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The Worst Episodes of Strange Luck

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

Strange Luck is an American television series, starring D. B. Sweeney in the role of Chance Harper, a freelance photographer afflicted with a bizarre tendency to always be in the wrong place at the right time. As Chance himself says, "If I go to a restaurant, somebody chokes. If I walk into a bank, it gets robbed." Harper's strange luck began when, as a small child, he was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed everyone else aboard, including both of his parents.

Genres:MysteryDrama
Network:FOX

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Strange Luck" is "Wrong Number", rated 5.8/10 from 9 user votes. It was directed by Mark Sobel and written by Michael Cassutt. "Wrong Number" aired on 1/19/1996 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Hat Trick".

  • Wrong Number
    5.8/10 9 votes

    #1 - Wrong Number

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1996

    Chance can't turn his back on an ex-girlfriend who needs help leaving her abusive husband, but he may be in too deep when the husband turns up dead-just like the woman's first spouse did.

    Director: Mark Sobel

    Writer: Michael Cassutt

  • Hat Trick
    5.9/10 18 votes

    #2 - Hat Trick

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1995

    An up-and-coming hockey player about to sign with a professional team crosses paths with Chance, who helps the young star realize that sinister forces are using him.

    Director: Martha Mitchell

    Writer: Matt Dearborn

  • Healing Hands
    6.1/10 16 votes

    #3 - Healing Hands

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1996

    Chance is caught between a rock and a hard place when he takes under his wing a young faith healer who seems to be on the run.

    Director: John T. Kretchmer

    Writer: Scott Smith Miller

  • In Sickness and in Wealth
    6.8/10 9 votes

    #4 - In Sickness and in Wealth

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1996

    Wedding bells are breaking up that old gang of Chance's, but he and Westin decide the engagement needs to be broken up when they start learning things about thier colleague's seemingly impetuous fiancee.

    Director: Scott Brazil

    Writer: Babs Greyhosky

  • Over Exposure
    6.9/10 15 votes

    #5 - Over Exposure

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1995

    When Chance recovers the camera that was stolen along with his car, he finds a series of photos he didn't shoot, and his auto-theft case develops into one involving a kidnapping.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lightning Strikes
    7.0/10 16 votes

    #6 - Lightning Strikes

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1996

    When Chance is struck by lightning, it sets off a chain reaction that reunites him with his brother and his father, who was presumed dead. He later discovers that the plane crash that killed his mother and sister was not an accident, but rather a deliberate act of revenge by a long-time nemesis of his father, who is now intent on killing the remaining family members.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: N/A

  • She Was
    7.4/10 12 votes

    #7 - She Was

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1995

    Chance helps a Hollywood movie star who's in town to film his latest blockbuster-and is apparently being stalked by a woman who claims to be his wife.

    Director: Elodie Keene

    Writer: Karl Schaefer

  • The Liver Wild
    7.4/10 9 votes

    #8 - The Liver Wild

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1995

    While away on a restful camping trip, Chance and Angie watch in horror and can't resist getting involved after a man falls from the sky and dies in front of them.

    Director: David Jackson

    Writer: N/A

  • Trial Period
    7.4/10 11 votes

    #9 - Trial Period

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1995

    Chance develops a not-so-friendly rivalry with thrill-seeking photographer Steve Medavoy, especially after Chance befriends a young boy whose family tragedy becomes Medavoy's photo opportunity.

    Director: David Jackson

    Writer: Matt Dearborn

  • Angie's Turn
    7.7/10 9 votes

    #10 - Angie's Turn

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1995

    Some of Chance's luck rubs off on Angie, and she'll need it-after witnessing a shooting by a street gang of teenage girls, as the renegades target her for execution.

    Director: Greg Beeman

    Writer: N/A

  • Walk Away
    7.8/10 13 votes

    #11 - Walk Away

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1995

    Chance spends a day trying desperately not to get involved, but when he learns that the mysterious woman he keeps running into is a flight attendant, he fears for the lives of a plane-load of passengers.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: N/A

  • Blinded by the Son
    7.8/10 21 votes

    #12 - Blinded by the Son

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1996

    What kind of person finds $10,000,000 in their bank account...and gives it away. Chance meets Angie's long lost son, a member in a rock and roll band and first seen in jail.

    Director: Jim Charleston

    Writer: N/A

  • Blind Man's Bluff
    7.9/10 10 votes

    #13 - Blind Man's Bluff

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1995

    Chance helps a Hollywood movie star who's in town to film his latest blockbuster-and is apparently being stalked by a woman who claims to be his wife.

    Director: John McPherson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Box
    7.9/10 10 votes

    #14 - The Box

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1995

    Chance is entrusted with a mysterious black box that seems to have strange effects on those that come into contact with it. And when he finds that it triggers hes childhood memories, Chance thinks it could lead him to his brother.

    Director: John T. Kretchmer

    Writer: Michael Cassutt

  • Brothers Grim
    8.1/10 10 votes

    #15 - Brothers Grim

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1995

    Chance comes face to face with his missing brother, Eric, but there's little time for solving the mysteries of the family's past-and barely time for mourning the wife Eric is about to bury.

    Director: Greg Beeman

    Writer: N/A

  • Last Chance
    8.3/10 18 votes

    #16 - Last Chance

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1995

    An auto mechanic confesses to Chance that he murdered someone years before and another man is scheduled to be executed for the crime.

    Director: Ralph Hemecker

    Writer: Michael Cassutt

  • Soul Survivor
    8.7/10 143 votes

    #17 - Soul Survivor

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1995

    As a child, Chance Harper miraculously walked away from a plane crash that killed his entire family (and everyone else aboard). Now an adult, he's a cavalier freelance photographer who uses his mysterious relationship with Lady Luck to help others. In the opener, Chance winds up charged with murder after he saves a suicidal woman.

    Director: David Carson

    Writer: Karl Schaefer