Critical Role (2015)

Adventure · Fantasy

Critical Role is a weekly actual play series that uses tabletop role-playing game mechanics as a means to explore and develop stories from the vast fantasy worlds of Exandria, Aramán, and beyond, with sweeping narratives intricately woven through collaboration between Game Masters and players.

IMDb rating: 9.0 (15,156 votes)
Episode average: 8.1 -0.9 vs IMDb
Seasons: 4
Status: Still airing
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

8.09 avg 115 episodes 8.3 → 8.8 236 min avg

Rebound

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Arrival at Kraghammer	8.3	138
2	Into the Greyspine Mines	8.1	117
3	Strange Bedfellows	8.3	112
4	Attack on the Duergar Warcamp	7.8	102
5	The Trick About Falling	7.7	101
6	Breaching the Emberhold	7.9	101
7	The Throne Room	7.9	96
8	Glass and Bone	7.7	92
9	Yug'Voril Uncovered	7.9	89
10	K'varn Revealed	7.9	88
11	The Temple Showdown	8.1	94
12	Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Tips	7.6	75
13	Escape from the Underdark	8.0	87
14	Shopping and Shipping	7.8	88
15	Skyward	7.8	82
16	Enter Vasselheim	7.9	80
17	Hubris	7.8	88
18	Trial of the Take: Part 1	7.8	90
19	Trial of the Take: Part 2	7.9	93
20	Trial of the Take: Part 3	7.7	82
21	Trial of the Take: Part 4	7.8	84
22	AraMente to Pyrah	7.8	78
23	The Rematch	8.1	83
24	The Feast	7.8	87
25	Crimson Diplomacy	7.8	86
26	Consequences and Cows	7.9	85
27	The Path to Whitestone	7.1	81
28	The Sun Tree	7.8	84
29	Whispers	7.9	83
30	Stoke the Flames	8.0	83
31	Gunpowder Plot	7.9	81
32	Against the Tide of Bone	8.0	83
33	Reunions	8.1	75
34	Race to the Ziggurat	8.5	72
35	Denouement	8.5	70
36	Winter's Crest in Whitestone	8.4	68
37	A Musician's Nostalgia	7.8	70
38	Echoes of the Past	8.1	67
39	Omens	8.3	84
40	Desperate Measures	8.2	68
41	In Ruins	8.1	63
42	Dangerous Dealings	7.8	60
43	Return to Vasselheim	8.2	60
44	The Sunken Tomb	8.4	75
45	Those Who Walk Away...	8.1	62
46	Cindergrove Revisited	8.3	61
47	The Family Business	8.2	61
48	Into the Frostweald	8.2	57
49	A Name Is Earned	8.5	64
50	Best Laid Plans...	8.3	59
51	Test of Pride	8.3	61
52	The Kill Box	8.6	73
53	At Dawn, We Plan!	8.3	56
54	In the Belly of the Beast	8.2	62
55	Umbrasyl	8.3	63
56	Hope	8.2	55
57	Duskmeadow	7.9	59
58	A Cycle of Vengeance	7.9	58
59	The Feywild	7.7	55
60	Heredity and Hats	7.9	56
61	Denizens of the Moonbrush	7.6	55
62	Uninviting Waters	7.6	55
63	The Echo Tree	7.8	57
64	The Frigid Doom	7.9	58
65	The Streets of Ank'Harel	7.8	53
66	A Traveler's Gamble	8.2	54
67	The Chase to Glintshore	8.5	53
68	Cloak and Dagger	8.7	73
69	Passed Through Fire	8.7	57
70	Trust	8.4	53
71	Vorugal	8.6	57
72	The Elephant in the Room	8.5	55
73	The Coming Storm	8.4	55
74	Path of Brass	8.4	51
75	Where the Cards Fall	8.4	54
76	Brawl in the Arches	8.2	58
77	Clash at Daxio	8.4	59
78	The Siege of Emon	8.3	57
79	Thordak	8.4	59
80	Raishan	8.4	57
81	What Lies Beneath the Surface	8.1	56
82	Deadly Echoes	8.0	54
83	The Deceiver's Stand	8.4	51
84	Loose Ends	8.6	54
85	A Bard's Lament	8.9	89
86	Daring Days	7.8	60
87	Onward to Vesrah	7.6	55
88	Tangled Depths	7.2	59
89	Curious Tides	7.8	56
90	Voice of the Tempest	7.7	54
91	Vox Machina Go to Hell	7.8	57
92	Deals in the Dark	7.8	54
93	Bats Out of Hell	7.8	59
94	Jugs and Rods	7.9	55
95	One Year Later...	7.9	56
96	Family Matters	7.4	53
97	Taryon, My Wayward Son	8.2	50
98	The Mines of the Many	7.8	49
99	Masquerade	8.0	54
100	Unfinished Business	8.3	62
101	Thar Amphala	7.8	51
102	Race to the Tower	8.2	55
103	The Fate-Touched	7.9	51
104	Elysium	8.1	47
105	The Fear of Isolation	8.6	61
106	The Endless Atheneeum	8.2	55
107	Scaldseat	8.1	49
108	The Core Anvil	8.2	52
109	The Ominous March	8.4	54
110	The Climb Within	8.3	48
111	Shadows of Thomara	8.2	45
112	Dark Dealings	8.6	49
113	The Final Ascent	8.5	61
114	Vecna, the Ascended	9.1	94
115	The Chapter Closes	8.8	83

