Overview of 'Samurai Jack' Season 1

Samurai Jack (2001)

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

Writing:

Genndy Tartakovsky
Amy Keating Rogers
Darrick Bachman

Stars:

Release Date: 2001-08-10
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5

8.4/10

Country: US
Language: English
Runtime: 24

Season 1 Episode List

Episode 1 - I
Release Date: 2001-08-10
When Aku is reborn to set forth his reign of terror, the Emperor's son is sent off to learn the ways of the samurai. That boy becomes a man and attempts to slay Aku with a mighty sword, but Aku banishes him to the future.
Episode 2 - II
Release Date: 2001-08-10
The Samurai lands in the future and is named Jack. He is enlisted by a race of dogs to destroy Aku.
Episode 3 - III
Release Date: 2001-08-10
Jack gets weapons and beats back Aku's army of beetles saving the canine race.
Episode 4 - IV
Release Date: 2001-08-13
Jack helps free the Woolies from the tyrannical Chritchellites.
Episode 5 - VII
Release Date: 2001-08-20
Jack must get past three blind archers to reach an all-powerful wishing well.
Episode 6 - V
Release Date: 2001-08-27
When Jack mistakenly destroys a group of scientists' chance to escape Aku, he and the scientists join forces to try and fix the problem, hopefully returning Jack home as well.
Episode 7 - IX
Release Date: 2001-09-03
Jack has an underwater adventure with a jelly-whale and sea monkeys while hunting for an ancient time portal.
Episode 8 - X
Release Date: 2001-10-12
Jack goes through a cave full of challenges only to find an old warrior longing to reach Valhalla.
Episode 9 - VIII
Release Date: 2001-10-15
Jack meets up with Mad Jack and must battle his darker self.
Episode 10 - XI
Release Date: 2001-10-29
When Jack and a Scotsman meet on a never-ending bridge, they end up shackled together and on the run from bounty hunters.
Episode 11 - VI
Release Date: 2001-11-19
Jack and a mysterious woman go on a quest in an attempt to resolve their personal goals.
Episode 12 - XII
Release Date: 2001-11-26
Jack hooks up with some Chicago gangsters to try and get close to Aku.
Episode 13 - XIII
Release Date: 2001-12-03
Aku tells fairy tales to the children to try and win them over to his side instead of Jack's.