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The Worst Episodes of Underground

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Worst episode
S2E7 28
5.6120 votes
Best episode
S1E4 Firefly
8.9274 votes
Top season
Season 1
8.1avg
Binge time
14h 0m
20 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Underground Season 2 Episode 7 - 28
    5.6/10(120 votes)

    S2:E7

    Rosalee and Noah learn that family betrayal cuts the deepest.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Underground Season 2 Episode 5 - Whiteface
    6.2/10(130 votes)

    S2:E5

    Cato tempts fate; Ernestine takes on a new apprentice.

    Director:Kate Woods
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Underground Season 2 Episode 8 - Auld Acquaintance
    6.2/10(125 votes)

    S2:E8

    Noah struggles to devise a new plan; Ernestine forms an unlikely bond.

    Director:Christopher Meloni
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Underground Season 2 Episode 9 - Citizen
    6.4/10(112 votes)

    S2:E9

    Noah struggles with his new reality; Elizabeth lets fear take control.

    Director:Lawrence Trilling
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Underground Season 2 Episode 4 - Nok Aaut
    6.6/10(140 votes)

    S2:E4

    Cato and Noah must face the choices they've made to get where they are.

    Director:Salli Richardson-Whitfield
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Underground Season 2 Episode 3 - Ache
    6.6/10(136 votes)

    S2:E3

    Unbearable complications threaten to break both Ernestine and Rosalee's will to live.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Underground Season 2 Episode 2 - Things Unsaid
    6.7/10(143 votes)

    S2:E2

    As Elizabeth struggles to regain her bearings following her husband's murder, Noah is being taken to his new owner as Rosalee and a group of runaways try to stay one step ahead of Patty Cannon.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Underground Season 2 Episode 1 - Contraband
    7.5/10(177 votes)

    S2:E1

    The remaining members of the Macon 7 have made it North, but they've learned that freedom is not as simple as crossing a line.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Underground Season 1 Episode 9 - Black & Blue
    7.7/10(245 votes)

    S1:E9

    Rosalee is captured and held at the smokehouse, prompting Noah and Cato to rescue her. John learns of Elizabeth's reckless actions involving Kyle.

    Director:Tim Hunter
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Underground Season 2 Episode 10 - Soldier
    7.9/10(108 votes)

    S2:E10

    The road to freedom is paved in blood.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Underground Season 1 Episode 10 - The White Whale
    7.9/10(278 votes)

    S1:E10

    Everyone must pay for their sins when the day of reckoning arrives.

    Director:Tim Hunter
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Underground Season 1 Episode 6 - Troubled Water
    8.0/10(235 votes)

    S1:E6

    The runners steal a floating barge and ride up river. August's chase takes him into Indian territory. Hawkes finds himself working with a posse to catch runaways within the area.

    Director:Romeo Tirone
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Underground Season 1 Episode 2 - War Chest
    8.0/10(298 votes)

    S1:E2

    A plantation dance becomes the perfect distraction for a heist while John and Elizabeth step into a strange new world.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Underground Season 1 Episode 1 - The Macon 7
    8.0/10(352 votes)

    S1:E1

    In 1857, a group of slaves on a Georgia plantation make the dangerous decision to journey 600 miles north for the promise of freedom.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Underground Season 1 Episode 5 - Run & Gun
    8.1/10(246 votes)

    S1:E5

    There's a $1000 bounty on all of the heads of the seven runaways, and August and his son are hot on their trail. The seven look to reach the train heading north. Pearly Mae is punished and Tom want information from her.

    Director:Romeo Tirone
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Underground Season 1 Episode 7 - Cradle
    8.1/10(252 votes)

    S1:E7

    The runners take shelter in Indian territory. James is put to work in the cotton field. Elizabeth discovers Boo alone after she was separated from her father. August learns his wife broke out of the Asylum.

    Director:Kate Woods
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Underground Season 1 Episode 3 - The Lord's Day
    8.1/10(274 votes)

    S1:E3

    The timetable for escape is agreed upon and Rosalee is tasked with the most important part of the plan.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Underground Season 1 Episode 8 - Graves
    8.5/10(241 votes)

    S1:E8

    Rosalee and Cato pose as free folks to get medicine after Noah got shot, while still being hunted by August and Jeremiah's posse. Sam is recaptured and returned to the plantation. Macon looks to rally his supporters.

    Director:Kate Woods
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Underground Season 2 Episode 6 - Minty
    8.7/10(239 votes)

    S2:E6

    Harriet Tubman reflects on a life lived with conviction, compassion, and courage

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Underground Season 1 Episode 4 - Firefly
    8.9/10(274 votes)

    S1:E4

    A notorious slave hunter tracks the runners as John and Elizabeth face a lethal predicament.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"28" is the worst rated episode of Underground. It scored 5.6/10 from 120 votes. Directed by Anthony Hemingway and written by Unknown, it aired on April 19, 2017. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Whiteface".

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