The Worst Episodes of The Border
Every episode of The Border ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Border!
The Border is a Canadian drama that aired on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The Executive in Charge of Production is Janice Dawe. Episodes in the first season were directed by John Fawcett, Michael DeCarlo, Ken Girotti, Kelly Makin, Brett Sullivan and Philip Earnshaw. The first season had a total budget of 20 million dollars, with about 1.5 million dollars per episode. The series is set in Toronto and follows agents of the fictitious Immigration and Customs Security agency. ICS was created by the Government of Canada to deal with trans-border matters concerning Canadian national security including terrorism and smuggling. The cancellation of The Border was announced by the CBC after three seasons were aired.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "The Border" is "Normalizing Relations", rated 6.5/10 from 38 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Normalizing Relations" aired on 3/10/2008 and is rated 0.2 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Pockets of Vulnerability".
6.5/10 38 votes#1 - Normalizing Relations
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2008
ICS must prevent the assassination of a visiting Cuban diplomat who has a surprising connection to U.S. Agent Bianca Lagarda.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10 60 votes
#2 - Pockets of Vulnerability
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2008
When CSIS sends a suspect to Syria to be tortured the elite ICS, Squad must race to prove him innocent.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: Janet MacLean
- 6.7/10 38 votes
#3 - Compromising Positions
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2008
Major Kessler releases an illegal Russian stripper as a political favour, sparking a scandal that climaxes in murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10 35 votes
#4 - Articles of Faith
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2008
While tracking a fundamentalist Christian sect moving "child brides" across the border, Gray meets his match.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10 38 votes
#5 - Physical Assets
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2008
When Gray and Layla bust a human-trafficking operation, they follow a grisly trail to an old adversary.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10 31 votes
#6 - Shifting Waters
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/2008
As international leaders debate Arctic sovereignty, Kessler and ICS fight to rescue a Canadian submarine crew trapped under the polar ice.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10 43 votes
#7 - Bodies on the Ground
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2008
A U.S. rendition flight crash-lands in rural Quebec and ICS must recapture three terrorists before the Americans forcibly intervene.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: Denis McGrath
- 7.2/10 29 votes
#8 - Peak Oil
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2008
An eco-terrorist sabotages an Alberta pumping station and Gray and Layla must untangle an international corporate espionage scheme.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10 29 votes
#9 - Prescriptive Measures
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2008
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals kill an American rock star. ICS searches for the Canadian link but Bianca LaGarda takes matters into her own hands.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10 25 votes
#10 - Killer Debt
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2009
When wealthy philanthropist Benjamin Herzog is murdered, the prime suspect is his financial advisor Cyrus Church. Church has engineered a massive Ponzi scheme to defraud his investors of billions. Foreign operatives determined to recover stolen funds are also looking for Church. And complicating matters, Church's new trophy wife is Svetlana Karpov, a Russian stripper from Kessler's past. ICS's newest agent, Khalida Massi, finally gets a chance to prove herself in the field.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10 27 votes
#11 - Dark Ride
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2009
A snuff film is confiscated at the Maine-New Brunswick border, and Carver finds the body of the film's victim Stateside. ICS traces the video back to the vicious biker gang, Satans Guard. Maggie goes to the east coast to see her estranged daughter Kim whose boyfriend, a former member of the gang, is eager to inform on his former associates. Meanwhile, ICS learns of a cross-border serial killer - who has just set his sights on Kim.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 35 votes
#12 - Good Intentions
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/2008
Kessler suspects the Canadian military is complicit in the cover-up of a scheme to smuggling cheap Afghan heroin into the country.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 24 votes
#13 - Dying Art
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2009
Kessler sends Khali and Darnell to Montreal to investigate claims that a celebrated golden Buddha was stolen and illegally imported to Canada. But the protesters - a Buddhist monk and an idealistic school teacher - turn out to be as mysterious as the Buddha's smile. Khali goes undercover to discover their true intentions.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 26 votes
#14 - Spoils of War
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2009
In a Toronto coffee-shop, an African refugee recognizes the brutal Congolese warlord who raped her and enslaved her son. As they struggle to keep the warlord behind bars, ICS uncovers a deadly conspiracy that links coltan smuggling in the Congo to a powerful multinational based in Canada. Hard-nosed politico Jack Hardacre takes over as Minister of Public Safety, and takes a strong dislike to Kessler. And rebuffed by Kessler, Charlotte takes solace elsewhere.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 28 votes
#15 - Broken
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2009
Agent Bianca LaGarda escorts seventeen year-old Ali Jabir, a Canadian resident with ties to terrorists and just released from Guantanamo Bay, back to Canada. Kessler and ICS enter questionable moral territory as they use Ali as bait to capture notorious terrorist Nasim Mujab, Ali's childhood friend. Slade - assisted by CSIS agent and language expert Khalida Massi - uncovers an impending terrorist attack on Toronto. At the official inquiry into the 'Ndrangheta shoot-out, the future of ICS is at risk.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 50 votes
#16 - Gray Zone
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2008
ICS Agent Gray Jackson butts heads with a beautiful U.S. Homeland Security Agent when their undercover operation at a Mohawk casino goes awry.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: Jeremy Hole
- 7.5/10 34 votes
#17 - Enemy Contact
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2008
ICS races to prevent a deadly terrorist attack in the heart of Toronto.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 41 votes
#18 - Stop Loss
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2008
Three American army deserters claim refugee status in Canada, and ICS must deal with the personal and political fallout.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 34 votes
#19 - Target of Opportunity
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2008
A deadly assassin shows up in Toronto, drawing ICS into a web of international political intrigue.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 26 votes
#20 - Hate Metal
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2009
Now back on active duty, DHS Agent Liz Carver tracks a murder suspect, the notorious white-supremacist Cole Thorpe, to Canada. Kessler assigns Gray to infiltrate Thorpe's British Columbia-based neo-Nazi operation. Carver still blames Gray for the 'Ndrangheta debacle and her own injuries. When Gray learns the neo-Nazis are planning a devastating act of racial terrorism, Carver must work with him to stop it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 25 votes
#21 - Kiss and Cry
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2009
Kessler's daughter Zoe helps Yuan Dao, China's star figure skater, escape from the Chinese Secret Service. Dao claims to be a freedom activist who will face torture and execution if returned to China. Having fallen for the skater and his story, Zoe takes Dao to ICS, where Kessler faces political pressure to hand him over to the Chinese. Zoe and Dao escape again, this time from Kessler.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 32 votes
#22 - Floral Tribute
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2008
MI6 horns in on the ICS investigation of tainted heroin and an African drug smuggling ring.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 26 votes
#23 - Missing in Action
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2009
Sent to Afghanistan to provide border security advice, Kessler and his American companion are kidnapped by hostile forces.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 38 votes
#24 - No Refuge
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/2010
A kingpin in Mexico's Los Zetas drug cartel is en route to Toronto to meet his new distributors - the ultraviolent street gang, MS-13. Ramon Esteban - the new flame of Kessler's ex-wife Terri - is a Mexican journalist whose articles on Los Zetas have put him on the cartel's hit list. When Kessler, Carver, and Gray attempt to transfer Ramon from Terri's shelter into protective custody, MS-13 launches an all-out attack. Kessler must fight back with an unlikely team of warriors.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10 37 votes
#25 - Gross Deceptions
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2008
ICS Director Kessler and U.S. Agent LaGarda clash with disgruntled ex-Airborne soldiers and an elusive arms dealer while hunting for stolen military weapons.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A