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The Best Episodes of The Lost World

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The Best Episodes of The Lost World

Early 20th-century adventurers find themselves fighting for survival after their hot-air balloon crashes into a remote part of the Amazon, stranding them on a prehistoric...

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  1. 8.5/10(88 votes)

    #1 - Barbarians at the Gate

    S1:E22

    Drakul and the Raiders shoot down the adventurers' balloon, beginning a game of cat and mouse.

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  2. 8.3/10(69 votes)

    #2 - Tapestry

    S3:E19

    When Challenger discovers the wreckage of a World War I transport plane, he's captured by its pilot, Lieutenant Drummond. Drummond has been stranded for five years since the crash, protecting the plane's cargo—a crate of iridium ingots stolen from the Royal Navy. Challenger is astounded to see the iridium because it had been intended for his secret wartime research. The sight of it prompts him to remember the night five years earlier, when he was questioned about the theft by two British intelligence agents working for MI5. Back on the Plateau, when Challenger and Drummond arrive at the Treehouse, Marguerite recognizes the iridium, too—she also was a suspect in its theft, and she recalls her own MI5 interrogation, the same night Challenger was questioned. Amazing twists and turns. We find out that there may be more than just coincidence that has brought our small group to the plateau.

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  3. 8.3/10(67 votes)

    #3 - Trapped

    S3:E21

    A peaceful day of exploration turns deadly when a sudden explosion traps Marguerite and Roxton in an underground chamber. Their only hope for escape is Challenger, but the same explosion has left him with no memory of who he is, or what has happened to his friends. Meanwhile, a contest of friendly rivalry between Veronica and Finn leads to an enigmatic discovery at the Treehouse, as another memory from Veronica's childhood is literally uncovered. Faced with certain death, Roxton and Marguerite reveal emotions best left buried, so that even if they do survive their ordeal, there's a chance their relationship will not.

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  4. 8.2/10(74 votes)

    #4 - Heart of the Storm

    S3:E22

    Two days before Challenger's latest attempt to leave the Plateau by balloon, Veronica and Finn encounter a strange phenomenon and are briefly transported into the post-apocalyptic future of New Amazonia. Soon after, Roxton finds himself being chased by 17th-century Conquistadors while Marguerite is captured by Druids determined to sacrifice her in order to avert a mysterious storm which is fast approaching. As different planes of reality continue to collide, Veronica at last realizes the time has come for her to fulfill her destiny as Protector and wield her mother's pendant-the Trion. But even as she prepares to sacrifice her life to save her friends, she does not know if she's made the right decision-for once the power of the Trion is unleashed, will it save the Plateau, or destroy it… ?

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  5. 8.1/10(78 votes)

    #5 - Prophecy

    S1:E21

    A gypsy fortuneteller's visions eerily come true, leaving the band to fear for Malone's life.

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  6. 8.0/10(99 votes)

    #6 - Paradise Found

    S1:E9

    A search for Veronica's parents leads to a paradise guarded by prehistoric creatures and filled with beautiful, talented immortals.

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  8. 8.0/10(90 votes)

    #7 - Time After Time

    S1:E16

    Travelers from the future arrive in the Lost World to manipulate history.

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  9. 8.0/10(75 votes)

    #8 - Out of the Blue

    S3:E1

    There's no escape for the Challenger Expedition when Captain Askwith's mysterious airship explodes in a fiery crash. But moments later, when Challenger, Roxton, and Marguerite appear on a British air station in 1915 -- on the same day the airship was launched on its final mission -- they realize they truly have taken the place of the captain's original crew. After two years of struggling to escape the Plateau, Challenger and his friends must now fight to return to it by once again taking flight on the doomed dirigible. At the same time, Veronica appears on the Plateau, and in a shocking confrontation with Captain Askwith, realizes she has her own mission to complete: pursue Askwith and somehow return him to his ship.

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  10. 8.0/10(67 votes)

    #9 - The Knife

    S3:E5

    When Malone finds a knife, he is transported back to the East End of London in 1888, the scene of Jack the Ripper's brutal murders. In the nightmare of his visions, Malone sees his friends playing key roles in the crimes, both as conspirators and victims. Meanwhile, Veronica is approached by a famous British doctor, who enlists her to help find his missing knife. Could this man be Jack the Ripper? Or is it the Scotland Yard Inspector who runs into Roxton and Marguerite? Charmed by the Inspector and his claim to know a way off the plateau, Marguerite is eager to assist him in apprehending the Ripper. Marguerite realizes she could be walking into a deadly trap. Veronica is left to confront and defeat the infamous killer to prevent the murderous cycle from being repeated on the plateau.

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  11. 8.0/10(67 votes)

    #10 - The Secret

    S3:E14

    A mysterious visitor attacks Veronica, leaving an enigmatic ivory tile as his calling card. But when Marguerite finds the tile, she hides it from the others because only she knows what it means… one of the deepest secrets of her past has finally caught up with her, and now endangers her life and those of her friends. Back on the Plateau, with her friends facing death because of her actions in the past, Marguerite has no choice but to finally reveal the real reason she funded the Challenger Expedition, and what she has come to the Plateau to find.

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  12. 7.9/10(63 votes)

    #11 - Fire in the Sky

    S3:E6

    Challenger, Malone and Veronica are exploring ruins on a riverbank, when a man stumbles out of the jungle in a hail of deadly arrows. Malone drags the wounded man to safety, who dies in their arms issuing a cryptic message to find a man named Pierson Rice. Challenger recognizes the name as that of a vain glorious hunter whom Roxton once held in high regard. The trio send a message to Roxton and Marguerite, then hurry on in search of Rice. Roxton is disgusted to learn that his one-time hero may be alive and well. Arriving at a native village, our heroes discover that Rice is far from peril -- in fact, he has made the natives his loyal subjects. With the help of his cold-hearted lieutenant, Rice plans to eliminate the queen and marry her beautiful daughter to consolidate his power.

