Bull (2016–2022)

Plot
Bull stars Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull in a drama inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw, the founder of one of the most prolific trial consulting firms of all time. Brilliant, brash and charming, Dr. Bull is the ultimate puppet master as he combines psychology, human intuition and high tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses and the accused tick. Bull employs an enviable team of experts at Trial Analysis Corporation to shape successful narratives down to the very last detail. They include his quick-witted former brother-in-law, Benny Colón, a lawyer who acts as defense attorney in the company's mock trials; Marissa Morgan, a cutting-edge neurolinguistics expert from the Department of Homeland Security; former NYPD detective Danny James, the firm's tough but relatable investigator; haughty millennial hacker Cable McCrory, who is responsible for gathering cyber intelligence; and Chunk Palmer, a fashion-conscious stylist and former All-American lineman who fine tunes clients' appearances for trial. In high-stakes trials, Bull's combination of remarkable insight into human nature, three Ph.D.'s and a top-notch staff creates winning strategies that tip the scales of justice in his clients' favor.
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Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01
The FallBull helps disgraced Titanfall multiplayer champion Jace (Omar Maskati) file a suit against his former employer, after the employer publicly accuses Jace of intentionally losing a championship match and fires him. - 02
Light My FireDr. Bull confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home, assisting in the arson defense of a young man whose contentious ties to the town mirror Bull's own. - 03
The Illusion of ControlBull hires an eccentric attorney to represent him when a celebrity sues him after his advice regarding her custody case backfires.
Episodes by season
Season01Best season
- S01E01
The NecklaceSeptember 20, 2016Dr. Jason Bull, the brilliant, brash founder of a prolific trial consulting firm, combines psychology, human intuition and high tech data to - S01E02
The Woman in 8DSeptember 27, 2016Dr. Bull and his Trial Analysis Corporation (TAC) team must formulate a new defense strategy when they discover the jury has a subconscious - S01E03
UnambiguousOctober 11, 2016Bull and his team tackle jury bias against their client, a woman on trial for the murder of a star athlete she very publicly accused of assa - S01E04
CallistoOctober 18, 2016When Bull and Trial Analysis Corporation (TAC) help a young woman fight a drug patent lawsuit, they’re forced to travel to Callisto, the sma - S01E05
Just Tell the TruthOctober 25, 2016Bull turns down a major pay day for his company in order to assist a cook accused of murdering his socialite fiancé when he realizes the man - S01E06
Bedside MannerNovember 15, 2016Bull must find a way to reverse the negative effect his egomaniacal client, a surgeon with a God complex being sued for malpractice, has on - S01E07
Never Saw the SignNovember 22, 2016Bull uncovers a conspiracy involving a corrupt assemblyman (John Ventimiglia) while helping a new client facing vehicular manslaughter charg - S01E08
Too PerfectDecember 6, 2016Bull's efforts to assist with his ex-wife Isabella Colón's defense in a wrongful death lawsuit are hindered by unresolved issues from their - S01E09
Light My FireDecember 13, 2016Dr. Bull confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home, assisting in the arson defense of a young man whose contentious ties to t - S01E10
E.J.January 3, 2017When Bull assists CEO Ginny Bretton, whose company is accused of killing an employee with its self-driving car, he discovers his client is k - S01E11
Teacher's PetJanuary 17, 2017An attorney for one of Bull's former clients, Liberty Davis, asks him to consult on a couple's civil suit against a teacher who had a sexual - S01E12
Stockholm SyndromeJanuary 24, 2017The wife of a man who Danny helped imprison for manslaughter detonates a bomb at the TAC offices and takes the team hostage in order to forc - S01E13
