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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Primal Season 3 Episode 9 - The Hollow Crown
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - The Hollow Crown

    S3:E9

    Spear starts to question his new life with the Black River people. Can he investigate the issue?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Primal Season 3 Episode 2 - Kingdom of Sorrow
    7.9/10(463 votes)

    #2 - Kingdom of Sorrow

    S3:E2

    A zombified Spear wanders aimlessly with no purpose until a distant sound awakens something deep inside and calls to him like a beacon from the past.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Primal Season 1 Episode 9 - The Night Feeder
    8.0/10(1462 votes)

    #3 - The Night Feeder

    S1:E9

    A horrific unseen terror stalks the night as well as our heroes, Spear and Fang.

    Director:Genndy Tartakovsky
    Writer:Genndy Tartakovsky

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  4. Primal Season 2 Episode 5 - The Primal Theory
    8.0/10(1452 votes)

    #4 - The Primal Theory

    S2:E5

    A night of horrors reveals the true nature of man's origin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Primal Season 2 Episode 10 - Echoes of Eternity
    8.0/10(1292 votes)

    #5 - Echoes of Eternity

    S2:E10

    An old vengeance returns to wreak havoc.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Primal Season 1 Episode 2 - River of Snakes
    8.1/10(2042 votes)

    #6 - River of Snakes

    S1:E2

    Man and beast are challenged to find a way to exist together.

    Director:Genndy Tartakovsky
    Writer:Genndy Tartakovsky

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  7. Primal Season 3 Episode 1 - Vengeance of Death
    8.1/10(554 votes)

    #7 - Vengeance of Death

    S3:E1

    Spear's lifeless body is reanimated to enact brutal vengeance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Primal Season 2 Episode 3 - Dawn of Man
    8.2/10(1164 votes)

    #8 - Dawn of Man

    S2:E3

    The quest to find Mira leads Spear and Fang to the village of fearsome warriors.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Primal Season 3 Episode 7 - Heart of the Undead
    8.2/10(235 votes)

    #9 - Heart of the Undead

    S3:E7

    Spear's world shatters when he's shunned by everyone and finally realizes what he has become.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Primal Season 3 Episode 3 - Feast of Flesh
    8.3/10(410 votes)

    #10 - Feast of Flesh

    S3:E3

    Spear is drawn to follow a very familiar creature, which leads him to make a horrific discovery.

    Director:Genndy Tartakovsky
    Writers:Genndy Tartakovsky, Mark Andrews

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  11. Primal Season 3 Episode 5 - The Dead Cast No Shadow
    8.3/10(314 votes)

    #11 - The Dead Cast No Shadow

    S3:E5

    The ramifications of Spear's return from the dead reverberate through the world he once knew.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Primal Season 3 Episode 6 - Cavern of Horrors
    8.3/10(264 votes)

    #12 - Cavern of Horrors

    S3:E6

    A rescue party makes a terrifying discovery while attempting to save villagers from a pack of hideous hyena-like creatures.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Primal Season 2 Episode 1 - Sea of Despair
    8.5/10(1259 votes)

    #13 - Sea of Despair

    S2:E1

    Spear and Fang venture into the unknown to rescue Mira from her captors.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Primal Season 1 Episode 3 - A Cold Death
    8.6/10(1958 votes)

    #14 - A Cold Death

    S1:E3

    In the harshness of the primordial winter a herd of woolly mammoths hunt for the murderers of one of their own.

    Director:Genndy Tartakovsky
    Writer:David Krentz

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  15. Primal Season 1 Episode 6 - Plague of Madness
    8.6/10(1584 votes)

    #15 - Plague of Madness

    S1:E6

    A relentless dinosaur infected with a terrifying disease pursues Spear and Fang.

    Director:Genndy Tartakovsky
    Writer:David Krentz

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  16. Primal Season 3 Episode 4 - Prey for the Wicked
    8.6/10(401 votes)

    #16 - Prey for the Wicked

    S3:E4

    A pack of Entelodont-like creatures attack Mira's village, forcing the villagers to flee. Can Fang and her children investigate the issue?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Primal Season 3 Episode 8 - The River of Life
    8.6/10(184 votes)

    #17 - The River of Life

    S3:E8

    Spear finds a new path after meeting a primordial tribe that time forgot while Mira searches for Spear.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Primal Season 1 Episode 4 - Terror Under the Blood Moon
    8.7/10(1883 votes)

    #18 - Terror Under the Blood Moon

    S1:E4

    The horrors of the red night challenges Spear and Fang for their very survival.

    Director:Genndy Tartakovsky
    Writers:Genndy Tartakovsky, Don Shank

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  19. Primal Season 1 Episode 7 - Scent of Prey
    8.7/10(1750 votes)

    #19 - Scent of Prey

    S1:E7

    Spear struggles to nurse Fang back to health and escape the scavengers of the primordial world.

    Director:Genndy Tartakovsky
    Writer:Bryan Andrews

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  20. Primal Season 2 Episode 6 - Vidarr
    8.7/10(1165 votes)

    #20 - Vidarr

    S2:E6

    Spear, Fang, and Mira are hunted by the last survivors of a village decimated by their carnage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Primal Season 2 Episode 7 - The Colossaeus (1)
    8.7/10(1111 votes)

    #21 - The Colossaeus (1)

    S2:E7

    Spear, Fang, and Mira's journey home is threatened after encountering a mysterious threat at sea.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Primal Season 2 Episode 8 - The Colossaeus (2)
    8.8/10(1129 votes)

    #22 - The Colossaeus (2)

    S2:E8

    Spear and Fang are used as instruments of war for the tyrannical Queen of a formidable warship, the Colossaeus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Primal Season 1 Episode 1 - Spear and Fang
    8.9/10(2624 votes)

    #23 - Spear and Fang

    S1:E1

    Tragedy forces a caveman and a dinosaur to rely upon each other for their survival.

    Director:Genndy Tartakovsky
    Writer:Genndy Tartakovsky

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  24. Primal Season 1 Episode 8 - Coven of the Damned
    9.0/10(1747 votes)

    #24 - Coven of the Damned

    S1:E8

    A tribe of mysterious, primitive women seek to further their coven by using dark magic on Spear and Fang.

    Director:Genndy Tartakovsky
    Writers:Genndy Tartakovsky, Nagisa Koyama

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  25. Primal Season 1 Episode 10 - Slave of the Scorpion
    9.0/10(1558 votes)

    #25 - Slave of the Scorpion

    S1:E10

    Spear and Fang are confronted by a far more developed human than they've ever encountered before.

    Director:Genndy Tartakovsky
    Writer:David Krentz

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Hollow Crown" is the worst rated episode of "Primal". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/8/2026. This episode scored 7.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Kingdom of Sorrow".