8.3/10 698 votes#1 - Get Ready
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 9/17/2018
One last mystery holds the key to saving the world, and Grace must choose how she spends her final days.
Director: Elizabeth Kruger
Writer: Elizabeth Kruger, Craig Shapiro
7.8/10 588 votes#2 - The Wormwood Prophecy
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/13/2017
Darius, Grace and Harris join forces to prove the president was murdered. Also, Grace tells Zoe the truth.
Director: Gregory Prange
Writer: Mike Werb
7.7/10 566 votes#3 - Patriot Games
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/23/2017
Grace narrowly escapes a deadly assassin and Darius and Liam forge unlikely alliances.
Director: Maja Vrvilo
Writer: Gavin Johannsen
7.7/10 607 votes#4 - The Plot Against America
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/20/2017
Harris, Grace and Darius must topple the illegitimate government, and Darius makes final plans for the ark.
Director: Stuart Gillard
Writer: Elizabeth Kruger, Craig Shapiro
7.7/10 412 votes#5 - Celebration Day
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 9/3/2018
A stand-off at the COPE compound leads to tragic results
Director: Stuart Gillard
Writer: Carolyn Townsend
7.6/10 427 votes#6 - White House Down
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/23/2018
Grace forges a dangerous alliance with Claire’s brother, Alonzo. Also, Harris and Darius must work together to face down Bennett’s forces
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Carolyn Townsend
7.6/10 413 votes#7 - Abre Sus Ojos
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/13/2018
Desperate to defuse a nuclear standoff, Liam receives help from an unlikely source. Also, with Darius missing, Harris and Grace take matters into their own hands.
Director: Tessa Blake
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.6/10 396 votes#8 - The Manchurian Candidate
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/20/2018
Darius, Grace and Harris uncover the darkest secret yet, and Liam reconnects with Jillian.
Director: Nina Lopez-Corrado
Writer: Gavin Johannsen, Damani Johnson
7.5/10 643 votes#9 - The Human Strain
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/2/2017
In order to prove to Harris and Grace that he’s not a traitor, Darius must reveal one of his most closely guarded secrets. Also, Liam helps Jillian adjust to her new job at Tanz.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Mike Werb
7.5/10 626 votes#10 - Keeping the Faith
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/2/2017
While Darius works to discover who killed his friend Lazlo, he is forced to reckon with his past, and Liam discovers who’s been selling secrets to the Russians.
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Angela Harvey
7.5/10 600 votes#11 - From Russia, With Love
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/16/2017
Framed for murder, Darius and Grace must try to escape from Russia, and Liam tries to convince Jillian to come back to Tanz.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: Dennis Saldua
7.5/10 551 votes#12 - Coup de Grace
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/30/2017
Grace and Darius seek answers from the President and Harris discovers deadly secrets.
Director: Dan Lerner
Writer: Angela Harvey
7.5/10 426 votes#13 - Let the Chips Fall
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/30/2018
Darius and Grace’s relationship is tested, and President Mackenzie attempts to bring the fractured country together while the hacktivist group ReSyst issues a deadly edict.
Director: Gregory Prange
Writer: K.D. Dávila
7.4/10 603 votes#14 - Chip Off the Ol’ Block
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/9/2017
Darius recruits Grace, Harris and Liam for a dangerous mission, and Jillian confronts Liam about his secret.
Director: Russell Lee Fine
Writer: Blake Taylor
7.4/10 586 votes#15 - Seeing Red
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/16/2017
Grace and Darius slip off to Russia behind Harris’ back in an attempt to stop a potential nuclear conflict. Also, Liam seeks solace with Amanda.
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill
Writer: Christina M. Walker
7.4/10 533 votes#16 - Fall Out
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/25/2018
After a nuclear incident, the secret of the asteroid becomes public, setting the world on a dangerous course. Darius, Grace, Liam and Harris must adapt to new roles in an ever-shifting landscape of fear and civil unrest.
Director: Stuart Gillard
Writer: Elizabeth Kruger, Craig Shapiro
7.4/10 389 votes#17 - Prisoners
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 8/27/2018
Darius forms a dangerous alliance in order to destroy the dark money forces of Q17. Also, Grace takes action when surprising news jolts her world.
Director: Joe Gallagher
Writer: Mark Kruger
7.4/10 385 votes#18 - Hail Marry
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 9/10/2018
The government’s final plans for a doomsday scenario set in motion a surprising chain of events for Grace, Darius and Harris.
Director: Joe Gallagher
Writer: K.D. Dávila, Jeffrey Lieber
7.3/10 533 votes#19 - All In
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/6/2017
Grace and Harris must forge an alliance when their children’s lives are in jeopardy. Also, Liam presents Jillian with an unusual proposal.
Director: Edward Ornelas
Writer: Corey Miller
7.3/10 421 votes#20 - Indivisible
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/16/2018
Grace embarks on a dangerous mission, and Liam and Darius’ relationship is tested.
Director: Dan Lerner
Writer: Damani Johnson
7.2/10 969 votes#21 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/12/2017
When MIT grad student Liam Cole discovers an asteroid is set to collide with Earth in 186 days, he joins forces with tech billionaire Darius Tanz and the U.S. government to try and stop it – and together they stumble onto the greatest conspiracy never told.
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Writer: Elizabeth Kruger, Craig Shapiro, Matt JL Wheeler
7.2/10 749 votes#22 - Another Trip Around the Sun
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/19/2017
Darius and Liam work to invent a theoretically impossible piece of technology to divert the asteroid, and Grace risks everything to help Darius. Also, Liam heads home to Boston to track down critical research, but finds something shocking instead.
Director: Kenneth Fink
Writer: Corey Miller
7.2/10 684 votes#23 - Truth or Darius
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/26/2017
It’s a race against time as Darius must accelerate his plan to stop the asteroid before the Pentagon shuts him down. Also, Grace has to make difficult decisions that could have life or death consequences for millions of people, and Liam and Jillian reunite under surprising circumstances.
Director: Stuart Gillard
Writer: Gavin Johannsen, Dennis Saldua
7.1/10 452 votes#24 - Detente
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/2/2018
Darius and Grace must forge an emotional détente to get international cooperation. Liam meets a new scientist who has a mysterious past.
Director: Ken Fink
Writer: Gavin Johannsen
7.0/10 435 votes#25 - Crimes and Punishment
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/9/2018
Grace is asked to lie under oath. Darius tasks Liam with a dangerous mission. A shocking act of violence plunges the nation into chaos.
Director: Maja Vrvilo
Writer: Mike Werb
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An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery that an asteroid is just six months away from...
Genres:DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:CBS
Top Episode Ratings Summary
"Get Ready" is the best rated episode of "Salvation". It scored 8.3/10 based on 698 votes. Directed by Elizabeth Kruger and written by Elizabeth Kruger, Craig Shapiro, it aired on 9/17/2018. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Wormwood Prophecy".