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The Best Episodes of Justice League

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

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The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Justice League Season 2 Episode 26 - Starcrossed (3)
    9.3/10(1078 votes)

    #1 - Starcrossed (3)

    S2:E26

    The League defeats the squad of hawkmen sent to kill them at the Batcave, but must now figure out how to stop the activation of the hypergate before it destroys Earth.

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  2. Justice League Season 2 Episode 20 - Hereafter (2)
    9.1/10(1099 votes)

    #2 - Hereafter (2)

    S2:E20

    Superman finds himself on a devastated future Earth with the man responsible - Vandal Savage.

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  3. Justice League Season 2 Episode 12 - A Better World (2)
    9.0/10(1067 votes)

    #3 - A Better World (2)

    S2:E12

    The Justice League must escape from their imprisonment at the hands of the Justice Lords and defeat their counterparts with the help of an unlikely ally.

    Director:Dan Riba

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  4. Justice League Season 2 Episode 22 - Wild Cards (2)
    8.9/10(945 votes)

    #4 - Wild Cards (2)

    S2:E22

    The League manage to defuse the Joker's bombs and defeat the four active members of the Royal Flush Gang...but the Joker has an Ace in the hole as he executes his real master plan.

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  5. Justice League Season 2 Episode 25 - Starcrossed (2)
    8.9/10(918 votes)

    #5 - Starcrossed (2)

    S2:E25

    The League manage to escape and take refuge at Wayne Manor, while the Thanagarians scout the planet for them and realize their master plan for Earth.

    Director:Dan Riba

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  6. Justice League Season 2 Episode 11 - A Better World (1)
    8.8/10(1034 votes)

    #6 - A Better World (1)

    S2:E11

    The Justice Lords, an alternate version of the League from a different dimension, capture their counterparts and plan to bring their own brand of justice to the new Earth.

    Director:Dan Riba

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  8. Justice League Season 2 Episode 19 - Hereafter (1)
    8.8/10(987 votes)

    #7 - Hereafter (1)

    S2:E19

    After Superman makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his fellow heroes, the Justice League and rest of the grieving planet must learn to live in a world without Superman.

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  9. Justice League Season 2 Episode 21 - Wild Cards (1)
    8.8/10(940 votes)

    #8 - Wild Cards (1)

    S2:E21

    In the ultimate reality show, the Joker pits the Justice League against the clock and against the Royal Flush Gang as the Justice League races to find and disarm all the bombs he's planted along the Strip in Las Vegas.

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  10. Justice League Season 1 Episode 17 - Injustice for All (2)
    8.7/10(1186 votes)

    #9 - Injustice for All (2)

    S1:E17

    Exposed as a criminal, sentenced to prison, and terminally ill due to long term kryptonite exposure, Lex Luthor escapes and assembles a supervillain team consisting of Cheetah, The Shade, Solomon Grundy, Star Sapphire, Copperhead, and Ultra-Humanite to take on the Justice League, calling themselves the Injustice Gang. The Joker also becomes part of the team, but on his own choice. However, this gang proves short-lived as its major weakness proves no match for Batman's wiles.

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  11. Justice League Season 2 Episode 24 - Starcrossed (1)
    8.7/10(951 votes)

    #10 - Starcrossed (1)

    S2:E24

    The Thangarians, Hawkgirl's people, arrive on Earth to aid them against the menace of the Gordanians. But all is not what it seems.

    Director:Butch Lukic
    Writer:Rich Fogel

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  12. Justice League Season 1 Episode 19 - A Knight of Shadows (2)
    8.6/10(1132 votes)

    #11 - A Knight of Shadows (2)

    S1:E19

    Morgaine and Mordred get the Stone and plan to transform England and restore it to its medieval glory.

    Director:Butch Lukic

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  13. Justice League Season 2 Episode 6 - Only a Dream (2)
    8.6/10(889 votes)

    #12 - Only a Dream (2)

    S2:E6

    Four of the Leaguers are trapped in their dreams by Dr. Destiny - only J'onn and Batman can rescue them...if they don't fall asleep first.

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  14. Justice League Season 2 Episode 2 - Twilight (2)
    8.5/10(889 votes)

    #13 - Twilight (2)

    S2:E2

    The League are forced to battle both Darkseid and Brainiac, while Wonder Woman and Batman seek the aid of Orion, son of Darkseid.

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  15. Justice League Season 1 Episode 16 - Injustice for All (1)
    8.4/10(1166 votes)

    #14 - Injustice for All (1)

    S1:E16

    Exposed as a criminal, sentenced to prison, and terminally ill due to long term kryptonite exposure, Lex Luthor escapes and assembles a supervillain team consisting of Cheetah, The Shade, Solomon Grundy, Star Sapphire, Copperhead, and Ultra-Humanite to take on the Justice League, calling themselves the Injustice Gang. The Joker also becomes part of the team, but on his own choice. However, this gang proves short-lived as its major weakness proves no match for Batman's wiles.

