The Best Episodes of The Tick Season 1

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

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

A crimefighting duo's teamwork impresses the Tick, but Arthur detects an underlying tension between the pair.

Director: Danny Leiner

Writer: Ross Venokur

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

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

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

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

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

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