6.8/1040 votes#1 - 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
6.8/1031 votes#2 - 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
6.5/1026 votes#3 - 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
6.7/1028 votes#4 - 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,
6.6/1027 votes#5 - 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
6.9/1028 votes#6 - 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
6.5/1032 votes#7 - 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
6.9/1031 votes#8 - 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
6.5/1027 votes#9 - 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
7.0/1026 votes#10 - 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
6.6/1022 votes#11 - 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
6.5/1025 votes#12 - 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
7.2/1024 votes#13 - 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
The Best Episodes of Dinotopia Season 1
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...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Marooned" is the best rated episode of "Dinotopia" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by Thomas J. Wright and written by James Gurney, Raymond Khoury, it aired on 11/28/2002. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Making Good".