Season 2 (2018)

8.06 avg 142 episodes 8.5 → 8.6 239 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Curious Beginnings	8.5	108
2	A Show of Scrutiny	8.2	83
3	The Midnight Chase	8.2	79
4	Disparate Pieces	8.2	77
5	The Open Road	8.2	75
6	The Howling Mines	8.3	70
7	Hush	8.3	74
8	The Gates of Zadash	8.3	74
9	Steam and Conversation	8.1	68
10	Waste and Webs	7.9	66
11	Zemnian Nights	8.0	65
12	Midnight Espionage	8.5	70
13	Lost & Found	8.2	63
14	Fleeting Memories	8.2	60
15	Where the River Goes	8.1	58
16	A Favor in Kind	8.3	59
17	Harvest Close	8.5	63
18	Whispers of War	8.3	58
19	The Gentleman's Path	8.2	60
20	Labenda Awaits	8.0	59
21	Stalker in the Swamp	8.1	60
22	Lost Treasures	8.0	60
23	Have Bird, Will Travel	8.0	57
24	The Hour of Honor	8.2	59
25	Divergent Paths	8.2	58
26	Found & Lost	8.4	71
27	Converging Fury	8.2	57
28	Within the Nest	8.3	61
29	The Stalking Nightmare	8.3	64
30	The Journey Home	8.3	57
31	Commerce & Chaos	8.1	57
32	Beyond the Boundaries	7.9	58
33	The Ruby and the Sapphire	8.2	69
34	Encroaching Waters	8.0	58
35	Dockside Diplomacy	8.1	64
36	O Captain, Who's Captain?	8.0	60
37	Dangerous Liaisons	8.3	63
38	Welcome to the Jungle	8.1	56
39	Temple of the False Serpent	8.0	59
40	Dubious Pursuits	8.0	57
41	A Pirate's Life for Me	7.9	55
42	A Hole in the Plan	8.2	58
43	In Hot Water	8.4	66
44	The Diver's Grave	8.0	51
45	The Stowaway	8.6	74
46	A Storm of Memories	7.9	58
47	The Second Seal	8.0	52
48	Homeward Bound	8.3	55
49	A Game of Names	8.3	50
50	The Endless Burrows	8.0	51
51	Xhorhas	7.8	49
52	Feral Business	8.0	50
53	Cornered	7.6	47
54	Well Beneath	7.7	48
55	Duplicity	8.0	51
56	The Favor	8.1	48
57	In Love and War	7.9	49
58	Wood and Steel	7.7	53
59	Perspective	8.0	53
60	A Turtle By Any Other Name	8.3	53
61	Agreements	8.5	68
62	Domestic Respite	8.2	75
63	Intervention	7.7	45
64	A Dangerous Chase	7.5	41
65	Chases and Trees	7.7	43
66	Beneath Bazzoxan	7.9	43
67	Beyond the Eyes of Angels	7.8	40
68	Reflections	8.2	42
69	The King's Cage	8.7	51
70	Causatum	8.1	36
71	Family Gathering	7.6	37
72	Clay and Dust	8.8	47
73	Uthodurn	8.6	46
74	Manifold Morals	7.8	42
75	Rime and Reason	7.9	39
76	Refjorged	8.5	48
77	A Tangled Web	7.9	37
78	Between the Lines	7.9	35
79	Through the Trees	7.6	35
80	The Folding Halls	7.9	34
81	From Door to Door	7.9	35
82	The Beat of the Permaheart	8.2	36
83	Dark Bargains	8.2	36
84	Titles and Tattoos	8.2	38
85	The Threads Converge	8.2	36
86	The Cathedral	8.6	39
87	Punishment and Politics	8.1	35
88	Unwanted Reunions	7.9	34
89	Lingering Wounds	8.1	34
90	Bathhouses and Bastions	8.2	38
91	Stone to Clay	8.0	34
92	Home Is Where the Heart Is	8.3	38
93	Misery Loves Company	9.0	53
94	With Great Power...	7.7	34
95	Blessing In Disguise	7.8	32
96	Family Shatters	7.7	34
97	The Fancy and the Fooled	8.8	44
98	Dark Waters	8.2	36
99	High Seas, High Stakes	7.8	36
100	Hunted at Sea	7.8	34
101	Mysteries, Memories, and Music	7.7	32
102	Ghosts, Dinosaurs, and Stuff	7.9	34
103	Maritime Mysteries	7.4	33
104	The Ruined Sliver	7.2	31
105	Rumble at Rumblecusp	7.9	36
106	A Fog Lifted	7.4	35
107	Devoutness and Dicks	7.6	35
108	Traveler Con	7.6	40
109	Frigid Propositions	7.8	34
110	Dinner with the Devil	7.8	40
111	New Homes and Old Friends	7.9	36
112	The Chase Begins	7.6	31
113	A Heart Grown Cold	7.6	34
114	An Open Window	7.8	33
115	Fetching Fables & Frosty Friends	7.6	31
116	Under Timeless Ice	7.8	30
117	The Tortoise and The Dare	7.6	29
118	Solace Between the Secrets	7.7	27
119	Malice and Mystery Below	7.7	28
120	Contentious Company	7.8	29
121	Ice and Fire	7.7	29
122	Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained	7.7	29
123	Fair-weather Faith	8.2	33
124	A Walk to Warmer Welcomes	7.9	31
125	The Neverending Day	8.0	33
126	Worth Fighting For	8.0	31
127	Sarsaparilla, Licorice, and Red Hot	9.1	38
128	Cat and Mouse	8.4	31
129	Between a Ball and a Hot Place	8.3	31
130	The Calm Before the Storm	7.7	29
131	Into the Eye	7.8	26
132	Aeor	7.9	26
133	Hunter and Hunted	8.0	26
134	The Streets of the Forgotten	8.0	27
135	The Genesis Ward	7.8	27
136	Hell or High Water	8.0	26
137	Welcome to Cognouza	7.8	26
138	Where There is a Will...	7.8	27
139	Rebirth	8.5	31
140	Long May He Reign	9.2	64
141	Fond Farewells	9.2	48
142	Campaign 2 Wrap Up	8.6	28

