The Best Episodes Written By Nigel Williams

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(97 votes)

   #1 - The Eightfold Fence

   S1:E43/12/2024

   Blackthorne and Mariko test their new alliance as they train Toranaga's gun regiment for war. Yabushige must navigate his past promises to Ishido when an old friend comes to the village.

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   8.0/10(7 votes)

   #2 - Episode 7

   S1:E73/25/2019

   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.

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   7.6/10(7 votes)

   #3 - Episode 6

   S1:E63/18/2019

   Anna gets better. The Occitan girl gets into trouble. Meanwhile, the debate continues, but is interrupted by another tragic event.

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   7.3/10(7 votes)

   #4 - Episode 3

   S1:E33/11/2019

   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.

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   7.3/10(7 votes)

   #5 - Episode 8

   S1:E83/25/2019

   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.

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6. 

   6.4/10(13 votes)

   #6 - Episode 1

   S1:E13/4/2019

   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.

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   6.3/10(9 votes)

   #7 - Episode 4

   S1:E43/11/2019

   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.

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8. 

   6.0/10(10 votes)

   #8 - Episode 2

   S1:E23/4/2019

   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.

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   5.9/10(9 votes)

   #9 - Episode 5

   S1:E53/18/2019

   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.

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10. 

    5.8/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Episode 3

    S1:E310/17/2019

    Catherine and Potemkin experience growing pains in their relationship, as Potemkin's push for expansion puts him at odds with Minister Panin.

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11. 

    5.2/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Episode 2

    S1:E210/10/2019

    A victorious Potemkin returns from war to find Catherine preoccupied, leading the two to speak candidly about their pasts and future, while a Cossack stirs discontent among peasants in the countryside.

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    4.3/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Episode 4

    S1:E410/24/2019

    Pressure from foreign powers leads to a bitter argument between Catherine and an ailing Potemkin. Catherine works to change the line of succession as her reign draws to an end.

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13. 

    4.0/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Episode 1

    S1:E110/3/2019

    Russian Empress Catherine the Great faces challenges to her throne on all sides, as she meets the forthright and bold Lieutenant Grigory Potemkin.

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    Writer:Nigel Williams

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