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Code Black: Season 2

16 episodes Premiered Sep 28, 2016 Updated Oct 12, 2026
Previously on Code Black

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Code Black Season 1.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (13): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

Second Year

Sep 28, 2016 · 45 min

The new residents are introduced to the ER. A new doctor from the army who knows many advanced procedures is flown to a shark attack on the beach with Mike Leighton and Leighton fa

S2·E2 Core

Life and Limb

Oct 5, 2016 · 45 min

Willis must help a promising soccer player make a life-altering decision after he's seriously injured, and another patient's hesitation to share that she's transgender makes it dif

S2·E3 Core

Corporeal Form

Oct 12, 2016 · 45 min

Willis defies Campbell’s orders when he helps Mario and Heather perform a radical procedure on a maintenance worker stuck under a boiler that exploded. Also, Angus’ father, Dr. Des

S2·E4 Core

Demons and Angels

Oct 26, 2016 · 45 min

On Halloween night, Willis, Noa and Elliott rush to the scene of a fire at a haunted theater, where Dr. Nolan and her boyfriend’s son are trapped,

S2·E5 Core

Landslide

Nov 2, 2016 · 45 min

The Angels Memorial doctors treat victims caught in a landslide, and a group of children come in from a camping trip with measles putting the entire ER at risk.

S2·E6 Core

Hero Complex

Nov 9, 2016 · 45 min

Malaya must inform a college student who regains consciousness at Angels Memorial that she's the victim of a rape. Meanwhile, Willis and Campbell butt heads over a terminally ill w

S2·E7 Core

What Lies Beneath

Nov 16, 2016 · 45 min

Willis and Campbell are sent to a Russian submarine in U.S. waters to treat a sailor badly wounded during an explosion, and violent convicts injured during a prison riot descend up

S2·E8 Core

1.0 Bodies

Nov 23, 2016 · 45 min

The doctors treat cult members who unwillingly survived a mass suicide attempt, and Mario decides to connect with his late father’s girlfriend.

S2·E9 Core

Sleight of Hand

Nov 30, 2016 · 45 min

Willis, Leanne and Jesse risk their lives to operate on an injured officer who has an explosive bullet lodged in her leg. Meanwhile, Mario, Noah and Guthrie treat a magician who co

S2·E10 Core

Ave Maria

Dec 7, 2016 · 45 min

A 13-year-old girl arrives at Angels Memorial following a seizure caused by spina bifida and the doctors are shocked to learn she is Campbell's daughter. Meanwhile, a workaholic de

S2·E11 Core

Exodus

Dec 21, 2016 · 45 min

A code black at Angels Memorial takes a turn for the worse when a city- wide blackout leaves the hospital without power or back-up generators. As Campbell and Leanne divert high-ri

S2·E12 Core

One in a Million

Jan 4, 2017 · 45 min

Leanne defies Campbell's order and uses the hospital helicopter to reunite a family for the last time. Meanwhile, Willis and Loa use a cell phone app to communicate with an autisti

S2·E13 Core

Unfinished Business

Jan 11, 2017 · 45 min

Guthrie becomes the hospital's new chaplain and considers undergoing a risky surgery to treat his Parkinson's. Meanwhile, the doctors treat patients involved in an apartment fire.

S2·E14 Core

Vertigo

Jan 25, 2017 · 45 min

After pulling a double shift, Mario risks his own life when he follows Willis to a construction site where two brothers are trapped on a crane 300 feet above the ground.

S2·E15 Mytharc

The Devil's Workshop

Feb 1, 2017 · 45 min

The ER is quarantined when a viral outbreak jeopardizes the lives of the doctors and patients at Angels Memorial. Also, Ariel, the young girl Leanne bonded with a year ago when she

S2·E16 Mytharc

Fallen Angels

Feb 8, 2017 · 45 min

The doctors work with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to find an antidote to the deadly viral outbreak at Angels Memorial. Also, Leanne makes a life-changing decision

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