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The Best Episodes of Sanctuary

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The Best Episodes of Sanctuary

The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals—a...

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  1. Background image for Revelations (2)
    8.3/10(369 votes)

    #1 - Revelations (2)

    S1:E13

    The Five, led by Magnus, attempt to find the secret labyrinth in the decimated city of Bhalasaam. Once located, they must complete a series of cryptic tests that can only be achieved using each of their unique powers.

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  2. Background image for Kali (2)
    8.2/10(306 votes)

    #2 - Kali (2)

    S2:E13

    Will begins to experience strange visions that are connected to the Cult of Kali. Magnus has difficulty with finding the solution to their problems.

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  3. Background image for Revelations (1)
    8.1/10(361 votes)

    #3 - Revelations (1)

    S1:E12

    Abnormals in remote regions are subjected to an airborne biological agent that compels them to launch a violent string of murders

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  4. Background image for End of Nights (2)
    8.1/10(326 votes)

    #4 - End of Nights (2)

    S2:E2

    The Cabal's new "Super-Abnormals" begin destroying Sanctuaries around the world. It won't be long before they launch their attack on the Old City Sanctuary, and Magnus must choose between saving Ashley and saving the Sanctuary Network.

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  5. Background image for Kali (1)
    8.1/10(281 votes)

    #5 - Kali (1)

    S2:E12

    The team investigate a murder in Mumbai, and find a connection to the ancient cult of Kali, whose followers can foretell disaster. However, Will falls ill and disappears, and is somehow linked to the mystery.

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  6. Background image for The Five
    7.9/10(391 votes)

    #6 - The Five

    S1:E7

    While leading a covert meeting in Rome, Magnus encounters an old friend from her past who confides that the cabal has come to exact revenge on her for the events in "Fata Morgana."

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  8. Background image for End of Nights (1)
    7.9/10(337 votes)

    #7 - End of Nights (1)

    S2:E1

    The search for Ashley puts Magnus and her allies in the path of Kate Freelander (Agam Darshi), a con artist with ties to the Cabal who divulges the location of a secret facility

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  9. Background image for Sleepers
    7.9/10(294 votes)

    #8 - Sleepers

    S2:E10

    When rich youngsters begin to disappear after an apparent death and then come back to life, the trail leads Will & Magnus to a drug clinic in Mexico run by Nicola Tesla. Knowing his all-times plans, big trouble to be expected.

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  10. Background image for Veritas
    7.8/10(285 votes)

    #9 - Veritas

    S2:E7

    Will goes up against the heads of the Sanctuary Network to defend Magnus who is charged with a shocking murder. But as the evidence stacks up against her, even Will has trouble finding a way to convincingly defend her innocence.

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  11. Background image for Pavor Nocturnus
    7.7/10(309 votes)

    #10 - Pavor Nocturnus

    S2:E5

    A disoriented Magnus wakes up to find the Sanctuary in ruins and the entire city decimated, with no memory of how the devastation occurred. While surveying the destruction, she is attacked by an inhuman creature but saved by two armed men who stun her and take her to an abandoned warehouse. After being hosed down and left shivering and exhausted, Magnus fears the worst when a battle-scarred figure enters the room.

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  12. Background image for Haunted
    7.7/10(257 votes)

    #11 - Haunted

    S2:E11

    The team rescues the occupants of a sinking ship off the coast of South Africa and teleport them to the Sanctuary. However, Magnus suspects Druitt of murdering one of the passengers during the rescue.

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  13. Background image for Edward
    7.6/10(367 votes)

    #12 - Edward

    S1:E8

    A young artist with an uncanny ability to draw remarkably detailed pictures from memory may be the key to solving a case surrounding the suspicious death of his abusive father.

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    Writer:Sam Egan
  14. Background image for Sanctuary for All (2)
    7.5/10(483 votes)

    #13 - Sanctuary for All (2)

    S1:E2

    As Will attempts to help Alexi cope with his abnormality, Helen gets a visitor from her past.

