The WORST episodes of Crossing Lines

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

An action-packed crime drama about a police unit that specializes in cross-border crimes and brings global criminals to justice. Since globalization, some countries have opened barriers to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. But this openness has provided criminals with ways to exploit the system and threaten global safety. So much so that a special kind of law enforcement team created by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to combat global crimes, this is the story of "Crossing Lines." This elite team of five international cops must face bureaucratic, jurisdictional and cultural obstacles while working to solve the most notorious international crimes.

Last Updated: 11/27/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
Penalty
star
7.26
467 votes

#1 - Penalty

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/2015

When the locker room of a football team is bombarded, the research leads to a racist motive and exposes a dark secret of the profitable owner.

Directors: Michael Wenning
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Desperation & Desperados
star
7.36
894 votes

#2 - Desperation & Desperados

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/11/2013

When Anne-Marie is away working on an old case, the ICC team must figure out the reason behind a series of shootings in Italy and Slovenia. Meanwhile, two young men have stolen money and drugs from an Italian drug lord and unknowingly kidnap the drug lord's daughter. Eva's past family connections to the drug lord reveal hidden details from her past which may be able to help save the girl.

Directors: Daniel Percival
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Home Is Where the Heart Is
star
7.37
511 votes

#3 - Home Is Where the Heart Is

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/25/2014

A German biker gang embarks on a home-invasion spree. Meanwhile, Sebastian goes undercover for the first time.

Directors: Ben Bolt
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The Terminator
star
7.37
1202 votes

#4 - The Terminator

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/30/2013

Detective Eva Vittoria discovers a pattern of murders when wealthy businessmen begin dying from a mysterious virus and the ICC team’s investigations lead them to a group of art thieves. Meanwhile, a confrontation with the killer puts the whole team’s lives in jeopardy.

Directors: Laurent Barès
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Enemy of the People
star
7.39
481 votes

#5 - Enemy of the People

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/2015

The investigation on the death of key figures of a controversial hydro-electric project exposes the secret life of a contractor.

Directors: Sue Tully
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Freedom
star
7.40
470 votes

#6 - Freedom

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/25/2014

As Genovese awaits trial, he offers the ICC an attractive bargain.

Directors: Laurent Barès
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Truth & Consequences
star
7.40
435 votes

#7 - Truth & Consequences

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/9/2014

The ICC tries to protect a movie star after a string of murders involving a film director, agent and journalist take place.

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Long-Haul Predators
star
7.41
1073 votes

#8 - Long-Haul Predators

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/7/2013

An abandoned car leads Sebastian and the ICC team to Poland where technology reveals a shocking secret. The investigation uncovers a bizarre scenario in which families are pitted against each other in a fight to the death. When Eva and Tommy go undercover, their lives are in peril, and it’s up to Hickman and Louis to reach them in time.

Directors: Eric Valette
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In Loco Parentis
star
7.42
485 votes

#9 - In Loco Parentis

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2015

The cross borders unit investigate the death of a bus driver and student of a prestigious European school.

Directors: Sue Tully
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Expose
star
7.43
444 votes

#10 - Expose

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/2015

The mysterious death of a journalist who is about to give an exclusive to Dorn’s unit has to do with the world of drug, counterfeit and terrorist weapons.

Directors: Kerric MacDonald
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Special Ops (1)
star
7.44
989 votes

#11 - Special Ops (1)

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/14/2013

When a wealthy teenager is taken hostage, the ICC team has to move fast to track the kidnappers. Meanwhile, Anne-Marie finds a connection to a similar case in Florence as the team races to rescue the boy. Elsewhere, Dorn and Louis soon discover an unexpected link to their arch enemy Alexander Dimitrov, which puts their lives in danger.

Directors: Andy Wilson
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Special Ops (2)
star
7.45
881 votes

#12 - Special Ops (2)

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/21/2013

While in Florence, Eva finds something amiss when she discovers another similar kidnapping. While confronting her former partner in the Italian Police, a secret is discovered that may put Sebastian's career at risk. Back in Cannes, a search of the financial records from the missing boy's father shows that not everything is as it seems.

