# List of Reign episodes

Reign is a historical romantic drama television series created by Laurie McCarthy and Stephanie Sengupta which premiered on July 18, 2013 on The CW. The series stars Adelaide Kane in the role of Mary, Queen of Scots, depicting her early life in France until her return to Scotland. During the course of the series, 78 episodes of Reign aired over four seasons. The series finale aired on June 16, 2017.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17) | May 15, 2014 (2014-05-15) |
| 2 | 22 | 22 | October 2, 2014 (2014-10-02) | May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14) |
| 3 | 18 | 18 | October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09) | June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20) |
| 4 | 16 | 16 | February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10) | June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2013–14)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Brad Silberling | Laurie McCarthy & Stephanie Sengupta | October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17) | 1.98 |
| 2 | 2 | "Snakes in the Garden" | Matt Hastings | Laurie McCarthy | October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24) | 1.83 |
| 3 | 3 | "Kissed" | Holly Dale | Doris Egan | October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31) | 1.57 |
| 4 | 4 | "Hearts and Minds" | Scott Peters | P. K. Simonds | November 7, 2013 (2013-11-07) | 1.64 |
| 5 | 5 | "A Chill in the Air" | Bruce McDonald | Jennie Snyder Urman | November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14) | 1.73 |
| 6 | 6 | "Chosen" | Bradley Walsh | Wendy Riss Gatsiounis | November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21) | 1.81 |
| 7 | 7 | "Left Behind" | Jeremiah Chechik | Drew Lindo | December 5, 2013 (2013-12-05) | 1.66 |
| 8 | 8 | "Fated" | Fred Gerber | Laurie McCarthy | December 12, 2013 (2013-12-12) | 1.86 |
| 9 | 9 | "For King and Country" | Helen Shaver | Story by : Alan McCullough Teleplay by : Alan McCullough & Edgar Lyall | January 23, 2014 (2014-01-23) | 1.74 |
| 10 | 10 | "Sacrifice" | Rachel Talalay | P. K. Simonds & Daniel Sinclair | January 30, 2014 (2014-01-30) | 1.62 |
| 11 | 11 | "Inquisition" | Mike Rohl | Doris Egan | February 6, 2014 (2014-02-06) | 1.64 |
| 12 | 12 | "Royal Blood" | Holly Dale | Story by : Wendy Riss Gatsiounis Teleplay by : Alan McCullough | February 27, 2014 (2014-02-27) | 1.32 |
| 13 | 13 | "The Consummation" | Fred Gerber | Laurie McCarthy | March 6, 2014 (2014-03-06) | 1.75 |
| 14 | 14 | "Dirty Laundry" | Norma Bailey | Story by : Drew Lindo Teleplay by : Edgar Lyall | March 13, 2014 (2014-03-13) | 1.48 |
| 15 | 15 | "The Darkness" | Steve DiMarco | Charlie Craig | March 20, 2014 (2014-03-20) | 1.61 |
| 16 | 16 | "Monsters" | Jeff Renfroe | Drew Lindo & Wendy Riss Gatsiounis | March 27, 2014 (2014-03-27) | 1.40 |
| 17 | 17 | "Liege Lord" | Allan Kroeker | Doris Egan | April 10, 2014 (2014-04-10) | 1.23 |
| 18 | 18 | "No Exit" | Mike Rohl | Hannah Schneider | April 17, 2014 (2014-04-17) | 1.39 |
| 19 | 19 | "Toy Soldiers" | Chris Grismer | Mike Herro & David Strauss | April 24, 2014 (2014-04-24) | 1.35 |
| 20 | 20 | "Higher Ground" | Sudz Sutherland | Story by : David Babcock & Daniel Sinclair Teleplay by : Alan McCullough | May 1, 2014 (2014-05-01) | 1.42 |
| 21 | 21 | "Long Live the King" | Jeremiah Chechik | Wendy Riss Gatsiounis & Drew Lindo | May 8, 2014 (2014-05-08) | 1.34 |
| 22 | 22 | "Slaughter of Innocence" | David Frazee | Doris Egan & Laurie McCarthy | May 15, 2014 (2014-05-15) | 1.24 |

