# List of Mistresses (American TV series) episodes

Mistresses is an American drama television series, which premiered on ABC on June 3, 2013. This is an adaption by K.J. Steinberg, of the 2008-10 U.K. series of the same name. The series stars Alyssa Milano, Rochelle Aytes, Yunjin Kim, Jes Macallan, Jennifer Esposito and Tabrett Bethell, as a close group of female friends whose lives are complicated by illicit and complex relationships and situations. On September 9, 2016, ABC cancelled the series after four seasons.
A total of 52 episodes of Mistresses had aired over four seasons.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | June 3, 2013 (2013-06-03) | September 9, 2013 (2013-09-09) |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02) | September 1, 2014 (2014-09-01) |
| 3 | 13 | 13 | June 18, 2015 (2015-06-18) | September 3, 2015 (2015-09-03) |
| 4 | 13 | 13 | May 30, 2016 (2016-05-30) | September 6, 2016 (2016-09-06) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2013)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Cherie Nowlan | Teleplay by : K. J. Steinberg | June 3, 2013 (2013-06-03) | 4.40 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Morning After" | Chris Misiano | Rina Mimoun | June 10, 2013 (2013-06-10) | 4.22 |
| 3 | 3 | "Breaking and Entering" | Ron Lagomarsino | K.J. Steinberg | June 17, 2013 (2013-06-17) | 3.76 |
| 4 | 4 | "A Kiss Is Just a Kiss?" | David Paymer | Chad Gomez Creasey & Dara Resnik Creasey | June 24, 2013 (2013-06-24) | 3.57 |
| 5 | 5 | "Decisions, Decisions" | Cherie Nowlan | Jordan Budde | July 1, 2013 (2013-07-01) | 3.62 |
| 6 | 6 | "Payback" | Eric Laneuville | Josh Reims | July 8, 2013 (2013-07-08) | 3.85 |
| 7 | 7 | "All In" | John Scott | Jenna Richman | July 15, 2013 (2013-07-15) | 3.47 |
| 8 | 8 | "Ultimatum" | Holly Dale | Justin W. Lo | July 22, 2013 (2013-07-22) | 3.95 |
| 9 | 9 | "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" | Tawnia McKiernan | David Folwell | July 29, 2013 (2013-07-29) | 3.96 |
| 10 | 10 | "Indecent Proposals" | Bobby Roth | Chad Gomez Creasey & Dara Resnik Creasey | August 19, 2013 (2013-08-19) | 3.17 |
| 11 | 11 | "Full Disclosure" | Jeff Bleckner | Josh Reims | August 26, 2013 (2013-08-26) | 3.46 |
| 12 | 12 | "When One Door Closes..." | Constantine Makris | Rina Mimoun | September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02) | 4.05 |
| 13 | 13 | "I Choose You" | Allison Liddi-Brown | K.J. Steinberg | September 9, 2013 (2013-09-09) | 3.91 |

### Season 2 (2014)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 14 | 1 | "Rebuild" | Ron Lagomarsino | Rina Mimoun | June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02) | 4.66 |
| 15 | 2 | "Boundaries" | Ron Lagomarsino | K.J. Steinberg | June 9, 2014 (2014-06-09) | 3.64 |
| 16 | 3 | "Open House" | John Scott | Josh Reims | June 16, 2014 (2014-06-16) | 3.72 |
| 17 | 4 | "Friends With Benefits" | John Scott | Jenna Richman | June 23, 2014 (2014-06-23) | 3.62 |
| 18 | 5 | "Playing With Fire" | Constantine Makris | Justin W. Lo | June 30, 2014 (2014-06-30) | 4.09 |
| 19 | 6 | "What Do You Really Want" | Constantine Makris | Jordan Budde | July 7, 2014 (2014-07-07) | 3.75 |
| 20 | 7 | "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" | Ron Underwood | Josh Reims | July 14, 2014 (2014-07-14) | 3.71 |
| 21 | 8 | "An Affair to Surrender" | Ron Underwood | Justin W. Lo | July 21, 2014 (2014-07-21) | 3.74 |
| 22 | 9 | "Coming Clean" | Tara Nicole Weyr | Jerica Lieberman & Molly Kate Margraf | August 4, 2014 (2014-08-04) | 3.46 |
| 23 | 10 | "Charades" | Tara Nicole Weyr | Jenna Richman | August 11, 2014 (2014-08-11) | 3.57 |
| 24 | 11 | "Choices" | Michael Grossman | Jordan Budde | August 18, 2014 (2014-08-18) | 3.36 |
| 25 | 12 | "Surprise" | Michael Grossman | Rina Mimoun | August 25, 2014 (2014-08-25) | 3.23 |
| 26 | 13 | "'Til Death Do Us Part" | John Scott | K.J. Steinberg | September 1, 2014 (2014-09-01) | 3.74 |

