7.1/10 312 votes#1 - Trojan Horsepower
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/2012
In Nice, Frank is hired by Dieter's friend Trina to deliver an engine prototype to the Paris Motor Show. They race towards Paris but are pursued by an assassin nicknamed The Wolf. Unfortunately the prototype emits a trackable GPS signal.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Steve Lightfoot
6.9/10 245 votes#2 - Payback
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/2012
Frank's latest job goes completely wrong: he loses his package in a holdup and is accused by his Russian gangster employer of having embezzled the money.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Steve Lightfoot
6.9/10 283 votes#3 - The General's Daughter
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/8/2012
The Transporter's package is a beautiful young woman who's caught in the crossfire between her disgraced General father, and the criminal syndicate hunting him.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi, Alexander M. Rümelin
7.0/10 212 votes#4 - Harvest
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/2012
Frank faces a dilemma when he finds out his package is a heart meant for transplantation stolen by his crime lord client to save his own son and when Inspector Tarconi informs him that another dying boy is waiting for it at the hospital.
Director: Andy Mikita
Writer: Carl Binder
7.1/10 211 votes#5 - Dead Drop
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/29/2012
In Philadelphia, Frank meets Jack Perkins, his CIA instructor. The blind man is being framed for leaking secret documents. Frank must find a USB key containing evidence that can clear Jack's name and reveal the real mole's identity.
Director: T.J. Scott
Writer: Ben Sokolowski, Carl Binder
7.3/10 179 votes#6 - Hot Ice
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/6/2012
Frank finds himself in Toronto, Canada doing a job for a security company.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Steve Bailie
7.2/10 171 votes#7 - Give the Guy a Hand
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/2012
As he's waiting for his package to be delivered in a Toronto parking lot, Frank finds himself faced with a series of strange coincidences. He understands he fell into a trap when the police throws him in jail, accusing him of a crime he didn't commit. His imprisonment is supposed to allow to get a very protected package out of the prison walls: the hand of a mob boss who's just been murdered...
Director: George Mihalka
Writer: Katie Ford
7.2/10 180 votes#8 - Sharks
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/2012
Frank must transport a million euros from Paris to Marseille while racing against two other elite runners each with the same package and destination. The client whose transporter wins will gain an important missile contract. Word of the race has reached two gangs that decide to try and rob the money but Frank, who needs to prove he's the one and only worthwhile transporter on the market, doesn't intend to let himself be swindled... The task is further complicated by a mysterious hitchhiker, who can not be shaken off and wants to know everything about Frank. Frank manages to end up as the lone transporter to finish the race, but victory is bittersweet, due to the loss of an old friend, who was one of the other two transporters in contention.
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi
7.1/10 171 votes#9 - City of Love
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2012
Frank is hired to bring a package from the south of France to Paris. Once there, he realizes the package is a bomb meant for a planned terrorist attack.
Director: Andy Mikita
Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi
7.1/10 175 votes#10 - The Switch
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/2012
Frank is to pick up a valuable painting from a gallery and bring it to a rich art collector. There is a wild chase during the transfer and a young woman threatens him with a gun and claims that the painting is hers. Fortunately, at this moment the police appears and Frank seizes the opportunity to wriggle out of the situation. But when he delivers the painting to art collector Max Khyber (Hannes Jaenicke), it turns out that it is a fake. Khyber feels betrayed and suspects Frank. He holds Frank prisoner on his property and sends in a dominatrix to get him to to talk, but Frank manages to free himself and goes in search of the original.
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: Paul Mullie, Joseph Mallozzi, Alexander M. Rümelin
6.9/10 181 votes#11 - 12 Hours
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/3/2013
Frank has twelve hours to transport a stolen microchip, meant for the development of advanced weaponry, before the rigged package kills him. In a race against time, Frank must find a way to force the client to neutralize the deadly device.
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 189 votes#12 - Cherchez la Femme
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/2013
Frank has to transport a young hacker to her new employer. But the employer is not the only one that is interested in the girl. Meanwhile, Frank has a lunch date with Juliette that doesn't exactly turn out to become a romantic moment.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Steve Lightfoot
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Trojan Horsepower" is the best rated episode of "Transporter: The Series" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 312 votes. Directed by Brad Turner and written by Steve Lightfoot, it aired on 10/25/2012. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Payback".