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The Best Episodes of The Lost World

Every episode of The Lost World ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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...
Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:Syndication
Episodes
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Avg. Rating
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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 87 votes. Directed by Catherine Millar and written by James Thorpe, it aired on 5/20/2000. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Tapestry".

  • Barbarians at the Gate
    8.5/10(87)
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    #1 - Barbarians at the Gate

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 5/20/2000

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

    Director: Catherine Millar

    Writer: James Thorpe

  • Tapestry
    8.4/10(65)
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    #2 - Tapestry

    Season 3 Episode 19

    Aired 4/22/2002

    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.

    Director: Geoffrey Nottage

    Writer: Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens

  • Mark of the Beast
    8.3/10(73)
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    #3 - Mark of the Beast

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 4/21/2001

    Roxton, Marguerite, Challenger and Malone are marked after touching an amulet, convincing them to return it to the cave.

    Director: Michael Pattinson

    Writer: Scott Kraft

  • Survivors
    8.3/10(68)
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    #4 - Survivors

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 4/28/2001

    When the explorers enter an ancient temple, they release supernatural forces which threaten to destroy them.

    Director: Ian Gilmour

    Writer: Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens

  • Trapped
    8.3/10(66)
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    #5 - Trapped

    Season 3 Episode 21

    Aired 5/6/2002

    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.

    Director: Catherine Millar

    Writer: Guy Mullally

  • Heart of the Storm
    8.3/10(73)
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    #6 - Heart of the Storm

    Season 3 Episode 22

    Aired 5/13/2002

    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… ?

    Director: Colin Budds

    Writer: Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Guy Mullally

  • Amazons
    8.2/10(80)
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    #7 - Amazons

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 10/14/2000

    While Roxton, Malone and Challenger are looking for a way off the plateau, Amazon women save them from an attack by a flock of pterodactyls.

    Director: Michael Offer

    Writer: David Barlow

  • Paradise Found
    8.1/10(95)
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    #8 - Paradise Found

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/13/1999

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

    Director: Michael Pattinson

    Writer: Morrie Ruvinsky

  • Prophecy
    8.1/10(77)
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    #9 - Prophecy

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 5/13/2000

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

    Director: Catherine Millar

    Writer: Scott Kraft

  • All or Nothing
    8.1/10(75)
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    #10 - All or Nothing

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 10/7/2000

    The friends emerge from battle to find that one of their number is lost, and goons have enslaved a village.

    Director: Colin Budds

    Writer: Charles Lazer

  • Quality of Mercy
    8.1/10(67)
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    #11 - Quality of Mercy

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 3/10/2001

    Aliens capture Veronica and Malone, forcing them to work in the mines alongside androids that have developed humanlike emotions and individuality.

    Director: Ian Gilmour

    Writer: John Sheppard

  • The Pirate's Curse
    8.1/10(68)
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    #12 - The Pirate's Curse

    Season 2 Episode 19

    Aired 5/5/2001

    When Marguerite and Roxton kiss, the earth moves, and the explorers are launched on a wild treasure hunt.

    Director: Catherine Millar

    Writer: Guy Mullally

  • Time After Time
    8.0/10(89)
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    #13 - Time After Time

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 2/12/2000

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

    Director: Catherine Millar

    Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Malozzi

  • London Calling
    8.0/10(69)
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    #14 - London Calling

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 11/18/2000

    An ancient map outlines an escape route; now the adventurers must prove to skeptics all they have seen.

    Director: Michael Offer

    Writer: Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens

  • The Outlaw
    8.0/10(70)
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    #15 - The Outlaw

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 3/3/2001

    Roxton and Marguerite are jailed, accused of robbery after walking through a brilliant light on the far side.

    Director: Michael Offer

    Writer: Guy Mullally

  • Out of the Blue
    8.0/10(72)
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    #16 - Out of the Blue

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 10/20/2001

    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.

    Director: Michael Pattinson

    Writer: Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens

  • The Knife
    8.0/10(66)
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    #17 - The Knife

    Season 3 Episode 5

    Aired 11/17/2001

    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.

    Director: Michael Offer

    Writer: Guy Mullally

  • The Secret
    8.0/10(65)
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    #18 - The Secret

    Season 3 Episode 14

    Aired 2/16/2002

    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.

    Director: Michael Pattinson

    Writer: Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens

  • Legacy
    8.0/10(63)
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    #19 - Legacy

    Season 3 Episode 20

    Aired 4/29/2002

    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.

    Director: Michael Carson

    Writer: Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens

  • Tourist Season
    7.9/10(81)
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    #20 - Tourist Season

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 10/21/2000

    A plane full of 21st-century tourists crashes in the jungle, bringing with it dreams of rescue.

    Director: Richard Franklin, Darryl Sheen

    Writer: Guy Mullally

  • Divine Right
    7.9/10(67)
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    #21 - Divine Right

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 11/4/2000

    Roxton saves a young woman and steps right into Balar's trap.

    Director: Colin Budds

    Writer: Tony Di Franco

  • The Source
    7.9/10(66)
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    #22 - The Source

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 1/27/2001

    A woman who has saved the band from thirsty raptors will die if she cannot return immediately to the cave of the fountain of youth.

    Director: Michael Pattinson

    Writer: Scott Kraft

  • Trophies
    7.9/10(69)
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    #23 - Trophies

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 2/3/2001

    Marguerite recognizes as a trophy hunter a man who claims to be part of a Zoological Society rescue party.

    Director: Pino Amenta

    Writer: Richard Oleksiak

  • The Guardian
    7.9/10(66)
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    #24 - The Guardian

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 2/17/2001

    Challenger, Marguerite and Veronica follow hunters tracks through gas defenses, looking for Challenger.

    Director: Michael Pattinson

    Writer: Stacey Kaser

  • Under Pressure
    7.9/10(65)
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    #25 - Under Pressure

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 2/24/2001

    Alex, a kobold, takes Roxton, Malone and Veronica prisoner; Holt is constructing a uranium generator to allow the kobolds to live above ground.

    Director: Pino Amenta

    Writer: Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens