The Worst Episodes of 12 Monkeys
Every episode of 12 Monkeys ranked from worst to best. Explore 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 of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "12 Monkeys" is "Cassandra Complex", rated 7.5/10 from 1623 user votes. It was directed by Michael Waxman and written by Rebecca Kirsch. "Cassandra Complex" aired on 1/30/2015 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Atari".
7.5/10 1,623 votes#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
7.6/10 1,571 votes#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
7.7/10 1,773 votes#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
7.7/10 1,306 votes#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
7.7/10 1,263 votes#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
7.8/10 2,298 votes#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
7.8/10 1,269 votes#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
7.9/10 1,438 votes#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
7.9/10 1,415 votes#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
7.9/10 1,145 votes#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
8.0/10 939 votes#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
8.1/10 1,060 votes#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
8.1/10 1,017 votes#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
8.1/10 980 votes#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
8.1/10 967 votes#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
8.1/10 954 votes#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
8.1/10 830 votes#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
8.2/10 821 votes#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
8.3/10 1,476 votes#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
8.3/10 1,339 votes#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
8.3/10 1,011 votes#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
8.3/10 1,010 votes#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
8.3/10 934 votes#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
8.3/10 888 votes#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
8.3/10 791 votes#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