The WORST episodes of Chesapeake Shores

Every episode of Chesapeake Shores ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Chesapeake Shores!

Abby O'Brien Winters returns from New York to her hometown of Chesapeake Shores, Maryland, after receiving a panicked phone call from her youngest sister Jess, who is renovating the Inn at Eagle Point. Abby's demanding career, divorce, and young daughters have kept her too busy to even think about the town her father built. Saving her sister's inn from foreclosure means dealing not only with her fractured family but also with Trace Riley, her first love whom she abruptly left sixteen years ago. He initially is an obstacle but becomes an unexpected ally and a second chance at finding love. The troubled family dynamic is intensified when Abby's estranged mother comes back to town.

Last Updated: 9/13/2024Network: Hallmark ChannelStatus: Ended
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L-O-V-E
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7.38
66 votes

#1 - L-O-V-E

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/11/2022

A fortune telling machine shares uncomfortable truths with the O’Brien couples. Mick and Megan struggle with their long-distance relationship, while Abby becomes comfortable with her new romance.

Directors: Terry Ingram
Writer: Phoef Sutton
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Leap of Faith
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7.62
107 votes

#2 - Leap of Faith

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/2019

As Trace searches for his purpose in Chesapeake Shores, a friend tries to persuade him to return to his music career. Abby puts her work life in jeopardy investigating a client's dubious business practices, and Connor also faces professional consequences after making an impulsive decision. Mick is pulled into a former business partner's legal trouble. Jess and David try to return to where it all began. Bree worries that her chemistry with Simon doesn't live up to that of the characters in her autobiographical play. After saving the life of a beloved coach, Kevin contemplates the impact he'd had in his life and the community. Meanwhile, Megan jumps at a new opportunity to help Kevin and Sarah.

Directors: Terry Ingram
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Nice Work If You Can Get It
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7.63
72 votes

#3 - Nice Work If You Can Get It

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/22/2021

Abby reflects on the past and contemplates a future on her own terms. She and Mick deal with the damage to the reputation of O'Brien Construction, Jess struggles with something David's parents gave her, and Bree realizes two different men from her past may be returning to her life and her heart.

Directors: Michael Robison
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Happy Trails
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7.64
70 votes

#4 - Happy Trails

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/5/2021

Jess and David host visitors in town for the traditional Snallygaster hunt. Mick and Thomas revisit a weekend-long hiking trip from their youth.

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Night and Day
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7.66
74 votes

#5 - Night and Day

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/28/2022

Abby and Evan participate in a scavenger hunt. Mick and Megan have a serious talk about past relationships. Connor breaks out to return to his apartment. Bree helps Luke with night terrors.

Directors: Terry Ingram
Writer: Phoef Sutton
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A Sonnet for Caroline
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7.67
101 votes

#6 - A Sonnet for Caroline

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/2019

Abby faces career and legal ramifications for blowing the whistle on a Ponzi scheme, and meets an intriguing new man during her leave from work. Trace mentors Emma, a waitress and songwriter, and encourages her to perform her music at The Bridge. Mick and Megan fear that the return of their romantic feelings will complicate their friendship, and Nell -- newly back in town -- offers Megan relationship advice. Jess and David navigate a bidding war for a new B&B. Meanwhile, Kevin discovers that his family's good intentions have Sarah feeling overwhelmed; and Connor and Bree contemplate their futures with their respective significant others.

Directors: Andy Mikita
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What's New?
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7.68
66 votes

#7 - What's New?

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/26/2021

When Evan comes to the house, he throws out his back and must recover for a few days on the O'Brien couch, connecting him with the family in a way Abby never anticipated.

Directors: Siobhan Devine
Writer: Phoef Sutton
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Love Is Here to Stay
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7.71
66 votes

#8 - Love Is Here to Stay

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/19/2021

Jess and David's wedding is here, but the O'Brien family still has a lot to face before the celebration. Abby and Evan get into an argument over his hotel, threatening the entire project.

Directors: Terry Ingram
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Are the Stars Out Tonight?
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7.71
77 votes

#9 - Are the Stars Out Tonight?

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/29/2021

O'Brien Construction's eccentric billionaire client, Evan Kincaid, comes to town and throws Abby and Mick off their game. At a moment of triumph, Connor discovers his law firm is hiding information from him, and Megan discovers a lost painting that leads her to a famous, reclusive local artist who wants nothing to do with her.

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Memories Are Made of This
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7.73
70 votes

#10 - Memories Are Made of This

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/21/2022

Abby plans a second date with Evan. Deidre and Alexandra Peck visit the B&B to avoid negative media attention, and with Connor recovering, Megan decides whether to work in L.A. or stay to help.

Directors: Siobhan Devine
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Home to Roost (1)
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7.73
360 votes

#11 - Home to Roost (1)

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/21/2016

Abby considers leaving her Wall Street job and has an unforeseen showdown with her ex. Meanwhile, Trace has trouble explaining why he left Nashville and Jess wants to open a new business on her own.

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It’s Not For Me to Say
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7.75
63 votes

#12 - It’s Not For Me to Say

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2022

Kevin learns something new while David questions what he thought was true. Bree finds she and Luke share a birthday. Kevin discovers the gender of the baby. David confronts his father.

