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First Aired: July 27th, 1990
Status: Ended
Network: USA Network
Summary: Swamp Thing: The Series, is a science fiction, action/adventure television series based on the DC Comics character Swamp Thing. It debuted on USA Network on July 27, 1990 and lasted three seasons for a total of 72 episodes. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel.
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Season 3
Episode 1: Dead and Married
Air Date: July 10th, 1992
Summary: A recent storm in the swamp uncovers a car wreck from ten years ago,including the married couples ghosts that think only hours have passed.
Episode 2: Powers of Darkness
Air Date: July 17th, 1992
Summary: A young loner who believes he is a vampire is accused of murdering his mother's boyfriend.
Episode 3: Special Request
Air Date: July 24th, 1992
Summary: After seemingly having no interest for so many episodes what happened to Jim, Tressa is suddenly in Peru and sidetracked by a voice from her past on a radio.
Episode 4: What Goes Around Comes Around, Comes Around
Air Date: July 31st, 1992
Summary: Return to those thrilling days of the old west in guilt ridden dreams, when Arcane is allowed to hunt a man with the full knowledge of the sheriff.
Episode 5: Fear Itself
Air Date: August 7th, 1992
Summary: What happens the swamp itself is no longer an ally to Swamp Thing? The answers lay with a man called Mephisto.
Episode 6: Changes
Air Date: August 14th, 1992
Summary: Archane has created a poison engineered to specifically target Swamp Thing's genetic code. Ann has discovered a method of temporarily changing Alec back to human form.
Episode 7: Destiny
Air Date: August 21st, 1992
Summary: Encountering two men already dead in the swamp is nothing particularly new for Will, but the fact they are from the civil war era is. Can Will solve this mystery of the swamp and find peace for two soldiers?
Episode 8: Tatania
Air Date: August 28th, 1992
Summary: Arcane finally resurrects his dead wife only to discover he's been duped by Sunderland. The body he's been lording over really belongs to a stripper named Kitty. Which sends Arcane on a rampage of revenge, that turns bitter sweet when he finds his true wife.
Episode 9: Mirador's Brain
Air Date: September 11st, 1992
Summary: Arcane's genius mentor, Carl Mirador, has died. Using an experimental brain cell transfer, Arcane transfers all of Mirador's knowledge into his own brain. This does not go well as Mirador physically takes over Arcane’s mind and body. Meanwhile, Will meets and falls for Mirador’s granddaughter, Dana.
Episode 10: Lesser of Two Evils
Air Date: September 19th, 1992
Summary: Arcane's rival, Carla Jeffries (Tyne Daly) takes over his business. Swamp Thing discovers that she's a much more formidable enemy than Arcane ever was. Will he, Arcane and Graham put their differences aside to oust Carla?
Episode 11: Revelations
Air Date: September 26th, 1992
Summary: Swamp Thing is wounded and being tracked down by mercenaries hired by Arcane. He makes his way to Dr. Ann Fisk's lab and is transformed back into Alec Holland. Afterward he is still wounded and aided by Tressa Kipp who finally learns the truth about Swamp Thing.
Episode 12: Easy Prey
Air Date: October 3rd, 1992
Summary: A wealthy hunter stalks and wounds a rare hawk for a trophy. Afterward the swamp takes Will into it's confidence and Will sees the swamp as he never has before.
Episode 13: The Handyman
Air Date: October 10th, 1992
Summary: The body of a dead man leads Swamp Thing to Archane and Gen. Sunderland.
Episode 14: Future Tense
Air Date: October 17th, 1992
Summary: A chemical plant causing toxic damage to the swamp is the key to a darker future.
Episode 15: Hide in the Night
Air Date: October 24th, 1992
Episode 16: Pay Day
Air Date: October 31st, 1992
Summary: Three convicts escape from prison in search of loot from a Las Vegas heist buried in the swamp. One by one they learn the justice of the swamp.
Episode 17: The Return of LaRoche
Air Date: November 7th, 1992
Episode 18: Rites of Passage
Air Date: November 14th, 1992
Summary: Two young co-eds looking to perform a magic ceremony called the test of Shabalba that will grant them three wishes use Will as a reluctant guide.
Episode 19: Never Alone
Air Date: November 21st, 1992
Episode 20: A Most Bitter Pill
Air Date: December 5th, 1992
Episode 21: The Curse
Air Date: December 12nd, 1992
Episode 22: Judgment Day
Air Date: December 19th, 1992
Summary: Can Swamp Thing save his friend Will from charges of a murder is didn't commit versus the ambitions of a corrupt District Attorney?
Episode 23: Eye of the Storm
Air Date: January 9th, 1993
Episode 24: Vendetta
Air Date: January 16th, 1993
Episode 25: The Hurting
Air Date: January 23rd, 1993
Summary: When an elderly woman, named Irma Swanson, who knew and befriended Swamp Thing, dies, her estranged daughter, Cathy, comes to town for her funeral. Swamp Thing and the spirit of Irma then show Cathy the past of Irma’s troubled life in order for Cathy to make amends meet.
Episode 26: The Burning Times
Air Date: January 30th, 1993
Episode 27: The Specter of Death
Air Date: February 6th, 1993
Episode 28: Cross-Fired
Air Date: February 13rd, 1993
Episode 29: Patient Zero
Air Date: February 20th, 1993
Summary: When a stranger comes to swamp with evil designs of his own upon Swamp Thing's blood, Archane becomes involved.
Episode 30: The Chains of Forever
Air Date: February 27th, 1993
Summary: Will becomes involved with a couple who hold a map that Archane has a keene interest in obtaining.
Episode 31: In the Beginning
Air Date: March 6th, 1993
Episode 32: Brotherly Love
Air Date: March 13rd, 1993
Episode 33: An Eye for an Eye
Air Date: March 20th, 1993
Summary: When the swamp stalks Archane in the form of a panther, an ecological message is the overtone about unsafe modes of power encroaching on nature and how she strikes back. Leaving a forboding and chilling message when even Swamp Thing is powerless.
Episode 34: Yo Ho Ho
Air Date: March 27th, 1993
Episode 35: Heart of Stone
Air Date: April 3rd, 1993
Episode 36: Romancing Arcane
Air Date: April 10th, 1993
Episode 37: Swamp of Dreams
Air Date: April 17th, 1993
Summary: Swamp Thing gets addicted to hallucinogenic iguana eggs which makes him live out a fantasy with Ann. But the effect causes bad luck with Will when he comes into contact with one of them and ends up a prisoner in Arcane’s lab who is determined to find the nest of rare eggs himself for personal use.
Episode 38: Heart of the Mantis
Air Date: April 24th, 1993
Summary: Oliver Duncan awaits death in a hospital while Archane plots to gain his former teachers secrets.
Episode 39: That's a Wrap
Air Date: May 1st, 1993
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