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The Worst Episodes of The Glades

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This crime series follows Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affair with his wife. After receiving his payout, Jim

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Glades Season 4 Episode 10 - Prima Gallerinas
    6.9/10(164 votes)

    S4:E10

    Jim investigates the death of a billionaire oil tycoon and art collector on the eve of Art Basel, Miami's international art show, while Callie's past may be putting her future at risk.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Dailyn Rodriguez

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  2. The Glades Season 4 Episode 8 - Three's Company
    7.0/10(156 votes)

    S4:E8

    While Jim unravels a three-way polyamorous relationship tied to a murder, his father Michael drops a piece of news that blindsides Jim.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Matthew J. Lieberman

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  3. The Glades Season 4 Episode 4 - Magic Longworth
    7.1/10(165 votes)

    S4:E4

    When a male stripper (dressed like a police officer) is murdered by person or persons unknown, the department initially thinks a cop killer is on the loose.

    Director:Donna Deitch
    Writer:Matthew J. Lieberman

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  4. The Glades Season 1 Episode 4 - Mucked Up
    7.2/10(280 votes)

    S1:E4

    Jim is introduced to the intensely competitive world of Florida high school football as the small town of Pahokee prepares for the annual "Muck Bowl," an event that draws national attention because of the many NFL players who came from that area and who have played in that game. When the dead body of a businessman emerges from the muck in a sugar cane field days before the big game, Longworth must figure out who would want the man dead.

    Director:Peter O'Fallon
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  5. The Glades Season 2 Episode 6 - Gibtown
    7.2/10(226 votes)

    S2:E6

    Longworth investigates a murder in Gibtown, a community populated with human sideshow descendants, and everyone is a suspect. Jim and Callie try to figure out the exact meaning of their relationship.

    Director:Jeff Bleckner
    Writer:Alfonso H. Moreno

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  6. The Glades Season 2 Episode 8 - Second Skin
    7.2/10(206 votes)

    S2:E8

    The FDLE enters the battle between good and evil when a Pentecostal preacher is found dead in a snake pit. Longworth's investigation into the House of God eventually leads him to the Big House and a fatal case of mistaken identity. Meanwhile, Sam's departure has Callie questioning her own relationship with Longworth.

    Director:Tricia Brock
    Writer:Lois Walfrid Johnson

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  7. The Glades Season 3 Episode 7 - Public Enemy
    7.2/10(188 votes)

    S3:E7

    Longworth and Jennifer investigate a murder that puts them at odds with the Sovereign Citizens, a bizarre anti-government group that believes they are above the law. Manus and Carlos soon find themselves victims of the Sovereigns' paper terrorism attacks when they are suspended from duty. Callie desperately searches for her old cell phone where she recorded Elkins blackmailing her into sleeping with him for overlooking her tax issues.

    Director:Lee Rose
    Writer:Lee Rose

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  8. The Glades Season 3 Episode 9 - Islandia
    7.2/10(181 votes)

    S3:E9

    The body of an $80-million Florida state lottery winner is found murdered on a remote island in Islandia, and Jim and Jennifer must unravel a personal vendetta spanning over a decade between the victim and the island's only resident. Miranda pulls Callie away from her studies to have some fun at a medical sales mixer, but Jim starts to find Callie harder and harder to reach in Atlanta.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dailyn Rodriguez

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  9. The Glades Season 4 Episode 6 - Glade-iators!
    7.2/10(165 votes)

    S4:E6

    When the VP of a local bank is found dead in the vault, Jim discovers her tattoo and bruises reveal a double life as the star jammer of a rough and tumble roller derby squad.

    Director:Martha Coolidge
    Writers:Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar

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  10. The Glades Season 4 Episode 9 - Fast Ball
    7.2/10(164 votes)

    S4:E9

    The murder of the first female professional Jai Alai player leads Jim to investigate the multi-million dollar gambling industry in Florida built around the 600-year old sport, and Jim's mother Joan arrives to join the dysfunctional reunion.

    Director:Ron Underwood
    Writer:Ellen Johnson

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  11. The Glades Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.3/10(420 votes)

    S1:E1

    In a lush, sun-drenched state preserve in Palm Glade, Florida, a young couple in a parked car wakes from a night of drunken carousing to find the body of a headless woman submerged in the area known as Fisheating Creek.

    Director:Peter O'Fallon
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  12. The Glades Season 1 Episode 5 - The Girlfriend Experience
    7.3/10(288 votes)

    S1:E5

    Longworth gets a nightmarish call from Daniel that Carlos has been found dead. Longworth is speechless and horrified at the site of his face-down dead body, but not as horrified as the real Carlos who is alive and p* off. Thanks to his daughter's internet shopping addiction, he was the victim of identity fraud by the murder victim. Longworth tracks the victim to the fake-Carlos' girlfriend who is a social anthropology doctoral student who has many research subjects who are emotionally attached to her. Longworth tracks down each of her subjects in his quest to find the real killer.

    Director:Peter O'Fallon
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  13. The Glades Season 1 Episode 7 - Cassadaga
    7.3/10(262 votes)

    S1:E7

    Longworth and Carlos are called to investigate the murder of a psychic advisor in the eerie town of Cassadaga, founded over 100 years ago by mediums and psychics; Callie's friend asks Longworth to be her date at a party for Callie's medical school.

