Best POTA TV episode..?

[Mongoose1983]

The POTA series was awesome! And it's too bad it did not last longer. Anyway, to the point. Yes, "The Trap" would be one of the best episodes. The dialogue between Burke and Urko was amazing. I think the writers used the help of some professional anthropologists to work on some episodes. Must have been the case here. Another one I would have to mention is "The Good Seed", on which Burke and Virdon have to spent some time with a peasant family.

[Apositive]

My favorites are "The Trap" and the one with the hang glider. Has anyone ever read Rod Serling's treatment for a Planet of the Apes TV show. Serling proposed just one astronaut and mutants to boot.

[ironman1188]

The Trap and The Gladiators!!!
The two best and The Gladiators guest starred William Smith and Marc Singer.

[Cmonster]

It's the Trap for me.

OMG! The general LIVES!!!

SC

[lepage]

It's the Trap for me.

[Mikey]

I always thought it was kind of ripoff to have Zaius

They should have changed his name like they did with Galen

[Chris]

It's funny you would say that because I truly thought Mego had screwed up his name when I first saw "Ursus".

I thought the same thing and oddly enough they put Ursus out on an Urko card.

[MIB41]

Agreed! Back in the 1970s when I bought my Urko figure (yellow card) they had a drawing of Ursus' head on the front and I was like: "Who is Ursus?"

It's funny you would say that because I truly thought Mego had screwed up his name when I first saw "Ursus". People have to remember back in those days there was no internet, DVDs, or even VHS tapes to reference movies. Once I had the Urko figure and then saw Beneath the Planet of the Apes again, only then did I realize the name change. I just thought to myself, "Eh. I like Urko better." And so it was.

[Mikey]

My least favorite is the pilot ... It just seemed kind of boring

I also didn't care for the fishing one (boring)

I kinda like the one where the apes make the humans fight in the arena

[HardyGirl]

I think my faves are The Deception, The Horse Race, and The Trap.

[Chris]

I LOVED "The trap". Amazing this is the episode so many of us like the most. I think it explored the themes from the original movies the closest. I for one LOVE Urko in this series. As a kid, I recognized him first over Ursus.

Agreed! Back in the 1970s when I bought my Urko figure (yellow card) they had a drawing of Ursus' head on the front and I was like: "Who is Ursus?"

[bluebird]

I loved the TV series as a kid and just as much now, cant really say I got a Favourite as I enjoyed them all.

[MIB41]

I LOVED "The trap". Amazing this is the episode so many of us like the most. I think it explored the themes from the original movies the closest. I for one LOVE Urko in this series. As a kid, I recognized him first over Ursus. To me he was the best general ape I had seen. He was intimidating and a perfect villain to hide from. Still a tragedy that series did not last long. A great show by every measure.

[megoapesnut]

I know I said this before but was that girl in "The Trap" Jan Brady or what? Looked AND sounded like her

[Chris]

"Up Above the World So High". Written by the great Arthur Browne Jr. but I'm preachin' to the choir. I still remember where I was when I heard the news of his passing on that snowy January 3rd day back in 2006.