned that there are three more human bombs when a third suicide bombing in New Town’s factory district takes Joseph Auma’s life. Meanwhile, Kei and Kisaragi have infiltrated Heaven’s Leap in search of clues to the terrorist serial bombings. They discover proof they’re looking for, but find themselves exposed and taken captive.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 519 votes#6 - The One Who is Capable of Doing
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/2012
While Kogami is recuperating from Akane’s Paralyzer shot, she begins to worry about whether she is suited to be an Inspector after the fallout from her first case. On her second day on the job, she begins to learn more about the Enforcers she works with.
Director: Takayuki Hamana
Writer: Gen Urobuchi, Makoto Fukami
7.4/10 277 votes#7 - The Scales of Justice
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/2014
A series of bombings takes place in Tokyo. After some analysis, the detectives figure out who the culprit is and his whereabouts, and head to his location. Akane wants to be cautious, but the other Inspectors decide to rush in, and...
Director: Yuuzou Satou
Writer: Jun Kumagai
7.4/10 244 votes#8 - The Devil’s Proof
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/2014
Right before Kitazawa was executed, he mentioned the name of someone who had supposedly been helping him. While others just think that he was crazy, Akane wants to get to the bottom of this case and tries to seek out help from someone.
Director: Kaoru Suzuki
Writer: Jun Kumagai
7.4/10 146 votes#9 - Political Strife in the Colosseum
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/2019
Freelance journalist Yayoi Kunizuka joins Unit One as an investigation consultant to fill the gap left by Kei’s suspension. As the investigation progresses, Unit One uncovers Karina Komiya’s greatest secret. Guessing that Karina will be the next to be attacked, they rush to her gubernatorial debate at the Giga Arena.
Director: Yukio Kuroda
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 143 votes#10 - Don’t Take God’s Name in Vain
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/2019
Through a Mental Trace, Arata discovers that the supposedly-dead Kurisu is alive and uncovers the truth behind the terrorist bombings. Shimotsuki, meanwhile, has launched a forced search of Heaven’s Leap and brought Unit Two to locate Kei. Torri, cornered, takes Maiko hostage and confronts Kei, but Maiko takes advantage of a momentary opening to end his life.
Director: Akie Ishii, Toshiyuki Sone
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 399 votes#11 - Devil's Crossroad
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/2013
Taking place three years prior to the series, the episode focuses on Yayoi, who was a guitarist in a band before being imprisoned in a rehabilitation facility for being a latent criminal. As she anxiously waits for release so she can play the guitar again, she is approached by Kogami, who was still a detective, and Ginoza about a series of crimes occuring in the area she was once familiar with. She initially rejects their offer until Kogami gives her some guitar strings which reminded her of a guitarist she admired, Rina Takizaki. When the club they are investigating gets set on fire after Kogami's partner Mitsuru Sasayama jumps the gun in approaching culprits dealing with molotov cocktails, Yayoi decides to search for Rina, only to discover she is part of a resistance group selling the molotov cocktails in the hopes of overthrowing the Sybil system.
Director: N/A
Writer: Aya Takaha
7.5/10 246 votes#12 - The Creeping Unknown
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2014
An Enforcer from Division 2 was executed by a Dominator and an Inspector from the same division has gone missing. The only clue they have is the mysterious message “WC?” left at the crime scene. But who could commit a crime without being detected?
Director: Tomoya Takahashi
Writer: Jun Kumagai
7.5/10 165 votes#13 - Teumessian Sacrifices
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/2019
Unit One chases a suspect in the staged crash, Hyper Transport Co. executive Takumi Yonehara, into an abandoned zone. But when they track Yonehara down, they find he’s already dead. Arata and Kei ignore Chief Shimotsuki’s orders and pursue the mastermind, Sasagawa, to Ariake Airport, where two unfamiliar men stand in their way: Shinya Kogami and Nobuchika Ginoza of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 477 votes#14 - Raising Manners
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/26/2012
Ginoza and Akane, along with the Enforcers, are brought in to investigate a death caused by a Drone at a Drone manufacturing plant. When the Psycho-Pass of the entire staff checks out, they question whether it was an accident or possibly murder.
Director: Toshiyuki Kono
Writer: Gen Urobuchi, Makoto Fukami
7.6/10 460 votes#15 - Nobody Knows Your Mask
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/2012
When the CID is brought in to investigate a disappearance of Kimihiko Hayama, they discover that not only has he been killed, but someone has taken over his net avatar, Talisman. The CID tries to track down the fake Talisman in order to find the killer.
Director: Itsuro Kawasaki
Writer: Gen Urobuchi, Makoto Fukami
7.6/10 418 votes#16 - Return of the Lunatic Prince
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/2012
After reading Kogami’s personnel file, Akane attempts to learn more about Kogami’s past and why he ended up as an Enforcer. Meanwhile, the CID detectives attempt to figure out who was helping Kanehara commit murders in the Hachioji Drone incident.
