The Best Episodes of The Terror
Every episode of The Terror ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Terror!
A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.
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The best episode of "The Terror" is "Terror Camp Clear", rated 8.6/10 from 2567 user votes. It was directed by Tim Mielants and written by David Kajganich. "Terror Camp Clear" aired on 5/7/2018 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "We Are Gone".
8.6/10 2,567 votes#1 - Terror Camp Clear
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2018-05-07
Deaths under mysterious circumstances create paranoia among the men, and some of the crew may be considering mutiny.
Director: Tim Mielants
Writer: David Kajganich
8.5/10 2,765 votes#2 - We Are Gone
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2018-05-21
The expedition's epic journey reaches its climax as men find themselves in a final confrontation with the Inuit mythology they've trespassed into.
Director: Tim Mielants
Writer: David Kajganich
8.4/10 3,045 votes#3 - The Ladder
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2018-04-02
With something now stalking the ships, the captains debate their options, testing their loyalty to one another against their duty to their crews.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writer: Gina Welch
8.2/10 2,616 votes#4 - First Shot a Winner, Lads
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2018-04-16
A strange illness begins to show itself while another more familiar one jeopardizes the expedition's most valuable resource: its captain's judgment.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writer: Josh Parkinson
8.2/10 2,511 votes#5 - A Mercy
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2018-04-23
With the end of their provisions in sight, officers contemplate a tough, risky strategy while struggling to raise the men's worsening spirits.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writer: Vinnie Wilhelm
8.2/10 2,397 votes#6 - The C, the C, the Open C
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2018-05-14
Hope comes in strange forms, and the question of what the men are willing to do to survive begins to be settled in both noble and horrifying ways.
Director: Tim Mielants
Writer: Soo Hugh
8.1/10 2,432 votes#7 - Horrible from Supper
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2018-04-30
As the men make new attempts to find rescue, a series of shocking events underscores how vulnerable and exposed their situation has become.
Director: Tim Mielants
Writer: Andres Fischer-Centeno
8.0/10 3,749 votes#8 - Go for Broke
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2018-03-26
An accident at sea cripples a Royal Navy expedition 200 miles from finding the Northwest Passage, forcing its captains to make dire choices.
Director: Edward Berger
Writer: David Kajganich
8.0/10 3,270 votes#9 - Gore
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2018-03-26
After a long winter trapped in the ice, scouting parties are sent out in search of open water. One of the teams makes a frightening discovery.
Director: Edward Berger
Writer: Soo Hugh
7.8/10 2,736 votes#10 - Punished, as a Boy
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2018-04-09
A cunning attack on the ships proves the men are not battling an ordinary bear and that the region's Inuit culture may hold a key to their survival.
Director: Edward Berger
Writer: David Kajganich
7.4/10 827 votes#11 - Taizo
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2019-09-16
A story of the past provides insight into the present evil that stalks the Terminal Islanders; Chester returns home to his family; Henry and Asako are faced with a difficult decision.
Director: Everardo Gout
Writer: Max Borenstein, Benjamin Endsley Klein
7.2/10 836 votes#12 - The Weak Are Meat
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2019-09-02
Chester, in search of a better life, is treated with hostility by his fellow Americans; Luz hopes to be accepted by Henry and Asako in their new home as the Japanese American community celebrates Obon, a festival to commemorate the dead.
Director: Michael Lehmann
Writer: Naomi Hisako Iizuka
7.0/10 1,377 votes#13 - A Sparrow in a Swallow’s Nest
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2019-08-12
In 1941, Chester Nakayama finds himself caught between his insular Japanese American neighborhood on Terminal Island, California, and his current life as an all-American guy. When extreme circumstances push both his community and personal life to the brink, Chester must grapple with what kind of a man he wants to be, all while someone watches closely.
Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 810 votes#14 - Shatter Like a Pearl
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2019-09-09
The Japanese Americans are forced to undertake a humiliating exercise that divides the community; Chester comes face to face with a man who forces him to question his very nature; Luz, stricken by grief, is forced to make an important choice.
Director: Lily Mariye
Writer: Steven Hanna
6.8/10 1,013 votes#15 - All the Demons Are Still in Hell
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2019-08-19
After Pearl Harbor, the Terminal Islanders are evicted from their homes and must find shelter elsewhere. While Henry, separated from his family, faces injustice at the hands of the government, Chester engages in a paranoid search for answers.
Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka
Writer: Tony Tost
6.8/10 760 votes#16 - Into the Afterlife
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 2019-10-14
Henry and Asako look to the past to provide answers to their current turmoil; Chester and Luz grapple with their identities in hopes of saving those who are dearest to them; Amy and Yamato-san struggle to once again assimilate into American life.
Director: Fred Toye
Writer: Alexander Woo
6.7/10 901 votes#17 - Gaman
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2019-08-26
As the Terminal Islanders adjust to their new surroundings, Chester tries to provide for his family, while fending off the evil that follows him. Henry reels from the trauma of his imprisonment. Asako sees bad omens. Amy takes up a new job.
Director: Michael Lehmann
Writer: Shannon Goss
6.6/10 724 votes#18 - My Perfect World
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2019-09-23
The Nakayamas have been torn apart; Chester searches for the person he believes can help, by any means necessary; an outbreak in the community forces Amy to act, though she's caught between doing what she's told and doing what's right.
Director: Meera Menon
Writer: Danielle Roderick, Tony Tost
6.6/10 705 votes#19 - Come and Get Me
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2019-10-07
The Terminal Islanders return home to find that things have changed since they left; the Nakayamas, still tense from the pain they've inflicted on one another, must come together to battle the spirit that threatens their future.
Director: Fred Toye
Writer: Naomi Hisako Iizuka, Steven Hanna
6.5/10 730 votes#20 - My Sweet Boy
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2019-09-30
Chester and Luz have reached a turning point in their relationship; Amy must take matters into her own hands as she's tormented by a powerful nemesis; Chester meets a boy who gives him answers.
Director: Toa Fraser
Writer: Shannon Goss, Alessandra DiMona