Season 1
26 episodes · 1999
1The Daruma Dolls
Rip & co. fly to Japan to investigate reports of a live Oni, the Japanese Demon. They discover that the Oni report is a cover-up for something even more fantastic: the discovery of the magical Daruma Dolls. Legend claims the "missing" dolls have been protected for over 400 hundred years by a Samurai. A wealthy collector, with his own private army, will stop at nothing to get them. The action and "ownership" of the Dolls goes back and forth until the final showdown amid the famous Log Ride of Hikkado. The Dolls are put in a museum, and the guardian Samurai leaves us wondering if he is or isn't four hundred years old!
2Wattam the Warriors' Mask
While scuba diving around an old shipwreck, Rip and Samantha have their yacht hijacked on the high seas above them by modern-day Pirates.
3The Lie Detector
When Rip and the BION team travel to Central Africa to collect tribal artifacts, they discover the Game Reserve has been losing elephants at an alarming rate!
4Curse of the Pharaoh's Tomb
Rip, Cyril and Sam travel to Cairo, Egypt to investigate the case of a woman put in a coma by the Curse of King Tut, after trying to buy contraband artifacts from the dead Pharaoh's tomb. When Cyril finds a piece of a Tutankhamen fan, he has a friend analyze it.
5The Vampire Kit
When a young woman collapses in the town square of the Transylvanian town of Poenari, it is discovered she has a vampire bite on her neck!
6Ghost of the Mystery House
When Sam's Uncle Paul, a caretaker at the infamous real life Winchester Mystery House in San Diego, that's supposedly haunted, starts seeing real ghosts, she must defend his sanity to save his job.
7The Lama's Skull
Rip, Sam and Cyril travel to China, to photograph "The Lama's Skull", an artifact said to protect all those "within it's vision".
8The Golden Helmet of Ur
When the Golden Helmet of Ur is stolen from the BION HQ, Rip, Cyril and Sam follow its tracking device to Kuwait City, in the Middle East.
9The Million Year Old Egg
When Rip's old college professor, Dr. Sullivan, searching the Amazon for a million year old dinosaur egg, falls ill, the BION team rush to South America.
10Love`s Many Charms
When the two daughters of an old friend of Cyril's receive Turkish Love Charms, they are mysteriously swept away by Whirling Dervishes.
11And Now the Weather
When the statue of the Toltec Raingod is stolen from a Global Warming conference in Mexico City, the BION team gives chase in the ARV, only to be side-swiped by the sudden appearance of a tornado!
12Eternity for Sale
When a jar believed to contain anti-aging cream of the Pharaohs is stolen from a Ripley exhibit, the BION team travels to Moscow.
13The First Artifact
Diving in mini-subs off the coast of North Carolina with famed treasure hunter Bill Robinson, the BION team digs up a shield belonging to the ancient order of the Knights of the Crusades.
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