The WORST episodes of Babylon Berlin

Every episode of Babylon Berlin ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Babylon Berlin!

Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gareon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.

Last Updated: 3/21/2025Network: Sky DeutschlandStatus: Continuing

7.28

524 votes

#1 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2017

Kardakov flees after the Soviet attack on The Red Fortress. Rath receives an uninvited guest in his apartment.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.28

296 votes

#2 - Episode 21

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2020

Rath, Charlotte and Böhm attend Rot's mysterious event. Nyssen visits Helga, who questions her recent actions. Greta returns to court for sentencing.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.31

315 votes

#3 - Episode 20

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2020

Evidence from Krempin's home reveals his and Rot's interest. A neighbor gives Charlotte something her mother left. Gräf accesses the Benda case file.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.31

488 votes

#4 - Episode 7

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2017

Lotte's private investigation leads her to the depot where the hijacked train is held. Rath relives painful memories of the front.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.32

514 votes

#5 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2017

The May Day stand-off between communist protesters and police erupts in bloody violence.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.34

496 votes

#6 - Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2017

Kardakov seeks help in retrieving the Sorokins' gold. Rath faces a moral dilemma, and Bruno makes a power play.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.35

533 votes

#7 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2017

Rath attempts to interrogate Konig further about the missing film reel, and the Russian revolutionaries' location is revealed by an informant.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.35

469 votes

#8 - Episode 9

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/2017

Second season of the intoxicating German drama. Rath awakes after a long night to be faced with a new case - the massacre of the Red Fortress.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.36

688 votes

#9 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2017

Berlin, April 1929: Cologne police lieutenant Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) joins his colleague Bruno Wolter (Peter Kurth) in the investigation against a porn ring in Berlin. After a raid his case turns into a new direction after stumbling over a photograph. He meets the stenographer Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) who feeds her family with work for the police. In a heist on a freight train russian revolutionaries append a wagon with explosive content to be smuggled to Berlin.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.37

189 votes

#10 - Episode 31

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2022

In urgent need of money, Charlotte enters a lucrative dance marathon. Councillor Wendt pitches his plans to Nyssen. Rath visits Stennes in prison.

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7.38

469 votes

#11 - Episode 8

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/2017

Rath and Bruno finally get a lead to the location of the missing film reel, but after the truth come the consequences.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.39

521 votes

#12 - Episode 5

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2017

As Berlin becomes increasingly politically charged, those in charge look to change the discourse on the May Day violence.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.40

444 votes

#13 - Episode 11

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/17/2017

Rath undertakes a dangerous mission to recover evidence of the secret German airfield based in Russia.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.41

169 votes

#14 - Episode 36

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/2022

As Widow Behnke kicks off her high stakes rescue plan, Stennes instigates a hall battle in the 'Moka Efti' and Charlotte makes a secret observation.

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7.42

345 votes

#15 - Episode 17

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/24/2020

An associate of the Armenian is released from prison. An act of sabotage kills an actress during filming. Helga secretly visits a doctor, as does Rath.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.43

317 votes

#16 - Episode 19

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/31/2020

Wendt finds a way to change Greta's testimony. Nyssen's aide asks bank clients about their stock purchases. A casting call is held to replace Betty.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.46

446 votes

#17 - Episode 12

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/2017

After discovering one of his most trusted colleagues has been murdered, Rath comes to suspect that the killer was someone on the inside.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.46

183 votes

#18 - Episode 32

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2022

Abraham Goldstein arrives in Berlin as secret organisation the 'White Hand' passes a verdict on a criminal and Rath investigates a boxing match.

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7.47

174 votes

#19 - Episode 35

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2022

Rath takes part in a risky experiment, a brutal gang war breaks out in Berlin, Widow Behnke tries to help Katelbach and Toni finds herself in danger.

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7.47

301 votes

#20 - Episode 22

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/2020

Nazis storm Tempo's office in search of Katelbach. The name list leads Rath to identify the men behind Benda's murder. Charlotte catches Vera in a lie.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.47

282 votes

#21 - Episode 24

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/14/2020

Litten faces a setback in appealing Greta's conviction. Wendt talks economics with Gen. Seegers's daughter. An unconscious Weintraub is forced to talk.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.47

321 votes

#22 - Episode 18

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/24/2020

Rath hits an unexpected snag while investigating the Benda case, and later tracks down the movie set gaffer. Charlotte is visited by her older sister.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.48

278 votes

#23 - Episode 26

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/21/2020

Desperate to find Weintraub, the police consult a psychic. Toni's job takes an unexpected turn. Moritz's association with Horst puts him in danger.

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7.50

284 votes

#24 - Episode 25

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/21/2020

Nyssen finds a way to get his mother's money. Rath learns who Helga's benefactor is. Marie-Luise Seegers approaches Katelbach's landlady with an offer.

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7.50

163 votes

#25 - Episode 39

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/12/2022

Rath is celebrated as Charlotte meets a boxer. Stennes plots a coup against Hitler while Goldstein learns the truth about the diamond.

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