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 decides to moves to a small Florida town to join the state police.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "The Glades" is "Mucked Up", rated 7.1/10 from 247 user votes. It was directed by Peter O'Fallon and written by Clifton Campbell. "Mucked Up" aired on 8/1/2010 and is rated 0.0 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Islandia".
7.1/10 247 votes#1 - Mucked Up
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/1/2010
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
7.1/10 161 votes#2 - Islandia
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 8/5/2012
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: N/A
Writer: Dailyn Rodriguez
7.1/10 146 votes#3 - Prima Gallerinas
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 8/5/2013
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
7.2/10 367 votes#4 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2010
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
7.2/10 200 votes#5 - Gibtown
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/17/2011
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
7.2/10 191 votes#6 - Second Skin
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 7/31/2011
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
7.2/10 150 votes#7 - Magic Longworth
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 6/17/2013
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
7.2/10 140 votes#8 - Three's Company
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 7/15/2013
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. Liberman
7.3/10 286 votes#9 - Bird in the Hand
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/18/2010
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
7.3/10 256 votes#10 - The Girlfriend Experience
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/8/2010
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
7.3/10 237 votes#11 - Cassadaga
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/22/2010
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
7.3/10 202 votes#12 - Iron Pipeline
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/7/2011
Jeff's mentor, the high school soccer coach, is found shot dead on campus.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Alfonso H. Moreno
7.3/10 180 votes#13 - Swamp Thing
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 8/14/2011
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
7.3/10 167 votes#14 - Poseidon Adventure
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/10/2012
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
7.3/10 164 votes#15 - The Naked Truth
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/24/2012
The dead body of a naked woman leads Jim and Carlos to investigate a close knit nudist colony fighting against expansion by a luxury condo development. Jennifer begins interviewing the substation employees and finds its high case closure rate seems directly related to Jim, in whom she takes an interest that may be more than just professional.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Lisa Henthorn
7.3/10 174 votes#16 - Food Fight
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/1/2012
When Jim finds the ex-Navy Seal owner of his favorite food truck dead in the truck's kitchen, he ends up embroiled in a heated political battle between the new wave of gourmet food trucks and the established boardwalk restaurants. Jennifer takes an active and prying interest in Jim's cases, while Callie's attempt to confront Miranda about her hostility backfires.
Director: Ron Underwood
Writer: Dailyn Rodriguez
7.3/10 171 votes#17 - Public Enemy
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/15/2012
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
7.3/10 165 votes#18 - Fountain Of Youth
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 7/22/2012
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
7.3/10 150 votes#19 - Glade-iators!
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 7/1/2013
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
Writer: John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart
7.3/10 143 votes#20 - Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 7/8/2013
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
7.3/10 150 votes#21 - Fast Ball
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 7/29/2013
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
7.4/10 276 votes#22 - A Perfect Storm
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/25/2010
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
7.4/10 254 votes#23 - Doppelganger
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/15/2010
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
7.4/10 215 votes#24 - Second Chance
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/12/2010
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
7.4/10 218 votes#25 - Moonlighting
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 6/26/2011
A stolen car and a body have Jim investigating some NASCAR drivers. After Ray is attacked, Callie must consider the option of witness protection.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Lois Walfrid Johnson