The Best Episodes of 12 Monkeys Season 1

Cole splinters to Tokyo, 1987 in a last chance effort to stop the Army of the 12 Monkeys.

Director: Mark Tonderai

Writer: Sean Tretta

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

27 years after a virus wipes out most of humanity, scientists send a man back to 2015 to stop the plague from ever happening. Cole's only lead is a virologist, who knows the dangerous source of the outbreak.

Director: Jeffrey Reiner

Writer: Terry Matalas, Travis Fickett

Cole and Dr. Railly face off with the Army of the 12 Monkeys when both discover the Night Room –- an off-site, black ops lab that houses the virus that will one day destroy the world.

Director: David Boyd

Writer: Richard Robbins

Cole, Dr. Railly and Aaron strive to stop the virus from being deployed as a bioweapon in Chechnya.

Director: John Badham

Writer: Sean Tretta

The Core that powers the time machine is fading. To get Cole back from the past, Jones must convince her former colleagues at the military operation "Spearhead" that her mission is worth saving.

Director: Michael Waxman

Writer: Natalie Chaidez, Oliver Grigsby

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

Forces come to a head when Ramse does what it takes to protect his newfound family, leaving Cole to deal with the aftermath.

Director: Magnus Martens

Writer: Terry Matalas, Travis Fickett

When the tragic events of the Night Room create an alternate reality in 2043, Cole risks his future.

Director: Alex Zakrzewski

Writer: Christopher Monfette

Cole finds himself in 2017 at the height of the plague. Out of options, Jones faces an impossible choice to replace the Core.

Director: T.J. Scott

Writer: Terry Matalas, Travis Fickett, Rebecca Kirsch

The trail of a mysterious organization called the “Army of the 12 Monkeys” leads Cole to a mental institution in 2015, where a patient holds the key to the plague that destroys the world. Meanwhile, despite warnings that her involvement may disrupt the course of history, Dr. Railly risks her life to help him.

Director: David Grossman

Writer: Natalie Chaidez

A fight for the future ensues when a dangerous band of marauders hunting for Cole and Ramse threatens the mission to save the past.

Director: David Grossman

Writer: Terry Matalas, Travis Fickett

Cole's search for the location of the virus leads him to 2014, and to a devastating moment in Dr. Railly's life involving a dangerous outbreak in Haiti.

Director: Michael Waxman

Writer: Rebecca Kirsch