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The Best Episodes of Thunder in Paradise

Every episode of Thunder in Paradise ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Thunder in Paradise!

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Thunder in Paradise was a one-hour action-adventure TV series from the creators of Baywatch, which starred Hulk Hogan, Chris Lemmon, and Carol Alt. This first-run syndicated TV series originally premiered as a straight-to-video feature film

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 4 - Sea Quentin
    8.1/10(101 votes)

    #1 - Sea Quentin

    S1:E4

    Hammerhead takes over and attempts to escape from an underwater prison

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 10 - Distant Shout of Thunder
    7.7/10(96 votes)

    #2 - Distant Shout of Thunder

    S1:E10

    A tugboat captain, who accidentally blows up Thunder, joins Spence and Bru as they go to stop an Scottish tycoon who plans to disrupt the world's banking with a computer virus through the Internet. Jessica's fortune telling game Breaks the code

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 2 - Thunder in Paradise (2)
    7.5/10(90 votes)

    #3 - Thunder in Paradise (2)

    S1:E2

    The Gang rescues a Cuban woman and her son. Spence marries Megan to save her money and pay for his debts when the government dropes his contract to produce a fleet of Thunderboats. A necklace found in a shark proves to be the map to a fortune in hidden loot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 1 - Thunder in Paradise (1)
    7.4/10(108 votes)

    #4 - Thunder in Paradise (1)

    S1:E1

    The Gang rescues a Cuban woman and her son. Spence marries Megan to save her money and pay for his debts when the government dropes his contract to produce a fleet of Thunderboats. A necklace found in a shark proves to be the map to a fortune in hidden loot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 12 - Identity Crisis
    7.3/10(92 votes)

    #5 - Identity Crisis

    S1:E12

    Hammerhead tricks Spence into making a commercial tape which he edits into a threat to level Miami with a missile unless they pay $100 million. Meanwhile, Trelawny is recognized by her former fiance whom she left three years ago

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 3 - Tug of War
    7.2/10(96 votes)

    #6 - Tug of War

    S1:E3

    Spence catches a ring of computer thefts

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 20 - Dead Reckoning
    7.2/10(97 votes)

    #7 - Dead Reckoning

    S1:E20

    Edward and Jessica look for Hulk who has disappeared and stranded on a life raft with Bru and Hammerhead

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 17 - Deadly Lessons (1)
    7.0/10(78 votes)

    #8 - Deadly Lessons (1)

    S1:E17

    A DEA agent asks Spence to help catch a drug lord and his chief assistant. They sneak into his HQ and capture the drug lord. His angered assistant breaks into the school where Kelly is to teach, and Jessica is a student, and takes the school hostage. Alison, knowing a way in, joins Spence and Bru in the rescue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 13 - Queen of Hearts
    6.9/10(69 votes)

    #9 - Queen of Hearts

    S1:E13

    Edward gets a medal from Queen Elizabeth of the UK

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 22 - Major and Minor (2)
    6.9/10(82 votes)

    #10 - Major and Minor (2)

    S1:E22

    Spence's nephew, Jack, persuades him to undergo a brain scan to program a protype VR soldier.The experiment goes Wrong and Jessica becomes the target of the soldier. M.A.J.O.R. Stands for Morphizing Acrylonitrile JPS particle Organic Replica

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 5 - Strange Bru
    6.8/10(78 votes)

    #11 - Strange Bru

    S1:E5

    A man and a voodoo drug dealer are interrupted and the man runs to a boat which explodes shortly after. His wife, who is an old flame of Spence, comes and asks Spence to finish him. Bru is wounded by a poisoned arrow and hallucinates. They all have to take care of with voodoo before it is over.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 11 - Nature of the Beast
    6.8/10(72 votes)

    #12 - Nature of the Beast

    S1:E11

    Bru deals with his feelings about the Vietnamese officer that killed his brother and tortured him many years ago, when the man asks them to find his daughter who went to Bowman Island in search of a rare orchid and never returned. They encounter a creature made of electrical energy

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 14 - Plunder in Paradise
    6.8/10(65 votes)

    #13 - Plunder in Paradise

    S1:E14

    When Jessica returns, Spence tells this tale of adventure...Modern day pirates raid the coast stealing jewelry and cash and then invade the Indian Burial Groundwhich proves to be a big mistake.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 18 - Deadly Lessons (2)
    6.8/10(69 votes)

    #14 - Deadly Lessons (2)

    S1:E18

    A DEA agent asks Spence to help catch a drug lord and his chief assistant. They sneak into his HQ and capture the drug lord. His angered assistant breaks into the school where Kelly is to teach, and Jessica is a student, and takes the school hostage. Alison, knowing a way in, joins Spence and Bru in the rescue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 19 - Blast Off
    6.8/10(71 votes)

    #15 - Blast Off

    S1:E19

    A terrorist is threatening to blow up a space rocket unless he gets paid a billion dollars. There is lots of action as Spence rides a torpedo and Bru deflects a laser beam.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Braff

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  16. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 6 - Sealed With a Kismet (1)
    6.7/10(71 votes)

    #16 - Sealed With a Kismet (1)

    S1:E6

    Romantic tale of capture and rescue as Kelly is swepted off her feet into a Prince's harem to be his redemption

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 7 - Sealed With a Kismet (2)
    6.7/10(71 votes)

    #17 - Sealed With a Kismet (2)

    S1:E7

    Romantic tale of capture and rescue as Kelly is swepted off her feet into a Prince's harem to be his redemption

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 21 - Major and Minor (1)
    6.7/10(85 votes)

    #18 - Major and Minor (1)

    S1:E21

    Spence's nephew, Jack, persuades him to undergo a brain scan to program a protype VR soldier.The experiment goes Wrong and Jessica becomes the target of the soldier. M.A.J.O.R. Stands forMorphizing Acrylonitrile JPS particle Organic Replica

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 16 - Endangered Species
    6.5/10(79 votes)

    #19 - Endangered Species

    S1:E16

    Animal poachers catch a wild boy in their net, who was raised by wolves. Spence threatens them and searches their boat finding the boy, who he takes home and attempts to identify as well as protect from the scientists who want to study him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 8 - Changing of the Guard
    6.4/10(80 votes)

    #20 - Changing of the Guard

    S1:E8

    An English inheritance is passed through the female line and an Earl claims Jessica as his daughter. When Edward takes Jessica to England, the Earl swepts her away to his aunt's castle which has abunch of secret passages and a dungeon. (Kinda like the board Game Clue)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 9 - Gettysburg Change of Address
    6.4/10(85 votes)

    #21 - Gettysburg Change of Address

    S1:E9

    Fitch, an Army captain, wants the gang to compete against him in a war game which turns out to be a re-enactment of 'The War Between The States'and with Thunder this proves to be no problem. Also, Kelly is running a sea sled competition, The Fifth Annual Sea-Doo Invitational Scuttlebutt Pro-Am, and being romanced by an old beau.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Thunder in Paradise Season 1 Episode 15 - Eye for an Eye
    6.3/10(84 votes)

    #22 - Eye for an Eye

    S1:E15

    Spence and Brubaker go to Cuba to rescue the family of a defector.

    Director:Gregory J. Bonann
    Writer:Michael Berk

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Best Episodes Summary

"Sea Quentin" is the best rated episode of "Thunder in Paradise". It scored 8.1/10 based on 101 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/8/1994. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Distant Shout of Thunder".