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The Best Episodes of Swamp Thing

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

Best episode
S3E1 Dead and Married
7.430 votes
Worst episode
S3E34 Yo Ho Ho
5.425 votes
Top season
Season 1
6.4avg
Binge time
1d 12h
72 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Swamp Thing Season 3 Episode 1 - Dead and Married
    7.4/10(30 votes)

    S3:E1

    Will finds a car in the swamp, and attached are two married ghosts and their remains. The search for their killer, who just might be an old acquaintance of theirs, begins with the help of Will and the Swamp Thing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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  2. Swamp Thing Season 3 Episode 19 - Never Alone
    6.8/10(29 votes)

    S3:E19

    A lunatic escapes from a local asylum and knocks on Tressa's door late at night. He proclaims himself as an alien killer. Even the Swamp Thing is in danger.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Swamp Thing Season 2 Episode 8 - Poisonous
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    S2:E8

    Ian James, an unscrupulous anthropologist, has come to the swamp to create a reputation for himself and the swamp suffers for it. Tressa is quite taken with him and in the process, the Swamp Thing is caught on film.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Swamp Thing Season 3 Episode 3 - Special Request
    6.7/10(30 votes)

    S3:E3

    Still fruitlessly searching for her missing son Jim, Tressa is diverted when she hears the voice of her former boyfriend, a radio jockey from the 70's. Tressa begins a second hunt for answers, as she discovers what really happened when her boyfriend disappeared 18 years ago, guided by his voice from the grave.

    Director:John McPherson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 2 - The Living Image
    6.6/10(54 votes)

    S1:E2

    Dr. Arcane attempts once again to obtain the bio-restorative formula from the Swamp Thing. However, this time Arcane has a helper, and the Swamp Thing knows her as his late wife, Linda Holland.

    Director:John McPherson
    Writers:Joseph Stefano, David Braff

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  6. Swamp Thing Season 3 Episode 30 - The Chains of Forever
    6.7/10(26 votes)

    S3:E30

    A mysterious couple search the swamp for the legendary Fountain of Youth. Arcane learns about the couple's plans and tries to find the Fountain first, as Will is caught in the middle of the couple's debate on whether or not the Fountain even exists.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 3 - The Death of Dr. Arcane
    6.6/10(44 votes)

    S1:E3

    Arcane has unleashed his latest mutant monster into the swamp to eat everything it sees and if this test trial works, then more will be released. To ensure that the Swamp Thing does not interfere, he takes a hostage and bargains for immunity.

    Director:John McPherson
    Writer:Joseph Stefano

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  8. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 5 - Spirit of the Swamp
    6.6/10(41 votes)

    S1:E5

    Veteran actor Roscoe Lee Browne plays an "Ogun", a voodoo priest whom Arcane employs to destroy the Swamp Thing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 13 - The Shipment
    6.6/10(39 votes)

    S1:E13

    Arcane captures Jim and sells him into slavery after the boy is witness to the evil doctor's hideous transformations of men into monsters and the local sheriff is in on the plans. Jim's 17-year-old half-brother, Will, arrives to investigate Jim’s disappearance and teams up with the Swamp Thing to find him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 19 - The Hunt
    6.6/10(37 votes)

    S1:E19

    Tempers flare when Will's estranged father shows up looking for a rare white orchid that Arcane has paid him to steal. Will's trust is broken, and so is the swamp's when he leads his father to it unwittingly. Meanwhile, Arcane tests his poisonous mutant garden on Abigail.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 15 - Dark Side of the Mirror
    6.6/10(36 votes)

    S1:E15

    Arcane plots and murders the local district attorney when he swears to bring Arcane down. A high profile murder tied to Arcane would be hard to hide, unless someone nobody would suspect commits the crime. Somebody like...the Swamp Thing.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Swamp Thing Season 2 Episode 10 - This Old House of Mayan
    6.6/10(32 votes)

    S2:E10

    Will is taken hostage by two greedy explorers who force him to help them find the location of a mystic Mayan temple in the swamp, housing buried treasure and ghosts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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  13. Swamp Thing Season 3 Episode 5 - Fear Itself
    6.6/10(29 votes)

    S3:E5

    The Swamp Thing's worst enemy is also the enemy of the swamp...himself.

