There are some episodes over which fans are polarized. Some fans love each of them and other fans hate each of them. There are also episodes that fans appear to have forgotten. The episodes below fall in the bottom half of all episodes both on the frequency in which they appear in the best 25% of all episodes and on the frequency in which they appear in the worst 25% of all episodes. In other words, few people think that these episodes are great and few think that they are bad. The episodes are ranked based on how far they are from appearing in the top half of all episodes in either category.
| Rank | Title | Season/ Episode |
Writer(s) | Director | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Price | 3.19 | David Fury | Marita Grabiak | 76 |
| 2 | Long Day's Journey | 4.09 | Mere Smith | Terrence O'Hara | 72 |
| 3 | Sacrifice | 4.20 | Ben Edlund | David Straiton | 74 |
| 4 | Underneath | 5.17 | Sarah Fain & Elizabeth Craft | Skip Schoolnik | 60 |
| 5 | Untouched | 2.04 | Mere Smith | Joss Whedon | 63 |
| 6 | Benediction | 3.21 | Tim Minear | Tim Minear | 67 |
| 7 | Habeas Corpses | 4.08 | Jeffrey Bell | Skip Schoolnik | 61 |
| 8 | Conviction | 5.01 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 71 |
| 9 | That Vision Thing | 3.02 | Jeffrey Bell | Fred Keller | 53 |