The WORST episodes of The Catch

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

The Catch follows Alice Vaughan, a private investigator from Los Angeles, California, who is the victim of fraud by her fiancé. She is determined to find him - between working on other cases - before it ruins her career.

Last Updated: 12/13/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
The Real Killer
star
7.55
1357 votes

#1 - The Real Killer

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/31/2016

Alice and the team take on a very public client, a husband who was wrongly imprisoned for murdering his wife. Alice, however, is distracted with a mission of her own: track down Ben and figure out his next move. Meanwhile, Ben, Margot and Reggie are in desperate need of cash since Alice foiled their last plan, and the three con artists set their sights on a new target.

Directors: Kevin Dowling
Writer: Sherry White
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The Pilot
star
7.56
1543 votes

#2 - The Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/24/2016

Alice Vaughan is LA’s top private investigator and the type of woman you don’t want to mess with. Having built Anderson/Vaughan Investigations from the ground up with her best friend and business partner, Valerie Anderson, they investigate some of the most elaborate cases around the world, alongside their elite team of private investigators: Danny Yoon, a mischievous and irreverent PI who is not afraid to break the law when necessary to solve a case; and their newest member, Sophie Novak, who serves as their in-house counsel and brilliant hacker.

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The Hammer
star
7.59
956 votes

#3 - The Hammer

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/16/2017

The AVI team takes on a difficult and unlikely client being hunted by a sharpshooting assassin. Meanwhile, Alice struggles to keep Tommy out of trouble as Rhys and Ben are tempted by old tricks.

Directors: John Stuart Scot
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The Hard Drive
star
7.65
801 votes

#4 - The Hard Drive

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/13/2017

Alice and Val reexamine the cold case that brought them together as partners, and Ben and Rhys are faced with a major threat when they are told that their undercover status may have been compromised.

Directors: Steve Robin
Writer: Danny Tolli
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The Trial
star
7.66
1228 votes

#5 - The Trial

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2016

Anderson Vaughan Investigations takes on a case that hits close to home when Valerie's estranged husband, Gordon, comes to them for help after his sister suffers horrible side effects in a Multiple Sclerosis clinical trial by a big pharmaceutical company. Meanwhile, Alice is following her biggest lead yet in tracking down Ben, as he's in the midst of luring their next victim, Princess Zara Al-Salim, into a multimillion dollar fraudulent real estate investment.

Directors: John Terlesky
Writer: Oanh Ly
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The Birthday Party
star
7.66
759 votes

#6 - The Birthday Party

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/20/2017

Alice is caught off guard when someone from her past resurfaces and is in need of her help. Meanwhile, Ben and Margot are forced to work together to keep a sweet sixteen party from getting out of hand.

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The Dining Hall
star
7.68
880 votes

#7 - The Dining Hall

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/23/2017

Alice discovers some very hard truths about her brother Tommy and Val is forced to dig into her past in order to help with his case. Meanwhile, relationships are tested as Margot and the AVI team have to navigate their current realities, and Ben and Rhys’ latest con may turn out to be a little too risky.

Directors: Jann Turner
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The Ringer
star
7.68
1056 votes

#8 - The Ringer

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/5/2016

AVI takes on a case involving a missing child with parents embattled in a bitter divorce. Against their better judgment, Ben convinces Margot and Reggie to work a con for their benefactor, and Alice leads Dao into investigating Ben from a different angle,

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The Benefactor
star
7.69
1079 votes

#9 - The Benefactor

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/28/2016

The AVI team takes on a new client, a female captain in the army, who is being harassed by her colleagues. Meanwhile, Alice makes a play on Ben that could put her in some very serious danger, and both Ben and Margot are shocked when an old friend comes to town,

Directors: Jann Turner
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The Laragan Gambit
star
7.70
1125 votes

#10 - The Laragan Gambit

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/21/2016

Alice and Rose are shocked to discover their longtime political client is being blackmailed by compromising photos. Meanwhile, Margot and Ben’s benefactor grows dangerously impatient, sending them on a high-stakes jewelry heist to recoup their debt. And, Alice’s suspicion of Dao leads her to confide in Rose,

