Episode Ratings Grid

Every episode at a glance, color-coded by rating. Rows are episode numbers within each season, columns are seasons.

M
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
E1
7.7
7.5
7.7
8.4
8.6
7.0
7.4
E2
8.5
7.4
7.7
7.7
7.6
7.1
6.8
E3
6.9
6.7
8.0
8.7
7.6
6.9
7.3
E4
8.1
9.5
7.7
7.9
8.4
7.0
6.6
E5
7.7
7.5
8.4
6.7
8.3
5.9
6.6
E6
7.9
8.4
7.0
8.2
7.9
6.4
6.5
E7
8.0
7.6
7.6
8.8
8.3
7.1
6.7
E8
7.4
7.8
8.5
8.1
7.6
6.8
7.1
E9
7.7
7.4
7.5
7.9
7.0
6.8
5.8
E10
7.9
8.8
7.6
7.5
6.9
7.3
5.5
E11
7.6
7.5
7.8
9.2
7.5
7.8
6.8
E12
7.6
7.9
8.3
7.7
8.2
5.0
5.9
E13
7.8
6.8
7.8
8.6
8.2
7.0
6.8
E14
8.0
7.9
7.6
8.8
6.7
7.0
6.6
E15
7.4
7.5
8.4
8.1
7.7
7.0
6.6
E16
7.4
6.9
6.7
8.0
7.9
8.3
6.8
E17
7.3
7.9
8.0
7.8
7.4
7.6
5.3
E18
8.8
8.0
8.4
7.6
8.2
7.3
6.0
E19
7.2
8.0
8.2
8.1
8.6
7.5
7.2
E20
7.6
8.0
8.2
8.6
7.6
6.4
7.5
E21
7.8
6.9
7.7
7.1
8.3
6.6
6.7
E22
7.7
8.3
6.7
7.7
7.1
7.0
6.4
E23
8.3
7.7
7.2
E24
8.7
6.9
E25
7.2
E26
7.3
E27
8.1
E28
8.7
Avg
7.7
7.7
7.8
8.1
7.8
7.0
6.6
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Episode Power Rankings

The best and worst episodes at a glance. Use this to find must-watch episodes or ones you might want to skip.

🏆 Top Episodes

#1 9.5

S2E4 Killing All the Right People

The ladies plan a funeral for a fellow designer who is dying of AIDS.

#2
S4E11 9.2

They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?

Suzanne attends her high school reunion, where people shun her because she weighs more than she did in high school.

#3
S1E18 8.8

Oh, Suzannah

Suzanne becomes the foster mother to a Vietnamese boat girl for a month while the papers for her adoption by a Birmingham couple are being cleared. However, they become so attached that they don't want to split up.

  1. 4. S2E10 "Stranded" 8.8
  2. 5. S4E7 "Bernice's Sanity Hearing" 8.8
  3. 6. S4E14 "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 2" 8.8
  4. 7. S4E3 "There She Is" 8.7
  5. 8. S4E24 "Foreign Affairs" 8.7
  6. 9. S4E28 "La Place sans Souci" 8.7
  7. 10. S4E13 "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 1" 8.6

📉 Bottom Episodes

#163
S6E12 5.0

Real, Scary Men

The women go antiquing in the Georgia mountains. Due to the torrential rain, their car breaks down at a cabin where they find a men's primitive movement. Anthony gets blamed for ruining its men-only sanctity by bringing the women,...

  1. 162. S7E17 "Shovel Off to Buffalo" 5.3
  2. 161. S7E10 "Trial and Error" 5.5
  3. 160. S7E9 "The Vision Thing" 5.8
  4. 159. S7E12 "The Odyssey" 5.9
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The Quality Arc

Each point is an episode, plotted chronologically. The colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for upward or downward trends to see if quality improved or declined over time.

S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 4.55.66.77.88.910 Rating 17 34 51 68 85 102 119 136 153 170 Episode 10 9 8 7 6 5
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Episode Engagement

Vote count shows how many people cared enough to rate. High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.

Rating threshold:
72 Standouts
12 Infamous
26 Hidden Gems
53 Forgettable
Standouts Infamous Hidden Gems Forgettable Global: 7.5 5.05.96.87.78.69.5 Rating 67 123 226 414 759 Votes (log scale)
Top Standout: S2E4 Killing All the Right People
Most Infamous: S1E3 A Big Affair
Best Hidden Gem: S5E19 Blame It on New Orleans

Episodes plotted by rating vs. vote count. The vertical line marks the rating threshold (7.5). More votes = more engagement. Toggle above to compare against global or show-specific median.

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Series Trajectory

A simplified view: one point per season. This smooths out episode-to-episode noise to show the overall arc of the series.

66.67.27.88.49 Rating S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 Season 10 9 8 7 6 5
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Season Momentum

Did each season build momentum or fizzle out? Green arrows mean the finale rated higher than the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows = bigger swings.

5678910 Rating S1 7.7 7.7 0.0 S2 7.5 8.0 +0.5 S3 7.7 8.2 +0.5 S4 8.1 8.2 +0.1 S5 8.3 7.6 -0.7 S6 7.0 7.0 0.0 S7 6.8 6.7 -0.1
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Season Consistency

Some seasons are reliable bangers. Others are hit-or-miss. Each dot is an episode. Tightly clustered dots mean consistent quality. Scattered dots mean a mixed bag.

4568910 Rating S1 Typical avg 7.7 S2 Uneven avg 7.7 S3 Uneven avg 7.8 S4 Uneven avg 8.1 S5 Uneven avg 7.8 S6 Uneven avg 7.0 S7 Uneven avg 6.6 Episode Premiere/Finale

Each dot is an episode. Clustered dots = consistent quality. Scattered dots = variable season. Hover for episode details.

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