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The Best Episodes Written By James Gurney

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Making Good
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E2

    The two-hour opener begins a month after the plane accident that stranded Frank Scott and his sons, Karl and David, in Dinotopia. As they attempt to adjust to this new land, a renegade group, the Outsiders, discovers a mysterious amulet that allows them to control the Tyrannosaurs and the pteranodons. The rebels intend to capitalize on their good fortune, but Karl and David aim to stop them.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Crossroads
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E13

    While trying to decide whether to return to their modern world, Karl, David and Frank must make even tougher decisions: will Marion go with them and who is plotting Dinotopia's downfall?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Marooned
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E1

    The two-hour opener begins a month after the plane accident that stranded Frank Scott and his sons, Karl and David, in Dinotopia. As they attempt to adjust to this new land, a renegade group, the Outsiders, discovers a mysterious amulet that allows them to control the Tyrannosaurs and the pteranodons. The rebels intend to capitalize on their good fortune, but Karl and David aim to stop them.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Handful of Dust
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E3

    A deranged alchemist named Cortez discovers a potion that restores youth, but it requires the tail spikes from stegosauruses, which he is systematically hunting and killing. While investigating the dinosauricides, Karl and Marion have a run-in with the Outsiders.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Contact
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E4

    Karl discovers a radio in a wrecked ship and manages to get it to work, dreaming of using it as a way to leave Dinotopia. However, no one else agrees with him. Then the radio picks up a distress call from an outside world.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Matriarch
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E5

    The theft of a dinosaur egg during a special celebration sparks an incident with the Outsiders and Le Sage when it's discovered a dinosaur egg has been switched with that of a T-Rex, which hatches and wreaks havoc at the dinosaur nursery.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - The Big Fight
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E6

    Frank arranges a boxing match between David and Alano, one of LeSage's Outsider crew. Meanwhile, Frank and LeSage become friends, and the senate tries to find a way to ban the fight.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Night of the Wartosa
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E7

    Karl must learn some lessons in love, when a toad, the Wartosa Vulgaris, sends him into a time loop. Stuck in time, he has to keep reliving the same passionate moment with Marion until he gets it right.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Le Sage
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E8

    Crop-harvesting dinosaurs are infected by a virus, and Le Sage has stolen the only medicinal plant that can help.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Car Wars
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E9

    Frank creates a car but when it begins to pollute Dinotopia, Mayor Waldo bans it. Frank, out of revenge, runs for mayor and wins, and allows the car to continue. However Frank soon learns the error of his ways, and resigns, allowing Waldo to return to his job.

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    Writer:James Gurney

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - Lost and Found
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E10

    Karl finds a lost civilization within Dinotopia, who have never even heard of Dinotopia.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - The Cure (1)
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E11

    When Karl is bitten by a poisonous mosquito, Dinotopia cannot provide him with an antidote, so David must embark upon a dangerous mission through a secret portal back to the world he used to call home.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - The Cure (2)
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E12

    The rescue mission is thrown into chaos when David, LeSage and the Chasmosaur take a wrong turn: instead of arriving in New York, they find themselves in Budapest.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:James Gurney

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James Gurney Ratings Summary

"Making Good" is the best rated episode written by James Gurney. It scored 6/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 11/28/2002 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Crossroads".