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The Worst Episodes of Tarzan

Every episode of Tarzan ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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 Worst Episode
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    Tarzan Season 1 Episode 16 - The Fire People
    5.8/10(26 votes)

    #1 - The Fire People

    S1:E16

    Tarzan and Jai risk their lives to help a native chief save his people. The superstitious tribesmen, frightened by a witch doctor, won't abandon their home on a volcanic mountain that's about to erupt.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 20 - A Pride of Assassins
    5.8/10(25 votes)

    #2 - A Pride of Assassins

    S1:E20

    When Tarzan and a young woman threaten to expose his gunrunning scheme, a smuggler sends assassins after them.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 24 - Rendezvous for Revenge
    5.9/10(19 votes)

    #3 - Rendezvous for Revenge

    S2:E24

    After poacher and arsonist Dan Burton escapes from custody, Tarzan tracks him and his adoring girlfriend to an oceanside cliff, and a fateful encounter. But Burton's girlfriend and two henchmen later track Tarzan down and force him to lead them back to the scene.

    Director:William Witney
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 25 - Alex the Great
    5.9/10(18 votes)

    #4 - Alex the Great

    S2:E25

    The task of protecting a village from man-eating "cats" is complicated by the arrival of a man determined to prove to himself greater than Tarzan.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 17 - Track of the Dinosaur
    6.0/10(24 votes)

    #5 - Track of the Dinosaur

    S1:E17

    Tarzan is marked for murder when he clashes with a corrupt government official and his female co-conspirator. The pair are using the natives' beliefs in a monster to drive them away from a rich mineral deposit.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 22 - Basil of the Bulge
    6.2/10(24 votes)

    #6 - Basil of the Bulge

    S1:E22

    A renowned war-time general, on a treaty mission in the jungle, is captured by a dissenting tribe with the connivance of a corrupt official.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 8 - Last of the Supermen
    6.2/10(19 votes)

    #7 - Last of the Supermen

    S2:E8

    Four men are found murdered and Tarzan goes up country to try and establish what happens. What he discoverers shocks everyone and reveals a secret that dates back to WW2.

    Director:Gerald Mayer
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 17 - King of the Dwasari
    6.2/10(19 votes)

    #8 - King of the Dwasari

    S2:E17

    Tarzan is checking on the Dwsari tribe when he discovers that somehow a white man, Arthur Brown, has become their king.

    Director:William Witney
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 26 - Trina
    6.2/10(20 votes)

    #9 - Trina

    S2:E26

    Trina MacKenzie, one of seven girls on an expedition, is also trying to find her uncle, who she believes to be doing humanitarian work. She finds that he has become the leader of a large tribe, and has helped them develop more peaceful ways. But Tarzan comes to believe that his latest crusade, involving a statue he claims to be obtaining but which locals insist does not exist, may involve less than noble intentions.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 21 - The Golden Runaway
    6.3/10(26 votes)

    #10 - The Golden Runaway

    S1:E21

    To help find a woman's missing brother, Tarzan takes her to see a village headman, who turns out to be a red-headed Irishman.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 24 - To Steal the Rising Sun
    6.3/10(28 votes)

    #11 - To Steal the Rising Sun

    S1:E24

    An exiled chief returns to the jungle with three thieves and a plan to steal his former tribe's valuable ruby - using Tarzan as his unwitting accomplice.

    Director:William Witney
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 13 - Pearls of Tanga
    6.5/10(27 votes)

    #12 - Pearls of Tanga

    S1:E13

    Tarzan does battle with a criminal known as 'The Admiral' who has his own submarine and has been poisoning the waters so that his own crew are the only ones able to recover fabulously valuable pearl oysters.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 15 - The Ultimate Duel
    6.5/10(26 votes)

    #13 - The Ultimate Duel

    S1:E15

    A deadly survival test pits Tarzan against an electronic computer. The jungle lord is being tracked by a tribe of native killers, directed by a scientist who uses a computer to predict Tarzan's every move.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 30 - Algie B for Brave
    6.5/10(23 votes)

