6.9/10137 votes#1 - Cha-Ka
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1974
Will and Holly save a Pakuni ape-boy named Cha-Ka from Grumpy the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Gerrold
- 7.5/10109 votes
#2 - The Sleestak God
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1974
While searching the Lost City, Will and Holly are captured by lizard-men which are known as Sleestak.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Gerrold
- 6.6/1099 votes
#3 - Dopey
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1974
A troublesome baby brontosaurus follows Will and Holly home.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1096 votes
#4 - Downstream
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1974
The Marshalls attempt to escape the Land of the Lost by river and wind up trapped in a cave with a daffy Confederate miner.
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry Niven
- 6.4/1086 votes
#5 - Tag-Team
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1974
While fleeing from the jaws of dinosaurs, the Marshalls and the Pakuni are forced to work together.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10104 votes
#6 - The Stranger
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1974
The Marshalls meet Enik, an intelligent, time-traveling relative of the Sleestak.
Director: N/A
Writer: Walter Koenig, Norman Spinrad
- 7.4/1086 votes
#7 - Album
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1974
Will and Holly are lured to the Lost City by a hypnotic stone which shows them a vision of their dead mother.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1081 votes
#8 - Skylons
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1974
When Will and Holly find a way into a pylon, they discover a device which summons a terrible storm.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1079 votes
#9 - The Hole
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/1974
Rick joins forces with an intelligent Sleestak when they end up rooming together with the hungry Sleestak God in the Hole of No Return.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1080 votes
#10 - The Paku Who Came to Dinner
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/9/1974
Cha-Ka is invited to dine with the Marshalls. Meanwhile, Holly's perfume drives the locals wild!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1076 votes
#11 - The Search
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/16/1974
When Rick is shocked by magical crystals, Holly is forced to bring him home while Will goes to Enik for help.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1074 votes
#12 - The Possession
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/23/1974
Cha-Ka and Holly become hypnotized by a baton-like object from a mysterious pylon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1079 votes
#13 - Follow That Dinosaur
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/1974
The Marshalls find half a diary from a former human resident of the Land of the Lost that might hold the key to returning to the real world.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1073 votes
#14 - Stone Soup
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/7/1974
The Marshalls have to barter with the Pakuni to reverse a drought.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1086 votes
#15 - Elsewhen
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/14/1974
A mysterious woman named Rani steps through a time door and gives Holly advice on dealing with her fears and helping her family.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1070 votes
#16 - Hurricane
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/21/1974
While fooling with a pylon, Will opens a time door that brings an astronaut and a hurricane to the Land of the Lost.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1087 votes
#17 - Circle
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/28/1974
The Marshalls learn that their arrival in the Land of the Lost created a paradox in the door of time that's preventing Enik from returning home.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Cha-Ka" is the best rated episode of "Land of the Lost" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 137 votes. Directed by N/A and written by David Gerrold, it aired on 9/7/1974. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Sleestak God".