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The Worst Episodes of Raised by Wolves

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After Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. Their treacherous task is jeopardized by the arrival of the Mithraic, a deeply devout religious order of surviving humans.

Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Network:HBO Max

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Raised by Wolves" is "The Beginning", rated 6.3/10 from 4547 user votes. It was directed by Luke Scott and written by Aaron Guzikowski. "The Beginning" aired on 10/1/2020 and is rated 0.9 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Collective".

  • The Beginning
    6.3/10 4,547 votes

    #1 - The Beginning

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/1/2020

    Paul begins displaying troubling behavior not unlike that of Marcus, leading to a shocking discovery. Father struggles with human-like emotions. Mother and Father discover a startling secret about the planet they’re on, just as a new threat arrives on Kepler-22b.

    Director: Luke Scott

    Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

  • The Collective
    7.2/10 1,960 votes

    #2 - The Collective

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/3/2022

    While Mother, Father, and the children face hostility from their new atheist collective, Marcus sets out to fill the walls of an ancient church with Sol’s worshippers.

    Director: Ernest R. Dickerson

    Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

  • Mass
    7.3/10 3,100 votes

    #3 - Mass

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/24/2020

    As Marcus continues to embrace his Mithraic devotion, Sue worries he may no longer have her and Paul’s best interests at heart. Meanwhile, Mother experiences what she believes to be malfunctions, and Hunter works on a secret project with Father.

    Director: Alex Gabassi

    Writer: Sinead Daly

  • Seven
    7.3/10 1,699 votes

    #4 - Seven

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/3/2022

    While the collective is tasked with hunting down the serpent, Mother is left to reconcile complicated emotions. Convinced that it will aid his cause, Marcus sets out to find the creature before the atheists do.

    Director: Ernest R. Dickerson

    Writer: Jon Worley

  • Good Creatures
    7.3/10 1,580 votes

    #5 - Good Creatures

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/10/2022

    Using his mysterious new powers, Marcus rescues a group of Mithraic prisoners, while Mother discovers the serpent is not a maneater but an herbivore. Father works through his frustration over Mother’s decision to spare the serpent’s life by engrossing himself in his work project, the regeneration of an ancient android.

    Director: Sunu Gonera

    Writer: Julian Meiojas

  • Umbilical
    7.5/10 3,101 votes

    #6 - Umbilical

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/24/2020

    Sue is determined to keep the children safe, and in doing so, struggles with whether or not she can trust Mother. Meanwhile, a new threat arises and an increasingly erratic Marcus causes the Mithraic to question their leader.

    Director: James Hawes

    Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

  • Nature's Course
    7.7/10 3,618 votes

    #7 - Nature's Course

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/10/2020

    Father tries to teach the children how to hunt some of Kepler-22b’s mysterious creatures for food. Meanwhile, the Mithraic make a stunning discovery that potentially fulfills a Mithraic prophecy, and a debate about how to proceed ignites a conflict between Marcus and the Mithraic leader, Ambrose.

    Director: Luke Scott

    Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

  • Faces
    7.7/10 3,211 votes

    #8 - Faces

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/17/2020

    Marcus’s decisions stress his relationship to his family as he struggles to maintain his clout as leader of the Mithraic. Mother is able to see Marcus for who he truly is, which threatens his power and puts Mother in a precarious situation she might not recover from. Meanwhile, Campion is faced with a choice that could result in dire consequences.

    Director: Alex Gabassi

    Writer: Karen Campbell

  • Happiness
    7.7/10 1,660 votes

    #9 - Happiness

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2022

    Grandmother reveals her own agenda, Marcus seeks revenge, and Mother sets out to neutralize the serpent – but is leveled by the fallout.

    Director: Lukas Ettlin

    Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

  • The Tree
    7.8/10 1,595 votes

    #10 - The Tree

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2022

    As they try and fail to open the seed box, Sue and Paul realize they need Marcus’s help. Sue makes a plan to break Marcus out of the brig while Mother is distracted with the imminent birth of Tempest’s baby. But when Sue, Paul and Marcus finally open the seed box, they make a horrifying discovery.

    Director: Alex Gabassi

    Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

  • King
    7.9/10 1,598 votes

    #11 - King

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/24/2022

    Mother struggles to keep the collective from falling apart as she struggles to lead while Sue resorts to prayer in her desperation to cure Paul. Meanwhile, Marcus and his followers are given new hope as they discover an ancient temple. But as Marcus investigates the temple’s secrets, Decima and the rest of his followers are made to answer for their sins.

    Director: Alex Gabassi

    Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

  • Feeding
    7.9/10 1,494 votes

    #12 - Feeding

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2022

    A reeling Marcus and Paul join forces with Mother to disarm the newly weaponized serpent before it wreaks unimaginable havoc.

    Director: Lukas Ettlin

    Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

  • Pentagram
    8.0/10 4,420 votes

    #13 - Pentagram

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/2020

    After a confrontation with Marcus, Mother discovers and takes five Mithraic children (Hunter, Tempest, Paul, Holly and Vita) back to her settlement. While Mother, Father and Campion, adjust to living with a new group of Earth-born children, Marcus struggles to survive alone on Kepler-22b.

    Director: Ridley Scott

    Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

  • Virtual Faith
    8.0/10 4,077 votes

    #14 - Virtual Faith

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/3/2020

    After the Mithraic kids fall sick, Campion believes Mother is poisoning them and plans an escape. As Mother and Father attempt to prove otherwise, Marcus and Sue work to convince the other surviving Mithraic to mount a rescue of the children, desperate to get their son Paul back.

    Director: Luke Scott

    Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

  • Lost Paradise
    8.1/10 3,445 votes

    #15 - Lost Paradise

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/17/2020

    After rekindling her connection to her creator, Mother finds herself distracted by intense feelings she didn’t know she was capable of having, unaware that Marcus, Sue and the Mithraic are closing in on the settlement.

    Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

    Writer: Donald Joh

  • Control
    8.2/10 1,793 votes

    #16 - Control

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/17/2022

    After the Trust uses Paul to strike back against Marcus, Mother confronts the Trust and threatens a coup. Meanwhile, on the run from Mother, Marcus has to keep his followers from losing faith as his powers suddenly disappear.

    Director: Sunu Gonera

    Writer: Karen Campbell

  • Raised by Wolves
    8.3/10 5,855 votes

    #17 - Raised by Wolves

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2020

    After Earth is rendered uninhabitable, Androids Mother and Father start a new settlement and family with human embryos on the planet Kepler-22b. Twelve years later, only one child, Campion, remains, and the arrival of an Ark of surviving humans called the Mithraic presents a threat that Mother has no choice but to confront.

    Director: Ridley Scott

    Writer: Aaron Guzikowski

  • Infected Memory
    8.3/10 3,808 votes

    #18 - Infected Memory

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/10/2020

    Marcus moves forward with a plan to rescue the Mithraic children, but first he has to find them. Back at the settlement, Campion and Paul bond while on a hunting expedition with Father, and Mother attempts to learn more about her origins.

    Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

    Writer: Heather Bellson