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The Best Episodes of Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2

Every episode of Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2!

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A series of reports chosen by "Dateline" correspondents that answers the question they most often get asked — what their most memorable story is and why.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 3 - The Eastlake Conspiracy
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    S2:E3

    Andrea Canning recalls a case in which investigators set up an elaborate sting operation to stop a murder-for-hire plot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 9 - The Man Who Talked to Dogs
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    S2:E9

    Investigators track down a suspect in the disappearance of a celebrity dog trainer. Keith Morrison reflects on the fractured love story at the center of this mystery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 18 - A Promise to Helene
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    S2:E18

    A college student is found murdered and the case sits cold for nearly 40 years. Josh Mankiewicz reflects on the vow that keeps the case alive and the innovative method used to catch the killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 24 - Mystery on Blood Mountain
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    S2:E24

    Gary Hilton is a name Dennis Murphy will always remember. A hiker goes missing and authorities suspect Hilton is reenacting a slasher movie. Dennis reflects on the real-life murder spree that terrorized the American South.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 46 - Plot Twist
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    S2:E46

    For a group of stage actors, life seemed to be imitating art in the worst way when a college student was killed.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 1 - Under The Desert Sky
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    S2:E1

    A case Keith Morrison can't forget in which a teen's murder shakes a Nevada community and two unlikely people confess.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 13 - The Black Widow of Lomita
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    S2:E13

    A California woman's two former husbands are mysteriously murdered nearly 20 years apart. Keith Morrison reflects on the case that sent him halfway across the world on a hunt for answers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 17 - In the Dead of Night
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    S2:E17

    For Keith Morrison, this case stands out as an unusual mystery. The crime seemed arbitrary with no apparent motive. There was a confession which might have ended the investigation, but that was only the beginning.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 33 - The Haunting
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    S2:E33

    The children of an Oklahoma pastor survive the robbery that took their parents' lives; it's a story Keith Morrison still can't forget, and one where the very best and worst of humanity are both on full display.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 45 - Deadly Desire
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    S2:E45

    They were two beautiful families living out their dreams, but gunshots in a parking lot revealed an ugly truth. Detectives uncovered three lives tangled in a love triangle. Keith Morrison finds the tale of deceit and betrayal unforgettable.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 48 - The Last Dive
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    S2:E48

    A couple takes a scuba-diving trip to the British Virgin Islands. On their last dive, one of them surfaces but the other does not. Police quickly suspect the drowning was no accident. Now Dennis Murphy gives this unforgettable story a second look.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 47 - The Life and Death of Princess Diana
    7.5/10(6 votes)

    S2:E47

    Andrea Canning looks back on the royal who has fascinated her since childhood, Princess Diana. She explores Diana's real story, including a look at her troubled marriage, turbulent life and the investigation into her death.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 14 - The Pink Gun Mystery
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    S2:E14

    When a complicated Texas love triangle ends in murder, a pink gun leads to an arrest. New evidence makes investigators rethink the case. Josh Mankiewicz has reported on two-timing before, but this case had a twist he has never seen.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 15 - Even the Devil Went to Church
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    S2:E15

    When a small-town Alabama resident is murdered, rumors involving a local pastor begin to swirl. Andrea Canning reflects on this story that feels to her like a steamy soap opera playing out in real life.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 16 - The Day Jennifer Disappeared
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    S2:E16

    Dennis Murphy reported on the twists and turns of the Jennifer Dulos case as they happened. He offers candid insight into his one-on-one interview with the prime suspect: Jennifer’s ex-husband, Fotis Dulos.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 20 - Secrets From the Grave
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    S2:E20

    A man claims his wife died by suicide, but a suspicious house fire 24 years later raises doubts; Josh Mankiewicz remembers the suspect who could not stop talking.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 25 - The Betrayal of Sarah Stern
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    S2:E25

    Keith Morrison revisits a story that has haunted him for years; when detectives find a missing woman's car abandoned on a bridge, their investigation uncovers a tangled plot involving money, friendship, and a deadly betrayal.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 27 - Deadly Valentine
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    S2:E27

    Nathan and Denise Leuthold built their family on faith, but suddenly one of them was dead and the other was under suspicion. It's a story that stays with Andrea Canning, both because of what happened and when it happened: Valentine's Day.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 32 - The Plan
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    S2:E32

    A double homicide in upstate New York leads detectives on a cross-country investigation; Dennis Murphy reflects on a story full of twists and turns, including the surprising suspect at the center.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 37 - Good & Evil
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    S2:E37

    After a young woman's body is discovered at a trash facility, a detective promises justice and comes face-to-face with a serial killer; Keith Morrison revisits the case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 40 - Family Affair
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    S2:E40

    The heir to a legendary hotel is brutally murdered, and detectives learn he had no shortage of enemies; Dennis Murphy takes a fresh look at this extraordinary investigation, a hunt for a killer he calls the most ruthless he's ever seen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 2 - The Officer's Wife
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    S2:E2

    When a police officer's wife is shot to death in her bed, her parents' certainty that investigators have it wrong and their determination to untangle the mystery, makes the case unforgettable for Josh Mankiewicz.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 4 - A Novel Defense
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    S2:E4

    A man charged with murder claims it was impossible for him to have committed the crime. For Dennis Murphy, the surprising courtroom strategy provides a memorable twist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 8 - Return to the Lonely Road
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    S2:E8

    This case has stayed with Dennis Murphy since he first reported on it: A determined young woman searches for answers in her mother’s mysterious death. Her decades-long quest leads to a dramatic courtroom decision.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dateline: Unforgettable Season 2 Episode 28 - Down the Back Staircase
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    S2:E28

    When a novelist's wife is found dead at the bottom of the stairs, investigators wonder if it is an accident or murder; Dennis Murphy interviews main suspect Michael Peterson and returns to the case with insight only he can share.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Eastlake Conspiracy" is the best rated episode of "Dateline: Unforgettable" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/21/2022. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Man Who Talked to Dogs".