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The Best Episodes of Samurai Jack

Every episode of Samurai Jack ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Samurai Jack!

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule...
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Best Episodes Summary

"XCIII" is the best rated episode of "Samurai Jack". It scored 9.7/10 based on 2290 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/18/2017. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "XCIV".

  • XCIII
    9.7/102,290 votes
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    #1 - XCIII

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2017

    Jack's will to survive is pushed to its absolute limits after a deadly, unseen foe launches a relentless surprise attack.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • XCIV
    9.6/101,676 votes
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    #2 - XCIV

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/2017

    Samurai Jack is gravely injured, but still decides to face one of the deadliest foes he's ever faced, Assassins from the Cult of Aku.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • XCVIII
    9.4/101,142 votes
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    #3 - XCVIII

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 4/29/2017

    Jack and Ashi overcome a series of dangerous physical and spiritual tests in order to recover Jack's sword.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • XCII
    9.3/101,928 votes
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    #4 - XCII

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2017

    It's been 50 years since we last saw Samurai Jack and time has not been kind to him. Aku has destroyed every time portal and Jack has stopped aging, a side effect of time travel. It seems he is cursed to just roam the land for all eternity. His past haunts him as well as a cult of assasins dedicated to killing him for Aku's glory.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • CI
    9.3/101,559 votes
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    #5 - CI

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 5/20/2017

    The fate of the entire universe hangs in the balance as Samurai Jack faces Aku.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • IX
    9.2/101,289 votes
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    #6 - IX

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/3/2001

    Jack has an underwater adventure with a jelly-whale and sea monkeys while hunting for an ancient time portal.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

    Writer: Chris Reccardi, Charlie Bean

  • L
    9.2/10875 votes
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    #7 - L

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 9/25/2004

    Aku forces an old, ace robot assassin out of retirement to eliminate the ultimate mark - Jack.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: Bryan Andrews, Genndy Tartakovsky

  • XCVII
    9.2/101,160 votes
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    #8 - XCVII

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2017

    Ashi's search for Samurai Jack helps her to see his effect on the world after encountering numerous people and places where he has changed things for the better

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • C
    9.2/101,090 votes
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    #9 - C

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 5/13/2017

    Samurai Jack's worst fear is realized when he faces off against Aku; the demon makes a shocking discovery about Ashi that puts her in grave danger.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • XXXV
    9.1/10802 votes
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    #10 - XXXV

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 5/17/2003

    When Jack enters a spooky, old mansion and gets locked inside, he catches sight of a figure and sets after it to find out what is going on. As Jack is led further and further in, he discovers that the house and its inhabitants have an evil plan that involves…him.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Randy Myers

    Writer: Chris Reccardi

  • XCV
    9.1/101,185 votes
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    #11 - XCV

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/2017

    Samurai Jack partners with a deadly assassin in order to escape a gargantuan creature that has swallowed them whole.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • XXV
    9.0/10860 votes
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    #12 - XXV

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 10/4/2002

    Jack comes upon a battle where a mere 300 men are fighting a vast, unending army of robots and their evil robotic leader.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Randy Myers

    Writer: Bryan Andrews, Brian Larsen

  • XXXIX
    9.0/10674 votes
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    #13 - XXXIX

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 6/7/2003

    Jack is carefully making his way through a labyrinth to reach a mysterious box - the problem is, so are two thieves.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez

    Writer: Don Shank

  • XL
    9.0/10758 votes
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    #14 - XL

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/14/2003

    Aku sends a Ninja to destroy Jack who is busily helping a port town in distress.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez, Randy Myers

    Writer: Bryan Andrews, Brian Larsen

  • Scotsman Saves Jack
    9.0/10751 votes
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    #15 - Scotsman Saves Jack

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 8/23/2003

    Jack has lost all memory of who he is and it's up to the Scotsman to put the pieces of the puzzle together to save the samurai.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Randy Myers

    Writer: Bryan Andrews, Brian Larsen

  • XCVI
    9.0/101,124 votes
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    #16 - XCVI

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/2017

    Samurai Jack fights to save a group of enslaved people from being harvested as the power source for a monstrous Mega-Robot.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • XXIX
    8.9/10745 votes
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    #17 - XXIX

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/2002

    Jack boards a train to his next destination only to be attacked by a couple of arguing bounty hunters.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez

    Writer: Paul Rudish, Charlie Bean

  • XXXII
    8.9/10721 votes
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    #18 - XXXII

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/26/2003

    Jack must travel along a water creature, a mountain creature and a flying creature to get to a portal to return home. But once he reaches the portal, it is guarded by an undefeatable warrior who tells him that this portal is not for him.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Randy Myers

    Writer: Erik Wiese, Genndy Tartakovsky

  • I
    8.8/101,569 votes
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    #19 - I

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/10/2001

    When Aku is reborn to set forth his reign of terror, the Emperor's son is sent off to learn the ways of the samurai. That boy becomes a man and attempts to slay Aku with a mighty sword, but Aku banishes him to the future.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

    Writer: Paul Rudish, Genndy Tartakovsky

  • VI
    8.8/101,035 votes
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    #20 - VI

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/19/2001

    Jack and a mysterious woman go on a quest in an attempt to resolve their personal goals.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

    Writer: Genndy Tartakovsky, Mike Manley

  • XLVIII
    8.8/10655 votes
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    #21 - XLVIII

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/2003

    Tired of all the bounty hunters and robots failing, Aku fights Jack, mano y mano.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez

    Writer: Chris Reccardi

  • XI
    8.6/10948 votes
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    #22 - XI

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/29/2001

    When Jack and a Scotsman meet on a never-ending bridge, they end up shackled together and on the run from bounty hunters.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

    Writer: Bryan Andrews, Mark Andrews

  • XVIII
    8.6/10767 votes
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    #23 - XVIII

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/29/2002

    Jack goes from destroyed village to another looking for those responsible, only to find the destruction was commissioned by Aku.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Rob Renzetti

    Writer: Bryan Andrews, Brian Larsen

  • XXXI
    8.6/10654 votes
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    #24 - XXXI

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/2002

    Jack must read hieroglyphics, solve riddles and assemble a sacred scarab to call upon Ra for help in fighting evil ancient Egyptian shadow warriors.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Chris Savino

    Writer: Bryan Andrews, Brian Larsen

  • XXXVI
    8.6/10596 votes
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    #25 - XXXVI

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/31/2003

    Jack falls into a hidden temple sanctuary to find monks trained like him in the style of the Ancient Master. The Ancient Master's Son then tells Jack of a portal to send him home, but in order to use it, his new friends must be sacrificed.

    Director: Genndy Tartakovsky, Randy Myers

    Writer: Bryan Andrews, Brian Larsen