Episode Number 1
First Aired October 5, 2003
Production Code 176650
Writer Eric Kripke
Director David Nutter

Titolo italiano: Un selvaggio a Manhattan
Messa in onda italiana: 07/12/06

Guest Stars: Andrew Jackson (as Jonathan Clayton) Douglas O'Keeffe (as Patrick Nash) Fulvio Cecere (as Gene) Kirsten Williamson (as Desk Sgt.) Gary Chalk (as Captain Jim Archer) Dee Jay Jackson (as Krispy Cop #2) Alex Bruchansk (as Krispy Cop #2)

*Richard Clayton was originally named William Clayton in early drafts of the pilot script. The name was later changed.
*Michael "Mike" Foster was originally named Rob Canler in early drafts of the pilot script. The name was later changed.
*The producer, David Gerber, who owns the TV rights to the "Tarzan" story, originally was developing the project as a syndicated action-adventure series before teaming with Laura Ziskin, who got the ball rolling and turned it into a drama project for Warner Bros. TV.
*It took the WB and Warner Bros TV. a search of four countries to find their Tarzan, but finally Australian Calvin Klein model Travis Fimmel fit the bill. WBTV president Peter Roth says,"Travis is a wonderful young man, he's got not simply a great look but that feeling that you getthat this is gonna be a big star...He's got a quality about him that is every bit as special as what I remember experiencing when we first met ('Smallvile' star) Tom Welling."
*According to WBTV president Peter Roth, TV newcomer Sarah Wayne Callies audition tape had everyone "blown away" at the studio. "She is one of the most exciting young actresses I've seen in many years."
*Preview clips of "Tarzan and Jane" began airing on May 20, 2003 during the season finale of "Smallville."
*This show is broadcasted in HDTV on the WB.
*The show premiered in Canada on October 4, one day earlier than the states.
*Lucy Lawless (Kathleen Clayton) does not appear in this episode.

J - "How did you get out in the first place? How did you find me? Are you some kind of bloodhound or something?"
T - "I hunt. I hunted for you."
T - "What are you called?"
J - "My name? Jane.. Porter."
T - "Jane... Porter, I am Tarzan."
J - "I thought your name was John."
T - "He calls me John. I'm not going back."

T - "No. I don't belong there"
J - "What do you mean?"
T - "I belong with you"

Jane Porter: "I saw it on Dr. Phil."
Jane tells her partner where she got her advice from when talking in the police car. She says it was Dr. Phil. Dr. Phil is a psychologist turned TV talk-show host after being discovered by Oprah Winfrey, which helped launched his TV career of helping people and their problems.

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