The WORST episodes of Nightwatch
Every episode of Nightwatch ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Nightwatch!
Follow the men and women who keep the citizens of New Orleans safe during the night. Ride along with the police officers, the firefighters, and the paramedics as they tackle the evils of the night.
#1 - Heartbeat of the City
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2021
EMS first responders keep their cool and maintain their spirits as they face a series of challenges across New Orleans, including a shooting and stabbing victim and a woman whose slot machine experience takes a bizarre turn.
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Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2022
A strange Mardi Gras sees the cancellation of traditional parades--but not the end of emergencies, as the EMT crew responds to a vehicle-streetcar collision, a motorcycle accident, a house fire, and potential cardiac arrest.
#3 - Drama Calls
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/17/2021
The team faces a slew of dramatic nightshift calls including a pregnant woman who has been assaulted, a 4-year-old boy with abdominal pain, a gunshot victim, and a potentially devastating car accident involving the St. Charles trolley.
#4 - Keep Calm and Carry On
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/10/2021
An EMT juggles the joys of family with the pressures of the night shift; a gunshot victim; a motorcyclist hit by a car; a man in custody; a Vietnam veteran with a grisly finger injury.
#5 - The Big Not-So-Easy
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/3/2021
The EMT team must band together to treat multiple major vehicle accidents, patients losing consciousness and facing breathing and heart ailments, and a woman who has been assaulted by her significant other.
#6 - Cold Hands, Warm Hearts
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/27/2021
New Orleans first responders battle freezing temperatures as they treat a driver trapped after a serious car accident, a man hit by a streetcar, a delirious patient who doesn't want to part with his dog, and a woman with a surprisingly poignant backstory.
#7 - Heart and Soul
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/2021
An EMS captain juggles the challenges and rewards of being a wife and mother of twins with the never-ending drama of the job, as the night shift includes a bloody car accident, a major apartment fire, and multiple victims struggling to breathe.
#8 - The Fire Within
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2021
First responders bring a combination of professionalism and passion for the job as they encounter a gunshot victim, a drug overdose, a reported strangulation, a seizure and a house party threatening to spin out of control.
#9 - Circle of Life
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/6/2021
Family matters take center stage as one EMT technician prepares for the birth of his child and two others prepare for an emergency delivery.
#10 - Man's Best Friend
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/17/2022
Strange events are afoot across New Orleans, as the first responders must treat a stabbing and a dog bite on Bourbon Street, a pregnant woman in distress, and an overturned vehicle that could go from bad to worse.
#11 - A Light in the Darkness
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2021
With Covid-19 raging across the city, the New Orleans EMS responders face a series of crises that include a vehicle rollover from a police pursuit, a victim with close-range gunshot wounds, and a race to save a woman in respiratory distress.
#12 - The Great Unknown
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2021
The unexpected reigns in the city of New Orleans as EMS responders answer calls about a child shooting, a multiple-vehicle car accident, a reported suicide attempt, and a veteran struggling with a drug overdose.
#13 - Night Lessons
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2021
EMS responders face an unpredictable night of crises including a violent facial attack, a high school football injury, and a heroin addict's emotional vow to get clean.
#14 - Answering the Call
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/2021
Emergency medical responders on the New Orleans night shift race to save victims of a drive-by shooting and a serious car accident, all against the backdrop of the continuing pandemic.
#15 - Always Remain Calm
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/23/2017
Tampa first responders have a chaotic night treating seizure and overdose patients. The ROC Squad Task Force tracks down armed robbers in a high speed chase.
#16 - Life on the Line
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/9/2017
In the premiere Tampa episode, we meet the brave members of the police and fire rescue departments that risk their lives every night patrolling the city to protect its residents. Police officers Robb and Bethany find themselves in an armed standoff with a suspect who has been holed up in an apartment complex. And fire rescue team Mayville and Stokes must put out a trailer fire that threatens to incinerate the rest of the residential park.
#17 - The End is Just the Beginning
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/2/2017
Each and every call on the Nightwatch can go in one of two directions. But, when calls come from every direction, the New Orleans EMTs rely on skill, experience and luck to save their patients. From gunshot victims to seizures or a moped rider playing Pokemon Go, they see everything on one more busy night before they can celebrate the end of the summer.
#18 - Brotherhood
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/26/2017
As anyone in New Orleans could tell you, when times are tough, family and friends are more important than anything in the world. Those bonds shine when the brother of a paramedic gets sucker punched and a pair of best friends are both in an accident. After one of the newer members of the Nightwatch comforts a suicidal patient, he reflects on the bonds he's forged in his first year in New Orleans.
#19 - Guardians of the Night
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/2023
The New Orleans EMS team is in the middle of a French Quarter shooting with multiple victims, treating a suicidal patient, and helping a child battling an asthma attack.
#20 - Family Matters
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/4/2023
The NOEMS first responders treat children across the city, from kids involved in a car accident to a one-year-old having a seizure, and find themselves touched by the connection they feel to their youngest and most vulnerable patients.
#21 - Connected
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/27/2023
First responders find themselves deeply affected by multiple patients across New Orleans, including an old friend suffering from an overdose and a vacationing nurse dealing with personal trauma.
#22 - Sticks and Stones
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/27/2023
The New Orleans EMS team treats a series of patients in precarious situations, including a woman with an airway obstruction, a man stabbed in the neck, and a pedestrian struck in the French Quarter.
#23 - Last Watch
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/20/2023
The Nightwatch says goodbye to one of its own on an evening that includes multiple shooting victims, trauma from a carjacking, and a baby facing serious breathing problems.
#24 - Dark Corners
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/20/2023
A dramatic night of calls finds the EMS team facing a range of frightening situations from a bloody machete attack and a shooting to multiple victims struggling to breathe.
#25 - Down (But Not Out)
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/2023
The New Orleans EMS crew reaches out to lend a hand to some down-and-out citizens, including a homeless man fighting an uphill battle on multiple fronts, a man having a panic attack, and multiple shooting victims in the streets.