Season 3 (2021)

7.95 avg 121 episodes 8.8 → 8.2 256 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Draw of Destiny	8.8	67
2	Trial by Firelight	8.0	50
3	The Trail and the Toll	8.6	53
4	On the Trail of a Killer	7.9	42
5	The Threat Between the Walls	8.2	46
6	Growing Bonds and Teasing Threads	8.3	44
7	Behind the Curtain	8.4	40
8	A Woodworker's Quandary	8.5	45
9	Thicker Grows the Meal and Plot	8.4	42
10	Ghosts, Dates, and Darker Fates	8.2	42
11	Chasing Nightmares	8.4	32
12	Make It Fashion	7.6	32
13	A Dance of Deception	8.4	32
14	In Too Deep	8.6	32
15	The Tunnels Below	8.0	30
16	The Shade Mother	8.3	30
17	Heart-to-Heartmoor	8.2	30
18	A Hungry Jungle	7.9	31
19	Omens Above	7.5	30
20	Breaking and Entering...	8.5	31
21	Fight at the Museum	8.3	31
22	Promise and Potential	7.8	32
23	To the Skies	8.4	33
24	The Hellcatch Valley	8.1	34
25	A Taste of Tal'Dorei	8.1	34
26	Hidden Truths	7.9	36
27	A Race for the Prize	7.7	35
28	The Deathwish Run	8.5	41
29	Dark Portents	8.2	35
30	Reunion & Revelation	8.0	32
31	Breaking Point	8.5	35
32	A Stage Set	8.3	37
33	Blood and Dust	9.1	113
34	What Dreams May Come	9.2	71
35	Pyrrhic Return	8.2	32
36	A Desperate Call	8.2	32
37	From the Boughs	8.7	35
38	A Dark Balance	8.0	32
39	The Momentum of Murder	7.5	23
40	Compulsions	7.6	25
41	Call of the Wild	7.8	27
42	The City of Flowing Light	8.2	25
43	Axiom Shaken	7.6	25
44	Bawdy Basement Belligerence	8.1	28
45	Ominous Lectures	7.9	24
46	Night at the Ligament Manor	7.6	23
47	The Fey Key	7.4	24
48	An Exit Most Fraught	7.3	21
49	The Aurora Grows	7.4	23
50	Red Moon Rising	7.8	25
51	The Apogee Solstice	8.3	32
52	Far From The Others	7.9	24
53	Ripples	7.8	22
54	Treacherous Toys	7.8	22
55	Hope Within History	7.3	22
56	By Goat or By Boat	6.9	25
57	The Sorrow of Molaesmyr	7.3	25
58	Escape From The Past	7.4	25
59	Somewhere Out There	7.5	26
60	Faith or Famine	7.3	25
61	Crisis of Faith	7.3	25
62	A Long Walk of Reflection	7.3	21
63	A Haunted Past	8.0	23
64	Reunited	7.5	19
65	A Path of Vengeance	7.6	22
66	Aid of the Tempest	7.5	20
67	Bloody Flowers	8.1	20
68	For The Tempest	8.0	20
69	Nice	7.6	19
70	Embattled in Bassuras	7.5	19
71	Mist and Whimsy	7.6	19
72	Phantasmal Parley	7.4	20
73	Kindling the Spirits	7.7	17
74	Roots Between Worlds	7.5	18
75	An Ancient Flame	7.6	17
76	A Gathering of Heroes	7.4	17
