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The Worst Episodes of The Lost World

Every episode of The Lost World ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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

Worst Episodes Summary

"Blood Lust" is the worst rated episode of "The Lost World". It scored 7/10 based on 96 votes. Directed by Richard Franklin and written by James Thorpe, it aired on 10/30/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Journey Begins".

  • Blood Lust
    7.0/1096 votes
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    #1 - Blood Lust

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1999

    While wandering the plateau, Roxton is attacked by a young man, who bites him during the struggle. Roxton's infected with a disease whose symtoms are slightly bizarre ~ intense craving for blood, pain when exposed to sunlight, a powerful feeling of kinship with nature and ""creatures of the night"" - he is as a vampire. He runs mad and into the gothic mansion of Calista, a beautiful woman with the same disease. Back at the treehouse, a young native man, Niko, comes forward, declaring his love for Veronica. He and Malone argue and decide to fight to the death for her; she is not pleased! Outside the treehouse, Malone and Niko do start to fight, but quickly stop when Veronica tells them she will kill herself to stop them, and has a knife at her stomach to prove it. Niko leaves, but tells her he'll never forget her. Veronica remains mad at Malone for a while for trying to fight her battles. In the meantime, Marguerite and Challenger discover all about the disease, and search for Roxton, not

    Director: Richard Franklin

    Writer: James Thorpe

  • The Journey Begins
    7.1/10172 votes
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    #2 - The Journey Begins

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/1999

    A band of adventures sets off to prove the existence of dinosaurs deep in the forest of the Amazon. After an unfortunate accident leaves them stranded, they must put their trust in a jungle girl to save them from the dangerous predators on the plateau.

    Director: Richard Franklin

    Writer: Jim Henshaw, Peter Mohan

  • Stranded
    7.2/10125 votes
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    #3 - Stranded

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/3/1999

    Marguerite makes a deal with a local chieftain to get off the Plateau. The deal is to hand over Veronica to the chief for marriage, something she wants no part of. Like all such schemes, things don't work out as planned and the team must fight a variety of threats in order to save the chiefs daughter, Veronica's virtue, and their own necks.

    Director: Richard Franklin

    Writer: Jim Henshaw, Peter Mohan

  • More Than Human
    7.2/10121 votes
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    #4 - More Than Human

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1999

    Roxton is looking for the materials for a crossbow to bag a T-Rex, but when one actually interupts him in his labors, he runs in the direction opposite his fellow travelers to keep them safe. He winds up falling into a hole that suddenly opens up. When the rest of the group search for him, they also fall into the hole, which turns out to be a whirlpool. It sucks them all under the water, and they emerge in a lake. They quickly find out that in this part of the plateau, the dominant species are lizard-like men, descendents of dinosaurs, and the humans are subservient to them. There is an ancient Roman structure to this civilization, including gladiator-type battles. While Marguerite and Veronica are forced to change into silky gowns for the entertainment of Tribune, the lizard-people's leader, Roxton is chosen to fight another human prisoner. The slaves and travelers rebel, and overthrow the lizard-men's intolerable rule, but not without loss ~ Roxton's opponent's sister ~ a rebel leade

    Director: Colin Budds

    Writer: James Thorpe

  • A Witch's Calling
    7.2/1060 votes
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    #5 - A Witch's Calling

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/12/2002

    When a powerful witch named Dame Alice feels threatened by Challenger's science, she calls upon her two beautiful acolytes to help undo his power. In order to earn full witchhood, the two must lure Challenger's ""guards"" - Roxton and Malone - to the witch's castle while she goes head to head with the ""wizard"" - Challenger - herself. While the two young witches distract Roxton and Malone, Dame Alice visits the Treehouse for a visit. In spite of Marguerite's protests and warnings, Challenger is intrigued by the witch's power and too easily lowers his guard. When Dame Alice sabotages Challenger's newest invention and almost kills him, it is only Marguerite's quick thinking that saves the scientist from his own folly. But in the end it is not Challenger's life that is in danger, but the lives of Roxton and Malone….

    Director: Michael Pattinson

    Writer: Guy Mullally

  • Salvation
    7.3/1092 votes
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    #6 - Salvation

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1999

    In this episode, Challenger, Summerlee and Veronica save a little girl from drowning and Summerlee has to give her mouth to mouth resuscitation. Tolmac, of the Christec people, brands Summerlee a witch for bringing the girl ""back to life."" The Christecs have mingled the Catholic and Aztec religions, with a touch of Conquistador Inquisition, to form their theocracy. Veronica gets away to summon help from the others, but Challenger has to act as Summerlee's lawyer ~ if found guilty, both men will be burned at the stake.