    Director:Bill Eagles
    Writer:Alfonso H. Moreno

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  14. The Glades Season 2 Episode 10 - Swamp Thing
    7.3/10(198 votes)

    S2:E10

    When body parts of a Coast Guard Reservist are found in the belly of a poached wild boar, Longworth hunts the killer into the depths of the Glades. Meanwhile, Callie and Longworth decide to push the restart button on their romantic relationship.

    Director:Timothy Busfield
    Writer:Tom Garrigus

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  15. The Glades Season 2 Episode 12 - Shine
    7.3/10(209 votes)

    S2:E12

    An Ernest Hemingway look-alike is discovered adrift under a glass bottom boat with a bullet hole in his head during a "Hemingway Days" booze cruise. Turns out, the victim might have gotten caught in the middle of a family feud between bootleggers. Meanwhile, an old romance from Callie's past reappears and drops a bombshell, one that could seriously affect her relationship with Jim, the FDLE, and the hospital.

    Director:John Terlesky
    Writer:Lois Walfrid Johnson

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  16. The Glades Season 3 Episode 2 - Poseidon Adventure
    7.3/10(186 votes)

    S3:E2

    A beautiful synchronized swimmer in an elaborate mermaid costume washes ashore dead, and the clues lead Jim to a bittersweet love triangle and a hip hop mogul trying to turn a mermaid show into multimillion-dollar phenomenon. On the home front, Callie hits a wall in her job search, and Jim realizes the best opportunity for her is the one in Atlanta she passed up to be with him.

    Director:Lee Rose
    Writer:Lois Walfrid Johnson

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  17. The Glades Season 3 Episode 8 - Fountain Of Youth
    7.3/10(184 votes)

    S3:E8

    When the co-owner of a luxury medical spa turns up dead, Jim and Jennifer investigate the spa's members and discover the high costs the wealthy pay in order to stay looking young and beautiful. Callie gets anxious while both studying for her boards and preparing for her testimony against Elkins. Her house in Palm Glades is falling apart, but her life in Atlanta is picking up.

    Director:Gary A. Randall
    Writer:Tom Garrigus

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  18. The Glades Season 4 Episode 7 - Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
    7.3/10(155 votes)

    S4:E7

    What appears to be a ritualistic murder leads Jim to investigate the secret world of Florida's gypsies just as he gets an unexpected visitor at home: his father, Michael.

    Director:Ron Underwood
    Writer:Tom Garrigus

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  19. The Glades Season 4 Episode 11 - Civil War
    7.3/10(156 votes)

    S4:E11

    When a man is killed by a Civil War reenactor's sword, Jim must enter the fray to find which imaginary soldier committed a very real murder. Meanwhile Callie makes a tragic discovery at work, while Jim receives foreboding news for Callie and Jeff.

    Director:Kelly Makin
    Writers:Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar

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  20. The Glades Season 1 Episode 2 - Bird in the Hand
    7.4/10(326 votes)

    S1:E2

    Jim Longworth takes Callie's son Jeff to a heavily-wooded area to collect bugs for a school science project. In the effort, they stumble upon an abandoned airplane with a dead body inside. The victim turns out to be a retired Special Ops guy who taught flight school lessons on the side to make extra money.

    Director:Peter O'Fallon
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  21. The Glades Season 1 Episode 3 - A Perfect Storm
    7.4/10(314 votes)

    S1:E3

    Longworth gets his first taste of a Florida hurricane, but instead of waiting out the storm, he gets swept up in a murder investigation that appears to be a spree killing and he must find the killer before there is another victim. Meanwhile, due to the storm, Callie and Carlos deal with a massive influx of patients at the hospital and a power outage leads Carlos and Daniel to take extreme measures in order to save lives.

    Director:Peter O'Fallon
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  22. The Glades Season 1 Episode 6 - Doppelganger
    7.4/10(283 votes)

    S1:E6

    A man suffering from head trauma claims to have witnessed a murder before being attacked and believes the murderer looks exactly like him.

    Director:Guy Ferland
    Writer:Matt Witten

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  23. The Glades Season 1 Episode 10 - Second Chance
    7.4/10(241 votes)

    S1:E10

    Longworth and Carlos investigate a murder involving high-end horse breeding. Callie, who was once an aspiring jockey, helps them with the ins and outs of this competitive, cut-throat world. Jim sees another side of Callie which leads them to grow closer.

    Director:Tricia Brock
    Writer:Tom Garrigus

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  24. The Glades Season 2 Episode 7 - Addicted To Love
    7.4/10(209 votes)

    S2:E7

    The murder of a Haitian doctor leads Longworth and the FDLE to a pill mill and a corrupt doctor's office. Addicts have been paying big money for pain medication all of which leads to a long list of suspects.

    Director:Jeremiah S. Chechik
    Writers:Tom Garrigus, Clifton Campbell

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  25. The Glades Season 2 Episode 9 - Iron Pipeline
    7.4/10(225 votes)

    S2:E9

    Jeff's mentor, the high school soccer coach, is found shot dead on campus.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Alfonso H. Moreno

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Prima Gallerinas" is the worst rated episode of "The Glades". It scored 6.9/10 based on 164 votes. Directed by Eric Laneuville and written by Dailyn Rodriguez, it aired on 8/5/2013. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Three's Company".