Directors: Andy Wilson
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Dragon
star
7.46
480 votes

#13 - Dragon

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2015

A thinly clad girl wandering outdoors falls from a bridge. She survives, but is in such shock, that she cannot speak. The team believes she escaped from sex traffickers who have long been sought by the ICC.

Directors: Ashley Pearce
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Lost and Found
star
7.47
471 votes

#14 - Lost and Found

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/2015

A known criminal has been knifed, but he dies instead of a deadly contagious disease. The team tries to track down all who had contact with him. The man who knifed him and his criminal partners of course do not want to be found.

Directors: Ashley Pearce
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Obscura
star
7.49
430 votes

#15 - Obscura

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/2015

The former Russian secret agent Valentina Michailova murdered the Press officer of the right-wing of the Freedom Romanian Party with a garrote. Since her motives are very personal, the ICC have to hurry to catch the professional killer. Her next victim is Solbak, the head of the Party. Marco makes a new step in the investigation of his missing sister.

Directors: Ashley Pearce
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The Long Way Home
star
7.50
457 votes

#16 - The Long Way Home

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/9/2014

The disappearances of several backpackers may be linked to a serial killer.

Directors: Xavier Gens
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The Kill Zone
star
7.51
500 votes

#17 - The Kill Zone

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/11/2014

The team hunts a sniper who is randomly killing innocent people.

Directors: Eric Valette
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Pilot (2)
star
7.54
821 votes

#18 - Pilot (2)

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/23/2013

Tommy follows the trail of the serial killer’s earlier victims When Sebastian tracks down the killer the team must race to apprehend him but a sudden tragedy changes the teams’ lives forever.

Directors: Daniel Percival
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Redux
star
7.54
569 votes

#19 - Redux

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2015

Six months after the season two finale, Michel Dorn has to bring a new team together after one of his prosecutors goes missing. Sophie Baines, Dorn's second at the trial of Wombosi, is kidnapped. Her driver is killed. New evidence she had dug up is challenged. Only she knows where the evidence came from. Dorn's investigative team has been disbanded. He puts together a new team to find Sophie.

Directors: Niall MacCormick
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Recoil
star
7.55
475 votes

#20 - Recoil

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/2015

The Cross boarders unit travel to Italy to investigate the assumed assassination of a prestigious judge.

Directors: Sue Tully
Writer: James Moran
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The Rescue
star
7.55
474 votes

#21 - The Rescue

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/2014

Louis' and Rebecca's lives hang in the balance. Meanwhile, Dorn tries to take down Dimitrov.

Directors: Xavier Gens
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Everybody Will Know
star
7.56
455 votes

#22 - Everybody Will Know

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/2014

A string of teen suicides that may be linked to Internet bullying are investigated.

Directors: Philip John
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New Scars, Old Wounds (1)
star
7.57
947 votes

#23 - New Scars, Old Wounds (1)

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/18/2013

Louis and his wife, who have never recovered from the death of their son at the hands of arch enemy Alexander Dimitrov rely on Dorn, who discovers new information that may lead to the capture of the Russian. Meanwhile, a woman is found dead and another missing, and all the evidence points to Hickman prompting Tommy and a Dutch detective to track down who framed him. Elsewhere, Louis returns home to a shocking discovery.

Directors: Hannu Salonen
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Heat
star
7.58
458 votes

#24 - Heat

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/2015

Polonium 210 is stolen from a British nuclear plant. An elderly former colleague of Dorn joins the investigation. He provides useful expertise, but clashes with Carine regarding the direction the investigation should take. During the search for the cargo of lethal polonium Carine faces a former researcher at the school, and make her question her ability to lead the ICC.

Directors: Kerric MacDonald
Writer: Bem Harris
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The Homecoming
star
7.64
478 votes

#25 - The Homecoming

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/2014

Genovese returns to New York and becomes involved with human trafficking.

Directors: Michael Wenning
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