Where to watch Samurai Jack Season 1
Samurai Jack season 1 is streaming in Australia on HBO Max (subscription). You can also buy it on Apple TV from $15.99. Season 1 was released on 10 August 2001.
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Samurai Jack Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
The Beginning
22 mins · Fri, 10 Aug 2001
Aku, an evil shape-shifting demon, devastates a young prince's land, and his parents send him into exile. After years of intensive training, the prince receives a mystical sword and samurai's robes, and frees his people from Aku's minions. He then defeats Aku in battle, but before striking the final blow the latter casts a spell to send him into the future.
S01 E01
The Beginning
23 mins · Fri, 10 Aug 2001
A freak accident frees the ancient demon Aku to unleash terror upon the earth. The Emperor sends his young son to learn the ways of the samurai and defeat Aku once and for all.
S01 E02
The Samurai Called Jack
22 mins · Fri, 10 Aug 2001
The samurai is plunged into a dystopian world ruled by Aku, adopting the name "Jack". After getting in a fight at a nightclub, he is hired by a group of canine miners to protect them from Aku's forces.
S01 E02
II
23 mins · Fri, 10 Aug 2001
The Emperor's son falls out of the time tunnel and into the future. Disorientated by the flying cars and skyscrapers, he wanders into a club where he is enlisted by a group to defeat Aku.
S01 E03
The First Fight
22 mins · Fri, 10 Aug 2001
Armed with various weapons and traps, Jack single-handledly defeats Aku's "beetle-bots". He subsequently vows to fight the demon's oppression until he can return to the past.
S01 E03
The First Fight
23 mins · Fri, 10 Aug 2001
The young samurai obeys his code of conduct and agrees to help the dogs. However, Aku is now aware that Jack has arrived in the future and sends a thousand robot warriors to destroy him and the dogs.
S01 E04
Jack, the Woolies, and the Chritchellites
23 mins · Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Jack agrees to help a group of wild animals escape from the grasp of their tyrannical captors, the Chritchellites.
S01 E04
Jack, the Woolies and the Chritchellites
22 mins · Mon, 13 Aug 2001
Jack comes in contact with a tribe of creatures who utilize their technology to subdue a group of supposedly savage beasts called "Woolies". Little does Jack know, there is more to the situation than meets the eye.
S01 E05
Jack in Space
22 mins · Mon, 20 Aug 2001
Samurai Jack befriends a colony of scientists building a spaceship to escape Aku's tyrannic rule. Jack agrees to assist in their escape by fighting off the blockade orbiting the planet in return for a trip through time back home.
S01 E05
VII
23 mins · Mon, 20 Aug 2001
Three blind archers guard an island with a wishing well.
S01 E06
Jack and the Warrior Woman
22 mins · Mon, 27 Aug 2001
A talented warrior named Ikra joins Jack as he seeks a magical jewel that could send him back to his own time. However, Ikra's true motives threaten to derail his quest.
S01 E06
V
22 mins · Mon, 27 Aug 2001
Jack discovers a rocket ship while being chased by Aku's robot spies. Realising he has led Aku directly to free scientists, he helps them escape.
S01 E07
Jack and the Three Blind Archers
22 mins · Mon, 3 Sep 2001
Jack learns of a powerful wishing well that can return him to the past, but must find a way past the three deadly archers who protect it.
S01 E08
X
22 mins · Fri, 12 Oct 2001
A mysterious voice lures Jack to the entrance of a cave, where he must negotiate a series of challenges before facing a terrifying creature made of lava.
S01 E08
Jack vs. Mad Jack
22 mins · Fri, 12 Oct 2001
Angered by the failure of his bounty hunters and mercenaries to defeat Jack, Aku uses the samurai's inner darkness to create a mirror image whose sole purpose is to destroy him.
S01 E09
VIII
22 mins · Mon, 15 Oct 2001
Jack faces off against Mad Jack, an entity created by Aku from Jack's own rage.
S01 E09
Jack Under the Sea
22 mins · Mon, 15 Oct 2001
When Jack hears tales of a race of amphibians living in the underwater city of Oceanus in possession of a time machine, Jack sets out to the city and is welcomed by its Triceraquins, but is unprepared for a terrible surprise.
S01 E10
XI
22 mins · Mon, 29 Oct 2001
Jack and a Scotsman run from bounty hunters.
S01 E10
Jack and the Lava Monster
22 mins · Mon, 29 Oct 2001
Called on by a mysterious voice coming from a nearby volcano, Jack overcomes many obstacles and booby traps to find a Viking king transformed into a giant rock figure by Aku, who insists that Jack slay him in battle so that he may reach Valhalla.
S01 E11
Jack and the Scotsman
22 mins · Mon, 19 Nov 2001
While crossing a seemingly endless bridge, Jack runs into the Scotsman: a robust, if impulsive, stereotypical Scottish warrior who also wields an enchanted sword. Their argument turns into a fight that causes them to both fall off the bridge. After realizing that Aku has placed bounties on both of them, however, they join forces to escape and form a new friendship.
S01 E11
Jack and the Warrior Women
22 mins · Mon, 19 Nov 2001
Jack consults a village elder, who reveals that he must possess a powerful ruby in order to make his way home.
S01 E12
Jack and the Gangsters
22 mins · Mon, 26 Nov 2001
Jack teams up with some gangsters to try to get close to Aku. The only way to do it is to get a mystical jewel guarded by three elementals.
S01 E12
Jack and the Gangsters
22 mins · Mon, 26 Nov 2001
Jack joins a troupe of tiny gangsters in an attempt to get close to Aku, but he must pass a loyalty test before meeting his nemesis.
S01 E13
Aku's Fairy Tales
22 mins · Mon, 3 Dec 2001
Seeking to weaken Jack's popularity among his subjects, Aku gathers the children of the world in his palace and tells them a series of "fairy tales", all of which portray himself as a hero and Jack as the villain.
S01 E13
Aku's Fairy Tales
22 mins · Mon, 3 Dec 2001
Aku tries to win the favour of the town's children by reading them stories of `his' heroic past, but the children only want to hear about Jack.