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The Best Episodes of The Irrational Season 2

Every episode of The Irrational Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Irrational Season 2!

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Alec Mercer is a world-renowned professor of behavioral psychology with a unique insight into human nature who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, corporations and law enforcement. However, he meets

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Irrational Season 2 Episode 1 - Collateral Damage
    4.6/10(5 votes)

    #1 - Collateral Damage

    S2:E1

    When Rose goes missing, Alec quickly discovers this is no ordinary kidnapping. While Rose plays a dangerous game to stall for time, Alec takes matters into his own hands to find her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 2 - A Kick in the Teeth
    5.0/10(4 votes)

    #2 - A Kick in the Teeth

    S2:E2

    The FBI needs Alec and his team to help stop a serial killer terrorizing the suburbs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 3 - Bad Blood
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Bad Blood

    S2:E3

    Alex investigates the death of a rising star on Wall Street who was killed during her hockey game.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 4 - Formal Ties
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Formal Ties

    S2:E4

    Alec and Marisa attend a wedding inside a foreign embassy that turns into a murder investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jojo S. Wright

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  5. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 5 - Anatomy of a Fall
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Anatomy of a Fall

    S2:E5

    Simon's mother asks Alec to help stop a suicide contagion when a third student death strikes the campus. Alex asks Marisa to help when he thinks there might be more to the case. Phoebe struggles with her next career move

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 6 - The Wrong Side of Maybe
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Wrong Side of Maybe

    S2:E6

    Alec and the team work to prevent a looming train disaster. Phoebe, Simon and Rizwan struggle to figure out the new power dynamics between them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 7 - Stan by Me
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Stan by Me

    S2:E7

    Alec enters the world of K-Pop fandom when a superfan is murdered, and the only suspect is the pop star the fan idolizes. Alec and Rose dig beneath the surface to uncover what happened and, in the process, he uncovers more about her past.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 8 - Lost Souls
    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Lost Souls

    S2:E8

    When an acclaimed tennis player goes missing in a remote forest, Alec is called to help find her and bring her to safety. However, a medical emergency threatens to sideline Alec, leaving Marisa and Rose to race against time and rescue the woman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 9 - Another Man's Treasure
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Another Man's Treasure

    S2:E9

    Alec and Marisa investigate a museum heist and a curator and his son might hold the key; the case raises ethical questions about the controversial practice of buying and selling cultural artifacts, which brings old memories for Marisa.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 10 - Now You Don't
    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Now You Don't

    S2:E10

    Alec brings Rose on a date to a magic club he frequents where a friend is the headliner; the evening turns deadly when an audience volunteer is inexplicably killed onstage, and seemingly by magic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 11 - Ghost Ship
    3.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Ghost Ship

    S2:E11

    Alec and Marisa investigate a mysterious ghost ship that has washed up on the shores of his hometown. This forces him to revisit his past and spend time with his father with whom he has a fraught and complicated relationship

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 12 - Straight From the Heart
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Straight From the Heart

    S2:E12

    Renee seeks Alec's help after she has a dream containing details about a murder that actually happened. The case grows more intriguing when they realize the victim was Renee's heart transplant donor. Marisa is surprised by a visitor from her past

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 13 - Murder, She Rode
    3.0/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Murder, She Rode

    S2:E13

    After a champion horse throws and kills his rider, Alec and Phoebe are called upon to save the horse from being euthanized. Their investigation reveals what happened isn’t at all as it appears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 14 - The Milgram Experiment
    4.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - The Milgram Experiment

    S2:E14

    Alec helps Rose when an attorney general is threatened by a scandalous deep fake video that puts lives in danger. The head of Rose’s firm arrives from Europe and gets entangled in their case work, leading Alec to do an experiment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 15 - Conversation Games
    3.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Conversation Games

    S2:E15

    When Kylie and Marisa find evidence that a tech billionaire may be a serial killer, Alec quickly determines the only way to prove the killer’s guilt is for Alec to extract a confession, which leads into a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 16 - The Overview Effect
    4.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Overview Effect

    S2:E16

    With an astronaut trapped in space, Alec is tapped to evaluate whether the pair of astronauts assigned to rescue them—a married couple—can safely complete the mission, until an accident during a training exercise puts the mission at risk.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 17 - Suddenly, Alec
    3.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Suddenly, Alec

    S2:E17

    In order to solve an actor's murder, Alec and Rose must go undercover to infiltrate a community theater production of "Little Shop of Horrors," but joining the cast may put them right in the killer's cross-hairs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 18 - The Exchange
    3.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - The Exchange

    S2:E18

    When Alec is recruited to assist with a multi-national prisoner exchange that has gone awry, he sees an opportunity to rescue a wrongfully imprisoned colleague. The case pulls Alec and Rose into the dangerous world of international espionage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Collateral Damage" is the best rated episode of "The Irrational" season 2. It scored 4.6/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/8/2024. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Kick in the Teeth".