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  15. Background image for Requiem
    7.5/10(374 votes)

    #14 - Requiem

    S1:E9

    Magnus and Will investigate a distressing call for help deep below the Bermuda Triangle resulting in a deadly battle to save Magnus’s life.

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  16. Background image for Instinct
    7.5/10(357 votes)

    #15 - Instinct

    S1:E11

    Magnus and the Sanctuary team attempt to capture a rare and deadly creature - all under the watchful eye of a local news crew.

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  17. Background image for Penance
    7.5/10(290 votes)

    #16 - Penance

    S2:E9

    While an old friend of Magnus', a pouched abnormal named Jimmy, is handing over a fire elemental to the Sanctuary team, they are attacked by a gang of criminal abnormals from Chicago. The situation presents a lot of mysteries to be solved and quickly.

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  18. Background image for Eulogy
    7.4/10(316 votes)

    #17 - Eulogy

    S2:E3

    With chaos all around them, the team must come to terms with how to rebuild after the Cabal’s attacks. Magnus takes a methodical approach to prove Ashley is still alive, while Will and Henry take on the daunting task of processing the hundreds of Abnormals who now seek refuge at the Sanctuary.

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  19. Background image for Hero
    7.4/10(297 votes)

    #18 - Hero

    S2:E4

    A superhero is trapped by Magnus, and his lack of finesse affects the team's work. Elsewhere, Will and Declan go on the search for a creature that's loose in the city, after the discovery of an eggshell.

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  20. Background image for Pax Romana
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Pax Romana

    S3:E11

    Magnus is revived to answer Ranna's questions and soon figures out that despite Ranna's efforts the city is in great deal of trouble and the fall of Praxis could also threaten the surface world however Magnus is able to help. Magnus and Ranna makes an understanding to help and she revives rest of the gang. Magnus manages to save the city with the help from Gregory Magnus meanwhile Will tries to breakdown Adam's plan that can cause huge trouble.

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  21. Background image for Awakening
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Awakening

    S3:E16

    Magnus and Tesla investigate a former Praxian stronghold and unintentionally stumble on vampiric secrets.

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  22. Background image for Sanctuary for All (1)
    7.3/10(575 votes)

    #21 - Sanctuary for All (1)

    S1:E1

    The enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus recruits insightful forensic psychiatrist Will Zimmerman to join her in the quest to track, study and protect the strange and often terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world.

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  23. Background image for Kush
    7.3/10(388 votes)

    #22 - Kush

    S1:E5

    After capturing a particularly elusive abnormal the plane carrying Dr. Magnus and Will crashes while transporting the creature. Dr. Magnus and Will soon discover why this abnormal has never been captured before.

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  24. Background image for Nubbins
    7.3/10(416 votes)

    #23 - Nubbins

    S1:E6

    When a mating pair of cute, furry and seemingly harmless abnormals is brought in for scientific study, the Sanctuary team begins to exhibit some hidden animal attractions for one another.

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    Director:Peter DeLuise
    Writer:Sam Egan
  25. Background image for Fragments
    7.3/10(281 votes)

    #24 - Fragments

    S2:E6

    Dr. Helen Magnus fights to save the life of one of the Sanctuary’s research scientists who was viciously attacked by a seemingly docile Abnormal. Baffled by the creature’s uncharacteristic behavior, Henry tries to figure out what, or who, caused the domesticated Abnormal to react so violently.

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  26. Background image for The Hollow Men
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #25 - The Hollow Men

    S3:E10

    Seeking a gateway to the secret subterranean city, Magnus leads a treacherous mission to Tibet - telling a bitter Adam that he must stay behind while promising to bring back a cure for their radiation sickness. Because of their source blood, Magnus insists that Tesla and Druitt stay behind as well, taking the only shield Tesla was able to construct for herself. The hidden city, however, is rigged with deadly security traps - and death awaits the team at every turn.

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    Director:Martin Wood

Best Episodes Summary

"Revelations (2)" is the best rated episode of "Sanctuary". It scored 8.3/10 based on 369 votes. Directed by Martin Wood and written by Damian Kindler, it aired on 1/9/2009. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Kali (2)".