The essential episodes of Face Off

Watch these 15 in order and you've got Face Off — each pick states its reason.

  1. 01

    S01E01 · Pilot · January 26, 2011 · 1h

    Welcome to the Jungle6.0

    The challenge is to create a new human/animal hybrid based from 3 exotic animals that are brought into lab.

  2. 02

    S02E01 · Season 2 peak · January 11, 2012 · 1h

    Return to Oz6.0

    Fourteen aspiring makeup artists face off in the Season 2 premiere, which has them re-imagining characters from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".

  3. 03

    S03E01 · Season 3 peak · August 21, 2012 · 1h

    A Force to Be Reckoned With6.0

    Sean Astin greets the contestants, who are challenged to create original aliens for the "Star Wars" cantina scene in the Season 3 opener.

  4. 04

    S04E01 · Season 4 peak · January 15, 2013 · 1h

    Make It Reign6.0

    The artists create goblin kings and are judged by actor John Rhys-Davies.

  5. 05

    S05E01 · Season 5 peak · August 13, 2013 · 1h

    Going for Gold6.0

    Eight newcomers take on eight former contestants as each team creates a series of hyper-stylized fantasy characters.

  6. 06

    S06E06 · Season 6 peak · February 18, 2014 · 1h

    Cryptic Creatures6.0

    Today the artists take inspiration from a swamp and make cryptids.

  7. 07

    S07E04 · Season 7 peak · August 12, 2014 · 1h

    Twisted Trees6.0

    Guess what? We have a Foundation Challenge today, hooray! The contestants walk into the lab to see an array of models striking their very best "save the world" poses. McKenzie tells them they'll be basing an entire superhero, backstory and everything, on the costume that their model is wearing.

  8. 08

    S08E01 · Season 8 peak · January 13, 2015 · 1h

    Return of the Champions5.5

    Fifteen new artists – coached by three returning champions - join forces to spawn a legion of alien creatures.

  9. 09

    S09E10 · Season 9 peak · September 29, 2015 · 1h

    Freak Show9.0

    The artists must create their very own freak show character inspired by a promotional poster.

  10. 10

    S11E09 · Top rated · March 21, 2017 · 1h

    Frightening Families7.5

    The competition is turned on its head as the eight remaining all-stars are combined into a pair of super teams that must each create a frightening family of three mutated characters.

  11. 11

    S11E10 · Top rated · March 28, 2017 · 1h

    Cursed Covens7.5

    The seven remaining artists, and their two super teams, each create a coven of cursed witches, and another all-star is eliminated from the competition.

  12. 12

    S11E11 · Top rated · April 4, 2017 · 1h

    Intergalactic Congress7.5

    The remaining artists, competing individually, must create an alien delegate for an intergalactic congress.

  13. 13

    S11E14 · Season 11 peak · April 25, 2017 · 1h

    Battle of the Beasts8.0

    The final three create animalistic kung-fu masters for an actual fight scene.

  14. 14

    S12E05 · Season 12 peak · July 18, 2017 · 1h

    String Theory8.0

    The artists must bring the four seasons to life for a dance to be choreographed by Travis Wall.

  15. 15

    S13E10 · Series finale · August 7, 2018 · 1h

    Through the Looking Glass, Part 2

    It's part two of the Face Off: Battle Royale finale, as the artists and their teams create their short film, and one is crowned champion.

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