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Swamp Thing
1990 - 1993 6.1 (14 votes) 3 Seasons
Genres
Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks
USA Network
Created By
Joseph Stefano

Swamp Thing

Overview

Swamp Thing: The Series, is a science fiction, action/adventure television series based on the DC Comics character Swamp Thing. It debuted on USA Network on July 27, 1990 and lasted three seasons for a total of 72 episodes. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1990)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Emerald Heart
1990-07-27

11-year-old Jim Kipp and his mother, Tressa are spending some time at her mom's house in the swamps of Houma. Jim is introduced to the mysteries and the danger of the swamp while Tressa struggles to bond with Jim.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: The Living Image
1990-09-07

Dr. Arcane attempts once again to obtain the bio-restorative formula from the Swamp Thing. However, this time Arcane has a helper, and the Swamp Thing knows her as his late wife, Linda Holland.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: The Death of Dr. Arcane
1990-09-14

Arcane has unleashed his latest mutant monster into the swamp to eat everything it sees and if this test trial works, then more will be released. To ensure that the Swamp Thing does not interfere, he takes a hostage and bargains for immunity.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: The Legend of the Swamp Maiden
1990-09-21

Jim and Oboe sneak out on a midnight visit to the swamp to find the Swamp Maiden, who appears only once a year. Despite warnings from the Swamp Thing, they, along with a visitor from the newspaper, come to learn the meaning of "looks that kill".

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Spirit of the Swamp
1990-09-28

Veteran actor Roscoe Lee Browne plays an "Ogun", a voodoo priest whom Arcane employs to destroy the Swamp Thing.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Blood Wind
1990-10-05

Arcane's protégé, whom he refers to as the "Crown Prince", is experimenting with hatred pheromones and his latest batch, which supposedly failed, is dumped in the swamp. The Swamp Thing has to intervene when Tressa is exposed and is in danger of being murdered - by everyone.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Grotesquery
1990-10-12

The Swamp Thing is overcome by toxic waste and falls unconscious where he is found by two men and is sold to a carnival freak show run by a cruel man in league with Arcane. Jim stumbles upon the carnival and tries to help the Swamp Thing before it is too late.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Natural Enemy
1990-10-19

A mutant insect is on the loose in the swamp and Jim's curiosity makes him a victim of its deadly bite.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Treasure
1990-10-26

A thief on the run from his female accomplice chooses the swamp as his hiding place for a fortune in stolen cash - and Jim's house as his final stop.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: New Acquaintance
1990-11-02

Jim is feeling lonely and tries to make a new friend when he meets a mysterious young girl in town, named Lily, who invites herself into Jim and Tressa‘s home, and who carries a dark secret.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Falco
1990-11-09

One of Arcane's mutants arrives in the swamp to exact revenge on him. The Swamp Thing tries to make him understand how to live with what he is.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: From Beyond the Grave
1990-11-16

Jim and Tressa may have to leave the swamp after a lawyer delivers a notice of eviction in the form of a will from Tressa's late mother. They are unaware that the lawyer is in league with Dr. Arcane. Meanwhile, Tressa's mother's spirit guides her to the swamp where the real answers lie.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: The Shipment
1990-11-23

Arcane captures Jim and sells him into slavery after the boy is witness to the evil doctor's hideous transformations of men into monsters and the local sheriff is in on the plans. Jim's 17-year-old half-brother, Will, arrives to investigate Jim’s disappearance and teams up with the Swamp Thing to find him.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Birth Marks
1991-02-01

A runaway teenage synthetic human, named Abigail, escapes from Dr. Woodroe's lab when it explodes and is seen running through the streets by Will, who takes her in. Meanwhile, a baby is swept away by the waters of the swamp from the same explosion - and into the arms of the Swamp Thing.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Dark Side of the Mirror
1991-02-08

Arcane plots and murders the local district attorney when he swears to bring Arcane down. A high profile murder tied to Arcane would be hard to hide, unless someone nobody would suspect commits the crime. Somebody like...the Swamp Thing.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Silent Screams
1991-02-15

