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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!

The Best Episodes of Timeless Season 1

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...
  1. 8.6/10(1.7k votes)

    #1 - 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.

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  2. 8.3/10(1.7k votes)

    #2 - 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.

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  3. 8.3/10(1.6k votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    Director:Craig Zisk
    Writer:Lana Cho
  4. 8.1/10(1.7k votes)

    #4 - 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.

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  5. 8.1/10(1.5k votes)

    #5 - 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.

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  6. 8.1/10(1.5k votes)

    #6 - 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.

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  8. 8.0/10(2.2k votes)

    #7 - 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.

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    Director:Neil Marshall
    Writer:Tom Smuts
  9. 8.0/10(1.9k votes)

    #8 - 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?

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  10. 8.0/10(1.7k 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.

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  11. 7.9/10(1.9k votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Writer:Jim Barnes
  12. 7.9/10(1.7k votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. 7.9/10(1.5k 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.

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  14. 7.8/10(1.7k votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. 7.8/10(1.4k 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.

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  16. 7.7/10(2.6k votes)

    #15 - 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.

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  17. 7.5/10(1.9k votes)

    #16 - 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.

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    Writer:Lana Cho

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Red Scare" is the best rated episode of "Timeless" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 1700 votes. Directed by Matt Earl Beesley and written by Arika Lisanne Mittman, it aired on 2/20/2017. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Capture of Benedict Arnold".