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The Best Episodes of XIII: The Series

Every episode of XIII: The Series ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of XIII: The Series!

After a plot to kill the president of the USA an agent with lost memories tries to recover his life and memories. Others use him...
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Best Episodes Summary

"Revelation" is the best rated episode of "XIII: The Series". It scored 7.6/10 based on 80 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/23/2011. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Training Camp".

  • Revelation
    7.6/1080 votes
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    #1 - Revelation

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/23/2011

    Gerhardt has stolen the information weapon and is bent on using it to undermine world powers to his benefit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Training Camp
    7.4/1093 votes
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    #2 - Training Camp

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/2/2011

    XIII follows the trail of his identity to a paramilitary training camp in the Pacific Northwest named Bitterroot where he supposedly trained. As XIII tries to discover the nature of the secret mission he was being trained for, he runs afoul of the camp’s owner, Rech.

    Director: Duane Clark

    Writer: Philippe Lyon

  • Lockdown
    7.2/10103 votes
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    #3 - Lockdown

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/25/2011

    Chasing another lead from Sheridan, XIII gets himself thrown into a brutal Venezuelan prison in search of a prisoner who might have worked with XIII when he was a CIA operative.

    Director: Duane Clark

    Writer: Charles Heit

  • Undertow
    7.2/1083 votes
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    #4 - Undertow

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/9/2011

    XIII and Jones travel to Chicago in search of an agent who has one of the watches.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hunting Party
    7.2/1077 votes
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    #5 - Hunting Party

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/9/2011

    After reluctantly going to Irina's, XIII and Irina are captured by a rogue team, and after escaping they are hunted by the commandos. Meanwhile Jones and Amos are becoming suspicious of CIA Director Frank Giordino.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bank Job
    7.2/1075 votes
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    #6 - The Bank Job

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/16/2011

    XIII is hot on the trail of now-exposed CIA director Giordino and tracks him to a safe deposit box in Moscow where Giordino has secreted money, documents and blackmail materials in case of an emergency.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Train
    7.2/1078 votes
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    #7 - The Train

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/16/2011

    Following Giordino as he makes use of the mysterious information from his burn box, XIII and Jones find themselves looking for a young boy whose parents Giordino has brutally murdered.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Key
    7.2/1073 votes
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    #8 - The Key

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/23/2011

    XIII and Dillon work frantically to break the password from an encrypted file.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Irish Version
    7.1/1070 votes
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    #9 - The Irish Version

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/25/2011

    XIII follows the piece of information he learned from Sanchez in the Venezuelan prison. It leads him to Ireland in search of Seamus O’Neal, an ex-IRA operative who was inducted into the CIA at the same time XIII was.

    Director: Xavier Palud

    Writer: Denis McGrath

  • Costa Verde
    7.1/1084 votes
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    #10 - Costa Verde

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/2/2011

    Having learned in Bitterroot that he was trained for a corporate intrusion mission in Costa Verde, XIII and Jones head off to investigate. As they dig deeper into XIII’s possible involvement there, they make stunning discoveries.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Peter Mohan

  • The Bunker
    7.1/1075 votes
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    #11 - The Bunker

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/23/2011

    XIII and Jones infiltrate a bunker to reach Max Serle, with Irina and her team in hot pursuit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Green Falls
    6.9/10109 votes
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    #12 - Green Falls

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/18/2011

    XIII and Sam follow a clue from Sheridan to Green Falls, a small town where XIII may have grown up.As XIII begins to ask questions about himself and his father, who is a local reporter, XIII stirs up old secrets and modern-day violence.

    Director: Philippe Haïm

    Writer: Peter Mohan

  • Phoenix
    6.9/1077 votes
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    #13 - Phoenix

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/2012

    Betrayed by his superiors and left for dead, XIII has definitely left the secret service in favor of a wandering life. In the hope of finding food and shelter, he went to Empire City and meets Betty Barnowsky, a beautiful activist involved in the fight against the major energy groups. Betty saving a police raid muscled XIII calls within the Veil, an underground organization led by Max Vargas. Veil attempts to expose openly the climate research center Hearpe (High Energy Auroral Refraction Protonospheric Emitter), whose real purpose is to influence the climate for economic reasons. Betty seduced both by itself and by his speech committed XIII agrees to help activists.

    Director: Alain Tasma

    Writer: Roger Avary, David Martinez

  • Pilot
    6.6/10142 votes
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    #14 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2011

    Having been unjustly locked down in a brutal rendition camp for two years by NSA Director Amos, XIII is sprung in a daring escape by mysterious allies. These allies turn out to be Ex-President Sheridan and psychotic freelance killer Irina Svetlanova.

