8.1/10364 votesLoading...#1 - Original Sin
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/26/2011
Rosen and his team find out about a secret red flag meeting. Things come to ahead for the team and the future is cloudy.
Director: Nick Copus
Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Zak Penn, Michael Karnow
7.9/10309 votesLoading...#2 - The Unusual Suspects
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/19/2011
The DoD imprisons Rosen and his team after they suspect that one of the members is a Red Flag traitor.
Director: J. Miller Tobin
Writer: Marc Bernardin
7.9/10308 votesLoading...#3 - God's Eye
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 10/22/2012
Rosen seeks a final confrontation with Alpha leader Stanton Parish.
Director: Matthew Hastings
Writer: Bruce Miller
7.8/10378 votesLoading...#4 - Catch and Release
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/22/2011
The team is ordered to find and protect Skylar, an Alpha with skills that could be dangerous in the wrong hands.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Michael Karnow
7.8/10334 votesLoading...#5 - Blind Spot
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/12/2011
The team finds themselves under siege by an undetectable Alpha when they bring in a potential Red Flag member for questioning.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Robert Hewitt Wolfe
7.8/10329 votesLoading...#6 - Wake-up Call
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/23/2012
The episode starts 10 months after the events in "Original Sin" and circumstances have changed for the main characters (for some more than for others). Two of them are pretty different from the last time we saw them, and the team might be missing a member or two. Or more.
Director: Matthew Hastings
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
7.8/10273 votesLoading...#7 - When Push Comes to Shove
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/13/2012
While investigating a string of crimes, the team realizes that they are looking for Nina, who had gone AWOL, and try to stop her before she hurts herself.
Director: Omar Madha
Writer: Adam Levy
7.7/10241 votesLoading...#8 - Gods and Monsters
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/10/2012
The team is confronted with evidence of Parish's evil agenda; a young Alpha reveals a deadly ability.
Director: Mairzee Almas
Writer: Kira Snyder
7.7/10230 votesLoading...#9 - The Devil Will Drag You Under
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 9/24/2012
Hicks turns defector and begins working for Parish; the team uncovers a plot to cause a massive, deadly blackout.
Director: Matthew Hastings
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
7.7/10217 votesLoading...#10 - If Memory Serves
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 10/8/2012
Hicks and Kat transport a valuable Parish asset; Roland holds the strategic intel they need to stop Parish.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Terri Hughes, Ron Milbauer
7.7/10213 votesLoading...#11 - Need to Know
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 10/15/2012
Rosen kidnaps and interrogates an Alpha prisoner; Harken and Gary search for Skylar.
Director: Nick Copus
Writer: Michael Karnow, Adam Levy
7.6/10371 votesLoading...#12 - Rosetta
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/1/2011
The Alpha team closes in on Red Flag and rescues an autistic woman, Anna, with the ability to translate any language. The team tries to figure out Red Flag’s plan while Gary bonds with Anna.
Director: Karen Gaviola
Writer: Zak Penn
7.6/10266 votesLoading...#13 - Alpha Dogs
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/6/2012
An investigation leads Harken and Hicks to go undercover in a secret, underground Alphas-only Fight Club.
Director: Nick Copus
Writer: Eric Tuchman
7.6/10213 votesLoading...#14 - Falling
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/17/2012
Rosen discovers the identity of the mole; Kat tracks a mysterious new street drug that makes users temporarily invincible.
Director: Nick Copus
Writer: Nina Fiore, John Herrera
7.5/10339 votesLoading...#15 - Bill and Gary's Excellent Adventure
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/15/2011
While Bill and Gary take on a case of their own, Nina and Cameron grow closer.
Director: Leslie Libman
Writer: Adam Levy
7.5/10245 votesLoading...#16 - Alphaville
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/27/2012
Rosen enlists Skylar's help to decode Parish's Alpha technology and endangers her life and the life of her daughter.
Director: Nick Copus
Writer: Michael Chamoy
7.4/10250 votesLoading...#17 - Gaslight
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/20/2012
An Alpha loses his mind and kidnaps Rachel; the team loses touch with reality while trying to find Rachel.
Director: Leslie Libman
Writer: Terri Hughes, Ron Milbauer
7.3/10421 votesLoading...#18 - Cause & Effect
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/18/2011
A problematic former patient of Rosen's escapes as Rosen is getting acquainted with his Department of Defense liaison, and the rest of the team tries to balance their normal lives with their work as Alphas.
Director: Constantine Makris
Writer: Julie Siege
7.3/10261 votesLoading...#19 - The Quick and the Dead
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/30/2012
On the hunt for a killer, the team realizes the search has lead him directly to them with a deadly consequences.
Director: Michael Nankin
Writer: Michael Karnow
7.3/10214 votesLoading...#20 - Life After Death
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/1/2012
While the team tries to cope with Danielle's death, a mysterious woman drops a baby off at the office and Gary is strangely drawn to protecting it.
Director: J. Miller Tobin
Writer: Eric Tuchman
7.2/10587 votesLoading...#21 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2011
Operating within the Defense Criminal Investigation Service of the U.S. Department of Defense and led by preeminent neurologist and psychiatrist Dr. Lee Rosen, an expert in Alpha phenomena, the team investigates cases that point to others with Alpha abilities. As they work against the clock to solve this new brand of crime, they must prevent their own personality differences and disparate backgrounds from interfering with their ultimate mission to catch the enemy.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Zak Penn, Michael Karnow
7.2/10405 votesLoading...#22 - Anger Management
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/25/2011
The team moves to new offices following the attack on Rosen; violent riots break out on the east coast, which are linked to a runaway teen.
Director: Nick Copus
Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Robert Hewitt Wolfe
7.0/10352 votesLoading...#23 - Never Let Me Go
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/8/2011
Rachel goes on a date that ends with a powerful kiss; Rosen's team officially joins the Defense Criminal Investigation Service, and their first case is to probe a series of deaths linked to a high school in Pennsylvania.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: Jordan Rosenberg
6.9/10341 votesLoading...#24 - A Short Time in Paradise
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/29/2011
Hicks and Nina are entranced by a deadly cult leader named Jonas.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Michael Chamoy
The Best Episodes of Alphas
Every episode of Alphas ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Alphas!
Five ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities are brought together to form one extraordinary team of Alphas. Operating within the U.S. Department of...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & Adventure
Network:Syfy
Best Episodes Summary
"Original Sin" is the best rated episode of "Alphas". It scored 8.1/10 based on 364 votes. Directed by Nick Copus and written by Ira Steven Behr, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Zak Penn, Michael Karnow, it aired on 9/26/2011. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Unusual Suspects".