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 | Consequences | 3.15 | Marti Noxon | Michael Gershman | 74 |
| 2 | The Harsh Light of Day | 4.03 | Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 84 |
| 3 | Tough Love | 5.19 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Grossman | 78 |
| 4 | Faith, Hope & Trick | 3.03 | David Greenwalt | James A. Contner | 70 |
| 5 | No Place Like Home | 5.05 | Douglas Petrie | David Solomon | 86 |
| 6 | Choices | 3.19 | David Fury | James A. Contner | 77 |
| 7 | Blood Ties | 5.13 | Steven S. DeKnight | Michael Gershman | 87 |
| 8 | Phases | 2.15 | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | Bruce Seth Green | 92 |
| 9 | Revelations | 3.07 | Douglas Petrie | James A. Contner | 94 |
| 10 | Same Time, Same Place | 7.03 | Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 80 |
| 11 | Lessons | 7.01 | Joss Whedon | David Solomon | 75 |
| 12 | The Harvest | 1.02 | Joss Whedon | John T. Kretchmer | 67 |
| 13 | Homecoming | 3.05 | David Greenwalt | David Greenwalt | 91 |
| 14 | A New Man | 4.12 | Jane Espenson | Michael Gershman | 82 |