The BEST episodes of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy season 2

Every episode of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy season 2!

Peter Quill is Star-Lord, the brash adventurer who, to save the universe from its greatest threats, joins forces with a quartet of disparate misfits--fan-favorite Rocket Raccoon, a tree-like humanoid named Groot, the enigmatic, expert fighter Gamora and the rough edged warrior Drax the Destroyer.

Last Updated: 11/18/2024Network: Disney XDStatus: Ended
Symbiote War (3): Thunder Road
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8.22
261 votes

#1 - Symbiote War (3): Thunder Road

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/6/2017

When the Symbiotes escape to Asgard and venomize Thor, Odin and the other Asgardians, it's up to the Guardians to save them, the World Tree and all of existence.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
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Symbiote War (2): I Will Survive
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8.19
268 votes

#2 - Symbiote War (2): I Will Survive

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/6/2017

As a comet covered in Symbiotes comes barreling towards Spartax, the Guardians must team up with Quill's sister Victoria to save the planet.

Directors: James Yang
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Rock Your Baby
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8.12
270 votes

#3 - Rock Your Baby

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/15/2017

When the cocoon opens and reveals a baby warlock inside, the Guardians have to step in to be a positive guiding force to keep his powers in check.

Directors: James Yang
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Symbiote War (1): Wild World
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8.11
276 votes

#4 - Symbiote War (1): Wild World

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/6/2017

The Guardians discover Groot's homeworld, Planet X, has been overrun by Symbiotes who will stop at nothing to get Groot's restarted World Pod for themselves to conquer the galaxy.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
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Me and You and a Dog Named Cosmo
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8.10
263 votes

#5 - Me and You and a Dog Named Cosmo

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/15/2017

Cosmo goes undercover on the Believer flagship but loses his powers when his cover is blown.

Directors: James Yang
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Black Helmet Woman
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8.04
271 votes

#6 - Black Helmet Woman

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/15/2017

After being infused with incredible power from a Nova helmet, Gamora leads the Guardians and her sister Nebula on a mission to infiltrate the Believer flagship.

Directors: James Yang
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Right Place, Wrong Time
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8.02
273 votes

#7 - Right Place, Wrong Time

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/15/2017

Quill and Gamora battle the High Evolutionary, his minion hybrids and a teleport-hijacking Nebula.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
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Behind Gold Eyes
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7.99
132 votes

#8 - Behind Gold Eyes

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/12/2017

The Guardians and Nova battle Dark Warlock (Magus) and J’son on Planet Y. Can our heroes save their friend Warlock and the universe before it’s too late?

Directors: Jeff Wamester
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You're No Good
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7.98
131 votes

#9 - You're No Good

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/12/2017

Warlock has gone dark! By absorbing J’son into his gem, Warlock has become Dark Warlock (Magus) with his sights set on conquering the galaxy, starting with Spartax.

Directors: James Yang
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Evolution Rock
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7.93
397 votes

#10 - Evolution Rock

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2017

The Guardians and the Avengers team up to find out what powerful secrets lie inside Thanos' asteroid.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
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7.92
293 votes

#11 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/8/2017

When the Guardians are charged with escorting the young and rebellious Rigellian Princess Tana back home, Drax's hardened heart melts as he is reminded of his own daughter.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
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Lyin' Eyes
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7.89
308 votes

#12 - Lyin' Eyes

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/18/2017

When Rocket and Drax wake up with absolutely no memory of the night before, the Guardians must piece together their adventures.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
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Stayin' Alive
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7.88
423 votes

#13 - Stayin' Alive

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2017

While trying to dispose of Thanos' asteroid, the Guardians discover it has been taken to a secure facility that belongs to the Avengers.

Directors: James Yang
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It's Tricky
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7.87
140 votes

#14 - It's Tricky

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/5/2017

During the Xandrian Feast of the Three Grinning Moons, the Guardians must pull a reverse heist by planting a dangerous weapon inside a Nova Corps vault.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
Writer: Henry Gilroy
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Unfortunate Son
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7.87
120 votes

#15 - Unfortunate Son

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/3/2017

In order to save the Guardians from the ruthless asteroid Korvac, Quill must bust J'Son out of prison on Spartax and in the process he sees a new side of his father.

