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The Worst Episodes of Misfits of Science

Every episode of Misfits of Science ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Misfits of Science!

A superhero fantasy television series featuring super-powered humans and their madcap adventures.
Genres:Action & AdventureComedyDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:NBC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Against All Oz" is the worst rated episode of "Misfits of Science". It scored 6.4/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Michael Switzer and written by N/A, it aired on 2/7/1986. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Lost Link".

  • Against All Oz
    6.4/1020 votes
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    #1 - Against All Oz

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/1986

    In this somewhat bizarre episode, Billy tries to break a record for staying awake and finds himself in an alternate reality where everyone he knows is there but in different jobs and with different personalities.

    Director: Michael Switzer

    Writer: N/A

  • Lost Link
    6.6/1027 votes
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    #2 - Lost Link

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/1985

    A primitive in a loin cloth comes ashore at Venice Beach and no one knows who he is - in fact it's believed he may be a caveman. It turns out that the man, "Link," is in fact an Aborigine from a lost tribe in New Guinea and the Misfits help him to set free the soul of his deceased child by placing a small totem on a rocket.

    Director: Christopher Leitch

    Writer: Mark Jones

  • Sort of Looking For Gina
    6.8/1031 votes
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    #3 - Sort of Looking For Gina

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/1985

    Johnny's efforts to get a date with an attractive woman, Gina, go amiss when it turns out she's involved with crooks and the Misfits have to mastermind a bank robbery to help her out.

    Director: Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer: James D. Parriott, Morrie Ruvinsky, Michael Cassutt

  • Fumble on the One
    6.8/1029 votes
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    #4 - Fumble on the One

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/6/1985

    The Misfits have to help Brick Tyler, a part-bionic CIA agent who has managed to lose the ""football"" - the briefcase that the President carries that can activate nuclear war.

    Director: Bob Sweeney

    Writer: N/A

  • Your Place or Mayan?
    6.9/1035 votes
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    #5 - Your Place or Mayan?

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/1985

    On behalf of a dead friend of Billy's, an archaeologist, the Misfits set out to prove the existence of buried Mayan treasure beneath Beverly Hills.

    Director: Alan J. Levi

    Writer: Donald Todd

  • Guess What's Coming to Dinner?
    7.0/1030 votes
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    #6 - Guess What's Coming to Dinner?

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/1985

    A friend of the Misfits claims to have made contact with aliens from Mars. Problems arise when the authorities try to prevent him from continuing his contact.

    Director: Burt Brinckerhoff

    Writer: Morrie Ruvinsky

  • Grand Theft Bunny
    7.1/1026 votes
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    #7 - Grand Theft Bunny

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/27/1985

    The bad guys manipulate the Misfits into helping them unleash a plague on L.A. with the aid of a contaminated bunny rabbit.

    Director: Michael Switzer

    Writer: Pamela Norris

  • Center of Attention
    7.1/1021 votes
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    #8 - Center of Attention

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/31/1986

    El goes undercover as an incredibly talented basketball player (with some help from Gloria) to expose a crooked owner who is having his players throw their games.

    Director: Burt Brinckerhoff

    Writer: N/A

  • Pilot
    7.2/10544 votes
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    #9 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1985

    Billy and El, scientists for the Human Investigation Team, put together a team of super-powered individuals to deal with a secret government project to create a neutron bomb.

    Director: James D. Parriott

    Writer: James D. Parriott

  • Sonar...And Yet So Far
    7.2/1025 votes
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    #10 - Sonar...And Yet So Far

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1985

    A marine biologist and friend of Billy's who works with dolphins believes they can talk, making him the target of drug smugglers who need the help of his dolphin friends to recover a sunken cache of cocaine.

    Director: Burt Brinckerhoff

    Writer: Donald Todd

  • Grand Elusion
    7.2/1024 votes
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    #11 - Grand Elusion

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/1986

    Billy recruits the gang to help a fellow scientist's daughter defect when she and her father tour America as part of a Russian girl's gymnast team. The gang takes the place of the magician hired to perform for the tour thanks to a judicious use of super powers, but the daughter refuses to leave without her father. Complicating matter, the KGB minder Galenkov has sworn to make sure the scientist Nikolai never gets away. The Misfits have to pull off an elaborate bait-and-switch to make sure that both Nikolai and Tatyana manage to escape.

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: N/A

  • Once Upon a Night
    7.2/1025 votes
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    #12 - Once Upon a Night

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/1986

    Gloria's pen pal Jae is the object of a hunt by unknown assailants.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: M.M. Shelly Moore

  • The Avenging Angel
    7.2/1019 votes
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    #13 - The Avenging Angel

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/21/1986

    Gloria helps out an aspiring pro wrestler with the use of her telekintic powers without telling him - the wrestler, Milt, soon decides he does have super powers and Gloria needs to keep helping him out when he decides to go after crooks trying to sell him protection.

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: N/A

  • Steer Crazy
    7.3/1026 votes
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    #14 - Steer Crazy

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/1985

    Three senior citizens end up with super-powers from irradiated hamburgers, and the Misfits have to both help them out and restrain them from injuring themselves.

    Director: John Tracy

    Writer: James D. Parriott

  • Twin Engines
    7.5/1025 votes
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    #15 - Twin Engines

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/1985

    Johnny's friend Lonnie begins having premonitions of danger, but it turns out in fact he's linked to his previously-unknown twin Dwayne, a motorcycle racer, and the Misfits have to help them both out.

    Director: Burt Brinckerhoff

    Writer: N/A

  • Three Days of the Blender
    7.7/1026 votes
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    #16 - Three Days of the Blender

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/16/1986

    When a blender is accidentally delivered to Billy, he ends up getting arrested as a spy and Stetmeyer gets targeted by the FBI.

    Director: Michael Switzer

    Writer: Donald Todd