9.6/102,025 votesLoading...#1 - The Beginning (2)
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 7/6/2018
When all hope is lost, Cole must complete his cycle so that his younger self will one day arrive at the end with the answer.
Director: Terry Matalas
Writer: Terry Matalas
9.4/101,248 votesLoading...#2 - One Minute More
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 6/29/2018
The beginning of the end as Cole and Cassie embark on their final mission.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Kristen Reidel
9.4/101,329 votesLoading...#3 - The Beginning (1)
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 7/6/2018
The final battle against the Witness as the fate of time and mankind hangs in the balance. All the pieces finally come together to mark the end of the beginning.
Director: Terry Matalas
Writer: Terry Matalas
9.2/101,308 votesLoading...#4 - Witness
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/21/2017
The final battle with the Witness begins.
Director: Grant Harvey
Writer: Terry Matalas
9.1/101,454 votesLoading...#5 - Lullaby
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 6/6/2016
Jones comes to the disheartening realization that time travel is humanity's true enemy and that as its architect she needs to be stopped, and so she sends Railly back to the year 2020 with orders to undo all of it.
Director: Steven A. Adelson
Writer: Sean Tretta
9.1/101,385 votesLoading...#6 - Memory of Tomorrow
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 7/18/2016
Cole and Railly have finally found peace living in the past. When a mysterious woman with apocalyptic visions of the future tells Cole it's not over, he must do the unthinkable to save the world... and the woman he loves.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Terry Matalas
9.1/101,146 votesLoading...#7 - Thief
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 5/21/2017
The reason why the Witness wants to destroy time and all reality is revealed.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Sean Tretta
9.0/101,257 votesLoading...#8 - Blood Washed Away
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 7/11/2016
Cole and Railly attempt to stop the final paradox in the past while Ramse, Jennifer and Deacon struggle to survive the apocalypse in a last ditch effort to find the Witness.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Sean Tretta
8.8/101,215 votesLoading...#9 - Resurrection
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 6/27/2016
With the temporal facility on the verge of destruction, Cole and Jones find themselves in the middle of a coup. After a violent encounter ends in an unexpected tragedy, Cole is sent back to 1957 in a last-ditch effort to save humanity while the rest embark on a caravan across the apocalypse to find Titan -- the stronghold of the Witness.
Director: Kevin Tancharoen
Writer: Richard E. Robbins
8.8/10921 votesLoading...#10 - Nurture
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/20/2017
Cole and Railly find themselves at opposite ends of an unspeakable decision. Jones grows suspicious while Railly turns to an emotional ally for advice. All hell breaks loose during a massive fire-fight.
Director: Steven A. Adelson
Writer: N/A
8.8/10892 votesLoading...#11 - After
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 6/22/2018
A clue to breaking the cycle leads Cole and Cassie to the 1960s. Christopher Lloyd returns as Zalmon Shaw, a devoted follower of the Witness.
Director: Sheree Folkson
Writer: Oliver Grigsby
8.8/10954 votesLoading...#12 - Die Glocke
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 6/22/2018
The team infiltrates a Nazi gala to steal an artifact known as 'Die Glocke'. Their operation comes undone when French Resistance interferes and an unexpected guest arrives.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Terry Matalas, Sean Tretta, Sarah C. Mueller
8.8/10898 votesLoading...#13 - Demons
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 6/29/2018
Everything changes when the team finally climbs the steps... and rings the bell in the Middle Ages.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Sean Tretta
8.6/10953 votesLoading...#14 - Brothers
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/19/2017
Ramse and Cole splinter to 2007 expecting either a trap - or a final chance to kill The Witness. But when Cole discovers a heartbreaking truth, he’ll discover that the mission was both.
Director: Joe Menendez
Writer: N/A
8.5/101,419 votesLoading...#15 - Paradox
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/3/2015
With Cole dying from the effects of time-travel, Railly must find the one person who can save him.
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: Terry Matalas, Richard Robbins
8.5/10957 votesLoading...#16 - Causality
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/20/2017
Out of time and in need of answers, Jennifer and Deacon are sent to 1989 to steal the a sacred document. Can Railly and Cole get to the Word first before it reveals the one secret they want kept?
Director: David Greene
Writer: Kristen Reidel
8.5/10832 votesLoading...#17 - 45 RPM
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 6/15/2018
Cassie travels back in time to confront a younger Olivia; Cole helps Jennifer find the meaning behind her final Primary vision.
Director: Christopher J. Byrne
Writer: Sean Tretta
8.5/10849 votesLoading...#18 - Daughters
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 6/29/2018
Jones sends Hannah back in time to 2007 on a personal mission that could be the key to everything.
Director: Mairzee Almas
Writer: Christopher Monfette
8.4/101,350 votesLoading...#19 - Arms of Mine
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/10/2015
Cole and Railly attempt a final confrontation with their closest enemies, while Jones faces a new threat to all that she's accomplished.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Terry Matalas, Travis Fickett
8.4/10876 votesLoading...#20 - Guardians
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/19/2017
While searching for Jennifer Goines in post-WWI France, Cole and Jones encounter a dangerous group of time- travelers - the Guardians.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Sean Tretta
8.4/10847 votesLoading...#21 - Nature
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 5/20/2017
In 1953, Cole and Railly reunite with Agent Gale at the birth of the Army of the 12 Monkeys.
Director: Kat Candler
Writer: Ian Sobel, Matt Morgan
8.4/10881 votesLoading...#22 - Masks
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/21/2017
Former friends, now enemies, race to find the Witness in 1904, who, at last, reveals his face.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: N/A
8.3/101,487 votesLoading...#23 - The Keys
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/27/2015
Cole, Dr. Railly and Aaron strive to stop the virus from being deployed as a bioweapon in Chechnya.
Director: John Badham
Writer: Sean Tretta
8.3/101,350 votesLoading...#24 - Shonin
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/27/2015
Cole splinters to Tokyo, 1987 in a last chance effort to stop the Army of the 12 Monkeys.
Director: Mark Tonderai
Writer: Sean Tretta
8.3/101,018 votesLoading...#25 - Emergence
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/9/2016
When Cole and Cassie are stranded in 1944, Jones must turn to the person she trusts the least to bring them home -- Ramse. For Ramse, this mission will give him a chance to atone for his sins -- but can he mend the broken relations between Cole and Railly? Meanwhile, Jones visits Old Jennifer Goines to explore the true nature of Time - and the Twelve’s method to destroy it.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Richard Robbins
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The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Network:Syfy
Top Episode Ratings Summary
"The Beginning (2)" is the best rated episode of "12 Monkeys". It scored 9.6/10 based on 2025 votes. Directed by Terry Matalas and written by Terry Matalas, it aired on 7/6/2018. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "One Minute More".