The best episodes of The Code

Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.

  1. 01

    S02E03 · September 15, 2016 · 55m

    Episode 37.3

    Racing to save Remsey from false imprisonment and find Callum, Jesse and Roth forge an unlikely alliance. Ned contacts an undercover photojournalist to help find Jesse.

  2. 02

    S02E04 · September 22, 2016 · 1h

    Episode 47.3

    Ned and Jesse are hiding with Roth, and Jesse lies to save his own skin and Hani's father. A political rally turns ugly as Jesse works furiously to decrypt the files.

  3. 03

    S02E05 · September 29, 2016 · 1h

    Episode 57.3

    Roth vows revenge after the death of a relative, while Jesse is torn between genuine care for Roth & the need to disarm the digital time bomb that is waiting to explode.

  4. 04

    S02E06 · October 6, 2016 · 55m

    Episode 67.2

    Roth, ready to show the world what it feels like to be brutalised & powerless to stop it, sets his shocking plan in motion. Jesse Banks must consider whether violent means can deliver peaceful ends.

  5. 05

    S01E06 · October 26, 2014 · 55m

    Episode 67.0

    Unless Ned and Jesse take action, their fates will be sealed, their story repackaged, and the truth will remain neatly beneath the radar. It is time to do something radical.

  6. 06

    S02E02 · September 8, 2016 · 55m

    Episode 27.0

    Kidnapped by Roth, Jesse and Hani disappear into the jungles of West Papua. Hoping it will buy them time to find the data the authorities need, Jesse reluctantly makes a deal unlock an encrypted file.

  7. 07

    S01E04 · October 12, 2014 · 55m

    Episode 46.7

    Ned and Jesse are on the run; their house has been ransacked, their phones bugged, and their computers tracked. With no one to turn to, their only hope is to find the truth in Lindara.

  8. 08

    S02E01 · September 1, 2016 · 55m

    Episode 16.6

    Jesse and Ned are facing the possibility of extradition to the US to face serious charges. Fortunately Australian National Security is sitting on an explosive case they can't crack, and Jesse might just be the man to do it.

  9. 09

    S01E03 · October 5, 2014 · 55m

    Episode 36.3

    Wracked by guilt that Jesse has paid such a high price for trying to help his investigation, Ned fears the worst when he discovers Jesse missing.

  10. 10

    S01E05 · October 19, 2014 · 55m

    Episode 56.2

    Ned and Jesse are forced into an impossible choice - Hani's life in exchange for technology capable of wiping entire cities from the face of the earth.

  11. 11

    S01E02 · September 28, 2014 · 55m

    Episode 26.0

    As Ned investigates the truck accident in the remote town of Lindara, Jesse comes face to face with the 'extraordinary' new powers of the law.

  12. 12

    S01E01 · September 21, 2014 · 55m

    Episode 15.8

    When Ned and Jesse Banks publish a video of a mysterious outback accident involving two teenagers and a truck from a classified research facility, they face the full weight of a political machine desperate to hide the truth.

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