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The Worst Episodes of The Defenders

Every episode of The Defenders ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Defenders!

Worst episode
S1E15 Gideon's Follies
6.229 votes
Best episode
S2E14 Grandma TNT
9.322 votes
Top season
Season 3
8.6avg
Binge time
5d 11h
132 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Defenders Season 1 Episode 15 - Gideon's Follies
    6.2/10(29 votes)

    S1:E15

    No description available

    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:Robert J. Crean

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  2. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 6 - The Boy Between
    7.4/10(26 votes)

    S1:E6

    No description available

    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:Robert Thom

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  3. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 5 - The Young Lovers
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    S1:E5

    No description available

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:John Vlahos

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  4. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 8 - The Accident
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    S1:E8

    No description available

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose

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  5. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 28 - The Naked Heiress
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    S1:E28

    No description available

    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Alvin Boretz

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  6. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 4 - The Riot
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    S1:E4

    No description available

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Max Ehrlich

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  7. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 19 - Storm at Birch Glen
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    S1:E19

    No description available

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Jerome Ross

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  8. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 1 - Quality of Mercy
    7.8/10(47 votes)

    S1:E1

    Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose

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  9. The Defenders Season 2 Episode 20 - Ordeal
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    S2:E20

    No description available

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:David Shaw

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  10. The Defenders Season 4 Episode 25 - The Sworn Twelve
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    S4:E25

    No description available

    Director:Michael Powell
    Writer:Edward DeBlasio

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  11. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 24 - The Hickory Indian
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    S1:E24

    No description available

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:David Karp

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  12. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 14 - The Prowler
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    S1:E14

    No description available

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:David Shaw

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  13. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 16 - The Best Defense
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    S1:E16

    No description available

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy

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  14. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 10 - The Man with the Concrete Thumb
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    S1:E10

    No description available

    Director:Ralph Nelson
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy

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  15. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 11 - The Treadmill
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    S1:E11

    No description available

    Director:Don Richardson
    Writer:Peter Stone

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  16. The Defenders Season 2 Episode 24 - Metamorphosis
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    S2:E24

    No description available

    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Stanley R. Greenberg

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  17. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 22 - The Empty Chute
    8.0/10(18 votes)

    S1:E22

    No description available

    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Max Ehrlich

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  18. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 9 - The Trial of Jenny Scott
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    S1:E9

    No description available

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose

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  19. The Defenders Season 2 Episode 10 - The Invisible Badge
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    S2:E10

    No description available

    Director:John Newland
    Writer:William Woolfolk

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  20. The Defenders Season 4 Episode 14 - Whipping Boy
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    S4:E14

    No description available

    Director:William Ball
    Writer:Edward DeBlasio

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  21. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 25 - The Iron Man
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    S1:E25

    No description available

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:David Davidson

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  22. The Defenders Season 3 Episode 25 - Die Laughing
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    S3:E25

    No description available

    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Roger H. Lewis

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  23. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 20 - The Point Shaver
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    S1:E20

    Stacy Phillips, star college basketball player, is accused of taking money from gambler Vince Fargo to fix a game. The Presons, alumni of the college, are hired to defend Phillips before the State's Senate Rackets Committee.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Mann Rubin

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  24. The Defenders Season 1 Episode 27 - The Last Six Months
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    S1:E27

    Arthur Hill plays a man with six months to live--he kills his business partner in a fit of rage when the man refuses to help support his family after he has died.

    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Max Ehrlich

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  25. The Defenders Season 2 Episode 30 - Judgment Eve
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    S2:E30

    No description available

    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Reginald Rose

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Gideon's Follies" is the worst rated episode of The Defenders. It scored 6.2/10 from 29 votes. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and written by Robert J. Crean, it aired on December 23, 1961. This episode scored 1.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Boy Between".

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