    #14 - Algie B for Brave

    S1:E30

    General Bertram returns, and gets Jai's help on a mission to locate a foreign power's nuclear-detection equipment.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 19 - Cap'n Jai
    6.6/10(24 votes)

    #15 - Cap'n Jai

    S1:E19

    Jai is duped by three double-crossing sailors, who are attempting to recover some stolen diamonds.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 5 - The Blue Stone of Heaven (2)
    6.6/10(18 votes)

    #16 - The Blue Stone of Heaven (2)

    S2:E5

    After uncovering the mythical Blue Stone of Baskar, Colonel Tatakombi takes advantage of the legend associated with it to declare himself the leader/god of the surrounding tribes, in the hope of later taking control of the country. Tarzan is determined to expose and stop him.

    Director:William Witney
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 12 - Mountains of the Moon (2)
    6.6/10(19 votes)

    #17 - Mountains of the Moon (2)

    S2:E12

    Rosanna McCloud and her pilgrims are determined to continue in their trek toward their Promised Land, even after one of their people is killed. Now they are armed and determined to fight off the tribe that lives in the land. Tarzan, meanwhile, learns that the chief of the tribe was tricked into selling the land by the trader Whitehead, whom he hopes to expose before more blood is shed.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 4 - A Life for a Life
    6.7/10(32 votes)

    #18 - A Life for a Life

    S1:E4

    After a spider bite fells Jai, Tarzan races to find one of two people whose blood might have antibodies that could save the boy: a lady photographer and a wanted murderer.

    Directors:Paul Stanley, Robert Day
    Writer:Oliver Crawford

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  19. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 28 - The Circus
    6.7/10(25 votes)

    #19 - The Circus

    S1:E28

    Jai and Dutch encounter a fugitive who is trying to evade a manhunt by joining the circus.

    Directors:Harmon Jones, Alex Nicol
    Writer:Carey Wilber

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  20. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 9 - Hotel Hurricane
    6.7/10(19 votes)

    #20 - Hotel Hurricane

    S2:E9

    A huge storm is bearing down on the area causing a plane with a very valuable cargo to crash. Tarzan helps locate the wreck and try and recover the cargo.

    Director:Ron Ely
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 11 - Village of Fire
    6.8/10(21 votes)

    #21 - Village of Fire

    S1:E11

    Tarzan races to recover a serum stolen by a native chief. The drug is the only hope for the fever-wracked Jai, who has been bitten by a jaguar and is near death.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 18 - The Day the Earth Trembled
    6.8/10(32 votes)

    #22 - The Day the Earth Trembled

    S1:E18

    Tarzan reluctantly enlists the aid of three escaped convicts to escort a group of endangered children to safety.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 6 - Curse of the Mugumba Tree
    6.8/10(18 votes)

    #23 - Curse of the Mugumba Tree

    S2:E6

    A local white woman becomes the subject of an spiritual attack by the local witch doctor after a sacred tree is chopped down. Tarzan must find out who really destroyed the tree and try to help his friend fight of the effects of the bad voodoo.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 10 - The Pride of a Lioness
    6.8/10(18 votes)

    #24 - The Pride of a Lioness

    S2:E10

    Tarzan intervenes on behalf of a very sick girl. He insists rather than allow the girl to be treated by tribal medicine she should be treated by real doctor. The tribe reacts poorly to his actions and other lives are put at risk.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Jerry Adelman

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  25. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 11 - Mountains of the Moon (1)
    6.8/10(32 votes)

    #25 - Mountains of the Moon (1)

    S2:E11

    Tarzan comes across a party of religious pilgrims who are being led by Rosanna McCloud to their "Promised Land". To not shatter their dreams, Mrs. McCloud does not inform her followers that her husband, whom they regard as their Prophet, has just been killed, and she is unaware that the government trader who sold the group the land from a reclusive tribe had his own motives for doing so and never intended for the group to reach it. When Rosanna finally tells her group about the death of their leader, she and Tarzan also find that their money has been stolen.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Fire People" is the worst rated episode of "Tarzan". It scored 5.8/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Earl Bellamy and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/30/1966. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Pride of Assassins".