The Best Episodes Directed By Joe Wright

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(9 votes)

   #1 - Episode 8

   S1:E81/31/2025

   With the discovery of Matteotti's body and the arrest of his assassins, Mussolini is cornered. Will he be able to save himself and fascism?

   Director:Joe Wright

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2. 

   8.1/10(8 votes)

   #2 - Episode 7

   S1:E71/31/2025

   Mussolini wins the elections by a landslide, but Matteotti, a socialist, demands their annulment, denouncing the Blackshirts' violence. Mussolini decides to teach him a lesson.

   Director:Joe Wright

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3. 

   8.1/10(12 votes)

   #3 - Episode 2

   S1:E21/10/2025

   The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.

   Director:Joe Wright

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4. 

   8.0/10(10 votes)

   #4 - Episode 4

   S1:E41/17/2025

   Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.

   Director:Joe Wright

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5. 

   7.9/10(8 votes)

   #5 - Episode 6

   S1:E61/24/2025

   Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.

   Director:Joe Wright

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6. 

   7.8/10(436 votes)

   #6 - Nosedive

   S3:E110/21/2016

   A woman desperate to boost her social media score hits the jackpot when she's invited to a swanky wedding. But the trip doesn't go as planned.

   Director:Joe Wright

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7. 

   7.8/10(10 votes)

   #7 - Episode 3

   S1:E31/17/2025

   Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.

   Director:Joe Wright

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8. 

   7.8/10(10 votes)

   #8 - Episode 5

   S1:E51/24/2025

   Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.

   Director:Joe Wright

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9. 

   7.4/10(13 votes)

   #9 - Episode 1

   S1:E11/10/2025

   Mussolini had just founded the Fasci di Combattimento when D'Annunzio took Fiume. Mussolini hoped to capitalize on the poet's achievement in the electoral arena.

   Director:Joe Wright

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10. 

    6.1/10(22 votes)

    #10 - Wooden Duck

    S1:E212/1/2024

    A spooked source threatens to put an operation at risk.

    Director:Joe Wright

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11. 

    6.0/10(25 votes)

    #11 - The Bends

    S1:E112/1/2024

    Covert CIA agent Martian is called back to London Station.

    Director:Joe Wright

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