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The Best Episodes of Tarzan

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

Worst episode
S2E25 Alex the Great
5.519 votes
Top season
Season 1
6.8avg
Binge time
1d 19h
57 episodes

Seasons2

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Tarzan Season 1 Episode 27 - The Perils of Charity Jones (2)
    8.2/10(40 votes)
    S1:E27

    Tarzan rescues Charity and Jai from hostile natives, but then the trio are pursued by another tribe who are after the guns that Jai has hidden.

    Director:Alex Nicol

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  2. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 26 - The Perils of Charity Jones (1)
    8.2/10(36 votes)
    S1:E26

    A missionary from America's midwest enlists Jai's help to fulfill her father's last wish and deliver an organ to a primitive tribe, but their boat is disabled.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 15 - The Professional
    7.5/10(33 votes)
    S2:E15

    Tarzan encounters a group of soldiers looking for a local tribe. He is unsure of their motives or if he can trust them, but decides to lead them to the tribe so he can keep an eye on the man.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 9 - The Deadly Silence (2)
    7.3/10(37 votes)
    S1:E9

    Though still deafened by grenades, Tarzan relies on his animal friends to help him elude the colonel's heavily-armed soldiers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Erwin

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  5. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 31 - Man Killer
    7.3/10(26 votes)
    S1:E31

    Tarzan's search for a murderer is complicated by a village whose natives employ drugs in their ceremonial rituals.

    Director:James Komack
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 8 - The Deadly Silence (1)
    7.2/10(40 votes)
    S1:E8

    Tarzan tries to stop a blood thirsty Colonel from taking over an African village with his soldiers of fortune. Tarzan has been rendered deaf by an exploding hand grenade, effectively limiting one of his keen senses. Tarzan relies on his telepathic powers to a lion.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 23 - Four O'Clock Army (2)
    7.3/10(22 votes)
    S2:E23

    After the village is burned and Tarzan, Jai, the chief, and numerous villagers are captured by the slavers, General Bertram and Charity must work together despite their differences. Tarzan escapes his captors and comes to their aid. He decides to follow behind the slavers to discover who is leading them.

    Director:Alex Nicol

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  9. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 5 - The Prisoner
    7.2/10(30 votes)
    S1:E5

    When a native policeman is seriously injured by a diamond thief, Tarzan tries to get the criminal to jail - and keep the officer's angry tribe from taking the law into its own hands.

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  10. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 1 - Eyes of the Lion
    7.1/10(61 votes)
    S1:E1

    A man-eating lion is mistaken for the 'seeing-eye' lion of a young blind girl, who has trained the lion from infancy to be her eyes and protector in the jungle. Tarzan must prevent the hostile villagers from killing the wrong lion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 10 - The Figurehead
    7.2/10(27 votes)
    S1:E10

    Tarzan and Jai try to get young Prince Sharif out of the jungle to safety. The boy is being pursued by the same conspirators who assassinated his father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Erwin

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  12. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 21 - Jungle Ransom
    7.2/10(21 votes)
    S2:E21

    Tarzan takes a boat to escort a convicted killer, Velasquez, to the authorities. Also on the boat is the wife of a man the killer's band is holding for ransom. She forces Tarzan at gunpoint to escort her with Velasquez to his camp where her husband is being held. She has left the ransom money hidden behind, but Jai and Cheetah find it.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 7 - The Fanatics
    7.2/10(19 votes)
    S2:E7

    Tarzan encounters a female journalist who has arrived in the area for local tribal elections. The journalist has concerns over the conduct of a local white sponsor for one of the candidates.

    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 13 - Jai's Amnesia
    7.1/10(22 votes)
    S2:E13

    Jai loses his memory and a group of criminals decide to exploit the situation to plan a series of robberies. Tarzan must track down the men and attempt to save Jai before he gets into serious trouble.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 2 - The Ultimate Weapon
    7.0/10(38 votes)
    S1:E2

    When a game warden is shot by an ivory poacher looking to make a fortune off the seasonal elephant migration, the poacher falls off a cliff after tangling with Tarzan, but the accidental death causes the man's son to vow revenge.

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  16. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 3 - Leopard on the Loose
    7.0/10(35 votes)
    S1:E3

    A trading-post worker in need of money tries to steal Jai's pet leopard.

    Director:Paul Stanley

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  17. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 6 - The Three Faces of Death
    7.0/10(32 votes)
    S1:E6

    When the chief of a tribe, a friend of Tarzan, dies, his daughter prepares to succeed him, but a member of the tribe opposes her being the tribe's new chief. So he asks that the old test, The Three Faces of Death, be imposed to prove her worthy. But unfortunately a woman can't face a man in test, so another member of the tribe must face him in her place. When no one accepts, Tarzan steps in. And if her fails not only will she not be chief, she'll be killed.

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  18. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 14 - The End of the River
    7.0/10(32 votes)
    S1:E14

    A airplane crash in the jungle results in Tarzan racing to save a girl's life and a perilous struggle with a convicted criminal.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 29 - The Ultimatum
    7.0/10(31 votes)
    S1:E29

    A dangerous woman and her hired thugs threaten to destroy a native village unless Tarzan submits to being their prisoner.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 2 - Voice of the Elephant
    7.0/10(24 votes)
    S2:E2

    Jai's pet baby elephant is charged with killing a white man. Under tribal law the elephant is entitled to a trial. Jai goes on the search for evidence and someone to present it.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 14 - Creeping Giants
    7.0/10(21 votes)
    S2:E14

    Tarzan becomes concerned when news reaches him of plans to build a dam in a geologically unsound area. He needs to prove the weakness in the plan and why none of the government surveys in the area have not uncovered the same issues.

    Director:Alex Nicol
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Tarzan Season 2 Episode 16 - The Convert
    7.0/10(19 votes)
    S2:E16

    A nun returns to her village to bring medicine an treat the sick. She is torn between her tribal heritage and those who oppose her new life.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 4 - A Life for a Life
    6.9/10(36 votes)
    S1:E4

    After a spider bite fells Jai, Tarzan races to find one of two people whose blood might have antibodies that could save the boy: a lady photographer and a wanted murderer.

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  24. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 25 - Jungle Dragnet
    6.9/10(30 votes)
    S1:E25

    A local revolutionary joins forces with a foreign soldier to try to prevent the discovery of a rich oil field by silencing a little girl.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 7 - The Prodigal Puma
    6.9/10(29 votes)
    S1:E7

    An embittered big-game hunter tries to steal a rare puma that Tarzan has captured.

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  26. Tarzan Season 1 Episode 12 - The Day of the Golden Lion
    6.9/10(29 votes)
    S1:E12

    A native athletic championship is to take place, with Tarzan taking part, but there is an attempt to steal the prize.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Perils of Charity Jones (2)" is the best rated episode of Tarzan. It scored 8.2/10 from 40 votes. Directed by Alex Nicol and written by Carey Wilber, it aired on March 17, 1967.

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