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The Worst Episodes of Big Time Rush

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Four teenage friends move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to form a potential chart-topping boy band after Kendall is inadvertently discovered by an eccentric record executive, Gustavo Rocque. As they seize this opportunity of a

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#1 Worst Episode
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3.3/10(3 votes)
#1 - Big Time Gold
S3:E910/20/2012
Camille finds a gold necklace and believes it's Logan anniversary gift to her, when it's really Kendall's birthday gift for Jo. Meanwhile, James and Carlos want to find out if they can listen to BTR in pure gold without getting caught by Gustavo.
Director:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
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4.0/10(4 votes)
#2 - Big Time Audition
S1:E111/28/2009
James, Carlos, Logan and Kendall get the opportunity of a lifetime when they are asked to head to Los Angeles and form a singing group. Once they are in Los Angeles, they must figure out a way to make Gustavo Rocque and Rocque Records happy in order to become a singing sensation.
Director:Savage Steve Holland
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Savage Steve Holland
Writer:Unknown
5.0/10(1 votes)
#3 - Big Time Contest
S2:E2310/15/2011
A "Win a Date with BTR" contest held by a Teen Magazine goes all wrong with Logan's date an old lady, Kendall's date is a young boy only interested in his little sister. Carlos and James keeps swapping dates.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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6.0/10(1 votes)
#4 - Big Time Photo Shoot
S1:E72/26/2010
The boys are at the Palm Woods, severely injured. Camille asked them why they look so beat up if they just got their picture in Pop Tiger. The boys show their entire flashback from beginning to end: The boys were having their very first photo shoot as Big Time Rush. However, with Gustavo and Kelly doing community service for vandalizing Matthew McConaughey's mailbox, Griffin took over and makes them "space matadors with stuffy puppies". A simple photo shoot becomes a race for time and the perfect shot. Meanwhile, Katie and her mom are determined to get an autograph from teen hunk Dak Zevon, and Mrs. Knight starts to go a little nuts when the security guards are mean to Katie, so she (Mrs. Knight) gets all the fans of Dak and tries to barricade the door to Dak's recording room.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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6.0/10(1 votes)
#5 - Big Time Dance
S1:E146/4/2010
The kids at the Palm Woods are organizing their first school dance, and the boys of Big Time Rush have secured the perfect location, Gustavo's recording studio. However there is a catch, the guys have to perform one of their songs during the evening. Now on top of having to get the perfect date, the guys have the added pressure of giving their first performance in front of a live audience. Kendall and Katie attempt to find their mom a perfect date, during which Kendall forgets to ask Jo to the dance, instead asking her to do preparations for the dance. The Jennifers all take Carlos under different personas after rejecting all the guys who asked them including Carlos (Carlos being the coolest, but still out of their league) and a nerdy kid. Logan tries to find the courage to ask Camille, but keeps failing miserably. James in his attempts to help out Logan accidentally asks out numerous girls including Rachael.
Director:Fred Savage
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Fred Savage
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6.0/10(1 votes)
#6 - Big Time Girlfriends
S2:E310/11/2010
Each member of Big Time Rush is trying to deal with a female friend throughout the day. For an upcoming audition, James is trying to help Camille prepare for it. Meanwhile, in order learn about heartbreak, Gustavo tries to help Carlos get his first girlfriend. Also, Kendall and Jo are having a hard time trying to keep up with each other's busy schedule.
Director:Unknown
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6.0/10(1 votes)
#7 - Big Time Halloween
S2:E510/22/2010
The monstrous personas of Big Time Rush come to light: James is a sexy vampire, Logan is a zombie, Carlos is Franken-Carlos and Kendall is a werewolf.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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6.0/10(1 votes)
#8 - Big Time Decision
S3:E79/29/2012
Kendall is unsure whether he has moved on with Lucy during Jo's absence, or whether he still has feelings for Jo. Meanwhile, Carlos has to make a choice to stand by either his best friend James, or his new benefactor Mr. Bitters, during a supposed zombie apocalypse.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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6.0/10(1 votes)
#9 - Big Time Babysitting
S3:E810/13/2012
Kendall and Logan have to take care of a rock legend before his Hall of Fame induction; James and Carlos are forced to watch Katie.
