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Episode Power Rankings

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

#1
S3E27 9.8
Joe Louis
#2
S1E9 9.7
Dick Haymes
#3
S3E10 9.6
Melvyn Douglas
#4 Boris Karloff S2E19 9.5
#5 Bette Davis S4E5 9.5
#6 Jackie Gleason (Dressed as Ralph Kramden) & Douglas Fairbanks Jr. S7E4 9.5
#7 Bette Davis (2) S11E49 9.5
#8 Danny Kaye, Yves Saint-Laurent & Bette Davis S17E8 9.5
#9 Clayton Moore (as The Lone Ranger) S3E6 9.4
#10 Bette Davis (4) S15E28 9.4

Lowlights

#798 S17E41 Joan Crawford (3) 2.6

Panelists question a surfboards salesman, a lady who applies hands-on driving tests and blindfolded, try to identify the week's celebrity "mystery guest", a film and television actress who began her career as a dancer.

#797 Joan Crawford S14E6 3.0
#796 Joan Crawford (2) S16E14 3.1
#795 Wilt Chamberlain & Joan Crawford S12E18 3.3
#794 Phyllis Cerf (Wife of Panelist Bennett Cerf) & Joan Crawford S9E15 3.6

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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