NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - The Arrival
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/12/1974
In 1801, a family from Switzerland is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. All wash ashore safely except their younger son Franz, who is presumed dead.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - The Secret Of Shark Island
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/19/1974
Franz steals away from the island in the family's outrigger canoe. He rows to a neighboring island and finds evidence that humans once lived there.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - The Mark Of Captain Keel
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/26/1974
A deranged ex-pirate kidnaps Franz and Marie, in order to lure Father to his camp. He has mistaken Johann for Sir Henry Buckley, a famous buccaneer.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - The Curse Of The Idol
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/2/1974
The family suffers a series of bad luck incidents after taking a carved wooden idol from an ancient stone mausoleum they discover on the island.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - The Animal Kingdom
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/9/1974
The family's pet leopard, Ulysses, has grown too large and dangerous to keep around. But when Franz and Ernest release him deep in the island's jungle, they find he is too domesticated to survive on his own.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Bruno
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/16/1974
A dog from the ship turns up on the island and appears to be wild. Franz and johann disagree with what to do about the animal.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Attack Of The Cat
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/23/1974
Marie finds a panther's kitten in the jungle and brings it home. The kitten's angry mother attacks Ernest in revenge.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Lost At Sea
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/30/1974
Ernest builds a boat from salvaged shipwreck timber and sets off to the open seas, in hopes of finding help for his stranded family. But he unfortunately loses his compass and becomes lost at sea.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - A Time To Live And A Time To Die
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/7/1974
Ernest finds a pregnant wild goat in the jungle and brings her back to the treehouse. Marie is eager to witness the upcoming birth, but Mother worries that something will go wrong.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - Cave Of The Tiger
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/14/1974
A rockslide traps papa and Franz in a cave with the tiger that they were tracking.
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#11 - Dead Man's Gold
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/21/1974
Franz and Ernest find an abandoned pirate camp while exploring the island. Franz also finds a treasure map at the camp, and becomes obsessed with finding the treasure, while neglecting his usual duties.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Terror On South Island
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/28/1974
Traveling to South Island to investigation a signal, the Robinson family discover a skeleton in a cave. Ernest is injured from a fall. But the real Terror was yet to be revealed as Soldier Ants were swarming towards them.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - The Visitor
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/4/1974
Ernest and Franz rescue a castaway they find floating offshore on a couple of barrels. The castaway says he has a map of the island, and insists that there is a settlement beyond the waterfalls.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Nature's Child
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/11/1974
While hiding Marie's birthday gift Franz and Earnest stumble upon a wild girl and her pet leopard.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Return From Paradise
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/18/1974
Once again, Ernest encounters the mysterious young girl, the child of nature, who shares the family's island.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - Skeleton Clue
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/25/1974
Johann cancels lessons when Ernest, Franz and Marie complain that school is useless on the island. But when Johann tells them they can have two days to do whatever they want, they find out that math and science can be useful after all.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Somewhere On This Earth
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/2/1974
Ernest, Franz and Marie hike to the north side of the island to search for a wedding anniversary present for their parents. They find a chest from their shipwreck which may contain a valuable artifact.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Rescue!
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 12/9/1974
The Robinsons are overjoyed when a British warship finds the island and the sailors come ashore. But the captain says he cannot take them aboard.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - Second Honeymoon
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/16/1974
The Robinson children decide to camp in the caves for a few days so their parents can have some romantic privacy at the treehouse.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - Deadly Feast
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/23/1974
Mother prepares an oyster stew for the family, but they're inedible. As she's tasting the meal while cooking, she consumes enough poison to collapse and fall into a coma.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - The Intruder
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 12/30/1974
A meteorite lands close to the Robinsons's treehouse home and brings an alien substance that almost drives the family from their island.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - The Weakest Link
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/6/1975
Ernest learns a lesson about dependence when his thoughtlessness almost brings disaster to the rest of the Robinsons.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - Monsoon
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/13/1975
Marie becomes lost and disoriented after being swept up in a dangerous monsoon. Johann goes out to look for her.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - The Castaway
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/20/1975
Franz tells his family how he managed to survive the first few days on the island when he thought he had been the only one who reached shore.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - Rogue
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/27/1975
An old bear roams out of the wilderness and makes his last stand in the Robinsons's compound.
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The Best Episodes of Swiss Family Robinson
Every episode of Swiss Family Robinson ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Swiss Family Robinson!
Swiss Family Robinson is a 1974-1975 Canadian television drama series, based on Johann David Wyss' novel The Swiss Family Robinson.
The series consisted of 26 30-minute...
Genres:DramaAction & Adventure
Network:CTV
Best Episodes Summary
"The Arrival" is the best rated episode of "Swiss Family Robinson". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/12/1974. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "The Secret Of Shark Island".