The Best Episodes of Castle Rock
Every episode of Castle Rock ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Castle Rock!
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Castle Rock" is "The Laughing Place", rated 9/10 from 1935 user votes. It was directed by Anne Sewitsky and written by Vince Calandra, Daria Polatin. "The Laughing Place" aired on 11/6/2019 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Queen".
9.0/10 1,935 votes#1 - The Laughing Place
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2019
Joy learns the truth about her mother's traumatic childhood and struggles with learning disabilities. Joy also discovers her own real origin.
Director: Anne Sewitsky
Writer: Vince Calandra, Daria Polatin
8.9/10 4,183 votes#2 - The Queen
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/22/2018
Ruth explains her jumbled memories and time-skipping to her grandson Wendell, but the Kid's presence and her disorientation have tragic consequences.
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Sam Shaw
8.6/10 2,453 votes#3 - Henry Deaver
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/5/2018
The true identity of the Kid is revealed, as well as his relationship to Henry, Molly and a site in the forest where strange sightings occur.
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 2,416 votes#4 - The Box
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/1/2018
Henry urges the Kid to accept the prison's settlement and investigates his own disappearance decades earlier. A Shawshank prison guard snaps.
Director: Michael Uppendahl
Writer: Scott Brown
8.2/10 2,084 votes#5 - Past Perfect
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/29/2018
Out-of-towners renovate the Lacy home into a murder-themed bed and breakfast. Molly rescues Henry from the camper. Ruth remains lost in the past.
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
Writer: Mark Lafferty
8.2/10 1,328 votes#6 - The Word
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2019
Pop begins to discover how Ace is bringing the dark history of Jerusalem's Lot back to life in the present. Annie takes the fall for Joy.
Director: Loni Peristere
Writer: R. Christopher Murphy, Guy Busick
8.2/10 1,280 votes#7 - Clean
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2019
Annie and her remaining unconverted allies devise a plan to blow up the Angel statue and release the townspeople from their collective trance.
Director: Lisa Brühlmann
Writer: Dustin Thomason, Michael Olson
8.1/10 1,659 votes#8 - Let the River Run
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/23/2019
On the run with her daughter Joy, ex-nurse Annie Wilkes works temp jobs to steal medication. Ace Merrill threatens the Somali developer of a new mall.
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Dustin Thomason
8.0/10 2,181 votes#9 - Harvest
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/8/2018
After the Shawshank shooting, the Kid is released and Henry moves him into an apartment above Molly's office. A ceremony honoring Alan goes awry.
Director: Andrew Bernstein
Writer: Lila Byock
7.9/10 3,201 votes#10 - Severance
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/25/2018
The warden of Shawshank Prison commits suicide, leaving behind an unsettling mystery that seems to be connected to a case from 27 years earlier.
Director: Michael Uppendahl
Writer: Dustin Thomason, Sam Shaw
7.8/10 2,690 votes#11 - Habeas Corpus
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/25/2018
Henry Deaver returns to Castle Rock and takes on the Kid as a client. A letter left behind by Warden Lacy sheds some light on the Kid's origins.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: Dustin Thomason, Sam Shaw
7.8/10 2,524 votes#12 - Local Color
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/25/2018
The past catches up with Molly Strand.
Director: Michael Uppendahl
Writer: Gina Welch
7.8/10 1,321 votes#13 - Ties That Bind
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2019
Joy has a fun day out with local kids but begins to question her mother's mental state when she returns to the motel. Pop's medical condition worsens.
Director: Anne Sewitsky
Writer: Scott Brown, Obehi Janice
7.8/10 1,121 votes#14 - Caveat Emptor
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2019
Pop and the rest of the unconverted seek shelter at the Emporium Galorium, where he discovers letters that reveal information about the Angel.
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Scott Brown
7.7/10 2,090 votes#15 - Filter
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/15/2018
Molly confesses her role in the death of Reverend Deaver. Henry's son Wendell arrives from Boston. The Kid is institutionalized, but not for long.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Marc Bernardin, Vinnie Wilhem
7.7/10 1,362 votes#16 - New Jerusalem
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/23/2019
Hiding evidence of her crime, Annie discovers that the new mall is being built on a cemetery. Pop Merrill's past is revealed.
Director: Phil Abraham
Writer: K'naan Warsame
7.7/10 1,231 votes#17 - The Mother
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2019
Tracing the call she received, Rita arrives in Castle Rock and searches for Joy, while Annie desperately tries to reconnect with her daughter.
Director: Mark Tonderai
Writer: Vince Calandra, Daria Polatin
7.6/10 1,095 votes#18 - Dirty
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2019
Annie and Joy take refuge at the Marsten House, where Ace is manipulating events and mesmerizing the town to contrive a long-prophesied resurrection.
Director: Craig William Macneill
Writer: Michael Olson, K. Corrine Van Vliet
7.3/10 1,254 votes#19 - Restore Hope
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2019
Ace reveals the sinister history of Jerusalem's Lot to his brother Chris. Nadia Howlwadaag learns why Pop adopted her and her brother Abdi.
Director: Phil Abraham
Writer: R. Christopher Murphy, Guy Busick
7.0/10 2,278 votes#20 - Romans
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/12/2018
Henry and the Kid end up jailed together just as a prisoner transfer from the shuttering Shawshank prison leads to a violent breakout.
Director: Nicole Kassell
Writer: N/A