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The Best Episodes of Sanctuary

Every episode of Sanctuary ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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...
Genres:Action & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Syfy

Best Episodes Summary

"Revelations (2)" is the best rated episode of "Sanctuary". It scored 8.3/10 based on 356 votes. Directed by Martin Wood and written by Damian Kindler, it aired on 1/9/2009. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Sanctuary for None (2)".

  • Revelations (2)
    8.3/10356 votes
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    #1 - Revelations (2)

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/2009

    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.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Sanctuary for None (2)
    8.3/10242 votes
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    #2 - Sanctuary for None (2)

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/30/2011

    With the new Abnormal Homeland now openly under threat, Henry and Tesla learn that the SCIU weaponized Tesla's work to use against Abnormals. Bigfoot and Kate investigate Caleb's rise to power while Will and Abby look into Magnus' past.

    Director: Damian Kindler

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Revelations (1)
    8.2/10346 votes
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    #3 - Revelations (1)

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/2/2009

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

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Sam Egan, Damian Kindler

  • Kali (2)
    8.2/10295 votes
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    #4 - Kali (2)

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/2010

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

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • The Hollow Men
    8.2/10240 votes
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    #5 - The Hollow Men

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/2010

    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.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: James Thorpe

  • End of Nights (2)
    8.1/10312 votes
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    #6 - End of Nights (2)

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2009

    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.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Kali (1)
    8.1/10270 votes
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    #7 - Kali (1)

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2010

    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.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Alan McCullough

  • Kali (3)
    8.0/10275 votes
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    #8 - Kali (3)

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/2010

    The Sanctuary team must find and stop Kali before the tidal wave could kill millions. Meanwhile, in Mumbai, Will is still fighting for his life.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Alan McCullough

  • Bank Job
    8.0/10246 votes
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    #9 - Bank Job

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/2010

    The team goes on a routine mission to retrieve an Abnormal and take it to safety. But the mission becomes anything but routine when they are forced to stage a bank heist in order to protect the public from harm.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: James Thorpe

  • Pax Romana
    8.0/10235 votes
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    #10 - Pax Romana

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 4/15/2011

    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.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • The Five
    7.9/10377 votes
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    #11 - The Five

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2008

    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."

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • End of Nights (1)
    7.9/10324 votes
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    #12 - End of Nights (1)

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2009

    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

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Sleepers
    7.9/10282 votes
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    #13 - Sleepers

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2009

    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.

    Director: Steven A. Adelson

    Writer: James Thorpe

  • For King and Country
    7.9/10242 votes
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    #14 - For King and Country

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2010

    With Adam on lockdown at the Sanctuary, Magnus investigates his connection to Hollow Earth - and Druitt - while being forced to reveal dark secrets about the chaotic origins of the Five.

    Director: Lee Wilson

    Writer: James Thorpe

  • Tempus
    7.9/10246 votes
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    #15 - Tempus

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2011

    Magnus has pursued Adam Worth back to 1898 London to stop him from altering and quite possibly completely destroying the future. As she battles to stop Worth, stay hidden from her past-self, and avoid taking any action that might change the events of history, Magnus must also figure out how to get back to her own present day timeline.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Pavor Nocturnus
    7.8/10297 votes
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    #16 - Pavor Nocturnus

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2009

    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.

    Director: Brenton Spencer

    Writer: Damian Kindler, James Thorpe

  • Veritas
    7.8/10273 votes
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    #17 - Veritas

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2009

    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.

    Director: Amanda Tapping

    Writer: Alan McCullough

  • Breach
    7.8/10236 votes
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    #18 - Breach

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/2010

    Magnus responds to an anonymous call for help at an abandoned building. But when she gets trapped inside, she discovers whoever made the call has a very different agenda.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Awakening
    7.8/10225 votes
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    #19 - Awakening

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 5/16/2011

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

    Director: Lee Wilson

    Writer: Gillian Horvath

  • Into the Black
    7.8/10229 votes
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    #20 - Into the Black

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 6/20/2011

    Receiving word that a large group of Abnormals has been spotted near a South Dakotan cave entrance, Magnus realizes it's the first wave of Abnormals emerging from Hollow Earth.

    Director: Damian Kindler

    Writer: Alan McCullough

  • Monsoon
    7.8/10270 votes
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    #21 - Monsoon

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2011

    Magnus flies to a remote island in Africa to meet with the Sanctuary's new top secret advisor, but lands herself in the middle of a deadly hostage situation.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Haunted
    7.7/10247 votes
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    #22 - Haunted

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2010

    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.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Damian Kindler, James Thorpe

  • Firewall
    7.7/10230 votes
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    #23 - Firewall

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/2010

    Will suffers from amnesia regarding the events of his near-death experience, but some unwanted visitors become intent on finding out what is locked in his memory.

    Director: Martin Wood

    Writer: Damian Kindler

  • Vigilante
    7.7/10221 votes
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    #24 - Vigilante

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2010

    Will takes command of the Sanctuary while Magnus and Druitt search for a critical artifact in London. Knowing that Magnus's only hope for a cure lies in the secret subterranean city, Will ignores her warnings and releases Adam-Hyde in the hope that he will lead them to an access point for Hollow Earth.

    Director: Steven A. Adelson

    Writer: Alan McCullough

  • Carentan
    7.7/10217 votes
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    #25 - Carentan

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 6/6/2011

    A colleague vanishes amid unexplained disappearances in Normandy, France, where Magnus and her team run into a military blockade during their investigation

    Director: Steven A. Adelson

    Writer: James Thorpe