About this season
Somewhere, deep in the heart of Africa lies the Freedom willife Preserve. It's a haven of unmitigated natural beauty, a sanctuary our cast of neurotic characters call home.
Episodes (16)
1. Stop in the Name of Lana
Aired 5 September 1998 • 30 min
Lana replaces Eugene as the Freeborn Sheriff, and surprises everyone with her power-mad enthusiasm for the job.
2. Starstruck
Aired 5 September 1998 • 30 min
When a meteor crashes into Lyle's cave, everyone goes looking for aliens. Soon, EVERYONE looks suspicious.
3. Volcano Madness
Aired 6 September 1998 • 30 min
The rumbling of a nearby volcano provokes the gang to come up with Freeborn-saving solutions, each more ridiculous than the last.
4. Love is Blind
Aired 6 September 1998 • 30 min
A very lonely Dodo mistakes a plastic dodo as the real thing, and falls in love.
5. Wishing Well
Aired 7 September 1998 • 30 min
When Gnu accidently empties a wishing well of all its coins, he takes it onto himself to see to it that everyone's wishes still come true.
6. Eu've Got Mail
Aired 7 September 1998 • 30 min
Eugene refuses to respond to a chain letter, setting off a string of comical consequences.
7. Message in a Bottle
Aired 8 September 1998 • 30 min
When Lana responds emotionally to a message in a bottle, a jealous Lyle tries his own hand at romantic poetry.
8. Fame, Fortune, Madness
Aired 8 September 1998 • 30 min
J.P. Weasel makes a return visit to Freeborn, and everyone is understandably suspicious of the charlatan. Still, in no time at all, our gang falls for his promises of fame and fortune, hook, line and sinker.
9. Storyteller
Aired 9 September 1998 • 30 min
Lyle falls asleep reading Robin Hood, and dreams the romantic tale starring himself and Lana.
10. Animal Court
Aired 9 September 1998 • 30 min
When no one will admit to theft, it's decided by Lana that the mystery can only be solved in a Freeborn courtroom.
11. Boo
Aired 10 September 1998 • 30 min
Freeborn is haunted! What starts out as a playful sting on Lyle ends up scaring everybody.
12. Fountain of Youth
Aired 10 September 1998 • 30 min
The gang believes one of their ponds has magically transformed into a fountain of youth.
13. Brand New Gnu
Aired 11 September 1998 • 30 min
Gnu falls out of a tree, and forgetting who he is, accidently assumes the identity of his son's favourite comic character.
14. Boyz Night Out
Aired 11 September 1998 • 30 min
Little Louie decides to go out on an adventure all by himself, provoking Lyle and the others to form a hapless search party.
15. Fools Gold
Aired 12 September 1998 • 30 min
Lyle finds what he believes to be a treasure map, and the gang combines all their natural tracking instincts to find it.
16. Near Myths
Aired 12 September 1998 • 30 min
Our gang, ever-ready to believe anything, gets caught up trying to debunk a ridiculous succession of urban myths.