Season's bestThe FallFebruary 7, 2017Bull helps disgraced Titanfall multiplayer champion Jace (Omar Maskati) file a suit against his former employer, after the employer publicly - S01E14
It's ClassifiedFebruary 14, 2017Bull comes to the defense of a military intelligence officer who leaked documents, leaving TAC offline and Benny in hot water. - S01E15
What's Your Number?February 21, 2017After a skybridge collapse kills fifteen people, Bull helps prosecute a New York real estate tycoon (and his landlord), only to discover he' - S01E16
Free FallMarch 7, 2017The Governor of Connecticut takes his senior office staff skydiving and dies when his parachute fails to deploy; the owner of the skydiving - S01E17
Name GameMarch 28, 2017Bull funds a class-action lawsuit pitting thousands of victims against a bank that ran a corrupt pump-and-dump investment division, which pu - S01E18
Dressed to KillApril 4, 2017The bond between Chunk and Bull is tested when TAC takes on as a client the prime suspect in the death of Chunk's fashion mentor killed duri - S01E19
Bring It OnApril 18, 2017When Bull assists Jules Caffrey, a high-powered attorney on trial for his fiancée's murder, he takes advantage of his client's penchant for - S01E20
Make MeMay 2, 2017A young man he believes was brainwashed by a cult-like spiritual learning center to kill his father. Also, Danny and Chunk go undercover at - S01E21
How to Dodge a BulletMay 9, 2017Bull makes a deal with top criminal attorney J.P. Nunnelly to defend Benny when he goes to trial for misconduct in a case related to his for - S01E22
Dirty Little SecretsMay 16, 2017Bull works with top criminal defense attorney J.P. Nunnelly on the first of three cases to repay her for defending Benny at trial. However, - S01E23
Benevolent DeceptionMay 23, 2017Bull and the Trial Analysis Corp. team travel to Miami with top criminal defense attorney J.P. Nunnelly to work on a controversial drug traf
Season02
- S02E01
School for ScandalSeptember 26, 2017When Bull joins the district attorney in a case against Kara Clayton, who claims she killed her billionaire husband in self-defense, tension - S02E02
Already GoneOctober 3, 2017Bull impulsively agrees to have Benny represent Adam Harris, a young man charged with murder for helping his terminally ill girlfriend end h - S02E03
A Business of FavorsOctober 10, 2017The DA's office asks Bull to assist them in their prosecution of a fraternity when a pledge accidentally drowns during a hazing incident, bu - S02E04
Season's bestThe Illusion of ControlOctober 17, 2017Bull hires an eccentric attorney to represent him when a celebrity sues him after his advice regarding her custody case backfires. - S02E05
Play The Hand You're DealtOctober 24, 2017Bull navigates the unfamiliar rules of a Native American tribal court when his college roommate is accused of committing murder on a reserva - S02E06
The Exception to the RuleOctober 31, 2017Bull travels to a small town on a personal mission to help his high school sweetheart sue a local factory that she believes is making reside - S02E07
No Good DeedNovember 7, 2017Bull helps a teachers union represent a woman who is being prosecuted for helping an impoverished student pass an important test, but who ma - S02E08
The Devil, The DetailNovember 14, 2017Bull agrees to help the parents of a former employee sue a drug company when their son commits suicide during a drug trial. However, the tas - S02E09
ThanksgivingNovember 21, 2017As Thanksgiving approaches, Bull releases his team to enjoy the holiday with their families, only to find himself working a case solo when h - S02E10
Home for the HolidaysDecember 12, 2017As Christmas approaches, Bull is amused when he meets a 9-year-old girl who wants to hire him to help her divorce her parents, but he's shoc - S02E11
Survival InstinctsJanuary 2, 2018Bull represents Jemma Whitbeck, a teenager arrested for robbing a jewelry store with an older man she disappeared with 18 months ago. To per - S02E12