### Season 3 (2015)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 27 | 1 | "Gone Girl" | Constantine Makris | Rina Mimoun | June 18, 2015 (2015-06-18) | 3.79 |
| 28 | 2 | "I'll Be Watching You" | Constantine Makris | K. J. Steinberg | June 18, 2015 (2015-06-18) | 3.79 |
| 29 | 3 | "Odd Couples" | John Scott | Melissa Carter | June 25, 2015 (2015-06-25) | 3.31 |
| 30 | 4 | "Into the Woods" | John Scott | Justin Lo | July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) | 3.04 |
| 31 | 5 | "Threesomes" | Holly Dale | Jordan Budde | July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09) | 3.49 |
| 32 | 6 | "Love is an Open Door" | Holly Dale | Stacy Littlejohn | July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16) | 3.29 |
| 33 | 7 | "The Best Laid Plans" | John Scott | Jerica Lieberman & Molly Margraf | July 23, 2015 (2015-07-23) | 2.94 |
| 34 | 8 | "Murder She Wrote" | John Scott | Rina Mimoun | July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30) | 3.09 |
| 35 | 9 | "Unreliable Witness" | Eric Laneuville | Jenna Richman | August 6, 2015 (2015-08-06) | 2.54 |
| 36 | 10 | "What Could Have Been" | Eric Laneuville | Jordan Budde | August 13, 2015 (2015-08-13) | 2.98 |
| 37 | 11 | "Guilt By Association" | Liz Allen | Melissa Carter | August 20, 2015 (2015-08-20) | 3.30 |
| 38 | 12 | "Reasonable Doubt" | Liz Allen | Justin Lo | August 27, 2015 (2015-08-27) | 3.23 |
| 39 | 13 | "Goodbye Girl" | John Scott | K. J. Steinberg | September 3, 2015 (2015-09-03) | 2.70 |

### Season 4 (2016)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 40 | 1 | "The New Girls" | Chris Misiano | Josh Reims | May 30, 2016 (2016-05-30) | 2.94 |
| 41 | 2 | "Mistaken Identity" | Chris Misiano | Jessica Lieberman & Molly Margraf | June 6, 2016 (2016-06-06) | 3.31 |
| 42 | 3 | "Under Pressure" | Sharat Raju | Jordan Budde | June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20) | 2.89 |
| 43 | 4 | "Blurred Lines" | Sharat Raju | Kiersten Van Horne | June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27) | 2.80 |
| 44 | 5 | "Lean In" | Constantine Makris | Rina Mimoun | July 4, 2016 (2016-07-04) | 1.97 |
| 45 | 6 | "What Happens in Vegas" | Constantine Makris | Justin Lo | July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) | 2.97 |
| 46 | 7 | "Survival of the Fittest" | John Scott | Sarah Tarkoff | August 2, 2016 (2016-08-02) | 2.42 |
| 47 | 8 | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | John Scott | Jessica Lieberman & Molly Margraf | August 8, 2016 (2016-08-08) | 2.07 |
| 48 | 9 | "The Root of All Evil" | Jerry O'Connell | Justin Lo | August 15, 2016 (2016-08-15) | 2.10 |
| 49 | 10 | "Confrontations" | Jerry O'Connell | Jordan Budde | August 22, 2016 (2016-08-22) | 2.45 |
| 50 | 11 | "Fight or Flight" | Hanelle Culpepper | K.J. Steinberg | August 29, 2016 (2016-08-29) | 2.74 |
| 51 | 12 | "Back to the Start" | Hanelle Culpepper | K.J. Steinberg | September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05) | 2.52 |
| 52 | 13 | "The Show Must Go On" | John Scott | Story by : Josh Reims Teleplay by : K.J. Steinberg & Rina Mimoun | September 6, 2016 (2016-09-06) | 2.57 |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| | 1 | 4.40 | 4.22 | 3.76 | 3.57 | 3.62 | 3.85 | 3.47 | 3.95 | 3.96 | 3.17 | 3.46 | 4.05 | 3.91 |
| | 2 | 4.66 | 3.64 | 3.72 | 3.62 | 4.09 | 3.75 | 3.71 | 3.74 | 3.46 | 3.57 | 3.36 | 3.23 | 3.74 |
| | 3 | 3.79 | 3.79 | 3.31 | 3.04 | 3.49 | 3.29 | 2.94 | 3.09 | 2.54 | 2.98 | 3.30 | 3.23 | 2.70 |
| | 4 | 2.94 | 3.31 | 2.89 | 2.80 | 1.97 | 2.97 | 2.42 | 2.07 | 2.10 | 2.45 | 2.74 | 2.52 | 2.57 |