10.0/101 votes#1 - The Ekhdal Family Celebrates Christmas
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/26/1984
Young Alexander glimpses the supernatural before the scattered branches of his family gather at his grandmother's house for a traditional Christmas party. Contains the Prologue and First Act.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Ingmar Bergman
10.0/101 votes#2 - The Wraith
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/27/1984
Alexander's family is torn apart by the death of his father and his mother's subsequent marriage to the icy priest Edvard Vergérus. Contains the Second Act.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Ingmar Bergman
10.0/101 votes#3 - The Breakup
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/27/1984
Fanny and Alexander continue to suffer at the hands of their cruel stepfather while a series of ghosts pay visits to the living. Contains the Third Act.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Ingmar Bergman
10.0/101 votes#4 - The Summer's Events
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/30/1984
Alexander makes up a story about his stepfather for which he gets brutally punished. Meanwhile Helena discusses with Gustav about his intentions for Maj. Contains the Fourth Act.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Ingmar Bergman
6.0/101 votes#5 - Innocence and Panic
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/11/1973
The story begins around Marianne's and Johan's 10th anniversary, when a reporter for a women's magazine interviews them. Peter and Katarina visit later for dinner, and cruelly humiliate one another.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#6 - The Art of Sweeping Things Under the Rug
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/18/1973
Marianne tries to withdraw from a Sunday dinner with her parents but fails and realizes how difficult it is for her to let down other people's expectations. Johan flirts with another woman at work.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#7 - Paula
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/25/1973
Johan came home unexpectedly and told Marianne that he'd been in a love affair with someone named Paula. After his declaration of breaking away from the past, and Marianne's failing to detain him, Johan drove away.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#8 - The Vale of Tears
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/2/1973
Johan is disillusioned with Paula and revisits Marianne. They discuss their current lives and Johan attempts to initiate sex, but Marianne is unwilling. He attempts to spend the night but cannot sleep and leaves.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: N/A
5.0/101 votes#9 - In the Middle of the Night in a Dark House Somewhere in the World
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/16/1973
Marianne and Johan have married other people, but are unhappy. Having met coincidentally in a theatre some time earlier, they have begun secretly seeing each other again. On the 20th anniversary of their wedding, they decide to spend time together at their country house. Finding that too strange, they go to a friend's country house instead. There they discuss how much they have changed, with Marianne more self-conscious and Johan accepting his real abilities. When Marianne awakes panicking from a nightmare, Johan comforts her.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: N/A
4.5/102 votes#10 - The Illiterates
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/9/1973
Marianne and Johan meet at his office to sign divorce papers, but Johan refuses. The two fight savagely. Johan declares that they are emotional illiterates. They sign the papers.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: N/A
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"The Ekhdal Family Celebrates Christmas" is the best rated episode directed by Ingmar Bergman. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Ingmar Bergman. It aired on 12/26/1984 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Wraith".