7.4/10676 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2014
Since she was born, Bo has had gifts she could neither fully understand nor control. But now that she is 10, her powers have become stronger and the threat from malevolent forces that would use her abilities to control the world has grown more dangerous. With her life and future in jeopardy, Bo’s protectors turn to an unlikely source to keep her safe – Tate, a wrongfully imprisoned death row inmate who’s lost his will. Tate and Bo begin an extraordinary journey, changing the lives of everyone they meet as they keep moving to stay one step ahead of the sinister forces after Bo’s power.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Vim Shanmugam
7.7/10483 votes#2 - Beginner's Luck
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/16/2014
On the run and in desperate need of money, Tate takes Bo to Atlantic City, where she instantly bonds with a struggling mother and her sick child. The involvement of the FBI complicates Skouras’ efforts to covertly recover Bo, while Winter and Channing work to stay one step ahead.
Director: Omar Madha
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Jonas Pate
7.5/10397 votes#3 - Origin
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/23/2014
Trapped in Manhattan, Bo and Tate encounter a wealthy woman mourning the decades-old loss of her son.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Jonas Pate
7.6/10352 votes#4 - Defection
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/30/2014
As the dragnet closes, Tate puts his freedom at risk to help Bo find the writer of a long-lost love letter. Meanwhile, Winter makes preparations for an escape from Manhattan as Skouras and Agent Ferrell ramp up the effort to bring Tate and Bo into custody.
Director: Sam Hill
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Nick Antosca
7.8/10333 votes#5 - White Noise
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/6/2014
Bo and Tate resurface in Philadelphia where Bo is drawn toward a young woman and her husband, a blogger whose unrelenting pursuit of a mysterious story is threatening to tear the couple apart. Meanwhile, Skouras takes forceful action to track down a traitor within Orchestra.
Director: Jonas Pate
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Dave Erickson
7.9/10304 votes#6 - Sinking
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/13/2014
With Bo, Winter and Channing in pursuit, Tate travels home to seek out the childhood friends who framed him for murder. Meanwhile at the Orchestra campus, Skouras focuses his attention on the potential of a young telepath.
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Seamus Kevin Fahey
7.5/10265 votes#7 - Bang and Blame
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/20/2014
After an intense confrontation with Zepeda leaves Bo vulnerable, Winter turns to guardians from Bo’s past to protect her once again. As Tate and Winter take risky action to help Bo, revisiting the girl’s past reveals surprising information about Channing’s history. At Orchestra, Skouras pushes Sean to control his telekinetic abilities, with dangerous results.
Director: Michael Offer
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Brynn Malone
7.8/10256 votes#8 - Together
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/27/2014
Worried that Skouras has developed the ability to locate Bo, Winter sends Channing on a mission to infiltrate the Orchestra campus. Despite Winter’s instructions to keep a low profile, Bo is compelled to help a family man who is in over his head.
Director: Bart Freundlich
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Seamus Kevin Fahey
7.5/10256 votes#9 - Prodigy
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/4/2014
Tate’s efforts to keep Bo focused on her training are sidetracked when Bo has a premonition of a young musical prodigy dying in a car crash. In the wake of Channing’s capture, Winter sets a risky contingency plan in motion. At Orchestra, Skouras tests the powers of Dani, a newly discovered telepath.
Director: Sam Hill
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Melisa Wallack
7.9/10243 votes#10 - Collapse
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/25/2014
When Bo has a premonition of a tragic event in the New York City subway, she convinces Tate to help her in stopping her vision from becoming reality. A confrontation with FBI Agent Ferrell in the subway station quickly changes course when an explosion leaves them trapped underground. Meanwhile, Dani proves herself to Skouras as she settles into her new home at Orchestra.
Director: David Boyd
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Jonas Pate
8.1/10244 votes#11 - Revelation
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/1/2014
As Channing struggles to recover from her gunshot wound, Winter takes desperate measures to keep her alive. With Winter distracted, Bo and Tate sneak away to confront Skouras and demand he stop pursuing them. Meanwhile, Dani begins to question her position at Orchestra.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Nick Antosca
8.0/10238 votes#12 - Second Chance
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/15/2014
When an enraged Dani concentrates her powers on the destruction of Orchestra and Bo, Skouras turns to Winter and Channing for help. Bo and Tate's attempt to start fresh on their own is short-lived when Bo has intense visions of Dani, and pulls them back into danger.
Director: Fred Toye
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Jonas Pate
7.6/10160 votes#13 - Perception
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/24/2014
Bo uses her powers to help a struggling police officer, who is suspected in the disappearance of a young woman and who has powers similar to Bo's. Although a thirteenth episode entitled "Perception," was never aired in the US, it was released on 24 June 2014 in New Zealand.
Director: Eric Stoltz
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Holly Harold
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Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Believe" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 676 votes. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón and written by Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman, Vim Shanmugam, it aired on 3/10/2014. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Beginner's Luck".