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The Best Episodes of Quantico

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

A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ABC

Best Episodes Summary

"Run" is the best rated episode of "Quantico". It scored 7.7/10 based on 2433 votes. Directed by Marc Munden and written by Joshua Safran, it aired on 9/27/2015. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "America".

  • Run
    7.7/102,433 votes
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    #1 - Run

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2015

    A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.

    Director: Marc Munden

    Writer: Joshua Safran

  • America
    7.7/101,849 votes
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    #2 - America

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2015

    Alex is on the run and must outsmart Liam and his team to get into her apartment for anything that could help clear her name. Meanwhile, in a flashback to Quantico training, the NATS are tasked with finding a needle in a haystack while looking for potential threats to national security.

    Director: Stephen Kay

    Writer: Joshua Safran

  • Inside
    7.6/101,043 votes
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    #3 - Inside

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2015

    The terrorists responsible for the bombing of Grand Central Station finally reveal themselves, but instead of answers, more questions remain. While back at Quantico, the recruits receive a well-deserved few days off for the holidays, but not everyone is oh so merry when secrets are revealed and lines and blurred.

    Director: Thor Freudenthal

    Writer: Joshua Safran

  • Yes
    7.6/10861 votes
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    #4 - Yes

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2016

    It’s graduation day for the NATS of Quantico, while, in the future, Alex and her team find themselves head-to-head with the terrorist.

    Director: Larry Teng

    Writer: Joshua Safran

  • Cover
    7.5/101,519 votes
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    #5 - Cover

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2015

    At Quantico, Alex finally receives information about her father and his FBI past, but in the future it’s her mother, Sita, who plays a key role when Liam convinces her to participate in a press conference on national television begging Alex to turn herself in. Also at “Quantico,” the NATS learn the art of profiling and focus on their classmates’ strengths and weaknesses, ultimately challenging their confidence and comradery.

    Director: Jennifer Lynch

    Writer: Jordon Nardino

  • Kill
    7.4/101,307 votes
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    #6 - Kill

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2015

    At Quantico, the recruits are tasked with performing a hostage rescue training exercise that shakes Alex, making her question her ability and whether she should quit Quantico. While in the future, Alex continues to search for clues, finding one that questions the innocence of one of her closest classmates. But is her clue really what she thinks? No one is who they seem.

    Director: Rachel Morrison

    Writer: Cherien Dabis

  • Found
    7.4/101,250 votes
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    #7 - Found

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2015

    The trainees leave campus for the first time while undergoing their first undercover assignment. With an evening full of unpredictable events, Alex and Ryan find themselves getting close while the recruits’ skills are tested. In the future, Alex decides to tell her side of the story and sits down for her first public interview leaving everyone watching to wonder who is really telling the truth.

    Director: David McWhirter

    Writer: Jake Coburn, Justin Brenneman

  • Go
    7.4/101,116 votes
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    #8 - Go

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2015

    It’s midterm exam time at Quantico where the NATS are given an explosive assignment which results in some people going home for good. In the future, Alex continues to try and clear her name, finding Nimah and Raina who provide more questions than answers leaving Alex and the world to wonder, “who can you really trust?”

    Director: Patrick R. Norris

    Writer: Logan Slakter

  • Guilty
    7.4/101,008 votes
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    #9 - Guilty

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/2015

    At Quantico, the NATS attend a class with guest speaker Dr. Susan Langdon. Dr. Langdon is a former agent and profiler who tasks the trainees with looking at serial killer cases to find the one victim that doesn’t fit the case, but when Simon becomes too good at finding things that don’t belong, it’s his life that becomes endangered. In the future, Alex is interrogated by a highly sophisticated FBI team while Ryan’s life hangs in the balance

    Director: Stephen Kay

    Writer: Cameron Litvack

  • God
    7.3/101,145 votes
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    #10 - God

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/2015

    The NATs learn surveillance by putting it into practice with Miranda and her troubled son, Charlie. Shelby tries to keep Caleb at a distance, but Raina opens the door to a closer relationship with Simon. In the future, Alex is helped when she tries to hack into an FBI computer.

    Director: Peter Leto

    Writer: Beth Schacter

  • Over
    7.3/101,054 votes
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    #11 - Over

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/2015

    In the future, the FBI computer system is hacked and confidential files go public leading Alex to the conclusion that a second bomb is in play somewhere in NYC. Back at Quantico, the recruits are given individual assignments only to realize they are all connected as part of a lesson to look at the bigger picture.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: Justin Brenneman, Sharbari Z. Ahmed

  • Right
    7.3/10743 votes
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    #12 - Right

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/2016

    The NATS are excited that graduation is near as they prepare to leave Quantico and head out into the real world for their new assignments. In the future, Alex learns someone she cared about at Quantico is not who they seemed to be, as she finds herself at the heart of another possible attack.

