The Worst 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 of Capitan Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the misuse of his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Zorro" is "The Runaways", rated 7.3/10 from 79 user votes. It was directed by William Witney and written by N/A. "The Runaways" aired on 1/8/1959 and is rated 0.0 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Manhunt".
7.3/10 79 votes#1 - The Runaways
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1959
Two indentured servants who wish to marry find that the law states they must have the permission of their masters. Buena, who works in the de la Vega hacienda, is told she is free to marry, but her boyfriend, Romaldo, is not so fortunate. One of his co-workers also wants to marry Buena so he convinces their boss that Romaldo plans to run away after the ceremony.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 73 votes#2 - Manhunt
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 4/2/1959
Don Carlos Fernandez decides to draw Joe Crane into the open by laying claim to the mountain man's furs and burro. Diego tries to end the feud by offering to buy the goods, but Fernandez refuses.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 83 votes#3 - Zorro Versus Cupid
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1959
Still hoping to strike it rich during his visit to Los Angeles, Estevan shows a great deal of interest in a young woman when he learns she comes from a wealthy family. Don Alejandro accuses Estevan of only being attracted to Margarita because of her money, but the suitor denies the charges, forcing Diego to dress as Zorro in an attempt to frighten Estevan away.
Director: William Witney, Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 81 votes#4 - Zorro and the Mountain Man
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/1959
When a jovial mountain man, Joe Crane, arrives in the pueblo, he is threatened with arrest for traveling in Spanish territory without official permission. Sergeant Garcia warns him to leave town but changes his mind when Crane buys him a few drinks in the tavern.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 79 votes#5 - The Hound of the Sierras
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/1959
Thought to be hiding safely in the hills, fugitive Joe Crane instead has sneaked back into the pueblo hoping to recover his hunting rifle and the load of furs he gathered during the trapping season. He also wants to see Carlotta, the barmaid who accidentally started the fight between him and Don Carlos Fernandez.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 141 votes#6 - Zorro Rides to the Mission
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/1957
Finding that Don Torres is in hiding at the Mission, Monastario forces the local Indians into hard labor until the Padre agrees to surrender the fugitive.
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Jackson Gillis
7.5/10 118 votes#7 - Zorro's Romance
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/1957
In order to help the escaped fugitive Torres elude Captain Monastario's surveillance of his home, Don Diego decides that he must propose marriage to Torres' daughter.
Director: Lewis R. Foster
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
7.5/10 115 votes#8 - Zorro Saves a Friend
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/1957
When Captain Monastario arrests the fugitive Torres' wife and daughter, hoping to catch Zorro trying to rescue them, he instead catches Don Diego's chief vacquero Benito, who is in love with the daughter Elena.
Director: Lewis R. Foster
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
7.5/10 83 votes#9 - The Man with the Whip
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/8/1958
Another agent sent by the Eagle arrives in the pueblo, this time smuggling jewelry to finance the conspiracy. Carlos Murietta, an Argentine who is contemptuous of the locals, particularly Sergeant Garcia, visits a tannery run by Jose Mordante. The two men discuss the disposition of the gems, including a famous piece known as "The Cross of the Andes", which were stolen from churches in Argentina.
Director: Charles Lamont
Writer: N.B. Stone Jr.
7.5/10 79 votes#10 - The Cross of the Andes
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/15/1958
Expecting another shipment of jewels, Murietta goes to inspect the tannery where they will be stored. There, he spots Pasqual, a peasant who lives there, and whips the old man until he leaves. The shipment arrives accompanied by Dolores Bastinado, recently arrived in the pueblo, who attracts the attention of Sergeant Garcia.
Director: Charles Lamont
Writer: N.B. Stone Jr.