Directors: Mike Listo
Writer: Danny Tolli
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The New Deal
star
7.71
1050 votes

#11 - The New Deal

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/9/2017

FBI Special Agent Justine Diaz has a deal for Ben, which gets him out of prison right away in exchange for staging cons and tipping off the FBI so they can arrest criminals. His work on Ben's case gets Jules Dao promoted, but it comes with moving to D.C. Rhys stages a prison break to get Ben out, thus ruining the latter's deal with the FBI. In exchange for help from within the prison, Rhys promised Ben's help on a snatch and grab con with a surprising twist. This leads to the FBI being able to arrest a criminal, meaning the deal with Ben's back on the table. Meanwhile, Alice's brother Tommy comes to town for his sister's help when he discovers someone created a bank account in his name with three million dollars in it. Valerie focuses on getting AVI up and running again after the FBI investigation into the firm caused them to lose all their clients.

Directors: Rob Bowman
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The Knock-Off
star
7.71
746 votes

#12 - The Knock-Off

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/27/2017

Alice’s attention to her recent case forces Ben to confront her about their relationship, and Ben and Rhys help Justine solve the biggest case of her life.

Directors: Morgan Pollitt
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The Happy Couple
star
7.73
1033 votes

#13 - The Happy Couple

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/19/2016

Ben makes a critical decision just as the matriarch of the Kensington Firm, Sybil Griffiths, pays an unexpected visit that throws everyone off their game. Meanwhile, Alice has a breakthrough in therapy that helps her and her team get that much closer to taking down Ben’s associates

Directors: Rob Greenlea
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The Family Way
star
7.73
844 votes

#14 - The Family Way

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/30/2017

Alice and Ben get caught in each other’s crosshairs when they must choose between loyalties. Meanwhile, Alice is forced to confront a past she hoped she’d left behind and Val may have uncovered one of Margot’s biggest secrets.

Writer: Rina Mimoun
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The Bad Girl
star
7.74
834 votes

#15 - The Bad Girl

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/6/2017

The AVI team digs deep into Margot’s past to uncover the truth about who is set on destroying the Kensington Firm. Meanwhile, Ben’s plans for his future with Alice are more complicated than he ever imagined.

Directors: Sharat Raju
Writer: Ameni Rozsa
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The Princess and the I.P.
star
7.74
1177 votes

#16 - The Princess and the I.P.

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/14/2016

Anderson Vaughan and Associates take on a new client, a government agency that may have just lost the only person with the blueprints for a very deadly weapon. While the AVI team tries to track her down, Ben continues to pursue his mark, Princess Zara Al-Salim. As he gets closer to making his deal, however, Alice proves she's one step ahead.

Directors: Regina King
Writer: Ameni Rozsa
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The Cleaner
star
7.77
717 votes

#17 - The Cleaner

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/4/2017

The AVI team discover their working relationship with Margot isn’t as clean as they’d like, while Alice finds herself on the receiving end of a life-altering confession.

Directors: Rob Greenlea
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The Package
star
7.78
1010 votes

#18 - The Package

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/12/2016

Ben agrees to help Rhys with one of their biggest cons to date: to break Leah Wells (Nia Vardalos) out of FBI custody. Meanwhile, Sophie asks Alice and the AVI team to help a friend get out of a very bad contract, and, in doing so, they learn that Sophie has a few more tricks up her sleeve.

Directors: Bill D'Elia
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The Mockingbird
star
7.80
700 votes

#19 - The Mockingbird

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/11/2017

While Alice and Ben are forced to face their pasts, a shocking betrayal could change everything.

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The Wedding
star
8.01
982 votes

#20 - The Wedding

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/19/2016

Sybil proves to be a formidable adversary and devises a well-orchestrated con that takes place at a high-profile wedding. Meanwhile, Alice finds herself in a precarious situation and Ben puts everything on the line to keep her out of danger.

Directors: Kevin Dowling
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