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The Worst Episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries

Every episode of The Doctor Blake Mysteries ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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

Worst Episodes Summary

"Still Waters" is the worst rated episode of "The Doctor Blake Mysteries". It scored 7.5/10 based on 335 votes. Directed by Andrew Prowse and written by Stuart Page, it aired on 2/1/2013. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "If the Shoe Fits".

  • Still Waters
    7.5/10335 votes
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    #1 - Still Waters

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/2013

    When a wayward girl from the local reform school is found dead in Lake Wendouree, Dr Lucien Blake is immediately suspicious and shocks the police with his unconventional investigative methods.

    Director: Andrew Prowse

    Writer: Stuart Page

  • If the Shoe Fits
    7.8/10218 votes
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    #2 - If the Shoe Fits

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/2013

    The death of a migrant factory foreman initially looks like an industrial accident. Dr Blake digs deeper revealing a hideous string of crimes and the ugly side of post war Australia. Meanwhile, Jean receives a marriage proposal.

    Director: Andrew Prowse

    Writer: Stuart Page

  • The Greater Good
    7.9/10253 votes
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    #3 - The Greater Good

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/8/2013

    On the eve of Anzac Day, Dr Lucien Blake is called to the morgue where the attendant has been murdered. With the autopsy tools and a body missing, Dr Blake smells a rat.

    Director: Declan Eames

    Writer: Stuart Page

  • Brotherly Love
    7.9/10229 votes
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    #4 - Brotherly Love

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/22/2013

    A delirious prisoner on death row tells Dr Lucien Blake he is innocent of the police shooting for which he is soon to hang. Dr Blake pulls out all stops to uncover the truth.

    Director: Andrew Prowse

    Writer: Stuart Page

  • Hearts and Flowers
    7.9/10227 votes
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    #5 - Hearts and Flowers

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/2013

    Things get very ugly in Ballarat when the Begonia Festival's head judge is found incinerated in his own glasshouse, all eyes turn to two feuding contestants.

    Director: Ian Barry

    Writer: Stuart Page

  • Against The Odds
    7.9/10172 votes
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    #6 - Against The Odds

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2016

    A jockey dies the morning after a big win. But Blake has other worries to deal with - his home life has unexpectedly been thrown into chaos. How will he solve this one? CAST: Craig McLachlan.

    Director: Fiona Banks

    Writer: Stuart Page

  • Death of a Travelling Salesman
    8.0/10249 votes
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    #7 - Death of a Travelling Salesman

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/15/2013

    When a travelling salesman dies in a car accident, police blame alcohol. Dr Blake concludes that the victim was not drunk and died before the crash of very unusual causes.

    Director: Ian Barry

    Writer: Stuart Page, Chelsea Cassio

  • Game of Champions
    8.0/10218 votes
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    #8 - Game of Champions

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/22/2013

    Doctor Lucien Blake is drawn into the new world of TV when contestants of a successful TV Quiz Show start dying.

    Director: Ian Barry

    Writer: Stuart Page

  • All That Glitters
    8.0/10201 votes
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    #9 - All That Glitters

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/29/2013

    A prospector strikes gold and later that night is found dead at the bottom of his mine shaft after showing off the nugget in the pub. The location of the murder triggers distressing war memories for Doctor Blake.

    Director: Andrew Prowse

    Writer: Tim Pye

  • Sorrow Songs
    8.0/10154 votes
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    #10 - Sorrow Songs

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2017

    The murder of a beautiful gypsy woman takes Blake inside the intriguing and exotic world of Romani travellers passing through Ballarat.

    Director: Ian Barry

    Writer: David Hannam

  • Bedlam
    8.1/10209 votes
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    #11 - Bedlam

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/15/2013

    In a psychiatric hospital, Nurse Violet is brutally stabbed. An inmate is found over her body holding a bloody knife, but Dr Lucien Blake is unsure he is really the culprit and begins an investigation.

    Director: Declan Eames

    Writer: Chris Corbett

  • A Foreign Field
    8.1/10185 votes
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    #12 - A Foreign Field

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2014

    John Doe - a mysterious body found in the local park. Apples, illegal workers, reds under the bed - sounds like 1950s Ballarat and a job for Doctor Blake.

    Director: Lee Rogers

    Writer: Marcia Gardner

  • Mortal Coil
    8.1/10184 votes
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    #13 - Mortal Coil

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/2014

    Two bodies in the one grave. Will Doctor Blake prescribe something to stop the coffin? Lucien horses around and eventually solves the problem with the plot.

    Director: Pino Amenta

    Writer: Stuart Page

  • By The Southern Cross
    8.1/10170 votes
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    #14 - By The Southern Cross

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/6/2015

    When Doctor 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: Roger Monk

  • The Price Of Love
    8.1/10161 votes
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    #15 - The Price Of Love

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2016

    When a solider is killed during a routine training exercise, Doctor Blake finds himself at the Ballarat Military Base facing his old nemesis Major Derek Alderton.

    Director: John Hartley

    Writer: Chelsea Cassio

  • A Lethal Combination
    8.1/10178 votes
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    #16 - A Lethal Combination

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2017

    An exhibition boxing match turns sour when one of the boxers is seemingly beaten to death in front of hundreds of witnesses. Blake must determine the cause of death.

    Director: Ian Barry

    Writer: Paul Oliver

  • A Good Drop
    8.1/10144 votes
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    #17 - A Good Drop

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2017

    As Blake investigates the murder of a farmer and a mysterious case of arson, an unlikely party suddenly throws his future with Jean into chaos.

    Director: Fiona Banks

    Writer: Paul Jenner

  • Smoke and Mirrors
    8.2/10184 votes
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    #18 - Smoke and Mirrors

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2014

    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

  • Crossing the Line
    8.2/10186 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • The Sky Is Empty
    8.2/10178 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • King of the Lake
    8.2/10191 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • My Brother's Keeper
    8.2/10176 votes
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    #22 - 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

  • The Open Road
    8.2/10216 votes
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    #23 - 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

  • A Difficult Lie
    8.2/10163 votes
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    #24 - 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

  • The Call Of The Void
    8.2/10150 votes
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    #25 - 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