    Director: Richard Franklin

    Writer: Catherine Porciuncula

  • The End Game
    7.3/1061 votes
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    #7 - The End Game

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/2002

    Ambushed in the jungle, Roxton narrowly escapes with his life only to learn that he has apparently cheated death once too often. The Grim Reaper, in the guise of a dark seductress - is determined to add his soul to her collection. Transported to her domain - a bleak and desolate wasteland - Roxton must face a series of challenges if he hopes to get out alive. And to make the game more interesting, Death raises the stakes by putting the lives of his friends on the line as well. Confronted by shifting rules and deception, Roxton cannot hope to win. At every turn, Death torments and goads him, encouraging him to abandon his friends to save himself. Round one goes to Death, rounds two and three as well, and with growing horror, Roxton loses Challenger, Veronica, and finally his beloved Marguerite to Death's netherworld inferno.

    Director: Karl Zwicky

    Writer: Guy Mullally, Nick Jacobs

  • Ice Age
    7.4/1063 votes
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    #8 - Ice Age

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/2002

    When a blindingly bright meteor strikes the Plateau, Challenger, Roxton, and Marguerite set out to investigate the impact site. But the closer they get, the colder the temperature becomes. As the explorers turn back, they discover what appears to be a victim of the intense cold - a beautiful, blue-skinned woman, unconscious and nearly frozen. To save her life, the explorers take her back with them. When the frigid temperatures reach the Treehouse and all attempts to warm the woman makes her condition worse, Challenger suspects that things are not as they appear. Roxton and Marguerite are attacked by a group of blue-skinned male warriors and the truth becomes clear - the heat-absorbing meteorite now buried in the Plateau is the first step in a terrifying invasion of creatures who need the cold to survive.

    Director: Michael Carson

    Writer: Shane Brennan, Guy Mullally

  • The Impostors
    7.4/1060 votes
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    #9 - The Impostors

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/8/2002

    Challenger, Roxton, and Marguerite take Finn to a cave where one year earlier a blinding light opened a doorway to another reality. Once inside, the explorers witness an eerie apparition of a man Finn recognizes and fears. But when Finn races from the cave, the three figures who follow are not her friends-they're Kayle, Una, and Rixxel, three demons who have taken the place of Challenger, Roxton, and Marguerite. If the demons can remain on the Plateau for two days, they will permanently replace the explorers, and Kayle will be free to bring chaos and destruction to the world. In the final deadly showdown between Finn and the demons, Finn must make the decision of her life-save the future or save her friends. Until an unexpected sacrifice changes everything…

    Director: Catherine Millar

    Writer: Guy Mullally

  • Tribute
    7.5/1087 votes
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    #10 - Tribute

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2000

    Roxton saves Tayra of the Tinta people from a Hikari warrior who is chasing her. The two men fight and the Hikari man is killed. Roxton discovers that the Tintas live in fear of the fierce Hikari, and pay them a tribute to ensure the Hikari leave them in peace and protect them from other dangers. The Tinta are very peaceful, a fishing and gathering tribe, and do not know how to fight, but are determined to stop the tribute practice, but freedom may come at a high price. Roxton and Veronica teach them some fundamentals of hand to hand, help set up some traps to slow the Hikari down and help the Tinta organize in defense of their village, which the Hikari are due to strike, since there was no tribute paid. Challenger reluctantly helps, since he is not sure whether the Tinta are going to survive the fight ~ he does rouse them the night before with some inspring words from Shakespeare. The day of battle dawns and at the end, the fight is won, but the cost is great in Tinta lives, including

    Director: Colin Budds

    Writer: Michael Teversham

  • The Prisoner
    7.5/1064 votes
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    #11 - The Prisoner

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2000

    A mysterious old woman, a shape-shifter, appears to Veronica, convincing her that her lost parents are safe in El Dorado. The woman gives her the directions to its entrance in a rock wall, and warns that she must tell no one and can never return. When Veronica unwittingly releases a savage giant from captivity, Marguerite and the others must use all their talents to subdue him again.

    Director: Richard Franklin

    Writer: Guy Mullally

  • Brothers in Arms
    7.5/1060 votes
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    #12 - Brothers in Arms

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/19/2002

    When Keeran Raiders attack, a deadly poison dart forces Malone to relive a long-suppressed memory-his baptism of fire as a battlefield correspondent in World War I. Caught up in this nightmarish hallucination, Malone is once again an untried reporter cut off from Allied lines when an enemy advance pushes deep into No Man's Land. When the three battle-weary British soldiers who've been assigned to escort him are picked off by enemy action, the young reporter who's never fired a gun must take up arms to save his own life and the life of a wounded sergeant.

