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The Worst Episodes of 12 Monkeys

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The Worst Episodes of 12 Monkeys

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...

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  1. Background image for Cassandra Complex
    7.5/10(1.7k votes)

    #1 - Cassandra Complex

    S1:E3

    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.

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  2. Background image for Resurrection
    7.5/10(11 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for Atari
    7.6/10(1.6k votes)

    #3 - Atari

    S1:E4

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

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  4. Background image for Year of the Monkey
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for Mentally Divergent
    7.7/10(1.8k votes)

    #5 - Mentally Divergent

    S1:E2

    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.

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  6. Background image for Yesterday
    7.7/10(1.4k votes)

    #6 - Yesterday

    S1:E8

    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.

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  8. Background image for Divine Move
    7.7/10(1.3k votes)

    #7 - Divine Move

    S1:E10

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

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  9. Background image for Splinter
    7.8/10(2.4k votes)

    #8 - Splinter

    S1:E1

    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.

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  10. Background image for Tomorrow
    7.8/10(1.3k votes)

    #9 - Tomorrow

    S1:E9

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

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  11. Background image for One Hundred Years
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. Background image for The Night Room
    7.9/10(1.5k votes)

    #11 - The Night Room

    S1:E5

    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.

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  13. Background image for The Red Forest
    7.9/10(1.5k votes)

    #12 - The Red Forest

    S1:E6

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

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  14. Background image for Bodies of Water
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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    Director:Mairzee Almas
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Immortal
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Ian Sobel
  16. Background image for Primary
    8.1/10(16 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for Lullaby
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for Enemy
    8.1/10(869 votes)

    #17 - Enemy

    S3:E3

    Bonds of trust are tested when Ramse returns to the facility with an old enemy held captive. How far will Cole and Jones go for the answers they need?

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  19. Background image for Meltdown
    8.2/10(12 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for Blood Washed Away
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Memory of Tomorrow
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. Background image for The End
    8.2/10(931 votes)

    #21 - The End

    S4:E1

    The final conflict with the Army of the 12 Monkeys begins when the Witness returns to Project Splinter.

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  23. Background image for Ouroboros
    8.2/10(863 votes)

    #22 - Ouroboros

    S4:E2

    Travelers come face to face with ghosts from their past when they find themselves maneuvering around their own timelines.

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  24. Background image for Legacy
    8.2/10(831 votes)

    #23 - Legacy

    S4:E4

    Team Splinter goes back in time to the wild, wild frontier in search of a weapon to destroy the Witness.

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  25. Background image for The Keys
    8.3/10(1.5k votes)

    #24 - The Keys

    S1:E7

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

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    Director:John Badham
  26. Background image for Shonin
    8.3/10(1.4k votes)

    #25 - Shonin

    S1:E11

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

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    Director:Mark Tonderai

Worst Episodes Summary

"Cassandra Complex" is the worst rated episode of "12 Monkeys". It scored 7.5/10 based on 1679 votes. Directed by Michael Waxman and written by Rebecca Kirsch, it aired on 1/30/2015. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Resurrection".