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Episode Power Rankings

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

#1
S1E11 8.4
Horror in the Heights

Residents of the Roosevelt Heights neighborhood are being caught off guard, and killed, by a demon with the ability to appear as a person they know and trust.

#2
S1E1 7.9
The Ripper

Carl may be up against the original Jack the Ripper, a black-caped, bullet-resistant, super-human killer of women.

#3
S1E4 7.9
The Vampire

Sent to L.A. to interview a controversial guru, Kolchak's more interested in tracking down and stopping an extremely vicious female vampire.

#4 The Spanish Moss Murders S1E9 7.9
#5 The Zombie S1E2 7.8
#6 The Trevi Collection S1E14 7.8
#7 Demon in Lace S1E16 7.8
#8 The Knightly Murders S1E18 7.8
#9 The Werewolf S1E5 7.7
#10 The Devil's Platform S1E7 7.6

Lowlights

#20 S1E3 They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be... 7.1

Kolchak connects a string of bizarre thefts committed by a powerful invisible entity that targets metal deposits to a string of suspicious animal and human deaths connected by the fact that the victims' bone marrow is missing.

#19 Primal Scream S1E13 7.2
#18 Mr. R.I.N.G. S1E12 7.2
#17 The Youth Killer S1E19 7.3
#16 The Energy Eater S1E10 7.3

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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