77	The Promise and the Price	8.6	22
78	Fractures	8.1	20
79	To Hurt Is to Heal	8.2	19
80	A Test of Trust	8.4	17
81	The Eve of the Red Moon	7.9	16
82	Rush for the Bloody Bridge	7.8	15
83	Ruidus	7.8	15
84	Red Rural Revelations	7.6	15
85	Intense Interrogations	7.9	15
86	Doorways to Darker Depths	7.5	17
87	Arrival at Kreviris	7.7	13
88	Seeking Sedition	7.5	13
89	Divisive Portents	7.7	13
90	Mission Improbable	8.0	14
91	True Heroism	9.1	28
92	Broken Roads	7.8	14
93	Bittersweet Reunions	6.2	15
94	Where The Red Fearne Glows	7.1	11
95	Gathering of Needs	7.3	12
96	Shadows New and Old	7.2	12
97	Ancient Sins	7.3	12
98	The Nox Engine: Live at the Greek!	8.4	19
99	Downfall: Part One	8.2	21
100	Downfall: Part Two	8.3	20
101	Downfall: Part Three	8.0	19
102	Reconciliation	7.6	11
103	Cages	7.9	12
104	The Cradle's Convocation	7.8	12
105	Collecting Legends	8.2	15
106	Unseelie Interrupted	7.2	11
107	Under the Arch Heart's Eye	7.7	13
108	Looming	7.6	11
109	A Test of Fate	7.8	11
110	In the Shadow of War	8.1	13
111	The Nein Hells	9.3	23
112	The Assembling of Legends	8.5	15
113	Assault on the Malleus Key	9.1	19
114	Fight for the Bloody Bridge	8.9	18
115	To the Arx Creonum	8.2	13
116	The Weave Mind	8.6	15
117	Race to the Ruidian Core	8.7	15
118	The Hallowed Cage	8.2	12
119	Predathos Awakened	7.9	14
120	The Red End	8.2	15
121	A New Age Begins	8.2	15

Season 4 (2025)

8.67 avg 32 episodes Still airing 8.5 → 9.0 246 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Fall of Thjazi Fang	8.5	58
2	Broken Wing	7.8	40
3	The Snipping of Shears	8.6	38
4	Stone-Faced	9.3	43
5	Branching Paths	7.8	28
6	Knives and Thorns	8.5	27
7	On the Scent	7.9	20
8	Fanged Revenge	8.8	23
9	To the Hounds!	8.9	24
10	Blood for Blood	8.5	14
11	Make Merry	8.1	18
12	The Giant's Belt	8.1	17
13	Seeking Sanctuary	7.8	15
14	A Bridge Too Far	8.1	15
15	Flight to Castle Torch	7.9	15
16	Visions of Shadow & Stone	8.0	13
17	The Place of Wings	8.7	17
18	Vindicta & Vale	8.3	17
19	Hand & Wheel	8.5	13
20	The Vanishing	9.1	17
21	King of Cards	8.8	14
22	The Point of No Return	8.8	15
23	Buried Truths	9.1	15
24	Good Tidings	8.9	16
25	Targeted	9.3	14
26	Council of Heroes	8.9	12
27	Complicated Questions	9.4	13
28	Chasing Shadows	9.4	12
29	Opening Night	9.3	14
30	Here in the Dark	9.6	12
31	Trick of the Light	9.6	5
32	Road of Dreams	9.0	5