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The Best Episodes of Timeless Season 1

Every episode of Timeless Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Timeless Season 1!

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A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Timeless Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.7/10(2674 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    A history professor's life is turned upside down when she's tapped to join an unlikely team tasked with stopping a man bent on changing the past - and possibly destroying the future.

    Director:Neil Marshall
    Writers:Shawn Ryan, Eric Kripke

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  2. Timeless Season 1 Episode 2 - The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    8.0/10(2215 votes)

    #2 - The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    S1:E2

    The team travels back to the assassination of Lincoln to stop Flynn from making that night an even bigger tragedy.

    Director:Neil Marshall
    Writer:Tom Smuts

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  3. Timeless Season 1 Episode 3 - Atomic City
    7.6/10(1990 votes)

    #3 - Atomic City

    S1:E3

    In Rat Pack-era Vegas, the team is hot on Flynn’s heels with the era’s most infamous mistress in toe.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Lana Cho

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  4. Timeless Season 1 Episode 4 - Party at Castle Varlar
    7.9/10(1952 votes)

    #4 - Party at Castle Varlar

    S1:E4

    The trio teams up with one of literature's most popular figures, James Bond creator Ian Fleming, to defeat Flynn's sinister plot in Nazi Germany.

    Director:Billy Gierhart
    Writer:Jim Barnes

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  5. Timeless Season 1 Episode 5 - The Alamo
    8.0/10(1920 votes)

    #5 - The Alamo

    S1:E5

    The team races to stop Flynn before the bloody Battle of the Alamo ensues, but will it be victory or death for our time-traveling trio?

    Director:John Terlesky
    Writer:Anne Cofell Saunders

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  6. Timeless Season 1 Episode 6 - The Watergate Tape
    7.9/10(1778 votes)

    #6 - The Watergate Tape

    S1:E6

    The trio races to catch Flynn in 1972 before he can steal the mysterious missing minutes of the Watergate tape, but personal secrets threaten to tear the team apart.

    Director:Greg Beeman
    Writer:Kent Rotherham

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  7. Timeless Season 1 Episode 7 - Stranded
    7.8/10(1707 votes)

    #7 - Stranded

    S1:E7

    The team must battle the French, Indians and Mother Nature after Flynn sabotages the Lifeboat and traps them back in Western Pennsylvania circa 1754.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:Arika Lisanne Mittman

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  8. Timeless Season 1 Episode 8 - Space Race
    8.1/10(1767 votes)

    #8 - Space Race

    S1:E8

    Back in 1969, the team goes undercover at NASA to stop Flynn from sabotaging the moon landing and killing the crew of Apollo 11.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Matt Whitney

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  9. Timeless Season 1 Episode 9 - Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde
    8.1/10(1749 votes)

    #9 - Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde

    S1:E9

    On the run with the bank-robbing Barrow gang, the team needs to gain the trust of ill-fated lovers Bonnie and Clyde in order to find out Flynn's target in the Depression-era South. While Agent Christopher tracks down a lead in present day, Lucy, Rufus, and Wyatt risk getting caught in the crossfire, suspecting that whatever Flynn's after may be a key piece of the whole puzzle.

    Director:John Terlesky
    Writer:Anslem Richardson

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  10. Timeless Season 1 Episode 10 - The Capture of Benedict Arnold
    8.3/10(1758 votes)

    #10 - The Capture of Benedict Arnold

    S1:E10

    A stunning turn during the American Revolution prompts Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus to question whether they've been fighting on the wrong side this whole time. While Agent Christopher prepares for the worst back in present day, the team encounters the Father of the Country, makes a dubious pact, and confronts the possibility they may not be a trio for long.

    Director:John F. Showalter
    Writer:Tom Smuts

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  11. Timeless Season 1 Episode 11 - The World's Columbian Exposition
    8.3/10(1663 votes)

    #11 - The World's Columbian Exposition

    S1:E11

    Lucy's situation grows desperate after she's taken captive by Flynn and brought to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. In their dogged pursuit of Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus fall into a sinister trap.

    Director:Craig Zisk
    Writer:Lana Cho

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  12. Timeless Season 1 Episode 12 - The Murder of Jesse James
    7.9/10(1574 votes)

    #12 - The Murder of Jesse James

    S1:E12

    Flynn teams up with legendary outlaw, Jesse James. Together they cut a bloody swath across the American frontier. Hot on Flynn's trail, Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus enlist the help of an iconic Marshal to help bring the fugitives to justice.

    Director:John F. Showalter
    Writer:Jim Barnes

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  13. Timeless Season 1 Episode 13 - Karma Chameleon
    8.1/10(1561 votes)

    #13 - Karma Chameleon

    S1:E13

    Wyatt convinces Rufus to steal the Lifeboat for an unauthorized mission to prevent Wyatt's wife's killer from ever being born. Lucy must cover for them in the present, as Agent Christopher discovers the ship is missing and Anthony Bruhl makes an alarming confession.

    Director:Greg Beeman
    Writer:Anne Cofell Saunders

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  14. Timeless Season 1 Episode 14 - The Lost Generation
    7.8/10(1478 votes)

    #14 - The Lost Generation

    S1:E14

    As Lucy grapples with her newfound identity, Flynn disappears to 1927 France on the day that Charles Lindbergh completes his transatlantic flight. Now, Rufus, Lucy and their new soldier scramble through the City of Lights and team with young reporter, Ernest Hemingway, to keep history intact.

    Director:Craig Zisk
    Writers:Kent Rotherham, David C. Hoffman

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  15. Timeless Season 1 Episode 15 - Public Enemy No. 1
    8.1/10(1520 votes)

    #15 - Public Enemy No. 1

    S1:E15

    Flynn travels to 1931 Chicago to partner with gangster Al Capone. Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus, meanwhile, team up with the only man who can bring Capone down: federal law-enforcement agent Eliot Ness.

    Director:Guy Ferland
    Writers:Anslem Richardson, Matt Whitney

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  16. Timeless Season 1 Episode 16 - The Red Scare
    8.6/10(1744 votes)

    #16 - The Red Scare

    S1:E16

    With one of our heroes' lives on the line, the team chases Flynn to 1954 through the paranoid corridors of Joe McCarthy's Washington D.C., en route to a secret, once-a-generation meeting of Rittenhouse leaders. While there, Lucy must wager the ultimate sacrifice to save history as we know it.

    Director:Matt Earl Beesley
    Writer:Arika Lisanne Mittman

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Timeless" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 2674 votes. Directed by Neil Marshall and written by Shawn Ryan, Eric Kripke, it aired on 10/3/2016. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln".