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Best Money Heist Episodes, Ranked

All 48 episodes of Money Heist scored and sorted — from the 9.3/10 high of S5E5 to the 8.2/10 of S3E1.

By Mira Vance · Editor & Lead Reviewer

Our rating: 8.66/10 average across 48 episode reviews (best 9.3, lowest 8.2).

Money Heist runs hot and consistent — 48 episodes, almost none below an 8.2, but the show saves its real spikes for goodbyes. The two highest points are both in the final stretch: S5E5 “Tokyo Chooses Her Last Escape” (9.3) and the finale S5E10 “The Brass Comes Home and Everyone Plays Dead” (9.2). Tokyo’s exit is the cleanest gut-punch the show ever lands, and the finale pays off five seasons of stalling at the door with the gold actually gone. Right behind them sit two other death scenes — S2E9 “Berlin Holds the Door” and S4E6 “Nairobi Dreams Past the Gun”, both 9.1. The pattern is hard to miss: this show is at its sharpest when it’s losing someone.

The dip is just as clear. Season 3 is the soft spot — the S3E1 “Rio Gets Caught and Everyone Comes Home” premiere is the lowest point at 8.2, and most of the early Bank-of-Spain setup episodes cluster around 8.3 while the new plan slowly assembles. It’s competent table-setting that never quite ignites.

Season to season: S1 is the most reliable from top to bottom, S2 closes enormous, S3 sags, S4 is mostly steady with one huge spike, and S5 swings widest — a soft front half before the two best episodes of the entire run.

Season 1: 8.7Season 2: 8.7Season 3: 8.4Season 4: 8.6Season 5: 8.8
678910S1E1: 8.3/10S1E2: 8.3/10S1E3: 8.4/10S1E4: 8.7/10S1E5: 8.8/10S1E6: 8.9/10S1E7: 8.9/10S1E8: 8.8/10S1E9: 9.0/10S1E10: 8.9/10S1E11: 8.8/10S1E12: 8.9/10S1E13: 9.0/10S2E1: 8.5/10S2E2: 8.5/10S2E3: 8.8/10S2E4: 8.6/10S2E5: 8.7/10S2E6: 8.8/10S2E7: 8.7/10S2E8: 8.8/10S2E9: 9.1/10S3E1: 8.2/10S3E2: 8.3/10S3E3: 8.3/10S3E4: 8.3/10S3E5: 8.4/10S3E6: 8.4/10S3E7: 8.6/10S3E8: 8.6/10S4E1: 8.5/10S4E2: 8.3/10S4E3: 8.5/10S4E4: 8.5/10S4E5: 8.4/10S4E6: 9.1/10S4E7: 8.7/10S4E8: 8.8/10S5E1: 8.4/10S5E2: 8.4/10S5E3: 8.5/10S5E4: 8.6/10S5E5: 9.3/10S5E6: 8.7/10S5E7: 8.9/10S5E8: 8.8/10S5E9: 9.0/10S5E10: 9.2/10
Every episode scored on tension, payoff, and rewatch value. Hover a point for the episode.
RankEpEpisodeScore
1S5E5Tokyo Chooses Her Last Escape9.3
2S5E10The Brass Comes Home and Everyone Plays Dead9.2
T-3S2E9Berlin Holds the Door9.1
T-3S4E6Nairobi Dreams Past the Gun9.1
T-5S1E9Raquel Finds the Farm9.0
T-5S1E13Tokyo Rides Back Into the Mint9.0
T-5S5E9The Gold Vanishes Before the Police Arrive9.0
T-8S1E6Berlin Finds Mónica Alive8.9
T-8S1E7Raquel Walks Into Berlin's Proof-of-Life Trap8.9
T-8S1E10Tokyo Is Handed to the Police8.9
T-8S1E12Berlin Puts a Corpse on Live TV8.9
T-8S5E7The Gold Finally Leaves the Bank8.9
T-13S1E5Raquel Finds the Professor's Red Ibiza8.8
T-13S1E8Raquel Walks Into Salva's Warehouse8.8
T-13S1E11Nairobi Starts the Matriarchy After Tokyo Falls8.8
T-13S2E3Berlin Surrenders on Live TV8.8
T-13S2E6Raquel Straps Sergio to the Truth8.8
T-13S2E8Moscow Says Goodbye as Raquel Finds Sergio8.8
T-13S4E8Plan Paris Brings Lisbon Home at Last8.8
T-13S5E8Berlin Breaks, and the Gold Disappears Twice8.8
T-21S1E4The Professor Changes the Masks8.7
T-21S2E5Raquel Cuffs Sergio in the Bathroom8.7
T-21S2E7Moscow Bleeds While Raquel Hunts Sergio8.7
T-21S4E7Nairobi Leaves and the Professor Fires Back8.7
T-21S5E6Tokyo Opens One Last Door8.7
T-26S2E4Berlin Takes the Cameras Inside8.6
T-26S3E7Rio Comes Home Wired8.6
T-26S3E8Sierra Pulls the Trigger and Starts the War8.6
T-26S5E4Tokyo Runs Toward the Locked Door8.6
T-30S2E1Raquel Finds the Professor's Trap8.5
T-30S2E2Tokyo Pays for Her Revolt8.5
T-30S4E1Nairobi Bleeds While Tokyo Takes Command8.5
T-30S4E3Lisbon Holds Out as Palermo Opens the Door8.5
T-30S4E4Gandía Finds the Bank's Blind Spot8.5
T-30S5E3Sierra Gives Birth While the Roof Opens8.5
T-36S1E3Denver Fires, Moscow Breaks, and Arturo Bleeds8.4
T-36S3E5Alicia Sierra Smiles Into the War8.4
T-36S3E6Rio Comes Home8.4
T-36S4E5Gandía Chains Tokyo and Splits the Crew8.4
T-36S5E1Sierra Corners Sergio and the Army Moves In8.4
T-36S5E2Lisbon Buys Time While Arturo Finds Guns8.4
T-42S1E1Tokyo Walks Into the Mint8.3
T-42S1E2Rio Gets Exposed Inside the Mint8.3
T-42S3E2The Crew Walks Into the Bank8.3
T-42S3E3The Vault Starts Filling8.3
T-42S3E4Tamayo Finds the Line and Denver Crosses It8.3
T-42S4E2Palermo Tries to Walk Out of the Bank8.3
48S3E1Rio Gets Caught and Everyone Comes Home8.2

Scores reflect our episode reviews. Tap any episode to read the full review, or browse the whole Money Heist season recap from the top.