The WORST episodes of The Island (2020)

Every episode of The Island (2020) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Island (2020)!

A boat carrying a deadly virus floats to the shores of an idyllic North Sea island. As the pandemic spreads, the inhabitants descend into chaos.

Last Updated: 2/3/2026Network: ZDFneoStatus: Ended

6.69

29 votes

#1 - Out There

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/2022

The situation on the deserted island slowly escalates. The secret of the yellow man may have been solved, but a new challenge awaits those left behind.

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6.78

87 votes

#2 - Arrivals

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/23/2020

The inhabitants of the small North Sea island of Sløborn have no inkling of something bad when an American sailing yacht capsizes on its shores. On board a dead couple who apparently committed suicide.

Directors: Christian Alvart

Writer: Christian Alvart, Erol Yesilkaya

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6.84

31 votes

#3 - Everything's Different

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2022

The island has now been cleared by the German army. Only a few people are left behind and are fighting for their survival.

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6.86

28 votes

#4 - Smouldering Fire

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/12/2022

Social worker Freja is finding it increasingly difficult to keep her group of juvenile delinquents under control. Eventually her argument with Devid escalates into violence.

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6.88

16 votes

#5 - The Big Opportunity

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/12/2024

While Evelin tries to break out of the prison cell, Lobo, Solveig and Hatice prepare to escape from the camp. Paul Fried plays a special role in this.

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6.94

67 votes

#6 - Refuge

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/24/2020

The situation is getting out of control. Evelin's smartphone video from the clinic causes insecurity among the islanders. Insurgent Erik rages.

Directors: Christian Alvart

Writer: Arend Remmers, Christian Alvart

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6.97

29 votes

#7 - Yellow Man

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2022

The power cut on the island poses major challenges for everyone. The supplies in the hotels and stores are still edible, but everything is just a matter of time.

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7.03

30 votes

#8 - No Dreams

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/12/2022

Evelin and her small community of convenience want to leave the island as quickly as possible. They plan to capture the pirates' ship, who come to plunder the island once a week.

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7.06

18 votes

#9 - A New World

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/27/2024

Evelin and her friends have found a new home in Husum hospital. After several months of the pandemic, supplies are running out and the energy supply is becoming increasingly critical.

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7.06

18 votes

#10 - Make Yourself Useful

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/5/2024

Evelin sets off on a forbidden search for her father and comes across an unscrupulous doctor in the looters' camp who is looking for a cure for pigeon flu in her blood.

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7.06

71 votes

#11 - Opposition

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/24/2020

The Bundeswehr has now arrived on the island to support the evacuation measures. Antibodies against the virus are found in Evelin's blood.

Directors: Christian Alvart

Writer: Christian Alvart, Erol Yesilkaya

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7.08

78 votes

#12 - Host

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/23/2020

Schoolgirl Evelin realises that she is pregnant. Classmate Herm makes an observation.

Directors: Christian Alvart

Writer: Christian Alvart, Henner Schulte-Holtey

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7.12

33 votes

#13 - Away From Here

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/2022

Evelin and her group flee to the mainland on a makeshift raft, chased by Erik and his pirates.

7.19

75 votes

#14 - Accomplices

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2020

Evelin's father discovers that the dead on the yacht died of the dangerous pigeon flu. Policeman Mikkel continues to investigate.

Directors: Adolfo J. Kolmerer

Writer: Christian Alvart, Henner Schulte-Holtey

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7.26

70 votes

#15 - Probabilities

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/23/2020

The terrible truth has become clear: the pigeon flu has completely engulfed the island. Two sick students have to be taken to the mainland. Panic breaks out among the residents.

Directors: Adolfo J. Kolmerer

Writer: Christian Alvart, Henner Schulte-Holtey

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7.27

70 votes

#16 - Inland

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/24/2020

The pigeon flu continues to spread and Sløborn has to be sealed off. The island is to be gradually evacuated. This news causes concern on the Ostergaard farm.

Directors: Adolfo J. Kolmerer

Writer: Christian Alvart

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7.32

19 votes

#17 - Klabaster Die Lonely

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/26/2024

Evelin and her friends narrowly escaped the camp. But the bloody jailbreak claimed many lives. The camp boss's daughter also lost her life.

7.38

16 votes

#18 - The Silent Night

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/19/2024

Evelin and her friends manage to break out of the raiders' camp, but the price is high. When camp boss Erik returns home, he swears revenge for the death of his daughter.

7.39

67 votes

#19 - Resistance

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/2020

The inhabitants of Sløborn bury their first victim of pigeon flu. Everyone comes together in the cemetery. Evelin feels totally sick herself.

Directors: Adolfo J. Kolmerer

Writer: Christian Alvart, Siegfried Kamml

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7.48

21 votes

#20 - Sins of the Fathers

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/3/2024

Evelin and her friends make the dangerous journey to Berlin by water because the roads have become too dangerous. Erik is still right on the teenagers' heels.