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Episode Power Rankings

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

#1
S6E30 8.8
Episode #6.30

Reports include the 1986 disappearance of a Morro Bay, Cal., man, whose wife was murdered in 1982. Also: repeat segments on the hunt for a fugitive health-care worker; an update on a German Air Force officer's search for his biological father.

#2
S13E17 8.6
David Lee Kemp
#3
S3E23 8.5
Episode #3.23

Segments: evidence said to refute historical theories on the deaths of Old West outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; the death of a pediatric nurse who had been harassed and terrorized for seven years; a woman's search for her siblings.

#4 Episode #2.30 S2E30 8.4
#5 Episode #1.27 S1E27 8.3
#6 Episode #4.26 S4E26 8.2
#7 Episode #2.15 S2E15 8.1
#8 Amish Hostage Murder S2E27 8.1
#9 Episode #5.12 S5E12 8.1
#10 Episode #5.24 S5E24 8.1

Lowlights

#299 S14E6 Episode #14.6 6.0

Lost: Justin Burwinkle

#298 Bonnie and Clyde S12E10 6.2
#297 Episode #9.16 S9E16 6.3
#296 Trailor Terror S12E2 6.4
#295 Episode #10.2 S10E2 6.4

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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