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The Irrational
Alec Mercer is a world-renowned professor of behavioral psychology with a unique insight into human nature who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, corporations and law enforcement. However, he meets his match in a female domestic terror suspect who turns his world upside down.
- Created by:
- Arika Lisanne Mittman
- Cast:
- Jesse L. Martin, Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- NBC
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 2
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 4.6Collateral Damage
2024-10-08 · 42mWhen Rose goes missing, Alec quickly discovers this is no ordinary kidnapping. While Rose plays a dangerous game to stall for time, Alec takes matters into his own hands to find her.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 5.0A Kick in the Teeth
2024-10-15 · 42mThe FBI needs Alec and his team to help stop a serial killer terrorizing the suburbs.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 3.3Bad Blood
2024-10-22 · 42mAlex investigates the death of a rising star on Wall Street who was killed during her hockey game.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 3.3Formal Ties
2024-10-29 · 42mAlec and Marisa attend a wedding inside a foreign embassy that turns into a murder investigation.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 1.5Anatomy of a Fall
2024-11-12 · 42mSimon's mother asks Alec to help stop a suicide contagion when a third student death strikes the campus. Alex asks Marisa to help when he thinks there might be more to the case. Phoebe struggles with her next career move
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Episode 6
★ 1.0The Wrong Side of Maybe
2024-11-26 · 42mAlec and the team work to prevent a looming train disaster. Phoebe, Simon and Rizwan struggle to figure out the new power dynamics between them.
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Episode 7
★ 1.0Stan by Me
2024-12-03 · 42mAlec enters the world of K-Pop fandom when a superfan is murdered, and the only suspect is the pop star the fan idolizes. Alec and Rose dig beneath the surface to uncover what happened and, in the process, he uncovers more about her past.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 3.3Lost Souls
2025-01-07 · 42mWhen an acclaimed tennis player goes missing in a remote forest, Alec is called to help find her and bring her to safety. However, a medical emergency threatens to sideline Alec, leaving Marisa and Rose to race against time and rescue the woman.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 1.0Another Man's Treasure
2025-01-14 · 42mAlec and Marisa investigate a museum heist and a curator and his son might hold the key; the case raises ethical questions about the controversial practice of buying and selling cultural artifacts, which brings old memories for Marisa.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 3.3Now You Don't
2025-01-21 · 42mAlec brings Rose on a date to a magic club he frequents where a friend is the headliner; the evening turns deadly when an audience volunteer is inexplicably killed onstage, and seemingly by magic.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 3.0Ghost Ship
2025-01-28 · 42mAlec and Marisa investigate a mysterious ghost ship that has washed up on the shores of his hometown. This forces him to revisit his past and spend time with his father with whom he has a fraught and complicated relationship
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E12
Episode 12
★ 3.7Straight From the Heart
2025-02-04 · 42mRenee seeks Alec's help after she has a dream containing details about a murder that actually happened. The case grows more intriguing when they realize the victim was Renee's heart transplant donor. Marisa is surprised by a visitor from her past
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E13
Episode 13
★ 3.0Murder, She Rode
2025-02-11 · 42mAfter a champion horse throws and kills his rider, Alec and Phoebe are called upon to save the horse from being euthanized. Their investigation reveals what happened isn’t at all as it appears.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 3.0The Milgram Experiment
2025-02-18 · 42mAlec helps Rose when an attorney general is threatened by a scandalous deep fake video that puts lives in danger. The head of Rose’s firm arrives from Europe and gets entangled in their case work, leading Alec to do an experiment.
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Episode 15
★ 3.0Conversation Games
2025-02-25 · 42mWhen Kylie and Marisa find evidence that a tech billionaire may be a serial killer, Alec quickly determines the only way to prove the killer’s guilt is for Alec to extract a confession, which leads into a dangerous game of cat and mouse.
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Episode 16
★ 3.0The Overview Effect
2025-03-11 · 42mWith an astronaut trapped in space, Alec is tapped to evaluate whether the pair of astronauts assigned to rescue them—a married couple—can safely complete the mission, until an accident during a training exercise puts the mission at risk.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 3.0Suddenly, Alec
2025-03-18 · 42mIn order to solve an actor's murder, Alec and Rose must go undercover to infiltrate a community theater production of "Little Shop of Horrors," but joining the cast may put them right in the killer's cross-hairs.
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Episode 18
★ 3.0The Exchange
2025-03-25 · 42mWhen Alec is recruited to assist with a multi-national prisoner exchange that has gone awry, he sees an opportunity to rescue a wrongfully imprisoned colleague. The case pulls Alec and Rose into the dangerous world of international espionage.
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Jesse L. Martin
Alec Mercer
Maahra Hill
Marisa Clark
Travina Springer
Kylie Mercer
Molly Kunz
Phoebe Duncan
Arash DeMaxi
Rizwan Asadi