Writer: Elena Song
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The Best is Yet to Come
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7.75
87 votes

#13 - The Best is Yet to Come

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/14/2022

The O’Brien family comes together in the aftermath of Connor’s heart attack. Jess and David start to deal with the media fallout after Dennis Peck goes on the run, leaning on one another for support. Abby finally reveals to her family who she called at the end of season five leading to an unexpected yet exciting first date. Mandrake and Kevin talk about their difficult past.

Directors: Siobhan Devine
Writer: Phoef Sutton
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Pilot - Part 1
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7.75
442 votes

#14 - Pilot - Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/14/2016

Abby returns to her hometown after hearing troubling news about the family inn facing foreclosure.

Directors: Martin Wood
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Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
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7.75
68 votes

#15 - Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/9/2022

Mick gets closer to the ones he loves while Evan and Luke push themselves away. Mick continues to rebuild his relationship with Megan. Luke recovers from a gunshot after stopping a robbery.

Directors: Siobhan Devine
Writer: Phoef Sutton
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Grand Openings
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7.76
243 votes

#16 - Grand Openings

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/10/2017

As the nightclub opening nears, Trace spends late nights practicing with Leigh and his band; Mick fights city hall to receive a live music permit; Abby receives a promotion at work, but it leaves her with less time to spend with the family and Trace.

Directors: Mike Rohl
Writer: David Maples
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It's Always Nashville
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7.77
282 votes

#17 - It's Always Nashville

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/27/2017

Trace hits the road to record an album with his ex-girlfriend but has trouble channeling creative inspiration while he is away from Abby. A well-intentioned Jess creates trouble for Bree when she advertises that a famous author will attend a book reading at Bree’s new bookstore.

Directors: Terry Ingram
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Once Upon Ever After
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7.77
114 votes

#18 - Once Upon Ever After

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/26/2018

Abby joins Trace on tour with his band away from Chesapeake Shores but discovers that Trace’s fame may impact her family’s privacy. Though she enjoys seeing Trace in his element performing, Abby is shocked when paparazzi photos of them together surface and worries the attention will only get worse as Trace’s celebrity rises. Mick and Megan spend more time together as they help Thomas prepare for his vow renewal ceremony and experience a closeness they haven’t felt in years. The vow renewal ceremony also brings Connor and Kevin closer together, as Nell assigns them a time-consuming task that forces them to work out their differences. Meanwhile, Jess considers starting a life with David away from Chesapeake Shores, but Bree makes a troubling discovery about David’s mom that causes both of the O’Brien sisters to question Jess’ relationship.

Directors: Terry Ingram
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A Kiss is Still a Kiss
star
7.78
76 votes

#19 - A Kiss is Still a Kiss

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/15/2021

As the O'Brien family welcomes Bree home from London they ruminate on how the past two months have changed them all. Kevin and Sarah try for a baby, Jess and David plan for their wedding, and Abby thinks back to her conversation with Trace after their kiss on the beach.

Directors: Michael Robison
Writer: Phoef Sutton
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We're Not Losing a Son...
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7.78
320 votes

#20 - We're Not Losing a Son...

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/4/2016

As Abby settles in and starts her job at her firm's Baltimore office, she wonders if she can remain just friends with Trace.

Directors: Martin Wood
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That's All There Is to That
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7.79
66 votes

#21 - That's All There Is to That

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/4/2022

Sarah and Kevin come together with exciting news. Connor and Margaret's law firm struggles to make ends meet, and when Mick's pill addiction starts to noticeably affect his life, the O'Briens must rally together and stage an intervention.

Directors: Terry Ingram
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That Old Feeling
star
7.79
66 votes

#22 - That Old Feeling

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/17/2021

Connor comes to Luke's defense despite personal risks. Abby faces a romantic dilemma when Evan declares his true feelings. Jay wants more than friendship.

Directors: Terry Ingram
Writer: Phoef Sutton
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An Open Book
star
7.79
130 votes

#23 - An Open Book

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/5/2018

After months away on tour, Trace returns to Abby. Trace’s Chesapeake Shores homecoming becomes complicated, however, when his growing fame draws unwanted media attention to his relationship with Abby and her girls. Mick faces off against Connor in an environmental legal battle. Though the two are on opposing sides, Mick tries to warn his son about a major error before it is too late. Jess discovers Bree’s manuscript and is shocked to discover what’s inside. Meanwhile, Kevin continues his paramedic training, and grows closer with Sarah. When Trace and the O’Brien family come together for the annual oyster festival, Nell recruits the family to save a beloved landmark.

Directors: Sean McNamara
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I Get a Kick Out of You
star
7.79
68 votes

#24 - I Get a Kick Out of You

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/2/2022

Secrets are exposed to reveal the past can’t be escaped. A DNA test reveals a location for Evan’s father. Jess hosts a historical reenactment. A Hollywood star comes to offer Bree a movie deal.

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All Our Yesterdays
star
7.79
248 votes

#25 - All Our Yesterdays

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/17/2017

Mick receives damaging information about Thomas, and considers whether to use it in their town hall debate; Jess plans a special meal to win David over; Bree fears moving forward with her new admirer.

Directors: Anne Wheeler
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