- 8.3/102,299 votes
#1 - Bad News
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/12/2018
London, 1982. Patrick Melrose, 23 years old and in the grip of an all-consuming heroin addiction, flies to New York to collect his father's ashes.
Director: Edward Berger
Writer: David Nicholls
- 8.3/101,655 votes
#2 - Never Mind
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/19/2018
France, 1967. During a hot summer's day at the Melrose chateau in Lacoste, 8-year old Patrick explores the grounds, a sanctuary of hiding places from the complex adult world.
Director: Edward Berger
Writer: David Nicholls
- 8.3/101,479 votes
#3 - Some Hope
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/26/2018
England, 1990. Patrick Melrose, now 31, is finally clean and practicing law. Despite avoiding social situations and their inevitable temptations, Patrick is persuaded to attend a high society event in the Cotswolds by best friend Johnny.
Director: Edward Berger
Writer: David Nicholls
- 7.8/101,294 votes
#4 - Mother's Milk
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/2/2018
France, 2003. Patrick, 44, is now married to Mary, with sons Robert and Thomas. Patrick may be off the heroin, but is back tackling his troubles with substance abuse.
Director: Edward Berger
Writer: David Nicholls
- 8.6/101,328 votes
#5 - At Last
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/9/2018
London, 2005. Having always dreamed of being an orphan, Patrick now has his wish at the age of 46. No longer with Mary, Patrick is clean and living alone in a grim bedsit.
Director: Edward Berger
Writer: David Nicholls
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A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and,...
Genre:Drama
Network:Showtime
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Bad News" is the best rated episode of "Patrick Melrose" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 2299 votes. Directed by Edward Berger and written by David Nicholls, it aired on 5/12/2018. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Never Mind".