7.8/10171 votesLoading...#1 - The Big Leagues
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/21/2001
The all-male League of Superheroes invites Tick and Arthur to join, prompting Captain Liberty to sue for discrimination.
Director: Bo Welch
Writer: Lon Diamond
7.7/10202 votesLoading...#2 - The Funeral
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/15/2001
A superhero dies on a book tour while in the, um, care of Captain Liberty, who initiates a coverup, with Batmanuel playing impostor, while Arthur and the Tick deal with the body.
Director: Andrew Tsao
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
7.5/10195 votesLoading...#3 - Couples
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/5/2001
A crimefighting duo's teamwork impresses the Tick, but Arthur detects an underlying tension between the pair.
Director: Danny Leiner
Writer: Ross Venokur
7.4/10167 votesLoading...#4 - The Tick vs. Justice
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/17/2002
Tick is jailed for contempt after testifying against a supervillain, who counsels his guard Captain Liberty on her love life.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Ben Edlund, Larry Charles
7.4/10178 votesLoading...#5 - Arthur, Interrupted
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/24/2002
Arthur's mom and sister hire a deprogrammer after he tells them of his choice to be a superhero and his partnership with Tick.
Director: Dean Parisot
Writer: Richard Liebmann-Smith
7.4/10184 votesLoading...#6 - The Terror
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/31/2002
Irked by Tick's enthusiasm, Liberty baits him into fighting an archvillain, who happens to be bedridden and 112 years old.
Director: Boris Damast
Writer: Ben Edlund
7.3/10176 votesLoading...#7 - The License
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/6/2001
Tick's inability to account for his past prompts a search for his identity; Captain Liberty dates a man who thinks she's a civilian.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: Larry Charles
7.2/10259 votesLoading...#8 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/8/2001
The Tick moves to the City and meets superhero wannabe Arthur, who helps battle an archival Soviet robot programmed to kill Jimmy Carter.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Ben Edlund
7.2/10172 votesLoading...#9 - Arthur Needs Space
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/13/2001
The Tick assumes he's invited along when Arthur has a date with the girl he worshipped in high school; old nude photos haunt Captain Liberty, who faces a disciplinary hearing.
Director: Bo Welch
Writer: David Sacks
The Best Episodes of The Tick
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Based on Ben Edlund's cult comic, a mysterious blue avenger teams up with an odd group of superheroes to fight crime.
Genre:Comedy
Network:FOX
Best Episodes Summary
"The Big Leagues" is the best rated episode of "The Tick". It scored 7.8/10 based on 171 votes. Directed by Bo Welch and written by Lon Diamond, it aired on 12/21/2001. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Funeral".