Grey AreasJanuary 9, 2018Bull takes a psychologist friend, Dr. Donovan Benanti, as a client when the therapist is sued for malpractice following a patient's deadly r - S02E13
Kill ShotJanuary 23, 2018A widow hires Bull to help represent her when the police decide that she is the most likely suspect in orchestrating her wealthy husband's d - S02E14
Keep Your Friends CloseFebruary 6, 2018Bull is brought on to help the FBI's case against a hacker whom they believe breached air traffic control at LaGuardia Airport. But when Cab - S02E15
Witness for the ProsecutionFebruary 27, 2018The DA hires Bull to help convict Hazel Diaz, an infamous drug dealer who murdered a police officer but has managed to avoid jail for years - S02E16
AbsolutionMarch 6, 2018Bull seizes upon the opportunity to get a new trial for an old client when doubt is cast upon evidence that helped convict him of murder 14 - S02E17
Gag OrderMarch 13, 2018Bull agrees to help Chunk's daughter, Anna, when her journalism professor, Chloe, is sued by a dating app developer for trying to steal data - S02E18
Bad MedicineMarch 27, 2018Bull helps a doctor who crossed state lines to purchase a marijuana-derived oil to treat her patients in Virginia, where the oil is illegal. - S02E19
A RedemptionApril 3, 2018Bull helps Jim Grayson, a respectable family man who was arrested for changing his identity after being the unwitting getaway driver in a fa - S02E20
JustifiedApril 17, 2018A friend from Bull's past enlists his services to help convince a jury that a domestic abuse survivor who shot her husband in his sleep is n - S02E21
RecklessMay 1, 2018Bull's team takes on a seemingly unwinnable case; a mute man faces the death penalty if he's found guilty of murder and arson; Bull is stunn - S02E22
Death SentenceMay 8, 2018Bull's team is rocked when their client, Elliott Miles, is found guilty of murder, and they must regroup as the trial enters the penalty pha
Season03
- S03E01
The Ground Beneath Their FeetSeptember 24, 2018Bull returns to work following his heart attack with a new rich client for the firm to represent: an insurance company being sued by a dying - S03E02
Jury DutyOctober 1, 2018Bull finds himself serving jury duty while simultaneously mounting a defense for a woman on trial for killing her daughter's murderer. - S03E03
Excessive ForceOctober 8, 2018When the team consults for the NYPD on the defense of a police officer accused of excessive force in the shooting of an unarmed man, the soc - S03E04
Season's bestJustice for CableOctober 15, 2018Business becomes personal for Bull when TAC assists with a civil suit against the bank that funded the terrorists responsible for Cable's de - S03E05
The Missing PieceOctober 22, 2018Bull joins the defense team of a seemingly unwinnable case when a doctor is put on trial for murder after his submission to a DNA database l - S03E06
Fool Me TwiceOctober 29, 2018Bull and the TAC team help one of their own when Marissa's restaurateur husband, Greg, is charged with involuntary manslaughter after one of - S03E07
A Girl Without FeelingsNovember 5, 2018Bull confronts his guilt over closing his psychiatric practice to start TAC when his former patient, a young woman who is a clinical sociopa - S03E08
But for the GraceNovember 12, 2018Bull takes on a pro bono client who was poorly advised by his public defender to plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge and is now fac - S03E09
SeparationDecember 3, 2018Danny enlists her colleagues to help when her boyfriend, Gabriel, is arrested for being in the country illegally and threatened with deporta - S03E10
A Higher LawDecember 10, 2018Bull agrees to have TAC represent a priest who is charged in a fatal hit-and-run after he's found behind the wheel of the church van involve - S03E11
Separate TogetherJanuary 14, 2019Bull and his on-again, off-again romantic rival, Diana Lindsay, join forces to create two separate but collaborative defense teams when Dian - S03E12
Split HairsJanuary 21, 2019Bull mounts the defense of New York City's chief medical examiner, Julia Martin, when she is charged with tampering with evidence tied to th - S03E13
