The Best Episodes of Master Keaton Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.9/10(40 votes)

   #1 - Man in a Maze

   S1:E110/6/1998

   The mysterious death of a soldier in Greece causes suspicion. Lloyd's sends Keaton as an insurance investigator.

   Director:Shin'ichi Masaki

   Writer:Shinzo Fujita

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   Director:Shin'ichi Masaki

   Writer:Shinzo Fujita
2. 

   8.0/10(37 votes)

   #2 - Little Giant

   S1:E210/13/1998

   Bounty hunters stakes out a former German Red Army member, Rosa. Keaton is hired by her wealthy family to protect her.

   Director:Masayuki Kojima

   Writer:Shinzo Fujita

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   Director:Masayuki Kojima

   Writer:Shinzo Fujita
3. 

   7.9/10(35 votes)

   #3 - Strange Tales of Lasagna

   S1:E310/20/1998

   Keaton is hired to retrieve nine year old Flora from Italy. They flee for France where her mother waits.

   Director:Mamoru Kanbe

   Writer:Yuji Moriyama

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   Director:Mamoru Kanbe

   Writer:Yuji Moriyama
4. 

   7.9/10(31 votes)

   #4 - Immortal Man

   S1:E410/27/1998

   Keaton saves the "immortal man" from the Russian Mafia. The man reveals the secret of the Romanov Treasures.

   Director:Hiroshi Hara

   Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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   Director:Hiroshi Hara

   Writer:Hideo Takayashiki
5. 

   8.5/10(28 votes)

   #5 - Paris Under the Roof

   S1:E511/3/1998

   After being fired from a college in Tokyo, Keaton finds a job as an instructor at an adult education center in France. There he meets...

   Director:Shinsaku Sasaki

   Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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   Director:Shinsaku Sasaki

   Writer:Hideo Takayashiki
6. 

   8.6/10(24 votes)

   #6 - White Goddess

   S1:E611/10/1998

   Keaton meets Anna in Scilly Islands in England, who is protecting an archaeological site all by herself.

   Director:Hiroshi Aoyama

   Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata

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   Director:Hiroshi Aoyama

   Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata
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7. 

   8.6/10(25 votes)

   #7 - Memories of Summer Pudding

   S1:E711/17/1998

   Keaton, hoping to spend the summer vacation alone with Yuriko, heads for a farmhouse where he spent summers as a boy.

   Director:Nanako Shimazaki

   Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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   Director:Nanako Shimazaki

   Writer:Hideo Takayashiki
8. 

   8.5/10(23 votes)

   #8 - The Negotiator's Rule

   S1:E811/24/1998

   Keaton heads for the countryside in England to rescue a kidnapped manager of a Japanese electronics corporation.

   Director:Mitsuo Hashimoto

   Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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   Director:Mitsuo Hashimoto

   Writer:Hideo Takayashiki
9. 

   8.7/10(25 votes)

   #9 - Traveling with a Lady

   S1:E912/1/1998

   Keaton meets an arrogant old lady on a train from Germany to Switzerland who claims to be pursued by the Czech Secret Service.

   Director:Hiroshi Hara

   Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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   Director:Hiroshi Hara

   Writer:Tomoko Konparu
10. 

    8.7/10(24 votes)

    #10 - Charlie

    S1:E1012/8/1998

    Keaton helps a childhood friend Charlie Chapman, also a world-renowned detective, with the murder case of an art dealer.

    Director:Joji Shimura

    Writer:Shinzo Fujita

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    Director:Joji Shimura

    Writer:Shinzo Fujita
11. 

    8.1/10(25 votes)

    #11 - Special Menu

    S1:E1112/15/1998

    Keaton assists an Englishman to become a Chinese chef with the help of a secret recipe.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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12. 

    8.4/10(26 votes)

    #12 - A Case for Ladies

    S1:E1212/22/1998

    Keaton and an elderly woman who loves detective movies pursue the truth behind a high-profile murder case.

    Director:Nanako Shimazaki

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Nanako Shimazaki

    Writer:Unknown
13. 

