Episode guide
Umineko: When They Cry: Season 1
26 episodes · premiered Jul 2, 2009
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- Episode 1: Opening Jul 2, 2009 · 23m The Ushiromiya family gathers on Rokkenjima, a small island off the coast of Japan, for their annual family conference to discuss how the inheritance of the ailing family head, Kinzo, will…
- Episode 2: First move Jul 9, 2009 · 23m After dinner is over, Maria reads a letter she says she received from Beatrice earlier. The contents stipulate that Beatrice will take everything the Ushiromiya family owns if no one can…
- Episode 3: Dubious move Jul 16, 2009 · 23m While attempting to figure out what had happened, the remaining guests discover that their radio is not working, effectively leaving them stranded on the island with the culprit until the…
- Episode 4: Blunder Jul 23, 2009 · 23m Everybody tries to determine how Eva and Hideyoshi could have been killed when an odd smell begins to fill the mansion. Kanon goes to investigate the boiler room along with Kumasawa, but…
- Episode 5: Fool's mate Jul 30, 2009 · 23m Upon being pressed about the murders, Maria tells them that Beatrice is the culprit, though Battler refuses to accept this explanation. As they argue, Natsuhi bars everyone inside the room…
- Episode 6: Middle game Aug 6, 2009 · 23m After one of the family meetings in 1984, Shannon admits to Jessica that she has a crush on George. Eva mentions that George will be taking part in an arranged marriage to keep Shannon…
- Episode 7: Early queen move Aug 13, 2009 · 23m Battler and Beatrice begin their debate of logic vs. magic from Purgatory when the Ushiromiya family members gather for their annual conference. This time, however, Beatrice appears in the…
- Episode 8: Week square Aug 20, 2009 · 23m Rosa's siblings and their spouses go missing, while the remaining guests find the chapel door locked. Finding the key inside the envelope Beatrice gave Maria, everyone enters and find the…
- Episode 9: Skewer Aug 27, 2009 · 23m Everyone finds Jessica's body in her locked room, while Kanon's is nowhere to be found, having been erased by Beatrice. After the notion of Kanon killing Jessica is deterred since he gave…
- Episode 10: Accept Sep 3, 2009 · 23m The servants try to explain what happened to the others, but when they return to the room where Nanjo and Kumasawa were killed, their bodies are missing. In an effort to gain Rosa's trust…
- Episode 11: Back rank mate Sep 10, 2009 · 23m Shannon attempts to defend herself and George, but are killed by Beatrice. The remaining survivors find Nanjo's and Kumasawa's bodies, followed by the bodies of George, Shannon, and Gohda…
- Episode 12: Castling Sep 17, 2009 · 23m Several years in the past, a young, human Beatrice meets the Golden Witch "Beatrice" preceeding her and becomes her apprentice in magic. Back in 1986, Eva has recurring visions of her…
- Episode 13: Gambit Sep 24, 2009 · 23m Rosa recounts how she met the human Beatrice confined in a hidden mansion, Kuwadorian, on the island twenty years ago and helped her escape, only to see her accidentally fall off a cliff…
- Episode 14: Positional play Oct 1, 2009 · 23m Beatrice and her predecessor engage in a magic battle, though a surprise attack allows Beatrice to kill her teacher. Battler is bewildered by the entire spectacle, but regains his…
- Episode 15: Isolated Pawn Oct 8, 2009 · 23m Eva is discovered by Rosa and leaves to discuss how Kinzo's gold should be divided among the siblings. The young Eva, however, refuses to share the gold and remains behind, declaring…
- Episode 16: Queening Square Oct 15, 2009 · 23m After the bodies of Rosa and Maria are found, Rudolf, Kyrie, and Hideyoshi go to retrieve food from the mansion, only to be trapped inside by Eva-Beatrice. Two Stakes of Purgatory…
- Episode 17: Promotion Oct 22, 2009 · 23m Battler decides to give Beatrice another chance to change her ways, so Beatrice goes to the real world to visit George, who is still grieving over Shannon's death, and offers to bring…
- Episode 18: Swindles Oct 29, 2009 · 23m Beatrice resurrects Kanon's spirit for Jessica and defends her against Eva-Beatrice, nearly getting killed in the process. Before Eva-Beatrice can finish her off, Battler brings her to…
- Episode 19: End Game Nov 5, 2009 · 23m Between 1986 and 1998, Ange leads a harsh, isolated life at St. Lucia Academy, a boarding school Eva sent her to. Between classes, Ange learns about magic from Maria, whose soul is kept…
- Episode 20: Zugzwang Nov 12, 2009 · 23m Ange briefly withdraws from Beatrice's game to confront Maria over her denial of being neglected by Rosa, but Maria tells her that she is content with Sakutaro ensuring her mother's love…
- Episode 21: Prophylaxis Nov 19, 2009 · 23m During her years at Saint Lucia Academy, Ange is distracted from her studies by Maria, Sakutaro, and the Sisters of Purgatory, and is humiliated by her classmates after failing a test…
- Episode 22: Problem Child Nov 26, 2009 · 23m Kinzo appears at the family conference and denounces his children as being unfit to succeed him as the head of the Ushiromiya family. Deciding that his grandchildren may be more suitable…
- Episode 23: Breakthrough Dec 3, 2009 · 23m In 1998, Ange interrogates relatives of the Rokkenjima murder victims and hires a boat captain to take her to Rokkenjima, discovering Sakutaro's torn remains as well. In 1986, the cousins…
- Episode 24: Adjourn Dec 10, 2009 · 23m Jessica and George are about to land their blows when Gaap teleports them into each other, killing both. Temporarily resurrected Jessica calls Battler to warn him. The hostages break out…
- Episode 25: Forced move Dec 17, 2009 · 23m In 1998, Ange arrives at Rokkenjima and continues on alone with Mammon and Sakutaro, only to be ambushed by Kasumi and her men, who proceed to beat and taunt her mercilessly, and destroy…
- Episode 26: Sacrifice Dec 24, 2009 · 23m Ange enters the Golden Land where she happily reunites Maria with Sakutaro and forces Beatrice to continue the game. Battler, however, has lost his soul due to his uncertainty of his own…