Prior Bad ActsFebruary 4, 2019Bull's new relationship with Diana, his on-again romantic rival, is complicated by his renewed feelings for his ex-wife, Isabella, when they - S03E14
Leave It All BehindFebruary 11, 2019Bull aims to raise reasonable doubt among the jurors in his friend Nathan's trial when the man is tried for his wife's murder and the prosec - S03E15
Security FraudFebruary 18, 2019Bull gets to work alongside his idol, Walter Franklin, a legendary lawyer who asks him to help a family bring suit against the U.S. governme - S03E16
ForfeitureFebruary 25, 2019The TAC team works tandem cases when Chunk represents his first legal client, Darius Lambert, a young man facing federal counterfeiting char - S03E17
Parental GuidanceMarch 18, 2019Bull and the TAC team represent a teen boy raised in complete isolation when the young man goes on trial for murder after engaging in a dead - S03E18
Don't Say a WordApril 1, 2019Bull's romantic rival, Diana Lindsay, jeopardizes her career when she secretly has Bull come to Texas to assist a couple fighting against he - S03E19
BountyApril 15, 2019Danny enlists Bull's help for the assault trial of her former FBI mentor, a bounty hunter who kidnapped the wrong mark during his first assi - S03E20
The Good OneApril 29, 2019Bull fears that his client's family ties will negatively impact the jury when TAC represents the seemingly innocent young heir, Connor McCan - S03E21
When the Rains CameMay 6, 2019Bull helps mount a defense for Taylor's brother-in-law, Ralph Kelly, a prison guard charged with manslaughter for the drowning deaths of two - S03E22
Pillar of SaltMay 13, 2019Bull works to convince a jury that an alleged murder was actually a tragic accident when TAC represents a woman charged with her 3-year-old
Season04
- S04E01
Labor DaysSeptember 23, 2019As Bull prepares for fatherhood, his work at TAC suffers without his top attorney, Benny, who quit in reaction to Bull's romantic reconnecti - S04E02
Fantastica VoyageSeptember 30, 2019Bull sees a visionary whereas the federal government sees a con woman, when he helps the defense of a charismatic entrepreneur, Whitney Holl - S04E03
RectifyOctober 7, 2019Benny's previous career with the District Attorney's office comes into focus when Chunk, working with his law professor's legal clinic, aims - S04E04
Her Own Two FeetOctober 14, 2019Bull helps a famous social media influencer, Sadie Washington, take her father to court to overturn his legal guardianship over her empire, - S04E05
Billboard JusticeOctober 21, 2019Taylor becomes personally invested in having Bull help a dancer, Jessica, bring a civil suit against a real estate mogul who assaulted her a - S04E06
Into the MysticOctober 28, 2019Bull and the TAC team question whether they have a solid defense when they represent wealth manager Rachel Elliot who's on trial for her hus - S04E07
Doctor KillerNovember 4, 2019Bull faces the seemingly impossible task of defending a client who already confessed to accidentally killing the doctor he blames for his mo - S04E08
Season's bestSafe and SoundNovember 18, 2019Bull mounts the defense of an old college friend, Eric Crawford, who is charged with negligent homicide after Eric's youngest child kills hi - S04E09
The Flying CarpetNovember 25, 2019Bull represents a large insurance company and its clients, married pizzeria owners who are being sued for negligence by a teenager who was i - S04E10
Imminent DangerDecember 16, 2019Bull and the TAC team take a difficult pro bono murder case before the holidays and realize it will take a Christmas miracle to win, as the - S04E11
Look Back in AngerJanuary 6, 2020Bull looks to select jurors who can empathize with an individual's need for personal privacy when he helps Marissa's friend sue a notable ph - S04E12
Behind the IvyJanuary 20, 2020Chunk's friend asks Bull to help the parents of an athletic scholarship student bring a wrongful death suit against the school after the tee - S04E13
