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The Best Episodes of Tarzan

Every episode of Tarzan ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Tarzan!

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Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a well-educated character, one who, tired of civilization, had returned to the jungle where he had been raised.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Tarzan Season 1 Episode 27 - The Perils of Charity Jones (2)
    8.2/10(37 votes)

    #1 - The Perils of Charity Jones (2)

    S1:E27

    Tarzan rescues Charity and Jai from hostile natives, but then the trio are pursued by another tribe who are after the guns that Jai has hidden.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Carey Wilber

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  2. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 26 - The Perils of Charity Jones (1)
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    #2 - The Perils of Charity Jones (1)

    S1:E26

    A missionary from America's midwest enlists Jai's help to fulfill her father's last wish and deliver an organ to a primitive tribe, but their boat is disabled.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 7 - The Fanatics
    7.5/10(18 votes)

    #3 - The Fanatics

    S2:E7

    Tarzan encounters a female journalist who has arrived in the area for local tribal elections. The journalist has concerns over the conduct of a local white sponsor for one of the candidates.

    Director:William Witney
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 15 - The Professional
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #4 - The Professional

    S2:E15

    Tarzan encounters a group of soldiers looking for a local tribe. He is unsure of their motives or if he can trust them, but decides to lead them to the tribe so he can keep an eye on the man.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 21 - Jungle Ransom
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #5 - Jungle Ransom

    S2:E21

    Tarzan takes a boat to escort a convicted killer, Velasquez, to the authorities. Also on the boat is the wife of a man the killer's band is holding for ransom. She forces Tarzan at gunpoint to escort her with Velasquez to his camp where her husband is being held. She has left the ransom money hidden behind, but Jai and Cheetah find it.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 23 - Four O'Clock Army (2)
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #6 - Four O'Clock Army (2)

    S2:E23

    After the village is burned and Tarzan, Jai, the chief, and numerous villagers are captured by the slavers, General Bertram and Charity must work together despite their differences. Tarzan escapes his captors and comes to their aid. He decides to follow behind the slavers to discover who is leading them.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Carey Wilber

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  7. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 9 - The Deadly Silence (2)
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    #7 - The Deadly Silence (2)

    S1:E9

    Though still deafened by grenades, Tarzan relies on his animal friends to help him elude the colonel's heavily-armed soldiers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Erwin

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  8. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 31 - Man Killer
    7.3/10(24 votes)

    #8 - Man Killer

    S1:E31

    Tarzan's search for a murderer is complicated by a village whose natives employ drugs in their ceremonial rituals.

    Director:James Komack
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 13 - Jai's Amnesia
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #9 - Jai's Amnesia

    S2:E13

    Jai loses his memory and a group of criminals decide to exploit the situation to plan a series of robberies. Tarzan must track down the men and attempt to save Jai before he gets into serious trouble.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 16 - The Convert
    7.3/10(18 votes)

    #10 - The Convert

    S2:E16

    A nun returns to her village to bring medicine an treat the sick. She is torn between her tribal heritage and those who oppose her new life.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 5 - The Prisoner
    7.2/10(27 votes)

    #11 - The Prisoner

    S1:E5

    When a native policeman is seriously injured by a diamond thief, Tarzan tries to get the criminal to jail - and keep the officer's angry tribe from taking the law into its own hands.

    Directors:Robert Day, George Marshall
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  12. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 8 - The Deadly Silence (1)
    7.2/10(37 votes)

    #12 - The Deadly Silence (1)

    S1:E8

    Tarzan tries to stop a blood thirsty Colonel from taking over an African village with his soldiers of fortune. Tarzan has been rendered deaf by an exploding hand grenade, effectively limiting one of his keen senses. Tarzan relies on his telepathic powers to a lion.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 10 - The Figurehead
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    #13 - The Figurehead

    S1:E10

    Tarzan and Jai try to get young Prince Sharif out of the jungle to safety. The boy is being pursued by the same conspirators who assassinated his father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Erwin

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  14. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 14 - Creeping Giants
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #14 - Creeping Giants

    S2:E14

    Tarzan becomes concerned when news reaches him of plans to build a dam in a geologically unsound area. He needs to prove the weakness in the plan and why none of the government surveys in the area have not uncovered the same issues.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 18 - A Gun for Jai
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #15 - A Gun for Jai

    S2:E18

    Against Tarzan's wishes, Jai is given a rifle by one of the local hunters. However circumstances change and Tarzan discovers the value of allowing the boy a firearm.

    Director:E. Darrell Hallenbeck
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 22 - Four O'Clock Army (1)
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #16 - Four O'Clock Army (1)

    S2:E22

    General Basil Bertram and missionary Charity Jones return in this two-part story, and this time must ally with Tarzan against a band of slavers who have been taking people and destroying villages.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Carey Wilber

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  17. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 1 - Eyes of the Lion
    7.1/10(57 votes)

    #17 - Eyes of the Lion

    S1:E1

    A man-eating lion is mistaken for the 'seeing-eye' lion of a young blind girl, who has trained the lion from infancy to be her eyes and protector in the jungle. Tarzan must prevent the hostile villagers from killing the wrong lion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 2 - The Ultimate Weapon
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    #18 - The Ultimate Weapon

    S1:E2

    When a game warden is shot by an ivory poacher looking to make a fortune off the seasonal elephant migration, the poacher falls off a cliff after tangling with Tarzan, but the accidental death causes the man's son to vow revenge.

    Directors:Paul Stanley, Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 3 - Leopard on the Loose
    7.0/10(32 votes)

    #19 - Leopard on the Loose

    S1:E3

    A trading-post worker in need of money tries to steal Jai's pet leopard.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  20. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 6 - The Three Faces of Death
    7.0/10(29 votes)

    #20 - The Three Faces of Death

    S1:E6

    When the chief of a tribe, a friend of Tarzan, dies, his daughter prepares to succeed him, but a member of the tribe opposes her being the tribe's new chief. So he asks that the old test, The Three Faces of Death, be imposed to prove her worthy. But unfortunately a woman can't face a man in test, so another member of the tribe must face him in her place. When no one accepts, Tarzan steps in. And if her fails not only will she not be chief, she'll be killed.

    Directors:George Marshall, Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  21. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 29 - The Ultimatum
    7.0/10(29 votes)

    #21 - The Ultimatum

    S1:E29

    A dangerous woman and her hired thugs threaten to destroy a native village unless Tarzan submits to being their prisoner.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 1 - Tiger, Tiger
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #22 - Tiger, Tiger

    S2:E1

    A deadly tiger is loose in the jungle but, despite a warning from Tarzan, an engineer insists on continuing work on a project although he lacks the experience to cope with the animal.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 2 - Voice of the Elephant
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #23 - Voice of the Elephant

    S2:E2

    Jai's pet baby elephant is charged with killing a white man. Under tribal law the elephant is entitled to a trial. Jai goes on the search for evidence and someone to present it.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 19 - Trek to Terror
    7.0/10(18 votes)

    #24 - Trek to Terror

    S2:E19

    A doctor trying to control an outbreak of disease among the tribes is wanted for murder. Tarzan intervenes to allow the doctor to complete his work before being taken into custody. Tarzan is concerned however that the charges against the man may not be all they seem to be.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 20 - End of a Challenge
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #25 - End of a Challenge

    S2:E20

    Jai comes across an old man wounded in the jungle. He stops to help the man while sending word to Tarzan for help.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Perils of Charity Jones (2)" is the best rated episode of "Tarzan". It scored 8.2/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Alex Nicol and written by Carey Wilber, it aired on 3/17/1967. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Perils of Charity Jones (1)".