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Marco Polo: Season 1

8 episodes Premiered Dec 5, 1982 Updated Oct 7, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (5): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Part 1

Dec 5, 1982 · 83 min

In 1298 the Genoese fleet attacks the Venetian ships. Marco Polo is captured and ends up in prison, where he starts dictating his memoirs to Rustichello da Pisa...

S1·E2 Mytharc

Part 2

Dec 12, 1982 · 76 min

Niccolò and Matteo Polo, Marco's father and uncle, return from Venice as ambassadors of the Great Khan, and then leave for Cathay (China), this time together with Marco. The three

S1·E3 Mytharc

Part 3

Dec 19, 1982 · 78 min

After the Saracen leader has granted freedom to the Polos, the caravan can resume its journey and continue advancing into endless Persia. The Polos arrive in Hormuz, in the Persian

S1·E4 Core

Part 4

Dec 26, 1982 · 70 min

On the Pamir plateau the Polos are swept away by an avalanche. Marco wakes up in the Muztag-Ata monastery, surrounded by golden Buddhas. After Niccolò and Matteo end up safe, the c

S1·E5 Core

Part 5

Jan 2, 1983 · 70 min

Prince Chinkin, during an imperial hunting trip, is struck by an epileptic seizure: Marco Polo helps him, but risks being executed, since the disease is a disgrace that no one must

S1·E6 Core

Part 6

Jan 9, 1983 · 67 min

The prime minister of the Great Khan Achmet is skeptical about the friendship between the prince and Marco Polo and decides to send the latter away by sending him to Southern China

S1·E7 Mytharc

Part 7

Jan 16, 1983 · 59 min

In 1281's Khanbaligh, capital of the empire, the Chinese are plotting against the Mongols. The Great Khan's minister, Achmet, is killed and the revolt begins, culminating in the ki

S1·E8 Mytharc

Part 8

Jan 23, 1983 · 60 min

Prince Chinkin dies and the loss deeply saddens Kublai Khan, who, upon hearing the news of Nayan's rebellion, does not hesitate to lead the army to subdue it. For the Polos the tim

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