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Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Bull Season 2 Episode 22 - Death Sentence
    8.6/10(480 votes)

    #1 - Death Sentence

    S2:E22

    Bull’s team is rocked when their client, Elliott Miles, is found guilty of murder, and they must regroup as the trial enters the penalty phase in order to prevent him from being sentenced to death. But when new evidence emerges that could prove Elliott’s innocence, Bull must find a way to present it in court without being found in contempt. Also, Marissa faces hard truths about her relationship with Bull.

    Director:Glenn Gordon Caron
    Writers:Veronica West, Glenn Gordon Caron, Sarah Kucserka

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  2. Bull Season 3 Episode 4 - Justice for Cable
    8.3/10(386 votes)

    #2 - Justice for Cable

    S3:E4

    Business becomes personal for Bull when TAC assists with a civil suit against the bank that funded the terrorists responsible for Cable's death. Also, Marissa enlists her former homeland security co-worker and international banking cyber-investigator, Taylor Rentzel, to help with the suit.

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:Bill Chais

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  3. Bull Season 5 Episode 16 - A Friend in Need
    8.3/10(268 votes)

    #3 - A Friend in Need

    S5:E16

    Izzy puts the brakes on her wedding to Bull after he jeopardizes Benny’s election campaign by handling the defense in the corruption trial of the former District Attorney that Benny hopes to replace. Season finale.

    Director:Eric Stoltz
    Writers:Pamela J. Wechsler, Travis Donnelly

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  4. Bull Season 6 Episode 21 - Silent Killer
    8.3/10(190 votes)

    #4 - Silent Killer

    S6:E21

    When Bull handles the negligent homicide defense of a building owner accused of killing tenants by carbon monoxide poisoning, the case rocks Bull and the TAC team to their core. Also, TAC’s trial defense is made more difficult when the ADA prosecuting the case is Chunk’s ex-boyfriend, Rob Jones, someone very familiar with Bull’s tricks; and Taylor is forced to reevaluate her work-life balance when she gets shocking news about her son.

    Director:Bethany Rooney
    Writer:Andrew Karlsruher

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  5. Bull Season 2 Episode 21 - Reckless
    8.2/10(394 votes)

    #5 - Reckless

    S2:E21

    Bull's team takes on a seemingly unwinnable case; a mute man faces the death penalty if he's found guilty of murder and arson; Bull is stunned to learn that his ex-wife is remarrying.

    Director:Vincent Misiano
    Writers:Veronica West, Glenn Gordon Caron, Sarah Kucserka

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  6. Bull Season 6 Episode 7 - Confidence Man
    8.2/10(217 votes)

    #6 - Confidence Man

    S6:E7

    Bull’s legal troubles go from professional to personal when new evidence in his bribery trial implicates his wife, Izzy. Also, the TAC team’s efforts to assist Bull in court are thwarted by his attorney, who fears they will cross a legal line to help their boss.

    Director:Geary McLeod
    Writer:Jenny Raftery

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  7. Bull Season 6 Episode 22 - Goodbye
    8.2/10(249 votes)

    #7 - Goodbye

    S6:E22

    Bull and the team head to court one last time to finalize a negligent homicide defense that will change the nature of their company and their lives forever.

    Director:Eric Stoltz
    Writers:Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price

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  8. Bull Season 2 Episode 15 - Witness for the Prosecution
    8.1/10(433 votes)

    #8 - Witness for the Prosecution

    S2:E15

    The DA hires Bull to help convict Hazel Diaz, an infamous drug dealer who murdered a police officer but has managed to avoid jail for years on an insanity defense by feigning schizophrenia.

    Director:Alex Pillai
    Writer:Marissa Matteo

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  9. Bull Season 3 Episode 3 - Excessive Force
    8.1/10(382 votes)

    #9 - Excessive Force

    S3:E3

    When the team consults for the NYPD on the defense of a police officer accused of excessive force in the shooting of an unarmed man, the social politics surrounding the case create tension within their own ranks.

    Director:Russell Lee Fine
    Writers:Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price

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  10. Bull Season 3 Episode 7 - A Girl Without Feelings
    8.1/10(357 votes)

    #10 - A Girl Without Feelings

    S3:E7

    Bull confronts his guilt over closing his psychiatric practice to start TAC when his former patient, a young woman who is a clinical sociopath, goes on trial for killing her brother. When Bull and Benny’s client has no memory of the crime due to her mental condition, they enter a "Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity" plea and aim to seat jurors that are sympathetic to mental illness.

    Director:Mary Lou Belli
    Writer:Chamblee Smith

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  11. Bull Season 3 Episode 8 - But for the Grace
    8.1/10(334 votes)

    #11 - But for the Grace

    S3:E8

    Bull takes on a pro bono client who was poorly advised by his public defender to plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge and is now facing felony manslaughter after the victim dies.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Pamela J. Wechsler

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  12. Bull Season 3 Episode 16 - Forfeiture
    8.1/10(302 votes)

    #12 - Forfeiture

    S3:E16

    The TAC team works tandem cases when Chunk represents his first legal client, Darius Lambert, a young man facing federal counterfeiting charges, and Bull represents Darius’ grandfather, Willie Lambert, who may lose his business to the FBI for owning the barbershop where the fake goods were sold.

    Director:Alex Pillai
    Writer:Pamela J. Wechsler

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  13. Bull Season 3 Episode 22 - Pillar of Salt
    8.1/10(304 votes)

    #13 - Pillar of Salt

    S3:E22

    Bull works to convince a jury that an alleged murder was actually a tragic accident when TAC represents a woman charged with her 3-year-old stepdaughter’s death.

