The WORST episodes of 12 Monkeys
Every episode of 12 Monkeys ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of 12 Monkeys!
Using a dangerous and untested method of time travel, Cole arrives from a post-apocalyptic future in the present day. His mission is to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will eventually decimate 93.6% of the human race.
#1 - Divine Move
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/20/2015
Forces come to a head when Ramse does what it takes to protect his newfound family, leaving Cole to deal with the aftermath.
#2 - The Red Forest
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/2015
When the tragic events of the Night Room create an alternate reality in 2043, Cole risks his future.
#3 - Tomorrow
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/13/2015
Cole finds himself in 2017 at the height of the plague. Out of options, Jones faces an impossible choice to replace the Core.
#4 - Mentally Divergent
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/2015
The trail of a mysterious organization called the “Army of the 12 Monkeys” leads Cole to a mental institution in 2015, where a patient holds the key to the plague that destroys the world. Meanwhile, despite warnings that her involvement may disrupt the course of history, Dr. Railly risks her life to help him.
#5 - Yesterday
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/2015
The Core that powers the time machine is fading. To get Cole back from the past, Jones must convince her former colleagues at the military operation "Spearhead" that her mission is worth saving.
#6 - Cassandra Complex
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/2015
Cole's search for the location of the virus leads him to 2014, and to a devastating moment in Dr. Railly's life involving a dangerous outbreak in Haiti.
#7 - Splinter
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2015
27 years after a virus wipes out most of humanity, scientists send James Cole back to 2015 to stop the plague from ever happening. Cole's only lead is virologist Dr. Cassandra Railly, who knows the dangerous source of the outbreak.
#8 - The Night Room
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/13/2015
Cole and Dr. Railly face off with the Army of the 12 Monkeys when both discover the Night Room – an off-site, black ops lab that houses the virus that will one day destroy the world.
#9 - Atari
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/2015
A fight for the future ensues when a dangerous band of marauders hunting for Cole and Ramse threatens the mission to save the past.
#10 - Enemy
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/19/2017
Bonds of trust are tested when Ramse returns to the facility with an old enemy held captive. How far will Cole and Jones go for the answers they need?
#11 - Primary
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/25/2016
When an attempt to destroy the virus changes the future, Cole finds himself stranded in 2016 with an unstable Jennifer Goines, who may or may not be his key to getting home. Meanwhile, Jones and Railly must deal with both the consequences of the changed timeline and the temporal facility's newest prisoner -- Ramse.
#12 - Mother
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/19/2017
In the apocalypse of 2163, a desperate Cole searches for Titan. Meanwhile, a captive Railly is faced with an impossible choice as the 12 Monkeys await the arrival of The Witness.
#15 - Guardians
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/19/2017
While searching for Jennifer Goines in post-WWI France, Cole and Jones encounter a dangerous group of time- travelers - the Guardians.
#17 - Year of the Monkey
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2016
Cole and Ramse repair their broken friendship while on the run; Railly and Jones navigate an uncertain future in 2043.
#18 - The Keys
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/27/2015
Cole, Dr. Railly and Aaron strive to stop the virus from being deployed as a bio-weapon in Chechnya.
#19 - Meltdown
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/30/2016
Cole faces the Witness as Cassie's hallucinations evolve; deadly visitors from the past arrive when the time machine malfunctions and begins tearing apart time and space.
#20 - Fatherland
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/20/2016
Ramse and Railly go on an unsanctioned mission to 1961 East Berlin, and have murder on their minds as they search for an unscrupulous German doctor who knows the location of "The Witness".
#21 - Hyena
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/13/2016
Jennifer Goines takes her power into her own hands in the year 2016 when she forms the Hyenas, a band of crazy compatriots, to take on the 12 Monkeys. With the help of Cole, an elaborate plot is uncovered to reacquire the virus.
#22 - Shonin
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/27/2015
Cole splinters to Tokyo, 1987 in a last chance effort to stop the Army of the 12 Monkeys.
#23 - Bodies of Water
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/16/2016
In the present, Cassie and Jennifer Goines run from the 12 Monkeys; in 2044, Cole and Ramse face off against Deacon.
#24 - Nature
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/20/2017
In 1953, Cole and Railly reunite with Agent Gale at the birth of the Army of the 12 Monkeys.
#25 - Paradox
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/3/2015
With Cole dying from the effects of time-travel, Railly must find the one person who can save him.