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Spider-Man

TV·2003–2003·1 season, 13 episodes·MTV·Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction·30m·7.1·Created by Marsha Griffin, Morgan Gendel, Brian Michael Bendis

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Spider-Man continues where the successful live action feature film of the same name left off. The series follows the adventures of superhero Peter Parker and his friends, Harry Osborne and Mary Jane Watson, during their first year of college at Empire State University. Parker must juggle academics, a job as a Web designer/photographer for the Daily Bugle and an on-again, off-again relationship with the love of his life, all while fighting to protect the world from super-villains.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Spider-Man S01E12Mind Games (Part 1)S01E12 · 10.0The Gaines Twins, Roxanne and Roland, a brother and sister pair with uncanny mental powers, being transported in an armored convoy when a well planned traffic accident allows them to escape. Well, almost. That is until Spider-Man appears on the scene and battles the twins' mental abilities and overcomes their brain-blasts with his own superhuman willpower. Later that afternoon Peter Parker learns that Pterodax, the crime trio comprised of former KGB agents led by Sergei, has just sprung Silver Sable from prison. Spider-Man's enemies seem to be popping up all over! Silver Sable allies with Kraven the Hunter who has recently escaped from jail as well in order to seek out revenge on Spider-Man. Spider-Man runs into Mary-Jane Watson and delivers some surprising news. Meanwhile, Kraven has murder on his mind and if he can't find Spider-Man it looks like he'll settle for MJ. To make things even more uncanny, a mysterious stranger Frank Elson has approached Peter Parker to give him vital information to help the webslinger out - or does Frank have his own agenda. Is anything as it seems? What exactly is going on? Is MJ really dead, did Spider-Man reveal himself as Peter Parker? Or is it all in Spider-Man's head?
  2. 02Spider-Man S01E13Mind Games (Part 2)S01E13 · 10.0The Gaines Twins, Roxanne and Roland have brain-blasted Spider-Man into believing that Mary-Jane Watson has died at the hands of Kraven the Hunter. Convinced by Frank Elson, a mysterious stranger, that the only solace is revenge, Spider-Man now tracks down Kraven in order to pay him the identical fate he inflicted on MJ. Part Two begins with Kraven drawing his final breaths under Spider-Man's might. Moments from delivering Kraven the final blow, Spider-Man notices that the surroundings don't mesh with some of his more recent memories. Combine that with a few of Kraven's conflicting syllables and Spider-Man determines that his reality has somehow been tampered with. The questions is, how or more like by whom? The Gaines Twins are behind everything and while Spider-Man seeks them out to confront them. During the confrontation it looks like Spider-Man is winning as he frees MJ from their grasp. Things take a turn for the worse when the twins use their mental power to trick Spider-Man into harming Indy. After this, the chatter (along with the rest of New York's sentiment) is all anti-Spider-Man and unfortunately a grief stricken Peter Parker agrees. This leaves Spider-Man one last obligation. He tracks down The Gaines Twins at a propane factory where their end is nothing short of explosive. Lastly, a spiritless, dejected, and morose Peter Parker tightly packs up his Spider-Man suit and throws it into the Hudson River allowing it to sink into the murky depths. Is this the end of Spider-Man? Or a new beginning for Peter Parker?
  3. 03Spider-Man S01E07When Sparks FlyS01E07 · 9.5Two teenage boys goof off in an abandoned power plant and stumble into a weakened Electro. Electro has been hiding in the plant plotting his electrifying comeback and only Spider-Man's timely arrival saves the two teens from becoming toast. Over at Empire State University in Professor Williams' Chemistry class Sally is unnerved when her computer sends her a message completely on its own. Later, while she is studying in her room an eerie vision of Electro appears on her TV screen. Sally was at the fraternity party the night that Max was turned into Electro. It seems that Electro has come back to claim Sally because he loves her and wants them to be together. Electro plans to zap Sally into an electrical being like himself so that they can become a couple. Spider-Man must come to find a way to save Sally from the fate that Electro has in store for her and must rely on a little help from Harry Osborn and Mary-Jane Watson to stop an unnatural coupling.

Cast

Neil Patrick HarrisNeil Patrick HarrisPeter Parker / Spider-ManLisa LoebLisa LoebMary Jane WatsonIan ZieringIan ZieringHarry Osborn

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2003Aired 8.7Season avg
  1. S01E01Spider-Man S01E01The PartyJuly 11, 2003 7.3Peter's geeky high school friend, Max Dillon, is trying to fit into college life by joining a fraternity and becoming one of the in crowd. U
  2. S01E02Spider-Man S01E02Sword of ShikataJuly 11, 2003 8.5Richard Damien, a wealthy businessman and avid collector hires Shikata, swordswoman, to capture Spider-Man for his collection of rare animal
  3. S01E03Spider-Man S01E03Keeping SecretsJuly 18, 2003 8.5Spider-Man catches The Talon, a female thief responsible for a series of high-risk robberies in the city, in the act of robbing a high-rise
  4. S01E04Spider-Man S01E04Law of the JungleJuly 18, 2003 8.3Peter Parker earns much needed cash by working at the lab for his professor, Doc Connors, a world class scientist. Doc Connors is studying r
  5. S01E05Spider-Man S01E05Tight SqueezeJuly 25, 2003 8.0A boardroom meeting is interrupted by Pterodax, a trio of former KGB agents, led by Sergei who blast through an outside window to gain entry
  6. S01E06Spider-Man S01E06Head Over HeelsJuly 25, 2003 8.3It's a world of balance for Peter Parker and his web-slinging alter ego Spider-Man and makes more sacrifices than most. This morning is no d
  7. S01E07Spider-Man S01E07When Sparks FlyAugust 1, 2003 9.5Two teenage boys goof off in an abandoned power plant and stumble into a weakened Electro. Electro has been hiding in the plant plotting his
  8. S01E08Spider-Man S01E08Spider-Man Dis-SabledAugust 8, 2003 9.5Peter Parker is covering a press conference where the Mayor of New York City and Tremaine, a visiting Euro-dignitary, are addressing the pub
  9. S01E09Spider-Man S01E09Royal ScamAugust 15, 2003 8.3Spider-Man is duped by the infamous Kingpin into stealing the TX-1 super-chip, designed to de-crypt the confidential satellite transmissions
  10. S01E10Spider-Man S01E10Heroes and VillainsAugust 22, 2003 7.7Protests break out at ESU after it's announced Villeroy Towers will be torn down, leaving the residents homeless. However, the residents beg
  11. S01E11Spider-Man S01E11Flash MemoryAugust 29, 2003 9.5The Biker Twins, rob an armored car then throttle up their motorcycles for a clean getaway until Spider-Man intervenes. However Spider-Man i
  12. S01E12Spider-Man S01E12Season's bestMind Games (Part 1)September 5, 2003 10.0The Gaines Twins, Roxanne and Roland, a brother and sister pair with uncanny mental powers, being transported in an armored convoy when a we
  13. S01E13Spider-Man S01E13Mind Games (Part 2)September 12, 2003 10.0The Gaines Twins, Roxanne and Roland have brain-blasted Spider-Man into believing that Mary-Jane Watson has died at the hands of Kraven the

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