The essential episodes of Mortal Kombat: Legacy

Watch these 15 in order and you've got Mortal Kombat: Legacy — each pick states its reason.

1. 01

   S01E01 · Pilot · April 12, 2011 · 10m

   Jax, Sonya and Kano: Part 16.0

   When Jax realizes time is of the essence to save Sonya, a fellow lieutenant in the Outworld Investigation Agency, from Kano's deadly hand, he holds nothing back in this action-packed, two-on-one battle to keep a shipment of stolen Robotic Defense Program material out of Kano's hands. But can Jax and Sonya do it? Kano is a ruthless, evil leader of the "Black Dragon" international crime organization, and anyone who's tried to take him down has never lived to tell about it!

2. 02

   S01E02 · Top rated · April 19, 2011 · 10m

   Jax, Sonya and Kano: Part 27.5

   When Jax realizes time is of the essence to save Sonya, a fellow lieutenant in the Outworld Investigation Agency, from Kano's deadly hand, he holds nothing back in this action-packed, two-on-one battle to keep a shipment of stolen Robotic Defense Program material out of Kano's hands. But can Jax and Sonya do it? Kano is a ruthless, evil leader of the "Black Dragon" international crime organization, and anyone who's tried to take him down has never lived to tell about it!

3. 03

   S01E03 · Top rated · April 26, 2011 · 10m

   Johnny Cage7.5

   After unsuccessfully trying to sell his reality television pilot pitch to a studio exec, Johnny Cage, an American action-hero movie star who has fallen on hard times, is recruited by Shang Tsung, a powerful sorcerer who has the power to suck souls from people, to fight in the upcoming Mortal Kombat tournament.

4. 04

   S01E04 · Top rated · May 3, 2011 · 10m

   Kitana & Mileena: Part 17.5

   Beautiful, athletic, and trained as highly skilled assassins, Kitana and Mileena have grown up thinking that they are sisters. Shao Kahn, Emperor of the Outworld, has tricked Shang Tsung into becoming his servant for Mortal Kombat by making him clone Mileena as a Tarkatan clone of Kitana, out of Shao Kahn's fear that Kitana wouldn't love him enough if she ever found out the truth about her Mother and Father.

5. 05

   S01E07 · Season 1 peak · May 24, 2011 · 10m

   Scorpion and Sub Zero: Part 18.5

   Hanzo Hasashi, better known as the warrior Scorpion, is summoned to meet with the Shogun of Kumamoto Castle. While traveling, the fearless General of the Shirai Ryu clan encounters his mortal enemy, Sub-Zero. Scorpion realizes too late that this trap has led him away from his village and family, leaving them without means to defend themselves. He knows that he must defeat Sub-Zero and return to his village before it is too late.

6. 06

   S01E08 · Top rated · May 31, 2011 · 10m

   Scorpion and Sub Zero: Part 28.0

   With the Shirai Ryu clan murdered by the hands of Sub-Zero and the Lin Kuei, Hanzo Hasashi has failed to protect his village. With his eternal soul destined to rot in the depths of hell, he is visited by a mysterious sorcerer. Will vengeance be enough to get Scorpion to enter the Mortal Kombat Tournament?

7. 07

   S01E09 · Top rated · July 24, 2011 · 10m

   Cyrax and Sektor8.0

   Cyrax and Sektor are chosen to be the future of the Lin Kuei by the Grand Master, but Cyrax is less than enthusiastic about giving his life over to a cybernetic transformation that will erase his memories and turn him into the ultimate fighting machine. When he discovers that the cyborg he is fighting seems closely familiar, Sektor must keep Cyrax focused on destroying Hydro, and not himself or their future...

8. 08

   S02E03 · Top rated · September 26, 2013 · 10m

   Kenshi's Origin8.5

   We watch as the Earthrealm and Outworld warriors appear at the Mortal Kombat tournament island. Raiden greets the Earthrealm warriors. We also flashback to feudal Japan for the beginning of Kenshi's origin story.

9. 09

   S02E04 · Top rated · September 26, 2013 · 10m

   Kenshi Encounters Ermac8.5

   We continue with Kenshi's origin story in feudal Japan and watch as he is blinded in his first fight with Ermac. In the present, blind Kenshi battles Ermac in the tournament, finally defeating him.

10. 10

    S02E05 · Top rated · September 26, 2013 · 10m

    Kitana and Mileena8.5

    We flash back to Kitana and Mileena getting their orders to enter the tournament... Kitana is uneasy about the truth of her past.

11. 11

    S02E06 · Top rated · September 26, 2013 · 10m

    Johnny Cage8.0

    We flash back to how Johnny Cage was recruited to the tournament by Raiden... as he sits in a jail cell. In the present, we watch as Johnny fights for his life against Mileena and Kitana. He is only able to escape when the sisters turn on one another.

12. 12

    S02E07 · Season 2 peak · September 26, 2013 · 10m

    Scorpion and Sub-Zero II (Part 1)9.0

    Flashback to feudal Japan, where Scorpion, his wife and his son are waylaid on the road by Sub Zero's angry younger brother. Scorpion is forced to kill him to protect his family. In the aftermath, Scorpion and Sub Zero attempt to renew a childhood friendship and form a truce between their warring clans.

13. 13

    S02E08 · Top rated · September 26, 2013 · 10m

    Scorpion and Sub-Zero II (Part 2)9.0

    We flash back to feudal Japan and reference the moments in Season 1 where Scorpion's family is seemingly murdered by Sub Zero and his clan. In the present, Scorpion searches the tournament field for Sub Zero and exacts his revenge.

14. 14

    S02E09 · Top rated · September 26, 2013 · 10m

    Liu Kang8.0

    Flashback to the weeks before Liu Kang is recruited into the tournament. We see that Liu Kang has become a hitman as he murders Russian mobsters in a seedy motel. After the job is done, Liu Kang is visited by Shang Tsung, who recruits him to join the tournament... however this time, he'll fight on the darkside of the Outworld warriors.

15. 15

    S02E10 · Series finale · September 26, 2013 · 10m

    Liu Kang and Kung Lao8.0

    In the present, Stryker treats Johnny Cage's wounds when Liu Kang comes upon them and fights them both. Kung Lao appears, shocked that his old friend is here and that he is fighting with the warriors of Outworld.