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The Worst Episodes of The Musketeers

Every episode of The Musketeers ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Musketeers!

Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just....
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Worst Episodes Summary

"To Play the King" is the worst rated episode of "The Musketeers". It scored 7.5/10 based on 251 votes. Directed by Roger Goldby and written by Ellen Taylor, it aired on 6/25/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Friends and Enemies".

  • To Play the King
    7.5/10251 votes
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    #1 - To Play the King

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 6/25/2016

    The Musketeers battle to restore order in Paris after Grimaud and Feron stage an ambitious Châtelet breakout, setting free a lunatic with murderous designs on the Louvre.

    Director: Roger Goldby

    Writer: Ellen Taylor

  • Friends and Enemies
    7.6/10849 votes
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    #2 - Friends and Enemies

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/19/2014

    Young swordsman d'Artagnan arrives in Paris seeking the man responsible for killing his father – a quest that brings him into conflict with one of the king's guards. But as he quickly discovers, when you take on one Musketeer, you take on them all. It's soon back to business when the swashbuckling heroes are ordered to find a missing soldier who was carrying important letters on behalf of King Louis, while the dastardly Cardinal Richelieu plots to increase his political power.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sleight of Hand
    7.6/10665 votes
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    #3 - Sleight of Hand

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/26/2014

    Notorious criminal Vadim seeks to make life unbearable for the authorities that have imprisoned him. When he engineers a full-scale riot, it falls to the Musketeers to protect those whom he seeks to destroy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Homecoming
    7.6/10527 votes
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    #4 - The Homecoming

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/23/2014

    Porthos wakes up after his drunken birthday celebrations with a dead body next to him. The Musketeers must prove his innocence as he gets sentenced to death.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Good Traitor
    7.6/10380 votes
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    #5 - The Good Traitor

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/2015

    The Musketeers help rescue an enemy's daughter in exchange for a deadly gunpowder formula.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hunger
    7.6/10287 votes
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    #6 - The Hunger

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/4/2016

    The corrupt Governor of Paris conspires with the Duke de Beaufort, primary provider of food for Paris, to stage a robbery of the city's granary and pin it on the refugees, only to later sell the stolen grain back to the King at an inflated price. D'Artagnan is taken captive along with the rioting refugees, and the other Musketeers (along with D'Artagnan's wife Constance, now in charge of the Musketeer garrison) must rescue them from the hands of the Red Guard before they are executed.

    Director: Andy Hay

    Writer: N/A

  • The Queen's Diamonds
    7.6/10271 votes
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    #7 - The Queen's Diamonds

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/18/2016

    Bonnaire is back, and the Musketeers need him to save the future of the English Crown.

    Director: Nicholas Renton

    Writer: Jeff Povey

  • Fool's Gold
    7.6/10259 votes
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    #8 - Fool's Gold

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/9/2016

    Chasing Grimaud, the Musketeers make a troubling discovery in a village ruled by women.

    Director: Susan Tully

    Writer: Kelly Jones

  • Commodities
    7.7/10613 votes
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    #9 - Commodities

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/2/2014

    The Musketeers must escort a merchant trader back to Paris and thwart his enemies.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Emilie
    7.7/10360 votes
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    #10 - Emilie

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2015

    A woman claims to have visions from God which instruct her to start a war with Spain.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brother in Arms
    7.7/10262 votes
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    #11 - Brother in Arms

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/11/2016

    King Louis tasks the Musketeers with bringing his exiled brother, the Duke of Orléans, back to Paris in order to mend bridges. On the way, the Duke is robbed of dangerous letters which could destroy Orléans. The Duke informs the corrupt Governor of this, and the Governor's Red Guard must race the Musketeers in the hunt for the thief.

    Director: Roger Goldby

    Writer: Simon Allen

  • The Good Soldier
    7.8/10571 votes
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    #12 - The Good Soldier

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/9/2014

    Aramis helps an old friend to uncover the truth behind a disastrous mission.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Keep Your Friends Close
    7.8/10451 votes
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    #13 - Keep Your Friends Close

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2015

    The Musketeers must rescue a French general from an impenetrable Spanish prison.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Exiles
    7.9/10516 votes
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    #14 - The Exiles

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/2/2014

    Aramis and the other Musketeers help a young mother rescue her abducted baby son.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Return
    7.9/10374 votes
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    #15 - The Return

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/13/2015

    Athos must confront his past to protect the people he left behind.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Spoils of War
    7.9/10319 votes
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    #16 - Spoils of War

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 5/28/2016

    Athos, Porthos and D'Artagnan are fighting on the battlefront while Aramis has trouble living in contemplation as a monk. The Musketeers' search for missing gunpowder lead them to follow bandits to Aramis' monastery, where circumstance force them to collaborate to save the monastery's children and brothers. Aramis' finally accepts his true calling as a Musketeer and rejoins his brothers-in-arms in Paris.

    Director: Andy Hay

    Writer: N/A

  • Prisoners of War
    7.9/10259 votes
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    #17 - Prisoners of War

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 7/16/2016

    The Queen's reputation is on the line after Grimaud kidnaps Aramis.

    Director: Udayan Prasad

    Writer: James Payne

  • A Marriage of Inconvenience
    8.0/10342 votes
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    #18 - A Marriage of Inconvenience

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/27/2015

    The King’s cousin is ambushed while under Musketeer escort as she travels from Mantua to Sweden to make a political marriage that will be advantageous to France.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Rebellious Woman
    8.1/10527 votes
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    #19 - A Rebellious Woman

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/9/2014

    The musketeers help save an enlightened woman who has been accused of witchcraft.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Challenge
    8.1/10505 votes
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    #20 - The Challenge

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/16/2014

    A contest between the Musketeers and Red Guards gives D'Artagnan a chance to prove himself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • An Ordinary Man
    8.1/10408 votes
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    #21 - An Ordinary Man

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/2015

    D'Artagnan must protect King Louis when a notorious criminal kidnaps them both.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Prodigal Father
    8.2/10381 votes
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    #22 - The Prodigal Father

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/2015

    Porthos uncovers the truth about his past and questions his allegiance to the Musketeers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Through a Glass Darkly
    8.3/10385 votes
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    #23 - Through a Glass Darkly

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/2015

    An astronomer gathers the royal party to see an eclipse, but events take a dramatic turn.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death of a Hero
    8.3/10275 votes
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    #24 - Death of a Hero

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/2/2016

    It's the day of reckoning, as Grimaud vows to kill the Musketeers in a series of savage co-ordinated attacks and puts Feron to the ultimate test in his bid for power. The furious battle for survival sparks a series of revelations that threaten to destroy Paris. Before the day is out, a hero falls, there’s a traitor on the rise and the Musketeers will be changed forever.

    Director: Nicholas Renton

    Writer: Peter McKenna

  • Knight Takes Queen
    8.5/10554 votes
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    #25 - Knight Takes Queen

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/23/2014

    The Musketeers come under siege in a convent whilst protecting the queen's life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A