    Director:John McPherson
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Swamp Thing Season 3 Episode 8 - Tatania
    6.6/10(27 votes)

    S3:E8

    Arcane finally resurrects his wife Tatania, only to learn the woman is an impostor. A few hours in the lab with this woman leads Arcane to discover the true whereabouts of his beloved wife and the identity of her captor; General Sunderland.

    Director:John McPherson
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Swamp Thing Season 3 Episode 31 - In the Beginning
    6.6/10(24 votes)

    S3:E31

    Arcane accidentally creates a half-plant/half-robot with evil intentions from a mutated garden. The results are deadly to the swamp.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 12 - From Beyond the Grave
    6.5/10(45 votes)

    S1:E12

    Jim and Tressa may have to leave the swamp after a lawyer delivers a notice of eviction in the form of a will from Tressa's late mother. They are unaware that the lawyer is in league with Dr. Arcane. Meanwhile, Tressa's mother's spirit guides her to the swamp where the real answers lie.

    Director:Tony Dow
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 18 - The Watchers
    6.5/10(41 votes)

    S1:E18

    Tressa accidentally uncovers a pair of robots casing the swamp and the Kipp residence in search of any evidence of Dr. Woodrue's experiments. Abigail is on the run and the Watchers must deal with the Swamp Thing to get to her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 16 - Silent Screams
    6.5/10(39 votes)

    S1:E16

    Tressa and her friends are victims of another one of Arcane's experiments for General Sunderland. Tressa tries to save her friends when they suddenly disappear in the swamp right before her eyes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Swamp Thing Season 2 Episode 2 - Love Lost
    6.5/10(34 votes)

    S2:E2

    The Swamp Thing is struggling to remain hopeful that he will be human again. Someone from the past comes to visit him, using Will to guide her to him. Only Will does not believe that she is who she says she is, and he is about to learn who he can and cannot trust.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tom Blomquist

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  20. Swamp Thing Season 2 Episode 5 - Better Angels
    6.5/10(34 votes)

    S2:E5

    Ann Fisk, a scientist and former student of Alec Holland, is in town. Ann's mentor, Carter LaRoche, has designs to build a recycling factory under Arcane's financing in the swamp. Ann must trust a strange voice in the swamp to expose an evil that she is not aware of.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Babs Greyhosky

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  21. Swamp Thing Season 3 Episode 6 - Changes
    6.5/10(27 votes)

    S3:E6

    When Arcane unleashes a genetic assassin into the swamp in the form of a virus, he gets more than he bargained for; he not only gets rid of the Swamp Thing, but he accidentally brings Alec Holland back.

    Director:John McPherson
    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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  22. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 11 - Falco
    6.4/10(45 votes)

    S1:E11

    One of Arcane's mutants arrives in the swamp to exact revenge on him. The Swamp Thing tries to make him understand how to live with what he is.

    Director:Fritz Kiersch
    Writer:Joseph Stefano

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  23. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 6 - Blood Wind
    6.4/10(43 votes)

    S1:E6

    Arcane's protégé, whom he refers to as the "Crown Prince", is experimenting with hatred pheromones and his latest batch, which supposedly failed, is dumped in the swamp. The Swamp Thing has to intervene when Tressa is exposed and is in danger of being murdered - by everyone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Marc Scott Zicree

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  24. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 14 - Birth Marks
    6.4/10(41 votes)

    S1:E14

    A runaway teenage synthetic human, named Abigail, escapes from Dr. Woodroe's lab when it explodes and is seen running through the streets by Will, who takes her in. Meanwhile, a baby is swept away by the waters of the swamp from the same explosion - and into the arms of the Swamp Thing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 20 - Touch of Death
    6.4/10(37 votes)

    S1:E20

    Arcane experiments on an innocent man by murdering him and trying to revive him with a serum, stolen from Alec Holland years ago. The man comes back to life again with severe side effects for anyone who touches him, even the Swamp Thing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Dead and Married" is the best rated episode of Swamp Thing. It scored 7.4/10 from 30 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Steven L. Sears, it aired on July 10, 1992. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Never Alone".

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