BeastMaster
In this both spinoff and reboot of The Beastmaster (1982) film series, skilled young warrior Dar, the Beastmaster and last known survivor of his tribe, wanders the ancient lands, seeking out his beloved Kira, defending the animals he controls, and pitting his might against various sorcerers and tyrants. His friends, sidekick Tao, warrior Arina and later trickster, spirit guide and mentor Dartanus, who's the only one who knows what really happened to Dar's family, as well as Dar's deep conviction to fight for what's right and his unique ability to befriend and communicate with animals help Dar in his quests to defeat an evil Sorceress and a wicked wizard known as the Ancient One, as well as stop the evil god Balcifer and his minion and Dar's archnemesis, King Zad.
- 1999-2002
- 3 seasons
- Tribune Entertainment
- Action & Adventure, Fantasy
- TV-14
In this both spinoff and reboot of The Beastmaster (1982) film series, skilled young warrior Dar, the Beastmaster and last known survivor of his tribe, wanders the ancient lands, seeking out his beloved Kira, defending the animals he controls, and pitting his might against various sorcerers and tyrants. His friends, sidekick Tao, warrior Arina and later trickster, spirit guide and mentor Dartanus, who's the only one who knows what really happened to Dar's family, as well as Dar's deep conviction to fight for what's right and his unique ability to befriend and communicate with animals help Dar in his quests to defeat an evil Sorceress and a wicked wizard known as the Ancient One, as well as stop the evil god Balcifer and his minion and Dar's archnemesis, King Zad.
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1999 - 2000
Episode 1
The Legend Continues
Sat, Oct 9, 1999 43 mins
In a mystical land an orphaned prince discovers his ability to communicate with animals and uses his skill to battle evil. In the opener, Dar befriends a bumbling prisoner named Tao and they join forces to search for Dar's lost love, Kyra, who has been kidnapped and enslaved by the brutal Terron warriors.
Episode 2
Obsession
Sat, Oct 16, 1999 43 mins
Dar rescues a man, Akili, being pursued by Terron warriors. Akili had also been such a warrior but had angered King Zad when he became obsessed with one of the King's female slaves. Dar agrees to help Akili rescue this female only to learn the female is Dar's own Kyra. As the two men fight, driven by jealousy, they're captured by Terrons who force them to engage in a bare-chested battle to the death.
Episode 3
The Island
Sat, Oct 23, 1999 43 mins
Tao, falsely accused of theft, finds himself sentenced to an island dreaded as a place of certain death. Dar's determined to free him but is first captured and condemned to be pulled apart by teams of oxen. Dar escapes and reaches the island where flesh-eating Birdmen build cages to catch their prey. Dar manages to rescue Tao along with the island's pair of young lovers, Nylas and Haisa.
Episode 4
A Simple Truth
Sat, Oct 30, 1999 43 mins
Kyra manages to escape from King Zad and is briefly reunited with Dar in the forest. Zad, desperate to have Kyra returned to him, enlists the aid of the Sorceress who casts a spell on Kyra. Kyra then vanishes before the eyes of the anguished Dar and is imprisoned inside a crystal controlled by the Ancient One.
Episode 5
Amazons
Sat, Nov 6, 1999 43 mins
The villainous Castrone steals away a woman named Hyppolyte from a tribe of fiercely-independent Amazon women. The Priestess of these Amazons, who has good cause for hating all men, vows to get her back. Meanwhile Dar and Tao rescue Hyppolyte but she's suffered a snakebite and will die unless treated with a specific flower growing deep in the forest. Leaving her with Tao, Dar finds the flower and in the process crosses paths with Maleena, an Amazon who doesn't share that hatred of all men. Together they return the now-cured Hyppolyte to the Priestess whose attitude toward men has now softened..
