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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
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Season 1

  • The Emerald Heart
    5.9/1059 votes
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    The Emerald Heart

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/27/1990

    11-year-old Jim Kipp and his mother, Tressa are spending some time at her mom's house in the swamps of Houma. Jim is introduced to the mysteries and the danger of the swamp while Tressa struggles to bond with Jim.

    Director: Fritz Kiersch

    Writer: Joseph Stefano

  • The Living Image
    6.5/1046 votes
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    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 Death of Dr. Arcane
    6.4/1037 votes
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    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

  • The Legend of the Swamp Maiden
    5.8/1037 votes
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    The Legend of the Swamp Maiden

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1990

    Jim and Oboe sneak out on a midnight visit to the swamp to find the Swamp Maiden, who appears only once a year. Despite warnings from the Swamp Thing, they, along with a visitor from the newspaper, come to learn the meaning of "looks that kill".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Spirit of the Swamp
    6.6/1035 votes
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    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

  • Blood Wind
    6.3/1037 votes
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    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

  • Grotesquery
    6.1/1036 votes
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    Grotesquery

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/12/1990

    The Swamp Thing is overcome by toxic waste and falls unconscious where he is found by two men and is sold to a carnival freak show run by a cruel man in league with Arcane. Jim stumbles upon the carnival and tries to help the Swamp Thing before it is too late.

    Director: David Jackson

    Writer: N/A

  • Natural Enemy
    5.9/1032 votes
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    Natural Enemy

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/19/1990

    A mutant insect is on the loose in the swamp and Jim's curiosity makes him a victim of its deadly bite.

    Director: Tony Dow

    Writer: N/A

  • Treasure
    6.2/1034 votes
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    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

  • New Acquaintance
    6.2/1038 votes
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    New Acquaintance

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/2/1990

    Jim is feeling lonely and tries to make a new friend when he meets a mysterious young girl in town, named Lily, who invites herself into Jim and Tressa‘s home, and who carries a dark secret.

    Director: David Jackson

    Writer: Larry DiTillio

  • Falco
    6.3/1039 votes
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    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

  • From Beyond the Grave
    6.4/1039 votes
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    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

  • The Shipment
    6.5/1033 votes
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    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

  • Birth Marks
    6.1/1035 votes
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    Birth Marks

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/1991

    A runaway teenage synthetic human, named Abigail, escapes from Dr. Woodroe's lab when it explodes and is seen running through the streets by Will, who takes her in. Meanwhile, a baby is swept away by the waters of the swamp from the same explosion - and into the arms of the Swamp Thing.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dark Side of the Mirror
    6.5/1030 votes
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    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

  • Silent Screams
    6.4/1032 votes
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    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

  • Walk a Mile in My Shoots
    5.8/1038 votes
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    Walk a Mile in My Shoots

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/22/1991

    The Swamp Thing and Arcane switch bodies for a night and find that they are not fit to walk in each other's shoes.

    Director: Bruce Seth Green

    Writer: N/A

  • The Watchers
    6.2/1035 votes
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    The Watchers

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/1/1991

    Tressa accidentally uncovers a pair of robots casing the swamp and the Kipp residence in search of any evidence of Dr. Woodrue's experiments. Abigail is on the run and the Watchers must deal with the Swamp Thing to get to her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hunt
    6.5/1031 votes
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    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

  • Touch of Death
    6.3/1031 votes
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    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

  • Tremors of the Heart
    6.0/1034 votes
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    Tremors of the Heart

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/22/1991

    Romance and murder are in the air at the Arcane complex when he and his newest associate, Sienna, build a machine to make artificial earthquakes for General Sunderland. The two bicker and kiss back and forth as the earthquakes put Tressa and the Swamp Thing in serious danger.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Prometheus Parabola
    5.9/1032 votes
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    The Prometheus Parabola

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/5/1991

    An old adversary of Arcane is back in town and he has something Arcane wants. Tressa and Abigail are held hostage and the swamp takes a deadly blow as a result.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A