    Director: Michael Offer

    Writer: Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens

  • Phantoms
    7.5/1063 votes
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    #13 - Phantoms

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2002

    Alone in the jungle, Veronica hears piano music and follows it to its source - a 19th century German village that has suddenly appeared in a fog choked valley. To her surprise, the handsome musician, Thomas Ducart, announces that he wrote the beautiful melody for her. Flattered by the musician's attention, Veronica takes him to the Treehouse, but Challenger is concerned. He fears that Ducart's village may be unstable, and Veronica could disappear into another dimension if she returns to the village with Ducart. Even more disturbing, are Challenger's ill feelings about Ducart's designs on Veronica, but Challenger's warnings only drive the beguiled Veronica further into Ducart's passionate embrace.

    Director: Michael Carson

    Writer: Guy Mullally

  • Prodigal Father
    7.6/1076 votes
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    #14 - Prodigal Father

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/2000

    Veronica thinks she has found her father, but instead she has found an imitator, with deceit in mind.

    Director: Colin Budds

    Writer: David Tynan

  • Birthright
    7.6/1076 votes
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    #15 - Birthright

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/2000

    Deep in the jungle, Marguerite, Challenger and Malone come upon a half-buried, mummified corpse. They are shocked when it shows signs of life. They learn the would-be corpse, Ramses, is Egyptian royalty. He weaves a tale about a wonderful kingdom with untold riches and how he was to become king. He then enlists our heroes in a plan to reclaim the throne he says has been stolen from him by his sister, Nefertiti. After agreeing to help, the three discover there is more to the dispute than Ramses is revealing. He rules with an iron fist, enslaving his former enemies. He blinds his sister, and leave her to die. Marguerite, Challenger and Malone help her escape. The adventurers decide they must defeat Ramses by convincing the true heir, Nefertiti, to accept the responsibility of rule, and helping her regain control. Meanwhile, Summerlee is relentlessly pursued by a T-Rex after she mistakenly believes him responsible for the death of her babies. Roxton and Veronica must help their friend or

    Director: Catherine Millar

    Writer: Frank Encarnacao

  • Prophecy
    7.6/1074 votes
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    #16 - Prophecy

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/2000

    When the explorers rescue a fortune teller from her runaway horses, she tells them their future, which begins to come true little by little, but in a different way than they expect.

    Director: Catherine Millar

    Writer: Scott Kraft

  • The Elixir
    7.6/1062 votes
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    #17 - The Elixir

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/2002

    Hoping to end starvation, Challenger becomes the first human subject to test his new experimental substitute for food. But his nutritional beverage is not as successful for him as it was for his lab mice, and he quickly becomes obsessed with discovering the reason why. Then obsession leads to madness as Challenger is confronted by two opposing hallucinations. The first is a vision of himself as a young, driven scientist. The second is his beloved wife, Jessie, as he left her in London three years earlier. Unconscious and near death, Challenger is finally discovered by his friends. But will their limited medical knowledge be enough to reverse the ravages of his experiment, without placing him in even greater peril?

    Director: Colin Budds

    Writer: Guy Mullally, Nick Jacobs

  • Nectar
    7.7/10107 votes
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    #18 - Nectar

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1999

    Veronica and Summerlee are out gathering fruit and floral specimens when they are attacked by a huge bee, one the size of a man. Summerlee is stung, and it leaves him near death. The only cure is the nectar in the heart of the hive. Veronica, Malone and Roxton travel to the hive, leaving Challenger and Marguerite behind at the treehouse to care for Summerlee. Summerlee is delirious with fever, and imagines Marguerite is his long-dead wife. She plays along, to sooth him. In the meantime, Veronica, Malone and Roxton do make it to the hive, work their way deep into it, gather nectar, and head back quickly to the treehouse, just in time to save Summerlee's life.

