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Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coupled with his secret, which he shares

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Listener Season 1 Episode 5 - Lisa Says
    6.6/10(164 votes)

    #1 - Lisa Says

    S1:E5

    A troubled boy runs away from the hospital after narrowly escaping a gang beating. While trying to find him, Toby encounters a group of runaways and discovers that a young girl is also missing.

    Director:Kari Skogland
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Listener Season 1 Episode 1 - I'm an Adult Now
    7.0/10(263 votes)

    #2 - I'm an Adult Now

    S1:E1

    When Toby rescues a young woman of a terrible car accident, he starts having disturbing visions of the son of the woman, who has gone missing. The woman is traumatized and scared for being kidnapped to gun point. As the worry for the situation of the child increases, Toby realizes that it he is going to have to act fast to find a sense to the mental discords that are tormenting him.

    Director:Clement Virgo
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Listener Season 1 Episode 2 - Emotional Rescue
    7.0/10(173 votes)

    #3 - Emotional Rescue

    S1:E2

    Toby rescues an old friend from a building fire and begins hunting a serial arsonist.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Listener Season 1 Episode 4 - Some Kinda Love
    7.1/10(155 votes)

    #4 - Some Kinda Love

    S1:E4

    Toby becomes a murder suspect after he leaves a nightclub with a woman who turns up dead the next day.

    Director:Clement Virgo
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Listener Season 1 Episode 6 - Foggy Notion
    7.2/10(137 votes)

    #5 - Foggy Notion

    S1:E6

    Toby becomes attached to the sister of a murder victim shot in Chinatown and uses his telepathy to find the killer. He soon uncovers a link between the shooting and a Chinese crime boss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Listener Season 2 Episode 1 - Lady in the Lake
    7.2/10(132 votes)

    #6 - Lady in the Lake

    S2:E1

    Toby, still haunted by guilt over the murder of his friend Detective Charlie Marks and the disappearance of his mother – has resolved to stop fighting against his mysterious gift and use his telepathic abilities to help others. When he revives a woman who nearly drowned, her amnesia gives him the perfect opportunity. As he sets out to help her remember her past, she’s also being investigated by Sgt. Michelle McCluskey of the IIB, who has taken a special interest in Toby’s connection to the woman and uncovered his more than coincidental history with a number of major criminal cases in the past.

    Director:Kari Skogland
    Writer:Ben Sokolowski

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  7. The Listener Season 1 Episode 9 - Inside Man
    7.3/10(124 votes)

    #7 - Inside Man

    S1:E9

    Toby works with a traumatized teen who was left unable to speak after the death of his parents in an attempt to discover what happened during the accident that killed them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Listener Season 3 Episode 4 - The Taking
    7.3/10(95 votes)

    #8 - The Taking

    S3:E4

    Toby and Michelle investigate the abduction of an African teenager whose driver/bodyguard, Kwesi, was shot during the altercation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ken Cuperus

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  9. The Listener Season 1 Episode 3 - A Voice in the Dark
    7.4/10(156 votes)

    #9 - A Voice in the Dark

    S1:E3

    Visions of a missing girl prompt Toby to pursue a homeless man, who he thinks has information on her location. Soon, Toby begins to suspect that the man may also have psychic abilities.

    Director:Clement Virgo
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Listener Season 1 Episode 10 - Missing
    7.4/10(127 votes)

    #10 - Missing

    S1:E10

    Toby works on a missing-person case in hopes of receiving a $100,000 reward, which he wants to use to save the nearly bankrupt restaurant owned by Oz's family. The case, however, proves more complicated than Toby anticipated.

    Director:T.J. Scott
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Listener Season 2 Episode 3 - In His Sights
    7.4/10(112 votes)

    #11 - In His Sights

    S2:E3

    Toby investigates an assassination threat against a high-ranking military colonel who may have been involved in the mysterious disappearance of an army private.

    Director:Charles Binamé
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Listener Season 2 Episode 11 - To Die For
    7.4/10(102 votes)

    #12 - To Die For

    S2:E11

    Sgt. McCluskey, with the help of Toby, tries to determine if a mob boss is really behind the murder of Will Sterling, the business partner of a celebrated restaurant chef.

