8.5/10264 votesLoading...#1 - The Gun Model
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/12/2014
Akley becomes vulnerable when he tries to fix Thin Man's shortcomings.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: Lila Byock
8.5/10276 votesLoading...#2 - Perestroika
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/19/2014
Frank is offered a life-changing opportunity. At the same time, the U.S. Army put Charlie on the hot seat.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Sam Shaw
8.5/10224 votesLoading...#3 - Jupiter
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2015
A new era is ushered in with the first test of an atomic weapon.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Sam Shaw
8.1/10182 votesLoading...#4 - Brooklyn
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2015
Days before the world's first nuclear explosion, everyone races to secure their place in history.
Director: Michael Uppendahl
Writer: Dustin Thomason
8.0/10243 votesLoading...#5 - The Second Coming
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/14/2014
Both Charlie and Frank face serious questions as to the future of their projects.
Director: Daniel Stern
Writer: Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason
8.0/10245 votesLoading...#6 - Tangier
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/5/2014
A development overseas re-invigorates the hunt for a spy on The Hill. Charlie and Abby make a sacrifice when the plan with Frank is threatened.
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Writer: Scott Brown
7.9/10278 votesLoading...#7 - Last Reasoning of Kings
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/17/2014
The arrival of a high-profile guest shakes things up. Frank is haunted by his past.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: Tom Spezialy, Gideon Yago
7.9/10216 votesLoading...#8 - Fatherland
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2015
Frank discovers the real reason he's been taken captive.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: Scott Brown
7.8/10233 votesLoading...#9 - Spooky Action at a Distance
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/21/2014
Frank and Charlie hatch a plan.
Director: Andrew Bernstein
Writer: Mark Lafferty
7.8/10243 votesLoading...#10 - The Understudy
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/28/2014
An unexpected visitor arrives on the Hill.
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Writer: Tom Spezialy
7.8/10233 votesLoading...#11 - Damnatio Memoriae
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2015
Charlie is forced into a new leadership role in the race to build the world’s first atomic bomb.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Sam Shaw
7.8/10202 votesLoading...#12 - The Threshold
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2015
Liza faces off against Darrow as Abby learns a secret about Oppenheimer.
Director: Andrew Bernstein
Writer: Lila Byock, Vinnie Wilhelm
7.7/10333 votesLoading...#13 - The Prisoner's Dilemma
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/3/2014
Frank attempts to save his team, and pays the price; at the same time, the wives get creative trying to make life on the Hill more interesting.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Sam Shaw
7.7/10279 votesLoading...#14 - A New Approach to Nuclear Cosmology
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/24/2014
Frank clashes with Charlie to protect Babbit, who has become the subject of an investigation.
Director: Bill D'Elia
Writer: Mark Lafferty, Noelle Valdivia
7.7/10261 votesLoading...#15 - Acceptable Limits
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/31/2014
Frank seeks medical answers; Charlie and Helen travel to survey an off-site reactor.
Director: Michael Uppendahl
Writer: Dustin Thomason
7.7/10260 votesLoading...#16 - The New World
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/7/2014
Helen and Charlie deal with a crisis; Abby embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Director: Rosemary Rodriguez
Writer: Lila Byock, Dustin Thomason
7.7/10182 votesLoading...#17 - Behold The Lord High Executioner
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/2015
The hunt for a Soviet spy turns deadly.
Director: Jennifer Getzinger
Writer: Lila Byock, Vinnie Wilhelm
7.6/10285 votesLoading...#18 - The Hive
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/10/2014
The loss of one of their own leaves the community reeling; and new security measures interfere with the work being performed by the scientists.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: Nathaniel Halpern, Lisa Melamed
7.6/10195 votesLoading...#19 - Overlord
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2015
Oppenheimer puts Charlie in a precarious position.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: Alexander Woo
7.6/10182 votesLoading...#20 - The World of Tomorrow
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2015
Frank attempts to navigate his new place on the Hill.
Director: Daniel Stern
Writer: Mark Lafferty
7.6/10184 votesLoading...#21 - 33
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2015
The scientists and the Army battle for control of the bomb.
Director: Kimberly Peirce
Writer: Scott Brown, Megan Ferrell Burke
7.6/10169 votesLoading...#22 - Human Error
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2015
As the project falters, Charlie turns to an unlikely partner for help.
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Writer: Mark Lafferty
7.5/10417 votesLoading...#23 - You Always Hurt the Ones You Love
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/27/2014
A drama about the clandestine race to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, N.M., centers on a self-destructive professor who is commissioned to help lead the Manhattan Project in the series opener.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Sam Shaw
The Best Episodes of Manhattan
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Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic...
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Network:WGN America
Best Episodes Summary
"The Gun Model" is the best rated episode of "Manhattan". It scored 8.5/10 based on 264 votes. Directed by Daniel Attias and written by Lila Byock, it aired on 10/12/2014. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Perestroika".