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Episode Power Rankings

The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.

#1
S45E3 8.6
Aleppo/Coming Home/James Bond

"Aleppo" goes to Syria for an inside look at how the civil war is destroying communities. "Coming Home" examines a Texas program that seeks to help veterans who are getting in trouble with the law. "James Bond" looks at the long-running James Bond franchise.

#2
S44E30 8.5
Remembering Mike Wallace

60 Minutes offers a tribute and memorial to Mike Wallace with clips from his most famous interviews.

#3
S46E12 8.5
Inside the NSA/The Copts

"Inside the NSA" offers an inside look at the secretive National Security Agency and interviews some of the people involved in the agency including its director. "The Copts" examines the ancient sect of Egyptian Christians and looks at how they are suffering persecution due to the recent unrest in Egypt.

#4 War Crime/JR/Jennifer Lawrence S50E22 8.5
#5 The Bus on Route 62/The Last Best Place/The Empty Rooms S58E9 8.5
#6 I'm Mike Wallace S38E35 8.4
#7 9.11: the FDNY S54E1 8.4
#8 China's Spies/The Future of Warfare/Sounds of Cajun Country S57E34 8.4
#9 60 Minutes Presents: Take Me Away: An Island Off an Island/Caligula's Gardens/Return to Gorongosa S57E37 8.4
#10 60 Minutes Presents: Animal Magnetism: The Sperm Whales of Dominica/Monkey Island/Hanging On S57E44 8.4

Lowlights

#386 S55E28 MTG/The Secretary and the Border/Land of Fire and Ice 3.0

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.); Alejandro Mayorkas, homeland security secretary; Icelandic scientists make discoveries about forecasting volcanic eruptions.

#385 President Trump/Officially Amazing S58E6 3.9
#384 The Fires/The FBI Director/The Gaza Policy S57E18 4.2
#383 Wanted: Dead or Alive/The Closer!/O'Reilly S37E1 4.2
#382 The Promise/Aussiewood/Bhutan S57E10 4.3

The Quality Arc

Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.

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Episode Engagement

High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.

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Series Trajectory

One point per season. Smooths out the episode-to-episode noise to reveal the bigger arc.

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Season Momentum

Did each season build or fizzle? Green means the finale outscored the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows, bigger swings.

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Season Consistency

How steady is each season? Tightly clustered dots mean reliable quality. Scattered dots mean a wild ride.

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