6.5/10170 votes#1 - The Expeditions
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/1980
January 1999: The Zeus Project makes its first manned flight to Mars. Its ultimate goal: colonisation. On Mars, Ylla dreams of the coming astronauts and her husband, Mr K, plots their doom... The second expeditions lands and finds a Mars a deceptively familiar but deadly home from home. Finally, Col. Wilder's Zeus III expedition arrives to find the Martians dead, wiped out by chicken pox. For one crew member, Spender, the thought of Earth culture tearing the planet apart is too much to bear.
Director: Michael Anderson
Writer: Richard Matheson
6.5/10152 votes#2 - The Settlers
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/1980
February 2004: The colonisation of Mars proceeds rapidly, the rockets arriving like 'silver locusts'. Settlers pour in, each in search of a dream - Fr Peregrine wants to meet Christ; the Lustigs want to find their missing son; the Parkhills want to make their fortune; and Wilder himself wants to meet a Martian...
Director: Michael Anderson
Writer: Richard Matheson
6.4/10145 votes#3 - The Martians
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/1980
November 2006: Earth is an amber cinder, all life annihilated by total nuclear war. A handful of settlers left on Mars are the sole survivors of the human race, facing a desolate future, cut off and isolated even from each other. Wilder finally meets his Martian 'counterpart'.
Director: Michael Anderson
Writer: Richard Matheson
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The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.
Genre:Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Expeditions" is the best rated episode of "The Martian Chronicles" season 1. It scored 6.5/10 based on 170 votes. Directed by Michael Anderson and written by Richard Matheson, it aired on 1/15/1980. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Settlers".