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, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon, only to find change is afoot, nothing is sacred, and no one is safe.
Top Episode Highlight
The best episode of "The Doctor Blake Mysteries" is "Darkness Visible", rated 9/10 from 185 user votes. It was directed by Declan Eames and written by Stuart Page. "Darkness Visible" aired on 4/3/2015 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Visible World".
9.0/10 185 votes#1 - Darkness Visible
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2015-04-03
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
8.8/10 162 votes#2 - The Visible World
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2016-03-25
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
8.7/10 165 votes#3 - Hear The Angels Sing
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 2017-11-05
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
8.6/10 174 votes#4 - A Night To Remember
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2015-03-13
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
8.6/10 165 votes#5 - Room Without a View
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2015-03-27
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
8.6/10 167 votes#6 - Lucky Numbers
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2016-02-19
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
8.5/10 182 votes#7 - The Silence
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2014-03-21
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
8.5/10 171 votes#8 - Women And Children
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2015-03-20
A murder in the hospital leads Blake into a maze of sexual politics and revenge.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 204 votes#9 - Someone's Son, Someone's Daughter
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2013-04-05
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
8.4/10 173 votes#10 - An Invincible Summer
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 2014-04-11
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
8.4/10 146 votes#11 - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2016-03-18
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
8.3/10 190 votes#12 - The Heart of the Matter
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2014-02-07
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
8.3/10 178 votes#13 - The Food of Love
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2014-02-14
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
8.3/10 175 votes#14 - The Ties of the Past
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2014-03-28
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
8.3/10 177 votes#15 - King of the Lake
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2015-02-13
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
8.3/10 165 votes#16 - My Brother's Keeper
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2015-02-20
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
8.3/10 159 votes#17 - This Time and This Place
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2015-02-27
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
8.3/10 202 votes#18 - The Open Road
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2016-02-05
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
8.3/10 168 votes#19 - Golden Years
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2016-02-12
Blake helps the new Chief Superintendent investigate the mysterious death of a prominent businessman.
Director: Declan Eames
Writer: Pete McTighe
8.3/10 151 votes#20 - A Difficult Lie
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2016-03-11
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
8.3/10 143 votes#21 - All She Leaves Behind
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 2017-10-08
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
8.3/10 149 votes#22 - Measure Twice
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2017-10-15
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
8.3/10 134 votes#23 - First Dance
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2017-10-22
When the daughter of the school principal dies at her Debutante Ball, Blake does his best to investigate - despite being housebound.
Director: Daina Reid
Writer: Eloise Healey
8.2/10 173 votes#24 - Smoke and Mirrors
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2014-02-28
It was a dark and stormy night in old Ballarat and Cec Drury was about to be shocked at what fell from the sky in front of the Colonists'Club. Looks like another case for Dr Blake.
Director: Lee Rogers
Writer: Chelsea Cassio
8.2/10 175 votes#25 - Crossing the Line
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2014-03-07
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