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 the early to mid 1990s. Their base of operations is located in the fictional harbor city of Roanapur in southeast Thailand near the border of Cambodia.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Black Lagoon" season 1 is "The Black Lagoon", rated 7.4/10 from 464 user votes. It was directed by Kenichi Kawamura and written by Sunao Katabuchi. "The Black Lagoon" aired on 4/9/2006 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Mangrove Heaven".
7.4/10 464 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
7.6/10 391 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
7.3/10 353 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
7.3/10 343 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
7.5/10 327 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
7.9/10 331 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
8.3/10 469 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
7.4/10 311 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
8.0/10 331 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
7.7/10 313 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
7.5/10 290 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
7.6/10 308 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
4.0/10 1 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
6.0/10 1 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
8.0/10 1 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
4.0/10 1 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
6.0/10 1 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
4.0/10 1 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
6.0/10 1 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
8.0/10 1 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
6.0/10 1 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
8.0/10 1 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
6.0/10 1 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
6.0/10 1 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