Director:Unknown
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6.0/10(1 votes)
#10 - Big Time Break Out
S4:E117/18/2013
At a party at Rocque Records, celebrating the release of their third studio album, Griffin asks the boys about which one of them is going to leave Big Time Rush and break out.
Director:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#11 - Big Time School of Rocque
S1:E21/18/2010
The boys get a dose of reality when Kelly tells them they have to go to school at least four hours every day while they live in Los Angeles. While the boys want to go to the fun Palm Woods school, they learn that Gustavo has arranged to have their school located at the recording studio, so they are never far from his grip. The boys do whatever is necessary to take down the "School of Rocque" and go to the Palm Woods school. Meanwhile, an attempt from Mrs. Knight to home school Katie (Ciara Bravo) fails, so she tries to get Katie to act in a commercial to gain entrance in the Palm Woods, with the help of Mr. Bitters.
Director:Savage Steve Holland
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Savage Steve Holland
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#12 - Big Time Love Song
S1:E52/5/2010
The guys chase the same girl named Jo, causing the band to fight. Meanwhile, James gets an allergic reaction to a body spray and Kelly (Tanya Chisholm) attempts to make him get an allergy shot, Gustavo gets a new personal helper named Freight Train, Katie has to write a report on her biggest hero and writes about Gustavo so she does not have to read anything, and Griffin wants a slow love song for the next song, but Gustavo cannot seem to figure out how to make the song work.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#13 - Big Time Mansion
S1:E62/12/2010
When Gustavo goes away for a few days to check out a new boyband called "The Windmills", the guys "mansion sit" for him much to Gustavo's dismay. After much discussion with Kelly, Gustavo allows the boys to "mansion sit" but they must follow his rules or else they are fired. Once at the mansion the guys think it will be an easy task, but what seems like a task they can handle soon turns into a "big time disaster" as things don't go according to plan. Meanwhile with Kendall and the guys away, Mrs Knight starts to fell less needed by her children, so Katie decides to help her mother out by pretending to be sick.
Director:Joe Menendez
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Joe Menendez
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#14 - Big Time Break
S1:E83/5/2010
The boys are relieved to finally be able to spend some time apart after finding out that Gustavo is taking the day off. Logan is determined to get into a math lecture taught by Phoebe Nachee, but is disappointed when he finds out that the lecture is at an all girls school. Carlos panics when he realizes his helmet is missing, but gets a surprise visit from his father, a policeman, who accompanies him on the mission to retrieve his helmet. James decides to spend his day off trying to set off his acting career with the help of Camille. Kendall is desperate to spend time with his crush, Jo, but is discouraged when she continuously reminds him she has a boyfriend. However, when Katie finds out that Jo does not have a boyfriend, she tells Kendall, and he is determined to get the truth out of her.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#15 - Big Time Blogger
S1:E124/23/2010
The boys must impress a well-known blogger, Deke whose words can control their career. They are going to be spending a "Day with Deke" very soon, so Gustavo hires people to train the boys to have a good "Day with Deke". When the interview starts, 5 minutes later, Deke writes a bad review, and the boys must figure out how to change his mind about them for a good review before he posts it through a series of traps. Meanwhile, Gustavo gets a "Scuttlebutter" account and sends out a Scutbut that he hate Brussels, the capital of Belgium. (He meant to type that he hates Brussel Sprouts)
Director:Savage Steve Holland
Writer:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#16 - Big Time Terror
S1:E135/8/2010
Gustavo's mansion becomes flooded, so he decides to live with the boys at the Palm Woods until it's unflooded. However, the boys want him to leave as soon as possible and will do whatever it takes to make him leave. Meanwhile, Carlos and Mr. Bitters are trying to prove that there is a ghost in the Palm Woods, while Logan is there to prove him wrong.
