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The Worst Episodes of The Dresden Files

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 1 - Birds of a Feather
    7.2/10(524 votes)

    S1:E1

    A young boy wants to hire Harry because he believes that monsters are after him and his mom. Harry doesn't want to take the kid's money, but he also knows from his own experience that a child's monsters are often all too real.

    Director:Michael Robison
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 4 - Rules of Engagement
    7.2/10(437 votes)

    S1:E4

    A beautiful young woman asks Harry to help her recover some stolen money. Before long, Dresden discovers a connection between this case and a dark, supernatural evil, and that his lovely client has been hiding something.

    Director:Michael Grossman
    Writer:Curtis Kheel

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  3. The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 7 - Walls
    7.2/10(352 votes)

    S1:E7

    Harry investigates the death of a college student which leads him to a most unusual ring of thieves. A group of students is using magick to commit a series of impossible thefts, and Harry must stop them quickly. Not only because what they are doing is wrong, but also because the magick will eventually kill them all.

    Director:John Fawcett
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Hans Beimler

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  4. The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 2 - The Boone Identity
    7.3/10(425 votes)

    S1:E2

    A grieving father asks Harry to help put his daughter's spirit to rest. This should be easy. All Dresden has to do is track down the killer and make sure that justice has been done. There's only one catch: the killer died only hours after the murder.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:George Mastras

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  5. The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 6 - Soul Beneficiary
    7.3/10(355 votes)

    S1:E6

    An otherwise healthy man experiencing premonitions of his own demise seeks Harry's help but ends up croaking right in his office. As the dark circumstances surrounding his death are revealed, Harry finds himself in the crosshairs of a dangerous magic-user; meanwhile, the crime that got Bob condemned to living in his own skull for all eternity finally comes to light.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Peter Egan

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  6. The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 8 - Storm Front
    7.4/10(355 votes)

    S1:E8

    We are introduced to Harry Dresden, private detective and practicing wizard. When he tries to help the Chicago Police Department solve a grisly murder, he finds himself the target of a homicidal magician. And as if that isn't bad enough, the High Council of wizards begins to think that he is falling to the dark side, so he must elude them as well. Now he must stop the murderer and clear his name before his time runs out.

    Director:David Carson
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 3 - Hair of the Dog
    7.5/10(431 votes)

    S1:E3

    A series of ritualistic murders starts to look a lot like werewolves so Harry, of course, gets dragged in. Thing is, it looks like the lycanthropes aren't the killers... they're the victims.

    Director:Michael Nankin
    Writer:Laurence Walsh

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  8. The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 5 - Bad Blood
    7.6/10(397 votes)

    S1:E5

    After a failed hit on her life, Bianca, Chicago's most powerful vampire, calls upon Harry Dresden. In debt to her for saving his life years before, he agrees to help her find the mastermind behind the plan to take her down.

    Director:Rick Rosenthal
    Writer:Jack Bernstein

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  9. The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 9 - The Other Dick
    7.7/10(351 votes)

    S1:E9

    When Chicago PI Jim Brennan is murdered by supernatural means, Harry must team up with Brennan's assistant to find the murderer.

    Director:James Head
    Writer:George Mastras

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  10. The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 12 - Second City
    7.7/10(310 votes)

    S1:E12

    Dresden and Murphy must work together to solve the mystery of a former gang member who drowns on dry land, miles from the nearest lake. Meanwhile, Murphy's father is in town, and he doesn't have a very high opinion of his daughter's freelance consultant.

    Director:Nick Copus
    Writer:Barry M. Schkolnick

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  11. The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 10 - What About Bob?
    8.0/10(332 votes)

    S1:E10

    Things seem to be going well between Harry and his new flame until she walks out on him... and takes Bob's skull. Now Dresden must find Bob and rescue him from the clutches of an old enemy. But will Bob want to be rescued?

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:David Simkins

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  12. The Dresden Files Season 1 Episode 11 - Things That Go Bump
    8.0/10(320 votes)

    S1:E11

    Morgan and Ancient Mai must come to Harry for protection and shelter from powerful enemies of Mai's. They make it to the relative safety of Dresden's place, but suddenly find that they are all trapped by a powerful spell. Now Harry must work with them to find a way out before the spell turns deadly.

    Director:Michael Grossman
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Birds of a Feather" is the worst rated episode of "The Dresden Files". It scored 7.2/10 based on 524 votes. Directed by Michael Robison and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/21/2007. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Rules of Engagement".