The Irrational

Name: The Irrational
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2023-09-25
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Jesse L. Martin, Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz, Arash DeMaxi

CANCELED2 Seasons29 Episodes★ 6.7

The Irrational is a crime and drama series on NBC that ran from 2023 to 2025. It was canceled after 2 seasons and 29 episodes.

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NetworkNBC

First AiredSep 25, 2023

Last AiredMar 25, 2025

GenreCrime, Drama

Created ByArika Lisanne Mittman

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionUniversal Television, Simon-Binx Productions, Samuel Baum Productions

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.

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Cast

Jesse L. Martin

Alec Mercer

Maahra Hill

Marisa Clark

Travina Springer

Kylie Mercer

Molly Kunz

Phoebe Duncan

Arash DeMaxi

Rizwan Asadi

Seasons & Episodes2 seasons · 29 episodes

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E1Collateral Damage

Oct 8, 202442m★ 4.6

When 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.

E2A Kick in the Teeth

Oct 15, 202442m★ 5.0

The FBI needs Alec and his team to help stop a serial killer terrorizing the suburbs.

E3Bad Blood

Oct 22, 202442m★ 3.3

Alex investigates the death of a rising star on Wall Street who was killed during her hockey game.

E4Formal Ties

Oct 29, 202442m★ 3.3

Alec and Marisa attend a wedding inside a foreign embassy that turns into a murder investigation.

E5Anatomy of a Fall

Nov 12, 202442m

Simon'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

E6The Wrong Side of Maybe

Nov 26, 202442m

Alec and the team work to prevent a looming train disaster. Phoebe, Simon and Rizwan struggle to figure out the new power dynamics between them.

E7Stan by Me

Dec 3, 202442m

Alec 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.

E8Lost Souls

Jan 7, 202542m★ 3.3

When 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.

E9Another Man's Treasure

Jan 14, 202542m

Alec 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.

E10Now You Don't

Jan 21, 202542m★ 3.3

Alec 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.

E11Ghost Ship

Jan 28, 202542m★ 3.0

Alec 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

E12Straight From the Heart

Feb 4, 202542m★ 3.7

Renee 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

E13Murder, She Rode

Feb 11, 202542m★ 3.0

After 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.

E14The Milgram Experiment

Feb 18, 202542m★ 3.0

Alec 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.

E15Conversation Games

Feb 25, 202542m★ 3.0

When 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.

E16The Overview Effect

Mar 11, 202542m★ 3.0

With 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.

E17Suddenly, Alec

Mar 18, 202542m★ 3.0

In 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.

E18The Exchange

Mar 25, 202542m★ 3.0

When 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.

About The Irrational

The Irrational is a crime, drama series on NBC. The show first aired on Sep 25, 2023 and currently has 2 seasons and 29 episodes. The Irrational has been canceled. It has a rating of 6.7/10 based on 87 votes. The cast includes Jesse L. Martin, Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz, Arash DeMaxi. Created by Arika Lisanne Mittman.