The Best Episodes of Monsters Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.5/10(141 votes)

   #1 - The Face

   S2:E110/1/1989

   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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   Writer:Neal Marshall Stevens
2. 

   6.7/10(148 votes)

   #2 - Portrait of the Artist

   S2:E210/8/1989

   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:Gerald Cotts

   Writer:D. Keith Mano

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   Director:Gerald Cotts

   Writer:D. Keith Mano
3. 

   7.1/10(158 votes)

   #3 - A Bond of Silk

   S2:E310/15/1989

   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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   Director:Ernest Farino

   Writer:Michael Kimball
4. 

   5.3/10(127 votes)

   #4 - Rerun

   S2:E410/22/1989

   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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   Director:John Auerbach

   Writers:Peg Haller, Bob Schneider
5. 

   6.3/10(141 votes)

   #5 - Love Hurts

   S2:E510/29/1989

   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

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   Director:Manny Coto

   Writer:Edithe Swensen
6. 

   6.8/10(163 votes)

   #6 - The Farmer's Daughter

   S2:E611/5/1989

   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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   Director:Michael Warren Powell

   Writers:Bob Balaban, Kenneth Pressman
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   6.4/10(131 votes)

   #7 - Jar

   S2:E711/12/1989

   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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   Director:Bette Gordon

   Writers:Peg Haller, Bob Schneider
8. 

   5.3/10(129 votes)

   #8 - The Demons

   S2:E811/19/1989

   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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   Director:Scott Alexander

   Writers:Martin Olson, Robert Sheckley
9. 

   6.7/10(124 votes)

   #9 - Reaper

   S2:E911/26/1989

   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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   Director:John Lafia

   Writer:Josef Anderson
10. 

    5.1/10(129 votes)

    #10 - The Mandrake Root

    S2:E1012/10/1989

    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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    Writer:Harvey Jacobs
11. 

    5.9/10(115 votes)

    #11 - Half As Old As Time

    S2:E1112/17/1989

    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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    Director:Christopher Todd

    Writer:Thomas Babe
12. 

    6.2/10(138 votes)

    #12 - Museum Hearts

    S2:E121/7/1990

    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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    Director:Theodore Gershuny

    Writer:Theodore Gershuny
13. 

    5.6/10(123 votes)

    #13 - Habitat

    S2:E131/14/1990

    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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    Director:Bette Gordon

    Writer:David Morrell
14. 

    6.3/10(143 votes)

    #14 - Bed and Boar

    S2:E141/21/1990

    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

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    Director:Sara Driver

    Writer:David Odell
15. 

    5.3/10(155 votes)

    #15 - Mr. Swlabr

    S2:E151/28/1990

    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.

    Director:Warner Shook

    Writer:Jule Selbo

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    Director:Warner Shook

    Writer:Jule Selbo
16. 

    5.5/10(119 votes)

    #16 - Perchance to Dream

    S2:E162/4/1990

    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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    Director:Paul Boyington

    Writer:Michael Reaves
17. 

    6.0/10(130 votes)

    #17 - One Wolf's Family

    S2:E172/11/1990

    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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    Writer:Paul Dini
18. 

    6.5/10(135 votes)

    #18 - The Offering

    S2:E182/18/1990

    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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    Director:Ernest Farino

    Writer:Dan Simmons
19. 

    6.8/10(137 votes)

    #19 - Far Below

    S2:E192/25/1990

    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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    Director:Debra Hill

    Writer:Michael McDowell
20. 

    5.7/10(116 votes)

    #20 - Micro Minds

    S2:E203/4/1990

    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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    Director:Anthony Santa Croce

    Writer:David E. Smith
21. 

    5.5/10(103 votes)

    #21 - Refugee

    S2:E215/13/1990

    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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    Writer:Haskell Barkin
22. 

    5.8/10(133 votes)

    #22 - The Gift

    S2:E225/20/1990

    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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    Director:Jeffrey Wolf

    Writer:David E. Smith
23. 

    6.7/10(131 votes)

    #23 - The Bargain

    S2:E235/27/1990

    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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    Director:Tom Noonan

    Writer:Tom Noonan
24. 

    6.3/10(128 votes)

    #24 - The Family Man

    S2:E246/3/1990

    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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    Director:Michael Warren Powell

    Writers:Allen Coulter, Gordon Rayfield