7.5/101,638 votesLoading...#1 - Cassandra Complex
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/2015
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
7.6/101,587 votesLoading...#2 - Atari
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/2015
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
7.7/101,789 votesLoading...#3 - Mentally Divergent
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/2015
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
7.7/101,320 votesLoading...#4 - Yesterday
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/2015
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
7.7/101,278 votesLoading...#5 - Divine Move
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/20/2015
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
7.8/102,322 votesLoading...#6 - Splinter
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2015
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
7.8/101,285 votesLoading...#7 - Tomorrow
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/13/2015
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
7.9/101,455 votesLoading...#8 - The Night Room
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/13/2015
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
7.9/101,430 votesLoading...#9 - The Red Forest
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/2015
When the tragic events of the Night Room create an alternate reality in 2043, Cole risks his future.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Christopher Monfette
7.9/101,161 votesLoading...#10 - Year of the Monkey
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2016
Cole and Ramse repair their broken friendship while on the run; Railly and Jones navigate an uncertain future in 2043.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Terry Matalas, Travis Fickett
8.0/10955 votesLoading...#11 - Hyena
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 6/13/2016
To save the last Primary, Cole must turn to a mortal enemy. Plus: Jennifer Goines, radical revolutionary?
Director: Bill Eagles
Writer: N/A
8.1/101,077 votesLoading...#12 - Primary
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/25/2016
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.
Director: Magnus Martens
Writer: Sean Tretta
8.1/101,031 votesLoading...#13 - One Hundred Years
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 5/2/2016
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.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Michael Sussman
8.1/10993 votesLoading...#14 - Bodies of Water
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 5/16/2016
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: N/A
8.1/10980 votesLoading...#15 - Immortal
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 5/23/2016
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
8.1/10967 votesLoading...#16 - Fatherland
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 6/20/2016
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."
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Oliver Grigsby
8.1/10845 votesLoading...#17 - Enemy
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 5/19/2017
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?
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Christopher Monfette
8.2/10835 votesLoading...#18 - Ouroboros
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 6/15/2018
Travelers come face to face with ghosts from their past when they find themselves maneuvering around their own timelines.
Director: Terry Matalas
Writer: Terry Matalas
8.3/101,496 votesLoading...#19 - 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
8.3/101,358 votesLoading...#20 - 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
8.3/101,027 votesLoading...#21 - 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
8.3/101,025 votesLoading...#22 - Meltdown
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 5/30/2016
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.
Director: Grant Harvey
Writer: Richard Robbins
8.3/10946 votesLoading...#23 - Mother
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 5/19/2017
In the apocalypse of 2163, a desperate Cole searches for Titan. Meanwhile, a captive Railly is faced with an impossible choice as the 12 Monkeys await the arrival of The Witness.
Director: Terry Matalas
Writer: Terry Matalas, Sean Tretta
8.3/10901 votesLoading...#24 - The End
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/15/2018
The final conflict with the Army of the 12 Monkeys begins when the Witness returns to Project Splinter.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Sean Tretta
8.3/10805 votesLoading...#25 - Legacy
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 6/22/2018
Team Splinter goes back in time to the wild, wild frontier in search of a weapon to destroy the Witness.
Director: Joe Menendez
Writer: Christopher Monfette
The Worst Episodes of 12 Monkeys
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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
Worst Episodes Summary
"Cassandra Complex" is the worst rated episode of "12 Monkeys". It scored 7.5/10 based on 1638 votes. Directed by Michael Waxman and written by Rebecca Kirsch, it aired on 1/30/2015. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Atari".