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The Best Episodes of Critical Role

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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 fantasy worlds of Exandria, Aramán, and beyond, with sweeping narratives

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Critical Role Season 3 Episode 34 - What Dreams May Come
    9.2/10(65 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 33 - Blood and Dust
    9.1/10(109 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 1 - The Draw of Destiny
    8.8/10(64 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
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  4. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 37 - From the Boughs
    8.7/10(34 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
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  5. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 3 - The Trail and the Toll
    8.6/10(52 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. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 14 - In Too Deep
    8.6/10(31 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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  7. Critical Role Season 1 Episode 34 - Race to the Ziggurat
    8.5/10(70 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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  8. Critical Role Season 1 Episode 35 - Denouement
    8.5/10(68 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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  9. Critical Role Season 1 Episode 49 - A Name is Earned
    8.5/10(63 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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  10. Critical Role Season 2 Episode 1 - Curious Beginnings
    8.5/10(101 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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  11. Critical Role Season 2 Episode 17 - Harvest Close
    8.5/10(58 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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  12. Critical Role Season 2 Episode 45 - The Stowaway
    8.5/10(68 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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  13. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 8 - A Woodworker's Quandary
    8.5/10(44 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 20 - Breaking and Entering...
    8.5/10(30 votes)

    #14 - 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
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  15. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 28 - The Deathwish Run
    8.5/10(40 votes)

    #15 - 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
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  16. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 31 - Breaking Point
    8.5/10(34 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Critical Role Season 1 Episode 36 - Winter's Crest in Whitestone
    8.4/10(66 votes)

    #17 - 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
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  18. Critical Role Season 2 Episode 12 - Midnight Espionage
    8.4/10(66 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 7 - Behind the Curtain
    8.4/10(39 votes)

    #19 - 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
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  20. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 9 - Thicker Grows the Meal and Plot
    8.4/10(41 votes)

    #20 - 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
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  21. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 11 - Chasing Nightmares
    8.4/10(31 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 13 - A Dance of Deception
    8.4/10(31 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Critical Role Season 3 Episode 23 - To The Skies
    8.4/10(32 votes)

    #23 - To The Skies

    S3:E23

    Bells Hells finish their business in Jrusar and take to the skies on The Silver Sun skyship, where wonders and dangers lurk among the clouds…

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Critical Role Season 1 Episode 1 - Arrival at Kraghammer
    8.3/10(136 votes)

    #24 - Arrival at Kraghammer

    S1:E1

    Vox Machina arrives at the cavernous underground city of Kraghammer intent on rescuing a missing halfling paladin. They sample the culture of the city and find themselves coming face-to-face with the horrors coming from beneath the city...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Critical Role Season 1 Episode 3 - Strange Bedfellows
    8.3/10(110 votes)

    #25 - Strange Bedfellows

    S1:E3

    After saving Grog, the party comes across a duergar war camp controlled by a mind flayer. After a failed initial attack, Vex'ahlia and Keyleth find a powerful and unlikely ally.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"What Dreams May Come" is the best rated episode of "Critical Role". It scored 9.2/10 based on 65 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/15/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Blood and Dust".