The WORST episodes of Burden of Truth
Every episode of Burden of Truth ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Burden of Truth!
A mysterious illness targets high school girls and brings lawyer Joanna Hanley back to her hometown. In a town that's as familiar as it is foreign, Joanna seeks to convince the locals that her family's hurried departure when she was a teenager wasn't her doing. She is drawn into the shadowy world of hackers, political movements, and activists. When Joanna becomes the target, someone from her past shows up to try and alter the course of the events.
#1 - River City
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/28/2021
With Millwood divided over a proposed mining project, lawyer and new mother Joanna Chang takes on the case of a landowner whose farm is standing in the way of the mine.
#2 - Crawford Chang
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2020
Joanna and Billy face a verdict in their first case in their new firm, but when they return to Millwood for a high school reunion, an old friend from Joanna's past suffers a devastating loss that forces Joanna to face long-buried demons from her past.
#3 - Wherever You Go
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2020
Reeling from the sudden apprehension of Kodie's children by Millwood Family Services, Joanna sets out to win back custody, but in order to win in court, she must conduct a thorough and potentially revealing investigation into her old friend's life.
#4 - No Fathers and Sons
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2020
After losing at the custody hearing, Joanna is desperate to help Kodie and recklessly launches an emergency challenge to the court-appointed custodian. The case brings Billy face to face with the last person he wanted to see.
#5 - Desperate Measures
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2020
Kodie snatches her kids and goes on the run. With Millwood Police looking for her and with the imminent threat of a province-wide Amber Alert, Joanna must track Kodie down to have any chance at saving her custody case.
#6 - Crisis of Faith
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2020
With more potential cases of wrongful child apprehensions, Joanna and Billy investigate Millwood Family Services and discover a potential error in the custody hearing evidence that will change everything in the case and in their lives.
#7 - It Takes a Village
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2020
In an attempt to build a case against ClearDawn labs for the wrongful apprehension of children in Millwood, Joanna reluctantly agrees to try to put together a class-action lawsuit. Billy gets a tip from his father about a potential break in the case.
#8 - Name Your Ghosts
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2020
Coming off the loss of class certification, Joanna and Billy decide to go after ClearDawn alone with an unreliable whistleblower as their only lead. Luna goes to extreme lengths to save another child from a wrongful apprehension.
#9 - Shelter from the Storm
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2020
Joanna and Billy head to trial against ClearDawn labs while still desperately searching for a way to expose the fraudulent science used to wrongfully apprehend children.
#10 - The Right Road
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2019
As Luna's trial starts, Joanna and Billy defend against an avalanche of evidence. With things not looking good, Joanna risks everything by putting an unexpected witness on the stand.
#11 - Breaking Points
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/4/2021
Joanna searches for her client's long-lost daughter to protect her client's legal interests and keep the case alive. Billy Crawford calls on an unexpected expert to help him examine the accident scene.
#12 - From Out the Gloomy Rack
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/11/2021
Joanna becomes the target of a mysterious criminal investigation. Luna rushes back to Millwood to aid her sister. Beckbie helps Kip deal with a personal problem. Taylor makes a shocking discovery as she continues her investigation.
#13 - Scorched Earth
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/18/2021
Joanna races to find evidence to dismiss the charges against her before her end-of-day hearing. Her relentless pursuit of evidence will lead into conflict with her legal team. Billy's searches for a lead in the case against the mine.
#14 - Spirits in the Material World
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/25/2021
Joanna and Billy are blindsided when their injunction against the mine is overturned. Luna tries to find a legal avenue to help a victim of trafficking. The Millwood Police raid a safehouse where Taylor makes an important discovery.
#15 - The Homecoming
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/4/2021
With the return of her client's missing daughter, Joanna sees an opportunity to restart the case against the mine, but as she and Billy investigate further, it's clear nothing about the Oro North mine is as it seems; Luna and Stevie's promise to provide legal help to Dee leads her to a surprising potential defendant.
#16 - Where the Shadows Lie Waiting...
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/2021
With one day left before the disciplinary hearing, Joanna and Billy set out to finish the case against the mine. Luna tries to establish a connection between the mine and the trafficking ring. Taylor's determined to protect Dee from her ex-boyfriend.
#17 - Standing by Peaceful Waters
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/18/2021
Joanna begins to chart a new path for the future. Billy gets some unexpected help in his pursuit of a new client. Dee's legal case is at a dead end. Luna is unsure where to turn.
#18 - Never Face the Hangman
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2019
On the eve of Luna's trial, Joanna reaches out to an old client when she discovers a new piece of evidence that will lead her to the identity of the real killer. Billy attempts to get help for Shane but is forced to make an agonizing choice.
#19 - Manic Street Preacher
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2019
Sleepless and suppressing her grief, Joanna tries to maintain her job at Steadman Lavery while preparing for jury selection in Luna's trial. Billy uncovers evidence from Shane that may provide an alternate theory about the murder.
#20 - Hungry, Cold & Tired
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/2019
Joanna and Billy scramble to get Luna out on bail but a surprise witness comes forward with information that will change everything.
#21 - Guilt by Association
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2019
Back in Millwood after learning of a death of someone close to her, Joanna doesn't get a moment to mourn as the overzealous police are already zeroing in on Gerrilynn Spence. Joanna and Billy team up to halt a rush to judgment.
#22 - The Milk of Human Kindness
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2019
Joanna struggles to control the narrative of Noah's case when Lovand starts a smear campaign against him. Billy and Gerrilynn wait for an answer in their civil suit, when an unexpected visitor turns up in Millwood with an offer.
#23 - The Rabbit Hole
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2019
Joanna deals with the aftermath of an invasion of privacy. Billy entertains Shane's idea to save the town.
#24 - Salesman, Cheats and Liars
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2019
Joanna Chang is living a new life at a new firm with a new name when she's assigned a case of a brilliant young Internet privacy activist who will turn everything in her new life upside down. Meanwhile, back in Millwood, Billy Crawford is dealing with the aftermath of the Matheson Steel lawsuit.
#25 - Family Ties
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2018
Joanna and Billy are convinced that the local steel mill and its owner Ben Matheson are responsible for the barrels. A shocking revelation in Joanna's personal life leads her to question everything her father had told her.