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Most Forgotten Episodes

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 also 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 No Place like Home 5.05 Douglas Petrie David Solomon 81
2 Faith, Hope & Trick 3.03 David Greenwalt James A. Contner 72
3 Tough Love 5.19 Rebecca Rand Kirshner David Grossman 75
4 Consequences 3.15 Marti Noxon Michael Gershman 80
5 Harsh Light of Day, The 4.03 Jane Espenson James A. Contner 78
6 Blood Ties 5.13 Steven S. DeKnight Michael Gershman 83
7 Phases 2.15 Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali Bruce Seth Green 92
8 Choices 3.19 David Fury James A. Contner 77
9 When She Was Bad 2.01 Joss Whedon Joss Whedon 68
10 Checkpoint 5.12 Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson Nick Marck 60
11 Revelations 3.07 Douglas Petrie James A. Contner 91
12 The Harvest 1.02 Joss Whedon John T. Kretchmer 67
13 Same Time, Same Place 7.03 Jane Espenson James A. Contner 84
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