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The Best Episodes of The Legend of Tarzan Season 1

Every episode of The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Legend of Tarzan Season 1!

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The Legend of Tarzan picks up where the 1999 feature film left off, with the title character adjusting to his new role as leader of the apes following Kerchak's death, and Jane adjusting to life

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 1 - Tarzan and the Race Against Time
    7.8/10(83 votes)

    S1:E1

    Tarzan is bitten by a poisonous spider and the gang must go to the top of the waterfall to find the antidote. Meanwhile, Terk is having a hard time getting used to Jane.

    Director:Nick Filippi
    Writer:Gary Sperling

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  2. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 34 - Tarzan and the Gauntlet of Vengeance
    7.8/10(51 votes)

    S1:E34

    Clayton's sister kidnaps Jane, Tantor, Terk, and the Professor, placing each in a separate, deadly peril. She then injects Tarzan with a fatal poison via blowdart and informs him that the antidote lies far away on a distant mountain she's dubbed "Clayton's Peak". He, therefore, has a choice—to suffer as she had and lose those he loves, or as Clayton had and lose his own life.

    Director:Don MacKinnon
    Writer:Madellaine Paxson

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  3. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 36 - Tarzan and Tublat's Revenge
    7.7/10(43 votes)

    S1:E36

    A violent thunderstorm has Tarzan, Jane and the rest of the gorilla family seeking shelter in nearby caves. Along the way, Tarzan feels unsure that he can protect the family as well as Kerchak did. Upon reaching the cave and thinking they are safe, they realize they are in the same cave where Tublat lives in. Tarzan is no physical match for Tublat and must use his superior cunning and ingenuity to defeat him.

    Director:Victor Cook
    Writer:Randy Rogel

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  4. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 8 - Tarzan and the Poisoned River (2)
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    S1:E8

    The Professor and Jane figure out that it's a mine that's poisoning the river and that Tarzan and the native warrior are in trouble. Tantor, Terk, Jane and the Professor come up with a plan and must work together with the natives to save Tarzan and get rid of the mine once and for all.

    Director:Don MacKinnon
    Writer:Gary Sperling

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  5. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 20 - Tarzan and the Challenger
    7.4/10(42 votes)

    S1:E20

    Tarzan's leadership of the gorilla family is challenged by a young silverback male named Moyo. Moyo wins leadership only when Tarzan sacrifices his in the fight in order to save Moyo's life. The new leader leaves with the gorillas to escape the threat of Histah, a giant python that used to terrorize the gorillas when Kala was young, leaving Tarzan to choose what's dearest to him—Jane or the gorillas.

    Director:Nick Filippi
    Writer:Michael Merton

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  6. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 11 - Tarzan and the Hidden World
    7.3/10(45 votes)

    S1:E11

    When the Professor's rival, Samuel T. Philander, visits Africa, he must come up with something spectacular to become famous on before Philander. That's when Tarzan tells them about Pellucidar, an underground world where dinosaurs live. However, Philander follows them there and takes pictures of the dinosaurs. The Professor, having no camera with him, attempts to best Philander by taking something else with him.

    Director:Victor Cook
    Writer:Mark Palmer

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  7. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 16 - Tarzan and the Leopard Men Rebellion
    7.3/10(42 votes)

    S1:E16

    The leopard men attack the treehouse and, rather than retrieving Tarzan (as the gang expects), make off with Jane, and gas the others. Once conscious, Tarzan, Tantor, Terk and the Professor set off for Opar to rescue her, only to find Queen La, staffless and at the mercy of a leopard, begging for help. Despite the Professor's warning, Tarzan intervenes and forges a temporary alliance with La to free his wife from La's rebelling minions. However, he is unaware of the true intentions of La and the leopard men.

    Director:Victor Cook
    Writers:Ken Koonce, David Wiemers

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  8. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 17 - Tarzan and the Rough Rider
    7.3/10(41 votes)

    S1:E17

    The jungle is visited by the former President Teddy Roosevelt and, while on the hunt for animal specimens to study (which Tarzan heavily disapproves of), both are kidnapped by conspirators. In the process of escape, Tarzan teaches the President the importance of respecting nature, and he gains a new appreciation for it by the time he leaves, promising to bring that lesson home to America.

