Season 1
Synopsis
Planet of the Apes (1974), Season 1 — watch online on iFILM. Fourteen episodes of vintage science fiction, spun off from the 1968 film and Pierre Boulle's novel.
NASA astronauts Alan Virdon and Pete Burke crash-land on a far-future world where intelligent apes run everything and humans are mute, primitive stock. A kindly chimpanzee named Galen, played by Roddy McDowall, breaks them loose, and the three become fugitives, hunted without let-up by Urko, the gorilla security chief. Episode to episode they drift from village to village, helping the humans they meet — curing malaria, toppling a local tyrant, searching for surviving Earth technology that might carry them home — and risking capture each time.
This turned out to be the show's only season, made to ride the success of the film cycle and built as adventure-of-the-week with a dystopian streak about slavery, prejudice and forbidden knowledge. It suits fans of seventies sci-fi and the original saga; anyone expecting the pace of a modern series should set that aside. Stream Planet of the Apes Season 1 online on iFILM.
14 episodes
S1·E1Escape from Tomorrow
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.
S1·E2The Gladiators
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.
S1·E3The Trap
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.
S1·E4The Good Seeds
Burke and Virdon have to seek the help of a gorilla farmer and his family when Galen falls sick.
S1·E5The Legacy
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.
S1·E6Tomorrow's Tide
An ape who runs a fishing business plans to use Virdon and Burke as slaves after he captures them.
S1·E7The Surgeon
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.
S1·E8The Deception
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.
S1·E9The Horse Race
Virdon decides to take part in a dangerous horse race even though he runs the risk of being captured by Urko.
S1·E10The Interrogation
Burke undergoes a horrific interrogation after being captured whilst Virdon and Galen mount a rescue attempt.
S1·E11The Tyrant
Aboro, a despot, is making community life a misery; Burke, Virdon, and Galen decide to rob him of his powers.
S1·E12The Cure
Thanks to their advanced medical knowledge, Burke and Virdon are able to help a village struck with malaria, but risk discovery.
S1·E13The Liberator
Burke and Virdon are captured by a bunch of humans determined to hand them over to the Apes.
S1·E14Up Above the World So High
Burke and Virdon join forces with Leuric, a human attempting to fly by building himself a hang glider.
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