9.7/102,284 votesLoading...#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
9.6/101,671 votesLoading...#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
9.4/101,136 votesLoading...#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
9.3/101,923 votesLoading...#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
9.3/101,553 votesLoading...#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
9.2/101,279 votesLoading...#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
9.2/10868 votesLoading...#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
9.2/101,155 votesLoading...#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
9.2/101,083 votesLoading...#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
9.1/10798 votesLoading...#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
9.1/101,179 votesLoading...#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
9.0/10855 votesLoading...#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
9.0/10669 votesLoading...#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
9.0/10751 votesLoading...#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
9.0/10744 votesLoading...#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
9.0/101,118 votesLoading...#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
8.9/101,026 votesLoading...#17 - 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
8.9/10739 votesLoading...#18 - 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
8.9/10716 votesLoading...#19 - 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
8.8/101,557 votesLoading...#20 - 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
8.8/10650 votesLoading...#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
8.6/10939 votesLoading...#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
8.6/10764 votesLoading...#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
8.6/10650 votesLoading...#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
8.6/10592 votesLoading...#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
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 2284 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".