Child of MineFebruary 3, 2020Bull and Benny represent a couple being sued by their baby's biological father for custody after a fertility clinic mistakenly used the wron - S04E14
Quid Pro QuoFebruary 10, 2020Bull is hired by a doctor, Samir Shadid, who’s accused by the Manhattan U.S. attorney of bribing his way into college, just as Bull’s ex-wif - S04E15
Flesh and BloodFebruary 17, 2020Bull assists in the murder trial defense of an old friend, Vivian Cahill, an in-debt professional gambler accused of killing her wealthy fat - S04E16
MissingMarch 9, 2020Bull aims to convince a jury to put the law aside, when he represents a woman guilty of kidnapping her niece years ago to stop the girl's fa - S04E17
The Invisible WomanMarch 16, 2020Bull takes on the trial defense of Dr. Natalie Reznick, an expert on anthrax, who is accused of orchestrating a series of anthrax attacks th - S04E18
Off the RailsApril 6, 2020Bull defends a train engineer who has no memory of a fatal crash he allegedly caused, due to a brain injury he sustained in the collision. - S04E19
The SovereignApril 13, 2020Bull mounts the defense of an idealistic state judge, Judge Duggan (Kelcy Griffin), who's on trial for obstruction of justice after she help - S04E20
WreckedMay 4, 2020Bull and the team help Taylor bring a civil suit against the woman who killed Taylor's friend in a hit-and-run when the driver evades crimin
Season05
- S05E01
My CoronaNovember 16, 2020Bull and the TAC team struggle to adjust to a virtual court system as they weather the New York City shutdown due to the coronavirus. - S05E02
The Great DivideNovember 23, 2020The TAC team experiences a conflict of interest in court when Benny represents the plaintiff and Chunk represents the defendant in the same - S05E03
Prison BreakNovember 30, 2020Bull assists Chunk as he represents a convict from his law school's legal aid clinic, a woman accused of killing a guard while trying to esc - S05E04
The Ex FactorDecember 14, 2020TAC braces for an un-jolly Christmas when Bull and Benny represent Marissa and her estranged husband, Greg, in federal court after they're c - S05E05
Fallen IdolsJanuary 4, 2021Bull worries he can't convince a jury his religious leader client didn't kill his wife when a major secret the pastor is hiding about the ma - S05E06
To Save a LifeJanuary 18, 2021Bull and Chunk represent an emergency room doctor being sued for malpractice after she ignored direct orders to save one near-death patient - S05E07
The Head of the GoatJanuary 25, 2021Bull and Benny mount a difficult federal trial defense for a young mother accused of aiding and abetting her extremist husband in an act of - S05E08
Cloak and BeakerFebruary 8, 2021Bull heads to federal court for a client accused of stealing his own scientific research from the company he works for, a corporation he say - S05E09
The Bad ClientFebruary 22, 2021Bull uses the First Amendment's freedom of speech to defend a controversial news commentator blamed for a man's suicide after she accused hi - S05E10
The Boy Who Cried MurderMarch 15, 2021Izzy asks Bull to petition the court to have her best friend's body exhumed when the woman's son alleges she was murdered, despite her death - S05E11
Truth and ReconciliationApril 12, 2021The origin story of TAC is revealed through flashbacks when Bull tries to get a new trial for the wrongly convicted prisoner who inspired hi - S05E12
Evidence to the ContraryApril 19, 2021Bull and the TAC team worry about jury bias when Bull mounts a murder trial defense for a Black Lives Matter activist who is also the son of - S05E13
Law of the JungleApril 26, 2021Bull is hired to help a woman determined to go against legal advice when she insists on pleading guilty to the murder of a wealthy philanthr - S05E14
Under the InfluenceMay 3, 2021Chunk does his daughter, Anna, a favor and convinces Bull to represent a teenager on trial robbery, a defendant who faces an uphill battle i - S05E15
SnatchbackMay 10, 2021Bull aims to win over a federal jury without the use of hard evidence when TAC represents Hank Alston, a child recovery agent charged with f - S05E16
