The BEST episodes of Timeless (2016)

Every episode of Timeless (2016) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Timeless (2016)!

A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?

Last Updated: 2/25/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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The General
star
8.07
2333 votes

#1 - The General

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/13/2018

When the Mothership jumps to South Carolina in 1863, the Time Team partners up with a courageous Union spy and military leader, Harriet Tubman - AKA "The General" - to thwart Rittenhouse's plan to alter the outcome of the Civil War. Back in the present, Rittenhouse hits the team where it hurts the most.

Writer: Matt Whitney
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The Red Scare
star
7.99
2892 votes

#2 - The Red Scare

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/2017

With one of our heroes' lives on the line, the team chases Flynn to 1954 through the paranoid corridors of Joe McCarthy's Washington D.C., en route to a secret, once-a-generation meeting of Rittenhouse leaders. While there, Lucy must wager the ultimate sacrifice to save history as we know it.

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Chinatown
star
7.87
1838 votes

#3 - Chinatown

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2018

When Jiya makes a daring escape from Rittenhouse that strands her in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1888 with no way home, the fractured Time Team goes back to save her.

Directors: Greg Beeman
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The World's Columbian Exposition
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7.76
2661 votes

#4 - The World's Columbian Exposition

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/2017

Lucy's situation grows desperate after she's captured by Flynn and taken to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. In their dogged pursuit of Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus fall into a sinister trap.

Directors: Craig Zisk
Writer: Lana Cho
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Public Enemy No. 1
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7.76
2824 votes

#5 - Public Enemy No. 1

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2017

Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus decide to take matters into their own hands, but are caught off guard when Flynn lands in 1931 Chicago to call in a favor from notorious gangster Al Capone. Hot on Flynn's trail, our heroes try to enlist the help of famed lawman, Elliot Ness, in pursuit of Al Capone after Flynn aids him in avoiding justice. A clue leads the team to a crucial revelation about Rittenhouse.

Directors: Guy Ferland
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Space Race
star
7.74
3349 votes

#6 - Space Race

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/2016

As the nation waits to hear the fate of the astronauts of Apollo 11, Flynn arrives near mission control, intending to rewrite the events of that momentous day. Hot on his trail, Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus need to be bolder than ever and call upon one of history's unsung heroes if they're going to have a shot at setting things right.

Directors: Charles Beeson
Writer: Matt Whitney
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The Capture of Benedict Arnold
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7.72
3256 votes

#7 - The Capture of Benedict Arnold

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2016

A stunning turn during the American Revolution prompts Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus to question whether they've been fighting on the wrong side this whole time. While Agent Christopher prepares for the worst back in present day, the team encounters the Father of the Country, makes a dubious pact, and confronts the possibility they may not be a trio for long.

Writer: Tom Smuts
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Karma Chameleon
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7.72
2934 votes

#8 - Karma Chameleon

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/2017

Wyatt convinces Rufus to steal the Lifeboat for an unauthorized mission to prevent Wyatt's wife's killer from ever being born. Lucy must cover for them in the present, as Agent Christopher discovers the ship is missing and Anthony Bruhl makes an alarming confession.

Directors: Greg Beeman
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Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde
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7.72
3302 votes

#9 - Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2016

On the run with the bank-robbing Barrow gang, the team needs to gain the trust of ill-fated lovers Bonnie and Clyde in order to find out Flynn's target in the Depression-era South. While Agent Christopher tracks down a lead in present day, Lucy, Rufus, and Wyatt risk getting caught in the crossfire, suspecting that whatever Flynn's after may be a key piece of the whole puzzle.

Directors: John Terlesky
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The War to End All Wars
star
7.72
1855 votes

#10 - The War to End All Wars

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2018

After barely escaping an explosion at Mason Industries, Wyatt and Rufus chase the Mothership back to a French battlefront during World War I to rescue Lucy. Meanwhile, Lucy recruits Marie Curie, the famous French scientist and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, to help save the life of a wounded American soldier, knowing only that Rittenhouse wants him alive.

Directors: Greg Beeman
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The Day Reagan Was Shot
star
7.72
1470 votes

#11 - The Day Reagan Was Shot

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/6/2018

The Time Team travels back to 1981 Washington D.C. on the day President Reagan was shot, only to discover that the Sleeper’s target isn’t the President – but a young rookie police officer.

Directors: Alex Kalymnios
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The Watergate Tape
star
7.71
3504 votes

#12 - The Watergate Tape

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2016

The mystery behind the greatest political scandal of the 20th century is finally solved when Flynn beats our team to the punch in Richard Nixon's Washington. While Rufus and Lucy are set on an investigative course that leaves them both rattled to the core, Wyatt's tragic past erupts, and the secrecy behind Flynn's hidden agenda begins to unravel.

Directors: Greg Beeman
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The Kennedy Curse
star
7.71
1572 votes

#13 - The Kennedy Curse

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/2018

When a mission goes awry, Wyatt and Rufus are forced to bring a 17-year-old John F. Kennedy with them to the present. Anxious to return the future president to history, the team must find a way to work together to rescue JFK and return him to the past before Rittenhouse assassinates him in 2018.

