7.4/10394 votes#1 - Ruby Rose
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/18/2013
A fifteen-year-old girl with exceptional combat skills is hand-picked by a famous headmaster to join his elite school for training Huntsmen and Huntresses. And so the adventure begins.
Director: Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
Writer: Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross
7.1/10316 votes#2 - The Shining Beacon (1)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/25/2013
The airship carrying the new students arrives at Beacon Academy and Ruby faces the daunting prospect of having to meet new people and make new friends.
Director: Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
Writer: Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross
7.4/10367 votes#3 - The Shining Beacon (2)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/1/2013
Professor Ozpin welcomes the new students to his school and Ruby, Yang, Weiss and Blake find themselves all in the same room together for the very first time.
Director: Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
Writer: Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross
7.5/10319 votes#4 - The First Step (1)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/8/2013
The students are introduced to the initiation process.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10295 votes#5 - The First Step (2)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/15/2013
The pairing of Ruby and Weiss gets off to a rocky start.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10308 votes#6 - The Emerald Forest (1)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/22/2013
Yang teams up with Blake to fight Ursae while Pyrrha explains the concept of Aura to Jaune.
Director: N/A
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7.6/10302 votes#7 - The Emerald Forest (2)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/29/2013
Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch assess the students while Jaune and Pyrrha's search for the relics doesn't go as well as Yang and Blake's.
Director: N/A
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8.7/10329 votes#8 - Players and Pieces
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/5/2013
Trapped between two huge Grimm, eight students split up into the nascent Teams RWBY and JNPR in a fight for survival.
Director: N/A
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7.3/10314 votes#9 - The Badge and The Burden (1)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/12/2013
Team RWBY faces its first task together: creating bunk beds.
Director: N/A
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7.9/10275 votes#10 - The Badge and The Burden (2)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/19/2013
Ruby and Weiss both struggle with Ruby's promotion to team leader.
Director: N/A
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7.2/10303 votes#11 - Jaunedice (1)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/26/2013
Jaune struggles with combat lessons while Cardin makes a name for himself as a bully.
Director: N/A
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7.3/10324 votes#12 - Jaunedice (2)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/3/2013
Pyrrha offers to help Jaune with his combat lessons, but it doesn't go well.
Director: N/A
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7.3/10262 votes#13 - Forever Fall (1)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/10/2013
Team JNPR is disquieted by the amount of time Jaune is spending with Cardin.
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7.9/10303 votes#14 - Forever Fall (2)
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/17/2013
Jaune decides to stand up to Cardin's bullying.
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8.1/10282 votes#15 - The Stray
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/31/2013
Team RWBY's cohesion collapses when an argument about the White Fang becomes personal for both Weiss and Blake.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10296 votes#16 - Black and White
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/7/2013
While the rest of Team RWBY search for the missing Blake, Blake and Sun investigate the local White Fang activities.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of RWBY Season 1
Every episode of RWBY Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of RWBY Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Ruby Rose" is the best rated episode of "RWBY" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 394 votes. Directed by Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum and written by Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross, it aired on 7/18/2013. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Shining Beacon (1)".