Season's bestA Friend in NeedMay 17, 2021Izzy puts the brakes on her wedding to Bull after he jeopardizes Benny's election campaign by handling the defense in the corruption trial o
Season06
- S06E01
GoneOctober 7, 2021Bull and the TAC team must call upon all their collective experience to locate Bull's kidnapped daughter, and the abductor warns them not to - S06E02
EspionageOctober 14, 2021TAC's defense strategy for a client on trial for going public with classified governments under the Espionage Act is compromised when Bull e - S06E03
Bull UndoneOctober 21, 2021Bull contends with a biased jury pool when TAC represents a man charged with his high school girlfriend's murder after a docuseries depicts - S06E04
Uneasy Lies the CrownOctober 28, 2021Bull faces uncertainty in court, when TAC handles a class action suit against a vaping company selling malfunctioning devices, and the trial - S06E05
King BullNovember 4, 2021The TAC team asks Bull to step aside, when they fear his recent issues could negatively affect their defense of a business mogul accused of - S06E06
Better AngelsNovember 11, 2021Bull and the TAC team are under pressure when they have just two days to prepare a defense for a midwife accused of practicing without a lic - S06E07
Confidence ManDecember 2, 2021Bull's legal troubles go from professional to personal when new evidence in his bribery trial implicates his wife, Izzy. Also, the TAC team' - S06E08
Snowed InDecember 9, 2021Bull needs a Christmas miracle when he takes on a sports agency's young assistant charged with providing a star client lethal drugs. - S06E09
False PositiveJanuary 6, 2022Bull helps a grieving mother, Vernice, sue the developers of a computer program that misidentified her son as a criminal, leading him to be - S06E10
FrontotemporalJanuary 13, 2022Bull and Chunk aim to prove that their client, a woman on trial for murder, committed the crime due to a lack of behavioral control caused b - S06E11
Season's bestFamily MattersJanuary 20, 2022The TAC team finds itself in a tense and unprecedented situation when Bull faces off against Marissa and her new boss in court, following he - S06E12
CalibanFebruary 24, 2022The TAC team gets a rare glimpse into Bull's personal life when his estranged brother of 13 years, Jacob Bull, unexpectedly arrives in New Y - S06E13
The Hard RightMarch 3, 2022Bull helps his friend, Army psychiatrist Colonel Victor Taggert, mount a diminished capacity defense for a sergeant accused of killing a fel - S06E14
Safe SpaceMarch 10, 2022Bull helps an agoraphobic client bring a wrongful death suit against the alleged killer of his beloved aunt, but the client's inability to t - S06E15
With These HandsMarch 31, 2022Bull takes a frustratingly passive role in court during a medical malpractice suit, when he helps the surgeon who saved his life after his h - S06E16
The Diana AffairApril 7, 2022Bull and Izzy experience marital discord when Bull has TAC lead the defense for Diana Lindsay, his ex-girlfriend who's accused of killing he - S06E17
Dark HorseApril 14, 2022Izzy hires Bull and TAC to defend a jockey accused of committing arson against a stable owner who fired him. - S06E18
The Other ShoeApril 21, 2022Bull puts aside his personal grievances to help AUSA Reilly, who prosecuted him for jury tampering, bring one of the world's most dangerous - S06E19
Opening UpApril 28, 2022When Bull is sidelined with a back injury, Marissa and Chunk are forced to go to court without him to defend Marissa's closest childhood fri - S06E20
The Envelope, PleaseMay 12, 2022Bull breaks from the stress he's been under for months when a mysterious delivery causes him to blackout for hours, leaving him with no memo - S06E21
Silent KillerMay 19, 2022When Bull handles the negligent homicide defense of a building owner accused of killing tenants by carbon monoxide poisoning, the case rocks - S06E22
GoodbyeMay 26, 2022Bull and the team head to court one last time to finalize a negligent homicide defense that will change the nature of their company and thei
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