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Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Travelers Season 1 Episode 7 - Protocol 5
    7.0/10(30 votes)

    #1 - Protocol 5

    S1:E7

    The team struggles to live 21st century lives as they’re faced with the prospect that their missions might be over for good.

    Director:Helen Shaver
    Writers:S.B. Edwards, Ashley Park, Jason Whiting, Pat Smith

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  2. Travelers Season 1 Episode 2 - Protocol 6
    7.1/10(41 votes)

    #2 - Protocol 6

    S1:E2

    The team's first mission goes awry when a fatal mistake leaves them holding a ticking time bomb.

    Director:Andy Mikita
    Writer:Gillian Muller

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  3. Travelers Season 1 Episode 4 - Hall
    7.2/10(36 votes)

    #3 - Hall

    S1:E4

    MacLaren’s leadership is challenged when he’s directed to assist a more experienced team of travelers that wants to join forces.

    Director:Martin Wood
    Writer:Pat Smith

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  4. Travelers Season 1 Episode 1 - Travelers
    7.3/10(46 votes)

    #4 - Travelers

    S1:E1

    Five strangers become an elite team of secret operatives when time travelers take over their conscious minds, to try to correct the terrible problems that face humanity in their own time.

    Director:Nick Hurran
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  5. Travelers Season 1 Episode 3 - Aleksander
    7.3/10(38 votes)

    #5 - Aleksander

    S1:E3

    A team member buckles under the guilt of not being allowed to prevent future deaths and puts the travelers in jeopardy.

    Director:Andy Mikita
    Writers:Tara Armstrong, Mika Collins

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  6. Travelers Season 2 Episode 8 - Traveler 0027
    7.3/10(28 votes)

    #6 - Traveler 0027

    S2:E8

    After receiving an unusual message to attend a court proceeding, the travelers find that one of their own is on trial for conspiring against The Director and interrupting the Grand Plan.

    Director:Amanda Tapping
    Writer:Ashley Park

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  7. Travelers Season 1 Episode 5 - Room 101
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #7 - Room 101

    S1:E5

    MacLaren is on his own as he fights to unravel the mystery of his team’s sudden disappearance.

    Director:Martin Wood
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  8. Travelers Season 1 Episode 8 - Donner
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    #8 - Donner

    S1:E8

    MacLaren has to find a lone bomber who kills a newly arrived group of travelers.

    Director:William Waring
    Writers:Ashley Park, Pat Smith

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  9. Travelers Season 1 Episode 10 - Kathryn
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    #9 - Kathryn

    S1:E10

    Teetering on the brink of death, MacLaren slips in and out of his host's memories.

    Director:Andy Mikita
    Writers:S.B. Edwards, Jason Whiting

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  10. Travelers Season 2 Episode 2 - Protocol 4
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #10 - Protocol 4

    S2:E2

    Philip makes an unexpected connection, Marcy helps David cope with his trauma, and MacLaren discovers a shocking truth that Kathryn has been hiding from him.

    Director:Andy Mikita
    Writers:Jason Whiting, Ken Kabatoff

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  11. Travelers Season 3 Episode 1 - Ilsa
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #11 - Ilsa

    S3:E1

    MacLaren, his team and their loved ones regroup at a safe house protected by the FBI, but doubts and betrayals may sabotage the rest of their mission.

    Director:Eric McCormack
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  12. Travelers Season 3 Episode 2 - Yates
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #12 - Yates

    S3:E2

    MacLaren and Yates adjust to their new partnership while protecting a TV show host whose inflammatory rhetoric about Travelers has led to tragedy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Travelers Season 3 Episode 3 - Protocol 3
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #13 - Protocol 3

    S3:E3

    Certain that his team erased his memory of the previous day, MacLaren retraces his steps in the case of a disturbed youth with a horrific future.

    Director:Andy Mikita
    Writer:Jason Whiting

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  14. Travelers Season 2 Episode 3 - Jacob
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #14 - Jacob

    S2:E3

    After tracking down a missing traveler, the team is led to some disturbing answers about their kidnapping.

    Director:Andy Mikita
    Writers:Ashley Park, Pat Smith

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  15. Travelers Season 2 Episode 9 - Update
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #15 - Update

    S2:E9

    Philip’s timeline receives an update with some unwanted side effects, Trevor makes a disturbing discovery about his host’s past, and MacLaren deals with the return of a traveler he thought had gone away for good.

    Director:Amanda Tapping
    Writer:Pat Smith

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  16. Travelers Season 3 Episode 5 - Naomi
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #16 - Naomi

    S3:E5

    The team attempts to extract a rogue A.I. from a child messenger, but the program expands too rapidly. A new Traveler adjusts to his host.

    Director:Amanda Tapping
    Writer:Ashley Park

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  17. Travelers Season 2 Episode 7 - 17 Minutes
    7.6/10(31 votes)

    #17 - 17 Minutes

    S2:E7

    A skydiving traveler must try, repeatedly, to save our team from a horrible fate.

    Director:Amanda Tapping
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  18. Travelers Season 3 Episode 4 - Perrow
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #18 - Perrow

    S3:E4

    The team learns that Traveler 001 is still alive when the Faction tries to capture him. Doubts about their loved ones worsen for Kat, Jess and David.

    Director:Amanda Tapping
    Writers:Ashley Park, Pat Smith

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  19. Travelers Season 2 Episode 4 - 11:27
    7.7/10(28 votes)

    #19 - 11:27

    S2:E4

    MacLaren and the team must help a fellow traveler plan his own assassination, while helping an unsuspecting activist complete a deadly mission.

    Director:Amanda Tapping
    Writers:Ashley Park, Pat Smith

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  20. Travelers Season 2 Episode 6 - U235
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    #20 - U235

    S2:E6

    With the unknown virus rapidly spreading, the team is left with only one option in order to save The Director hundreds of years in the future.

    Director:Andy Mikita
    Writers:Ashley Park, Pat Smith

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  21. Travelers Season 2 Episode 11 - Simon
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #21 - Simon

    S2:E11

    When the team meets Simon, a homeless man with a startling history, they’re led down a path that leads directly to the very first traveler.

    Director:William Waring
    Writer:Jason Whiting

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  22. Travelers Season 3 Episode 6 - Philip
    7.7/10(22 votes)

    #22 - Philip

    S3:E6

    The Faction kidnaps Philip and a group of other historians, forcing MacLaren and the team to extract their location from a critically injured Hall.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Travelers Season 1 Episode 9 - Bishop
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    #23 - Bishop

    S1:E9

    MacLaren is kept on a tight leash after the Director orders an assassination.

    Director:William Waring
    Writer:Amanda Smith-Kolic

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  24. Travelers Season 1 Episode 11 - Marcy
    7.8/10(29 votes)

    #24 - Marcy

    S1:E11

    Trevor defies the Director while the team contends with Marcy’s inevitable death.

    Director:Andy Mikita
    Writer:Jason Whiting

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  25. Travelers Season 2 Episode 1 - Ave Machina
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    #25 - Ave Machina

    S2:E1

    Grant MacLaren and his team find themselves in FBI custody with no means of escape, while a mysterious new traveler reveals secrets to his psychiatrist.

    Director:Andy Mikita
    Writer:Brad Wright

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Protocol 5" is the worst rated episode of "Travelers". It scored 7/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by Helen Shaver and written by S.B. Edwards, Ashley Park, Jason Whiting, Pat Smith, it aired on 11/28/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Protocol 6".