8.3/10482 votesLoading...#1 - Calm Down, Two Men
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/21/2006
Revy's resentment at being sent on assignment with Rock may change when he calms a potentially volatile situation with a dealer.
Director: Kenichi Kawamura, Yoshihisa Matsumoto
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
8.0/10339 votesLoading...#2 - Maid to Kill
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/4/2006
The Black Lagoon crew discovers too late that Roberta is a formidable opponent with a price on her head, as they attempt to flee with Garcia.
Director: Tetsuro Araki
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
8.0/101 votesLoading...#3 - Swan Song at Dawn
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/18/2006
Gretel takes Eda hostage, demanding a getaway boat for herself and her brother. Meanwhile, Hansel holds off Balalaika's entire team alone.
Director: Fumie Muroi
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
8.0/101 votesLoading...#4 - The Succession
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/22/2006
Feuding breaks out between Balalaika and the Washimine gang, and Rock makes a shocking discovery about Yukio, the girl he met at the festival.
Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
8.0/101 votesLoading...#5 - The Dark Tower
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/6/2006
Revy and Ginji try to save Yukio during a battle with Chaka and his men. Later, she takes Rock to task for trying to save her from a life of crime.
Director: Takao Abo
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
7.8/10338 votesLoading...#6 - Moonlit Hunting Grounds
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/14/2006
Dutch and Revy's violent raid on the neo-Nazi ship leads to surprising revelations about Revy and the Black Lagoon's mission to recover the painting.
Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
7.6/10398 votesLoading...#7 - Mangrove Heaven
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/16/2006
Rock devises a plan to destroy the gunship that seems to have trapped the Black Lagoon. Meanwhile, the Lagoon Company accepts Rock as a new member.
Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
7.6/10321 votesLoading...#8 - The Unstoppable Chambermaid
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/11/2006
Rock learns the truth about Balalaika's troops when they intervene in a no-holds-barred confrontation between Revy and Roberta.
Director: Tetsuro Araki
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
7.6/10316 votesLoading...#9 - Guerrillas in the Jungle
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/25/2006
Rock learns the truth about Takenaka while under interrogation, and gets an even bigger surprise after he's rescued by Revy and Shenhua.
Director: Atsushi Nigorikawa
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
7.5/10334 votesLoading...#10 - Eagle Hunting and Hunting Eagles
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/7/2006
After finding the painting on the sunken sub, Rock and Revy argue over looking for more loot while the neo-Nazis' own divers approach the wreck.
Director: Kunio Katsuki
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
7.5/10298 votesLoading...#11 - Lock 'n Load Revolution
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/18/2006
While transporting information on a terrorist organization to the CIA, the Black Lagoon crew comes under attack by the terrorists.
Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
7.4/10472 votesLoading...#12 - The Black Lagoon
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/2006
Abducted by modern-day pirates and declared dead by his company, businessman Rokuro Okajima joins his captors on their ship, the Black Lagoon.
Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
7.4/10318 votesLoading...#13 - Rasta Blasta
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/28/2006
The Black Lagoon crew must deliver a young hostage to a Colombian cartel, but Dutch has a crisis of conscience when he learns the boy's identity.
Director: Tetsuro Araki
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
7.3/10360 votesLoading...#14 - Ring-Ding Ship Chase
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/23/2006
A gangster named Chin lures Dutch and the crew of the Black Lagoon into a battle at sea against Luak, the leader of rival pirates.
Director: Sunao Katabuchi, Tetsuro Araki
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
7.3/10349 votesLoading...#15 - Die Rückkehr des Adlers
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/30/2006
While on a mission to retrieve a valuable painting from a sunken U-boat, the Black Lagoon is besieged by missile-firing neo-Nazis.
Director: Fumie Muroi
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
6.0/101 votesLoading...#16 - Bloodsport Fairytale
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/11/2006
After Rock and Chang trace the twins' origins to Romania, they become engaged in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with the lethal kids.
Director: Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
6.0/101 votesLoading...#17 - The Roanapur Freakshow Circus
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/1/2006
Eda tries to help Jane evade the bounty hunters, but her plans -- including an escape on the Black Lagoon -- are foiled at virtually every turn.
Director: Takanori Suzuki
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
6.0/101 votesLoading...#18 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/15/2006
Rock and Revy accompany Balalaika to Japan, where they enact -- then endanger -- an assignment to take out one yakuza gang at the behest of another.
Director: Kenichi Kawamura, Hideki Okamoto
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
6.0/101 votesLoading...#19 - Two Father's Little Soldier Girls
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/29/2006
Yukio is abducted on the day she takes control of the Washimine Group, and Rock pleads with Ginji to let him and Revy help rescue her.
Director: Kunio Katsuki
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
6.0/101 votesLoading...#20 - Snow White's Payback
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/13/2006
Balalaika has wiped out much of the Washimine Group, but Yukio has learned something about Hotel Moscow's technique and uses it to her advantage.
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
6.0/101 votesLoading...#21 - The Gunslingers
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/20/2006
Rock tries to force Yukio out of a life of crime, but events beyond his control may cause his well-laid plans for her future to spin out of control.
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
4.0/101 votesLoading...#22 - The Vampire Twins Comen
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/4/2006
A rash of killings targeting Hotel Moscow prompts a meeting of the major crime lords and suspicion falls on a pair of twin children.
Director: Hisato Shimoda
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
4.0/101 votesLoading...#23 - Greenback Jane
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/25/2006
The Florida mafia and various bounty hunters descend on the Church of Violence in pursuit of U.S. counterfeiter Greenback Jane, who wants to join.
Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
4.0/101 votesLoading...#24 - Mr. Benny's Good Fortune
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/8/2006
Dutch and Benny attempt to rescue Jane and the others, and much will be revealed after the chase as they are pursued by the bounty hunters.
Director: Hisato Shimoda, Hiromitsu Kanazawa
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
The Best Episodes of Black Lagoon
Every episode of Black Lagoon ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Black Lagoon!
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Best Episodes Summary
"Calm Down, Two Men" is the best rated episode of "Black Lagoon". It scored 8.3/10 based on 482 votes. Directed by Kenichi Kawamura, Yoshihisa Matsumoto and written by Sunao Katabuchi, it aired on 5/21/2006. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Maid to Kill".