8.4/1092 votesLoading...#1 - Amnesty for Zorro
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/1/1959
Ricardo leaves town but causes another problem for Diego before he goes. Still infatuated with Anna Maria, Ricardo tells her that Zorro would unmask himself if he really loved her. The problem is, Diego does love her, and thus begins to consider turning himself in. The governor offers the outlaw amnesty if he will surrender himself at a public ceremony.
Director: Charles Lamont
Writer: N/A
8.3/10122 votesLoading...#2 - The Fall of Monastario
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1958
Captain Monastario finally realizes that Don Diego must be Zorro, and arrests him, but a Viceroy from the King of Spain who is visiting the pueblo turns out to be an old friend of Diego's, and this is just enough to allow Zorro to turn the tables and have Monastario discredited.
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
8.2/10116 votesLoading...#3 - Zorro, Luckiest Swordsman Alive
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/26/1957
Faking Martinez's death, Captain Monastario again tries to use him to impersonate and disgrace Zorro by robbing a church, leaving Zorro confused as to who could be the impostor this time.
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: Lowell S. Hawley
8.2/10101 votesLoading...#4 - The Unmasking of Zorro
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/6/1958
The plans of the fake commandante and the magistrado go awry when Ortega spots Diego talking to Rosarita Cortez, a childhood friend who has recently returned from the capital. Ortega fears she will recognize him from her journey, for it was during that trip that he murdered the real Ortega and assumed his identity. Bernardo overhears the two villains planning her death, and notifies Diego.
Director: Charles Barton
Writer: N.B. Stone Jr.
8.2/1080 votesLoading...#5 - The Sergeant Regrets
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/12/1958
An emissary from a foreign power has arrived in the pueblo to discuss plans to help the Eagle in his rebellion. George Brighton, the agent, warns Varga that there must not be any open resistance. His government wants an obedient colony, not one torn apart by internal battles. Varga promises to deliver control as planned, but he continues to worry about Don Alejandro and the other landowners who have pledged their allegiance to the King.
Director: Charles Barton
Writer: Bob Wehling, Lowell S. Hawley
8.2/1094 votesLoading...#6 - The Eagle's Flight
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 7/3/1958
Bernardo, who is keeping watch over Varga, is disturbed to see Garcia leading a patrol of lancers out of the cuartel. Even more disturbing is the sight of several strangers who drift into the Eagle's headquarters. When he tries to look inside, the gates are locked, so he rushes to warn Diego of the threat.
Director: Charles Barton
Writer: Bob Wehling, Lowell S. Hawley
8.1/10209 votesLoading...#7 - Presenting Señor Zorro
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/1957
The story of the masked rider in Old California opens as Don Diego de la Vega is returning to California from Spain, where he has been studying for several years.
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: Norman Foster, Bob Wehling
8.1/1086 votesLoading...#8 - Zorro Springs a Trap
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/1958
The fake Ortega and the magistrado announce they have captured Zorro, and a cart holding a masked man is dragged into the town square. A public unmasking will be held at noon, and Diego fears that an innocent man will be charged with Zorro's "crimes". He also realizes it may all be a trap, so when he dons his costume and rides into the square to free the prisoner, he watches carefully for soldiers.
Director: Charles Barton
Writer: Lewis R. Foster
8.1/1090 votesLoading...#9 - Adiós, Señor Magistrado
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/3/1958
Capitan Toledano plans to interrogate two prisoners who were seized when the gunpowder was recovered. The prisoners warn Figueroa, one of the magistrado's men, that they will talk unless someone helps them escape. Instead, they are found dead in their cell the next morning. A doctor examines the bodies and suspects murder, but the magistrado announces that it was suicide.
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: Bob Wehling
8.0/10108 votesLoading...#10 - Double Trouble for Zorro
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1957
Captain Monastario's latest plan is to discredit Zorro by having a prisoner who killed a man in a sword fight pose as the masked avenger and rob the local landowners at a dinner party.
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: Norman Foster
8.0/1087 votesLoading...#11 - Agent of the Eagle
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/1958
Don Alejandro tells Diego he's received a letter from a friend in the capital telling him that the new commandante, Capitan Juan Ortega, has the reputation of being an honest and fair man. When Ortega arrives, he doesn't act that way. He treats Sergeant Garcia with contempt and is openly arrogant toward the civilians. The reason for this is revealed when Ortega meets the magistrado and informs him that the real commandante has been ambushed and murdered, on orders of the Eagle.
Director: Charles Barton
Writer: N.B. Stone Jr.
8.0/1090 votesLoading...#12 - The Eagle's Brood
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/10/1958
With the death of the magistrado, the Eagle takes a more active role in his conspiracy to rule southern California. He sends two of his men, Quintana and Fuentes, to Los Angeles with a load of gunpowder for the weapons previously smuggled into the pueblo. The two men earn the wrath of the Eagle for suggesting that Zorro may upset the plan, and they fearfully head off on their mission.
Director: Norman Foster, Charles Barton
Writer: Lowell S. Hawley
8.0/1081 votesLoading...#13 - The Eagle Leaves the Nest
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/19/1958
Diego overhears Varga telling his aide that the de la Vega hacienda is so comfortable he intends to make it his permanent headquarters. Knowing his father will soon return and would fight to the death to protect his home, Diego decides to try a risky plan to drive the Eagle out.
