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Episode Power Rankings

The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.

#1
S1E6 8.7
Chapter VI: The Abyss Gazes Also

During examinations by a naive psychiatrist, the imprisoned Rorschach wears down his interviewer's spirit by recounting his own life and philosophy.

#2
S1E4 8.6
Chapter IV: Watchmaker

Cursed with perceiving all time periods at once, Dr. Manhattan reviews his life while on Mars.

#3
S1E12 8.6
Chapter XII: A Stronger Loving World

Too late to stop their enemy, the heroes' attempt to bring him to justice finds them confronted with a profoundly agonizing moral dilemma.

#4 Chapter XI: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty... S1E11 8.4
#5 Chapter II: Absent Friends S1E2 8.3
#6 Chapter IX: The Darkness of Mere Being S1E9 8.2
#7 Chapter I: At Midnight, All the Agents... S1E1 8.1
#8 Chapter VIII: Old Ghosts S1E8 8.1
#9 Chapter X: Two Riders Were Approaching... S1E10 8.1
#10 Chapter III: The Judge of All the Earth S1E3 8.0

Lowlights

#12 S1E7 Chapter VII: A Brother to Dragons 7.9

As Dan and Laurie's relationship grows, they decide to venture out as Nite-Owl and Silk Spectre again on one special night.

#11 Chapter V: Fearful Symmetry S1E5 8.0
#10 Chapter III: The Judge of All the Earth S1E3 8.0
#9 Chapter X: Two Riders Were Approaching... S1E10 8.1
#8 Chapter VIII: Old Ghosts S1E8 8.1

The Quality Arc

Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.

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Episode Engagement

High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.

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