### Season 2 (2014–15)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 23 | 1 | "The Plague" | Fred Gerber | Laurie McCarthy | October 2, 2014 (2014-10-02) | 1.01 |
| 24 | 2 | "Drawn and Quartered" | Fred Gerber | Wendy Riss Gatsiounis & Drew Lindo | October 9, 2014 (2014-10-09) | 1.09 |
| 25 | 3 | "Coronation" | Holly Dale | Harley Peyton | October 16, 2014 (2014-10-16) | 1.27 |
| 26 | 4 | "The Lamb and the Slaughter" | Sudz Sutherland | Laurie McCarthy & Adele Lim | October 23, 2014 (2014-10-23) | 1.26 |
| 27 | 5 | "Blood for Blood" | Norma Bailey | P.K. Simonds & Nancy Won | October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30) | 1.23 |
| 28 | 6 | "Three Queens" | Steve DiMarco | Doris Egan | November 6, 2014 (2014-11-06) | 1.33 |
| 29 | 7 | "The Prince of the Blood" | Deborah Chow | Drew Lindo & Wendy Riss Gatsiounis | November 13, 2014 (2014-11-13) | 1.19 |
| 30 | 8 | "Terror of the Faithful" | Charles Binamé | Adele Lim & Melody Fox | November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20) | 1.10 |
| 31 | 9 | "Acts of War" | Fred Gerber | Laurie McCarthy & Nancy Won | December 4, 2014 (2014-12-04) | 1.22 |
| 32 | 10 | "Mercy" | Rich Newey | Wendy Riss Gatsiounis & Drew Lindo | December 11, 2014 (2014-12-11) | 1.42 |
| 33 | 11 | "Getaway" | Lynne Stopkewich | Daniel Sinclair | January 22, 2015 (2015-01-22) | 1.16 |
| 34 | 12 | "Banished" | Larysa Kondracki | Chelsey Lora | January 29, 2015 (2015-01-29) | 1.02 |
| 35 | 13 | "Sins of the Past" | Deborah Chow | Doris Egan & Melody Fox | February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05) | 0.97 |
| 36 | 14 | "The End of the Mourning" | Nathaniel Goodman | Laurie McCarthy & Nancy Won | February 12, 2015 (2015-02-12) | 1.03 |
| 37 | 15 | "Forbidden" | Charles Binamé | Laurie McCarthy & Nancy Won | February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19) | 1.03 |
| 38 | 16 | "Tasting Revenge" | Lee Rose | P. K. Simonds & Drew Lindo | March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12) | 0.96 |
| 39 | 17 | "Tempting Fate" | Sudz Sutherland | Lisa Randolph | March 19, 2015 (2015-03-19) | 1.09 |
| 40 | 18 | "Reversal of Fortune" | Anne Wheeler | Drew Lindo & Wendy Riss Gatsiounis | April 16, 2015 (2015-04-16) | 1.01 |
| 41 | 19 | "Abandoned" | Deborah Chow | Nancy Won & Robert Doty | April 23, 2015 (2015-04-23) | 0.82 |
| 42 | 20 | "Fugitive" | Norma Bailey | Doris Egan & Daniel Sinclair | April 30, 2015 (2015-04-30) | 0.84 |
| 43 | 21 | "The Siege" | Andy Mikita | Adele Lim & Lisa Randolph | May 7, 2015 (2015-05-07) | 0.97 |
| 44 | 22 | "Burn" | Fred Gerber | Laurie McCarthy & Nancy Won | May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14) | 0.83 |

### Season 3 (2015–16)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 45 | 1 | "Three Queens, Two Tigers" | Holly Dale | Laurie McCarthy | October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09) | 0.95 |
| 46 | 2 | "Betrothed" | Fred Gerber | Lisa Randolph | October 16, 2015 (2015-10-16) | 1.00 |
| 47 | 3 | "Extreme Measures" | Holly Dale | Drew Lindo & Wendy Riss | October 23, 2015 (2015-10-23) | 0.90 |
| 48 | 4 | "The Price" | Nathaniel Goodman | April Blair & Robert Doty | November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06) | 0.94 |
| 49 | 5 | "In a Clearing" | Deborah Chow | Shannon Goss | November 13, 2015 (2015-11-13) | 1.03 |
| 50 | 6 | "Fight or Flight" | Charles Binamé | Lisa Randolph | November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20) | 1.09 |
| 51 | 7 | "The Hound and the Hare" | Anne Wheeler | Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt | December 4, 2015 (2015-12-04) | 1.04 |
| 52 | 8 | "Our Undoing" | Lee Rose | Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts | January 8, 2016 (2016-01-08) | 1.10 |
| 53 | 9 | "Wedlock" | Norma Bailey | Wendy Riss & Drew Lindo | January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15) | 1.10 |
| 54 | 10 | "Bruises that Lie" | Megan Follows | P.K. Simmons | January 22, 2016 (2016-01-22) | 1.24 |
| 55 | 11 | "Succession" | Charles Binamé | April Blair | April 25, 2016 (2016-04-25) | 0.92 |
| 56 | 12 | "No Way Out" | Fred Gerber | Wendy Riss Gatsiounis | May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02) | 0.96 |
| 57 | 13 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Norma Bailey | Shannon Goss | May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09) | 0.78 |
| 58 | 14 | "To the Death" | Michael McGowan | Lily Sparks | May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16) | 0.76 |
| 59 | 15 | "Safe Passage" | Stuart Gillard | Drew Lindo | May 23, 2016 (2016-05-23) | 0.95 |
| 60 | 16 | "Clans" | Fred Gerber | Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts | June 6, 2016 (2016-06-06) | 0.96 |
| 61 | 17 | "Intruders" | Lee Rose | April Blair & Drew Lindo | June 13, 2016 (2016-06-13) | 0.81 |
| 62 | 18 | "Spiders in a Jar" | Deborah Chow | Laurie McCarthy | June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20) | 0.93 |

