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Season 4 Episode 13: The Sword in the Stone, Part Two1769

The worldwide ranking generated by 318 votes

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Season 4 Episode 13: The Sword in the Stone, Part Two1769

Season 2 Episode 6: Beauty and the Beast, Part Two1669

Season 2 Episode 13: The Last Dragonlord1665

Season 3 Episode 13: The Coming of Arthur, Part Two1662

Season 3 Episode 12: The Coming of Arthur, Part One1653

Season 4 Episode 12: The Sword in the Stone, Part One1648

Season 4 Episode 2: The Darkest Hour, Part Two1632

Season 1 Episode 11: The Labyrinth of Gedref1623

Season 1 Episode 13: Le Morte d'Arthur1619

#10

Season 2 Episode 8: The Sins of the Father1607

#11

Season 5 Episode 13: The Diamond of the Day, Part Two1605

#12

Season 2 Episode 1: The Curse of Cornelius Sigan1589

#13

Season 3 Episode 8: The Eye of the Phoenix1586

#14

Season 4 Episode 1: The Darkest Hour, Part One1586

#15

Season 3 Episode 1: The Tears of Uther Pendragon, Part One1567

#16

Season 1 Episode 12: To Kill the King1561

#17

Season 2 Episode 5: Beauty and the Beast, Part One1557

#18

Season 5 Episode 2: Arthur's Bane, Part Two1553

#19

Season 2 Episode 9: The Lady of the Lake1544

#20

Season 3 Episode 2: The Tears of Uther Pendragon, Part Two1542

#21

Season 3 Episode 6: The Changeling1542

#22

Season 2 Episode 12: The Fires of Idirsholas1541

#23

Season 3 Episode 4: Gwaine1540

#24

Season 5 Episode 12: The Diamond of the Day, Part One1538

#25

Season 4 Episode 9: Lancelot du Lac1534

#26

Season 1 Episode 10: The Moment of Truth1521

#27

Season 4 Episode 11: The Hunter's Heart1518

#28

Season 2 Episode 4: Lancelot and Guinevere1515

#29

Season 2 Episode 3: The Nightmare Begins1510

#30

Season 1 Episode 1: The Dragon's Call1506

#31

Season 1 Episode 5: Lancelot1500

#32

Season 1 Episode 3: The Mark of Nimueh1495

#33

Season 5 Episode 6: The Dark Tower1493

#34

Season 3 Episode 3: Goblin's Gold1487

#35

Season 1 Episode 8: The Beginning of the End1487

#36

Season 2 Episode 10: Sweet Dreams1485

#37

Season 5 Episode 9: With All My Heart1480

#38

Season 4 Episode 4: Aithusa1478

#39

Season 2 Episode 7: The Witchfinder1463

#40

Season 5 Episode 4: Another's Sorrow1461

#41

Season 5 Episode 1: Arthur's Bane, Part One1459

#42

Season 5 Episode 11: The Drawing of the Dark1457

#43

Season 5 Episode 5: The Disir1457

#44

Season 5 Episode 10: The Kindness of Strangers1456

#45

Season 4 Episode 5: His Father's Son1454

#46

Season 4 Episode 6: A Servant of Two Masters1451

#47

Season 2 Episode 11: The Witch's Quickening1445

#48

Season 3 Episode 10: Queen of Hearts1444

#49

Season 4 Episode 10: A Herald of the New Age1443

#50

Season 4 Episode 8: Lamia1443

#51

Season 1 Episode 4: The Poisoned Chalice1434

#52

Season 1 Episode 6: A Remedy to Cure All Ills1424

#53

Season 4 Episode 7: The Secret Sharer1423

#54

Season 3 Episode 5: The Crystal Cave1421

#55

Season 5 Episode 8: The Hollow Queen1412

#56

Season 4 Episode 3: The Wicked Day1400

#57

Season 3 Episode 9: Love in the Time of Dragons1398

#58

Season 1 Episode 7: The Gates of Avalon1382

#59

Season 5 Episode 3: The Death Song of Uther Pendragon1370

#60

Season 1 Episode 2: Valiant1363

#61

Season 1 Episode 9: Excalibur1360

#62

Season 3 Episode 11: The Sorcerer's Shadow1358

#63

Season 5 Episode 7: A Lesson in Vengeance1341

#64

Season 3 Episode 7: The Castle of Fyrien1329

#65

Season 2 Episode 2: The Once and Future Queen1319

What the community says

Rank the best Merlin (BBC) episodes. Find out which episode fans love most: from the dragon's call to Camlann's prophecies. Vote for your favorite.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.