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First Aired: September 13rd, 1974

Status: Ended

Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Network: CBS

Summary: Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes. Based on the 1968 Planet of the Apes film and its sequels, which were inspired by the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle.

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Season 1

Episode 1: Escape from Tomorrow

Air Date: September 13rd, 1974

Summary: Astronauts Alan Virdon and Peter Burke crash land on a strange planet. After being rescued by a friendly human, Virdon and Burke discover this planet is ruled by intelligent apes. To their horror, they discover that they are back on Earth in the year 3085.

Episode 2: The Gladiators

Air Date: September 20th, 1974

Summary: Burke, Virdon and Galen come across two humans fighting and get involved, but lose the magnetic disc. To recover it, they must approach the nearby village, where the ape prefect pits humans in a series of gladiatorial games.

Episode 3: The Trap

Air Date: September 27th, 1974

Summary: In a ruined city, Burke and Urko are trapped underground and must reluctantly work together to escape, while Alan and Galen must deal with Urko's gorilla patrol in the streets above.

Episode 4: The Good Seeds

Air Date: October 4th, 1974

Summary: Burke and Virdon have to seek the help of a gorilla farmer and his family when Galen falls sick.

Episode 5: The Legacy

Air Date: October 11st, 1974

Summary: Burke and Virdon are helped by a young woman and a young boy while searching for an underground computer in a ruined city, but their plans go awry when Alan is captured and Urko uses the boy to get information from the astronaut.

Episode 6: Tomorrow's Tide

Air Date: October 18th, 1974

Summary: An ape who runs a fishing business plans to use Virdon and Burke as slaves after he captures them.

Episode 7: The Surgeon

Air Date: October 25th, 1974

Summary: Galen must use all his charm to try and persuade his ex-girlfriend, a female ape surgeon named Kira, to operate on Virdon using a forbidden human anatomy book, after the astronaut is shot.

Episode 8: The Deception

Air Date: November 1st, 1974

Summary: When the guys try to track down the apes who are framing humans for crimes in a small community, Fauna, a blind female ape, falls in love with Burke while believing him to be a chimpanzee.

Episode 9: The Horse Race

Air Date: November 8th, 1974

Summary: Virdon decides to take part in a dangerous horse race even though he runs the risk of being captured by Urko.

Episode 10: The Interrogation

Air Date: November 15th, 1974

Summary: Burke undergoes a horrific interrogation after being captured whilst Virdon and Galen mount a rescue attempt.

Episode 11: The Tyrant

Air Date: November 22nd, 1974

Summary: Aboro, a despot, is making community life a misery; Burke, Virdon, and Galen decide to rob him of his powers.

Episode 12: The Cure

Air Date: November 29th, 1974

Summary: Thanks to their advanced medical knowledge, Burke and Virdon are able to help a village struck with malaria, but risk discovery.

Episode 13: The Liberator

Air Date: December 6th, 1974

Summary: Burke and Virdon are captured by a bunch of humans determined to hand them over to the Apes.

Episode 14: Up Above the World So High

Air Date: December 20th, 1974

Summary: Burke and Virdon join forces with Leuric, a human attempting to fly by building himself a hang glider.

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