Episode 6
The Demon Curupira
Sat, Nov 13, 1999 43 mins
Dar and a young boy, Guariba, convince the Demon Curupira to spare the lives of Guariba's tribe - if the tribe agrees to show respect for the land and inhabitants of the forest. With Emile De Ravin as Curupira, Dion Mihaljovsky as Guariba, Natalie Mendoza as Kyra, Gabriella Dilabio as Guariba's Mother, John O'Brien as Village Leader, Kai Smythe as Nasty Youth, Van Markell as Guariba's Father, Melissa Tkautz as Young Woman, Pam Sexton as Village Woman, David Vallon as Grotesque.
Episode 7
The Umpatra
Sat, Nov 20, 1999 43 mins
Prompted by the killing of three of his elephant friends, Dar (Daniel Goddard) determines to track and battle Nokinja (Grace Jones), an Umpatra warrior. She is one in a long line of legendary hunters who kill animals solely for honor. Curupira (Emilie De Ravin) angrily disowns Dar and attempts to kill Nokinja, only to find that her demon enemy, Ketzwayo (Arthur Penn), is actually behind the animal killings. While Nokinja conspires to capture Ruh, Sharak and the ferrets, Ketzwayo insists that Dar and Nokinja fight to the death. Alone and friendless, Dar battles the magically powered Nokinja to save himself and the entire animal kingdom from Ketzwayo's evil designs. Knowing that the Umpatra believe it is dishonorable to use magic, Dar convinces Nokinja that her triumphs are a result of Ketzwayo's powers, and she commits suicide. Without the possession of a human soul, Ketzwayo becomes vulnerable and is killed by Curupira.
Episode 8
The Last Unicorns
Sat, Nov 27, 1999 43 mins
An idyllic day in a kingdom in the Downs ends tragically for a princess (Brooke Harman) when one of her unicorns is brutally slain for its magical horn. Dar (Daniel Goddard) and Tao (Jackson Raine) are accused of the killing and sentenced to die by the Princess' Chancellor (Jack Heywood), who is the real perpetrator. The Chancellor delivers the horn to King Zad (Steven Grives) and demonstrates its magical power to heal. Greedily, the king demands that the last two unicorns be captured, at which time the Chancellor can dispose of the Princess and take over the Kingdom. While Sharak journeys to try to inform the Sorceress (Monika Schnarre) that the unicorns are in danger, Dar and Tao manage to escape and save the Princess from her betrayer. Unfortunately, Dar's rescue attempt comes too late to save the remaining two unicorns from capture by King Zad's army. Meanwhile, The Ancient One (Grahame Bond) temporarily returns Sharak (Daniel Fitzgerald) to his human form so that he can admonish him for visiting his former lover, the Sorceress. With time running out for the unicorns who cannot withstand captivity, Dar and Ruh join forces to free them from the Terron kidnappers. Deciding that the Earth is too dangerous a place for the unicorns, the Sorceress "takes them back" as they prance off into the heavens.
Episode 9
Circle of Life
Sat, Dec 4, 1999 43 mins
The supernatural aspects of Dar's world are revealed through the evils of the Black Apparition, the forest's most powerful prince. He grants Ketzwayo life once more and the power to infect the animals with madness, and because of his connection to the animals, Dar's mind is greatly affected as well. The Ancient One proves his extended powers and his displeasures with the resurrection of Ketzwayo by threatening Curupira, damning Sharak to the form of an eagle and seeking his revenge by removing the constellation of the unicorns created by the Sorceress.
Episode 10
Riddle of the Nymph
Sat, Jan 15, 2000 43 mins
Dar and Tao encounter Muraki, a young girl running for her life. Unbeknownst to our heroes, the girl harbors a secret, a secret that three Venatu warriors are willing to kill to gain. Although Dar and Tao lose the girl, they encounter and defeat one of the warriors and find the remains of their latest victim, an old man.
Episode 11
Valhalla
Sat, Jan 22, 2000 43 mins
Guided by a magical Shaman, Dar returns to Valhalla, a place of memories to come to terms with the destructive slaughter of his tribe. With Special Guest Appearance by Keith Hamilton Cobb as Akili's Father, Emile De Ravin as Curupira, Tayler Kane as Dar's Father, Danielle Carter as Dar's Mother, Burgess Abernathy as Young Dar, Christopher Broadway as Sula, David Gulpilil as Shaman, Emanuel Freer as Young Akili, Hannah Wang as Young Kyra.
