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The Best Episodes of Critical Role

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

The Best Episodes of Critical Role

Critical Role is a weekly actual play series that uses tabletop role-playing game mechanics as a means to explore and develop stories from the vast...

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  1. Background image for Blood and Dust
    9.1/10(105 votes)

    #1 - Blood and Dust

    S3:E33

    Surrounded by chaos, Bells Hells act quickly to secure their quarry, but their attempted escape leads to an unexpected confrontation with a deadly foe...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for What Dreams May Come
    9.1/10(61 votes)

    #2 - What Dreams May Come

    S3:E34

    Bells Hells grapple with a devastating loss, refusing to accept fate's machinations as they attempt to stay a step ahead of Paragon's Call...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Draw of Destiny
    8.8/10(62 votes)

    #3 - The Draw of Destiny

    S3:E1

    Disparate souls collide in the mountain spires of Jrusar when three different groups of adventurers meet during a battle against an unusual array of enemies...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for From the Boughs
    8.8/10(32 votes)

    #4 - From the Boughs

    S3:E37

    Bells Hells traverse a dark and corrupted Whitestone and face twisted traumatic shadows of the past in their effort to save Laudna's soul...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for The Trail and the Toll
    8.6/10(50 votes)

    #5 - The Trail and the Toll

    S3:E3

    While investigating a series of thefts at the behest of their potential patron, the group stumbles onto something much more dangerous than they anticipated, with lasting consequences...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for In Too Deep
    8.6/10(29 votes)

    #6 - In Too Deep

    S3:E14

    The ball takes several unexpected twists and turns when dancing shifts to fighting and fighting shifts to fleeing...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Race to the Ziggurat
    8.5/10(69 votes)

    #7 - Race to the Ziggurat

    S1:E34

    Descending deeper beneath the city of Whitestone, the weary members of Vox Machina are on a collision course with the Briarwoods and their insidious plot. What secrets lie far below and what dangers still await our heroes?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Denouement
    8.5/10(67 votes)

    #8 - Denouement

    S1:E35

    In the wake of the fateful battle in the Ziggurat, Vox Machina comes face-to-face with the inner demons within Percy both literal and personal. As the Whitestone Rebellion comes to a head, can the party save Percy from the darkness within him? Or is he beyond saving?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for A Name is Earned
    8.5/10(62 votes)

    #9 - A Name is Earned

    S1:E49

    Vox Machina ventures deep beneath the Stormcrest Mountains to confront the mysterious androsphinx mate of Osysa — and hopefully learn more about the Vestiges of Divergence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Curious Beginnings
    8.5/10(98 votes)

    #10 - Curious Beginnings

    S2:E1

    In Wildemount, seven adventurers coalesce in a tavern before finding themselves drawn to a mysterious circus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Harvest Close
    8.5/10(56 votes)

    #11 - Harvest Close

    S2:E17

    The Mighty Nein attend the Harvest Close Festival, taking part in sweets and games of skill, and entering the challenging Victory Pit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Stowaway
    8.5/10(66 votes)

    #12 - The Stowaway

    S2:E45

    The Mighty Nein find a stowaway on the Squalleater, who carries a mysterious item that holds dangerous consequences for the curious...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Behind the Curtain
    8.5/10(38 votes)

    #13 - Behind the Curtain

    S3:E7

    After a performance goes slightly awry, the group begins investigating the strange disappearances that have all taken place in and around the Dreamscape Theater...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for A Woodworker's Quandary
    8.5/10(42 votes)

    #14 - A Woodworker's Quandary

    S3:E8

    The group gets to know a very unusual new friend who requests their help in a missing person's case while Dorian receives some unwelcome tidings from a beloved family member...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Thicker Grows the Meal and Plot
    8.5/10(39 votes)

    #15 - Thicker Grows the Meal and Plot

    S3:E9

    The group continues their search for Chetney's missing friend, even as their discoveries yield stranger and stranger reports about the man they're looking for...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Breaking and Entering...
    8.5/10(28 votes)

    #16 - Breaking and Entering...

    S3:E20

    With the heist underway, Bells Hells explore the traps and trinkets of the Twilight Mirror Museum, finding unexpected dangers as they venture deeper into the vault...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for The Deathwish Run
    8.5/10(38 votes)

    #17 - The Deathwish Run

    S3:E28

    Bells Hells enter the deadly crawler race known as Deathwish, where survival is the only rule and winning is the only option...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Breaking Point
    8.5/10(32 votes)

    #18 - Breaking Point

    S3:E31

    Bells Hells process their feelings as they work through moon mysteries, family conflict, and a shocking revelation about one of their own...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Winter's Crest in Whitestone
    8.4/10(65 votes)

    #19 - Winter's Crest in Whitestone

    S1:E36

    The Winter's Crest Festival comes to Whitestone for the first time in five years! Seeing this as a chance to relax after the revolution, Vox Machina partakes in the festivities and exchanges gifts with each other as they enjoy a well-deserved moment of peace.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Sunken Tomb
    8.4/10(71 votes)

    #20 - The Sunken Tomb

    S1:E44

    In hopes of defeating the Chroma Conclave, Vox Machina sets out to recover the Vestiges of the Divergence—ancient armor, weapons, and other items of immense power. They learn the location of one Vestige, the Deathwalker's Ward, interred with an ancient Champion of the Raven Queen... at the bottom of a lake.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Cindergrove Revisited
    8.4/10(58 votes)

    #21 - Cindergrove Revisited

    S1:E46

    Special guest star Chris Hardwick plays Gern Blanston, a blue dragonborn wizard. With fire elementals emerging from the Elemental Plane of Fire, Vox Machina joins forces with the druids of Pyrah and Zephrah — and a strange scavenger — to seal the rift between planes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Midnight Espionage
    8.4/10(64 votes)

    #22 - Midnight Espionage

    S2:E12

    Hijinks ensue as the Mighty Nein attempt subterfuge in order to carry out the mission of the Knights of Requital...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Chasing Nightmares
    8.4/10(29 votes)

    #23 - Chasing Nightmares

    S3:E11

    The group comes face to face with the terrifying entity known as the Nightmare King but the interaction leaves only questions to an increasingly perplexing puzzle...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for A Dance of Deception
    8.4/10(29 votes)

    #24 - A Dance of Deception

    S3:E13

    With a heist somewhat planned, the group attends the masquerade ball but have trouble keeping a low profile as various complications arise...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for The Shade Mother
    8.4/10(27 votes)

    #25 - The Shade Mother

    S3:E16

    With a new alliance made, Bells Hells discover an unsettling entity within the mines beneath the city whose terrors are more potent than any of them bargained for...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Blood and Dust" is the best rated episode of "Critical Role". It scored 9.1/10 based on 105 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/8/2022. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "What Dreams May Come".