Tressa and her friends are victims of another one of Arcane's experiments for General Sunderland. Tressa tries to save her friends when they suddenly disappear in the swamp right before her eyes.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: Walk a Mile in My Shoots
1991-02-22

The Swamp Thing and Arcane switch bodies for a night and find that they are not fit to walk in each other's shoes.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: The Watchers
1991-03-01

Tressa accidentally uncovers a pair of robots casing the swamp and the Kipp residence in search of any evidence of Dr. Woodrue's experiments. Abigail is on the run and the Watchers must deal with the Swamp Thing to get to her.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: The Hunt
1991-03-08

Tempers flare when Will's estranged father shows up looking for a rare white orchid that Arcane has paid him to steal. Will's trust is broken, and so is the swamp's when he leads his father to it unwittingly. Meanwhile, Arcane tests his poisonous mutant garden on Abigail.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: Touch of Death
1991-03-15

Arcane experiments on an innocent man by murdering him and trying to revive him with a serum, stolen from Alec Holland years ago. The man comes back to life again with severe side effects for anyone who touches him, even the Swamp Thing.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 21: Tremors of the Heart
1991-03-22

Romance and murder are in the air at the Arcane complex when he and his newest associate, Sienna, build a machine to make artificial earthquakes for General Sunderland. The two bicker and kiss back and forth as the earthquakes put Tressa and the Swamp Thing in serious danger.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 22: The Prometheus Parabola
1991-04-05

An old adversary of Arcane is back in town and he has something Arcane wants. Tressa and Abigail are held hostage and the swamp takes a deadly blow as a result.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1992)

No overview available.

11 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Night of the Dying
1992-01-03

Arcane is possessed by evil spirits when he tries to practice voodoo.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Love Lost
1992-01-10

The Swamp Thing is struggling to remain hopeful that he will be human again. Someone from the past comes to visit him, using Will to guide her to him. Only Will does not believe that she is who she says she is, and he is about to learn who he can and cannot trust.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Mist Demeanor
1992-01-17

When a killer mist emerges from the swamp and invades Houma, the Swamp Thing and Arcane must team up to try to stop it before it decimates the whole town. Meanwhile, Will and Abigail race to warn the town.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: A Nightmare on Jackson Street
1992-01-24

Will has a secret from his past that comes back to haunt him. The swamp forces Will to face his inner demons, as well as the visitors that he does not know are waiting for him at the house.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Better Angels
1992-01-31

Ann Fisk, a scientist and former student of Alec Holland, is in town. Ann's mentor, Carter LaRoche, has designs to build a recycling factory under Arcane's financing in the swamp. Ann must trust a strange voice in the swamp to expose an evil that she is not aware of.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Children of the Fool
1992-02-07

Will falls in love with a lovely carnival worker named Amanda. Yet, Will becomes aware that Amanda is being held against her will by the shady carnie owner, Hurley, who has a dark agenda for Will.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: A Jury of His Fears
1992-02-14

Arcane is judged by the victims of his evil when he is killed by a laboratory accident. In this mock trial, he finds out who hates him and why, while he unsuccessfully tries to defend himself.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Poisonous
1992-02-21

Ian James, an unscrupulous anthropologist, has come to the swamp to create a reputation for himself and the swamp suffers for it. Tressa is quite taken with him and in the process, the Swamp Thing is caught on film.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Smoke and Mirrors
1992-02-28

Nathan Stone is a heavy metal musician staying alone in the Kipp boarding house where the Swamp Thing terrorizes him with a series of mind games as he seeks to teach the shallow and egotistical rock star to take responsibility for his wicked lyrics that have led to the suicide of two teenage fans.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: This Old House of Mayan
1992-03-06

Will is taken hostage by two greedy explorers who force him to help them find the location of a mystic Mayan temple in the swamp, housing buried treasure and ghosts.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Sonata
1992-03-20

Ann Fisk returns to the swamp to find the mysterious voice that guided her before on the suspicion that she knows who he is. The Swamp Thing has discovered a fascinating phenomenon about his power. Meanwhile, two brothers seek revenge on Arcane for his evil and Ann is caught in the middle.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1992)

No overview available.