Directors: James Yang
Writer: Eric Karten
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Another One Bites the Dust
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7.87
142 votes

#16 - Another One Bites the Dust

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/29/2017

When Quill and Warlock are hunted by J'son and the Black Order, Quill teaches Warlock the importance of never letting himself slip into the path of evil.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
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Can't Get It Out of My Head
star
7.87
276 votes

#17 - Can't Get It Out of My Head

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/15/2017

When the Believer flagship embeds itself in Knowhere's brain, it causes a planetoid-wide telekinetic zombie outbreak.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
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I've Seen All Good People
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7.86
155 votes

#18 - I've Seen All Good People

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/29/2017

Gamora trains Warlock to be a strong and powerful warrior like herself, but when Gamora's lessons become too intense, Warlock clams up and is kidnapped by the Collector.

Directors: James Yang
Writer: Grant Moran
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Mr. Roboto
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7.82
186 votes

#19 - Mr. Roboto

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/8/2017

Following the fight with J'son on Earth, the Guardians of the Galaxy work to find the stolen Nova Centurian Helmets. To have an anti-Nova Corps helmet weapon, the Guardians of the Galaxy plan to head to the planet Cindra in order to seek out the known weapon designer, Ja Kyee Lrurt. When they find her, she is a prisoner of her sentry robots. These robots only have the knowledge of war and want her to build a doomsday weapon that will take out their Ultroid opponents. Now the Guardians of the Galaxy must obtain a doomsday while dealing with the war between the Sentries and the Ultroids.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
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You Can't Always Get What You Want
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7.78
183 votes

#20 - You Can't Always Get What You Want

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/5/2017

Rocket and Warlock travel to Halfworld to try and re-evolve Rocket's family.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
Writer: Rich Fogel
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Destroyer
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7.78
179 votes

#21 - Destroyer

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/5/2017

When the Guardians travel to Drax's home planet in hopes of summoning Warlock, they discover Xeron seeks to destroy Adam and Drax's homecoming, which becomes a fight to protect his friends.

Directors: James Yang
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Free Bird
star
7.76
318 votes

#22 - Free Bird

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/2017

While the Guardians search for the missing sarcophagus, Groot finds a mysterious egg and does everything in his power to protect it.

Directors: James Yang
Writer: Rich Fogel
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Nova Me, Nova You
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7.70
184 votes

#23 - Nova Me, Nova You

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/8/2017

Rhomann Dey and the Nova Corps catch up to the Guardians of the Galaxy at the time when they are pursuing J'son and the stolen Nova Centurian Helmet. Nova escapes and manages to make it back to Earth. Then he is attacked at his school by J'son, who discovered that he can't remove the helmet from Sam due to it being tied to his DNA. Following the Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova's fight with J'son at Sam's school, Sam finds that J'son knows where he lives and finds J'son confronting his mother and little sister Kaylen posing as a police officer. The Guardians of the Galaxy must help Sam keep his family safe from J'son.

Directors: James Yang
Writer: Grant Moran
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Back in Black
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7.70
193 votes

#24 - Back in Black

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/8/2017

Captain Victoria contacts Star-Lord, telling him that there is an Earthling using the missing Nova Centurian helmet and that the Nova Corps have issued a bounty of 10,000,000 units. Rocket Raccoon and Groot head out and find the helmet in the possession of Sam Alexander. When the other Guardians of the Galaxy members catch up, they learn how his father Jesse used the helmet and didn't come home, causing Sam to search for his dad. Following Star-Lord's attempt to scare him straight at Starlin's Bar on Knowhere (with the help of Kraglin and the Ravagers with him), Nova follows a signal to Spartax. There he encounters Mantis, who says the Universal Believers' Patriarch will lead him to his father.

Directors: James Yang
Writer: Tom Pugsley
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Knights in Black Helmets
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7.59
191 votes

#25 - Knights in Black Helmets

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/8/2017

Now that Star-Lord knows that his father J'son is the Patriach of the Universal Believers and that Nova has freed him, the Nova News has issued a bounty of Nova. The Guardians of the Galaxy trace J'son's Elemental Blaster to the inside of a space whale, where a Xandarian ship is. When J'son and Mantis trap the Guardians of the Galaxy, they manipulate Nova into attacking the Guardians of the Galaxy as a way for Nova to find his long-lost father using the true Nova Centurian Helmets on board that don't have dire consequences.

Directors: Jeff Wamester
Writer: Henry Gilroy
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