The essential episodes of Quantico
Watch these 25 in order and you've got Quantico — each pick states its reason.
- 01
A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.
- 02
It's graduation day for the NATS of Quantico, while, in the future, Alex and her team find themselves head-to-head with the terrorist.
- 03
While investigating the dark world of espionage at a mysterious CIA training facility, Alex becomes caught at the center of a conspiracy that threatens lives across the globe.
- 04
At the Farm, Harry is still suspicious of Alex and Ryan, and he's determined to learn more about their plan, while Leon is recruited for a special assignment by Owen. Meanwhile, in the future, Alex continues to run from the terrorists but faces her toughest challenge yet when the terrorists corner her.
- 05
At the Farm, the trainees learn their next task is to decide on a drone strike, which triggers Alex's memories of Simon's sacrifice. Meanwhile, Shelby and Leon's relationship reaches the next level, and Nimah advises Alex and Ryan not to trust Harry. In the future, Alex questions if she can trust Lydia, leading to combat between the two.
- 06
At the Farm, Lydia and Owen teach the group about the necessity of lying and cutting off relationships. Perfect timing for Alex, since she is feeling disconnected from Ryan personally and professionally. In the future, Alex and company attempt to destroy the biological weapon.
- 07
The recruits are schooled in the art of seduction, which Alex sees as a perfect opportunity to get closer to Owen, but will it threatens her relationship with Ryan? And in the future, Alex finally gets the answers she's been looking for about who and what the terrorists are on.
- 08
At the Farm, Owen teaches the recruits a lesson on the necessity of betrayal, with a mission of getting the Venezuelan Consul Gabriel Carrera to turn on his country. In the future, Alex is forced to team up with Miranda to save the hostages, while President Claire Haas has a plan to end the crisis once and for all.
- 09
Alex tries to convince Owen of the traitor amongst them. The recruits are tasked with getting an asset out of Germany - but their target has a death wish. In the future, the terrorists resort to new means to gain information from the hostages.
- 10
At the Farm, the recruits break into the NSA on a mission to delete all their personal information, but the rogue group within the CIA has other plans. In the future, the hostages strategize an escape via underground tunnels as a set-up to get the terrorists to reveal themselves.
- 11
When Clay is forced to use his fiancée to carry out an operation, the whole team reexamines their personal connections, or more accurately, the lack thereof. Meanwhile, Alex forges an unexpected bond with an asset at the center of a conspiracy, and Harry struggles to find his place on the task force.
- 12
A despondent Clay meets with the President to discuss the future of the task force, but he's interrupted by the arrival of his brother. Meanwhile, Alex leads an operation to expose the collaborators' plans to sink the President's reputation, and she teaches Owen to trust his instincts.
- 13
Risking it all, Alex works with Owen to infiltrate the Collaborators. When they begin to test her loyalty, Alex realizes she's become a pawn in their plan to take down both the President and the task force.
- 14
After an impossible choice is made, a flood of new proposals shine a light on the final stages of the Collaborators' plan. Fractured but not defeated, the task force, with the help of some old friends, work to put the pieces together before the Collaborators can enact an unthinkable terrorist attack.
- 15
Ryan and Alex recruit Owen and Harry to help rescue their friend and defeat the villain. To help the cause, Owen brings in former agent Jocelyn Turner, who has her own dark past with The Widow. A whole new future lies ahead for this team when they agree to work together as an elite black-ops task force and the thrilling, heart-stopping adventures continue.
- 16
In tracking down the origin of a deadly strain of tuberculosis threatening Americans, Agent Ryan Booth must go undercover and infiltrate a white supremacist organization - an assignment that threatens the life of another member of the team.
- 17
The team must protect an ex-CIA agent to take down a cartel kingpin, an assignment that puts all of their lives in danger.
- 18
Alex and McQuigg are assigned to protect a prince following the assassination of an emir – but the team soon realizes the killer is closer than they think.
- 19
When a physics professor at a major U.S. university steals weaponized uranium, the team scrambles to find the professor and the missing uranium before it can be used against an important international summit meeting in New York City.
- 20
Jocelyn shares her very personal story of hearing loss when she finds herself face-to-face with the adversary responsible for the bomb explosion that changed her life forever. Meanwhile, the team works together to take him down and infiltrates an illegal, underground operation that has deadly consequences when not everyone comes out alive.
- 21
The team is tasked with protecting a scientist who has developed a deadly technology that, in the wrong hands, could have devastating consequences to mankind. Meanwhile, Ryan and Shelby stumble on something personal of Alex's that signals a possible change in her personal life.
- 22
Alex goes undercover with an American military contractor who is believed to have struck a deadly deal with another country; but in the end, it's Alex's life that's on the line.
- 23
Lives are in danger as the team protects Shelby when she reunites with someone from her past, resulting in deadly consequences.
- 24
When Owen and McQuigg learn heartbreaking news about family members, the team goes on high alert as they quickly learn nowhere is safe.
- 25
The team is in Ireland, and when they finally come face-to-face with Conor Devlin, not everyone comes out alive. And Alex makes a life-changing decision about her future.
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