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The Best Episodes of Zorro Season 1

Every episode of Zorro Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Zorro Season 1!

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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 of Capitan Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Zorro Season 1 Episode 39 - The Eagle's Flight
    8.4/10(126 votes)

    S1:E39

    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
    Writers:Bob Wehling, Lowell S. Hawley

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  2. Zorro Season 1 Episode 13 - The Fall of Monastario
    8.3/10(164 votes)

    S1:E13

    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

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  3. Zorro Season 1 Episode 22 - The Unmasking of Zorro
    8.3/10(137 votes)

    S1:E22

    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.

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  4. Zorro Season 1 Episode 26 - Adiós, Señor Magistrado
    8.3/10(127 votes)

    S1:E26

    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

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  5. Zorro Season 1 Episode 36 - The Sergeant Regrets
    8.3/10(117 votes)

    S1:E36

    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
    Writers:Bob Wehling, Lowell S. Hawley

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  6. Zorro Season 1 Episode 1 - Presenting Señor Zorro
    8.2/10(275 votes)

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Norman Foster, Bob Wehling

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  7. Zorro Season 1 Episode 12 - Zorro, Luckiest Swordsman Alive
    8.2/10(155 votes)

    S1:E12

    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

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  8. Zorro Season 1 Episode 21 - Zorro Springs a Trap
    8.2/10(123 votes)

    S1:E21

    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

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  9. Zorro Season 1 Episode 11 - Double Trouble for Zorro
    8.1/10(147 votes)

    S1:E11

    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

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  10. Zorro Season 1 Episode 37 - The Eagle Leaves the Nest
    8.1/10(112 votes)

    S1:E37

    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
    Writers:Bob Wehling, Lowell S. Hawley

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  11. Zorro Season 1 Episode 38 - Bernardo Faces Death
    8.1/10(109 votes)

    S1:E38

    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
    Writers:Bob Wehling, Lowell S. Hawley

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  12. Zorro Season 1 Episode 20 - Agent of the Eagle
    8.0/10(120 votes)

    S1:E20

    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.

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  13. Zorro Season 1 Episode 25 - The Fox and the Coyote
    8.0/10(122 votes)

    S1:E25

    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

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  14. Zorro Season 1 Episode 27 - The Eagle's Brood
    8.0/10(124 votes)

    S1:E27

    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.

    Directors:Norman Foster, Charles Barton
    Writer:Lowell S. Hawley

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  15. Zorro Season 1 Episode 35 - The Tightening Noose
    8.0/10(117 votes)

    S1:E35

    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
    Writers:Bob Wehling, Lowell S. Hawley

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  16. Zorro Season 1 Episode 2 - Zorro's Secret Passage
    7.9/10(214 votes)

    S1:E2

    It is a calm morning in Spanish California, and Sergeant Dimetrio Lopez Garcia is putting up posters, with another soldier, which are asking for reward money for Don Ignacio Torres and the now famous Zorro.

    Director:Norman Foster
    Writer:Antony Ellis

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  17. Zorro Season 1 Episode 18 - Zorro Fights His Father
    7.9/10(122 votes)

    S1:E18

    A peaceful protest by a group of peons upset with taxes turns violent when one of the Eagle's men throws a rock through the magistrado's window. Galindo uses this as an excuse to order severe measures against the peasants, a move that upsets Don Alejandro. The other landowners want to set up vigilante posses to punish the peons, but Alejandro argues on the side of reason.

    Director:John Meredyth Lucas
    Writer:John Meredyth Lucas

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  18. Zorro Season 1 Episode 19 - Death Stacks the Deck
    7.9/10(133 votes)

    S1:E19

    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

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  19. Zorro Season 1 Episode 24 - The New Commandante
    7.9/10(127 votes)

    S1:E24

    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

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  20. Zorro Season 1 Episode 30 - Zorro Lights a Fuse
    7.9/10(115 votes)

    S1:E30

    Raquel's ambitious plans for her husband appear to end when she receives a letter from him. She had been promised by the Eagle that he would be made governor of California, but her husband wants her to join him in San Diego, for he plans to sail back to Spain. Realizing the Eagle will not let her go, she tries to sneak out of the pueblo, only to be caught by Quintana.

    Director:Charles Barton
    Writer:Lowell S. Hawley

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  21. Zorro Season 1 Episode 4 - The Ghost of the Mission
    7.8/10(180 votes)

    S1:E4

    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

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  22. Zorro Season 1 Episode 8 - Zorro's Ride Into Terror
    7.8/10(155 votes)

    S1:E8

    After Zorro hides his wounded father in the secret cave, as Don Diego he must divert Captain Monastario and his soldiers who are searching for the old man.

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:John Meredyth Lucas

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  23. Zorro Season 1 Episode 14 - Shadow of Doubt
    7.8/10(141 votes)

    S1:E14

    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

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  24. Zorro Season 1 Episode 17 - Sweet Face of Danger
    7.8/10(127 votes)

    S1:E17

    A quiet day in the pueblo is abruptly changed when a stranger is killed by an arrow, apparently the victim of an Indian attack. Diego helps Sergeant Garcia inspect the body for clues and finds another mysterious eagle feather, this time on the fake Indian arrow. Other than that, there is no hint as to who the stranger was or why he was killed.

    Director:John Meredyth Lucas
    Writer:John Meredyth Lucas

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  25. Zorro Season 1 Episode 23 - The Secret of the Sierra
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    S1:E23

    Another stranger with an eagle feather spells trouble for Zorro when Perico, a recent arrival, sees a gypsy girl trying to pay for a purchase with several gold nuggets. Diego and Alejandro realize that news of a gold discovery will cause a rush of "gold fever" and their peaceful way of life will be threatened, so they try to suppress the news.

    Director:Norman Foster
    Writer:Norman Foster

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Eagle's Flight" is the best rated episode of "Zorro" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 126 votes. Directed by Charles Barton and written by Bob Wehling, Lowell S. Hawley, it aired on 7/3/1958. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Fall of Monastario".