Planet of the Apes — Season 1, Episode 1: Escape from Tomorrow
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama • 50 min • 1 season, 14 episodes • ★ 6.9/10
Episode synopsis
Astronauts Alan Virdon and Peter Burke crash land on a strange planet. After being rescued by a friendly human, Virdon and Burke discover this planet is ruled by intelligent apes. To their horror, they discover that they are back on Earth in the year 3085.
About Planet of the Apes
Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes. Based on the 1968 Planet of the Apes film and its sequels, which were inspired by the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle.