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The Best Episodes of 12 Monkeys Season 2

Every episode of 12 Monkeys Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 12 Monkeys Season 2!

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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 of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 1 - Year of the Monkey
    7.9/10(1232 votes)

    #1 - Year of the Monkey

    S2:E1

    Cole and Ramse repair their broken friendship while on the run; Railly and Jones navigate an uncertain future in 2043.

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  2. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 2 - Primary
    8.2/10(1149 votes)

    #2 - Primary

    S2:E2

    Cole gets stranded in 2016 after an attempt to destroy the virus changes the future. Jones and Railly deal with the consequences of the changed timeline.

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  3. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 3 - One Hundred Years
    8.1/10(1101 votes)

    #3 - One Hundred Years

    S2:E3

    Despite the growing tension between them, Cole and Cassie time travel to New York during World War II to track down a dangerous member of the Twelve.

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  4. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 4 - Emergence
    8.3/10(1096 votes)

    #4 - Emergence

    S2:E4

    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.

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  5. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 5 - Bodies of Water
    8.1/10(1059 votes)

    #5 - Bodies of Water

    S2:E5

    In the present, Cassie and Jennifer Goines run from the 12 Monkeys; in 2044, Cole and Ramse face off against Deacon.

    Director:Mairzee Almas
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 6 - Immortal
    8.1/10(1046 votes)

    #6 - Immortal

    S2:E6

    Cole and Ramse travel to 1970s New York City to prevent the Twelve from murdering a Vietnam veteran with a connection to the Witness.

    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Ian Sobel

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  8. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 7 - Meltdown
    8.3/10(1093 votes)

    #7 - Meltdown

    S2:E7

    Cole faces the Witness as Cassie's hallucinations evolve; deadly visitors from the past arrive when the time machine malfunctions and begins tearing apart time and space.

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  9. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 8 - Lullaby
    9.1/10(1555 votes)

    #8 - Lullaby

    S2:E8

    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.

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  10. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 9 - Hyena
    8.0/10(1019 votes)

    #9 - Hyena

    S2:E9

    To save the last Primary, Cole must turn to a mortal enemy. Plus: Jennifer Goines, radical revolutionary?

    Director:Bill Eagles
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 10 - Fatherland
    8.1/10(1035 votes)

    #10 - Fatherland

    S2:E10

    Cole has his loyalty tested when Ramse and Railly go rogue, embarking on an unsanctioned mission that sends them to 1961 East Berlin. Once there, they have murder on their minds as they search for an unscrupulous German doctor who knows the location of "The Witness."

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  12. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 11 - Resurrection
    8.9/10(1292 votes)

    #11 - Resurrection

    S2:E11

    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.

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  13. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 12 - Blood Washed Away
    9.0/10(1346 votes)

    #12 - Blood Washed Away

    S2:E12

    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.

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  14. 12 Monkeys Season 2 Episode 13 - Memory of Tomorrow
    9.1/10(1466 votes)

    #13 - Memory of Tomorrow

    S2:E13

    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.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Year of the Monkey" is the best rated episode of "12 Monkeys" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 1232 votes. Directed by David Grossman and written by Travis Fickett, Terry Matalas, it aired on 4/18/2016. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Primary".