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  13. 7.9/10(66 votes)

    #12 - Dead Man's Hill

    S3:E7

    When Roxton happens upon a hangman's noose dangling from a lonely tree in the jungle, he's suddenly transported back to the American West where he finds himself at the end of the rope. Facing him is Challenger, but in this world he's known as Sheriff Jack Challenger, a cruel lawman who neither recognizes Roxton nor listens to his plea of innocence. Saved by a rancher's widow, Roxton begins a strange journey to clear his name and find his way back to the Lost World. Along the way he runs into all of his friends but none of them recognize him -- Malone is a cold-hearted gunslinger, Veronica runs the local saloon and trading post, and Marguerite is the beautiful widow who saved Roxton's life. As Roxton struggles to make sense of it all, he is drawn to a final showdown in the saloon, where he must face his friends in a deadly shootout.

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  14. 7.8/10(104 votes)

    #13 - Cave of Fear

    S1:E5

    In order to free Challenger from her tribe, the team must retrieve the bones of a warrior queen's husband.

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  15. 7.8/10(91 votes)

    #14 - Camelot

    S1:E14

    After slapping a young king, Marguerite must choose between instant death or marrying the boy.

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    Director:Colin Budds
  16. 7.8/10(82 votes)

    #15 - Resurrection

    S1:E19

    A dying Roxton makes an evil pact to regain his life and save Marguerite.

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    Director:Colin Budds
  17. 7.8/10(70 votes)

    #16 - The Travelers

    S3:E2

    While searching for the missing Malone, Marguerite is saved from a cannibal attack by a dashing trio of bandits. Their leader, the elegant Francois Locke, invites her to join his band of thieves. Marguerite declines his offer, only to be presented with proof that Locke can give her what she desires most - a way off the Plateau. Meanwhile, as Challenger, Roxton, and Veronica search for Marguerite, they discover evidence that the bandits are something other than human. Even worse, they receive a ransom note from them, demanding Marguerite's jewels in exchange for her release. But when they deliver the ransom, they're shocked to see that Marguerite isn't a prisoner at all - she appears to have joined Locke's group!

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  18. 7.8/10(65 votes)

    #17 - True Spirit

    S3:E4

    An unsettling dream and a ghostly encounter convince Veronica that Malone is trapped in the spirit realm and needs her help to escape. At the same time, Assai and Challenger investigate a mysterious symbol burned into a field of grass, which Assai identifies as the mark of Saros, a bloodthirsty warlord who was overthrown by the Zanga and died swearing to return from the grave to wreak vengeance on the living. Back at the treehouse, Marguerite and Veronica use a Ouija board to contact Malone, which results in a frightening display of poltergeist-like activity, and a brief, but terrifying manifestation of Saros. Assai is convinced that any new attempt to rescue Malone from the spirit realm threatens to release Saros instead.

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  19. 7.8/10(73 votes)

    #18 - Finn

    S3:E15

    Using the Plateau's mysterious energy lines as a source of power, Challenger constructs a machine to send the explorers back to London. But when he, Roxton, and Marguerite find themselves in the same place they started from, they conclude the machine is a failure and head back to the Treehouse-only to discover the Treehouse is gone! While investigating what else has changed, Roxton is captured by slavers with automatic weapons and stripped-down cars, and learns the shocking truth-he and his friends are in the year 2033, eighteen years after an apocalyptic war devastated every place on Earth except for the Plateau.

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  20. 7.8/10(67 votes)

    #19 - Legacy

    S3:E20

    Led by a dream, Veronica touches her mother's pendant to a stone monolith. A flash of mysterious energy knocks her unconscious, causing her to relive her last days with her long-lost parents as a young girl. When she awakes, she's shocked to realize her new memories don't match what she's always remembered of that time. With the fate of her parents no longer unknown, Veronica is at peace, though she realizes a larger mystery is still to be revealed-her mother's pendant is somehow the key to her own destiny… and that destiny is fast approaching.

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  21. 7.7/10(113 votes)

    #20 - Nectar

    S1:E4

    Stung by a giant bee, Summerlee lies near death; Challenger seeks a way to repel an attack by the ape-men.

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    Director:Colin Budds
  22. 7.7/10(96 votes)

    #21 - Out of Time

    S1:E8

    Druids worship Marguerite, who bears the mark of an ancient prophet; Veronica and Summerlee find a baby.

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  23. 7.7/10(95 votes)

    #22 - The Beast Within

    S1:E10

    Roxton, Challenger and Summerlee bring badly injured Malone to a magic healer in order to save his life.

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  24. 7.7/10(94 votes)

    #23 - Creatures of the Dark

    S1:E11

    Challenger, Malone and Marguerite find a subterranean civilization after being trapped in an abandoned mine.

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  25. 7.7/10(90 votes)

    #24 - Absolute Power

    S1:E13

    The adventurers come upon the ruins of a civilization destroyed by an enormous explosion.

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  26. 7.7/10(95 votes)

    #25 - Unnatural Selection

    S1:E15

    Challenger meets up with a former scientific rival; an old witch may have the key to an escape from the Lost World.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Barbarians at the Gate" is the best rated episode of "The Lost World". It scored 8.5/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Catherine Millar and written by James Thorpe, it aired on 5/20/2000. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Tapestry".