Episode 12
The Slayer
Sat, Jan 29, 2000 43 mins
Dar takes Tao on another trip to the Downs. There, Dar encounters a woman to whom he feels a strange attraction. She is Zuraya, a beautiful woman with a mysterious curse that dooms her to hunt the night alone until she causes the death of The Dark One in the shadows. As an animal trainer traveling with a circus troupe, she, like Dar, shares a special bond with the animals. The Slayer, a wolf she trains, stands by her at all times, ready to inflict the extreme punishment Zuraya is fated to perform. Despite the obvious attraction, Zuraya leaves Dar somewhat abruptly.
Episode 13
The Minotaur
Sat, Feb 5, 2000 43 mins
In the Territories, King Zad issues a decree to his vassals: that they must sacrifice 5 men each month to his new beast. The beast is none other than the Minotaur of legend, a gift to King Zad from the Ancient One.
Episode 14
The Guardian
Sat, Feb 12, 2000 43 mins
Dar and Tao travel in the Downs to find macadamia nuts for those rascally ferrets. On their way, they happen upon a group of pilgrims on their way to find answers concerning life and death.
Episode 15
The Chameleon
Sat, Feb 19, 2000 43 mins
King Zad is tormented by dreams of his own death at the hands of an unknown child. Unable to come to terms with his dream alone, he approaches the Sorceress with his plan to draw all the children of the lands to him to find his fated killer. The Sorceress decides to help him find the right child, giving him a magical baby mobile which will transform into the shadow of death when in the presence of the special child.
Episode 16
A Devil's Deal
Sat, Feb 26, 2000 43 mins
Another Terron raid on the kingdom of Prince Mahgah yields a strange find: a mute woman with gills and webbed hands. The woman has been transformed by the sorcerers of the Prince in an effort to colonize the sea and eventually rule the world.
Episode 17
Tears of the Sea
Sat, Mar 4, 2000 43 mins
Among a tribe whose tales tell of protecting ancestors prowling the sea as dolphins, one mysterious dolphin helps Dar uncover a murderer in the guise of a friend.
Episode 18
The Burning Forest
Sat, Apr 22, 2000 43 mins
The Sorceress is surprised when Sharak appears before her. The bird leads her on a journey that ends in the Burning Forest. The bird that she believed to be Sharak transforms into the Black Apparition - who is now her captor!
Episode 19
The Golden Phoenix
Sat, Apr 29, 2000 43 mins
While Tao is introducing Dar to the finer points of map-making, Garuda, a golden phoenix in the guise of a man, begins to stalk the unsuspecting duo.
Episode 20
Gemini
Sat, May 6, 2000 43 mins
Terror strikes in the Mydlands and even the Terrons are running scared. The silent fear of the animals draws Dar to discover the skeletal remains of two fallen Terrons, killed by two arrows and vines that capture and dissolve their victims.
Episode 21
Rescue
Sat, May 13, 2000 43 mins
Dissension in the Terron ranks finally comes to the fore and enmeshes Dar and Tao. Qord, the Terron War Chief, and his followers attack a Terron group bringing home slaves as booty. As Dar looks on, Qord frees the captives and kills the Terrons, riding off without ever engaging Dar in battle.
Episode 22
Revelations
Sat, May 20, 2000 43 mins
The Ancient One visits the sleeping Sorceress and brings her spirit with him to Dar's camp, where he reveals to Dar's sleeping spirit a taste of things to come. The Sorceress explains that this gift of knowledge is in return for Dar's help in saving the Sorceress in the Burning Forest. Dar will soon change, irrevocably, as the world outside will change. Although he learns nothing more specific, he is granted the vision of a Terron hatchet flying through the air, hitting something that causes Dar pain.
