List of Land of the Lost episodes

This is a complete episode list for the NBC Saturday morning series Land of the Lost.

Season one

Number	Title	Air date	Writer(s)	Director	Summary
First season (1974)
1	Cha-Ka	September 7, 1974	David Gerrold	Dennis Steinmetz	The Marshall family comes to the aid of an injured "missing link" named Cha-Ka
2	The Sleestak God	September 14, 1974	David Gerrold	Dennis Steinmetz	Will and Holly run afoul of hostile lizard-men known as Sleestaks.
3	Dopey	September 21, 1974	Margaret Armen	Dennis Steinmetz	Holly adopts a newly hatched brontosaurus as the family's pet and attempts to train him.
4	Downstream	September 28, 1974	Larry Niven	Dennis Steinmetz	Attempting to escape the Land via the river, the Marshalls reach a vast cavern in which lives an elderly Confederate soldier.
5	Tag-Team	October 5, 1974	Norman Spinrad	Dennis Steinmetz	The Marshalls and Pakuni must work together when a prolonged pursuit leaves Will, Holly, and Cha-Ka trapped between the Land's ruling tyrannosaur and its arch-enemy allosaur
6	The Stranger	October 12, 1974	Walter Koenig	Bob Lally	The Marshalls meet another time-traveler known as Enik (Walker Edmiston) who possesses the means to return the Marshalls home.
7	Album	October 19, 1974	Dick Morgan	Bob Lally	The Sleestak use mind-control to manipulate the Marshall children via an image of their deceased mother (Erica Hagen)
8	Skylons	October 26, 1974	Dick Morgan	Bob Lally	After entering one of the mysterious pylons, Will and Holly find that their actions have messed with the weather and created a terrible storm that is dealt with by three mysterious flying objects.
9	The Hole	November 2, 1974	Wina Sturgeon	Dennis Steinmetz	Rick must work with an outcast Sleestak named S'latch (voice by Ralph James) in order to climb out of the pit in which they've been left to die.
10	The Paku who Came to Dinner	November 9, 1974	Barry Blitzer	Bob Lally	Cha-Ka is invited to dinner by the Marshalls, but when Holly dabs on some perfume she has (leading Rick to mutter, "Our little girl is growing up to be a lady") it causes the other Pakuni to capture Holly - and draws out the land's ruling tyrannosaur.
11	The Search	November 16, 1974	Ben Bova	Dennis Steinmetz	When Rick is electrocuted by crystals, Will must convince Enik to save his life but finds that his time doorway has settled on Earth leaving him with a bitter choice
12	The Possession	November 23, 1974	David Gerrold	Dennis Steinmetz	Cha-Ka and Holly come under the control of a malevolent being that is seeking more power for one of the pylons.
13	Follow That Dinosaur	November 30, 1974	Dick Morgan	Dennis Steinmetz	Grumpy's attraction to ground-hugging ferns Holly has nicknamed "dinosaur nip" causes the Marshall children to dump it over a cliff, where they discover a mysterious diary that holds clues to a possible escape from the Land.
14	Stone Soup	December 7, 1974	Joyce Perry	Bob Lally	A devastating drought brings the Marshalls into conflict with the Pakuni over food so Rick teaches them the importance of cooperation.
15	Elsewhen	December 14, 1974	D.C. Fontana	Dennis Steinmetz	After her family is captured by Sleestak, Holly meets a mysterious woman named Rani in Enik's cave who helps her overcome her fears.
16	Hurricane	December 21, 1974	David Gerrold and Larry Niven	Bob Lally	Will messes with another pylon and opens a time doorway stranding an Earth astronaut (Ron Masak), but creates a violent hurricane in the process.
17	Circle	December 28, 1974	Larry Niven and David Gerrold	Dennis Steinmetz	The Marshalls discover that their friend, Enik, has been unable to return to his own time and that they themselves might be the cause.

