The Best Episodes of The Legend of Tarzan Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.8/10(78 votes)

   #1 - Tarzan and the Race Against Time

   S1:E19/3/2001

   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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   Director:Nick Filippi

   Writer:Gary Sperling
2. 

   7.3/10(52 votes)

   #2 - Tarzan and the Trading Post

   S1:E29/4/2001

   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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   Director:Nick Filippi

   Writer:Eddie Guzelian
3. 

   7.1/10(52 votes)

   #3 - Tarzan and the Lost Cub

   S1:E39/5/2001

   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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   Director:Don MacKinnon

   Writer:Michael Ryan
4. 

   7.1/10(50 votes)

   #4 - Tarzan and the Lost City of Opar

   S1:E49/6/2001

   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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   Director:Nick Filippi

   Writers:Bill Motz, Bob Roth
5. 

   7.1/10(42 votes)

   #5 - Tarzan and the Fugitives

   S1:E59/7/2001

   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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   Director:Don MacKinnon

   Writers:Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place
6. 

   6.8/10(44 votes)

   #6 - Tarzan and the Rogue Elephant

   S1:E69/9/2001

   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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   Director:Sean Bishop

   Writer:Mirith J. Colao
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7. 

   7.3/10(41 votes)

   #7 - Tarzan and the Poisoned River (1)

   S1:E79/10/2001

   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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   Director:Don MacKinnon

   Writer:Peter Gaffney
8. 

   7.6/10(41 votes)

   #8 - Tarzan and the Poisoned River (2)

   S1:E89/11/2001

   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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   Director:Don MacKinnon

   Writer:Gary Sperling
9. 

   7.2/10(41 votes)

   #9 - Tarzan and the Enemy Within

   S1:E99/12/2001

   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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   Director:Nick Filippi

   Writers:Ken Koonce, David Wiemers
10. 

    7.1/10(38 votes)

    #10 - Tarzan and the Fountain

    S1:E109/13/2001

    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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    Director:Nick Filippi

    Writer:Eddie Guzelian
11. 

    7.3/10(43 votes)

    #11 - Tarzan and the Hidden World

    S1:E119/14/2001

    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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    Director:Victor Cook

    Writer:Mark Palmer
12. 

    6.5/10(42 votes)

    #12 - Tarzan and the Rift

    S1:E129/16/2001

    Poachers arrive in the jungle and are setting traps everywhere, so Tarzan warns everyone to be careful. Meanwhile, Terk encourages Tantor to act on his attractions to a female elephant named Dania with a talent for singing. The first date goes well, and though everybody finds Dania perfectly charming, she herself gets off on the wrong foot with Terk. When Terk discovers Tantor would rather spend his time with Dania than her, she plans to break them up, but ends up getting caught in one of the poachers' traps instead. Now Tantor must decide which is more important to him—his relationship with the difficult Dania, or saving his best friend from being kidnapped.

    Director:Don MacKinnon

    Writer:Leslie Nordman

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    Director:Don MacKinnon

    Writer:Leslie Nordman
13. 

    6.5/10(36 votes)

    #13 - Tarzan and the Giant Beetles

    S1:E139/17/2001

    When Terk and Tantor accidentally spill some of the fluid from the giant flowers the Professor was studying onto a few beetles, it makes them giant themselves. To stay out of trouble, they keep it a secret. But how can you keep a couple of huge beetles a secret?

    Director:Victor Cook

    Writer:Carl Ellsworth

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    Director:Victor Cook

    Writer:Carl Ellsworth
14. 

    7.0/10(41 votes)

    #14 - Tarzan and the Jungle Madness

    S1:E149/18/2001

    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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    Director:Victor Cook

    Writer:Madellaine Paxson
15. 

    7.2/10(38 votes)

    #15 - Tarzan and the Protege

    S1:E159/19/2001

    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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    Writer:Randy Rogel
16. 

    7.4/10(40 votes)

    #16 - Tarzan and the Leopard Men Rebellion

    S1:E169/20/2001

    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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    Director:Victor Cook

    Writers:Ken Koonce, David Wiemers
17. 

    7.4/10(41 votes)

    #17 - Tarzan and the Rough Rider

    S1:E179/21/2001

    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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    Director:Don MacKinnon

    Writer:Marv Wolfman
18. 

    6.9/10(39 votes)

    #18 - Tarzan and the Seeds of Destruction

    S1:E189/23/2001

    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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    Writer:Robert Askin
19. 

    6.9/10(36 votes)

    #19 - Tarzan and the Silver Ape

    S1:E199/24/2001

    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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    Director:Don MacKinnon

    Writers:Rob Humphrey, John Behnke, Jim Peterson
20. 

    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #20 - Tarzan and the Challenger

    S1:E209/25/2001

    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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    Writer:Michael Merton
21. 

    7.3/10(45 votes)

    #21 - Tarzan and the Outbreak

    S1:E219/26/2001

    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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    Director:Victor Cook

    Writer:Madellaine Paxson
22. 

    6.5/10(37 votes)

    #22 - Tarzan and the Silver Screen

    S1:E229/27/2001

    A film crew arrives in the jungle to shoot an action movie. Tarzan, being unaware of this, interferes in the process, causing him to appear in the scenes unintentionally. The film's male lead actor becomes jealous after being replaced by Tarzan and attempts to destroy the footage, causing a huge fire at the trading post.

    Director:Victor Cook

    Writer:Madellaine Paxson

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    Director:Victor Cook

    Writer:Madellaine Paxson
23. 

    6.8/10(35 votes)

    #23 - Tarzan and the Beast from Below

    S1:E239/28/2001

    Terk gets scared when she sees a monster, which is later revealed to be a velociraptor from Pellucidar. The others initially dismiss Terk, but believe her after the dinosaur attacks the Professor's camp as well as Tarzan and Jane's treehouse. Tarzan attempts to find out how the velociraptor managed to get out of Pellucidar and how it can be sent back.

    Director:Don MacKinnon

    Writers:Ken Koonce, David Wiemers

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    Director:Don MacKinnon

    Writers:Ken Koonce, David Wiemers
24. 

    6.5/10(32 votes)

    #24 - Tarzan and the All-Seeing Elephant

    S1:E249/30/2001

    Tantor starts believe in an "All-seeing elephant" that protects him after he survives series of dangerous accidents. Tantor decides to journey to Mount Indigo, where the all-seeing elephant supposedly lives, to prove his friends the elephant truly exists. Tarzan, Jane, Terk, and the Professor decide to accompany Tantor to make sure he stays safe.

    Director:Nick Filippi

    Writer:Mark Palmer

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    Director:Nick Filippi

    Writer:Mark Palmer
25. 

    6.7/10(34 votes)

    #25 - Tarzan and the New Wave

    S1:E2510/1/2001

    Tarzan helps the people on an sinking schooner escape. He discovers the passengers are Jane's friends Eleanor, Hazel, and Greenly, as well as Greenly's fiancé Henry. Eleanor and Hazel do not think Henry is "well-rounded" enough, hoping the jungle and Tarzan can toughen him up. Eventually Henry's toughness is put to the test when an earthquake, followed by a tidal wave, hits the jungle.

    Director:Don MacKinnon

    Writer:Jess Winfield

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    Director:Don MacKinnon

    Writer:Jess Winfield