The Empire
The Empire Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
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About
"An empire's founding myth, told unevenly"
This historical drama follows the rise of Babur, the young Central Asian prince who would go on to found the Mughal Empire in India. It promises sweeping battles, court intrigue, and the brutal calculus of power in the 16th century. In practice it moves in fits and starts, mixing genuinely striking production design and battle staging with uneven pacing and dialogue that leans melodramatic. It's watchable as a costume epic if you're patient with its rough patches, but it never quite becomes the prestige saga its scale suggests.
the ambitious battle sequences and lavish period recreation of a pivotal Mughal origin story.
you want tight pacing and polished dialogue rather than a rougher historical epic.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Not the King but the Kingmaker | 5.2 | 1K | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Panther's Prowl | 6.2 | 246 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | The Separation | 6.1 | 174 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | Alliances | 6.1 | 176 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Roar of the Lion | 6.6 | 184 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | Requiem | 6.0 | 165 | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | Panipat | 6.3 | 180 | — | |
| ▶ | 8 | The Beginning | 5.7 | 272 | — |