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While on a mission, three astronauts in their spaceship get caught in a time vortex. They return to Earth in the year 3979 A.D. and discover that intelligent apes are now the highest form of

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Season 1

6.5/10152 votes
Flames of Doom
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1975
A trio of astronauts are thrust forward in time. They find themselves fugitives after crash-landing on the Planet of the Apes.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Larry Spiegel
6.4/10132 votes
Escape from Ape City
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1975
After nearly dying in an attack on the humanoids' caves by General Urko's gorilla army, Jeff is able to hide with Nova and avoid being captured.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Larry Spiegel
6.3/10125 votes
The Unearthly Prophecy
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1975
Urko and his army search the desert for the entrance to the Under-dwellers' caverns.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Jack Kaplan, John Barrett
6.1/10124 votes
Tunnel of Fear
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1975
Bill and Jeff move the humans from the warpath of General Urko and his army.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Larry Spiegel
6.5/10123 votes
Lagoon of Peril
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1975
The Simian Senate is holding a top-secret session debating the possibility of intelligent humans after one of Urko's soldiers returns, delirious from the Forbidden Zone.
Director: Unknown
Writer: John Strong
6.0/10121 votes
Terror on Ice Mountain
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1975
During an archeological dig, Cornelius uncovers an ancient, human-made book entitled 'A Day at the Zoo'.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Bruce Shelly
6.1/10119 votes
River of Flames
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1975
Bill and Jeff discuss the best means of eluding Urko's troops when Judy insists that the laser previously rescued from the ship be used as a source of escape.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Jack Kaplan, John Barrett
5.4/10121 votes
Screaming Wings
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1975
Bill, Jeff and Judy head for the human settlement across the plain between the mountain ranges when they spy human shapes far below. A WWII Curtiss P-40 appears in the sky...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Jack Kaplan, John Barrett
5.9/10115 votes
Trail to the Unknown
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/1/1975
Bill, Jeff and Judy begin building rafts to help the human tribes reach New Valley. As always, Urko is in pursuit. I wonder if he gets paid overtime...
Director: Unknown
Writer: Larry Spiegel
6.0/10117 votes
Attack from the Clouds
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/8/1975
During the night, Ape City is awakened by the sounds of huge, flying objects.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Larry Spiegel
6.1/10115 votes
Mission of Mercy
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/1975
As a result of a dog fight with the flying monster, most of the plane's fuel is gone leaving only a two to three-hour supply.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Larry Spiegel
5.9/10116 votes
Invasion of the Underdwellers
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/1975
Reports pour in to the police that burglars are striking all over Ape City.
Director: Unknown
Writer: John Strong
5.8/10117 votes
Battle of the Titans
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/1975
Urko has been relieved of his duties for three months because of his recent negligence involving his leadership and the failed attempts at capturing Blue Eyes and the rest of the humans.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Bruce Shelly