The WORST episodes of Justified
Every episode of Justified ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Justified!
At the explosive center of the action, Western-style, gun-slinging U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens confronts murder, drugs, bank heists, mobsters, crime families, corrupt politicians and even his own tumultuous past and never backs down. His ultimate adversary is the cunning, complex outlaw Boyd Crowder, but the real wild card is Ava Crowder, the mysterious woman torn between the two men and both sides of the law.
#1 - The Lord of War and Thunder
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2010
Raylan's father is arrested in the wake of a confrontation with the tenant of a house he and Raylan's stepmother own.
#2 - The Hunt
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/3/2015
A visit from his baby daughter threatens to pull Raylan away from the hunt for a dangerous fugitive. Boyd, having learned that Ava's been lying to him, takes her on a hunting trip that she may never come back from.
#3 - For Blood or Money
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/2/2011
When Rachel's brother-in-law makes a violent escape from a halfway house, Raylan is forced to hunt him down. Boyd entertains a dangerous offer in Harlan.
#4 - The Hammer
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/18/2010
Determined to repair the damage he's done, Raylan takes time away from his assignment bodyguarding an eccentric judge to track down an old lead.
#5 - The Trash and the Snake
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2015
Raylan declares war on the deadly men who are forcing Harlan's most valuable real estate to change hands, while Boyd and Duffy seek out a crackpot safecracker to help do their dirty work.
#6 - Fixer
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/30/2010
In tracking a vanished confidential informant, Raylan goes against a pair of violent ex-cons who are just dying for a showdown with "The Kentucky Cowboy."
#7 - Sounding
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2015
When Ava makes a drastic decision, Raylan turns to an old friend for help. A suspicious Duffy looks into Ava’s release from prison.
#8 - Blowback
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/4/2010
When a murderous inmate takes hostages, Raylan must scramble to defuse the situation before the bullets start flying.
#9 - Fire in the Hole
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/16/2010
Gunslinging U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens faces off against his oldest friend in Harlan, Kentucky, a 21st Century Wild West.
#10 - Noblesse Oblige
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/2015
Raylan follows a trail of illegal explosives in an attempt to pin Boyd, who discovers he's run afoul of a dangerous new player in town.
#11 - Long in the Tooth
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/6/2010
Raylan leaves to California to follow the trails of a criminal who has evaded him twice in the past, and Raylan is determined that the third time won't be the same.
#12 - Veterans
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/25/2010
When Boyd Crowder and his crusaders become vigilantes, Raylan takes it upon himself to try to shut them down.
#13 - The I of the Storm
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2011
The hijacking of a bus full of drugs ends in murder, and Raylan pursues the likely culprit: Boyd Crowder.
#14 - Whistle Past the Graveyard
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/4/2014
Raylan chases a missing Crowe, while Boyd and his new partners fight their way back across the border.
#15 - Fathers and Sons
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/1/2010
In order to work for the Marshal's Office, Raylan's dad Arlo agrees to become a double agent and work for Bo Crowder. Meanwhile, Bo sets up a meth lab to get back in business.
#16 - Riverbrook
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/23/2010
Raylan hunts an escaped prisoner who is determined to reunite with his ex-wife...and his stashed fortune.
#17 - The Collection
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2010
After an apparent suicide on an opulent Kentucky horse farm, Raylan must resist the sexy widow as he searches for the dead man's missing art.
#18 - Dark as a Dungeon
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2015
Raylan extends an unexpected offer to Markham. Boyd and Ava find themselves in Walker’s dangerous company.
#19 - Blaze of Glory
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/2011
When a terminally ill ex-con is linked to a bank heist, Art and Raylan must find him before he and his young henchmen can strike again. However, the manhunt is complicated when Winona worries that a hundred-dollar bill she took from an evidence room locker will be traced back to her after it is taken in the robbery.
#20 - This Bird Has Flown
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2013
Raylan's hunt for his stolen money leads to a confrontation with a bareknuckle brawler; while Boyd and Ava face a decision that threatens to destroy them.
#21 - Save My Love
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/23/2011
Winona's blunder could put her behind bars, unless Raylan can weave his way through a federal courthouse locked down over death threats.
#22 - Foot Chase
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2013
Raylan's discovery of a severed foot sets off a race against time, while Boyd and Ava work to break into Harlan high society.
#23 - Alive Day
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/24/2015
Raylan investigates a murder that has sown discord in Markham's camp. Boyd's latest heist forces him to revisit his mining days.
#24 - Cash Game
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/27/2015
Raylan's investigation brings him into conflict with a paramilitary outfit, while Boyd and his partners try to salvage a profit from their heist.
#25 - Where's Waldo?
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2013
As Raylan tangles with a dangerous family keeping a dark secret, Boyd takes on a snake-handling preacher.