Based on Ben Edlund's cult comic, a mysterious blue avenger teams up with an odd group of superheroes to fight crime.
The best episode of "The Tick" season 1 is "Pilot", rated 7.2/10 from 255 user votes. It was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Ben Edlund. "Pilot" aired on 11/8/2001 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Funeral".
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
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
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 all-male League of Superheroes invites Tick and Arthur to join, prompting Captain Liberty to sue for discrimination.
Director: Bo Welch
Writer: Lon Diamond
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