### Season 4 (2017)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 63 | 1 | "With Friends Like These..." | Stuart Gillard | Wendy Riss Gatsiounis & Drew Lindo | February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10) | 0.78 |
| 64 | 2 | "A Grain of Deception" | Fred Gerber | Patti Carr & Lara Olsen | February 17, 2017 (2017-02-17) | 0.67 |
| 65 | 3 | "Leaps of Faith" | Charles Binamé | April Blair & Laurie McCarthy | February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24) | 0.59 |
| 66 | 4 | "Playing with Fire" | Fred Gerber | John J. Sakmar & Kenny Lenhart | March 3, 2017 (2017-03-03) | 0.64 |
| 67 | 5 | "Highland Games" | Michael McGowan | Robert Doty | March 17, 2017 (2017-03-17) | 0.76 |
| 68 | 6 | "Love & Death" | Megan Follows | Drew Lindo & Wendy Riss Gatsiounis | March 24, 2017 (2017-03-24) | 0.75 |
| 69 | 7 | "Hanging Swords" | Lee Rose | Chris Atwood & Kamran Pasha | March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31) | 0.66 |
| 70 | 8 | "Uncharted Waters" | Fred Gerber | Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt | April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07) | 0.71 |
| 71 | 9 | "Pulling Strings" | Andy Mikita | April Blair & Laurie McCarthy | April 14, 2017 (2017-04-14) | 0.63 |
| 72 | 10 | "A Better Man" | Dawn Wilkinson | John J. Sakmar & Kenny Lenhart | April 28, 2017 (2017-04-28) | 0.68 |
| 73 | 11 | "Dead of Night" | Deborah Chow | Wendy Riss Gatsiounis & Drew Lindo | May 5, 2017 (2017-05-05) | 0.69 |
| 74 | 12 | "The Shakedown" | Norma Bailey | Patti Carr & Lara Olsen | May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12) | 0.76 |
| 75 | 13 | "Coup de Grace" | Megan Follows | John J. Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart | May 19, 2017 (2017-05-19) | 0.71 |
| 76 | 14 | "A Bride, A Box, A Body" | Andy Mikita | April Blair & Robert D. Doty | June 2, 2017 (2017-06-02) | 0.74 |
| 77 | 15 | "Blood in the Water" | Charles Binamé | Drew Lindo & Wendy Riss Gatsiounis | June 9, 2017 (2017-06-09) | 0.67 |
| 78 | 16 | "All it Cost Her..." | Holly Dale | April Blair & Laurie McCarthy | June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16) | 0.75 |

## 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 | 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 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| | 1 | 1.98 | 1.83 | 1.57 | 1.64 | 1.73 | 1.81 | 1.66 | 1.86 | 1.74 | 1.62 | 1.64 | 1.32 | 1.75 | 1.48 | 1.61 | 1.40 | 1.23 | 1.39 | 1.35 | 1.42 | 1.34 | 1.24 |
| | 2 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 1.27 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 1.33 | 1.19 | 1.10 | 1.22 | 1.42 | 1.16 | 1.02 | 0.97 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 0.96 | 1.09 | 1.01 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.97 | 0.83 |
| | 3 | 0.95 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 1.03 | 1.09 | 1.04 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.24 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.81 | 0.93 | – | – | – | – |
| | 4 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.64 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.63 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.75 | – | – | – | – | – | – |