Season two

Number	Title	Air date	Writer(s)	Director	Summary
Second season (1975)
18	Tar Pit	September 6, 1975	Margaret Armen	Gordon Wiles	Dopey falls into a tarpit and the Marshalls work to rescue him.
19	The Zarn	September 13, 1975	Dick Morgan	Bob Lally	While exploring the Mist Marsh, Rick and Will come across an alien ship and a woman from Rick's hometown.
20	Fair Trade	September 20, 1975	Bill Keenan	Bob Lally	Rick falls into a Sleestak trap forcing Will and Holly to appeal to Enik for help.
21	One of Our Pylons Is Missing	September 27, 1975	Bill Keenan	Gordon Wiles	Cha-Ka and the Marshalls discover a huge power source beneath the Land of the Lost.
22	The Test	October 4, 1975	Tom Swale	Bob Lally	Cha-Ka undergoes a rite of passage, with help from Will and Holly.
23	Gravity Storm	October 11, 1975	Dick Morgan	Bob Lally	Rick and Will must stop the Zarn before his ship's gravity drive tears apart the Land.
24	The Longest Day	October 18, 1975	Joyce Perry	Gordon Wiles	Rick is captured by the Sleestak and blamed for a malfunctioning pylon which prevents the sun from setting.
25	The Pylon Express	October 25, 1975	Theodore Sturgeon	Gordon Wiles	Rick and Will follow the Pakuni to a special pylon that seems to be linked to Earth. Holly enters the pylon searching for her family and discovers that the pylon is a portal rapidly shifting between times and worlds.
26	Nice Day[1]	November 1, 1975	Dick Morgan	Gordon Wiles	Will and Cha-Ka go fishing while Holly prepares a special meal. When Holly runs afoul of a noxious plant the Marshalls appeal to Ta for help.
27	Baby Sitter	November 8, 1975	Bill Keenan	Gordon Wiles	Holly has an encounter with the stranded Zarn.
28	The Musician	November 15, 1975	Dick Morgan and Tom Swale	Gordon Wiles	Exploring ruins left by an advanced humanoid civilization the Marshalls and Cha-Ka find an artifact that has a special impact on one of their party.
29	Split Personality	November 22, 1975	Dick Morgan	Gordon Wiles	When quakes rattle the land, the Marshalls encounter mirror images of themselves who need their help.
30	Blackout[2]	November 29, 1975	Donald F. Glut and Dick Morgan	Bob Lally	The Sleestak tamper with a pylon in order to create eternal darkness, forcing Rick and Enik to consult the Library of Skulls in order to find a way to set things right.

Season three

Number	Title	Air date	Writer(s)	Director	Summary
Third season (1976)
31	After-Shock	September 11, 1976	Jon Kubichan	Joe Scanlan	A mammoth earthquake shatters the land, opens a temporal pathway in which Rick Marshall falls and thus returns home, and brings to the land Will and Holly's uncle, Jack
32	Survival Kit	September 18, 1976	Sam Roeca	Rick Bennewitz	After Holly falls ill, Jack bargains with the barbarian Malak (Richard Kiel) for the medicine that was stolen from them.
33	The Orb	September 25, 1976	Jon Kubichan	Rick Bennewitz	After a new pylon turns Will invisible, he is persuaded by a captured Enik to use this ability to retrieve a sacred orb and exchange it with the Sleestak for the Altrusian's freedom.
34	Repairman	October 2, 1976	Jon Kubichan	Joe Scanlan	The Sleestak remove a vital crystal from the sun pylon and a strange man (Laurie Main) appears and convinces the Marshalls to help him get it back.
35	Medusa	October 9, 1976	Greg Strangis	Rick Bennewitz	A runaway river carries Holly to a strange garden adorned with numerous statues and inhabited by a peculiar woman (Marian Thompson) who won't let her leave.
36	Cornered	October 16, 1976	Sam Roeca	Rick Bennewitz	Jack, Holly and Cha-Ka work to rid the valley of a fire breathing dimetrodon while Will recovers from the creature's venom.
37	Flying Dutchman	October 23, 1976	John Cutts	Joe Scanlan	The lone captain of a sailing ship (Rex Holman) offers the Marshalls a way home but harbors a terrible secret.
38	Hot-Air Artist	October 30, 1976	Jon Kubichan	Rick Bennewitz	Showman/explorer "Colonel" Roscoe T Post (David Healy) arrives in a balloon from 1920. While the Marshalls work to repair his craft the Colonel has designs on Cha-Ka.
39	Abominable Snowman	November 6, 1976	Sam Roeca	Joe Scanlan	The Marshalls rescue a unicorn given to Holly as a birthday gift from the clutches of the Yeti-like Tapa. (John Locke).
40	Timestop	November 13, 1976	Tom Swale	Joe Scanlan	The Marshalls find a temporal key that Enik believes will take him home, but the Marshalls use it instead to save one of their own.
41	Ancient Guardian	November 20, 1976	Peter Germano	Joe Scanlan	The Sleestak are enraged after the Marshalls accidentally release a menace from the high country.
42	Scarab	November 27, 1976	Ian Martin	Rick Bennewitz	Cha-Ka suddenly becomes hostile towards his friends after being bitten by a powerful beetle, steals the Skull of Wisdom, and frames the Marshalls for the theft.
43	Medicine Man	December 4, 1976	Jon Kubichan	Joe Scanlan	The Marshalls convince Lone Wolf (Ned Romero) of the Nez Perce tribe and Captain Diggs (Gregory Walcott) of the US Cavalry that the two must learn to work together if they hope to survive and possibly return to 1877. Although this was the last episode aired, it was not an official one, and therefore Will and Holly Marshall never got to escape from the Land of the Lost, although an alternate version of them and their father did return to Earth in the final episode of Season One.

See also

• Land of the Lost (1974 TV series), the original children's television series created by Sid and Marty Krofft
  • Land of the Lost characters and species
  • Land of the Lost geography and technology
• Land of the Lost (1991 TV series), the 1991 remake of the 1974 series
• Land of the Lost (film), a 2009 film starring Will Ferrell based on the 1974 series

References

1. "Nice Day" is misrepresented as "A Nice Day" on the DVD packaging.
2. "Blackout" is misspelled "Black Out" on the DVD root menu and packaging.