Director: Charles Barton
Writer: Bob Wehling, Lowell S. Hawley
8.0/1081 votesLoading...#14 - The Flaming Arrow
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1958
Ricardo asks for Diego's help in winning Anna Maria's heart, for he feels Zorro is too much competition for the two men to overcome. If they can make it seem that Zorro is seeing another woman, Anna Maria will scorn him, thus dropping the field of suitors to a more manageable size. Ricardo plans to accomplish this by dressing as Zorro and serenading Anna Maria's cousin, Milana del Carmen.
Director: Charles Lamont
Writer: N/A
8.0/1073 votesLoading...#15 - Zorro Takes a Dare
Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 4/30/1959
Humiliated by Zorro, Basilio gets his revenge by arresting Sergeant Garcia and hoisting him in the air in the public square outside the cuartel. A large sign dares Zorro to rescue Garcia, but Diego knows Basilio will have hidden lancers throughout the area. When night arrives, so does Zorro, using Bernardo to help create a diversion that draws the soldiers out of town.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
8.0/1080 votesLoading...#16 - An Affair of Honor
Season 2 Episode 31 - Aired 5/7/1959
Pedro Avila, recently arrived in the pueblo, earns a meager living by betting other men that he can beat them in a sword fight. He tries to talk Diego into betting, but Diego refuse, as Diego knows he must keep his skill a secret. This gives Avila and his friend Tony Pineda an idea about how to get rich. They plan to force Diego into a duel, then allow the frightened man to buy his way out of the situation.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
7.9/1094 votesLoading...#17 - Death Stacks the Deck
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/1958
Ramon Santil has just inherited his father's ranch and holdings, and some bad news. The magistrado tells him there's a high tax that must be paid at once or he will lose the land, and Ramon doesn't have the money to pay it. In desperation, he sells all of his cattle to Carlos Urista, a recent arrival in town whom Diego suspects as another of the Eagle's men.
Director: John Meredyth Lucas
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
7.9/1091 votesLoading...#18 - The New Commandante
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/20/1958
The magistrado's plans to aid the Eagle may suffer a setback when a new commandante arrives in the pueblo. Unlike the fake Ortega, Capitan Toledano is loyal to the King and beyond corruption, yet he must be eliminated if the Eagle's plot is to succeed. Toledano's jealousy over his pretty wife Raquel is the key to the magistrado's newest scheme.
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: Norman Foster
7.9/1087 votesLoading...#19 - The Fox and the Coyote
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/27/1958
Magistrado Galindo has smuggled a supply of weapons into the pueblo, intending to use them when the Eagle orders the overthrow of the government, but he has been unable to get a supply of gunpowder. The army has a large stockpile at the cuartel, and the magistrado decides to steal it for his use
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: Norman Foster
7.9/1083 votesLoading...#20 - The Tightening Noose
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 6/5/1958
Don Alejandro convinces all of the landowners to sign a document pledging their loyalty to the government, for he has become worried by the growing signs of possible civil unrest. He leaves a copy in the hacienda and takes the original to the capitol, intending to present it to the governor. Alejandro has barely left when Diego receives some unwelcome news. A new administrator has arrived in the pueblo and announced his decision to use the de la Vega hacienda as his headquarters.
Director: Charles Barton
Writer: Bob Wehling, Lowell S. Hawley
7.9/1079 votesLoading...#21 - Bernardo Faces Death
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 6/26/1958
Another stranger arrives in the pueblo and travels to the de la Vega hacienda, intending to meet with the Eagle. Diego recognizes the visitor as Count Kolinko, an ambassador from an Eastern European country that has long been interested in controlling California. Since the Eagle has left for the pueblo, Diego manages to convince Kolinko that he is also part of the conspiracy. He almost succeeds in gaining necessary details of the plot.
Director: Charles Barton
Writer: Bob Wehling, Lowell S. Hawley
7.9/1070 votesLoading...#22 - Treasure for the King
Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 4/16/1959
Basilio has begun to enjoy his stay in Los Angeles despite Zorro's interference. He is surprised at how well his war bonds are selling, for the landowners have decided to help support the Spanish government as much as possible.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
7.9/1066 votesLoading...#23 - Long Live the Governor
Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 6/11/1959
The recovering governor is beginning to become irritated by his confinement to the de la Vega home. At times it seems as if the only thing that can pacify him is a music box. Almost as soon as it begins to play, the governor falls asleep. Knowing that the Rebatos are still trying to kill the governor, Diego uses the box to lull him to sleep then Bernardo moves him to safety.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
7.8/10133 votesLoading...#24 - The Ghost of the Mission
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/1957
After failing in his attempt to sneak food to the fugitive in the Mission where Captain Monastario has laid siege, Zorro tries to scare the soldiers away by spreading a rumor about the mad monk who supposedly haunts the place.
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: Norman Foster
7.8/10100 votesLoading...#25 - Shadow of Doubt
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1958
No sooner does the honest new commandante arrive than he is assassinated by a mysterious stranger who frames an elderly beggar for the crime and appears to be part of a larger conspiracy.
Director: Robert Stevenson
Writer: Lowell S. Hawley
The Best Episodes of Zorro
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Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner, returns from his studies in Spain and discovers that Los Angeles is under the command...
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Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Amnesty for Zorro" is the best rated episode of "Zorro". It scored 8.4/10 based on 92 votes. Directed by Charles Lamont and written by N/A, it aired on 1/1/1959. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Fall of Monastario".