The BEST episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey season 1
Every episode of Tales of the Gold Monkey season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey season 1!
The adventures of seaplane pilot and soldier of fortune Jake Cutter in the South Pacific of 1938. Jake, a former Flying Tigers pilot, made his home on the island of Boragora along with his one-eyed dog Jack and his mechanic Corky. Other companions were Bon Chance Louie, the local magistrate and owner of the Monkey Bar hangout, Sarah Stickney White, the bar's singer who was actually an American spy, and Dutch minister Willie Tenboom who was actually a German spy. Rounding out the cast of schemers was Princess Kogi, ruler of the nearby island of Matuka, and the samurai warrior Todo who commanded her private army.
#1 - Shanghaied
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1982
Corky is kidnapped by Princess Kogi's half brother to repair the engines of his slave ship.
#2 - The Lady and the Tiger
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1982
Jake is shot down and rescued by an Amish widow and her son, who hide him from the Japanese occupying their island.
#3 - The Late Sarah White
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/1982
Jake and Corky fly to the Philippines to explore the reports of Sarah's death while on a mission involving MacArthur.
#4 - A Distant Shout of Thunder
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/1983
Sarah is used as a scapegoat by an island revolutionary who accuses her of removing a sacred statue from a cemetery on the island.
#5 - Trunk from the Past
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1982
Sarah receives a mysterious trunk from her late father and it leads her to a lost civilization.
#6 - Escape from Death Island
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1982
Jake and Corky are imprisoned on an island penal colony when they try to free the son of an Englishman.
#7 - Honor Thy Brother
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1982
Jake is followed by the brother of a Japanese pilot he shot down while he was still a Flying Tiger in China, and Corky struggles to avoid a prearranged marriage.
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Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1983
An ambitious newswoman tricks Jake into flying her to Princess Kogi's island for an interview with the Japanese defense minister, a recent target for assassination.
#9 - Mourning Becomes Matuka
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/1/1983
Princess Kogi hires Jake as a bodyguard after an attempt on her life during a birthday celebration.
#10 - Once a Tiger...
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1982
Jake leads the search for a downed plane flown by a former Flying Tiger transporting a prototype gunsight of interest to the Japanese.
#11 - Last Chance Louie
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1983
Louie is sentenced to the guillotine for murder, and his only defense is an old story he doesn't want to get out.
#12 - Legends Are Forever
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1982
A former Flying Tiger asks Jake's help in finding the fabled lost treasure of King Solomon.
#13 - Ape Boy
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1983
Jake and Sarah help an abandoned boy found living among the apes on an isolated island.
#14 - The Sultan of Swat
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1983
Jake tries to help a former baseball hero who is accused of murdering a local girl on Boragora.
#15 - Boragora or Bust
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/1983
Jake's prospector buddy stands to lose his platinum strike to an unscrupulous businessman from the States.
#16 - Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1982
#17 - Force of Habit
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1983
An old friend of Jake's turns up on Tagataya looking for help with a mission of mercy.
#18 - Black Pearl
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1982
Jake, posing as a defecting U.S. scientist, and Sarah search for an experimental German bomb and a famed black pearl.
#19 - God Save the Queen
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1983
Jake helps foil an attempt to hijack an ocean liner carrying the Duke of Windsor.
#20 - High Stakes Lady
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/1983
Jake acts as a bodyguard to a lady gambler during a high stakes poker game.
#21 - Cooked Goose
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/1983
A Clipper pilot is beaten and his bride apparently kidnapped by Princess Kogi and held for ransom.