The WORST episodes of The Job

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

Mike McNeil is a self-medicating, hard-drinking, decorated New York City detective with a wife, a mistress, and a crush on a co-worker. Surrounded by a partner and fellow squad members who are just as colorful, McNeil pursues his uniquely unconventional, yet effective, approach to crime solving while he attempts to manage the chaos of his personal life.

Last Updated: 7/12/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Betrayal
star
5.05
37 votes

#1 - Betrayal

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/20/2002

Toni threatens to tell Karen about her affair with Mike; Frank is hospitalized with chest pains; the squad investigates an elderly man who may have killed his wife.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Pilot
star
7.33
27 votes

#2 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/14/2001

Mike and Pip craftily use a suspect's grandmother to get him to confess.

Directors: Dean Parisot
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Anger
star
7.50
10 votes

#3 - Anger

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/18/2001

After Mike's ugly altercation with a cab driver is captured on video and broadcast on TV, he's forced to attend anger management classes the week he decides to quit smoking and drinking; Ruben's mother wants him to apologize to the perp he's forced to shoot.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Elizabeth
star
7.56
18 votes

#4 - Elizabeth

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/21/2001

Mike's all over the case when Elizabeth Hurley files a harassment complaint; fearing that Mike is a bad influence on her husband, Adina wants Pip to get another partner; after Elizabeth asks Mike out on a date, they become the talk of the town.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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star
7.60
15 votes

#5 - Bathroom

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/28/2001

All hell breaks lose when Frank loses a perp inside the precinct; Mike stumbles on the perp (who doesn't speak any English) and is taken hostage at gunpoint; Ruben and Al are sent on a mysterious mission.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Massage
star
7.78
9 votes

#6 - Massage

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/11/2001

The squad rushes out to sample the services at a massage parlor to make sure it's legit; Jan's collar, a homeless man, turns out to be a high school classmate; a grateful senior citizen has designs on Ruben.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Sacrilege
star
7.82
11 votes

#7 - Sacrilege

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2002

Mike and Pip are less than thrilled when they're assigned to take the District Attorney's twelve-year-old daughter on a ride-along for her school paper, especially when they lose her in the city; Frank disguises himself as a priest to draw out a confession; members of the squad encounter an unusual ""nun"".

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Soup
star
8.10
10 votes

#8 - Soup

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/2002

When Mike, Pip and Jan are assigned to find a missing ballerina, they discover that her whereabouts may be linked to Frank's favorite new soup; Ruben is touched by a self-proclaimed mystic who's disrupting Central Park.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Parents
star
8.11
9 votes

#9 - Parents

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/6/2002

Toni blackmails Mike into meeting her parents; Jan dates a cop with a secret; Tommy courts a rageaholic.

Directors: Adam Bernstein
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star
8.23
13 votes

#10 - Foot

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/4/2001

A bag with a severed foot is found, prompting a visit to some mob contacts and a few practical jokes; Mike secretly does a background check on Jan's new boyfriend; Toni is groped on the subway.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Vacation
star
8.29
7 votes

#11 - Vacation

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/17/2002

After getting into trouble for posing as a firefighter in an unorthodox drug bust, Mike is forced to take a vacation in Miami, but he can't relax when he suspects one of his most wanted fugitives is staying at his hotel.

Directors: Peter Tolan
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Dad
star
8.33
6 votes

#12 - Dad

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/24/2002

Frank's reunited with the son he never knew; Jan's medical secret isn't safe with O'Neill; Pip's patrol car is stolen while he's shopping.

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Barbecue
star
8.43
7 votes

#13 - Barbecue

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/13/2002

Pip and Adina celebrate their 25th anniversary with a no-smoking, no-drinking barbecue attended by church friends, the squad, Mike, Karen and Toni; an impromptu bar and a brawl break out soon after in the backyard.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Telescope
star
8.55
11 votes

#14 - Telescope

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/2002

Tommy lifts a telescope from a crime scene, which prompts hours of fun for the squad when they spy a topless yoga practitioner; Jan meets a good prospect when she tries ""speed dating""; Frank repeatedly tries to return a dead body to its rightful precinct.

Directors: Tucker Gates
Writer: Rick Dresser
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Quitter
star
8.56
9 votes

#15 - Quitter

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/2002

Mike promises Karen that he'll quit drinking, just to prove he really doesn't have a problem; the squad has second thoughts about busting a pot party; Mike discovers the joys of abusing cold medicine.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Gay
star
8.67
6 votes

#16 - Gay

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/17/2002

Mike suspects that Frank is gay, and soon the whole squad is trying to get Frank and each other out of the closet; Jan's and Pip's shopping trip to an electronics store turns into an unexpected bust.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Neighbor
star
8.71
7 votes

#17 - Neighbor

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/10/2002

Mike has Reuben and Al spy on Karen and his neighbor at the park.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Boss
star
8.71
7 votes

#18 - Boss

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/13/2002

Mike suspects that Toni is cheating on him with her boss; Frank heads to the track with Tommy to place bets using police department money; Jan and Ruben both vie for a gorgeous apartment left vacant by a murder.

Directors: Adam Bernstein
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Gina
star
9.00
7 votes

#19 - Gina

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/2002

Mike scams his way into taking over Ruben's moonlighting as a security guard for Gina Gershon; Frank and the rest of the squad follow suit and jump on the personal security business bandwagon; Adina suspects Pip is cheating on her; Jan discovers Al has a surprising sideline.

Directors: Adam Bernstein
Writer: Denis Leary
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