# List of Land of the Lost episodes

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This is a complete episode list for the 1974 NBC Saturday morning series Land of the Lost.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 17 | 17 | September 7, 1974 (1974-09-07) | December 28, 1974 (1974-12-28) |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | September 6, 1975 (1975-09-06) | November 29, 1975 (1975-11-29) |
| 3 | 13 | 13 | September 11, 1976 (1976-09-11) | December 4, 1976 (1976-12-04) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (1974)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Cha-Ka" | Dennis Steinmetz | David Gerrold | September 7, 1974 (1974-09-07) |
| The Marshall family comes to the aid of an injured "missing link" (an Australopithecine) named Cha-Ka. ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Sleestak God" | Dennis Steinmetz | David Gerrold | September 14, 1974 (1974-09-14) |
| Will and Holly run afoul of hostile lizard men known as Sleestaks. ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Dopey" | Dennis Steinmetz | Margaret Armen | September 21, 1974 (1974-09-21) |
| Holly adopts a newly hatched Brontosaurus as the family's pet and attempts to train him. ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Downstream" | Dennis Steinmetz | Larry Niven | September 28, 1974 (1974-09-28) |
| Attempting to escape the Land via the river, the Marshalls reach a vast cavern in which lives an elderly Confederate soldier. ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Tag-Team" | Dennis Steinmetz | Norman Spinrad | October 5, 1974 (1974-10-05) |
| The Marshalls and Pakuni must work together when a prolonged pursuit leaves Will, Holly and Cha-Ka trapped between the Land's ruling Tyrannosaurus rex and its archenemy Allosaurus. ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Stranger" | Bob Lally | Walter Koenig | October 12, 1974 (1974-10-12) |
| The Marshalls meet another time traveler known as Enik (Walker Edmiston), who possesses the means to return the Marshalls home. ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Album" | Bob Lally | Dick Morgan | October 19, 1974 (1974-10-19) |
| The Sleestaks use mind control to manipulate the Marshall children via an image of their deceased mother (Erica Hagen). ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Skylons" | Bob Lally | Dick Morgan | October 26, 1974 (1974-10-26) |
| 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 | 9 | "The Hole" | Dennis Steinmetz | Wina Sturgeon | November 2, 1974 (1974-11-02) |
| 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 have been left to die. ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Paku who Came to Dinner" | Bob Lally | Barry Blitzer | November 9, 1974 (1974-11-09) |
| 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 T-Rex. ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Search" | Dennis Steinmetz | Ben Bova | November 16, 1974 (1974-11-16) |
| When Rick is almost 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 | 12 | "The Possession" | Dennis Steinmetz | David Gerrold | November 23, 1974 (1974-11-23) |
| Cha-Ka and Holly come under the control of a malevolent being that is seeking more power for one of the pylons. ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Follow That Dinosaur" | Dennis Steinmetz | Dick Morgan | November 30, 1974 (1974-11-30) |
| 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 | 14 | "Stone Soup" | Bob Lally | Joyce Perry | December 7, 1974 (1974-12-07) |
| A devastating drought brings the Marshalls into conflict with the Pakuni over food, so Rick teaches them the importance of cooperation. ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Elsewhen" | Dennis Steinmetz | D. C. Fontana | December 14, 1974 (1974-12-14) |
| 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 | 16 | "Hurricane" | Bob Lally | Larry Niven, David Gerrold | December 21, 1974 (1974-12-21) |
| 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 | 17 | "Circle" | Dennis Steinmetz | Larry Niven, David Gerrold | December 28, 1974 (1974-12-28) |
| 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 2 (1975)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 18 | 1 | "Tar Pit" | Gordon Wiles | Margaret Armen | September 6, 1975 (1975-09-06) |
| Dopey falls into a tarpit and the Marshalls work to rescue him. ||||||
| 19 | 2 | "The Zarn" | Bob Lally | Dick Morgan | September 13, 1975 (1975-09-13) |
| While exploring the Mist Marsh, Rick and Will come across an alien ship and a woman from Rick's hometown. ||||||
| 20 | 3 | "Fair Trade" | Bob Lally | Bill Keenan | September 20, 1975 (1975-09-20) |
