7.6/10199 votes#1 - Plunder & Lightning (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1990
Baloo and Kit team up to transport valuable Gorilla Birds.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Zaslove
7.2/10132 votes#2 - Plunder & Lightning (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1990
Baloo misses his mortgage deadline, so Rebecca buys his cargo company.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alan Burnett
7.4/10121 votes#3 - Plunder & Lightning (3)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/9/1990
Kit and Baloo decide to rescue Rebecca and Molly from the Air Pirates.
Director: N/A
Writer: Len Uhley
7.1/10142 votes#4 - Plunder & Lightning (4)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/9/1990
Still smarting from Kit's betrayal, Baloo quits his job and flies away.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Zaslove
7.3/10119 votes#5 - From Here to Machinery
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/10/1990
Baloo agrees to an endurance race against a robot pilot!
Director: Larry Latham
Writer: Len Uhley
7.0/10107 votes#6 - It Came from Beneath the Sea Duck
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/11/1990
Kit is anxious to tackle his first baby-sitting job.
Director: Robert Taylor
Writer: Don Rosa
7.3/10106 votes#7 - Time Waits for No Bear
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/12/1990
Baloo loses a client's cargo. Wildcat wrecks havoc with the tourists.
Director: Robert Taylor
Writer: Jeremy Cushner, Karl Geurs
7.4/10130 votes#8 - Mommy for a Day
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/13/1990
Molly tries to be a surrogate mother for a homesick pet.
Director: Ed Ghertner
Writer: Libby Hinson
7.0/10100 votes#9 - I Only Have Ice for You
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/14/1990
Rebecca learns to fly the Sea Duck and lands everyone into a fine mess.
Director: Robert Taylor
Writer: Don Rosa
7.3/1094 votes#10 - Molly Coddled
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/17/1990
Covington stashes the key to a fabulous treasure in the Sea Duck.
Director: Jamie Mitchell
Writer: N/A
7.4/10122 votes#11 - Polly Wants a Treasure
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/18/1990
A stowaway parrot on the Sea Duck becomes Kit's friend and Baloo's enemy.
Director: Jamie Mitchell
Writer: N/A
7.5/10126 votes#12 - Vowel Play
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/19/1990
Rebecca decides to boost business by taking on skywriting assignments.
Director: Ed Ghertner
Writer: N/A
7.3/1091 votes#13 - The Idol Rich
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/20/1990
Baloo and Kit find themselves pitted against the infamous Col. Spigot.
Director: Jamie Mitchell
Writer: Libby Hinson, Carter Crocker, Bruce Talkington
6.7/10119 votes#14 - Stormy Weather
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/21/1990
Kit falls under the spell of an aerial daredevil and joins his air show.
Director: Ed Ghertner
Writer: Jan Strnad
7.5/10126 votes#15 - Bearly Alive
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/24/1990
Baloo sets out to fulfill his dream of flying to the Bermuda Trapezoid.
Director: Robert Taylor
Writer: N/A
7.5/1096 votes#16 - Her Chance to Dream
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/25/1990
Rebecca doesn't believe it when Baloo and Louie claim to have seen a ghost.
Director: Ed Ghertner
Writer: Libby Hinson
7.6/1098 votes#17 - All's Whale that Ends Whale
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/26/1990
Baloo must capture a whale on the run from Seymore's Seaquarium.
Director: Jamie Mitchell
Writer: N/A
7.2/1084 votes#18 - The Golden Sprocket of Friendship
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/27/1990
Baloo has a new get-rich-quick scheme, but Rebecca has other plans for him.
Director: Larry Latham
Writer: Stephen Sustarsic
7.1/10113 votes#19 - For a Fuel Dollars More
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/28/1990
Rebecca has Baloo and Kit operating a mid-air refueling service.
Director: Robert Taylor
Writer: Chuck Tately
7.4/1085 votes#20 - A Bad Reflection on You (1)
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/1/1990
A piloting trophy inflates Baloo's ego, and he takes Kit for granted.
Director: Jamie Mitchell
Writer: Chuck Tately
7.0/1084 votes#21 - A Bad Reflection on You (2)
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/2/1990
A piloting trophy inflates Baloo's ego, and he takes Kit for granted.
Director: Jamie Mitchell
Writer: N/A
7.0/1083 votes#22 - On a Wing and a Bear
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/3/1990
Baloo lets his pilot's license expire and must retake his pilot's test.
Director: Robert Taylor
Writer: Ken Koonce, David Weimers
7.1/1088 votes#23 - A Star is Torn
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/4/1990
Baloo and Rebecca finally become friends. Baloo is hired to fly in a film.
Director: Larry Latham
Writer: Dev Ross
7.2/1083 votes#24 - A Touch of Glass
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/5/1990
Rebecca wants to upgrade her clientele, but they are not what they seem.
Director: Robert Taylor, Jamie Mitchell
Writer: Libby Hinson
7.5/10102 votes#25 - The Bigger They Are, the Louder They Oink
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/8/1990
Rebecca vows to make her latest scheme a success even if it kills her.
Director: Larry Latham
Writer: Jeremy Cushner
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Plunder & Lightning (1)" is the best rated episode of "TaleSpin" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 199 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Mark Zaslove, it aired on 9/9/1990. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Plunder & Lightning (2)".