8.7/10116 votesLoading...#1 - Light
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/15/2024
Cromwell is stripped of his titles and brought to the Tower of London on a charge of treason. He has no friends to speak for him but plenty of enemies among his prosecutors.
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8.6/10561 votesLoading...#2 - Master of Phantoms
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/25/2015
After uncovering treasonable offences, Cromwell exacts the ultimate revenge.
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Writer: N/A
8.5/1092 votesLoading...#3 - Mirror
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/8/2024
Cromwell’s marital diplomacy brings Princess Anne of Cleves to Henry’s court. Will the alliance create a Protestant superpower in northern Europe, or has Cromwell’s luck run out?
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8.2/10572 votesLoading...#4 - The Devil's Spit
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/11/2015
Aware that her power in court rests on producing a male heir, Anne becomes paranoid.
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Writer: N/A
8.2/10532 votesLoading...#5 - Crows
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/18/2015
The Act of Supremacy has declared Henry supreme head of the church of England.
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Writer: N/A
8.1/10608 votesLoading...#6 - Anna Regina
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/4/2015
Cromwell has Parliament acknowledge Henry as head of the Church of England.
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Writer: N/A
8.1/10156 votesLoading...#7 - Wreckage
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/2024
As Anne Boleyn’s blood is sluiced from the scaffold, Thomas Cromwell picks his way through the wreckage of her death to take his place as principal councillor to King Henry VIII.
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8.0/10645 votesLoading...#8 - Entirely Beloved
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/2015
As Cardinal Wolsey retreats north, he urges Cromwell to get close to Anne Boleyn.
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Writer: N/A
7.9/10129 votesLoading...#9 - Obedience
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2024
As the dissolution of the monasteries gathers speed, Cromwell makes a personal pilgrimage to Shaftesbury Abbey to speak with a young nun, who profoundly shakes his view of himself.
Director: N/A
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7.8/10785 votesLoading...#10 - Three Card Trick
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/2015
Lacking a male heir, the King is desperate to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon.
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7.8/1092 votesLoading...#11 - Jenneke
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/1/2024
The birth of a prince gives England the heir that Henry longs for, but at a terrible price. As the court grieves for Jane, it falls to Cromwell to find a fourth bride for the king.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10103 votesLoading...#12 - Defiance
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/2024
A rising in the north destabilises Henry's kingdom. Despite the risks to his own life, Cromwell moves to protect Lady Mary from becoming the rebels’ greatest prize.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of Wolf Hall
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England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war....
Genre:Drama
Best Episodes Summary
"Light" is the best rated episode of "Wolf Hall". It scored 8.7/10 based on 116 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/15/2024. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Master of Phantoms".