Directors: Holly Dale
Writer: Lana Cho
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Hollywoodland
star
7.70
1701 votes

#14 - Hollywoodland

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/2018

When a Rittenhouse sleeper agent in 1941 Hollywood steals the only copy of Citizen Kane, Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus team up with Hedy Lamarr to get it back. Hedy Lamarr turns out to be not only a glamorous movie star but also a scientific wizard whose discoveries led to the invention of Wi-Fi.

Writer: Matt Whitney
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The King of the Delta Blues
star
7.70
1514 votes

#15 - The King of the Delta Blues

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2018

When Rufus and Jiya add a fourth seat to the Lifeboat, for the first time ever, Connor Mason joins the team as they travel back to the dusty backroads and smoky juke joints of the Depression-era South to rescue the life and legacy of Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues, Godfather of Rock n’ Roll and a man who, legend has it, bought his musical genius from the Devil for the price of his soul. Meanwhile, Agent Christopher keeps Wyatt in the present to execute a dangerous raid on Rittenhouse headquarters.

Directors: Greg Beeman
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Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
star
7.67
1479 votes

#16 - Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/29/2018

In the bustle of 1919 New York City, suffragette Alice Paul is framed for murder and the Time Team partners up with legendary female crime solver Grace Humiston – AKA “Mrs. Sherlock Holmes.” Together they attempt to prove Alice’s innocence in time for her to give a powerful speech that turns the tide in the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Back in the present, Connor Mason salvages key intel from the Rittenhouse raid.

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The Salem Witch Hunt
star
7.67
1608 votes

#17 - The Salem Witch Hunt

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/2018

While Wyatt sneaks away from the bunker to face an unbelievable truth, Lucy, Rufus and their former enemy-turned- teammate, Garcia Flynn, chase the Mothership to the Salem Witch Trials. There they must prevent the execution of a headstrong young woman who, it turns out, is mother to one of the most consequential Americans of all time.

Directors: Guy Ferland
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The Murder of Jesse James
star
7.66
2923 votes

#18 - The Murder of Jesse James

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/2017

Flynn teams up with legendary outlaw, Jesse James. Together they cut a bloody swath across the American frontier. Hot on Flynn's trail, Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus enlist the help of an iconic Marshal to help bring the fugitives to justice.

Writer: Jim Barnes
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Stranded
star
7.65
3403 votes

#19 - Stranded

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/2016

The team chases Garcia Flynn to 1754, but after he reveals his true intentions, they're forced to scramble through hostile territory. Now, if they want to survive, they'll need to learn to trust each other. Meanwhile, Agent Christopher quietly investigates Connor Mason, and Jiya has a hunch that Rufus might be resourceful enough to open a line of communication with the present.

Directors: Holly Dale
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
star
7.63
4656 votes

#20 - The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2016

Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus chase terrorist Garcia Flynn to the night of Lincoln's assassination, where they're horrified to learn that Flynn's linked up with history's most notorious assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Putting aside a tragedy of her own, Lucy speculates that Flynn intends to send the fragile nation into chaos by making a bad thing worse, and a debate rages among the team: should they alter history if it means changing it for the better?

Directors: Neil Marshall
Writer: Tom Smuts
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Pilot
star
7.61
5609 votes

#21 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2016

When one of the world’s most dangerous fugitives steals a state-of-the-art time machine, the U.S. government asks a history professor, Lucy Preston, a soldier, Wyatt Logan, and a scientist, Rufus Carlin, to embark on the adventure of a lifetime and chase the criminal mastermind, Garcia Flynn, to the Hindenburg disaster of 1937. While there, Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus each have to draw on expertise to save the present and protect the past – possibly at great personal cost.

Directors: Neil Marshall
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The Lost Generation
star
7.61
2823 votes

#22 - The Lost Generation

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2017

Flynn disappears to 1927 France on the day that Charles Lindbergh completes his transatlantic flight, so Rufus, Lucy and their new soldier scramble through the City of Lights and team with a young reporter to keep history intact. Locked in an undisclosed location, Wyatt gets a visit from Agent Christopher, and the pair is left wondering if their enemies are closer than they realize.

Directors: Craig Zisk
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The Alamo
star
7.60
3427 votes

#23 - The Alamo

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2016

After one member's fired from the team, Flynn returns to a pivotal event in the war over Texas-the Battle of the Alamo. Our team finds themselves stranded inside the famous fort, surrounded by Mexican soldiers, knowing that everyone inside is fated to die. Now, with no hope of rescue and facing insurmountable odds, the trio of heroes learns the meaning of trust and sacrifice from people prepared to die for those around them.

Directors: John Terlesky
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The Darlington 500
star
7.59
1709 votes

#24 - The Darlington 500

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2018

The Time Team chases Rittenhouse to a stock car race in the 1950s where Wyatt learns that his favorite race car driver is actually a Rittenhouse sleeper agent on a mission to destroy the American car industry. To stop the Rittenhouse plan, Wyatt, Lucy and Rufus team up with Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR driver.

Writer: Jim Barnes
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Party at Castle Varlar
star
7.57
3874 votes

#25 - Party at Castle Varlar

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2016

Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus are shocked when they're told the mothership has landed in Nazi Germany, but time is short, and they're the only ones equipped to kill Flynn and end his psychotic crusade. Now, in hot pursuit of a genius with sinister associations, the team weighs the consequences of Flynn's destruction, meets the man behind one of literature's most popular figures, and endures a very uncomfortable... party.

Directors: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Jim Barnes
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