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The Best Episodes of War of the Worlds

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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 may very well rest in the hands of a small

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 19 - The True Believer
    7.9/10(56 votes)

    #1 - The True Believer

    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.

    Director:Armand Mastroianni
    Writer:Jim Henshaw

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  2. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 10 - The Defector
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    #2 - The Defector

    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.

    Director:Armand Mastroianni
    Writers:Judith Berg, Sandra Berg

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  3. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 11 - Time to Reap
    7.8/10(59 votes)

    #3 - Time to Reap

    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.

    Director:Joseph L. Scanlan
    Writer:Jim Trombetta

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  4. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 20 - The Obelisk
    7.8/10(56 votes)

    #4 - The Obelisk

    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.

    Director:William Fruet
    Writers:Nancy Ann Miller, Rick Schwartz

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  5. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 1 - The Second Wave
    7.7/10(73 votes)

    #5 - The Second Wave

    S2:E1

    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

    Director:Francis Delia
    Writers:Jonathan Glassner, Michael Michaelian

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  6. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 14 - Path of Lies
    7.7/10(56 votes)

    #6 - Path of Lies

    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.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:Rick Schwartz

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  7. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 18 - Max
    7.7/10(57 votes)

    #7 - Max

    S2:E18

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

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:Naomi Janzen

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  8. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 5 - Breeding Ground
    7.6/10(65 votes)

    #8 - Breeding Ground

    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.

    Director:Armand Mastroianni
    Writer:Alan Moskowitz

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  9. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 17 - Totally Real
    7.6/10(58 votes)

    #9 - Totally Real

    S2:E17

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

    Director:William Fruet
    Writer:Jim Trombetta

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  10. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 3 - Doomsday
    7.5/10(65 votes)

    #10 - Doomsday

    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?

    Director:Timothy Bond
    Writer:Tony Di Franco

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  11. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 6 - Seft of Emun
    7.5/10(61 votes)

    #11 - Seft of Emun

    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?

    Director:William Fruet
    Writer:J.K.E. Rose

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  12. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 8 - Night Moves
    7.5/10(60 votes)

    #12 - Night Moves

    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.

    Director:Mark Sobel
    Writer:Lorne Rossman

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  13. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 9 - Synthetic Love
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #13 - Synthetic Love

    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.

    Director:Francis Delia
    Writer:Nancy Ann Miller

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  14. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 12 - The Pied Piper
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #14 - The Pied Piper

    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.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 13 - The Deadliest Disease
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #15 - The Deadliest Disease

    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.

    Director:William Fruet
    Writer:Carl Binder

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  16. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 16 - Video Messiah
    7.5/10(54 votes)

    #16 - Video Messiah

    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.

    Director:Gabriel Pelletier
    Writer:Norman Snider

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  17. War of the Worlds Season 1 Episode 5 - A Multitude of Idols
    7.4/10(70 votes)

    #17 - A Multitude of Idols

    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.

    Director:Neill Fearnley
    Writer:Tom Lazarus

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  18. War of the Worlds Season 1 Episode 6 - Eye for an Eye
    7.4/10(68 votes)

    #18 - Eye for an Eye

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Mark Sobel
    Writer:Tom Lazarus

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  19. War of the Worlds Season 1 Episode 24 - The Angel of Death
    7.4/10(53 votes)

    #19 - The Angel of Death

    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?

    Director:Herbert Wright
    Writer:Herbert Wright

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  20. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 7 - Loving the Alien
    7.4/10(63 votes)

    #20 - Loving the Alien

    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.

    Director:Otta Hanus
    Writer:Janet MacLean

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  21. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 15 - Candle in the Night
    7.4/10(60 votes)

    #21 - Candle in the Night

    S2:E15

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

    Director:Armand Mastroianni
    Writer:Carl Binder

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  22. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 2 - No Direction Home
    7.3/10(67 votes)

    #22 - No Direction Home

    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.

    Director:Mark Sobel
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. War of the Worlds Season 2 Episode 4 - Terminal Rock
    7.3/10(63 votes)

    #23 - Terminal Rock

    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.

    Director:Gabriel Pelletier
    Writer:John Groves

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  24. War of the Worlds Season 1 Episode 7 - The Second Seal
    7.1/10(68 votes)

    #24 - The Second Seal

    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.

    Director:Neill Fearnley
    Writer:Patrick Barry

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  25. War of the Worlds Season 1 Episode 16 - The Prodigal Son
    7.1/10(56 votes)

    #25 - The Prodigal Son

    S1:E16

    In 1953, aliens invaded Earth, but were stopped when they fell to the planet's bacteria - except one. Now this rebellious rogue alien uses Blackwood's meeting with the United Nations to help his own plan for global domination.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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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 56 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".