What are the best episodes of The Border?

The best rated episodes of The Border are: The Dead - S3E1 rated 8.3, Grave Concern - S1E12 rated 8.3, Restricted Access - S1E9 rated 8.3, Going Dark - S2E13 rated 8.2, Civil Disobedience - S1E11 rated 8.2, Normalizing Relations - S1E10 rated 8.2, Double Dealing - S2E10 rated 8.1, Enemy Contact - S1E8 rated 8.0, Family Values - S1E7 rated 7.9, Credible Threat - S3E11 rated 7.9

What are the worst episodes of The Border?

The lowest rated episodes of The Border are: Pockets of Vulnerability - S1E1 rated 6.9, Gray Zone - S1E2 rated 7.0, Prescriptive Measures - S2E6 rated 7.2, Bodies on the Ground - S1E3 rated 7.2, Gross Deceptions - S1E4 rated 7.3, Killer Debt - S3E3 rated 7.4, Unacceptable Risk - S2E11 rated 7.4, Hate Metal - S3E4 rated 7.5, Good Intentions - S2E9 rated 7.5, Dark Ride - S3E8 rated 7.6

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Best Episodes of The Border

The Dead
S3 Ep1
8.3
8th Oct 2009
Kessler and Carver hover near death while Gray hunts down Layla's killers. A bloody highway shoot-out with the crime mob 'Ndrangheta has left Major Kessler and Agent Carver fighting for their lives. The Squad is forced to the sidelines, as Special Counsel Louise Tilden investigates the role of ICS in the much-publicized tragedy. Meanwhile, Gray, who has been suspended from duty, sets out to avenge the murders of Layla and his father Dougie.
Grave Concern
S1 Ep12
8.3
24th Mar 2008
ICS must find a sadistic kidnapper before he auctions off his 12-year-old victim on a pedophile website.
Restricted Access
S1 Ep9
8.3
3rd Mar 2008
Kessler, Gray, and Layla are trapped aboard a quarantined freighter with a captain who's accused of murdering stowaways.
Going Dark
S2 Ep13
8.2
22nd Dec 2008
ICS discovers that toxic sludge is being trucked across the border and dumped in the Canadian wilderness. They follow a trail to a vicious criminal gang, who gain control over Gray and his father. As Gray struggles to save his father, he sets off a chain of events which bring about the season's shocking conclusion.
Civil Disobedience
S1 Ep11
8.2
17th Mar 2008
When his daughter takes part in an anti-nuclear rally, Kessler is suspected of leaking classified information that leads directly to nuclear sabotage.
Normalizing Relations
S1 Ep10
8.2
10th Mar 2008
ICS must prevent the assassination of a visiting Cuban diplomat who has a surprising connection to U.S. Agent Bianca Lagarda.
Double Dealing
S2 Ep10
8.1
1st Dec 2008
The frozen body of a Russian man is found in a railway car triggers an ICS investigating of the smuggling of blood diamonds via the Canadian north.
Enemy Contact
S1 Ep8
8.0
25th Feb 2008
ICS races to prevent a deadly terrorist attack in the heart of Toronto.
Family Values
S1 Ep7
7.9
18th Feb 2008
ICS helps a movie star enter the country with her newly adopted son: a Sudanese refugee with a dark past and an even darker secret.
Credible Threat
S3 Ep11
7.9
7th Jan 2010
The American President's upcoming visit to Canada has the ICS Squad on full alert. Working with DHS Agent Liz Carver and the Secret Service Advance Team, ICS sifts through hundreds of threats and uncovers an assassination plot by a Lebanese terrorist, working for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. But as Slade digs deeper, he discovers the trail they've been following is an elaborate electronic smokescreen created by a sophisticated hacker. To make matters worse, an internal security leak means the real assassin is always one step ahead of the Squad.
No Refuge
S3 Ep12
7.9
14th Jan 2010
A kingpin in Mexico's Los Zetas drug cartel is en route to Toronto to meet his new distributors - the ultraviolent street gang, MS-13. Ramon Esteban - the new flame of Kessler's ex-wife Terri - is a Mexican journalist whose articles on Los Zetas have put him on the cartel's hit list. When Kessler, Carver, and Gray attempt to transfer Ramon from Terri's shelter into protective custody, MS-13 launches an all-out attack. Kessler must fight back with an unlikely team of warriors.

