Episode 2: Harvest of Doom
Our heroes spy an old west style train carrying a cargo of “death flowers” which Ariel knows are used not to induce death as the name might imply but to control minds. They are attacked by the crocodile humanoids working the train who also appear to wear green underpants, and the heroes are gassed unconscious. The leader of the crocodile people — called “carocks” (sp?) orders Ookla taken prisoner to work the death flower fields, but Thundarr and Ariel are thrown in a pit to be eaten by giant furry serpents. Thundarr uses one of the snakes as a rope to get them out of the pit but they are promptly attacked by a swamp monster.
It turns out that the swamp monster is friends with a blonde girl known as a “swamp urchin” and she agrees to help Thundarr and Ariel defeat the carocks — who are harvesting the flowers for an evil wizard (I’m sensing a theme here) provided the heroes will give her the train in exchange. She leads them via raft to a very cool partially submerged Aztec temple and Ariel uses her magic to take a carock prisoner to use as a guide. They come through the temple to the death flower field and Thundarr must fight Ookla who is still under the influence of the flower. The fields are set on fire (this is not explained) and Ariel uses magic to knock Ookla out and levitate him back to the raft.
Traveling back through the temple Ariel wakes Ookla from his trance and he gives them a big hug, pictured. The carocks are transporting what remains of the harvest to the wizard via train, but the heroes manage to stop it and Ariel destroys the flowers with magic, which she probably should have just done from the beginning. The heroes vanquish the carocks and make good on their promise to give the train to the swamp urchin, but Thundarr and Ookla must repair the train tracks they ruined in a humorous final gag.
A slight step down from ep 1 but solid nonetheless. A bit of a western vibe with a little Indiana Jones thrown in, which is notable as this predates Raiders of the Lost Ark. 5 stars.