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The Best Episodes of The Tudors Season 3

Every episode of The Tudors Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Tudors Season 3!

The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the...
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Civil Unrest" is the best rated episode of "The Tudors" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 711 votes. Directed by Ciaran Donnelly and written by N/A, it aired on 4/5/2009. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Northern Uprising".

  • Civil Unrest
    7.9/10711 votes

    #1 - Civil Unrest

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2009

    King Henry marries for the third time, taking as his queen the demure noblewoman Jane Seymour. A growing number of his subjects protest the king's decision to abandon the Catholic Church.

    Director: Ciaran Donnelly

    Writer: N/A

  • The Northern Uprising
    7.8/10643 votes

    #2 - The Northern Uprising

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2009

    The uproar over the king's break with the Catholic Church turns into a full-blown rebellion that comes to be known as "The Pilgrimage of Grace." Immobilized by an old jousting injury, Henry sends Charles Brandon to deal with the uprising and focuses his attention on the Lady Ursula Misseldon.

    Director: Ciaran Donnelly

    Writer: N/A

  • Dissention and Punishment
    7.9/10637 votes

    #3 - Dissention and Punishment

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/2009

    Henry reconciles with his estranged daughters Mary and Elizabeth in time for the Christmas holidays, but betrays and brutally suppresses the rebellion against him after making conciliatory promises to the uprising's leaders.

    Director: Ciaran Donnelly

    Writer: N/A

  • The Death of a Queen
    8.2/10646 votes

    #4 - The Death of a Queen

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/2009

    The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty and mercilessness of the suppression; Henry celebrates the birth of a son but his joy is short-lived as Queen Jane dies within days.

    Director: Ciaran Donnelly

    Writer: N/A

  • Problems in the Reformation
    7.5/10640 votes

    #5 - Problems in the Reformation

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/3/2009

    Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen's death, an opportunity that enemies of the crown seize to murder several friends of the court; Cromwell is disturbed when Henry doesn't resist his new church's similarities to Catholicism.

    Director: Jeremy Podeswa

    Writer: N/A

  • Search for a New Queen
    7.5/10610 votes

    #6 - Search for a New Queen

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 5/10/2009

    Matchmaking begins in earnest as Cromwell schemes to secure the Reformation by marrying Henry to a Protestant wife - but the king's marital reputation precedes him; the condition of Henry's wounded leg turns life-threatening.

    Director: Jeremy Podeswa

    Writer: N/A

  • Protestant Anne of Cleves
    7.6/10604 votes

    #7 - Protestant Anne of Cleves

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/2009

    War looms with France and Spain aligning against England with backing from Rome, so Henry agrees to a politically fortuitous marriage with Anne of Cleves (Joss Stone), a plain and unsophisticated German aristocrat he has never met.

    Director: Jeremy Podeswa

    Writer: N/A

  • The Undoing of Cromwell
    8.0/10664 votes

    #8 - The Undoing of Cromwell

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/24/2009

    Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new mistress, 17-year-old Katherine Howard; Princess Mary falls in love with Duke Philip of Bavaria; Cromwell's fall from favor is sudden and dramatic.

    Director: Jeremy Podeswa

    Writer: N/A