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The Best Episodes of Dinotopia Season 1

Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure
Network:ABC

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

Frank Scott, a wealthy American, crashes his plane into the Caribbean. His two teenaged sons, Karl and David, survive, only to find themselves castaways on...
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  • Crossroads
    6.4/10(30)
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    #1 - Crossroads

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 8/17/2003

    While trying to decide whether to return to their modern world, Karl, David and Frank must make even tougher decisions: will Marion go with them and who is plotting Dinotopia's downfall?

    Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writer: James Gurney, Raymond Khoury

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  • Marooned
    6.3/10(49)
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    #2 - Marooned

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 11/28/2002

    The two-hour opener begins a month after the plane accident that stranded Frank Scott and his sons, Karl and David, in Dinotopia. As they attempt to adjust to this new land, a renegade group, the Outsiders, discovers a mysterious amulet that allows them to control the Tyrannosaurs and the pteranodons. The rebels intend to capitalize on their good fortune, but Karl and David aim to stop them.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: James Gurney, Raymond Khoury

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  • The Big Fight
    6.3/10(37)
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    #3 - The Big Fight

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 7/13/2003

    Frank arranges a boxing match between David and Alano, one of LeSage's Outsider crew. Meanwhile, Frank and LeSage become friends, and the senate tries to find a way to ban the fight.

    Director: David Winning, Marco Brambilla, Mike Fash

    Writer: James Gurney, Raymond Khoury, Simon Moore

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  • Making Good
    6.2/10(38)
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    #4 - Making Good

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 11/28/2002

    The two-hour opener begins a month after the plane accident that stranded Frank Scott and his sons, Karl and David, in Dinotopia. As they attempt to adjust to this new land, a renegade group, the Outsiders, discovers a mysterious amulet that allows them to control the Tyrannosaurs and the pteranodons. The rebels intend to capitalize on their good fortune, but Karl and David aim to stop them.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: James Gurney, Raymond Khoury

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  • The Matriarch
    6.2/10(34)
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    #5 - The Matriarch

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 12/26/2002

    The theft of a dinosaur egg during a special celebration sparks an incident with the Outsiders and Le Sage when it's discovered a dinosaur egg has been switched with that of a T-Rex, which hatches and wreaks havoc at the dinosaur nursery.

    Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi, Marco Brambilla

    Writer: James Gurney, Simon Moore, Judy Morris

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  • Lost and Found
    6.2/10(32)
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    #6 - Lost and Found

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 7/6/2003

    Karl finds a lost civilization within Dinotopia, who have never even heard of Dinotopia.

    Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writer: James Gurney, Raymond Khoury

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  • LeSage
    6.1/10(35)
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    #7 - LeSage

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 12/12/2002

    Crop-harvesting dinosaurs are infected by a virus, and Le Sage has stolen the only medicinal plant that can help.

    Director: David Winning, Marco Brambilla, Mike Fash

    Writer: James Gurney, Nick Harding,

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  • Car Wars
    6.0/10(33)
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    #8 - Car Wars

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 12/19/2002

    Frank creates a car but when it begins to pollute Dinotopia, Mayor Waldo bans it. Frank, out of revenge, runs for mayor and wins, and allows the car to continue. However Frank soon learns the error of his ways, and resigns, allowing Waldo to return to his job.

    Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writer: James Gurney, Nick Harding, Simon Moore

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  • Night of the Wartosa
    6.0/10(38)
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    #9 - Night of the Wartosa

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 7/27/2003

    Karl must learn some lessons in love, when a toad, the Wartosa Vulgaris, sends him into a time loop. Stuck in time, he has to keep reliving the same passionate moment with Marion until he gets it right.

    Director: David Winning, Marco Brambilla

    Writer: James Gurney, Raymond Khoury, Nick Harding

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  • Handful of Dust
    5.9/10(34)
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    #10 - Handful of Dust

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 12/5/2002

    A deranged alchemist named Cortez discovers a potion that restores youth, but it requires the tail spikes from stegosauruses, which he is systematically hunting and killing. While investigating the dinosauricides, Karl and Marion have a run-in with the Outsiders.

    Director: David Winning

    Writer: James Gurney, Raymond Khoury, Nick Harding

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  • Contact
    5.9/10(33)
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    #11 - Contact

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 7/20/2003

    Karl discovers a radio in a wrecked ship and manages to get it to work, dreaming of using it as a way to leave Dinotopia. However, no one else agrees with him. Then the radio picks up a distress call from an outside world.

    Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi, Marco Brambilla

    Writer: James Gurney, Raymond Khoury, Simon Moore

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  • The Cure (1)
    5.9/10(28)
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    #12 - The Cure (1)

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 8/3/2003

    When Karl is bitten by a poisonous mosquito, Dinotopia cannot provide him with an antidote, so David must embark upon a dangerous mission through a secret portal back to the world he used to call home.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: James Gurney, Raymond Khoury

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  • The Cure (2)
    5.9/10(31)
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    #13 - The Cure (2)

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 8/10/2003

    The rescue mission is thrown into chaos when David, LeSage and the Chasmosaur take a wrong turn: instead of arriving in New York, they find themselves in Budapest.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: James Gurney, Raymond Khoury

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Crossroads" is the best rated episode of "Dinotopia" season 1. It scored 6.4/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi and written by James Gurney, Raymond Khoury, it aired on 8/17/2003. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Marooned".