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The Best Episodes of The Finder Season 1

Every episode of The Finder Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Finder Season 1!

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Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Finder Season 1 Episode 1 - An Orphan Walks Into A Bar
    7.3/10(457 votes)

    #1 - An Orphan Walks Into A Bar

    S1:E1

    After recovering one of John Fogerty’s beloved guitars, Iraq veteran Walter Sherman helps a teenage boy locate his missing father, a military pilot and war hero whose plane vanished after embarking on an undisclosed mission.

    Director:Daniel Sackheim
    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  2. The Finder Season 1 Episode 2 - Bullets
    7.8/10(372 votes)

    #2 - Bullets

    S1:E2

    A former prison warden enlists the help of Walter to find a bullet that could prove the innocence of a death row inmate just days before his execution. Meanwhile, FBI psychologist - and Jeffersonian team member - Dr. Lance Sweets evaluates Walter's competency to consult on federal cases. In the process, Sweets begins to understand Walter's intangible gift and motivation to find the unfindable. Also, Willa attends a beach party and gets herself into trouble.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Matt MacLeod

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  3. The Finder Season 1 Episode 3 - A Cinderella Story
    7.7/10(328 votes)

    #3 - A Cinderella Story

    S1:E3

    A NASA scientist seeks Walter's help to find the matching pair of a red stiletto left behind by a woman he met at a bar. Walter uses the stiletto as the first clue to finding the missing woman but in the process he uncovers her shocking secret that winds up putting his own life in danger. Meanwhile, Willa exposes Leo's dark family secret, but when she tries to make amends with him, she gets herself into even more legal trouble.

    Director:Adam Arkin
    Writers:Sanford Golden, Karen Wyscarver

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  4. The Finder Season 1 Episode 4 - Swing And A Miss
    7.6/10(296 votes)

    #4 - Swing And A Miss

    S1:E4

    Isabel's new boyfriend Frank, an all-star baseball athlete, gets robbed, and Walter steps in to help find his stolen collectibles. But in the process, Walter learns Frank has lost something more meaningful than memorabilia. Then, to earn Willa's trust, Leo and Walter bring her in on the case.

    Director:Kevin Hooks
    Writers:Aaron Ginsburg, Wade McIntyre

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  5. The Finder Season 1 Episode 5 - The Great Escape
    7.6/10(298 votes)

    #5 - The Great Escape

    S1:E5

    An amateur magician's (Jonathan Slavin) assistant vanishes during an ambitious disappearing act; Leo asks Isabel for help finding Willa.

    Director:Seith Mann
    Writer:Emilia Serrano

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  6. The Finder Season 1 Episode 6 - Little Green Men
    7.5/10(323 votes)

    #6 - Little Green Men

    S1:E6

    Dr. Jack Hodgins from the Jeffersonian team seeks Walter's help to find evidence that could expose extraterrestrial activity. Meanwhile, Timo and Willa struggle with their arranged marriage proclaimed by the head of their gypsy family.

    Director:Dwight H. Little
    Writer:Will Pascoe

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  7. The Finder Season 1 Episode 7 - Eye Of The Storm
    8.1/10(322 votes)

    #7 - Eye Of The Storm

    S1:E7

    While a hurricane rages in Southern Florida, Walter helps Isabel find a missing high school girl from Ends of the Earth; the weather forces Willa's probation officer to hole up at the bar.

    Director:Alex Chapple
    Writers:Aaron Ginsburg, Wade McIntyre

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  8. The Finder Season 1 Episode 8 - Life After Death
    7.5/10(281 votes)

    #8 - Life After Death

    S1:E8

    When new tracks are leaked from late rapper J-Stryke, music mogul Big Glade and his business savvy lawyer, Leo's former love interest, ask Walter to find the source of the illegally released music. As Walter pieces together the events that led to J-Stryke's death, he uncovers a more complicated history.

    Director:David Boreanaz
    Writer:Nkechi Okoro Carroll

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  9. The Finder Season 1 Episode 9 - The Last Meal
    7.8/10(272 votes)

    #9 - The Last Meal

    S1:E9

    Joe and Annie, a once-happily married couple, ate at The Bella Plata restaurant every year on their anniversary until mob boss Fico Vasquez closed it down. Now, to save his marriage, Joe asks Walter to help him find the meal over which he and his wife first fell in love.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writer:Josh Friedman

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  10. The Finder Season 1 Episode 10 - The Conversation
    7.6/10(269 votes)

    #10 - The Conversation

    S1:E10

    When a family employs Walter to find their missing father and husband, the only help they can offer is a partial voicemail recording of his last message to them. Also, Leo’s memories of his deceased wife and daughter bring new meaning to the case and the family they’re trying to reunite.

    Director:James Hayman
    Writers:Patrick Massett, John Zinman

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  11. The Finder Season 1 Episode 11 - The Inheritance
    7.8/10(245 votes)

    #11 - The Inheritance

    S1:E11

    Isabel’s friend Joyce asks Walter to find the men who murdered her father, a racetrack aficionado. With the help of some horse-whispering, Walter discovers links to an inheritance Joyce was supposed to receive from her father, and to some mysterious men at the track whom Walter suspects are involved in her father’s death.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writers:Sanford Golden, Karen Wyscarver

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  12. The Finder Season 1 Episode 12 - Voodoo Undo
    7.7/10(248 votes)

    #12 - Voodoo Undo

    S1:E12

    Xavier Obispo, a mob boss in Miami, asks Walter to find a voodoo doll he is convinced was created to be used against him. Willa and Walter visit a witch who is annoyed by the fact that Walter does not take her art seriously, but decides to help them find the person that could have created the doll.

    Director:Daniel Sackheim
    Writers:Matt MacLeod, Emilia Serrano

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  13. The Finder Season 1 Episode 13 - The Boy With The Bucket
    8.5/10(399 votes)

    #13 - The Boy With The Bucket

    S1:E13

    When Langston, Walter's older brother comes to town, he asks Walter to go see their dying father whose last wish is for Walter to find his first love... Walter and Langston's mother. Additionally, a stolen painting he had previously found for a museum turns out to be fake, so now Walter must either find the original or return his finder's fee. Meanwhile, Willa struggles with her upcoming marriage to Timo, which is now only one week away.

    Director:Vahan Moosekian
    Writers:Patrick Massett, Hart Hanson, John Zinman

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"An Orphan Walks Into A Bar" is the best rated episode of "The Finder" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 457 votes. Directed by Daniel Sackheim and written by Hart Hanson, it aired on 1/12/2012. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Bullets".