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  16. Justice League Season 1 Episode 18 - A Knight of Shadows (1)
    8.4/10(1142 votes)

    #15 - A Knight of Shadows (1)

    S1:E18

    The sorceress Morgaine Le Fey and her son Mordred search for the Philosopher's Stone, and the Justice League need the help of the Demon Etrigan to thwart her.

    Director:Butch Lukic

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  17. Justice League Season 1 Episode 24 - The Savage Time (3)
    8.4/10(1019 votes)

    #16 - The Savage Time (3)

    S1:E24

    Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor survive the attack and trick the Germans into believing that the communicator was destroyed. GL and Easy Co. find the runaway and discover that Vandal Savage plans to use jet aircraft to invade America. GL boards and tries to stop Vandal's plane while Hawkgirl, Superman, and Flash try to intercept the flight with J'onn's help. With the aid of the Blackhawks and Flash notifying the U.S. Navy, the German flight is shot down and Vandal apparently is killed. The JLA return to the present to find everything restored and Wonder Woman visits a now elderly Steve Trevor in the restored present.

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  18. Justice League Season 2 Episode 4 - Tabula Rasa (2)
    8.4/10(866 votes)

    #17 - Tabula Rasa (2)

    S2:E4

    Even Superman is unable to defeat the android once it duplicates all of the League's powers. Only with the aid of J'onn, suffering a crisis of faith when he is overwhelmed by humanity's pettiness during a telepathic scan, can they turn Amazo against Lex.

    Director:Dan Riba

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  19. Justice League Season 2 Episode 17 - Secret Society (1)
    8.3/10(795 votes)

    #18 - Secret Society (1)

    S2:E17

    Gorilla Grodd brings together a powerful team of villains, welding them together into a close-knit group. Meanwhile the League is plagued by it own internal problems and non-cooperation, leaving them vulnerable to attack.

    Director:Dan Riba

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  20. Justice League Season 2 Episode 18 - Secret Society (2)
    8.3/10(781 votes)

    #19 - Secret Society (2)

    S2:E18

    The Secret Society take advantage of the League's break-up to bring them down until only Green Lantern remains to free his comrades. When he falls as well everything looks hopeless.

    Director:Dan Riba

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  21. Justice League Season 2 Episode 1 - Twilight (1)
    8.2/10(908 votes)

    #20 - Twilight (1)

    S2:E1

    The Justice League is forced to ally with Darkseid against an enemy powerful enough to threaten both Earth and Apokolips.

    Director:Dan Riba

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  22. Justice League Season 2 Episode 3 - Tabula Rasa (1)
    8.2/10(861 votes)

    #21 - Tabula Rasa (1)

    S2:E3

    Lex Luthor, on the run from the League, reactivates an old LexCorp project to stop the League - an android that can duplicate the powers of anyone it sees.

    Director:Dan Riba

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  23. Justice League Season 2 Episode 5 - Only a Dream (1)
    8.2/10(859 votes)

    #22 - Only a Dream (1)

    S2:E5

    The Justice League must deal with a prison break, unaware that prisoner John Dee is using the distraction to gain access to an experimental ESP machine and gain the power to manipulate dreams.

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  24. Justice League Season 2 Episode 16 - The Terror Beyond (2)
    8.2/10(812 votes)

    #23 - The Terror Beyond (2)

    S2:E16

    With the initial ritual destroyed, the League, Fate, and Grundy must travel into the dimension of the Old Ones while Aquaman fights the invaders in the Earth realm.

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  25. Justice League Season 2 Episode 23 - Comfort and Joy
    8.1/10(932 votes)

    #24 - Comfort and Joy

    S2:E23

    The Justice Leaguers go their separate ways to celebrate the holiday season.

    Director:Butch Lukic
    Writer:Paul Dini

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  26. Justice League Season 1 Episode 3 - In Blackest Night (2)
    8.0/10(1483 votes)

    #25 - In Blackest Night (2)

    S1:E3

    Believing that Green Lantern is receiving an unfair trial, the Leaguers investigate, while GL's superiors, the Guardians of the Universe, enter as witnesses. But the whole trial may be a ruse.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Starcrossed (3)" is the best rated episode of "Justice League". It scored 9.3/10 based on 1078 votes. Directed by Butch Lukic and written by Dwayne McDuffie, Rich Fogel, it aired on 5/29/2004. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hereafter (2)".