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The Best Episodes of When We Rise

Every episode of When We Rise ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of When We Rise!

The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC

Best Episodes Summary

"Part IV" is the best rated episode of "When We Rise". It scored 8.3/10 based on 332 votes. Directed by Dustin Lance Black and written by Dustin Lance Black, it aired on 3/3/2017. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Part III".

  • Part IV
    8.3/10332 votes
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    #1 - Part IV

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/3/2017

    An energized Cleve inspires a group of young activists to organize a march on Washington to demand full LGBTQ civil rights, while Roma uses her skills to reform healthcare in San Francisco. Elsewhere, a group forms to try overturning California's discriminatory proposition banning gay marriage.

    Director: Dustin Lance Black

    Writer: Dustin Lance Black

  • Part III
    8.2/10337 votes
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    #2 - Part III

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/2/2017

    AIDS continues to ravage the gay community. Cleve creates the AIDS quilt in order to get the President's attention, while Diane's daughter Annie struggles with her identity as the child of a lesbian couple and a gay man.

    Director: Thomas Schlamme

    Writer: Derek Simonds, Peter Parnell

  • Part II
    8.1/10388 votes
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    #3 - Part II

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/1/2017

    Ken, Cleve, and Roma fight an initiative that would ban gays from working in California public schools, while Cleve works on the campaign to elect Harvey Milk as San Francisco City Supervisor. But soon a disease starts killing gay men all over the country.

    Director: Dee Rees

    Writer: Lisa Zwerling, Dianne Houston, Dustin Lance Black

  • Part I
    7.9/10445 votes
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    #4 - Part I

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/2017

    A young peace activist escapes his repressive life in Phoenix and heads to San Francisco, hoping to find refuge and community, but finds that the struggle for survival is just as difficult as it was back home. Elsewhere, NOW purges lesbians from its ranks.

    Director: Gus Van Sant

    Writer: Dustin Lance Black