War of the Worlds

The Best Episodes of War of the Worlds

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Every episode of War of the Worlds ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of War of the Worlds!

Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth...
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  1. 7.9/10(53 votes)

    #1 - The True Believer

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    S2:E19

    In desperate straits, the aliens gain a piece of valuable information: the identities of Harrison, Suzanne, and Kincaid. Soon the team has been accused of bank robbery and murder, and Malzor has taken over the police investigation.

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  2. 7.8/10(58 votes)

    #2 - The Defector

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    S2:E10

    When an attempt to hack into the humans' computers goes awry, a Morthren technician (Kemo) is scarred both physically and mentally by the experience. Facing execution, he flees and takes over the identity of the human hacker he killed.

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  3. 7.8/10(54 votes)

    #3 - Time to Reap

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    S2:E11

    The Eternal instructs Malzor on how he can go back in time to 1953 in the aftermath of the failed invasion to ensure victory by inoculating his brethren from Earth's bacteria in order to change the course of history in the favour of the Morthren race. However, Blackwood and Kincaid have followed him through the same time tunnel to stop him from succeeding in giving the aliens a huge advantage in their conquest.

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  4. 7.7/10(53 votes)

    #4 - Path of Lies

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    S2:E14

    While Ardix bargins with a dying millionare's life for access to a communication's satellite, the aliens are trying to kill nosey reporter Marc Traynor. During an assassination attempt, the reporter snaps images of dead alien bodies. To make matters worse, Kincaid and Blackwood are seen killing them. If published, their identities will be revealed and easier for the aliens.

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  5. 7.7/10(55 votes)

    #5 - Totally Real

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    S2:E17

    Debi is forced to fight an alien warrior in a duel to the death.

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  6. 7.7/10(54 votes)

    #6 - Max

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    S2:E18

    A year after his brother's death, Kincaid discovers that the aliens have brought Max back to life to kill him.

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  8. 7.7/10(53 votes)

    #7 - The Obelisk

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    S2:E20

    Continuing Morthren losses force a maddened Malzor to take a drastic step: the release of a spore which will cause the death of every native organism on Earth.

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  9. 7.6/10(70 votes)

    #8 - The Second Wave

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    Almost Tomorrow The world is now a mess. As the environment with its predictable weather patterns and the economy in dire straights, anarchy is now loose and the world as we knew it is less optimistic. It's been months with no alien activity and the military backing for the Blackwood Project is weakened as the government seems to be in turmoil as well. As if things weren't bad enough, a new group of aliens, the Morthren, have arrived. They have used a process of transmutation to take on human form to protect themselves from Earth's bacteria so the need for hosting bodies and radiation is no more. Under the rule of Malzor, they are instructed by the Eternal Spirit of Morthrai to kill off the ""soldiers"" who came before and failed to appropriate the planet. Continuing in their mission, they try to snare a member of the Blackwood Team for cloning purposes which will obtain all memories of the original, but totally loyal to the Morthren cause. With this clone, it can more easily infiltrate

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  10. 7.6/10(62 votes)

    #9 - Breeding Ground

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    S2:E5

    While at the hospital looking for some hard-to-find medicine, Harrison comes across gruesome evidence that the aliens are experimenting on humans. Meanwhile, Malzor and Mana try to find a way to increase their Morthren numbers here on Earth.

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  11. 7.5/10(62 votes)

    #10 - Doomsday

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    S2:E3

    A heat wave, followed by a water shortage, drives everyone to the brink of desperation. When a local church font begins to produce an apparently unlimited supply of water, the team is suspicious. Is it a miracle, or something much darker?

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  12. 7.5/10(58 votes)

    #11 - Seft of Emun

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    S2:E6

    When the Morthren run low on power, they are forced to bring Seft, the High Priestess of Emun, out of stasis. While Seft is searching for the materials she will need to create power crystals for her captors she meets Harrison. Will the link forged between them be enough to save Seft and her son, or is she doomed to forever serve the evil Morthren?

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    Director:William Fruet
  13. 7.5/10(57 votes)

    #12 - Night Moves

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    S2:E8

    The harsh life in the city, coupled with a food shortage, lead Suzanne to take Debi out to the country to live with Suzanne's estranged mother. The aliens are also having food shortages, however, and have their own plans for the family homestead.

