The WORST episodes of The Haves and the Have Nots

#1 - Dark Intentions

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/20/2021

#2 - Enough

Season 5 - Episode 41 - Aired 2/26/2019

Jeffery tries to handle the Justin situation amicably.

#3 - Someone Special

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/8/2020

#4 - Sugar Mamma

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/19/2018

Officer Justin shows Jeffery just how serious he is about being with him.

#5 - Hidden Bones

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/22/2021

#6 - The Black Dress

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 8/21/2018

David learns Erica's fate while being rushed to the hospital; the truth about Uncle Vinny's accident comes out, and the Malones now have a new target.

#7 - A Game of Chess

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2021

#8 - A Home for Q

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/18/2015

Candace learns that Hanna is seeking custody of Q; and the Cryers and Harringtons try to convince the D.A. that Wyatt's taped confession is a misunderstanding.

#9 - The Big Surprise

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/28/2013

As Judge Jim Cryer comes home early to attend his surprise 50th birthday party, he discovers that his mistress, Candace, has befriended his daughter, Amanda, and is attending his family dinner. Jim is completely unsettled when he realizes that Candace will be staying with them for the weekend.

#10 - The Black Sedan

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/2014

Candace manipulates Amanda into standing up for herself and suing her parents for her inheritance. Meanwhile, Hanna is at the hospital frantically trying to see her son, Benny, and speak to doctors about his condition. While at the hospital, Hanna meets Michael and is moved by his grief. Michael's granddaughter, Lizzie, was, like Benny, also a victim of a hit-and-run. Later, the Rev. Waters reveals that the same driver who hit Benny also hit little Lizzie, who later dies in surgery. Elsewhere, Candace invites Jeffery to live with her and Amanda, and encourages him to live a life out of the closet.

#11 - The Rabbit and the Water Moccasin

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/22/2018

Wyatt learns just how much trouble drugs can get one into.

#12 - Power Struggle

Season 5 - Episode 38 - Aired 2/5/2019

Justin focuses on Jeffrey with laser-like intensity; Katheryn gets a taste of what it's like on the other side of the tracks.

#13 - The Surgeon

Season 5 - Episode 37 - Aired 1/29/2019

Veronica is simmering, and someone is going to get burned.

#14 - The Third Quarter

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/29/2018

Benny wants to return the money to the Malone's but discovers it's not that simple.

#15 - Room Three

Season 5 - Episode 40 - Aired 2/19/2019

Jeffery comes to Justin's aid.

#16 - The Damned Defibrillator

Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/4/2018

While David is the hospital, Veronica gets a shock of her own.

#17 - Family Issues

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/2014

At the Cryer mansion, Celine tries to destroy Hanna's reputation by lying to Katheryn and accusing Hanna of having a drinking problem. Katheryn catches Celine in her lie, however, and acknowledges that she used to be one of Jim's mistresses. Later, Katheryn and Veronica meet with Maggie Day, Jim and David's new campaign manager, to discuss a strategy for the gubernatorial campaign. Then, at the county hospital, Tony learns that Benny is in a vegetative state and tries to convince Hanna to pull him off life support. After she adamantly refuses, Tony informs Hanna that he's planning an emergency hearing to gain power of attorney with the intent of letting Benny die.

#18 - Protecting Wyatt

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/2014

Jim does everything in his power to keep Wyatt from going to jail. Tony confronts Hanna and serves her with court papers.

#19 - The Committee

Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/30/2018

#20 - What are You Doing Here?

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/13/2013

Information is discovered by a detective that links Benny and Tony. Veronica continues to work toward answers for Benny's case. Laura is kept away from Wyatt by Jeffery.

#21 - The Criminal

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/9/2013

Benny prepares for his date by asking to borrow a car but is arrested and charged with drug possession after falling trap to someone's malicious intent. Amanda seduces her professor to raise her grade.

#22 - Trespassing

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/6/2021

#23 - Moles

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/10/2018

#24 - The Right Cocktail

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/15/2018

Wyatt once again finds himself in a life-threatening situation.

#25 - No Honor in This Game

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/5/2018