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The Best Episodes of Back to the Future

Every episode of Back to the Future ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Back to the Future!

The Best Episodes of Back to the Future

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 4 - Witchcraft
    7.3/10(61 votes)

    #1 - Witchcraft

    S1:E4

    Marty makes an emergency trip back to Salem, Massachusetts in the DeLorean to deliver a spare flux capacitor to Doc and the family. While Doc installs it to fix the train, Marty, Clara and the boys go into town, where Marty gets accused of being a witch.

    Director:John Hays
    Writer:Mary Jo Ludin

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  2. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 5 - Roman Holiday
    7.1/10(55 votes)

    #2 - Roman Holiday

    S1:E5

    Marty and Doc head to Ancient Rome, unaware Jules and Verne are joining them. While the boys cause trouble, Marty gets mixed up in a chariot race with Bifficus and Doc gets thrown to the lions.

    Director:Phil Robinson
    Writers:John Ludin, Michael Klastorin, Mark Klastorin

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  3. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 3 - Forward to the Past
    7.0/10(60 votes)

    #3 - Forward to the Past

    S1:E3

    Doc and the boys travel back to prehistoric times to test a new invention and Doc stops a meteor from colliding with Earth. They don't realize they changed history until they return home and find a civilization where dinosaurs rule!

    Director:Phil Robinson
    Writer:Earl Kress

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  4. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 6 - Go Fly a Kite
    7.0/10(56 votes)

    #4 - Go Fly a Kite

    S1:E6

    After Jules insults his intelligence and comments that he can't really be a part of the family, Verne starts to think his real father is Benjamin Franklin. Unfortunately, this leads to Verne ruining Franklin's famous electricity experiment and it's up to Doc to set things straight.

    Director:John Hays
    Writers:John Ludin, John Loy, Michael Zimbalist, Randy Gale

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  5. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 10 - Solar Sailors
    6.9/10(56 votes)

    #5 - Solar Sailors

    S1:E10

    It's Doc and Clara's anniversary and the kids get them tickets for a cruise, which takes place in 2091 and takes them into space. Unfortunately, Ziff Tannen sabotages the cruise ship.

    Director:Phil Robinson
    Writers:John Ludin, John Loy, Earl Kress

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  6. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 7 - Time Waits for No Frog
    6.6/10(54 votes)

    #6 - Time Waits for No Frog

    S1:E7

    Looking to cure Marty's athlete's foot, Doc and Marty travel back in time to locate an extinct frog in South America, where they have to stop Biffando from stealing the Incas' gold.

    Director:Phil Robinson
    Writers:John Ludin, John Loy, Cliff MacGillivray, Alex Herschlag

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  7. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 8 - Einstein's Adventure
    6.6/10(54 votes)

    #7 - Einstein's Adventure

    S1:E8

    Two bank robbers steal the DeLorean and end up outside an Australian prison in 1790. With him having been in the back seat, it's up to Einstein to get himself and these robbers home.

    Director:Phil Robinson
    Writer:Alex Herschlag

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  8. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 4 - Marty McFly PFC
    6.6/10(43 votes)

    #8 - Marty McFly PFC

    S2:E4

    On a trip to the 1940s, Verne enters a dance contest with his future dance instructor, Dorothy, while Marty gets drafted.

    Director:John Hays
    Writer:Mary Jo Ludin

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  9. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 11 - Dickens of a Christmas
    6.5/10(49 votes)

    #9 - Dickens of a Christmas

    S1:E11

    It's Christmas time so the Brown family and Marty go to 1800s London to celebrate. Unfortunately, the boys lose the key to the DeLorean to a pickpocket and Clara, a toy shop manager and his family get thrown into prison by Ebiffnezer Tannen.

    Director:John Hays
    Writers:John Ludin, John Loy, Rick Cunningham

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  10. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 2 - Put on Your Thinking Caps, Kids! It's Time for Mr. Wisdom!
    6.5/10(44 votes)

    #10 - Put on Your Thinking Caps, Kids! It's Time for Mr. Wisdom!

    S2:E2

    Marty and Verne meet Mr. Wisdom, who hosts a popular children's science show. As it turns out, Doc and Mr. Wisdom were college roommates. Doc doesn't recall it with fondness, as Mr. Wisdom stole his invention for a science fair and won. Things apparently haven't changed as Mr. Wisdom has stolen the DeLorean!

    Director:John Hays
    Writer:Wayne Kaatz

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  11. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 3 - A Friend In Deed
    6.5/10(44 votes)

    #11 - A Friend In Deed

    S2:E3

    After Biff plans to evict Jennifer's family from their ranch, Marty goes to the Old West to stop Biff's family from getting the ranch deed.

    Director:John Hays
    Writers:John Ludin, John Loy, Sean Catherine Derek

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  12. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 8 - A Verne by Any Other Name
    6.5/10(43 votes)

    #12 - A Verne by Any Other Name

    S2:E8

    Verne gets sick of his name after kids keep making fun of him and goes to great lengthes to get it changed, even going back to see his parents just before he's born.

    Director:John Hays
    Writer:Earl Kress

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  13. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 9 - Hill Valley Brown-Out
    6.5/10(42 votes)

    #13 - Hill Valley Brown-Out

    S2:E9

    Just before the Founder's Day Celebration, the town loses all its electricity again because of Doc. His attempt to fix it makes things worse, causing everyone to want the Brown family kicked out of town.

