6.4/105 votesLoading...#1 - Laws and Promises
Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 10/2/2004
Edward Elric realizes he must make the ultimate sacrifice if he wants to retrieve his brother from the Gate. Hawkeye breaks free from her captors.
Director: Kenji Yasuda, Kazuki Kakuta
Writer: Sho Aikawa
7.0/10715 votesLoading...#2 - A Forger's Love
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2003
While on their way to seek out an important man from their childhood, Ed and Al come across a town haunted by a ghostly woman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10499 votesLoading...#3 - Her Reason
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/3/2004
As Ed, Al and Winry arrive in Rush Valley to retrieve automail, Mustang figures that a high-ranking officer must be responsible for Hughes' death.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10607 votesLoading...#4 - The Phantom Thief
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2003
While trying to avoid their meeting with Mustang, Ed and Al end up in a small town and become embroiled in a manhunt for a female Robin Hood.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10571 votesLoading...#5 - The Other Brothers Elric (1)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2003
Ed and Al head to Xenotime in hopes of finding the Philosopher's Stone, but they find only two boys creating a strange red water.
Director: Kazuki Kakuta
Writer: Natsuko Takahashi
7.4/10568 votesLoading...#6 - The Other Brothers Elric (2)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/2003
Ed and Al uncover a conspiracy involving the Tringham Brothers' father, his involvement with the red water and the disease that's stricken Xenotime.
Director: Masakazu Amiya
Writer: Manabu Ishikawa
7.4/10464 votesLoading...#7 - With the River's Flow
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 7/3/2004
After an argument splits up Ed, Al and Winry, Al bumps into a familiar face, and Winry decides to investigate Hughes' murder with Sheska.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10534 votesLoading...#8 - That Which Is Lost
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/24/2004
As Marcoh faces a deadly encounter with Lust, Armstrong and the Elrics flee to Resembool. Ed is sent into a rage when they lose Al in the process.
Director: Masakazu Hashimoto
Writer: Sho Aikawa
7.5/10472 votesLoading...#9 - The Sinner Within
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/19/2004
Ed and Alphonse hope to learn more about the Philosopher's Stone when they lend a hand to a group of Ishbalan refugees being shipped further south.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10674 votesLoading...#10 - The Man with the Mechanical Arm
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2003
Ed and Al hop aboard a train to Central City and quickly find themselves defending the passengers -- including Gen. Hakuro -- from terrorists.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Aya Yoshinaga
7.6/10520 votesLoading...#11 - Marcoh's Notes
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/7/2004
Ed and Al are forced to go in search of another source for Marcoh's book after Lust, Gluttony and Scar burn the First Branch Library to the ground.
Director: Atsushi Otsuki
Writer: Manabu Ishikawa
7.6/10481 votesLoading...#12 - Dante of the Deep Forest
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/15/2004
Izumi drops in on Ed and Al's fight with Wrath, a new homunculus who seeks the rest of Edward's body in order to make himself human.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10865 votesLoading...#13 - Those Who Challenge the Sun
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2003
When Edward and Alphonse meet a so-called religious leader who can invoke miracles, they believe he's carrying the philosopher's stone.
Director: Seiji Mizushima, Kazuki Tsunoda
Writer: Sho Aikawa
7.7/10782 votesLoading...#14 - Body of the Sanctioned
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2003
Edward and Alphonse struggle over whether they should reveal the truth behind Cornello's miracles -- and possibly ruin the townspeople's lives.
Director: Kenji Yasuda
Writer: Sho Aikawa
7.7/10518 votesLoading...#15 - Fullmetal Heart
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/13/2004
Edward upsets Winry with his refusal to talk, and Alphonse decides to confront Edward with his questions about artificial souls.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
7.7/10511 votesLoading...#16 - Bonding Memories
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/20/2004
Alphonse runs off and comes face to face with Scar, who's been hiding out among the mercenary-plagued refugees of Ishbal.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
7.7/10475 votesLoading...#17 - Al, Captured
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/29/2004
When Martel takes over Al's armor and brings him to Greed's headquarters, it's up to Izumi and Edward to come to the rescue
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10478 votesLoading...#18 - Reunion of the Fallen
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 6/12/2004
As Edward and Alphonse head out to the Ishbal camp with Winry, Lust is sitting down at a restaurant when a man from her past enters the room.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10506 votesLoading...#19 - The Flame Alchemist, The Bachelor Lieutenant & The Mystery of Warehouse 13
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/26/2004
While he investigates Mustang, Lt. Havoc orders his man Falman to find him a girlfriend. Later, Mustang must investigate the haunted Warehouse 13.
Director: Shingo Kaneko
Writer: N/A
7.8/10667 votesLoading...#20 - The Alchemy Exam
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2003
Once in Central City, Ed and Al move into the vast mansion of sewing-life alchemist Shou Tucker and begin to prepare for the Alchemy Exam.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10614 votesLoading...#21 - Be Thou for the People
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/2003
Ed and Al go on assignment to inspect a small mining colony and discover its inhabitants are being heavily taxed by a tyrant and his Alchemist.
Director: Atsushi Otsuki
Writer: Katsuhiko Takayama
7.8/10553 votesLoading...#22 - Destruction's Right Hand
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/2004
While the shape-shifting Envy disguises himself as Cornello, Ed and Al find Marcoh and learn about the Stone's involvement in the Ishbal Rebellion.
Director: Tarou Iwasaki
Writer: Sho Aikawa
7.8/10541 votesLoading...#23 - House of the Waiting Family
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/2004
While resting and receiving repairs back in Resembool, Ed visits his mother's grave and Al reveals his concerns about his fading memories.
Director: Kazuki Kakuta
Writer: Natsuko Takahashi
7.9/10582 votesLoading...#24 - Fullmetal vs. Flame
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/27/2003
Ed reports back to Mustang in East City, where discussion of Doctor Marcoh and the Philosopher's Stone leads to a duel between Ed and the colonel.
Director: Masahiro Ando
Writer: Sho Aikawa
7.9/10516 votesLoading...#25 - The Truth Behind Truths
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/14/2004
Ed and Al are horrified when they learn what the key ingredient in making a Philosopher's Stone is, but they forge ahead to explore an abandoned lab.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist
Every episode of Fullmetal Alchemist ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist!
Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one...
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:TBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"Laws and Promises" is the worst rated episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist". It scored 6.4/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Kenji Yasuda, Kazuki Kakuta and written by Sho Aikawa, it aired on 10/2/2004. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Forger's Love".