| Rick falls into a Sleestak trap, forcing Will and Holly to appeal to Enik for help. ||||||
| 21 | 4 | "One of Our Pylons Is Missing" | Gordon Wiles | Bill Keenan | September 27, 1975 (1975-09-27) |
| Cha-Ka and the Marshalls discover a huge power source beneath the Land of the Lost. ||||||
| 22 | 5 | "The Test" | Bob Lally | Tom Swale | October 4, 1975 (1975-10-04) |
| Cha-Ka undergoes a rite of passage, with help from Will and Holly. ||||||
| 23 | 6 | "Gravity Storm" | Bob Lally | Dick Morgan | October 11, 1975 (1975-10-11) |
| Rick and Will must stop the Zarn before his ship's gravity drive tears apart the Land. ||||||
| 24 | 7 | "The Longest Day" | Gordon Wiles | Joyce Perry | October 18, 1975 (1975-10-18) |
| Rick is captured by the Sleestaks and blamed for a malfunctioning pylon which prevents the sun from setting. ||||||
| 25 | 8 | "The Pylon Express" | Gordon Wiles | Theodore Sturgeon | October 25, 1975 (1975-10-25) |
| 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 | 9 | "Nice Day" | Gordon Wiles | Dick Morgan | November 1, 1975 (1975-11-01) |
| 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 | 10 | "Baby Sitter" | Gordon Wiles | Bill Keenan | November 8, 1975 (1975-11-08) |
| Holly has an encounter with the stranded Zarn. ||||||
| 28 | 11 | "The Musician" | Gordon Wiles | Dick Morgan, Tom Swale | November 15, 1975 (1975-11-15) |
| 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 | 12 | "Split Personality" | Gordon Wiles | Dick Morgan | November 22, 1975 (1975-11-22) |
| When quakes rattle the land, the Marshalls encounter mirror images of themselves who need their help. ||||||
| 30 | 13 | "Blackout" | Bob Lally | Donald F. Glut, Dick Morgan | November 29, 1975 (1975-11-29) |
| The Sleestaks 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 3 (1976)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 31 | 1 | "After Shock" | Joe Scanlan | Jon Kubichan | September 11, 1976 (1976-09-11) |
| 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 | 2 | "Survival Kit" | Rick Bennewitz | Sam Roeca | September 18, 1976 (1976-09-18) |
| After Holly falls ill, Jack bargains with the barbarian Malak (Richard Kiel) for the medicine that was stolen from them. ||||||
| 33 | 3 | "The Orb" | Rick Bennewitz | Jon Kubichan | September 25, 1976 (1976-09-25) |
| 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 Sleestaks for the Altrusian's freedom. ||||||
| 34 | 4 | "Repairman" | Joe Scanlan | Jon Kubichan | October 2, 1976 (1976-10-02) |
| The Sleestaks 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 | 5 | "Medusa" | Rick Bennewitz | Greg Strangis | October 9, 1976 (1976-10-09) |
| A runaway river carries Holly to a strange garden adorned with numerous statues and inhabited by a peculiar woman (Marian Thompson) who will not let her leave. ||||||
| 36 | 6 | "Cornered" | Rick Bennewitz | Sam Roeca | October 16, 1976 (1976-10-16) |
| Jack, Holly, and Cha-Ka work to rid the valley of a fire-breathing Dimetrodon while Will recovers from the prehistoric creature's venom. ||||||
| 37 | 7 | "Flying Dutchman" | Joe Scanlan | John Cutts | October 23, 1976 (1976-10-23) |
| The lone captain of a sailing ship (Rex Holman) offers the Marshalls a way home, but harbors a terrible secret. ||||||
| 38 | 8 | "Hot-Air Artist" | Rick Bennewitz | Jon Kubichan | October 30, 1976 (1976-10-30) |
| 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 | 9 | "Abominable Snowman" | Joe Scanlan | Sam Roeca | November 6, 1976 (1976-11-06) |
| The Marshalls rescue a Unicorn given to Holly as a birthday gift from the clutches of the Yeti-like Tapa, an Albino Gigantopithecus (John Locke). ||||||
| 40 | 10 | "Timestop" | Joe Scanlan | Tom Swale | November 13, 1976 (1976-11-13) |
| 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 | 11 | "Ancient Guardian" | Joe Scanlan | Peter Germano | November 20, 1976 (1976-11-20) |
| The Sleestaks are enraged after the Marshalls accidentally release a menace from the high country. ||||||
| 42 | 12 | "Scarab" | Rick Bennewitz | Ian Martin | November 27, 1976 (1976-11-27) |
| Cha-Ka suddenly becomes hostile towards his friends after being bitten by a powerful beetle; he steals the Skull of Wisdom and frames the Marshalls for the theft while baiting Grumpy to attack them. ||||||
| 43 | 13 | "Medicine Man" | Joe Scanlan | Jon Kubichan | December 4, 1976 (1976-12-04) |
| The Marshalls convince Lone Wolf (Ned Romero) of the Nez Perce tribe and Captain Diggs (Gregory Walcott) of the U.S. Cavalry that the two must learn to work together if they hope to survive and possibly return to 1877. This wasn't written as a series finale, so Will and Holly Marshall are never seen escaping 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 1. ||||||