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The Worst Episodes of Planet of the Apes

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The Worst Episodes of Planet of the Apes

Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes. Based on the 1968 Planet...

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  1. 6.6/10(257 votes)

    #1 - Tomorrow's Tide

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    S1:E6

    An ape who runs a fishing business plans to use Virdon and Burke as slaves after he captures them.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  2. 6.9/10(250 votes)

    #2 - The Horse Race

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    S1:E9

    Virdon decides to take part in a dangerous horse race even though he runs the risk of being captured by Urko.

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  3. 6.9/10(242 votes)

    #3 - The Tyrant

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    S1:E11

    Aboro, a despot, is making community life a misery; Burke, Virdon, and Galen decide to rob him of his powers.

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    Writer:N/A
  4. 7.0/10(310 votes)

    #4 - The Gladiators

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    Burke, Virdon and Galen come across two humans fighting and get involved, but lose the magnetic disc. To recover it, they must approach the nearby village, where the ape prefect pits humans in a series of gladiatorial games.

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    Director:N/A
  5. 7.0/10(275 votes)

    #5 - The Legacy

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    S1:E5

    Burke and Virdon are helped by a young woman and a young boy while searching for an underground computer in a ruined city, but their plans go awry when Alan is captured and Urko uses the boy to get information from the astronaut.

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  6. 7.0/10(251 votes)

    #6 - The Surgeon

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    S1:E7

    Galen must use all his charm to try and persuade his ex-girlfriend, a female ape surgeon named Kira, to operate on Virdon using a forbidden human anatomy book, after the astronaut is shot.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.0/10(254 votes)

    #7 - The Deception

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    S1:E8

    When the guys try to track down the apes who are framing humans for crimes in a small community, Fauna, a blind female ape, falls in love with Burke while believing him to be a chimpanzee.

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    Director:N/A
  9. 7.0/10(242 votes)

    #8 - The Interrogation

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    S1:E10

    Burke undergoes a horrific interrogation after being captured whilst Virdon and Galen mount a rescue attempt.

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    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.0/10(241 votes)

    #9 - The Cure

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    S1:E12

    Thanks to their advanced medical knowledge, Burke and Virdon are able to help a village struck with malaria, but risk discovery.

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  11. 7.0/10(241 votes)

    #10 - The Liberator

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    S1:E13

    Burke and Virdon are captured by a bunch of humans determined to hand them over to the Apes.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.1/10(367 votes)

    #11 - Escape from Tomorrow

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    Astronauts Alan Virdon and Peter Burke crash land on a strange planet. After being rescued by a friendly human, Virdon and Burke discover this planet is ruled by intelligent apes. To their horror, they discover that they are back on Earth in the year 3085.

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    Director:Don Weis
  13. 7.1/10(245 votes)

    #12 - Up Above the World So High

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    S1:E14

    Burke and Virdon join forces with Leuric, a human attempting to fly by building himself a hang glider.

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  14. 7.3/10(278 votes)

    #13 - The Good Seeds

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    S1:E4

    Burke and Virdon have to seek the help of a gorilla farmer and his family when Galen falls sick.

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    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.5/10(307 votes)

    #14 - The Trap

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    S1:E3

    In a ruined city, Burke and Urko are trapped underground and must reluctantly work together to escape, while Alan and Galen must deal with Urko's gorilla patrol in the streets above.

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    Director:N/A

Worst Episodes Summary

"Tomorrow's Tide" is the worst rated episode of "Planet of the Apes". It scored 6.6/10 based on 257 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/18/1974. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Horse Race".