The WORST episodes of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

Every episode of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams!

An innocent man, James Adams, runs away and hides from the law in the wilderness, where he befriends a grizzly bear and helps passers-by in the forest. This show was set in the 1850s, and could be easily described as one of the most original shows of all time. Besides taking care of the bear, Adams will help people who need his help, and in the meantime, he'll have to hide from the bounty hunters who are looking for him. Adams also makes friends with Mad Jack, an old trader; and Nakuma, a Native American; both Nakuma and Mad Jack will help Adams.

Last Updated: 12/5/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
A Gentleman Tinker
star
6.00
6 votes

#1 - A Gentleman Tinker

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/8/1978

Mad Jack is convinced that he found a genuine leprechaun, and overhears Tinker talking about gold. Thinking that it's the luckiest day of his life, Mad Jack wants to prove that he found a leprechaun, although nobody believes him.

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The Spoilers
star
6.40
5 votes

#2 - The Spoilers

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/1978

The people at Hoot Owl Creek find out that the fish is dying off and the animals are suffering from some kind of an epidemic, and it's obvious that someone is poisoning the creek. Mad Jack, Nakoma & Adams decide to investigate.

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Track of the Cougar
star
6.50
6 votes

#3 - Track of the Cougar

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/14/1977

Nakoma is looking for a cougar who destroyed his village, and tore apart some of his lodges. Adam realizes that it's Sekota, a cougar he raised in his own club.

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Woman in the Wilderness
star
6.63
8 votes

#4 - Woman in the Wilderness

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/28/1977

The hunters in the mountain are surprised when a lady appears at the mountains asking for information about black bears. It's Mrs. Kate Jackson, a writer. Adams finds out the truth--Kate is a widow, who's father was killed by black bears, and now she is here to avenge her fathers death.

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The Choice
star
6.75
8 votes

#5 - The Choice

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/21/1977

Robbie Cartman takes his friends' advice and decides to take his deer Ginger back to the wilderness, where Ginger belongs. Even though Robbie hates to give up his deer, he let's Ginger go. Later, when he returns to see how is Ginger doing, Robbie realizes that Ginger disappeared, or fell into a trap.

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The Search
star
6.83
6 votes

#6 - The Search

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1977

Trapper Tom, a man known for trapping grizzly bears and taking them to the city zoo, returns to the mountain. Mad Jack realizes that he put new traps around the mountain, so Adams and Nakoma have to find Tom before he harms the mountain animals.

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Gold Is Where You Find It
star
6.83
6 votes

#7 - Gold Is Where You Find It

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/1977

Two schemers search for gold on the mountain with a map they bought for ten dollars. They eventually find another more honest way to make their living.

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The Renewal
star
6.83
6 votes

#8 - The Renewal

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/22/1978

It's Easter, a special times for Adams' and the entire mountain. The guys, along with Robbie, are about to go pick up some things for the celebration, when they meet two strange guys, and then they witness their wagon bursting into flames after being struck by lightning.

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The World's Greatest Bounty Hunter
star
6.83
6 votes

#9 - The World's Greatest Bounty Hunter

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/1978

Mad Jack & Adams' friendship is put under a test when Mad Jack returns to the mountain with a fever that causes him to hallucinate. Mad Jack thinks he is the world's greatest bounty hunter, named Brett Carson, and his main mission is to catch Adams, a fugitive.

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A Time of Thirsting
star
6.86
7 votes

#10 - A Time of Thirsting

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/1978

A lack of moisture in the mountains brings problems to the inhabitants, who are worried about their animals. Adams and Mad Jack decide to put drip sacks along the mountain trails. Meanwhile, someone sets a fire in the forest.

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The Orphans
star
6.88
8 votes

#11 - The Orphans

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1977

Adams and Mad Jack are busy with watching two orphan children, Michele & Eugene, who are bored by the rules around the mountain, and decide to do something reckless.

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The Trial
star
6.88
8 votes

#12 - The Trial

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1977

It is hunting season, a time when tribesman have to prove their manhood. A Indian orphan named Tumaqua catches more fish than anyone else, but a pesky otter eats everything that Tumaqua caught. After being teased by other men for coming back empty-handed, Tumaqua stals a bucket of fish by the river and runs away.

