9.0/10199 votesLoading...#1 - Darkness Visible
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 4/3/2015
While investigating the murder of a local magistrate, Dr Blake realises the answers to this crime are inextricably linked with the death of his mother 40 years earlier. (Season Final)
Director: Declan Eames
Writer: Stuart Page
8.7/10175 votesLoading...#2 - The Visible World
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/2016
When Blake's old friend turned enemy Derek Alderton is found dead, the hunt for the killer turns back onto Blake himself.
Director: Ian Barry
Writer: Stuart Page
8.7/10172 votesLoading...#3 - Hear The Angels Sing
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2017
The death of a policeman coincides with the reappearance of an old enemy, as the past and the present begin to finally catch up with Blake.
Director: Fiona Banks
Writer: Stuart Page
8.6/10176 votesLoading...#4 - Room Without a View
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/27/2015
When the local hardware store owner is mysteriously found dead in a hotel room, Dr Blake decides to spend the night in that same room to try and solve the crime.
Director: Declan Eames
Writer: Chelsea Cassio
8.5/10195 votesLoading...#5 - The Silence
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/21/2014
When a Ballarat school Principal is found dead, Blake and Lawson find themselves back that the school where they first met as boys.
Director: Declan Eames
Writer: Pete McTighe
8.5/10186 votesLoading...#6 - A Night To Remember
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/13/2015
When a famous actress is murdered at a charity event at the Colonist's Club, it really does become a 'Night to Remember' as Blake tries to find the killer with very little to help him.
Director: Karl Zwicky
Writer: Jeff Truman
8.5/10182 votesLoading...#7 - Women And Children
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/20/2015
A murder in the hospital leads Blake into a maze of sexual politics and revenge.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10180 votesLoading...#8 - Lucky Numbers
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2016
A kidnapping involving the winners of the first ever state lottery leads Blake into a shady world of greed and envy. While a mysterious person arrives from Blake's past.
Director: Fiona Banks
Writer: Paul Oliver
8.4/10210 votesLoading...#9 - Someone's Son, Someone's Daughter
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/5/2013
The suicide of the local hospital’s first female doctor shocks the community. Dr Blake suspects foul play and sets out to find the murderer amongst the staff and board of the hospital. Meanwhile, another letter from Singapore arrives for Lucien. It takes him days to work up the courage to open it. His reaction to the news about his missing wife and daughter shocks Jean, Mattie and Danny.
Director: Ian Barry
Writer: Jane Allen
8.4/10185 votesLoading...#10 - An Invincible Summer
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 4/11/2014
When members of a wealthy, much respected Ballarat family are discovered brutally murdered in their own home, the town demands justice.
Director: Ian Barry
Writer: Stuart Page
8.3/10202 votesLoading...#11 - The Heart of the Matter
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/7/2014
Doctor Lucien Blake returns from a trip to Chine seeking news of his daughter but he arrives back in Ballarat to find himself once again deep in a murder mystery involving the local Town Council.
Director: Declan Eames
Writer: Stuart Page
8.3/10189 votesLoading...#12 - The Food of Love
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2014
Rock N'Roll, a preacher who visits town with a dark past, bodgies, and wedgies - it all adds up to another mystery for Doctor Blake.
Director: Declan Eames
Writer: Pete McTighe
8.3/10186 votesLoading...#13 - The Ties of the Past
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/28/2014
A mystery from Lucien's past comes back to haunt him as a mysterious room in his house reveals its secrets.
Director: Declan Eames
Writer: Marcia Gardner
8.3/10171 votesLoading...#14 - This Time and This Place
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2/27/2015
When Dr Blake investigates the death of a student leader at the Eureka Memorial site, he uncovers quite a few political and family tensions.
Director: Fiona Banks
Writer: Michael Miller
8.3/10181 votesLoading...#15 - Golden Years
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2016
Blake helps the new Chief Superintendent investigate the mysterious death of a prominent businessman.
Director: Declan Eames
Writer: Pete McTighe
8.3/10160 votesLoading...#16 - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 3/18/2016
A man falls from the Ballarat Fire Station bell tower. What appears to be a suicide turns into a murder investigation taking Blake deep into the heart of the Regional Fire Association.
Director: Ian Barry
Writer: Sarah Lambert
8.2/10187 votesLoading...#17 - Crossing the Line
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2014
Murder at the Cinema and Dr Blake is there to solve it. Was it the manager? An usher? The candy girl? One of the audience? All is revealed as Doctor Blake unravels one mystery to find an even darker one involving young girls of Ballarat.
Director: Pino Amenta
Writer: Chelsea Cassio
8.2/10178 votesLoading...#18 - The Sky Is Empty
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/4/2014
When the old parish priest is found dead, Doctor Blake needs to unravel the secrets and lies of parishioners in order to get to the truth.
Director: Ian Barry
Writer: Chelsea Cassio
8.2/10191 votesLoading...#19 - King of the Lake
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/13/2015
When an elite schoolboy rower wins a regatta on Lake Wendouree then inexplicably drowns, his mother asks Doctor Blake to find the truth behind her son's death.
Director: Pino Amenta
Writer: Michael Harvey
8.2/10177 votesLoading...#20 - My Brother's Keeper
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/20/2015
When a Ballarat farmer is found dead in a cow pen, locals are quick to blame livestock for trampling the man, but Doctor Blake isn't convinced.
Director: Pino Amenta
Writer: Chelsea Cassio
8.2/10216 votesLoading...#21 - The Open Road
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2016
Dr Lucien Blake returns home to find Ballarat hosting a very public stopover in a round - Australia motor race - and a very suspicious death.
Director: Declan Eames
Writer: Stuart Page
8.2/10163 votesLoading...#22 - A Difficult Lie
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2016
When a reporter's body is discovered on the 18th hole at the local golf course, Blake is called in to investigate.
Director: John Hartley
Writer: Paul Jenner
8.2/10150 votesLoading...#23 - The Call Of The Void
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2017
When a French Chef is found murdered in the freezer of a restaurant, suspicion soon turns to Bill Hobart. Can Blake clear Hobart's name, or is the Senior Sergeant guilty of brutally murdering a man.
Director: Alister Grierson
Writer: Victoria Madden
8.2/10150 votesLoading...#24 - All She Leaves Behind
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2017
When a controversial writer is found dead & her sister is found unconscious from a suspected suicide, Blake has to search out some truths about Ballarat in order to understand how & why the woman died.
Director: Alister Grierson
Writer: Stuart Page
8.2/10156 votesLoading...#25 - Measure Twice
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/2017
When Blake is called to investigate the murder of a retired carpenter, his only real suspect is discovered praying over the body and covered in blood.
Director: Daina Reid
Writer: Paul Jenner
The Best Episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Every episode of The Doctor Blake Mysteries ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries!
Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over not only his dead father's medical practice,...
Genres:MysteryDrama
Network:ABC TV
Best Episodes Summary
"Darkness Visible" is the best rated episode of "The Doctor Blake Mysteries". It scored 9/10 based on 199 votes. Directed by Declan Eames and written by Stuart Page, it aired on 4/3/2015. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Visible World".