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Mysterious Island (1995)

Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi

Mysterious Island is a Canadian television series based on Jules Verne's novel L'Île mystérieuse. It ran for one season in 1995. The beginning of the series is much as in the novel. A group of refugees attempting to escape the American Civil War in a balloon wind up stranded on a remote Pacific island, where they are able to improvise a comfortable living for themselves while they wait for a passing ship. As time passes, they become suspicious that some unseen force is watching and directing their movements. The main difference between the protagonists of the series and those of the novel is the addition of a female character, the wife of Pencroft. The unseen watcher, Captain Nemo, is more active and less benevolent than in the novel. Able to monitor the island through steampunk-style closed-circuit television and other advanced devices, he treats the castaways as human laboratory specimens, influencing their environment to test their behaviour under stressful conditions. As the series progresses, his tests become more extreme as their continued co-operation threatens his preferred thesis that all humans are, at base, selfish and untrustworthy. In the series finale, Nemo apparently succeeds in breaking up the group; this proves to be a ruse by the protagonists, who are now certain of Nemo's existence. After they penetrate his hideaway, Nemo admits that the 'experiment' is ruined, and offers to return the castaways to civilisation in his submarine. In a final twist, he puts out to sea without them, apparently leaving them alone on the island, without his influence for good or ill.

IMDb rating
7.1 (306 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1995)

5.47 avg 22 episodes 5.8 → 6.4 43 min avg

Ep 1: 5.8 · 21 votesEp 2: 5.6 · 19 votesEp 3: 5.4 · 17 votesEp 4: 5.4 · 15 votesEp 5: 5.3 · 18 votesEp 6: 5.2 · 16 votesEp 7: 5.5 · 15 votesEp 8: 4.9 · 16 votesEp 9: 5.2 · 16 votesEp 10: 5.4 · 17 votesEp 11: 5.7 · 15 votesEp 12: 6.1 · 16 votesEp 13: 6.2 · 15 votesEp 14: 5.0 · 13 votesEp 15: 4.5 · 13 votesEp 16: 5.2 · 16 votesEp 17: 4.9 · 13 votesEp 18: 5.1 · 13 votesEp 19: 5.3 · 13 votesEp 20: 6.1 · 15 votesEp 21: 6.2 · 14 votesEp 22: 6.4 · 15 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Genesis5.821
2Down Under5.619
3Safe Haven5.417
4White Water5.415
5A Death in the Family5.318
6Love Thy Neighbour5.216
7All That Glitters5.515
8The Price of Vengeance4.916
9The Phantom's Lair5.216
10It Should Be an Englishman5.417
11No One Rules Me5.715
12He's Not Heavy6.116
13Make Yourselves a Home6.215
14First Impressions Are Skin Deep5.013
15Gideon's Tale4.513
16Last Rites of Spring5.216
17Labours Lost4.913
18The Visitor5.113
19What Are You Afraid Of?5.313
20Plan and Attack6.115
21A Pact with the Devil6.214
22Going, Going...6.415