Director:Savage Steve Holland
Writer:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#17 - Big Time Sparks
S1:E156/18/2010
The boys are told to stay away from Jordin Sparks while she stays at the Palm Woods and records a new song at Rocque Records. As they try to protect her, they only give her bad luck, eventually pushing her down a well and when Kendall tries to help her, Jo catches him and thinks he is cheating on her.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#18 - Big Time Fever
S1:E166/26/2010
A heatwave strikes Hollywood and James starts to use tanning spray that's supposedly "mangerine" to the point of his skin looking orange. The boys find out that James has "Hollywood Fever" from Camille and when Gustavo sees this, he tells Kendall, Logan, and Carlos to fix James, or he will fire and replace him. Kendall, Logan, and Carlos go on a mission to get rid of the his tanning spray by chasing him around with water-guns. While on the mission, Carlos finds out that the one of the Jennifers went away so he joins their group and also catches Hollywood fever. Meanwhile, while Logan looks for James in Palm Woods Park, he runs into Guitar Dude who gives him a set of bongos and tells him to chill out, catching the fever and losing his uptight edge in the process.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#19 - Big Time Video
S1:E177/31/2010
The boys learn that Camille is leaving the Palm Woods unless she gets a part in an acting job, and must help her, eventually promising everyone a part in their upcoming music video. But Gustavo said Camille cannot be in the video, and Big Time Rush tell everyone that they can be in the video. They gotta figure out how to get everyone in the video, and Marcos tries to direct the music video but Gustavo will not let him. They stole Mr. Bitter's car for the video themselves, including all the people they promise and Marcos is directing, and the video's amazing. Gustavo asks Mr. Bitters to sell his car, and makes it Big Time Rush Mobile.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#20 - Welcome Back, Big Time
S2:E19/25/2010
The boys have come back from their concert tour only to find certain things at the Palm Woods altered. Meanwhile, Jo is seen macking with a new guy.
Director:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#21 - Big Time Fans
S2:E210/1/2010
The boys get a chance to see one of their hometown friends when she comes over to visit, who happens to be very clumsy. Meanwhile, James gets a visit of his own by a crazed fan.
Director:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#22 - Big Time Sneakers
S2:E611/5/2010
James and Logan try to buy and resell sneakers. Meanwhile, Jo's publicist wants the press to think that she is dating her co-star Jett, Kendall and Jo must hide their relationship, and doing so requires many different disguises when Kendall just wants to go to the zoo with Jo. Also, Carlos and Katie name themselves Robin and Hoodie, and try to find other ways to get their favorite fruit snacks, fruit smackers after Bitters makes the price insanely high so everyone cannot afford to buy them.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#23 - Big Time Guru
S2:E91/8/2011
Gustavo is really angry at Big Time Rush and he chases them into the Palmwoods. Big Time Rush ask for help from Buddha Bob, and he does the Himalayan monkey pinch on Gustavo and he becomes so mellow that he writes a horrible song for the New Town High soundtrack. Kelly and Kendall team up to help Gustavo return to his regular, angry self. Meanwhile, Logan downloads a Swagger app on his phone, which increases Logan's swagger and decreases James', causing James to almost "die" from dangerously low swagger counts. Carlos takes advice from a parrot, and when he is about to go on a date with a girl, the parrot tells him he has 24 hours to live, horrifying him and leaving him to live in the bathroom (Panic Room) of the apartment. The boys must now do whatever it takes to get back control of Big Time Rush, and make Gustavo get back to normal before the New Town High producers come and find that he has not written a good song.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#24 - Big Time Crush
S2:E102/5/2011
Kendall and Jo help Carlos find a date, and Logan flirts with a new girl, Peggy, while he is still confused about his feelings for Camille. James wants to help Katie get closer to her new crush, Kyle, but becomes like an overprotective brother instead. Logan wants to get back together with Camille, but she goes on a date with Steve, and at the end all the boys are alone when they go see a movie they planned to see with their dates.
Director:Unknown
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7.0/10(1 votes)
#25 - Big Time Songwriters
S2:E123/5/2011
When Griffin is releasing the BTR deluxe edition album. Gustavo has to hire songwriters but they end up fighting and cannot write the song. So Gustavo writes the song himself. Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan want to write their own song, Gustavo doesnt agree with them so the boys want Katie to open a health spa in the Palmwoods so they can write the song while Camille and Buddha Bob keep Gustavo busy. In the song writing process, Kendall and Carlos write a song named "Oh" while James and Logan prefer their song called "Yeah", this creates a fight between the members of the group. After the fight, they realize the song can collaborate together and form "Oh" and "Yeah", the song then becomes Oh Yeah and is approved by Griffin.
Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Big Time Gold" is the worst rated episode of "Big Time Rush". It scored 3.3/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/20/2012. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Big Time Audition".