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The Best Episodes of The Venture Bros.

Every episode of The Venture Bros. ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Venture Bros.!

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Hank and Dean Venture, with their father Doctor Venture and faithful bodyguard Brock Samson, go on wild adventures facing megalomaniacs, zombies, and suspicious ninjas, all for the glory of adventure. Or something like that.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Venture Bros. Season 7 Episode 3 - Arrears in Science
    9.2/10(5 votes)

    #1 - Arrears in Science

    S7:E3

    The Morphic Trilogy reaches its conclusion in a decades-spanning tale of friendship, betrayal and mass murder that overwrites Venture history.

    Director:Juno John Lee
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  2. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 12 - The Trial of the Monarch
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #2 - The Trial of the Monarch

    S1:E12

    The Monarch is on trial for the one crime he may not have committed, under mysterious circumstances stemming from his bitter breakup with Dr. Girlfriend.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  3. The Venture Bros. Season 2 Episode 5 - Twenty Years to Midnight
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #3 - Twenty Years to Midnight

    S2:E5

    Brock's discovery of a videotape from Jonas Venture Sr. sets Team Venture on a global hunt for pieces of a fantastic and potentially deadly machine.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  4. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 12 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (1)
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #4 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (1)

    S3:E12

    Brock Samson is a marked man.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  5. The Venture Bros. Season 4 Episode 9 - The Diving Bell Vs. The Butter-Glider
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #5 - The Diving Bell Vs. The Butter-Glider

    S4:E9

    Brock, Hank, and Dean must go on a fantastic voyage into Rusty's brain to find out why he's in a coma. Meanwhile, Henchman 21 demands new henchsuits, but the Monarch is too busy obsessing with his latest purchase, a butter-glider.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  6. The Venture Bros. Season 6 Episode 1 - Hostile Makeover
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #6 - Hostile Makeover

    S6:E1

    The Ventures are back! And they’re movin’ on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky. But will mo’ money bring mo’ problems? And can The Monarch handle the commute?

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  7. The Venture Bros. Season 7 Episode 9 - The Forecast Manufacturer
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - The Forecast Manufacturer

    S7:E9

    The city is hit with a mysterious blizzard that launches Team Venture into action; the Monarch and 21 are sent on a deadly mission to a secret island fortress.

    Director:Juno John Lee
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  8. The Venture Bros. Season 7 Episode 2 - The Rorqual Affair
    8.6/10(5 votes)

    #8 - The Rorqual Affair

    S7:E2

    Deadly waters surround the Monarch when he becomes Wide Wale’s prisoner

    Director:Juno John Lee
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  9. The Venture Bros. Season 7 Episode 4 - The High Cost of Loathing
    8.6/10(5 votes)

    #9 - The High Cost of Loathing

    S7:E4

    The Monarch faces financial challenges as he attempts to rebuild his fiendish organization; Dean tries to establish a normal life outside of his father's shadow at sleep-away college.

    Director:Juno John Lee
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  10. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 6 - Ghosts of the Sargasso
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Ghosts of the Sargasso

    S1:E6

    On a scientific expedition in the Bermuda Triangle, Doc's experimental equipment awakens and possibly enrages the submerged ghost of Major Tom, a test pilot who crashed in an experimental aircraft designed by Doc's father.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  11. The Venture Bros. Season 2 Episode 1 - Powerless in the Face of Death
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Powerless in the Face of Death

    S2:E1

    Team Venture struggles to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and move on in the wake of Hank and Dean's violent and untimely deaths.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  12. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 4 - Home Is Where The Hate Is
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Home Is Where The Hate Is

    S3:E4

    As The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch settle into their new home and a new, no-more-arching-Dr.-Venture anymore life, Dr. Venture receives an unorthodox introduction to his new Guild-assigned nemesis.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  13. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 8 - Tears of a Sea Cow
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Tears of a Sea Cow

