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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Lore Season 2 Episode 6 - Jack Parsons: The Devil and the Divine
    5.8/10(310 votes)

    S2:E6

    In 1922, only one person, Jack Parsons, believed that we could send a rocket into space and conjure a demon. By 1952, he had done both. But all he cared about was the Scarlet Woman he had both summoned, and lost, Marjorie Cameron.

    Director:Alice Troughton
    Writer:Sean Crouch

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  2. Lore Season 2 Episode 4 - Prague Clock: The Curse of the Orloj
    5.9/10(322 votes)

    S2:E4

    As two clockmakers race against the curse of the Orloj, a curse that has already driven the city of Prague to madness and death with the Black Plague, these brothers will discover the price of trying to change history.

    Director:Christoph Schrewe
    Writer:Ashley Miller

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  3. Lore Season 2 Episode 5 - Mary Webster: The Witch of Hadley
    6.3/10(305 votes)

    S2:E5

    A young woman, raised in a town controlled by a religious zealot, must rectify a fatal mistake before a ravenous mob hangs the Old Witch, Mary Webster, in this story set just 11 years before and 100 miles from Salem, Massachusetts.

    Director:Alice Troughton
    Writer:Alyssa Clark

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  4. Lore Season 2 Episode 1 - Burke and Hare: In the Name of Science
    6.6/10(436 votes)

    S2:E1

    Two shunned Irish immigrants in Scotland start off as grave robbers to sell the dead to doctors, but decide that creating their own inventory is much easier, and become the most prolific mass-murdering duo in history.

    Director:Christoph Schrewe
    Writer:Carlos Foglia

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  5. Lore Season 2 Episode 2 - Elizabeth Bathory: Mirror, Mirror
    6.6/10(383 votes)

    S2:E2

    The aging Countess of Blood, running out of virginal peasants to drain of their youthful essence, brings in a bright-eyed noble to start a new cycle of torture and murder.

    Director:Alice Troughton
    Writer:Ashley Halloran

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  6. Lore Season 2 Episode 3 - Hinterkaifeck: Ghosts in the Attic
    6.8/10(378 votes)

    S2:E3

    In the German hinterlands, between World Wars, a family goes to bed, not knowing that their killer has been living in the walls and attics of their home like a ghost, watching, waiting for his chance to strike, in one of the most famous unsolved mysteries of all time.

    Director:Christoph Schrewe
    Writer:Jose Molina

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  7. Lore Season 1 Episode 1 - They Made a Tonic
    6.9/10(845 votes)

    S1:E1

    Before we knew how disease spread, medicine was as much superstition as it was science. And in the small New England towns of the 1800s, there is a belief that consumption can only be stopped by making sure the dead are actually dead.

    Director:Darnell Martin
    Writers:Jeff Eckerle, Marilyn Osborn

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  8. Lore Season 1 Episode 5 - The Beast Within
    6.9/10(496 votes)

    S1:E5

    Werewolves are now movie monsters. But they were once thought to be all too real. In 1589, villagers in Bedburg, Germany, are convinced that a werewolf is killing women and children only to discover the killer is really one of their own.

    Director:Darnell Martin
    Writer:David Coggeshall

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  9. Lore Season 1 Episode 3 - Black Stockings
    7.0/10(592 votes)

    S1:E3

    In 19th century Ireland, folklore has a strong hold. Michael Cleary is convinced his wife, Bridget, has been replaced by a fairy called a changeling. And his belief drives him to the most extreme act.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writers:David Chiu, Patrick Wall

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  10. Lore Season 1 Episode 4 - Passing Notes
    7.0/10(502 votes)

    S1:E4

    In 19th century America, at the height of the Spiritualist Movement, a haunted house is not just the stuff of ghost stories. Many believe the dead can talk and, sometimes, will come back from the other side to wreak havoc on the living.

    Director:Nick Copus
    Writer:Glen Morgan

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  11. Lore Season 1 Episode 2 - Echoes
    7.1/10(654 votes)

    S1:E2

    Dr. Walter Freeman is the father of the icepick lobotomy. He believes the ten-minute procedure will all but end the need for the mental hospital. He has the best of intentions but winds up creating an entirely new kind of horror story.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Glen Morgan

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  12. Lore Season 1 Episode 6 - Unboxed
    7.6/10(530 votes)

    S1:E6

    Robert Gene Otto is a child without friends. That is, until he receives a doll as a gift. He names the doll after himself, Robert. They become fast friends and soon the boy believes the doll is real. But to everyone else...Robert the Doll is a curse.

    Director:Michael Satrazemis
    Writer:Tyler Hisel

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Jack Parsons: The Devil and the Divine" is the worst rated episode of "Lore". It scored 5.8/10 based on 310 votes. Directed by Alice Troughton and written by Sean Crouch, it aired on 10/18/2018. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Prague Clock: The Curse of the Orloj".