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The Best Episodes of Black Ops

Every episode of Black Ops ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Black Ops!

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BLACK OPS travels the world to take viewers along on top secret special ops missions. The series reveals how elite special operations units in different countries carry out their high-risk/zero-recognition assignments and shares the inside

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Black Ops Season 2 Episode 3 - The Strike on Syria
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #1 - The Strike on Syria

    S2:E3

    Three special forces units travel to Syria to take out the mastermind behind the country's nuclear weapons program

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Black Ops Season 2 Episode 7 - Operation Fire Magic
    8.4/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Operation Fire Magic

    S2:E7

    A look at the cross country operation that saw the SAS team up with the German GSG in order to solve the hijacking of the Lufthansa Flight 181 in 1977.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Black Ops Season 1 Episode 3 - Taking Down Bin Laden
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    #3 - Taking Down Bin Laden

    S1:E3

    This is the story of the most daring black ops raid in recent history. The inside account of operation Neptune Spear: how US Navy Seals brought to an end the hunt for the most wanted man in the world, and took down the mastermind of 9/11: Osama Bin Laden

    Director:Talya Tibbon
    Writer:Talya Tibbon

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  4. Black Ops Season 1 Episode 4 - Assault on Al Qaeda
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    #4 - Assault on Al Qaeda

    S1:E4

    Al-Zarqawi- the most wanted man in Iraq, is proving a formidable enemy. Responsible for bombings, beheadings and attacks, he's more persistent than Saddam and more active than Osama. The coalition's only hope lies with a top secret task force.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Black Ops Season 2 Episode 2 - Operation Viking Hammer
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Operation Viking Hammer

    S2:E2

    A group of terrorists are hiding in Iraqi Kurdistan where they control a mountainous area known as the Halabja salient - US Army Special Forces are sent deep behind Iraqi lines to eliminate the terrorists with the help of local Kurdish fighters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Black Ops Season 1 Episode 1 - City Under Siege
    7.4/10(18 votes)

    #6 - City Under Siege

    S1:E1

    Mumbai is under bloody attack and only one Special Force has the know-how and training to take the terrorists to task. In November 2008, an undisclosed number of assassins went on a three-day rampage of death and destruction in India's largest city.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Black Ops Season 1 Episode 5 - Operation Thunderbolt
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    #7 - Operation Thunderbolt

    S1:E5

    June 27, 1976 Four terrorists hijack a flight bound for Paris. Forcing the plane to land in Entebbe Uganda they move their hostages to an old terminal. The passengers' fate, most of them Jewish or Israeli, lies in the hands of Israel's top black ops team.

    Director:Talya Tibbon
    Writer:Talya Tibbon

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  8. Black Ops Season 2 Episode 4 - Afghan Hostage Rescue
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #8 - Afghan Hostage Rescue

    S2:E4

    tage Rescue Two aid workers are kidnapped in Afghanistan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Black Ops Season 2 Episode 1 - The Real Black Hawk Down
    7.1/10(9 votes)

    #9 - The Real Black Hawk Down

    S2:E1

    A look at what really happened on the day an American helicopter was shot down over Somalia in 1993.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Black Ops Season 1 Episode 6 - Operation Certain Death
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Operation Certain Death

    S1:E6

    August 25th, 2000: Sierra Leone, West Africa. The Royal Irish Regiment, a unit of the British Army, takes a wrong turn on patrol. They are held up on the roadside by a notorious gang of rebels; the Â'West Side Boys'.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Black Ops Season 1 Episode 2 - Night of Terror
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Night of Terror

    S1:E2

    October 2002. Russia's elite force, Spetnaz Group Alfa, face an impossible task - to rescue 800 people held hostage by Chechen gunmen and suicide bombers inside a Moscow theatre. Negotiations have failed and innocent lives hang in the balance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Black Ops Season 2 Episode 6 - Crisis in Malaya
    6.3/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Crisis in Malaya

    S2:E6

    The story of the rebirth of the SAS, as British soldiers take part in a counter insurgency campaign called the Malayan Emergency.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Black Ops Season 2 Episode 5 - The Killing of Abu Jibad
    6.2/10(7 votes)

    #13 - The Killing of Abu Jibad

    S2:E5

    A look at the incredible Israeli assasination plot to bring down Abu Jibad.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Black Ops Season 2 Episode 8 - The Japanese Embassy Siege
    5.5/10(6 votes)

    #14 - The Japanese Embassy Siege

    S2:E8

    The show takes a look at the bloody end to the Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima, Peru, back in 1997.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Strike on Syria" is the best rated episode of "Black Ops". It scored 8.6/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/25/2014. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Operation Fire Magic".