    Director: Colin Budds

    Writer: Durnford King

  • Out of Time
    7.7/1089 votes
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    #19 - Out of Time

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1999

    Roxton, Marguerite and Malone are mapping a series of caves, trying to find one that leads off the plateau without much luck. Marguerite, all the while, has been gathering gleaming gemstones in her backpack. At least she will not go back empty handed. A fog begins to fill the air around them...dense...deep fog. From out of the mist forms take shape: cloaked figures and eerie rock formations, encircling a stone slab. They find themselves surrounded by Druid-like figures who swarm over Marguerite. Roxton tries desperately to protect her, but she is torn from his grasp. The two men are restrained and Marguerite is carried away and deposited on the stone slab. It turns out that Marguerite figures in an ancient prophecy and that her fate has finally caught up with her, here. What it means, she must discover for herself, but it involves retrieving a sacred jemstone. She, along with Roxton and Malone, must go through several obstacles like headhunters and a leap of faith to accomplish Marguer

    Director: Catherine Millar

    Writer: Guy Mullally

  • Creatures of the Dark
    7.7/1089 votes
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    #20 - Creatures of the Dark

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1999

    Tracking a stream, Challenger, Veronica, Malone and Marguerite run into a group of Vantu headhunters. There is nowhere to run or hide, except in what looks like an overgrown cave opening. They dash into it only to discover it is man-made, an old, crumbling mine shaft. There's a loud rumbling that leads to a cave-in. Veronica escapes, but the others are trapped inside. Near death from suffocation, they are saved by Garza, part of a group banished to the mine by a plague-like disease, and led by a blind little boy known as The Oracle. The boy decrees our group must remain underground forever, and is unswayed even by Challenger's discovery that the tremors are caused by a sleeping volcano waking up around them. On the outside, Veronica manages to get Roxton and Summerlee from the treehouse, but they meet up with the Vantu again, who are not easily persuaded to let them rescue the others from their mountain prison.

    Director: Colin Budds

    Writer: Gilbert M. Shilton

  • Absolute Power
    7.7/1084 votes
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    #21 - Absolute Power

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/2000

    When he finds a powerful crystal, Professor George Challenger gains the powers of a God, putting himself and the other explorers in great danger.

    Director: Ian Gilmour

    Writer: Frank Encarnacao

  • Unnatural Selection
    7.7/1089 votes
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    #22 - Unnatural Selection

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/2000

    Challenger, Roxton, and Veronica come upon an old friend of Challengers, who resembles the sadistic ""creator"" Dr. Moreau. Elsewhere, Summerlee, Malone, and Marguerite meet an elderly woman who has a radio headset.

    Director: Catherine Millar

    Writer: Kristy Dobkin

  • The Games
    7.7/1062 votes
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    #23 - The Games

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1/20/2001

    Empress Centuria has ordered her Lizardmen to hunt and kill Tribune, who flees to the treehouse for help. They track him there and overwhelm our heroes. Malone, Marguerite and Roxton are taken prisoner along with Tribune and brought back to Centuria's city. Malone, posing as Professor Challenger, is ordered to make gunpowder, while Roxton and Tribune are sent to the gladiators' dungeon.

    Director: Michael Offer

    Writer: Charles Lazer

  • The Visitor
    7.7/1061 votes
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    #24 - The Visitor

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/12/2001

    When Malone is slashed by a beast in the jungle, he shoots wildly. While looking for the animal, he and Veronica come across Danu, her childhood sweetheart, wounded, and warning them of the danger from this beast. Later that night, the team is disturbed by a howling animal, and discovers Danu gone and Malone feverish. Marguerite stays to nurse Malone, the others search for Danu, hoping to learn more about Malone's condition. Veronica leads them to his village, where only a witchdoctor and a few warriors armed with silver-tipped weapons, remain. The witchdoctor tells them that Danu has become a werewolf and must be killed by silver or fire, there is no cure. She gives Veronica a potion to delay the onset of Malone's transformation, then sends Challenger and Roxton to the Valley of Shadows where the werewolves live. Danu, wanting to transform Veronica to a werewolf like him, drives her towards the Valley of Shadows.

    Director: Colin Budds

    Writer: Guy Mullally

  • An Eye for an Eye
    7.7/1063 votes
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    #25 - An Eye for an Eye

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/2001

    While exploring a mysterious dinosaur bone yard, Roxton is attacked by a charging Ttriceratops and kills it, not out of necessity but in anger. However, the bone yard is actually a sacred animal burial ground, protected by a beautiful, half-human, half-dinosaur guardian named Oseena. To punish Roxton for his crime, Oseena curses him to become the prey in a hunt that will end only with his death. Shaken by his encounter with Oseena, Roxton returns to the treehouse, but the hunter tracks him relentlessly and then captures Marguerite, using her as bait to lure Roxton into a deadly trap. Roxton returns to Oseena's burial ground to confront the hunter and save Marguerite.

    Director: Geoffrey Nottage

    Writer: Guy Mullally, Richard Oleksiak