The WORST episodes of The Almighty Johnsons

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

The Almighty Johnsons is a comedy-drama series about four brothers, raised in heartland New Zealand, who also happen to be the living incarnations of Norse Gods. They even have their own super-God-powers. Sort of - it's just that their powers aren't actually all that powerful. Well, not yet - but that could all change soon.

Last Updated: 10/31/2024Network: TV3 (NZ)Status: Ended
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Frigg Magnet
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7.29
265 votes

#1 - Frigg Magnet

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/2012

Axl is taken to school, while Ty is scarred for life.

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Charlie Truman
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7.42
232 votes

#2 - Charlie Truman

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/14/2012

Ty’s downward spiral picks up pace, while it is Gaia who spirals out of control.

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Death's Cleansing Embrace
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7.53
230 votes

#3 - Death's Cleansing Embrace

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/21/2012

You have to love it when a plan comes together.

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Folkmoot
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7.53
212 votes

#4 - Folkmoot

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/4/2012

Lust, vengeance and some really dodgy stuff involving food.

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Magical Fluffy Bunny World
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7.54
259 votes

#5 - Magical Fluffy Bunny World

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/2/2012

A rescue mission, a roast chicken, a very small car and, for one particular person, the weirdest day ever.

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God's Gift to Zebras
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7.55
272 votes

#6 - God's Gift to Zebras

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2011

One of the things about Goddesses is that they can show up anywhere - be it in a library or at a bar. But whether they are the Goddesses you're looking for is a whole other matter.

Directors: Murray Keane
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The House Of Jerome
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7.56
236 votes

#7 - The House Of Jerome

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/9/2012

As Axl deals with duelling prophecies, a cold wind sweeps in from the North, leading to a marriage Anders never saw coming. Meanwhile Olaf makes an intriguing discovery at the bottom of a bottle.

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And Then She Will Come To You
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7.58
238 votes

#8 - And Then She Will Come To You

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/29/2012

Several months have passed. Mike is now living with Axl and Zeb, and has still not dealt with the end of his marriage. Ty and Eva have an interesting and passionate relationship, while Agnetha sends Anders off to Norway to secure a mysterious object. Axl expresses frustration that his brothers appear to have abandoned the quest for Frigg, while Loki continues to manipulate the situation. Agnetha discloses her real identity as their mother to Axl, Mike and Ty. An old acquaintance of Olaf prophesies that Axl must become a man before he can be a god; and then Frigg will come to him.

Directors: Simon Bennett
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Does This Look Like Asgard?
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7.59
206 votes

#9 - Does This Look Like Asgard?

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/23/2012

On the day of Gaia's actual 21st it sucks to be mortal, and being a God isn't exactly plain-sailing either.

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A Damn Fine Woman
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7.60
294 votes

#10 - A Damn Fine Woman

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/28/2012

There are new women in the lives of both Axl and Ty - but are they here to stay?

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You Call This The Real World?
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7.61
199 votes

#11 - You Call This The Real World?

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/16/2012

Axl and Gaia's escape from the real world takes a turn for the surreal, while Mike discovers his world is not his alone, and Dawn's world comes to an unexpected end of the line.

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This Is Where Duty Starts
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7.62
343 votes

#12 - This Is Where Duty Starts

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2011

Axl Johnson learns very quickly that when you're on a quest to find one woman among millions, your heart is not necessarily the part of your anatomy you should be following.

Directors: Mark Beesley
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You Gotta Love Life, Babe
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7.64
239 votes

#13 - You Gotta Love Life, Babe

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2011

Sometimes the line between doing the honourable thing and doing the easy thing, can get very blurred - especially when it comes to Gods and their offspring.

Directors: Murray Keane
Writer: Rachel Lang
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An Orchard of Trees
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7.65
167 votes

#14 - An Orchard of Trees

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/4/2013

Entering its third season, we pick up the action hours after the ceremony at the lake where Gaia chose destiny over love, sending Axl into a downward spiral.

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This Thing Inside
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7.67
165 votes

#15 - This Thing Inside

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/11/2013

Attraction versus repulsion; destiny versus free-will; Godliness versus humanity: oh yes, the battle is most definitely on. The morning after the night before, and Gaia is doing the walk of shame, returning to the flat from her tryst with Anders. Axl is waiting, along with the ruins of the apple tree, and Gaia has the opportunity to tell the truth; to confess her sins. But does she?

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Effortless Manly Coolness
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7.71
177 votes

#16 - Effortless Manly Coolness

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/11/2012

Axl learns that the path to being a benevolent God, one who commands respect, is strewn with idiots and half-wits.

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It's Kind of a Birthday Present
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7.72
433 votes

#17 - It's Kind of a Birthday Present

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/8/2011

It is Axl Johnson's 21st birthday - which explains the fire in the sky; the Waitemata Harbour being the colour of blood; the various women who seem to want to kill him; and the sudden need for a family ceremony in a forest.

Directors: Mark Beesley
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Man-Flu
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7.75
178 votes

#18 - Man-Flu

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/18/2012

Axl and Michele get sick. Mike punches Anders. Axl and Michele get better. Anders punches Mike.

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This Is Not Washing Powder, My Friend
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7.78
180 votes

#19 - This Is Not Washing Powder, My Friend

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2011

When something seems too good to be true, this is inevitably because it is too good to be true. And this is a lesson Axl Johnson is about to learn - big time.

Directors: Mark Beesley
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And Then On to Norsewood
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7.81
131 votes

#20 - And Then On to Norsewood

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/8/2013

As Axl’s road trip takes a couple of unexpected turns, Mike and Michele take their own roads to the dark side, and Dawn becomes the launch pad for a journey Anders can’t see ending well.

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Playing God
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7.87
130 votes

#21 - Playing God

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/5/2013

In which the best-laid plans and sundry schemes are thwarted by a man of morals, who also happens to be a man of action.

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Bergerbar
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7.89
169 votes

#22 - Bergerbar

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/18/2013

Axl tries his hand at therapeutic binge-drinking, Ty experiences a life-changing catastrophe and Mike changes teams; all for the greater good of the family.

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Everything Starts With Gaia
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7.94
176 votes

#23 - Everything Starts With Gaia

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/25/2012

Sometimes all it takes is a door getting kicked down, and a large man walking in, for many many truths to be revealed.

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Unleash the Kraken!
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7.94
142 votes

#24 - Unleash the Kraken!

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/1/2013

Monsters from the past unlock the demons of today, as the Johnsons dress up for the family reunion they never expected.

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A Bit Like Buses Really
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7.95
164 votes

#25 - A Bit Like Buses Really

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/12/2013

Two pretenders must overcome a host of obstacles, mortal and Godly, as they race for the prize.

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