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The Best Episodes of The Musketeers

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Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Musketeers Season 2 Episode 9 - The Accused
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    #1 - The Accused

    S2:E9

    The Musketeers must put their lives on the line when the queen is accused of treason.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Musketeers Season 2 Episode 10 - Trial and Punishment
    8.7/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Trial and Punishment

    S2:E10

    The Musketeers must risk everything to save France from Rochefort's treacherous plan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Simon Allen

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  3. The Musketeers Season 3 Episode 9 - The Prize
    8.7/10(7 votes)

    #3 - The Prize

    S3:E9

    When death strikes the Louvre, Treville takes controversial steps to protect the Dauphin from the unholy alliance of Grimaud, Gaston and the Duke of Lorraine. His secretive tactics isolate the Queen and threaten to drive even his loyal Musketeers apart.

    Director:Susan Tully
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Musketeers Season 1 Episode 10 - Musketeers Don't Die Easily
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #4 - Musketeers Don't Die Easily

    S1:E10

    Milady seeks her revenge against the Musketeers. Will the Musketeers outwit her or will she destroy them by manipulating their weakest link, D'Artagnan?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Musketeers Season 2 Episode 8 - The Prodigal Father
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #5 - The Prodigal Father

    S2:E8

    Porthos uncovers the truth about his past and questions his allegiance to the Musketeers.

    Director:Edward Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Musketeers Season 3 Episode 5 - To Play the King
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #6 - To Play the King

    S3:E5

    The Musketeers battle to restore order in Paris after Grimaud and Feron stage an ambitious Châtelet breakout, setting free a lunatic with murderous designs on the Louvre.

    Director:Roger Goldby
    Writer:Ellen Taylor

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  7. The Musketeers Season 3 Episode 3 - Brother in Arms
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Brother in Arms

    S3:E3

    King Louis tasks the Musketeers with bringing his exiled brother, the Duke of Orléans, back to Paris in order to mend bridges. On the way, the Duke is robbed of dangerous letters which could destroy Orléans. The Duke informs the corrupt Governor of this, and the Governor's Red Guard must race the Musketeers in the hunt for the thief.

    Director:Roger Goldby
    Writer:Simon Allen

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  8. The Musketeers Season 3 Episode 7 - Fool's Gold
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #8 - Fool's Gold

    S3:E7

    Chasing Grimaud, the Musketeers make a troubling discovery in a village ruled by women.

    Director:Susan Tully
    Writer:Kelly Jones

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  9. The Musketeers Season 3 Episode 8 - Prisoners of War
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Prisoners of War

    S3:E8

    The Queen's reputation is on the line after Grimaud kidnaps Aramis.

    Director:Udayan Prasad
    Writer:James Payne

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  10. The Musketeers Season 2 Episode 7 - A Marriage of Inconvenience
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #10 - A Marriage of Inconvenience

    S2:E7

    The King’s cousin is ambushed while under Musketeer escort as she travels from Mantua to Sweden to make a political marriage that will be advantageous to France.

    Director:Edward Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Musketeers Season 1 Episode 6 - The Exiles
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #11 - The Exiles

    S1:E6

    Aramis and the other Musketeers help a young mother rescue her abducted baby son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Musketeers Season 2 Episode 2 - An Ordinary Man
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    #12 - An Ordinary Man

    S2:E2

    D'Artagnan must protect King Louis when a notorious criminal kidnaps them both.

    Director:John Strickland
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Musketeers Season 3 Episode 1 - Spoils of War
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Spoils of War

    S3:E1

    Athos, Porthos and D'Artagnan are fighting on the battlefront while Aramis has trouble living in contemplation as a monk. The Musketeers' search for missing gunpowder lead them to follow bandits to Aramis' monastery, where circumstance force them to collaborate to save the monastery's children and brothers. Aramis' finally accepts his true calling as a Musketeer and rejoins his brothers-in-arms in Paris.