    Director:Glenn Gordon Caron
    Writers:Glenn Gordon Caron, Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price

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  14. Bull Season 4 Episode 8 - Safe and Sound
    8.1/10(327 votes)

    #14 - Safe and Sound

    S4:E8

    Bull mounts the defense of an old college friend, Eric Crawford, who is charged with negligent homicide after Eric’s youngest child kills his eldest with Eric’s handgun.

    Director:Glenn Gordon Caron
    Writer:Pamela J. Wechsler

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  15. Bull Season 2 Episode 19 - A Redemption
    8.0/10(350 votes)

    #15 - A Redemption

    S2:E19

    Bull helps Jim Grayson, a respectable family man who was arrested for changing his identity after being the unwitting getaway driver in a fatal robbery years ago. Bull hopes they can convince the jury that Jim has redeemed himself for his past misdeeds by living an upstanding life for years.

    Director:Alrick Riley
    Writer:H. Park

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  16. Bull Season 2 Episode 20 - Justified
    8.0/10(363 votes)

    #16 - Justified

    S2:E20

    A friend from Bull’s past enlists his services to help convince a jury that a domestic abuse survivor who shot her husband in his sleep is not guilty of murder because she feared for her life and the life of her unborn child.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Chamblee Smith

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  17. Bull Season 3 Episode 1 - The Ground Beneath Their Feet
    8.0/10(432 votes)

    #17 - The Ground Beneath Their Feet

    S3:E1

    Bull returns to work following his heart attack with a new rich client for the firm to represent: an insurance company being sued by a dying mother for denying coverage of her liver transplant.

    Director:Bethany Rooney
    Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron

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  18. Bull Season 3 Episode 2 - Jury Duty
    8.0/10(397 votes)

    #18 - Jury Duty

    S3:E2

    Bull finds himself serving jury duty while simultaneously mounting a defense for a woman on trial for killing her daughter's murderer.

    Director:Aaron Lipstadt
    Writer:Pamela J. Wechsler

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  19. Bull Season 3 Episode 9 - Separation
    8.0/10(364 votes)

    #19 - Separation

    S3:E9

    Danny enlists her colleagues to help when her boyfriend, Gabriel, is arrested for being in the country illegally and threatened with deportation. Also, Bull represents a German national who is being sued by a museum over possession of a valuable painting.

    Director:Kevin Berlandi
    Writer:Travis Donnelly

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  20. Bull Season 3 Episode 12 - Split Hairs
    8.0/10(304 votes)

    #20 - Split Hairs

    S3:E12

    Bull mounts the defense of New York City’s chief medical examiner, Julia Martin, when she is charged with tampering with evidence tied to the years-old case that made her career. As Bull worries that his client’s propensity for brutal honesty could affect her chances in court, he aims to fill the jury with individuals inclined to believe she made a mistake rather than conspired to tamper with forensic evidence.

    Director:Bethany Rooney
    Writer:Samuel McConnell

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  21. Bull Season 3 Episode 18 - Don't Say a Word
    8.0/10(304 votes)

    #21 - Don't Say a Word

    S3:E18

    Bull's romantic rival, Diana Lindsay, jeopardizes her career when she secretly has Bull come to Texas to assist a couple fighting against her former client for custody of their grandchildren.

    Director:Alex Pillai
    Writers:Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price

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  22. Bull Season 4 Episode 3 - Rectify
    8.0/10(293 votes)

    #22 - Rectify

    S4:E3

    Benny’s previous career with the District Attorney’s office comes into focus when Chunk, working with his law professor’s legal clinic, aims to get a new trial for Eddie Mitchell, a man he believes was wrongfully convicted of triple homicide by a prosecution team that included Benny.

    Director:Kevin Berlandi
    Writers:Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price

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  23. Bull Season 4 Episode 15 - Flesh and Blood
    8.0/10(247 votes)

    #23 - Flesh and Blood

    S4:E15

    Bull assists in the murder trial defense of an old friend, Vivian Cahill, an in-debt professional gambler accused of killing her wealthy father to gain her inheritance. Knowing their client had a complicated relationship with her father, Bull and Benny enter into voir dire looking for jurors who sympathize with dysfunctional family relationships.

    Director:John B. Aronson
    Writers:Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price

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  24. Bull Season 4 Episode 16 - Missing
    8.0/10(255 votes)

    #24 - Missing

    S4:E16

    Bull aims to convince a jury to put the law aside, when he represents a woman guilty of kidnapping her niece years ago to stop the girl's father from abusing her. During jury selection, Bull looks for people who believe that when his client abducted her niece, she was saving the young girl's life.

    Director:Michael Smith
    Writer:Zyanya Salazar

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  25. Bull Season 5 Episode 15 - Snatchback
    8.0/10(211 votes)

    #25 - Snatchback

    S5:E15

    Bull aims to win over a federal jury without the use of hard evidence when TAC represents Hank Alston, a child recovery agent charged with fraud for not having documented proof of his covert work. Also, Izzy wants Benny to consider hitting back at his opponent in the District Attorney race when the other candidate engages in mudslinging before an important debate

    Director:Martha Mitchell
    Writer:Sarah H. Haught

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Best Episodes Summary

"Death Sentence" is the best rated episode of "Bull". It scored 8.6/10 based on 480 votes. Directed by Glenn Gordon Caron and written by Veronica West, Glenn Gordon Caron, Sarah Kucserka, it aired on 5/8/2018. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Justice for Cable".