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Episode Power Rankings

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

#1
S6E21 9.1
Endgame

Goren and Eames find a scrapbook belonging to a serial killer on death row. It suggests that he may have had more victims than previously known.

#2
S7E22 8.9
Frame

Bobby is visited by the past when he finds a picture at his mother's grave indicating an old nemesis has returned, and the case only gets more complex when his brother and a mentor reappear.

#3
S2E3 8.7
Anti-Thesis

As Goren and Eames sift through the likely suspects in the murder of a university president and his assistant, they discover that the culprit is a wily adversary who has more than these crimes to hide.

#4 In the Wee Small Hours: Part 2 S5E7 8.7
#5 Badge S1E20 8.6
#6 Probability S2E14 8.6
#7 A Person of Interest S2E23 8.6
#8 In the Wee Small Hours: Part 1 S5E6 8.6
#9 Blind Spot S6E1 8.6
#10 Amends S7E1 8.6

Lowlights

#195 S9E14 Palimpsest 6.9

Nichols takes a very personal interest in a case that turns out to have many layers when an old friend is murdered, and somehow the reclusive book dealer's troubled daughter is also involved.

#194 Lost Children of the Blood S9E11 6.9
#193 Inhumane Society S9E15 7.1
#192 The Mobster Will See You Now S9E13 7.2
#191 Traffic S9E9 7.2

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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