    Director:Andy Hay
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Musketeers Season 1 Episode 7 - A Rebellious Woman
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #14 - A Rebellious Woman

    S1:E7

    The musketeers help save an enlightened woman who has been accused of witchcraft.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Musketeers Season 3 Episode 2 - The Hunger
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #15 - The Hunger

    S3:E2

    The corrupt Governor of Paris conspires with the Duke de Beaufort, primary provider of food for Paris, to stage a robbery of the city's granary and pin it on the refugees, only to later sell the stolen grain back to the King at an inflated price. D'Artagnan is taken captive along with the rioting refugees, and the other Musketeers (along with D'Artagnan's wife Constance, now in charge of the Musketeer garrison) must rescue them from the hands of the Red Guard before they are executed.

    Director:Andy Hay
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Musketeers Season 3 Episode 4 - The Queen's Diamonds
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #16 - The Queen's Diamonds

    S3:E4

    Bonnaire is back, and the Musketeers need him to save the future of the English Crown.

    Director:Nicholas Renton
    Writer:Jeff Povey

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  17. The Musketeers Season 3 Episode 10 - We Are the Garrison
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - We Are the Garrison

    S3:E10

    Following Treville's funeral the musketeers survive an attempt by Grimaud to kill them when their garrison is torched, leaving many casualties, and gunpowder and weapons stolen. To lure the musketeers into a trap Grimaud takes hostages including Sylvie but the four comrades stage a rescue, and the queen and Dauphin are restored to the palace with Milady as the royal spy master, her first task being to take care of Gaston. However, the mortally wounded Grimaud escapes and the musketeers must stop him from blowing up the city with the stolen gunpowder.

    Director:Udayan Prasad
    Writer:Simon Allen

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  18. The Musketeers Season 1 Episode 4 - The Good Soldier
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #18 - The Good Soldier

    S1:E4

    Aramis helps an old friend to uncover the truth behind a disastrous mission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Musketeers Season 1 Episode 9 - Knight Takes Queen
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    #19 - Knight Takes Queen

    S1:E9

    The Musketeers come under siege in a convent whilst protecting the queen's life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Musketeers Season 1 Episode 2 - Sleight of Hand
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #20 - Sleight of Hand

    S1:E2

    Notorious criminal Vadim seeks to make life unbearable for the authorities that have imprisoned him. When he engineers a full-scale riot, it falls to the Musketeers to protect those whom he seeks to destroy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Musketeers Season 1 Episode 3 - Commodities
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Commodities

    S1:E3

    The Musketeers must escort a merchant trader back to Paris and thwart his enemies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Musketeers Season 2 Episode 6 - Through a Glass Darkly
    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #22 - Through a Glass Darkly

    S2:E6

    An astronomer gathers the royal party to see an eclipse, but events take a dramatic turn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Musketeers Season 1 Episode 5 - The Homecoming
    7.3/10(18 votes)

    #23 - The Homecoming

    S1:E5

    Porthos wakes up after his drunken birthday celebrations with a dead body next to him. The Musketeers must prove his innocence as he gets sentenced to death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Musketeers Season 2 Episode 4 - Emilie
    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Emilie

    S2:E4

    A woman claims to have visions from God which instruct her to start a war with Spain.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Musketeers Season 1 Episode 1 - Friends and Enemies
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    #25 - Friends and Enemies

    S1:E1

    Young swordsman d'Artagnan arrives in Paris seeking the man responsible for killing his father – a quest that brings him into conflict with one of the king's guards. But as he quickly discovers, when you take on one Musketeer, you take on them all. It's soon back to business when the swashbuckling heroes are ordered to find a missing soldier who was carrying important letters on behalf of King Louis, while the dastardly Cardinal Richelieu plots to increase his political power.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Accused" is the best rated episode of "The Musketeers". It scored 8.8/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/20/2015. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Trial and Punishment".