    Director: Duane Clark

    Writer: Gil Grant

  • Tempest
    6.4/1054 votes
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    #15 - Tempest

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2012

    Caught in the permanent storm surrounding Ariella Island, XIII is shipwrecked. Posing as a fisherman, he is befriended by Dr. Westlund who holds critical information about the letters. The aging scientist and his daughter Gale hide XIII from the Synequanon security forces holding them prisoner. On the mainland, Harriet Traymore wins the presidential election but Carrington refuses to leave office.

    Director: Rob Lieberman

    Writer: Christina Ray

  • Defender
    6.1/1053 votes
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    #16 - Defender

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2012

    XIII is now pursued by the government but also by officials Synequanon looking to avenge that they hold responsible for the attack. XIII must find clues faster to disentangle and get out of this mess.

    Director: Duane Clark

    Writer: Denis McGrath, Peter Rowley

  • Joust
    6.1/1053 votes
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    #17 - Joust

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2012

    XIII and Amos grapple physically and mentally, as they try to uncover the truth behind the bombing of Synequanon’s headquarters. Fueled by grief and rage, Amos tortures XIII’s body and attempts to manipulate his mind. XIII strives to prove his innocence and escape from Amos’ twisted grasp.

    Director: Bruce McDonald

    Writer: Denis McGrath

  • Rampage
    6.0/1056 votes
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    #18 - Rampage

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2012

    When falsely accused of a murderous attack against the headquarters of the group Synequanon conglomerate in charge of the project Hearpe, XIII realizes he has been manipulated. He was soon captured and tortured by an agent whose identity remains a mystery.

    Director: Alain Tasma

    Writer: Roger Avary

  • Breakout
    6.0/1042 votes
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    #19 - Breakout

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2012

    XIII, Betty and Mozambique rush to free Vargas before he’s deported to Guantanamo, as they believe he must have information about the letters. Synequanon’s tests of their newest technology have unforeseen, cataclysmic results.

    Director: Rachel Talalay

    Writer: Karen McClellan

  • Battlezone
    6.0/1053 votes
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    #20 - Battlezone

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/19/2012

    The safety of the world is at stake. The Chinese HEARPE is now fully operational. With the help of Betty and Barnabis, XIII tries to destroy HEARPE while XIII.2 attempts to unleash its destructive force – a terrifying array of natural disasters - on the United States. But only one man will triumph. Only one man will survive. Making his last stand in the bunker, Carrington contemplates extreme measures.

    Director: Duane Clark

    Writer: N/A

  • Gauntlet
    5.7/1043 votes
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    #21 - Gauntlet

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2012

    XIII crashes an ultra-exclusive birthday party to find the final letter. The host of the party, and the owner of the letter, is a Russian Oligarch with a penchant for collecting expensive items such as rare weapons and beautiful women, and using the former on the latter. Part of his collection includes one of the Tesla letters, and XIII finds he isn’t the only person who’s come looking for it.

    Director: David Winning

    Writer: David Martinez

  • Pong
    5.5/1041 votes
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    #22 - Pong

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/2012

    XIII is delivered into the hands of Xu Corporation, who believe him to be Victor Gong, also known as XIII.2. While XIII allows the deception to continue, he is plagued by memories that force him to question his true identity. President Carrington imposes a state of martial law, halting the transfer of power to Harriet Traymore.

    Director: David Winning

    Writer: Christina Ray

  • Berzerk
    5.4/1043 votes
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    #23 - Berzerk

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/19/2012

    XIII, Betty and Amos escape from The Pit and into Shanghai but are trapped in a mysterious and sinister riot that has spontaneously formed around them. Thirteen-year-old Yen-Boi and his father Ping help them find and fight their way through the chaos. With access to a Navy Seal helicopter, Amos leads them towards the extraction point. Carrington is pushed further into the bunker by Traymore’s forces, and makes a last-ditch effort to rally support.

    Director: Bruce McDonald

    Writer: Gala Avary

  • Mousetrap
    5.3/1041 votes
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    #24 - Mousetrap

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2012

    Betty and XIII both question the reality of their situations: concealing his true identity, XIII sails to China, searching the ship for the final letter which has been hidden somewhere on board; Betty is abducted and delivered to her father in London, who claims that her experiences with XIII and the Veil have been nothing but the narcotic-induced hallucinations of a runaway.

    Director: Rachel Talalay

    Writer: Roger Avary

  • Punchout
    5.2/1040 votes
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    #25 - Punchout

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/12/2012

    XIII is thrown into The Pit, an underground dungeon where prisoners are forced to fight to the death in matches broadcast live online. XIII tries to rally the prisoners, which include Amos, Mozambique and Grier, while staying alive long enough to attempt an escape. XIII.2 and Betty mastermind a hostile takeover of Xu Corporation.

    Director: David Wu

    Writer: Karen McClellan