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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2018
When it's suspected that her big-pharma client's vaccine has caused a mysterious illness affecting a handful of teenaged girls, high-powered attorney Joanna Hanley returns to her hometown to quickly and quietly settle the case.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Home to Roost
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/4/2018
With Joanna disqualified and the clock running out on Billy who’ll have to face Joanna’s father alone, Joanna must think outside the box if they want to win this. She must face the one person who may be able to help her defeat her father, her mom. Not only does she learn the truth about her father, she gains the critical piece of evidence that ties the mill and their parent company to the dumping. Regrettably, Joanna returns too late and finds the case in shambles, her named plaintiff removed and the class de-certified.
#18 - 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.
#19 - Devil in the Desert
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/7/2018
As threats against Joanna and Billy escalate, Joanna digs her heels in on the case. Relying on the expert testimony of a respected neuropsychologist, Joanna expects he'll prove once and for all that the girls have been poisoned.
#20 - Still Waters
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2018
Joanna uses her esteem as partner at CTS to convince a hydrologist to test Millwood's soil. With reluctant permission from the mayor, Joanna and Billy narrow their list of suspects to a handful of industrial sites in the community.
#21 - The Ties That Bind
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2018
A fish out of water in a town that's as foreign as it is familiar, Joanna battles with questions over her family's hasty departure when she was a teenager and attempts to convince the locals that she has in fact switched sides.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.