    S3:E8

    Bored and under-whelmed with his new Guild-assigned arch-enemies, The Monarch seeks to re-spark his old hatred by secretly visiting the Venture Compound while Dr. Venture is away at the Science Now conference.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  14. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 9 - Now Museum, Now You Don't
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Now Museum, Now You Don't

    S3:E9

    Determined to honor the father he never knew, Jonas Jr. converts Spider Skull Island into a Team Venture Museum. Unfortunately, he invited all of his father's surviving friends and enemies to the grand opening.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  15. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 13 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (2)
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #15 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (2)

    S3:E13

    Brock and the Venture family are on the run from the Law, the Monarch, Sgt. Hatred and the entire O.S.I.! Only bald ingenuity and an unlikely ally can possibly save their necks from the deadly noose tightening around the Venture Compound.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  16. The Venture Bros. Season 7 Episode 10 - The Saphrax Protocol
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The Saphrax Protocol

    S7:E10

    Deep inside Guild Headquarters, the Monarch and 21 face their ultimate ordeal; the Venture brothers confront one of their own.

    Director:Juno John Lee
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  17. The Venture Bros. Season 6 Episode 7 - A Party for Tarzan
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #17 - A Party for Tarzan

    S6:E7

    In a case of mistaken identity, the Guild targets Dr. Venture for assassination, pooping his party for a fancy new friend.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  18. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 5 - Eeney, Meeney, Miney… Magic!
    8.3/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Eeney, Meeney, Miney… Magic!

    S1:E5

    Dr. Venture's new experiment has the entire family interested--not to mention trapped inside! The Ventures' strange new neighbor, master of mysticism Dr. Orpheus, may be the only one who can help them escape.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  19. The Venture Bros. Season 1 Episode 11 - Past Tense
    8.3/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Past Tense

    S1:E11

    When Brock and Dr. Venture are kidnapped from the funeral of a college friend, the boys enlist the aid of the original Team Venture: a group of superscience adventurers who worked for their grandfather in the sixties.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  20. The Venture Bros. Season 2 Episode 2 - Hate Floats
    8.3/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Hate Floats

    S2:E2

    Aided by Henchmen 21, 24 and new recruits, The Monarch attempts to rebuild his villainous empire and rekindle his relationship with Dr. Girlfriend.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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  21. The Venture Bros. Season 2 Episode 8 - Fallen Arches
    8.3/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Fallen Arches

    S2:E8

    Dr. Orpheus calls upon old friends The Alchemist and Jefferson Twilight to resurrect their former super-team, The Order of the Triad.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Doc Hammer

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  22. The Venture Bros. Season 2 Episode 11 - ¡Viva los Muertos!
    8.3/10(4 votes)

    #22 - ¡Viva los Muertos!

    S2:E11

    When Dr. Venture finally attains the holy grail of superscience, a gang of former teen sleuths is convinced that the Venture Compound is haunted.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Ben Edlund

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  23. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 2 - The Doctor Is Sin
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #23 - The Doctor Is Sin

    S3:E2

    Dr. Venture learns that a life with no arch enemy is not nearly so sweet when he finds himself besieged by C-list pretenders to the Monarch's throne, and his super-science business once again on the rocks.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  24. The Venture Bros. Season 3 Episode 6 - Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman
    8.3/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman

    S3:E6

    Love is in the air, kind of, when Dr. Venture encounters his childhood friend, Dr. Tara Quymn, in the Amazon Rain Forest.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writer:Christopher McCulloch

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  25. The Venture Bros. Season 4 Episode 1 - Blood of the Father, Heart of Steel
    8.3/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Blood of the Father, Heart of Steel

    S4:E1

    Henchman 21 copes with life without 24. Brock and the Venture family are forced to part ways. Discover the final fate of H.E.L.P.eR. And Dean must kill Hitler.

    Director:Christopher McCulloch
    Writers:Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer

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Best Episodes Summary

"Arrears in Science" is the best rated episode of "The Venture Bros.". It scored 9.2/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Juno John Lee and written by Christopher McCulloch, it aired on 8/20/2018. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Trial of the Monarch".