List of Salem episodes

Salem is an American television series loosely based on the historic Salem Witch Trials created by Brannon Braga and Adam Simon. In the United States, it premiered on WGN America on April 20, 2014 as the network's first original scripted series. Salem follows the lives of a community in Salem, Massachusetts in the 17th century during the infamous Witch Trials, only this time it's the witches that are controlling them for their own wicked purposes. Mary Sibley (Janet Montgomery) leads a secret coven of witches, including Tituba (Ashley Madekwe) to turn the Puritans against one another to perform the Grand Rite, but things get complicated when Mary's lost love, John Alden (Shane West) returns to Salem, and Cotton Mather (Seth Gabel) closes in on the witches. On July 11, 2015, WGN America renewed Salem for a 13-episode third season which premiered on November 2, 2016.^[1][2]

As of November 16, 2016, 29 episodes of Salem have aired.

Series overview

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Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
1	1	"The Vow"	Richard Shepard	Brannon Braga & Adam Simon	April 20, 2014	1.521[3]
2	2	"The Stone Child"	David Von Ancken	Brannon Braga & Adam Simon	April 27, 2014	0.774[4]
3	3	"In Vain"	Alex Zakrzewski	Elizabeth Sarnoff & Tricia Small	May 4, 2014	0.440[5]
4	4	"Survivors"	David Von Ancken	Jon Harmon Feldman	May 11, 2014	0.429[6]
5	5	"Lies"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Tricia Small & Elizabeth Sarnoff	May 18, 2014	0.500[7]
6	6	"The Red Rose and the Briar"	P. J. Pesce	Joe Menosky & Adam Simon	May 25, 2014	0.476[8]
7	7	"Our Own Private America"	David Von Ancken	Adam Simon & Brannon Braga	June 1, 2014	0.537[9]
8	8	"Departures"	Alex Zakrzewski	Jon Harmon Feldman	June 8, 2014	0.574[10]
9	9	"Children, Be Afraid"	David Grossman	Elizabeth Sarnoff & Tricia Small	June 15, 2014	0.490[11]
10	10	"The House of Pain"	David Von Ancken	Adam Simon & Joe Menosky	June 22, 2014	0.465[8]
11	11	"Cat and Mouse"	Tricia Brock	Jon Harmon Feldman	June 29, 2014	0.591[12]
12	12	"Ashes, Ashes"	Bill Johnson	Brannon Braga & Adam Simon	July 6, 2014	0.363[13]
13	13	"All Fall Down"	David Von Ancken	Brannon Braga & Adam Simon	July 13, 2014	0.432[8]

Season 2 (2015)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
14	1	"Cry Havoc"	Nick Copus	Brannon Braga & Adam Simon	April 5, 2015	0.510[14]
15	2	"Blood Kiss"	Allan Arkush	Brannon Braga & Adam Simon	April 12, 2015	0.376[15]
16	3	"From Within"	Alex Zakrzewski	Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson	April 19, 2015	0.495[16]
17	4	"Book of Shadows"	Allan Kroeker	Joe Menosky & Adam Simon	April 26, 2015	0.331[17]
18	5	"The Wine Dark Sea"	Peter Weller	Turi Meyer & Al Septien	May 3, 2015	0.334[18]
19	6	"Ill Met by Moonlight"	Nick Copus	Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders	May 10, 2015	0.245[19]
20	7	"The Beckoning Fair One"	Joe Dante	Donna Thorland & Adam Simon	May 17, 2015	0.321[20]
21	8	"Dead Birds"	Alex Kalymnios	Joe Menosky & Adam Simon	May 24, 2015	0.310[21]
22	9	"Wages of Sin"	David Grossman	Al Septien & Turi Meyer	May 31, 2015	0.394[22]
23	10	"Til Death Do Us Part"	Tim Andrew	Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson	June 7, 2015	0.284[23]
24	11	"On Earth As in Hell"	Nick Copus	Joe Menosky & Adam Simon	June 14, 2015	0.314[24]
25	12	"Midnight Never Come"	Alex Zakrzewski	Donna Thorland & Adam Simon	June 21, 2015	0.318[25]
26	13	"The Witching Hour"	Brannon Braga	Adam Simon	June 28, 2015	0.337[26]

Season 3 (2016)

On July 11, 2015, WGN America renewed Salem for a 13 episode third season which premiered on November 2, 2016. On April 5, 2016, it was revealed the show would premiere around Halloween, rather than the usual April premiere slot.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
27	1	"After the Fall"	Nick Copus	Brannon Braga & Adam Simon	November 2, 2016	0.272[27]
28	2	"The Heart Is a Devil"	Tim Andrew	Adam Simon	November 9, 2016	0.212[28]
29	3	"The Reckoning"	Wayne Yip	Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson	November 16, 2016	0.295[29]
30	4	"Night's Black Agents"[30]	Joe Dante	Joe Menosky & Donna Thorland	November 30, 2016	0.270[31]
31	5	"The Witch is Back"	Nick Copus	Adam Simon	December 7, 2016	TBA
32	6	"Wednesday's Child"	Peter Weller	TBA	December 14, 2016	TBA
33	7	"The Man Who Was Thursday"	TBA	TBA	December 21, 2016	TBA

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