7.5/10 91 votes#11 - Welcome to Monterey
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/1958
The second season of Zorro opens with Don Diego and Bernardo visiting Monterey, California. They have been sent there by a group of Los Angeles investors to look over an import business. The visitors have barely arrived in town when two men burst into their room and demand the investors' money.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 79 votes#12 - The Senorita Makes a Choice
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/1958
After the Verdugos return to Monterey, Anna Maria enters their home and discovers that her father is missing. Pablo, their former servant, tells her the old man is being held hostage and will be killed unless she hands over 45,000 pesos believed to be in the house.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 87 votes#13 - The New Order
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/1958
Before he returns home, Sergeant Garcia angers Theresa, a tamale vendor, when he tries to carry out the orders of the acting governor. Luis Rico has decided that all of the vendors must be removed from the plaza despite their objections, and Diego promises Theresa he will try to help.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 83 votes#14 - The Gay Caballero
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1959
Diego's uncle, Estevan de la Cruz, arrives in Los Angeles for an unannounced visit and surprises the de la Vegas when he tells them he plans to be their house guest. Furthermore, he expects them to give a lavish party to welcome him. All of this angers Don Alejandro, but to head off a family dispute, Diego convinces his father that Estevan will leave soon.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 80 votes#15 - Please Believe Me
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/1959
Anita is still hoping to find her father, but Sergeant Garcia has decided she is nothing but a liar and wants to send her back to Spain. Only Diego believes her story, and he tells her she needs to supply some proof of her father's existence.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 68 votes#16 - The Sergeant Sees Red
Season 2 Episode 32 - Aired 5/14/1959
Sergeant Garcia returns from escorting Padre Simeon on a trip from San Diego and is surprised to find that almost everyone in Los Angeles has contracted the measles. The doctor has placed the entire pueblo under quarantine and restricted residents to their homes. Even the soldiers cannot leave the cuartel.
Director: Harmon Jones
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 117 votes#17 - Monastario Sets a Trap
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/1957
Learning that a group of disgruntled landowners plan to seize the cuartel and free the political prisoners, Captain Monastario sets a trap to capture them, including Zorro's father Don Alejandro.
Director: Lewis R. Foster
Writer: Lowell S. Hawley, Joel Kane
7.6/10 106 votes#18 - A Fair Trial
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1957
With his father Don Alejandro now charged with treason along with Don Torres, Zorro must see that the judge sent by the governor arrives to assure a fair trial.
Director: Norman Foster
Writer: Bob Wehling, Jackson Gillis
7.6/10 80 votes#19 - Quintana Makes a Choice
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/24/1958
Sergeant Garcia and the other soldiers are amazed one morning when every musket seems to misfire. When they check their gunpowder, they realize it has been replaced with charcoal. A search of the cuartel reveals that all of the gunpowder has been stolen, leaving the post defenseless.
Director: Charles Barton
Writer: Lowell S. Hawley
7.6/10 79 votes#20 - The Deadly Bolas
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/22/1958
Determined to find the missing jewels, Diego and Bernardo visit a local padre in the hopes he can assist them in their quest, but the trip is to no avail. Later, when Carlos Murietta complains to Sergeant Garcia about the missing trunk he had stored at the tannery, Diego is convinced more than ever that the jewels were hidden by Mordante before his death.
Director: Charles Lamont
Writer: N.B. Stone Jr.
7.6/10 80 votes#21 - Rendezvous at Sundown
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/1958
The kidnappers send word that Anna Maria must meet them if she wants proof her father is still alive, but Diego warns her it is a trick. Romero argues that she must go, so she agrees to go with him, Garcia and Reyes.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 77 votes#22 - An Eye for an Eye
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/1958
Joaquin and several followers begin a series of raids against the Especials, which culminates with the beating of Capitan Briones. The soldier issues a death order for Joaquin and sends his men after Theresa, intending to force her to reveal his hiding place. She asks Diego to hide her, and with Garcia's assistance, he protects her from the searchers.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 82 votes#23 - Spark of Revenge
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/1959
Los Angeles is suffering from a severe drought and tempers are fraying as crops and animals die from the lack of water. Most of the landowners are helping their neighbors by allowing them access to the few wells and springs that have not yet dried up.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 81 votes#24 - The Brooch
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/1959
Don Alejandro remains firm in his wish to send Anita back to Spain and tells the girl to pack her bags. Gonzales arrives to take her to the ship and Anita gives Alejandro a goodbye kiss.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 67 votes#25 - Masquerade for Murder
Season 2 Episode 35 - Aired 6/4/1959
Capitan Arrellanos continues his attempts to rule California by hiring Carmelo, a recent arrival to the pueblo, to kill the governor. Diego and Bernardo overhear the plan but don't act at once, hoping instead to learn who the other conspirators are. The governor has begun to recover and spends his time sitting outside on the patio, which prompts Don Alejandro to give a party to celebrate his better health.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A