Greenleaf (2016)

Name: Greenleaf
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Lamman Rucker, Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne

Drama

The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful. Born of the church, the Greenleaf family love and care for each other, but beneath the surface lies a den of iniquity—greed, adultery, sibling rivalry and conflicting values—that threatens to tear apart the very core of their faith that holds them together.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (6,691 votes)
Episode average: 7.9 ↑ +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2016)

8.05 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 8.4 42 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Time to Heal	7.7	189
2	The Baptism	7.7	149
3	We Shall See Him as He Is	7.5	134
4	Behind Closed Doors	7.8	126
5	Meaningful Survival	7.8	118
6	Good Morning, Calvary	8.2	110
7	One Train May Hide Another	8.1	108
8	The Whole Book	8.3	118
9	The Broken Road	8.5	115
10	March to the Sea	8.2	109
11	Men Like Trees Walking	8.1	102
12	Veni, Vidi, Vici	8.3	104
13	What Are You Doing Here?	8.4	112

Season 2 (2017)

7.53 avg 16 episodes 8.1 → 7.7 42 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A House Divided	8.1	109
2	Strange Bedfellows	7.3	89
3	A Mother's Love	7.6	89
4	Revival	8.0	82
5	Point of No Return	7.8	77
6	The Royal Family	7.1	79
7	Born to Trouble	8.0	82
8	And the Sparks Fly Upward	8.1	88
9	The Bear	7.4	80
10	Call Not Complete	7.2	78
11	Changing Season	7.5	75
12	House Rules	7.1	76
13	Silence and Loneliness	6.9	74
14	The Father's Will	7.3	77
15	Two by Two	7.4	76
16	The Pearl	7.7	86

Season 3 (2018)

7.92 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 8.5 42 min avg

Big finale

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Strange Currents	7.8	87
2	The Space Between	7.7	73
3	Chain of Command	7.6	68
4	The Underdog	7.8	69
5	Closing Doors	7.8	73
6	She Changes Everything	7.6	68
7	That Was Then	7.6	65
8	Dea Abscondita	8.2	61
9	Runaway Train	8.1	69
10	The Promised Land	7.8	66
11	The End Is Near	8.1	67
12	Day of Reckoning	8.3	68
13	The New Life	8.5	78

Season 4 (2019)

8.08 avg 10 episodes 8.2 → 8.1 42 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Original Sin	8.2	70
2	Did I Lose You?	7.9	61
3	Visions and Dreams	8.1	56
4	A Common Enemy	7.9	54
5	Unwanted	8.2	53
6	The Stranger	8.0	48
7	Reunited	8.1	50
8	Surprise!	8.1	50
9	God's Justice	8.2	49
10	Gratitude	8.1	57

Season 5 (2020)

7.89 avg 8 episodes 8.4 → 7.9 43 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The First Day	8.4	65
2	The Second Day	7.5	54
3	The Third Day	7.6	53
4	The Fourth Day	7.7	52
5	The Fifth Day	7.9	53
6	The Sixth Day	7.7	45
7	The Seventh Day	8.4	61
8	Behold	7.9	64