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The Best Episodes of Black Lagoon Season 1

Every episode of Black Lagoon Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Black Lagoon Season 1!

The story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Black Lagoon" is the best rated episode of "Black Lagoon" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 469 votes. Directed by Kenichi Kawamura and written by Sunao Katabuchi, it aired on 4/9/2006. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Mangrove Heaven".

  • The Black Lagoon
    7.4/10469 votes

    #1 - 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

  • Mangrove Heaven
    7.6/10395 votes

    #2 - 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

  • Ring-Ding Ship Chase
    7.3/10357 votes

    #3 - 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

  • Die Rückkehr des Adlers
    7.2/10347 votes

    #4 - 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

  • Eagle Hunting and Hunting Eagles
    7.5/10332 votes

    #5 - 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

  • Moonlit Hunting Grounds
    7.8/10336 votes

    #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

  • Calm Down, Two Men
    8.3/10477 votes

    #7 - 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

  • Rasta Blasta
    7.4/10316 votes

    #8 - 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

  • Maid to Kill
    8.0/10337 votes

    #9 - 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

  • The Unstoppable Chambermaid
    7.6/10319 votes

    #10 - 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

  • Lock 'n Load Revolution
    7.5/10296 votes

    #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

  • Guerrillas in the Jungle
    7.6/10314 votes

    #12 - 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

  • The Vampire Twins Comen
    4.0/101 votes

    #13 - 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

  • Bloodsport Fairytale
    6.0/101 votes

    #14 - 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

  • Swan Song at Dawn
    8.0/101 votes

    #15 - 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

  • Greenback Jane
    4.0/101 votes

    #16 - 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

  • The Roanapur Freakshow Circus
    6.0/101 votes

    #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

  • Mr. Benny's Good Fortune
    4.0/101 votes

    #18 - 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

  • Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise
    6.0/101 votes

    #19 - 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

  • The Succession
    8.0/101 votes

    #20 - 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

  • Two Father's Little Soldier Girls
    6.0/101 votes

    #21 - 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

  • The Dark Tower
    8.0/101 votes

    #22 - 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

  • Snow White's Payback
    6.0/101 votes

    #23 - 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

  • The Gunslingers
    6.0/101 votes

    #24 - 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