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The Best Episodes of Zorro

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

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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Best Episodes Summary

"Amnesty for Zorro" is the best rated episode of "Zorro". It scored 8.4/10 based on 94 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".

  • Amnesty for Zorro
    8.4/1094 votes
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    #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

  • The Fall of Monastario
    8.3/10122 votes
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    #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

  • Zorro, Luckiest Swordsman Alive
    8.2/10116 votes
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    #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

  • The Unmasking of Zorro
    8.2/10101 votes
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    #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.

  • The Sergeant Regrets
    8.2/1080 votes
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    #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

  • The Eagle's Flight
    8.2/1094 votes
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    #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

  • Presenting Señor Zorro
    8.1/10210 votes
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    #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

  • Zorro Springs a Trap
    8.1/1086 votes
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    #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

  • Adiós, Señor Magistrado
    8.1/1090 votes
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    #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

  • An Affair of Honor
    8.1/1082 votes
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    #10 - 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

  • Double Trouble for Zorro
    8.0/10108 votes
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    #11 - 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

  • Agent of the Eagle
    8.0/1087 votes
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    #12 - 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.

  • The Eagle's Brood
    8.0/1090 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • The Eagle Leaves the Nest
    8.0/1082 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Zorro Takes a Dare
    8.0/1075 votes
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    #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

  • Death Stacks the Deck
    7.9/1094 votes
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    #16 - 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

  • The New Commandante
    7.9/1091 votes
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    #17 - 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

  • The Fox and the Coyote
    7.9/1087 votes
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    #18 - 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

  • The Tightening Noose
    7.9/1083 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • Bernardo Faces Death
    7.9/1079 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • The Flaming Arrow
    7.9/1082 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • Treasure for the King
    7.9/1070 votes
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    #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

  • Long Live the Governor
    7.9/1067 votes
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    #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

  • The Ghost of the Mission
    7.8/10135 votes
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    #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

  • Shadow of Doubt
    7.8/10100 votes
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    #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