The WORST episodes of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Every episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex!
In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.
#1 - DOUBLE THINK - Event Boundary
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/23/2022
The Section 9 crew start living their regular lives as if nothing ever happened — and the only one who finds it strange is Kusanagi.
#5 - SACRIFICIAL PAWN - Emissary from the Divide
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/23/2020
While researching the team's disappearance and John Smith, Togusa takes a calculated risk. The GHOST members question the true nature of their mission.
#7 - DISCLOSURE - Quantized Gospel
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/23/2020
Following the Section 9 reunion, Kusanagi and her colleagues learn about the "post-humans," a previously unknown threat to humanity.
#8 - PIE IN THE SKY - First Bank Robbery
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/23/2020
Back in Japan after six years, Batou decides to take a break while waiting for his delayed team. Then some amateur bank robbers interrupt his fun.
#9 - ASSEMBLE - What Came About as a Result of Togusa's Death
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/23/2020
The Major and Smith clash over Section 9's new mission hunting post-humans. She orders Togusa to investigate a suspected spy near the Prime Minister.
#10 - IDENTITY THEFT - The Lonely Struggle
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/23/2020
Problems arise for Section 9 after one of the three post-humans in Japan murders several politicians, then targets the Prime Minister's father-in-law.
#11 - NET PEOPLE - Reasons Leading to Flameout
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/23/2020
Section 9 investigates a possible post-human hacker who uses the web to incite physical attacks on people. The trail leads to a high school student.
#12 - EDGELORD - The Revolution of the 14-year-olds
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/23/2020
Pudding helps analyze the Thinkpol program while the Major and Togusa search for clues about the post-human middle school student Takashi Shimamura.
#14 - CLOSE CALL - I've Awoken
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/23/2022
US special operations forces join the Section 9 team in their fight against a relentless posthuman named Suzuka Mizukane.
#18 - N-POWER - How to Build an Independent Nation
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/23/2022
After hearing from Togusa, Batou and the others head to Tokyo. Back in Fukuoka, the Major learns that a posthuman has hijacked a nuclear submarine.
#19 - TRUTH POINT OF CONTACT - Bridge of Promise
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/23/2022
Resurrected as a full-body prosthetic cyborg, Purin tries to hitchhike her way to Tokyo. US special operations forces face Mizukane's wrath.
#20 - DEMI DEUS - Those Who Evolve Toward Divinity
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/23/2022
Batou and the group get an update on the posthuman situation from Standard. The Major and Purin join the rest of the crew in Tokyo.
#21 - LAST RESORT - A Long Slumber
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/23/2022
To take back control of the hijacked nuclear submarine, the Section 9 team targets Mizukane and Takashi Shimamura.
#22 - OPERATION STANDOFF - The Battle Begins
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/23/2022
Shimamura wakes up and makes a desperate move, putting Kusanagi and her crew in an impossible position.
#23 - DOOMSDAY - The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/23/2022
Kusanagi and her team do everything they can to stop the US from implementing their draconian plan to end the nuclear standoff with "N."
#24 - DOMINO EFFECT - Silly Kukushkin
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/23/2022
Members of Section 9 seek out a man named Philip Kukushkin, a Russian national who seems to know a lot about the creation of posthumans.
#25 - DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/1/2004
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is put on full display. A Japanese National named Gino, who suffered through the horrors of Non-Nuclear World War IV, the Second Vietnam War, now passes his days as a helicopter pilot for the chairman of a media conglomerate. His cushy job, however, does not take away the sheer internal pain that Gino is facing. As he moves through his isolated existence, Gino leaps between reality and fantasy. However, he keeps his dementia solely to himself. Having no one to help him, his condition continues to worsen.