    Director:Don MacKinnon
    Writer:Marv Wolfman

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  9. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 2 - Tarzan and the Trading Post
    7.2/10(54 votes)

    S1:E2

    A trade manager named Renard Dumont makes his trading post where the rhino herd is, causing them to move into gorilla territories. Will the gorillas have to move?

    Director:Nick Filippi
    Writer:Eddie Guzelian

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  10. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 7 - Tarzan and the Poisoned River (1)
    7.2/10(42 votes)

    S1:E7

    Tantor drinks water from the river and gets ill. Tarzan, Jane, and the Professor go upstream to find out what's poisoning the river while Terk tries to save Tantor. Along the way, they lose their boat and get captured by a group of natives who blame them for poisoning the river.

    Director:Don MacKinnon
    Writer:Peter Gaffney

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  11. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 21 - Tarzan and the Outbreak
    7.2/10(46 votes)

    S1:E21

    A logger's daughter and workers fall ill with a dangerous disease. Tarzan seeks to obtain a cure for the disease, only to find out the cure may have been destroyed by their irresponsible logging.

    Director:Victor Cook
    Writer:Madellaine Paxson

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  12. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 3 - Tarzan and the Lost Cub
    7.1/10(55 votes)

    S1:E3

    Jane finds a lost leopard cub and decides to keep it, but Tarzan won't like having a leopard around.

    Director:Don MacKinnon
    Writer:Michael Ryan

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  13. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 5 - Tarzan and the Fugitives
    7.1/10(43 votes)

    S1:E5

    Two deserters of the French Foreign Legion called Hooft and Hugo flee into the jungles of Africa. Unfortunately, their former superior, Lt. Colonel Staquait, finds their tracks and vows to follow them to the ends of the earth. Tarzan rescues the deserters from the perils of the jungle and the duo begin taking advantage of the resulting hospitality. Jane, being suspicious of the parasitic pair and their fantastic stories, decides to turn them in, only to realize who the real criminal is.

    Director:Don MacKinnon
    Writers:Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place

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  14. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 9 - Tarzan and the Enemy Within
    7.1/10(43 votes)

    S1:E9

    Tarzan and Terk find an injured gorilla named Gobu in the forest. Little do they know, but he is under orders from his leader to lure Tarzan back to Gobu's family. Once the injured gorilla (who Terk has taken a strong shine to) is better, he and Tarzan embark on the long journey to Gobu's home, only to find the evil Tublat, a bull ape who was expelled from Kerchak's family many years before, was waiting there to trap him. Meanwhile, Jane and the Professor attempt to teach Terk to be more lady-like.

    Director:Nick Filippi
    Writers:Ken Koonce, David Wiemers

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  15. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 15 - Tarzan and the Protege
    7.1/10(39 votes)

    S1:E15

    Doctor Robin Doyle returns to the jungle with her nephew Ian, a bookish child with few friends who spends his time collecting butterflies. While Robin and the Professor spend some quality time "spooning", the task of entertaining Ian falls to Tarzan, whom Ian sees as a much-needed role model. Lacking any other experience, Tarzan fills the day with activities he enjoyed as a child, and it's not long before the boy has discarded his formal trappings for a loincloth. None of this sits quite well with Jane, who worries about the dangers of a small child swinging recklessly from tree to tree—and what the good doctor will say when she finds out.

    Director:Nick Filippi
    Writer:Randy Rogel

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  16. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 26 - Tarzan and the Lost Treasure
    7.1/10(37 votes)

    S1:E26

    Count Nikolas Rokoff hears about a treasure in the valley of the leopards and plans to find it. Tarzan doesn't want to help, until Rokoff threatens to hurt Jane if he doesn't.

    Director:Nick Filippi
    Writers:Jim Peterson, Rob Humphrey, John Behnke

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  17. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 31 - Tarzan and the Eagle's Feather
    7.1/10(37 votes)

    S1:E31

    Tarzan and Jane attend the wedding of Basuli and Naoh in the Waziri village. As part of the wedding ritual, Basuli must find and return with an eagle's feather. He is allowed a companion and he chooses Tarzan. Their quest is filled with setbacks and Basuli claims that fate is against them. Tarzan, however, suspects sabotage.