Director: Yasuo Ejima
Writer: Gen Urobuchi, Makoto Fukami
7.6/10 236 votes#17 - Unforbidden Games
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2014
The MSPWB has identified a possible hiding place for Kamui, and Divisions 1 and 3 are sent to the scene in order to investigate. Meanwhile, Akane has Saiga help with Representative Masuda’s interrogation.
Director: Keisuke Kojima, Yuuzou Satou, Naoyoshi Shiotani, Kiyotaka Suzuki
Writer: Jun Kumagai
7.6/10 232 votes#18 - Conception of the Oracle
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/2014
Kamui has been hiding in plain sight using Holos that take the form of dead people aged up, which makes Akane realize that his actions have been planned in great detail. Meanwhile, Mika closes in on the truth about Kamui and submits a report to Kasei.
Director: Masahiko Matsuyama
Writer: Jun Kumagai
7.7/10 414 votes#19 - Flowery Language
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/2012
After realizing that the recent murders and the Specimen Case are indeed connected, Ginoza takes Kogami off the case and requests Tsunemori to watch over him. Tsunemori discusses Sasayama's murder with Kogami, and he gives her his one piece of evidence: a blurry image of Makishima. Meanwhile, Makishima, in a study with another older man, reveals the circumstances of Rikako Oryo's father's death and discusses the nature of the shortening life expectancy in this "perfect" world. Later, Rikako continues her crimes with the help of Makishima's colleague, Choe Gu-Sung, and abducts another fellow student who is worried about her friend's disappearance.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gen Urobuchi, Makoto Fukami
7.7/10 235 votes#20 - Untraceable Children
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/2014
Multiple Dominators were stolen by Kamui during the massacre caused by the Military Drones. Who does he intend to use those Dominators on? And why hasn’t the Sibyl System taken any action to deactivate them? Akane goes to see Kasei to get answers.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jun Kumagai
7.8/10 444 votes#21 - Nobody Knows Your Face
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/2012
The CID’s hunt for Kimihiko Hayama’s killer leads them to another murder with the same modus operandi. Now it’s up to the CID to figure out how to track down the killer’s real identity and get justice for the victims.
Director: Kaoru Suzuki
Writer: Gen Urobuchi, Makoto Fukami
7.8/10 405 votes#22 - The Fruit of Paradise
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2012
Kogami, attempting to track down Makishima, takes Tsunemori to visit his former teacher, Jouji Saiga, who agrees to give her a crash course on criminal profiling; however, Ginoza reprimands her harshly which results into an argument. Afterwards, Masaoka explains to her Ginoza's attitude by revealing his past. In the meantime, Makishima discusses humanity and philosophy with Senguji, who in an earlier interview reveals himself to be nearly a full cyborg. He gives him his next target: Shinya Kougami.
Director: Kyohei Ishiguro
Writer: Gen Urobuchi, Makoto Fukami
7.8/10 388 votes#23 - Invitation From the Abyss
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/2013
Ginoza meets up with the head of the Public Security Bureau about Makishima, who confidentially reveals to him about the real culprit of the Specimen Case, Touma Kouzoburou, three years ago who happens to be "criminally asymptomatic" just like Makishima. She urges him to keep any doubts away from the public eye and orders him to capture Makishima. Following Yuki's funeral, Akane agrees to undergo a 'Memory Scoop' to provide a photofit of Makishima based on her memories of the incident, despite warnings from others that it may damage her Psycho-Pass. Despite reliving the traumatizing memory, the Memory Scoop is successfully completed without her Psycho-Pass reaching into dangerous levels, providing a photofit image of Makishima to aid in the investigation. Later, Ginoza discusses with Masaoka, who is actually his father, about how Akane manages to keep her Psycho-Pass from becoming unclouded.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 376 votes#24 - Transparent Shadows
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/1/2013
Ginoza, whose Hue is now problematic, eschews intensive therapy in order to work on retrieving Kogami and Makishima. He argues with Masaoka over his "softness," and declares his intention to see his "obsession" through to the end. Kogami, meanwhile, goes to visit Saiga in order to figure out Makishima's next move; the two surmise that Makishima might attempt to meddle with Japan's food supply in order to force open borders for the country. Shion does her best to comfort Akane and Kasei connects with Sibyl to determine their new "pawn." Later, a Dominator-bearing drone comes to visit Akane in the office - and declares that it will tell her the truth about everything.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 241 votes#25 - Gauging the Soul
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2014
The ghost has revealed himself and taken action. Kamui and his group take over five hundred passengers in subway trains as hostages and start shooting them randomly with Dominators. What are they trying to accomplish? What is the MWPSB’s next move?
Director: N/A
Writer: Jun Kumagai