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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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Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. Similarly to Tales from the Darkside, Monsters shared the same producer, and

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Monsters Season 2 Episode 3 - A Bond of Silk
    7.1/10(158 votes)

    S2:E3

    A newlywed couple book the basement suite of a fancy hotel which turns out to be the lair of a monstrously sized arachnid.

    Director:Ernest Farino
    Writer:Michael Kimball

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  2. Monsters Season 2 Episode 6 - The Farmer's Daughter
    6.8/10(164 votes)

    S2:E6

    A man takes shelter at a farm for the evening, where he's surprised to be sharing a room with the farmer's pretty daughter.

    Director:Michael Warren Powell
    Writers:Bob Balaban, Kenneth Pressman

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  3. Monsters Season 2 Episode 19 - Far Below
    6.8/10(138 votes)

    S2:E19

    Sent to investigate why a subway maintenance crew is paid so highly, a nosy city official gets far more than he bargained for.

    Director:Debra Hill
    Writer:Michael McDowell

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  4. Monsters Season 2 Episode 2 - Portrait of the Artist
    6.7/10(149 votes)

    S2:E2

    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:Gerald Cotts
    Writer:D. Keith Mano

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  5. Monsters Season 2 Episode 9 - Reaper
    6.7/10(124 votes)

    S2:E9

    An elderly man in a nursing home, terrified of death, makes a deal with the Grim Reaper — if he gets more souls for Death, he gets to live a bit longer. Things complicate when he falls for a caring elderly nurse.

    Director:John Lafia
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  6. Monsters Season 2 Episode 23 - The Bargain
    6.7/10(132 votes)

    S2:E23

    A lonely bookstore owner goes to extreme lengths to transform her appearance in order to woo a handsome customer.

    Director:Tom Noonan
    Writer:Tom Noonan

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  7. Monsters Season 2 Episode 1 - The Face
    6.5/10(141 votes)

    S2:E1

    Two burgling brothers try to rob an old woman and the more ruthless of the two ends up killing her by accident after she bites him. Soon, the infected wound starts to turn into a face.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writer:Neal Marshall Stevens

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  8. Monsters Season 2 Episode 18 - The Offering
    6.5/10(136 votes)

    S2:E18

    After receiving a head injury in a car crash, Lewis, recovering in the hospital, finds that he can see a strange creature that he believes is the source of cancer.

    Director:Ernest Farino
    Writer:Dan Simmons

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  9. Monsters Season 2 Episode 7 - Jar
    6.4/10(131 votes)

    S2:E7

    While managing a remote inn near a wilderness swamp, an innkeeper makes ends meet by selling jars of items from the swamp. One particular item helps others to 'meet ends'. A curious private eye checks into the inn in search of a missing person, and meets Ann, who has brought her husband there to get him away from it all.

    Director:Bette Gordon
    Writers:Peg Haller, Bob Schneider

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  10. Monsters Season 2 Episode 5 - Love Hurts
    6.3/10(141 votes)

    S2:E5

    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

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  11. Monsters Season 2 Episode 14 - Bed and Boar
    6.3/10(145 votes)

    S2:E14

    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

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  12. Monsters Season 2 Episode 24 - The Family Man
    6.3/10(129 votes)

    S2:E24

    A young boy tries to protect his family from his mother's new boyfriend, who is in fact an alien, but the lad can only see the true reptile using his dead father's glasses.

    Director:Michael Warren Powell
    Writers:Allen Coulter, Gordon Rayfield

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  13. Monsters Season 2 Episode 12 - Museum Hearts
    6.2/10(140 votes)

    S2:E12

    A lothario and two women he cheated on are trapped in a museum basement with the ancient bog body of a man-hating druid priestess, who worshiped Ceridwen.

    Director:Theodore Gershuny
    Writer:Theodore Gershuny

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  14. Monsters Season 2 Episode 17 - One Wolf's Family
    6.0/10(131 votes)

    S2:E17

    Anya, a girl from a family of wolves, plans to marry Stanley, but her father objects as Stanley is a were-hyena.

    Director:Alex Zamm
    Writer:Paul Dini

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  15. Monsters Season 2 Episode 11 - Half As Old As Time
    5.9/10(116 votes)

    S2:E11

    Ready to pay any price to stay young, a dying old man asks his archaeologist daughter to reveal the secret location of a forbidden Native American Fountain of Youth supposedly protected by an evil snake god.

    Director:Christopher Todd
    Writer:Thomas Babe

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  16. Monsters Season 2 Episode 22 - The Gift
    5.8/10(133 votes)

    S2:E22

    A rich kid is kidnapped for ransom by two ruthless criminals and taken to a remote cabin. In its basement, he finds a mysterious but benevolent beast-man who offers him a supernatural escape. But there's a price.

    Director:Jeffrey Wolf
    Writer:David E. Smith

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  17. Monsters Season 2 Episode 20 - Micro Minds
    5.7/10(118 votes)

    S2:E20

    An astronomy student believes she has contacted an alien lifeform that is frighteningly close to earth.

    Director:Anthony Santa Croce
    Writer:David E. Smith

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  18. Monsters Season 2 Episode 13 - Habitat
    5.6/10(124 votes)

    S2:E13

    A woman agrees to be an alien test subject, only to lose her mind with loneliness.

    Director:Bette Gordon
    Writer:David Morrell

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  19. Monsters Season 2 Episode 16 - Perchance to Dream
    5.5/10(120 votes)

    S2:E16

    Following a blow to the head, Alex's nightmares appear to be becoming reality. His girlfriend seeks a psychologist's help and he suggests for Alex to enter the dream world and face his subconsciousness.

    Director:Paul Boyington
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  20. Monsters Season 2 Episode 21 - Refugee
    5.5/10(104 votes)

    S2:E21

    A retiring disillusioned top American spy is enlisted one last time to retrieve a defecting female Soviet physicist, but an unexpected visit from the agents of Hell to the safehouse, where the two are hiding from the KGB, complicates things.

    Director:Scott Vickrey
    Writer:Haskell Barkin

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  21. Monsters Season 2 Episode 4 - Rerun
    5.3/10(127 votes)

    S2:E4

    A teenage girl resurrects a recently deceased movie star that pledges his undying love for her. Her best friend enlists the formerly late actor's agent for help.

    Director:John Auerbach
    Writers:Peg Haller, Bob Schneider

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  22. Monsters Season 2 Episode 8 - The Demons
    5.3/10(130 votes)

    S2:E8

    Greedy alien Arcturus tries to enslave a demon to grant his wishes, but instead gets a Chicago insurance agent named Arthur Gammet. Poor Arthur must fulfill the alien's wishes, even if it means getting a demon of his own.

    Director:Scott Alexander
    Writers:Martin Olson, Robert Sheckley

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  23. Monsters Season 2 Episode 15 - Mr. Swlabr
    5.3/10(156 votes)

    S2:E15

    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.

    Director:Warner Shook
    Writer:Jule Selbo

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  24. Monsters Season 2 Episode 10 - The Mandrake Root
    5.1/10(129 votes)

    S2:E10

    In her basement, a married woman finds her late grandmother's exotic plant: the mythical mandrake root, an ingredient used in black magic to create the perfect lover that unfortunately feeds on human blood.

    Director:Brian Thomas Jones
    Writer:Harvey Jacobs

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"A Bond of Silk" is the best rated episode of "Monsters" season 2. It scored 7.1/10 based on 158 votes. Directed by Ernest Farino and written by Michael Kimball, it aired on 10/15/1989. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Farmer's Daughter".