In our last installment, Tarzan (still suffering from amnesia) and Jane have discovered the treasure room in the Temple of Opar, but their duplicitous former friend Werper sneaks in and tries to kill Tarzan. The men battle and fall off of a ledge. Meanwhile, the high priestess La and her men are converging on Jane...She exits the treasure room but is quickly captured by La. The high priestess thinks that sacrificing Jane will cause Tarzan to fall in love with La, fulfilling a prophecy.
Werper has survived the fall and staggers to his feet. He stands over the unconscious Tarzan, preparing to deliver the killing blow, when he notices the bag of jewels. Distracted, he grabs the booty and heads back to the treasure room.
Tarzan awakes and has regained his memories, except he cannot remember what happened since his memory loss. He enters the treasure room and comes upon Werper struggling to open the treasure chest. Because his mind has been wiped of Werper's treachery, Tarzan offers to help his "friend."
Werper and Tarzan start to leave the temple. Werper tries to steer the apeman away from the chamber where La is about to sacrifice Jane. With spears preparing to impale her, Jane lets out a scream. Tarzan recognizes his wife's voice and rushes to her aid, but he is surrounded by La's men.
As we head toward the conclusion of the story, the pace is picking up and that is all for the better. I finally got Tarzan's amnesia issue resolved (sort of). I'm even okay with the fact that he lost his memory of recent events. It creates an interesting new dynamic between our hero and Werper and I am curious where they go with it.
La's logic remains tortured in her plans to win Tarzan. While killing Jane certainly makes the apeman a bachelor, Tarzan may harbor some resentment because YOU JUST KILLED HIS WIFE!
This was a solid episode. I'd have loved to see some reliance on Tarzan's jungle friends, but I've got to think that's coming in the final two installments.
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