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The Worst Episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey

Every episode of Tales of the Gold Monkey ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey!

In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying hi-jinx,...
Genre:Action & Adventure
Network:ABC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Ape Boy" is the worst rated episode of "Tales of the Gold Monkey". It scored 6.3/10 based on 48 votes. Directed by Winrich Kolbe and written by Andrew Schneider, it aired on 1/12/1983. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Lady and the Tiger".

  • Ape Boy
    6.3/1048 votes
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    #1 - Ape Boy

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1983

    Jake and Sarah help an abandoned boy found living among the apes on an isolated island.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Andrew Schneider

  • The Lady and the Tiger
    6.5/1049 votes
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    #2 - The Lady and the Tiger

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1982

    Jake is shot down and rescued by an Amish widow and her son, who hide him from the Japanese occupying their island.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sultan of Swat
    6.7/1046 votes
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    #3 - The Sultan of Swat

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1983

    Jake tries to help a former baseball hero who is accused of murdering a local girl on Boragora.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Black Pearl
    6.8/1066 votes
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    #4 - Black Pearl

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1982

    Jake, posing as a defecting U.S. scientist, and Sarah search for an experimental German bomb and a famed black pearl.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: Paul Savage

  • Trunk From the Past
    6.8/1050 votes
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    #5 - Trunk From the Past

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1982

    Sarah receives a mysterious trunk from her late father and it leads her to a lost civilization.

    Director: Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer: N/A

  • Cooked Goose
    6.8/1041 votes
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    #6 - Cooked Goose

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/1983

    A Clipper pilot is beaten and his bride apparently kidnapped by Princess Kogi and held for ransom.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jay Huguely

  • Shanghaied
    6.9/1068 votes
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    #7 - Shanghaied

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1982

    Corky is kidnapped by Princess Kogi's half brother to repair the engines of his slave ship.

    Director: Alan J. Levi

    Writer: N/A

  • Escape From Death Island
    6.9/1054 votes
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    #8 - Escape From Death Island

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1982

    Jake and Corky are imprisoned on an island penal colony when they try to free the son of an Englishman.

    Director: James Frawley

    Writer: N/A

  • Once a Tiger...
    7.0/1049 votes
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    #9 - Once a Tiger...

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1982

    Jake leads the search for a downed plane flown by a former Flying Tiger transporting a prototype gunsight of interest to the Japanese.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: N/A

  • God Save the Queen
    7.0/1044 votes
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    #10 - God Save the Queen

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1983

    Jake helps foil an attempt to hijack an ocean liner carrying the Duke of Windsor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Boragora or Bust
    7.0/1041 votes
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    #11 - Boragora or Bust

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/1983

    Jake's prospector buddy stands to lose his platinum strike to an unscrupulous businessman from the States.

    Director: Ivan Dixon

    Writer: N/A

  • Legends Are Forever
    7.1/1057 votes
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    #12 - Legends Are Forever

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1982

    A former Flying Tiger asks Jake's help in finding the fabled lost treasure of King Solomon.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Honor Thy Brother
    7.1/1050 votes
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    #13 - Honor Thy Brother

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1982

    Jake is followed by the brother of a Japanese pilot he shot down while he was still a Flying Tiger in China, and Corky struggles to avoid a prearranged marriage.

    Director: Michael Vejar

    Writer: N/A

  • Force of Habit
    7.2/1043 votes
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    #14 - Force of Habit

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1983

    An old friend of Jake's turns up on Tagataya looking for help with a mission of mercy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)
    7.4/1081 votes
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    #15 - Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1982

    Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.

    Director: Ray Austin

    Writer: Donald P. Bellisario

  • High Stakes Lady
    7.4/1044 votes
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    #16 - High Stakes Lady

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/1983

    Jake acts as a bodyguard to a lady gambler during a high stakes poker game.

    Director: James Frawley

    Writer: N/A

  • Naka Jima Kill
    7.4/1042 votes
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    #17 - Naka Jima Kill

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1983

    An ambitious newswoman tricks Jake into flying her to Princess Kogi's island for an interview with the Japanese defense minister, a recent target for assassination.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Andrew Schneider

  • A Distant Shout of Thunder
    7.4/1043 votes
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    #18 - A Distant Shout of Thunder

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/1983

    Sarah is used as a scapegoat by an island revolutionary who accuses her of removing a sacred statue from a cemetery on the island.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Last Chance Louie
    7.5/1046 votes
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    #19 - Last Chance Louie

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1983

    Louie is sentenced to the guillotine for murder, and his only defense is an old story he doesn't want to get out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Late Sarah White
    7.6/1045 votes
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    #20 - The Late Sarah White

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/1982

    Jake and Corky fly to the Philippines to explore the reports of Sarah's death while on a mission involving MacArthur.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff

  • Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)
    7.7/10288 votes
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    #21 - Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1982

    Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.

    Director: Ray Austin

    Writer: Donald P. Bellisario

  • Mourning Becomes Matuka
    7.7/1038 votes
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    #22 - Mourning Becomes Matuka

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/1/1983

    Princess Kogi hires Jake as a bodyguard after an attempt on her life during a birthday celebration.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jay Huguely