39 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Dead and Married
1992-07-10

Will finds a car in the swamp, and attached are two married ghosts and their remains. The search for their killer, who just might be an old acquaintance of theirs, begins with the help of Will and the Swamp Thing.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Powers of Darkness
1992-07-17

Dorian is an emotionally troubled teenager. He befriends Will, who begins to discover his troubled home life. Will and the Swamp Thing begin to try to help Dorian but there is one catch: Dorian could also be a vampire.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Special Request
1992-07-24

Still fruitlessly searching for her missing son Jim, Tressa is diverted when she hears the voice of her former boyfriend, a radio jockey from the 70's. Tressa begins a second hunt for answers, as she discovers what really happened when her boyfriend disappeared 18 years ago, guided by his voice from the grave.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: What Goes Around Comes Around, Comes Around
1992-07-31

Sheriff Andrews allows Dr. Arcane to hunt an employee for sport. To teach Andrews a lesson, the Swamp Thing traps the corrupt sheriff in a fantasy of the Wild West populated by familiar faces, forcing him to duel the evil Renegade Jake in a fight to the death.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Fear Itself
1992-08-07

The Swamp Thing's worst enemy is also the enemy of the swamp...himself.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Changes
1992-08-14

When Arcane unleashes a genetic assassin into the swamp in the form of a virus, he gets more than he bargained for; he not only gets rid of the Swamp Thing, but he accidentally brings Alec Holland back.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Destiny
1992-08-21

The ghosts of two temporally displaced Confederate Civil War soldiers appear in the swamp, one of whom is a previous resident of Will's house. The Swamp Thing assists Will to help the man to discover the mystery behind his wartime disappearance and make peace with his past.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Tatania
1992-08-28

Arcane finally resurrects his wife Tatania, only to learn the woman is an impostor. A few hours in the lab with this woman leads Arcane to discover the true whereabouts of his beloved wife and the identity of her captor; General Sunderland.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Mirador's Brain
1992-09-11

Arcane's genius mentor, Carl Mirador, has died. Using an experimental brain cell transfer, Arcane transfers all of Mirador's knowledge into his own brain. He also transfers Mirador's mental illnesses. Meanwhile, Will meets, and falls for, Mirador’s granddaughter, Dana.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Lesser of Two Evils
1992-09-19

Arcane's rival, Carla Jeffries (Tyne Daly) takes over his business, putting Arcane in the streets and stealing his "loyal assistant", Graham. The Swamp Thing discovers that she is a much more formidable enemy than Arcane ever was.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Revelations
1992-09-26

Graham leads a team of heavily armed mercenaries into the swamp to kill the Swamp Thing once and for all. Meanwhile, Tressa learns a few of the secrets of the swamp when she has a wounded visitor.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Easy Prey
1992-10-03

A hunter and his son search the swamp for an endangered hawk. Their relationship is in shreds, and their conflict may prove deadly for Will, who has been adopted by the swamp to help protect the hawk.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: The Handyman
1992-10-10

Arcane hosts a science conference, but it is crashed by a professional hit man who used to work for Sunderland and now has a score to settle. The Swamp Thing discovers the identity of the hit man and has a score to settle of his own.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Future Tense
1992-10-17

A chemical plant causing toxic damage to the swamp is the key to a darker future. The owner of the chemical plant and an obsessed journalist are teleported to the future to see first hand what the damage is causing.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Hide in the Night
1992-10-24

Arcane's experiment to bring out the inner beast in a human being works a little too well. He goes on a rampage and his assistants will suffer the cost as they, along with the Swamp Thing, search the swamp to stop him.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Pay Day
1992-10-31

Three convicts escape from prison in search of loot from a heist buried in the swamp. They soon discover they are not only being followed by the cops, but the Swamp Thing as well.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: The Return of LaRoche
1992-11-07