    Director:John Hays
    Writer:Wayne Kaatz

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  14. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 12 - St. Louis Blues
    6.5/10(45 votes)

    #14 - St. Louis Blues

    S2:E12

    While at the Brown house, Doc's hair cutting invention wreaks havoc on Marty's hair. Marty and boys go to find Doc, who is with Clara at the 1904 World's Fair, to fix this mess. But Marty then gets put in a side show by P.T. Tannen.

    Director:John Hays
    Writer:Mark Valenti

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  15. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 13 - Verne Hatches an Egg
    6.5/10(45 votes)

    #15 - Verne Hatches an Egg

    S2:E13

    Verne uses the DeLorean to look for something to bring in for show and tell, finding a dinosaur egg. Unfortunately, the egg hatches in the present and it becomes more and more difficult to hide it.

    Director:John Hays
    Writers:John Ludin, John Loy

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  16. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 2 - A Family Vacation
    6.4/10(77 votes)

    #16 - A Family Vacation

    S1:E2

    Doc causes another power cut in his lab whilst trying to invent something. Jules and Verne are annoyed because their toy car racing has been interrupted (it runs on electricity) and Clara is annoyed at the lack of power as well. Feeling that his family has become too dependant on technology since they moved to the 20th Century, Doc uses the DeLorean to take his family back to Medieval England. The family are not happy, especially when Doc sends the DeLorean several hours into the future so there is no way they can go home until then. Clara walks off and after meeting some Medeival women washing in the river she meets Lord Biffingham of Tannenshire. Biffingham takes a shine to Clara and when she turns him down he kidnaps her. Doc tries to save her but eneds up being kidnapped as well. Biffingham imprisons Clara in his tower and decides to marry her - once she has become a widow! And he plans her to be a widow very shortly by challenging Doc to a joustling match.

    Director:John Hays
    Writers:John Loy, Wayne Kaatz

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  17. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 10 - My Pop's an Alien
    6.4/10(42 votes)

    #17 - My Pop's an Alien

    S2:E10

    After finding a strange craft in Doc's bushes, Biff claims Doc is an alien and everyone believes him. In 1967, Marty, Jules and Verne arrive to discover the truth.

    Director:John Hays
    Writer:Mary Jo Ludin

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  18. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 11 - Super Doc
    6.3/10(46 votes)

    #18 - Super Doc

    S2:E11

    Marty and the boys learn Doc had a stint in wrestling during the fifties, but never really competed. Travelling back in time, Marty and the boys attempt to get Doc to enter the ring. This unfortunately leads to him getting hit on the head and becoming a bumbling superhero.

    Director:John Hays
    Writer:Wayne Kaatz

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  19. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 9 - Batter Up
    6.2/10(51 votes)

    #19 - Batter Up

    S1:E9

    Marty takes the place of his ancestor, pitcher Pee Wee McFly, to help his team win a 1897 Pennant game. But a nasty gangster named Diamond Jim Tannen wanted Pee Wee to lose.

    Director:John Hays
    Writers:John Ludin, John Loy, Mark Hoffmeier

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  20. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 12 - Gone Fishin'
    6.2/10(48 votes)

    #20 - Gone Fishin'

    S1:E12

    When Doc was four, he fell into a river during a fishing trip and has had a fear of it happening again ever since. After the boys learn about this, they and Marty try to change it. But they regret it when it leads to a mishap with a stunt plane, causing young Emmett Brown to become a famous daredevil.

    Director:Phil Robinson
    Writers:John Ludin, Wayne Kaatz

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  21. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 13 - Retired
    6.2/10(49 votes)

    #21 - Retired

    S1:E13

    Jules and Verne pull a string of April Fool's Day pranks on Doc, tampering with his inventions. Unfortunately one of them, the Brain Wave Analyzer, causes Doc to think his days in science are over and he retires.

    Director:John Hays
    Writers:John Ludin, John Loy, Mark Cowen, Peyton Reed

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  22. Back to the Future Season 1 Episode 1 - Brothers
    6.1/10(112 votes)

    #22 - Brothers

    S1:E1

    Running away from home, Verne uses the DeLorean to travel back in time. When Doc, Marty and Jules go after him, they arrive in the middle of the Civil War where Jules and Verne get caught up on different sides.

    Directors:John Hays, Phil Robinson
    Writers:John Ludin, John Loy

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  23. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 5 - Verne's New Friend
    6.1/10(43 votes)

    #23 - Verne's New Friend

    S2:E5

    Verne and his new friend, Chris, go see a 1930s circus, which the owners are about to lose to landlord Farmer Tannen.

    Director:John Hays
    Writer:Mary Jo Ludin

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  24. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 7 - The Money Tree
    6.0/10(42 votes)

    #24 - The Money Tree

    S2:E7

    Jules tries to grow a money tree to become popular at school, which leads to troubles with the media and the FBI.

    Director:John Hays
    Writer:Earl Kress

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  25. Back to the Future Season 2 Episode 1 - Mac the Black
    5.9/10(58 votes)

    #25 - Mac the Black

    S2:E1

    Marty and Verne travel to 1500s Caribbean, where Verne hopes to get an earring and Marty has to deal with pirate Mac The Black.

    Director:John Hays
    Writers:John Ludin, John Loy

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Best Episodes Summary

"Witchcraft" is the best rated episode of "Back to the Future". It scored 7.3/10 based on 61 votes. Directed by John Hays and written by Mary Jo Ludin, it aired on 10/12/1991. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Roman Holiday".