- 6.5/10112 votes
#1 - The Face
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1989
When two brothers break into an old woman's house to rob her, they wind up killing her, but not before she bites one of them, leaving him with a nasty scar to remember her by.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/10119 votes
#2 - Portrait of the Artist
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1989
The art being displayed in a local exhibit may not be what it appears to be as the haunting figures hanging in the gallery resemble those of recent missing persons.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10126 votes
#3 - A Bond of Silk
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1989
A newlywed couple finds out you get what you pay for when they discover that their honeymoon suite is not quite what they expected.
Director: Ernest D. Farino
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/1097 votes
#4 - Rerun
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1989
A student has somehow brought back a recently deceased TV star that pledges his undying love for her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/10116 votes
#5 - Love Hurts
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1989
A DMV employee begins an affair with his wife and father-in-law being the only thing holding him back. However, the seductress taps into her learned dark magic to make him all hers.
Director: Manny Coto
Writer: Edithe Swensen
- 6.9/10132 votes
#6 - The Farmer's Daughter
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1989
A man takes shelter at a farm for the evening and he is surprised to be sharing a room with the farmer's pretty daughter.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/10102 votes
#7 - Jar
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1989
A private detective looking for a missing person discovers an innkeeper who sells mysterious jars.
Director: Bette Gordon
Writer: N/A
- 5.2/10103 votes
#8 - The Demons
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1989
An alien accidentally conjures an insurance agent who, in order to serve his master's wishes, must summon a demon of his own.
Director: Scott Alexander
Writer: Robert Sheckley, Martin Olson
- 6.7/1095 votes
#9 - Reaper
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1989
A patient at a nursing home makes a deal with the Grim Reaper.
Director: N/A
Writer: Josef Anderson
- 5.0/10100 votes
#10 - The Mandrake Root
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1989
While cleaning her grandmother's house, Angela finds a strange plant growing in the basement. It soon grows into what was once her grandmother's lover who soon seduces her, but has an increasing thirst for blood.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/1093 votes
#11 - Half as Old as Time
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1989
An old man finds a Fountain of Youth, but with a cost...
Director: N/A
Writer: Thomas Babe
- 6.6/10111 votes
#12 - Museum Hearts
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1990
A cheating man finds himself locked after-hours in a museum with three women: his girlfriend; the woman he's cheating on her with; and the reanimated body of a Druid priestess, who claims to be the spirit of woman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1099 votes
#13 - Habitat
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1990
A girl volunteers to become a test study for an alien aboard its ship, only to realize the loneliness is driving her insane.
Director: Bette Gordon
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10115 votes
#14 - Bed and Boar
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1990
A traveling salesman spends the night in a hotel next door to a beautiful woman and her husband, who hides a dark secret.
Director: Sara Driver
Writer: David Odell
- 5.3/10131 votes
#15 - Mr. Swlabr
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/1990
Roy Barton lives a life of misery. Since his dad left he has been made into a slave, serving his mother and sister hand and foot. Hope comes in the form of a creature who calls himself ""Swlabr"". With help from Swlabr, Roy is able to turn the tables on his pesky family.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jule Selbo
- 5.2/1094 votes
#16 - Perchance to Dream
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/1990
A psychiatrist and a girl help a man who is having strange dreams that may well spell his demise.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
- 6.8/10112 votes
#18 - The Offering
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/1990
After receiving a head injury in a car crash, a man recovering in the hospital finds that he can see a strange creature that he believes is the source of cancer.
Director: Ernest D. Farino
Writer: Dan Simmons
- 6.7/10116 votes
#19 - Far Below
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/25/1990
A nosy city official stumbles into a secret operation beneath a New York Subway.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.5/1093 votes
#20 - Micro Minds
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/4/1990
A couple of scientists make a dramatic breakthrough when an antenna finds a signal from intelligent life. However, the world of these beings turns out not to be swimming in a sea of stars, but in a mere tank.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/1083 votes
#21 - Refugee
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/1990
An American secret agent finds himself being tasked with one more mission. He is to help a Soviet scientist, but finds that the forces he is to help her escape from are more dangerous than the Russians.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10111 votes
#22 - The Gift
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/1990
A young boy has been kidnapped and locked in the basement of a cabin where he meets and befriends a strange beast he discovers to be a man with many powers. He can help them escape their captors, but there are unfortunate limits to such abilities.
Director: Jeffrey Wolf
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10107 votes
#23 - The Bargain
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/27/1990
A homely owner of a bookshop is very much in love with a frequent customer who barely seems to know she exists. When she calls a number in a very old magazine, she finds that they are in business and willing to sell her a mask that will guarantee her the beauty that will catch the man's attention.
Director: Tom Noonan
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10105 votes
#24 - The Family Man
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 6/3/1990
A young boy tries to protect his family from an alien, whom he can only see using his dead father's glasses.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gordon Rayfield
The Best Episodes of Monsters Season 2
Every episode of Monsters Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Monsters Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Face" is the best rated episode of "Monsters" season 2. It scored 6.5/10 based on 112 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/1989. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Portrait of the Artist".