# Tarzan (2003)

> A feral man raised in the African jungle is pulled into New York City and tangles with a principled NYPD detective who must choose between reason and instinct.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/2095

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: action, adventure, drama
- Created by: Eric Kripke
- Network: The WB
- Cast: Travis Fimmel, Sarah Wayne Callies, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Leighton Meester, Lucy Lawless, Mitch Pileggi, Garry Chalk, Frank Welker
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367424/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: earnest, pulpy, romantic, melancholic, intense

## Synopsis

Tarzan (2003) is an American action adventure drama created by Eric Kripke for The WB. Travis Fimmel plays John Clayton, a man raised by apes in the African jungle who is dragged back to New York City by his billionaire uncle Richard Clayton (Mitch Pileggi), the chief executive of Greystoke Industries. Resisting the gilded cage of his family's home, he escapes into the city's concrete jungle and crosses paths with NYPD detective Jane Porter (Sarah Wayne Callies), whose orderly life is upended by his dangerous yet uncorrupted sense of right and wrong. Her partner Detective Sam Sullivan (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.) and a romantic rival, Detective Michael Foster, keep pulling her toward a safer life, while the family's dark secrets and corporate ambitions press in from every side. The engine of the series is the tension between civilization and instinct, with each episode built around a sharp urban crime that exposes what the wild man's honesty costs and what it can protect. Shot with the glossy, sweeping energy of a network action hour, the show balances pulpy adventure, a heated love triangle and a lingering melancholy about belonging. Fans of Beauty and the Beast and the mythic-hero reimaginings of Lost will find resonance in its romantic pull between wildness and order. Its single season of eight hour-long episodes was cancelled before the story could fully unfold, leaving the central question open.

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