7.1/10424 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/2019
Young Adso of Melk leaves the ranks of his father, a powerful warlord, and joins William of Baskerville, a Franciscan monk who heads to an abbey in northern Italy to participate in a theological debate.
Director: Giacomo Battiato
Writer: Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, Nigel Williams, John Turturro
7.0/10331 votes#2 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/2019
After another outrageous event occurs, William's investigation leads him and his apprentice Adso to the doors of the mysterious library, where everyone but the librarians are forbidden to enter. Meanwhile, the inquisitor Bernardo Gui, Pope John's ambassador, brings the wrath of his fanaticism to anyone who cross his path.
Director: Giacomo Battiato
Writer: Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, John Turturro, Nigel Williams
7.0/10282 votes#3 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/11/2019
While William asks for a magnifying glass to be able to proceed with his investigation, Adso meets the mysterious Occitan girl and huntress Anna pursues Bernardo Gui's entourage to avenge her family.
Director: Giacomo Battiato
Writer: Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, John Turturro, Nigel Williams
7.1/10276 votes#4 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2019
After a new tragic event occurs, William and Adso increase their efforts to decipher the mysterious structure of the labyrinthine library, although Adso is more interested in spending time with the Occitan girl.
Director: Giacomo Battiato
Writer: Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, John Turturro, Nigel Williams
7.2/10262 votes#5 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/2019
Anna is saved at the last minute. Bernardo Gui's armed entourage arrives at the abbey. After a copious feast, an insidious monk poisons his ears by reporting the presence inside the sacred walls of some former Dolcinian heretics.
Director: Giacomo Battiato
Writer: Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, John Turturro, Nigel Williams
7.2/10257 votes#6 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/18/2019
Anna gets better. The Occitan girl gets into trouble. Meanwhile, the debate continues, but is interrupted by another tragic event.
Director: Giacomo Battiato
Writer: Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, John Turturro, Nigel Williams
7.3/10256 votes#7 - Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/25/2019
Gui uses Salvatore to get to Remigio and put him on trial. William gives his thoughts on both the show trial and the poverty debate between the Franciscans and the Church. Anna tries to rescue her friends, and another mysterious death occurs.
Director: Giacomo Battiato
Writer: Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, John Turturro, Nigel Williams
7.3/10256 votes#8 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/2019
With the debate over, Gui condemns Remigio and the girl to be burnt at the stake. William and Adso try to solve the library's puzzle and catch the killer before it's too late, and Anna makes a final desperate move.
Director: Giacomo Battiato
Writer: Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, John Turturro, Nigel Williams
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Northern Italy, 1327. The Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young apprentice Adso of Melk reach an isolated Benedictine abbey on the Alps to...
Genres:DramaMysteryWar & Politics
Network:Rai 1
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The Name of the Rose" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 424 votes. Directed by Giacomo Battiato and written by Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, Nigel Williams, John Turturro, it aired on 3/4/2019. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".