Arcane is convinced that Carter LaRoche is attacking him in the night, but LaRoche is locked up in an insane asylum, and he is getting pretty friendly with Will.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: Rites of Passage
1992-11-14

Will leads two spoiled girls on a journey through the swamp that tests their character.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: Never Alone
1992-11-21

A lunatic escapes from a local asylum and knocks on Tressa's door late at night. He proclaims himself as an alien killer. Even the Swamp Thing is in danger.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: A Most Bitter Pill
1992-12-05

Arcane, trapped in a cave with an unconscious Swamp Thing, launches into a monologue that sheds light on his motivations and (deep, enormous) neuroses.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 21: The Curse
1992-12-12

Arcane and a scheming hack journalist unearth a cursed mummy.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 22: Judgment Day
1992-12-19

Will is arrested for a murder that he did not commit.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 23: Eye of the Storm
1993-01-09

Tressa's long-estranged sister returns looking for shelter from an enemy of her husband and ends up putting the Kipp house in danger, in the midst of a hurricane.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 24: Vendetta
1993-01-16

Arcane wines and dines a pretty reporter, but she is not who she claims to be.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 25: The Hurting
1993-01-23

When an elderly woman, named Irma Swanson, who knew and befriended the Swamp Thing, dies, her estranged daughter, Cathy, comes to town for her funeral. The Swamp Thing and the spirit of Irma then show Cathy the past of Irma’s troubled life in order for Cathy to make amends.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 26: The Burning Times
1993-01-30

Will falls in love with a woman who claims to have known him in a past life.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 27: The Specter of Death
1993-02-06

Arcane and Graham are haunted by a poltergeist...a familiar one.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 28: Cross-Fired
1993-02-13

An experiment gone awry turns Arcane into a kind-hearted good guy and renders the Swamp Thing helpless and insane.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 29: Patient Zero
1993-02-20

An old man has a deadly, infectious virus that only Alec's blood can cure. Arcane tries to exploit the disease for himself.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 30: The Chains of Forever
1993-02-27

A mysterious couple search the swamp for the legendary Fountain of Youth. Arcane learns about the couple's plans and tries to find the Fountain first, as Will is caught in the middle of the couple's debate on whether or not the Fountain even exists.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 31: In the Beginning
1993-03-06

Arcane accidentally creates a half-plant/half-robot with evil intentions from a mutated garden. The results are deadly to the swamp.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 32: Brotherly Love
1993-03-13

Brad is dating Tressa, but his brother is a killer who is looking for him.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 33: An Eye for an Eye
1993-03-20

The justice of the swamp comes in the form of a panther that stalks Arcane's compound. Arcane and his associates will be humbled one way or another, and the Swamp Thing can do nothing about it.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 34: Yo Ho Ho
1993-03-27

A little boy dreams of being a pirate. When the boy accidentally stumbles on a plot from Arcane, it could cost him and his mother their lives. The Swamp Thing and Will help the boy's dream come true.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 35: Heart of Stone
1993-04-03

The gods make a bet and the swamp is the playground.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 36: Romancing Arcane
1993-04-10

Arcane falls in love with a model, but his counterfeit emeralds can possibly doom their romance.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 37: Swamp of Dreams
1993-04-17

The Swamp Thing gets addicted to hallucinogenic iguana eggs which makes him live out a fantasy of being human again. His addictions almost cost Will his life when Arcane gets involved.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 38: Heart of the Mantis
1993-04-24

One of Arcane's mentors, Oliver Duncan, has died, taking his secret research with him. Arcane is determined to get at what is left of his research by seducing Oliver's daughter Louise, but she has plans of her own.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 39: That's a Wrap
1993-05-01

A film crew comes to the swamp for a TV movie about Arcane. Things quickly go awry when the lead actor is murdered and mysterious script pages appear detailing the truth about Alec's transformation and Arcane's crimes.

Runtime: 30 min

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