Worst Episodes of The Border

Pockets of Vulnerability
S1 Ep1
6.9
7th Jan 2008
When CSIS sends a suspect to Syria to be tortured the elite ICS, Squad must race to prove him innocent.
Gray Zone
S1 Ep2
7.0
14th Jan 2008
ICS Agent Gray Jackson butts heads with a beautiful U.S. Homeland Security Agent when their undercover operation at a Mohawk casino goes awry.
Prescriptive Measures
S2 Ep6
7.2
3rd Nov 2008
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals kill an American rock star. ICS searches for the Canadian link but Bianca LaGarda takes matters into her own hands.
Bodies on the Ground
S1 Ep3
7.2
21st Jan 2008
A U.S. rendition flight crash-lands in rural Quebec and ICS must recapture three terrorists before the Americans forcibly intervene.
Gross Deceptions
S1 Ep4
7.3
28th Jan 2008
ICS Director Kessler and U.S. Agent LaGarda clash with disgruntled ex-Airborne soldiers and an elusive arms dealer while hunting for stolen military weapons.
Killer Debt
S3 Ep3
7.4
22nd Oct 2009
When wealthy philanthropist Benjamin Herzog is murdered, the prime suspect is his financial advisor Cyrus Church. Church has engineered a massive Ponzi scheme to defraud his investors of billions. Foreign operatives determined to recover stolen funds are also looking for Church. And complicating matters, Church's new trophy wife is Svetlana Karpov, a Russian stripper from Kessler's past. ICS's newest agent, Khalida Massi, finally gets a chance to prove herself in the field.
Unacceptable Risk
S2 Ep11
7.4
8th Dec 2008
ICS face escalating gang violence when a U.K. Tamil gang member enters the country for his son's life-saving surgery.
Hate Metal
S3 Ep4
7.5
29th Oct 2009
Now back on active duty, DHS Agent Liz Carver tracks a murder suspect, the notorious white-supremacist Cole Thorpe, to Canada. Kessler assigns Gray to infiltrate Thorpe's British Columbia-based neo-Nazi operation. Carver still blames Gray for the 'Ndrangheta debacle and her own injuries. When Gray learns the neo-Nazis are planning a devastating act of racial terrorism, Carver must work with him to stop it.
Good Intentions
S2 Ep9
7.5
24th Nov 2008
Kessler suspects the Canadian military is complicit in the cover-up of a scheme to smuggling cheap Afghan heroin into the country.
Dark Ride
S3 Ep8
7.6
26th Nov 2009
A snuff film is confiscated at the Maine-New Brunswick border, and Carver finds the body of the film's victim Stateside. ICS traces the video back to the vicious biker gang, Satans Guard. Maggie goes to the east coast to see her estranged daughter Kim whose boyfriend, a former member of the gang, is eager to inform on his former associates. Meanwhile, ICS learns of a cross-border serial killer - who has just set his sights on Kim.
Stop Loss
S2 Ep1
7.6
29th Sep 2008
Three American army deserters claim refugee status in Canada, and ICS must deal with the personal and political fallout.

The Border Episode Guide

Pockets of Vulnerability
S1 Ep1
6.9
7th Jan 2008
When CSIS sends a suspect to Syria to be tortured the elite ICS, Squad must race to prove him innocent.
Gray Zone
S1 Ep2
7.0
14th Jan 2008
ICS Agent Gray Jackson butts heads with a beautiful U.S. Homeland Security Agent when their undercover operation at a Mohawk casino goes awry.
Bodies on the Ground
S1 Ep3
7.2
21st Jan 2008
A U.S. rendition flight crash-lands in rural Quebec and ICS must recapture three terrorists before the Americans forcibly intervene.
Gross Deceptions
S1 Ep4
7.3
28th Jan 2008
ICS Director Kessler and U.S. Agent LaGarda clash with disgruntled ex-Airborne soldiers and an elusive arms dealer while hunting for stolen military weapons.
Compromising Positions
S1 Ep5
7.7
4th Feb 2008
Major Kessler releases an illegal Russian stripper as a political favour, sparking a scandal that climaxes in murder.
Physical Assets
S1 Ep6
7.7
11th Feb 2008
When Gray and Layla bust a human-trafficking operation, they follow a grisly trail to an old adversary.
Family Values
S1 Ep7
7.9
18th Feb 2008
ICS helps a movie star enter the country with her newly adopted son: a Sudanese refugee with a dark past and an even darker secret.
Enemy Contact
S1 Ep8
8.0
25th Feb 2008
ICS races to prevent a deadly terrorist attack in the heart of Toronto.
Restricted Access
S1 Ep9
8.3
3rd Mar 2008
Kessler, Gray, and Layla are trapped aboard a quarantined freighter with a captain who's accused of murdering stowaways.
Normalizing Relations
S1 Ep10
8.2
10th Mar 2008
ICS must prevent the assassination of a visiting Cuban diplomat who has a surprising connection to U.S. Agent Bianca Lagarda.
Civil Disobedience
S1 Ep11
8.2
17th Mar 2008
When his daughter takes part in an anti-nuclear rally, Kessler is suspected of leaking classified information that leads directly to nuclear sabotage.
Grave Concern
S1 Ep12
8.3
24th Mar 2008
ICS must find a sadistic kidnapper before he auctions off his 12-year-old victim on a pedophile website.
Blowback
S1 Ep13
7.9
31st Mar 2008
Kessler discovers a Croatian war criminal has been granted amnesty, and must struggle with demons from his own past in Bosnia.

The Border is a Canadian drama that aired on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The Executive in Charge of Production is Janice Dawe. Episodes in the first season were directed by John Fawcett, Michael DeCarlo, Ken Girotti, Kelly Makin, Brett Sullivan and Philip Earnshaw. The first season had a total budget of 20 million dollars, with about 1.5 million dollars per episode. The series is set in Toronto and follows agents of the fictitious Immigration and Customs Security agency. ICS was created by the Government of Canada to deal with trans-border matters concerning Canadian national security including terrorism and smuggling. The cancellation of The Border was announced by the CBC after three seasons were aired.