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    Director:Mark Sobel
  14. 7.5/10(53 votes)

    #13 - Synthetic Love

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    S2:E9

    Kincaid runs into an old friend named Johnny, only to discover that his friend is dangerously addicted to drugs. Kincaid takes him to one of the well-known Laporte Rehabilitation Centers, which has just started using a new miracle drug called Krebulax. But something strange is going on at the clinic, and there's something even stranger about the man supplying the drug...a Mister Malcolm.

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  15. 7.5/10(52 votes)

    #14 - The Pied Piper

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    S2:E12

    The first-born Morthren on Earth is now grown to the age of a nine-year-old. The aliens use both his need for emotional comfort and their need for gentic information in one play as they leave him at the Crecne Experimental School where he will bring back files for the Morthren's use.

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    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.5/10(53 votes)

    #15 - The Deadliest Disease

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    S2:E13

    Warring factions (including the Blackwood team and the Morthren) fight over a med cell that could save countless lives--including that of a dying Mana.

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    Director:William Fruet
  17. 7.5/10(51 votes)

    #16 - Video Messiah

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    S2:E16

    The aliens use subliminal messages and a clone of a popular motivational speaker to control the minds of the rich and powerful. Kincaid and the rest of the team get involed when an old friend of Kincaid's is drawn into the lethal scheme.

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  18. 7.4/10(48 votes)

    #17 - The Angel of Death

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    S1:E24

    After more than a year of being resisted by humans, the aliens are finally shaken by the arrival of a familiar enemy that has arrived on Earth. But is the enemy of our enemy our friend?

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  19. 7.4/10(60 votes)

    #18 - Loving the Alien

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    S2:E7

    Suzanne helps her friend Marcus search for his missing daughter, unaware that the girl has been captured by the aliens. Meanwhile, Debi runs away in search of someone who understands her. She finds that person in a pale, strange boy named Ceeto.

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    Director:Otta Hanus
  20. 7.4/10(57 votes)

    #19 - Candle in the Night

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    S2:E15

    While the aliens try to recover a malfunctioning surveillance device, the team plots a surprise birthday party for Debi.

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  21. 7.3/10(64 votes)

    #20 - No Direction Home

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    S2:E2

    While the Blackwood team picks up the pieces and tries to find a new home, the Morthren, too, have to find a new location as they are aware that the humans have been there once and might return. When Harrison and Kincaid go back to the empty base, they find an engram for the aliens' cloning devices that can transport memories and images from the subject to its copy. Meanwhile, Mana and Ardix have cloned a reverend so that he can spread the word of the one true God - the Eternal.

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    Director:Mark Sobel
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.3/10(60 votes)

    #21 - Terminal Rock

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    S2:E4

    Rock and roll ruins young minds...especially when the aliens are involved. Loner Kincaid and newly-adolescent Debi experience growing pains while the team tries to deal with a new, dangerous kind of music.

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  23. 7.2/10(64 votes)

    #22 - A Multitude of Idols

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    S1:E5

    The aliens move toward an operation that will begin integrating themselves into human society, thus developing agents to be active anywhere in the world.

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  24. 7.2/10(61 votes)

    #23 - Eye for an Eye

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    As Grover's Mill celebrates the 50th anniversary of the radio drama that made it famous, little do they know what really happened that night in 1938, or that the "Martians" have returned.

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    Director:Mark Sobel
  25. 7.0/10(62 votes)

    #24 - Thy Kingdom Come

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    The aliens trek to Canada in order to free more of their sleeping brethren. The Blackwood Project's only hope in finding them lies in the scattered mind of War of the Worlds veteran Sylvian Van Buren.

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  26. 7.0/10(63 votes)

    #25 - The Second Seal

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    S1:E7

    The aliens begin infiltrating a military base in hopes of possessing a list containing the location of 10,000 of their stored-away comrades.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The True Believer" is the best rated episode of "War of the Worlds". It scored 7.9/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by Armand Mastroianni and written by Jim Henshaw, it aired on 5/7/1990. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Defector".