The Best Episodes of Helix Season 2
Every episode of Helix Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Helix Season 2!
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation.
Season 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Helix" season 2 is "San Jose", rated 7.5/10 from 557 user votes. It was directed by Steven A. Adelson and written by Steven Maeda. "San Jose" aired on 1/16/2015 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Reunion".
7.5/10 557 votes#1 - San Jose
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2015
15 months after the events at Arctic Biosystems, new CDC team with the addition of biotoxicologist Kyle Sommer respond to a potential outbreak on a Windjammer in the Northern Pacific. Their search leads them to an island occupied by a mysterious cult led by the charismatic Michael. Meanwhile, 30 years in the future, Walker arrives at the same island searching for Alan Farragut.
Director: Steven A. Adelson
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.3/10 430 votes#2 - Reunion
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/2015
The CDC team continue to investigate the island; at the same time, they discover Peter's brother, Alan, is a member of Brother Michael's cult, and his warnings for them to leave the abbey fall on deaf ears.
Director: Steven A. Adelson
Writer: Timothy J. Lea
7.2/10 382 votes#3 - Scion
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/2015
Peter and Jordan leave the safety of the Abbey to retrieve some specimens and discover just what’s living in the woods, meanwhile Sister Amy plots to make them leave forever.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Allison Miller
7.1/10 364 votes#4 - Densho
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/2015
As Michael struggles to keep the abbey under control, the CDC team moves closer toward tracking the source of the pathogen. Alan fights the urge to rejoin his team and confronts the reality about Peter’s allegiances. In the future, Walker makes a desperate attempt to escape from her delusional father, with potentially deadly consequences.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Tiffany Greshler
7.2/10 350 votes#5 - Oubliette
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/13/2015
Michael locks Peter and Alan in a pit. Alan escapes and discovers that Kyle has a secret of his own. Agnes reveals a shocking truth to Michael, who drastically turns on her for doubting him. In the future, Caleb uncovers Walker's deception and takes matters into his own hands.
Director: Grant Harvey
Writer: Leigh Dana Jackson
7.1/10 347 votes#6 - M. Domestica
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/2015
Amy creates an outbreak of the disease. Michael torments Peter in the pit. Alan, Jordan and Kyle discover the truth about the Abbey's food chain. An uprising at the Abbey threatens the safety of the uninfected. In present-day Paris, Balleseros meet an unlikely immortal.
Director: Grant Harvey
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
7.6/10 361 votes#7 - Cross-Pollination
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/27/2015
As Peter gains a new cellmate, Michael takes extreme action when his followers begin to mutiny.
Director: Steven A. Adelson
Writer: Adria Lang
7.4/10 342 votes#8 - Vade in Pace
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/2015
The Coast Guard arrives on the island to take the CDC team to another island to deal with another outbreak of the pathogen. Meanwhile, Sister Amy has to contend with Brother Michael and his plans.
Director: Steven A. Adelson
Writer: Bobak Esfarjani
7.0/10 330 votes#9 - Ectogenesis
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/13/2015
Alan, Kyle and Winger search the woods for the tree with red sap that might be a cure for the pathogen.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Timothy J. Lea
7.0/10 337 votes#10 - Mother
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/20/2015
The Abbey becomes a house of horrors as Kyle struggles with his infection and Anne begins to shape a successor to Michael.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Tiffany Greshler
7.0/10 337 votes#11 - Plan B
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/27/2015
The Navy prepare to implement Plan B, a final solution to ensure that the virus and everyone infected with it never make it off the island.
Director: Jeff Renfroe
Writer: Leigh Dana Jackson
7.1/10 322 votes#12 - The Ascendant
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/3/2015
The uninfected are hiding in a secret bunker on the base as the CDC attempt to retrieve the canisters with the virus and the cure while the Ilaria assassins capture Hatake and force him to chose between which one of his children they will kill first.
Director: Jeff Renfroe
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
7.2/10 365 votes#13 - O Brave New World
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/10/2015
Kyle rescues Dr. Sarah Jordan as Alan Farragut fights his own brother, Peter Farragut.
Director: Steven A. Adelson
Writer: Steven Maeda