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

Best Episodes Summary

"Dead and Married" is the best rated episode of "Swamp Thing". It scored 7.1/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Steven L. Sears, it aired on 7/10/1992. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Never Alone".

  • Dead and Married
    7.1/1024 votes
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    #1 - Dead and Married

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/1992

    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
    6.7/1023 votes
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    #2 - Never Alone

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 11/21/1992

    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

  • Spirit of the Swamp
    6.6/1035 votes
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    #3 - Spirit of the Swamp

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/1990

    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 Living Image
    6.5/1046 votes
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    #4 - The Living Image

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/1990

    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

  • The Shipment
    6.5/1033 votes
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    #5 - The Shipment

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/23/1990

    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

  • Dark Side of the Mirror
    6.5/1030 votes
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    #6 - Dark Side of the Mirror

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/8/1991

    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

  • The Hunt
    6.5/1031 votes
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    #7 - The Hunt

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/8/1991

    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

  • Poisonous
    6.5/1025 votes
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    #8 - Poisonous

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/1992

    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

  • The Chains of Forever
    6.5/1021 votes
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    #9 - The Chains of Forever

    Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 2/27/1993

    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
    6.5/1020 votes
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    #10 - In the Beginning

    Season 3 Episode 31 - Aired 3/6/1993

    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

  • The Death of Dr. Arcane
    6.4/1037 votes
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    #11 - The Death of Dr. Arcane

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/1990

    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

  • From Beyond the Grave
    6.4/1039 votes
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    #12 - From Beyond the Grave

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/16/1990

    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

  • Silent Screams
    6.4/1032 votes
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    #13 - Silent Screams

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/15/1991

    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
    6.4/1028 votes
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    #14 - Love Lost

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/1992

    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

  • Better Angels
    6.4/1028 votes
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    #15 - Better Angels

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/1992

    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

  • Fear Itself
    6.4/1022 votes
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    #16 - Fear Itself

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 8/7/1992

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

    Director: John McPherson

    Writer: N/A

  • Changes
    6.4/1021 votes
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    #17 - Changes

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 8/14/1992

    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

  • Tatania
    6.4/1021 votes
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    #18 - Tatania

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/28/1992

    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

  • Blood Wind
    6.3/1037 votes
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    #19 - Blood Wind

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/1990

    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

  • Falco
    6.3/1039 votes
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    #20 - Falco

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/9/1990

    One of Arcane's mutants arrives in the swamp to exact revenge on him. The Swamp Thing tries to make him understand how to live with what he is.

    Director: Fritz Kiersch

    Writer: Joseph Stefano

  • Touch of Death
    6.3/1031 votes
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    #21 - Touch of Death

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/15/1991

    Arcane experiments on an innocent man by murdering him and trying to revive him with a serum, stolen from Alec Holland years ago. The man comes back to life again with severe side effects for anyone who touches him, even the Swamp Thing.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • This Old House of Mayan
    6.3/1026 votes
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    #22 - This Old House of Mayan

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/1992

    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

  • Special Request
    6.3/1023 votes
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    #23 - Special Request

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/1992

    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

  • Patient Zero
    6.3/1020 votes
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    #24 - Patient Zero

    Season 3 Episode 29 - Aired 2/20/1993

    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

  • Treasure
    6.2/1034 votes
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    #25 - Treasure

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/26/1990

    A thief on the run from his female accomplice chooses the swamp as his hiding place for a fortune in stolen cash - and Jim's house as his final stop.

    Director: Tony Dow

    Writer: N/A