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The Best Episodes of Swamp Thing

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

Swamp Thing: The Series, is a science fiction, action/adventure television series based on the DC Comics character Swamp Thing. It debuted on USA Network on July 27, 1990 and lasted three seasons for a total of 72 episodes. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel.

Genres:Action & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:USA Network

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The best episode of "Swamp Thing" is "Dead and Married", rated 7.4/10 from 23 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Steven L. Sears. "Dead and Married" aired on 7/10/1992 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Never Alone".

  • Dead and Married
    7.4/10 23 votes

    #1 - Dead and Married

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1992-07-10

    Will finds a car in the swamp, and attached are two married ghosts and their remains. The search for their killer, who just might be an old acquaintance of theirs, begins with the help of Will and the Swamp Thing.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steven L. Sears

  • Never Alone
    7.1/10 23 votes

    #2 - Never Alone

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1992-11-21

    A lunatic escapes from a local asylum and knocks on Tressa's door late at night. He proclaims himself as an alien killer. Even the Swamp Thing is in danger.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dark Side of the Mirror
    6.9/10 30 votes

    #3 - Dark Side of the Mirror

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1991-02-08

    Arcane plots and murders the local district attorney when he swears to bring Arcane down. A high profile murder tied to Arcane would be hard to hide, unless someone nobody would suspect commits the crime. Somebody like...the Swamp Thing.

    Director: Bruce Seth Green

    Writer: N/A

  • Tatania
    6.9/10 21 votes

    #4 - Tatania

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 1992-08-28

    Arcane finally resurrects his wife Tatania, only to learn the woman is an impostor. A few hours in the lab with this woman leads Arcane to discover the true whereabouts of his beloved wife and the identity of her captor; General Sunderland.

    Director: John McPherson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Chains of Forever
    6.9/10 21 votes

    #5 - The Chains of Forever

    Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 1993-02-27

    A mysterious couple search the swamp for the legendary Fountain of Youth. Arcane learns about the couple's plans and tries to find the Fountain first, as Will is caught in the middle of the couple's debate on whether or not the Fountain even exists.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Beginning
    6.9/10 20 votes

    #6 - In the Beginning

    Season 3 Episode 31 - Aired 1993-03-06

    Arcane accidentally creates a half-plant/half-robot with evil intentions from a mutated garden. The results are deadly to the swamp.

    Director: Chuck Bowman

    Writer: N/A

  • Spirit of the Swamp
    6.8/10 35 votes

    #7 - Spirit of the Swamp

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1990-09-28

    Veteran actor Roscoe Lee Browne plays an "Ogun", a voodoo priest whom Arcane employs to destroy the Swamp Thing.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Shipment
    6.8/10 33 votes

    #8 - The Shipment

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1990-11-23

    Arcane captures Jim and sells him into slavery after the boy is witness to the evil doctor's hideous transformations of men into monsters and the local sheriff is in on the plans. Jim's 17-year-old half-brother, Will, arrives to investigate Jim’s disappearance and teams up with the Swamp Thing to find him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hunt
    6.8/10 31 votes

    #9 - The Hunt

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1991-03-08

    Tempers flare when Will's estranged father shows up looking for a rare white orchid that Arcane has paid him to steal. Will's trust is broken, and so is the swamp's when he leads his father to it unwittingly. Meanwhile, Arcane tests his poisonous mutant garden on Abigail.

    Director: Bruce Seth Green

    Writer: N/A

  • Better Angels
    6.8/10 28 votes

    #10 - Better Angels

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1992-01-31

    Ann Fisk, a scientist and former student of Alec Holland, is in town. Ann's mentor, Carter LaRoche, has designs to build a recycling factory under Arcane's financing in the swamp. Ann must trust a strange voice in the swamp to expose an evil that she is not aware of.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Babs Greyhosky

  • Poisonous
    6.8/10 25 votes

    #11 - Poisonous

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1992-02-21

    Ian James, an unscrupulous anthropologist, has come to the swamp to create a reputation for himself and the swamp suffers for it. Tressa is quite taken with him and in the process, the Swamp Thing is caught on film.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • This Old House of Mayan
    6.8/10 26 votes

    #12 - This Old House of Mayan

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1992-03-06

    Will is taken hostage by two greedy explorers who force him to help them find the location of a mystic Mayan temple in the swamp, housing buried treasure and ghosts.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steven L. Sears

  • Fear Itself
    6.8/10 22 votes

    #13 - Fear Itself

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1992-08-07

    The Swamp Thing's worst enemy is also the enemy of the swamp...himself.