    Director:Nick Filippi
    Writer:David Slack

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  18. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 4 - Tarzan and the Lost City of Opar
    7.0/10(53 votes)

    S1:E4

    Two leopard men take the Professor to the forgotten city of Opar, where Queen La is hoping for a king. She refuses the Professor and has the leopard men do what they wish with him. When Tarzan and the others find out, they all head for Opar, just in time to save the Professor. However, after seeing Tarzan, La falls in love with him and plans to get rid of Jane.

    Director:Nick Filippi
    Writers:Bill Motz, Bob Roth

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  19. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 10 - Tarzan and the Fountain
    7.0/10(39 votes)

    S1:E10

    The Professor eagerly awaits the arrival of a Doctor Doyle. Upon arrival, everyone is surprised to find that Doyle is actually a woman. Doctor Robin Doyle had come to Africa to study Keewazi's tribe with the Professor. While studying, they find some of the older men to have quite startling ages (from 500 to 700), and learn about a great fountain. The professor, who feels he's too old for Robin, secretly sets forth to find this fountain.

    Director:Nick Filippi
    Writer:Eddie Guzelian

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  20. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 14 - Tarzan and the Jungle Madness
    7.0/10(42 votes)

    S1:E14

    Tarzan and Jane return from a trip to the Waziri village to find the Professor missing and his camp in ruin. Jane momentarily fears the worst, but soldiers on with Tarzan in an attempt to determine her father's whereabouts and condition—a pursuit impeded by the hordes of apparently mad animals, including Terk and Tantor, destroying everything in their path and pleading for the cessation of a mysterious, unheard ringing.

    Director:Victor Cook
    Writer:Madellaine Paxson

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  21. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 28 - Tarzan and One Punch Mulligan
    7.0/10(39 votes)

    S1:E28

    The arrogant and aggressive heavyweight boxing champion "One Punch" Mulligan, along with his manager and personal journalist, visit the jungle while on safari. When Tarzan accidentally knocks One Punch out cold, the boxer is mortified and demands a "rematch", which Tarzan refuses. However, One Punch is stubborn and looks for a way to provoke Tarzan into a fight.

    Director:Sean Bishop
    Writer:Gary Sperling

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  22. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 19 - Tarzan and the Silver Ape
    6.9/10(37 votes)

    S1:E19

    The Professor learns about a spiritual silver ape that, supposedly, cures the injured of the jungle. Not believing this is a spiritual creature, he plans to study it more. But when Philander steals his notes and finds out about the ape, he plans to capture it.

    Director:Don MacKinnon
    Writers:Rob Humphrey, John Behnke, Jim Peterson

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  23. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 6 - Tarzan and the Rogue Elephant
    6.8/10(45 votes)

    S1:E6

    Baruti and Jamila, an elephant couple, migrate into Tantor's herd to protect their hypochondriac son, Jabari, from the mad rampages of Mbaya, an elephant gone "rogue". Tantor and Jabari instantly bond, but through a series of coincidences, Tantor comes to believe that he's responsible for Mbaya's recent rampage through Tarzan's protectorate and retreats into the jungle. Meanwhile, Jane attempts to discover something that Tarzan's afraid of.

    Director:Sean Bishop
    Writer:Mirith J. Colao

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  24. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 18 - Tarzan and the Seeds of Destruction
    6.8/10(40 votes)

    S1:E18

    Disgusted by the decay near the elephant territory, Jane tries to use an English vine to cover up the scent. But the vines cover up everything and are too poisonous to eat. While Jane and the Professor try to think of a solution, Tarzan invites the elephants to live with the gorillas, but how long can they live together in harmony?

    Director:Nick Filippi
    Writer:Robert Askin

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  25. The Legend of Tarzan Season 1 Episode 27 - Tarzan and the Return of La
    6.8/10(43 votes)

    S1:E27

    While the gang is setting up a surprise croquet game for the Professor, Jane encounters an ill-looking fawn. Upon touching the fawn, the soul of Queen La enters her body. Failing to return to Opar by herself, La turns to Tarzan, who senses something wrong right away. Instead, she turns to Dumont for help. Can the aid of Usula, the Waziri elder, bring Jane back before La retrieves her staff and brings Opar to life again?

    Director:Victor Cook
    Writer:Peter Gaffney

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Tarzan and the Race Against Time" is the best rated episode of "The Legend of Tarzan" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 83 votes. Directed by Nick Filippi and written by Gary Sperling, it aired on 9/3/2001. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Tarzan and the Gauntlet of Vengeance".