    Director: Holly Dale

    Writer: Cameron Litvack

  • The Heaven's Fall
    7.2/10423 votes
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    #13 - The Heaven's Fall

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 6/15/2018

    Jocelyn shares her very personal story of hearing loss when she finds herself face-to-face with the adversary responsible for the bomb explosion that changed her life forever. Meanwhile, the team works together to take him down and infiltrates an illegal, underground operation that has deadly consequences when not everyone comes out alive.

    Director: Russell Lee Fine

    Writer: Brandon Guercio

  • No Place Is Home
    7.2/10397 votes
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    #14 - No Place Is Home

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 7/13/2018

    When Owen and McQuigg learn heartbreaking news about family members, the team goes on high alert as they quickly learn nowhere is safe.

    Director: Kenneth Fink

    Writer: Julia Cohen, Gisselle Legere

  • Quantico
    7.1/101,046 votes
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    #15 - Quantico

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2015

    At Quantico, an emergency disciplinary hearing causes deep secrets to be spilled, while in the future Alex works covertly with her team to find the real bomber before her time runs out.

    Director: Paul A. Edwards

    Writer: Jordon Nardino

  • Alex
    7.1/10876 votes
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    #16 - Alex

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/6/2016

    Alex finds herself in the middle of a congressional hearing to testify about the terrorist bombings. Convinced Elias didn’t act alone, she is determined to find answers and the truth. While back at Quantico, a new group of NATS join Alex and her classmates, causing tension and competition between the groups of trainees.

    Director: Jamie Payne

    Writer: Jake Coburn

  • Turn
    7.1/10780 votes
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    #17 - Turn

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/27/2016

    A terror cell tries to infiltrate Quantico, forcing Miranda and Liam to pay a deadly price. While in the future, Alex continues to get instructions from the terrorist – only this time, it’s Claire Haas’ life that hangs in the balance.

    Director: David McWhirter

    Writer: Cameron Litvack, Logan Slakter

  • KUDOVE
    7.1/10771 votes
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    #18 - KUDOVE

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2016

    While investigating the dark world of espionage at a mysterious CIA training facility, Alex becomes caught at the center of a conspiracy that threatens lives across the globe.

    Director: Patrick R. Norris

    Writer: Joshua Safran, Logan Slakter

  • The Conscience Code
    7.1/10719 votes
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    #19 - The Conscience Code

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/26/2018

    Ryan and Alex recruit Owen and Harry to help rescue their friend and defeat The Widow. To help the cause, Owen brings in former agent Jocelyn Turner, who has her own dark past with The Widow.

    Director: Russell Lee Fine

    Writer: Michael Seitzman

  • The Art of War
    7.1/10355 votes
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    #20 - The Art of War

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 7/20/2018

    Conor Devlin has plans of his own when he plots revenge and returns to his home country, Ireland; meanwhile, the team unknowingly finds themselves as a pawn in his plans.

    Director: Jennifer Phang

    Writer: Tom Mularz, Adam Armus

  • Clear
    7.0/10846 votes
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    #21 - Clear

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/13/2016

    This week the NATS learn how to source information from confidential informants, but when they test their skills in the real world, they soon realize being an agent is not as easy as it seems. Meanwhile, in the future, Alex and a fellow agent find themselves in a life or death situation when they are forced to provide classified information that could result in deadly consequences.

    Director: Jamie Barber

    Writer: Sharbari Z. Ahmed

  • Care
    7.0/10745 votes
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    #22 - Care

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/10/2016

    At Quantico, the NATS’ current assignment is to learn about human trafficking when Liam and Miranda challenge them to cross the U.S. / Canadian border without passports. Meanwhile, in the future, Simon continues to help Alex try to find the terrorist, but doing so puts his own life in great risk.

    Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Anthony Wolberg

    Writer: Logan Slakter, Braden Marks

  • LIPSTICK
    7.0/10628 votes
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    #23 - LIPSTICK

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2016

    New CIA recruits run counter-surveillance exercises at The Farm. In the future, Ryan and Raina try to thwart the terrorists' plan to blend in with hostages

    Director: Patrick R. Norris

    Writer: Cami Delavigne

  • Ghosts
    7.0/10344 votes
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    #24 - Ghosts

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 7/27/2018

    Conor Devlin continues to seek revenge as someone from Alex’s past comes back into her life.

    Director: Russell Lee Fine

    Writer: Julia Cohen, Matthew Klam

  • Soon
    6.9/10709 votes
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    #25 - Soon

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/17/2016

    At Quantico, the NATs look into each other’s background to determine who gets high-level security clearance, and in the process Alex, Shelby and Iris learn some surprising truths about Drew, Will and Caleb. Meanwhile, in the future, Alex contacts Claire Haas (guest star Marcia Cross) in order to find her missing friends and is shocked when she discovers what happened to Cale.

    Director: P.J. Pesce

    Writer: Cherien Dabis