    Director:Charles Binamé
    Writer:Jason Sherman

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  13. The Listener Season 3 Episode 6 - She Sells Sanctuary
    7.4/10(101 votes)

    #13 - She Sells Sanctuary

    S3:E6

    Toby and Michelle investigate the link between a cult and the disappearance of three young women.

    Director:Kari Skogland
    Writer:Karen Walton

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  14. The Listener Season 4 Episode 2 - The Blue Line
    7.4/10(90 votes)

    #14 - The Blue Line

    S4:E2

    Toby and Michelle track a gang of robbers armed with lethal, high-powered bullets under the additional pressure of a demanding new police superintendent.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Listener Season 5 Episode 2 - The Lockup
    7.4/10(80 votes)

    #15 - The Lockup

    S5:E2

    A former IIB colleague returns and ends up jeopardizing the team's success.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Listener Season 2 Episode 2 - Crime Seen
    7.5/10(118 votes)

    #16 - Crime Seen

    S2:E2

    Sgt. McCluskey recruits Toby on a case involving smuggled weapons, which takes a turn for the worse when an undercover operative winds up dead.

    Director:Charles Binamé
    Writer:Jason Sherman

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  17. The Listener Season 2 Episode 12 - Eye of the Storm
    7.5/10(103 votes)

    #17 - Eye of the Storm

    S2:E12

    Toby helps Sgt. McCluskey uncover who is behind the leak of government information and a sex tape featuring the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

    Director:Clement Virgo
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Listener Season 3 Episode 1 - The Bank Job
    7.5/10(116 votes)

    #18 - The Bank Job

    S3:E1

    Despite his decision to stop using his telepathic abilities, Toby is forced to use them when he finds himself hostage in the middle of a bank heist. It will take all of Toby's skills, both as a paramedic and a mind reader, to keep him and his fellow hostages alive.

    Director:Farhad Mann
    Writer:Peter Mohan

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  19. The Listener Season 3 Episode 3 - Curtain Call
    7.5/10(95 votes)

    #19 - Curtain Call

    S3:E3

    After a member of a superstar performer’s crew is electrocuted by a microphone, Toby finds himself amidst the entourage of Jade, one of pop music’s most popular and innovative performers.

    Director:Farhad Mann
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Listener Season 3 Episode 12 - The Bro Code
    7.5/10(84 votes)

    #20 - The Bro Code

    S3:E12

    Oz unwittingly puts his life in danger after he convinces Toby to help a childhood friend who witnessed a murder.

    Director:Rob Lieberman
    Writers:Peter Mohan, Ken Cuperus

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  21. The Listener Season 5 Episode 5 - Game Over
    7.5/10(75 votes)

    #21 - Game Over

    S5:E5

    On the eve of his new video game release, Dev's former friend is murdered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Listener Season 1 Episode 7 - Iris
    7.6/10(141 votes)

    #22 - Iris

    S1:E7

    Toby watches a woman with healing powers tend to an injured baby. When he befriends her, he learns she feels similarly burdened by her gift.

    Director:Stephen Surjik
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Listener Season 2 Episode 4 - The Brothers Volkov
    7.6/10(115 votes)

    #23 - The Brothers Volkov

    S2:E4

    Toby and Michelle investigate a suspicious homicide when a Russian Consul General is found dead and his son, protected by diplomatic immunity, confesses to his murder.

    Director:Kari Skogland
    Writer:Jason Sherman

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  24. The Listener Season 3 Episode 7 - Poisoned Minds
    7.6/10(93 votes)

    #24 - Poisoned Minds

    S3:E7

    Toby and Michelle investigate the death of a pharmaceutical executive who released a drug with killer results.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Listener Season 4 Episode 7 - Caged In
    7.6/10(87 votes)

    #25 - Caged In

    S4:E7

    After Toby witnesses the suspicious death of a promising, young Mixed Martial Arts fighter, he probes the nefarious business dealings of two rival leagues.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Lisa Says" is the worst rated episode of "The Listener". It scored 6.6/10 based on 164 votes. Directed by Kari Skogland and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/2/2009. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "I'm an Adult Now".