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The Skyrider
star
7.00
6 votes

#13 - The Skyrider

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/1978

While Adams and Ben have to take care of a hawk, Mad Jack comes upon Mr. Milton Wright, and a few more people, who wants to get a glider to fly. Mad Jack is convinced that the "glider" is some kind of an animal trap and goes to find Adams, while Milton decides to fly with the glider, and has an accident.

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The Quest
star
7.00
6 votes

#14 - The Quest

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/26/1978

An ecstatic Mad Jack arrives at Adams' cabin where Adams and Nakoma are fixing the roof, and informs them that he met an Army Corporal who said that the government is going to give a reward to all the animals on the mountain. Adams is shocked and informs the others that this is actually a scam, and that the corporal is actually a bounty hunter.

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The Stranger
star
7.00
5 votes

#15 - The Stranger

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/5/1978

Captain Ulysses S. Grant, a famous person arrives at the mountains, and explains how he is writing a book, and talks to them about how he could never live in the mountains and survive on his own. Adams will teach him a few things he learned over the past few years.

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The Littlest Greenhorn
star
7.00
7 votes

#16 - The Littlest Greenhorn

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/1978

The animals in the mountains are acting strange, and Mad Jack tells Adams about the reason---a big gorilla was seen in the forest. But, the gorilla will turns out to be something else.

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The Seekers
star
7.00
8 votes

#17 - The Seekers

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/25/1978

When Master Sergent Monahan arrives at the mountain, Mad Jack mistakes him for Maurice, a half-bear, half-bull. Meanwhile, the mountain is about to be hit by a storm.

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Hot Air Hero
star
7.00
6 votes

#18 - Hot Air Hero

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1977

An accident happens during an experimental ballon flight, which causes an unexpected visitor to end up in Adams' cabin--Monsieur Andre Gerard, a balloonist trying to speed up the Pony Express mail system to air mail.

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Marvin the Magnificent
star
7.17
6 votes

#19 - Marvin the Magnificent

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/1978

Marvin the Magnificent, an elderly man, stays at Adams's place with his wonder bear named "Babe," when the bear gets sick.

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The Storm
star
7.17
6 votes

#20 - The Storm

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/12/1977

Ben and Adams prepare to welcome Mad Jack and Nakuma for the annual feast and celebration, but their preparation is interrupted when an Indian woman arrives, looking for help. Her daughter is missing.

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The Great Burro Race
star
7.20
5 votes

#21 - The Great Burro Race

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1978

Mad Jack is visited by his old pal Gus Thackery and his wife Gerty, who are glad to see him again, but when Gus shows that he is still the same old competitive person, Mad Jack will be challenged into a race.

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Home of the Hawk
star
7.20
10 votes

#22 - Home of the Hawk

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/5/1977

A tough old settler named and his daughter travel west into the rugged mountain territory, and after a small accident, they end up in Adams' cabin.

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The Runaway
star
7.22
9 votes

#23 - The Runaway

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1978

On his way to the river, Adams sees a black man in shackles, named Isaac, who runs away as soon as he sees Adams, but later he faces him, and Adams takes him to his cabin. Mad Jack thinks that it's a very bad idea to let Isaac stay in the cabin.

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Survival
star
7.29
7 votes

#24 - Survival

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/1977

Robbie Cartman returns to the mountain, and wants Adams to cure his sick pet deer named Ginger. Adams decides to help him and goes into the woods to get medicine, and ends up heavily injured. He loses memory and starts walking around, unaware of the danger that surrounds him.

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Adam's Cub
star
7.35
155 votes

#25 - Adam's Cub

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/9/1977

Eliza Bowker (Kristen Curry), a young girl traveling west with her parents (Hank Kendrick and Lucky Hayes) in a covered wagon, gets lost in the vast mountain wilderness. While her parents search vainly, she wanders aimlessly through the forest, alone and frightened. A mountain lion stalks Eliza and then gives chase, but she is rescued by the grizzly bear, Ben, who frightens the vicious cat away. Eliza realizes that Ben won't hurt her and follows the bear back to Adams (Dan Haggerty). Taking the small girl to his cabin, Adams feeds her and listens to her story of what happened. He promises to help find her parents and they begin by searching the nearby mountains. Eliza gradually causes Adams to change his life style, convincing him to clean up his cabin and to clean himself up too. When Mad Jack (Denver Pyle) arrives, he is surprised to see the little girl there, and flabbergasted by the neatness of Adams' cabin. With the help of Mad Jack, they finally locate Eliza's folks and there is

Directors: James L. Conway
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