    Director: John McPherson

    Writer: N/A

  • Changes
    6.8/10 21 votes

    #14 - Changes

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1992-08-14

    When Arcane unleashes a genetic assassin into the swamp in the form of a virus, he gets more than he bargained for; he not only gets rid of the Swamp Thing, but he accidentally brings Alec Holland back.

    Director: John McPherson

    Writer: Steven L. Sears

  • The Living Image
    6.7/10 45 votes

    #15 - The Living Image

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1990-09-07

    Dr. Arcane attempts once again to obtain the bio-restorative formula from the Swamp Thing. However, this time Arcane has a helper, and the Swamp Thing knows her as his late wife, Linda Holland.

    Director: John McPherson

    Writer: Joseph Stefano, David Braff

  • Silent Screams
    6.7/10 32 votes

    #16 - Silent Screams

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1991-02-15

    Tressa and her friends are victims of another one of Arcane's experiments for General Sunderland. Tressa tries to save her friends when they suddenly disappear in the swamp right before her eyes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love Lost
    6.7/10 28 votes

    #17 - Love Lost

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1992-01-10

    The Swamp Thing is struggling to remain hopeful that he will be human again. Someone from the past comes to visit him, using Will to guide her to him. Only Will does not believe that she is who she says she is, and he is about to learn who he can and cannot trust.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Tom Blomquist

  • Patient Zero
    6.7/10 20 votes

    #18 - Patient Zero

    Season 3 Episode 29 - Aired 1993-02-20

    An old man has a deadly, infectious virus that only Alec's blood can cure. Arcane tries to exploit the disease for himself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Death of Dr. Arcane
    6.6/10 37 votes

    #19 - The Death of Dr. Arcane

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1990-09-14

    Arcane has unleashed his latest mutant monster into the swamp to eat everything it sees and if this test trial works, then more will be released. To ensure that the Swamp Thing does not interfere, he takes a hostage and bargains for immunity.

    Director: John McPherson

    Writer: Joseph Stefano

  • Blood Wind
    6.6/10 37 votes

    #20 - Blood Wind

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1990-10-05

    Arcane's protégé, whom he refers to as the "Crown Prince", is experimenting with hatred pheromones and his latest batch, which supposedly failed, is dumped in the swamp. The Swamp Thing has to intervene when Tressa is exposed and is in danger of being murdered - by everyone.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Marc Scott Zicree

  • From Beyond the Grave
    6.6/10 39 votes

    #21 - From Beyond the Grave

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1990-11-16

    Jim and Tressa may have to leave the swamp after a lawyer delivers a notice of eviction in the form of a will from Tressa's late mother. They are unaware that the lawyer is in league with Dr. Arcane. Meanwhile, Tressa's mother's spirit guides her to the swamp where the real answers lie.

    Director: Tony Dow

    Writer: N/A

  • A Nightmare on Jackson Street
    6.6/10 23 votes

    #22 - A Nightmare on Jackson Street

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1992-01-24

    Will has a secret from his past that comes back to haunt him. The swamp forces Will to face his inner demons, as well as the visitors that he does not know are waiting for him at the house.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sonata
    6.6/10 23 votes

    #23 - Sonata

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1992-03-20

    Ann Fisk returns to the swamp to find the mysterious voice that guided her before on the suspicion that she knows who he is. The Swamp Thing has discovered a fascinating phenomenon about his power. Meanwhile, two brothers seek revenge on Arcane for his evil and Ann is caught in the middle.

    Director: Chuck Bowman

    Writer: Babs Greyhosky

  • Special Request
    6.6/10 23 votes

    #24 - Special Request

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1992-07-24

    Still fruitlessly searching for her missing son Jim, Tressa is diverted when she hears the voice of her former boyfriend, a radio jockey from the 70's. Tressa begins a second hunt for answers, as she discovers what really happened when her boyfriend disappeared 18 years ago, guided by his voice from the grave.

    Director: John McPherson

    Writer: N/A

  • Revelations
    6.6/10 21 votes

    #25 - Revelations

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1992-09-26

    Graham leads a team of heavily armed mercenaries into the swamp to kill the Swamp Thing once and for all. Meanwhile, Tressa learns a few of the secrets of the swamp when she has a wounded visitor.

    Director: Chuck Bowman

    Writer: Steven L. Sears, Tom Blomquist