    8.6/10(25 votes)

    #13 - A Peaceful Death

    S1:E131/5/1999

    A terrorist finds his conscience and seeks Keaton's help to locate and defuse two IRA bombs in a crowded London shopping mall.

    Director:Masayuki Kojima

    Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata

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    Director:Masayuki Kojima

    Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata
14. 

    8.6/10(25 votes)

    #14 - Wall in One's Heart

    S1:E141/12/1999

    Keaton helps a German businessman to locate his long-lost daughter while she seeks to avenge her mother's death in a labor camp in East Germany.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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15. 

    8.6/10(26 votes)

    #15 - A Long and Hot Day

    S1:E151/19/1999

    An attack dog ruthlessly stalks Keaton deep in the mountains of Spain.

    Director:Ko Matsuo

    Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata

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    Director:Ko Matsuo

    Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata
16. 

    8.1/10(25 votes)

    #16 - The Elm Tree Forever

    S1:E161/26/1999

    Earl Fenders' bankruptcy leaves him a broken man, but his son, Robert, needs his fathers overbearing personality to inspire his music - can Keaton restore the father's domineering arrogance?

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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17. 

    8.7/10(26 votes)

    #17 - A Mansion of Roses

    S1:E172/9/1999

    Edmond Layman was found murdered in his rose garden and his widow fears for her life. Their gardener, Eric, disappeared and is the chief suspect but Keaton soon unburies a thorny secret!

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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18. 

    8.2/10(23 votes)

    #18 - Faker's Miscalculation

    S1:E182/16/1999

    Professor Bennington runs for Chancellor to save the college only to be targeted by a team of con men. But will the con men's professional pride lead them to change their minds?

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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19. 

    8.1/10(23 votes)

    #19 - Into the Vast Sky...

    S1:E192/23/1999

    Keaton's daughter meets a childhood friend who wants to free a hawk. Keaton and the boy's father secretly follow out of concern for the boy who also desperately wants to be free.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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20. 

    8.2/10(23 votes)

    #20 - The Island of Coward

    S1:E203/2/1999

    The Polish Mafia takes over Keaton's hotel in a blaze of gunfire. Although accused of being cowards for their inaction, Keaton and a secret legend use their experience to win despite the terrible odds.

    Director:Nanako Shimazaki

    Writer:Shinzo Fujita

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    Director:Nanako Shimazaki

    Writer:Shinzo Fujita
21. 

    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #21 - The Thistle Emblem

    S1:E213/9/1999

    Keaton flies to Scotland to investigate a watch preserved in a shrine in Japan.

    Director:Shinsaku Sasaki

    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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    Director:Shinsaku Sasaki

    Writer:Tomoko Konparu
22. 

    8.0/10(23 votes)

    #22 - Chateau Lajonchee 1944

    S1:E223/16/1999

    Keaton visits Burgundy to insure the extraordinary vintage wine Chateau Lajonchee 1944.

    Director:Kitaro Kosaka

    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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    Director:Kitaro Kosaka

    Writer:Tomoko Konparu
23. 

    8.6/10(24 votes)

    #23 - No Way Out

    S1:E233/23/1999

    Keaton must escort a fugitive through a perilous road across a bottomless swamp.

    Director:Toshiharu Sato

    Writer:Shinzo Fujita

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    Director:Toshiharu Sato

    Writer:Shinzo Fujita
24. 

    8.5/10(23 votes)

    #24 - The Day the Op Was Born

    S1:E243/30/1999

    Keaton recalls the first time he met Daniel and became the insurance investigator 10 years ago...

    Director:Hiroshi Aoyama

    Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata

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    Director:Hiroshi Aoyama

    Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata
25. 

    8.7/10(24 votes)

    #25 - Kalihman of the Desert

    S1:E2512/22/1999

    Keaton and the excavation team are left for dead in the Taklimakan Desert.

    Director:Hiroshi Hara

    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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    Director:Hiroshi Hara

    Writer:Tomoko Konparu