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The Worst Episodes of The Jetsons

Every episode of The Jetsons ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Jetsons!

Meet George Jetson and his quirky family: wife Jane, son Elroy and daughter Judy. Living in the automated, push-button world of the future hasn't made life any easier for the harried husband and father, who gets into one comical misadventure after another!

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Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "The Jetsons" is "Elroy Meets Orbitty", rated 6.6/10 from 142 user votes. It was directed by William Hanna and written by Mark Young. "Elroy Meets Orbitty" aired on 9/16/1985 and is rated 0.0 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Fugitive Fleas".

  • Elroy Meets Orbitty
    6.6/10 142 votes

    #1 - Elroy Meets Orbitty

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1985

    During a school field trip to a remote asteroid, Elroy finds an odd pink rock, which turns out to be an egg that hatches into Orbitty, a spring-legged creature.

    Director: William Hanna

    Writer: Mark Young

  • Fugitive Fleas
    6.6/10 125 votes

    #2 - Fugitive Fleas

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/25/1985

    A rock band of fleas take refuge on Astro to escape the tyrannical Solarini's flea circus.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Barry Blitzer

  • Elroy's TV Show
    6.7/10 175 votes

    #3 - Elroy's TV Show

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1962

    The future TV producers got bored with cowboy and doctor's programs, so the want Elroy as 'Space boy Zoom and his dog Astro'. Of course Spacely wants his son and dog on TV instead, badly ...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Warren Foster

  • One Strike, You're Out
    6.7/10 123 votes

    #4 - One Strike, You're Out

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 9/30/1985

    When Spacely discovers that his rival Cogswell has won the "Tycoon of the Day" Award, he goes all out to beat him, forcing all his employees to work a "Triple-Shift". After 24 hours of work and severe hounding by Spacely, George accidentally convinces the human employees of Spacely Sprockets to go on strike. Meanwhile, George is faced with his own problems when he destroys Elroy's athlete robot, "Jocko", and then tries to impress his son by portraying the robot himself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mark Young

  • A Jetson Christmas Carol
    6.7/10 242 votes

    #5 - A Jetson Christmas Carol

    Season 2 Episode 41 - Aired 12/13/1985

    Based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Scrooge Spacely orders George to work overtime on Christmas Eve, which begins to tire George. Meanwhile, Astro is injured in a freak accident while chasing a toy robot cat, which causes him to get sick. Now it's up to the Spirits of Christmases Past, Present, and Future to convince Spacely that Christmas is a time for giving.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Barbara Levy, Marc Paykuss

  • ASTROnomical I.Q.
    6.7/10 118 votes

    #6 - ASTROnomical I.Q.

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/1987

    Elroy invents an evolution machine. By mistake his evolutes Astro by 10,000 years, increasing his I.Q. by 4000 points. George bets everything he owns by playing chess with a little help of Astro. At that moment Astro is caught by the dogcatcher. When that doesn't work he enters a brainy game show where the contestants can win millions.

    Director: William Hanna

    Writer: George Atkins

  • Clean as a Hound's Tooth
    6.7/10 114 votes

    #7 - Clean as a Hound's Tooth

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1987

    George has a tooth ache and visits his dentist. The dentist uses an experimental artificial teeth for George. The tooth turns out to be a dog's tooth but cannot be replaced because the dentist left for a vacation. Still George starts chasing cats and mailmen and barks at his family member.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: George Atkins

  • Rosey's Boyfriend
    6.8/10 176 votes

    #8 - Rosey's Boyfriend

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1962

    Judy and Rosey find boyfriends. The problem with love is that you're either up or down ... and the animated junk pile being Henry's assistant gets a little confused.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Walter Black

  • Jane's Driving Lesson
    6.8/10 172 votes

    #9 - Jane's Driving Lesson

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1963

    Jane gets fed up with public transportation and decides to take driving lessons. After all, Elroy can get a learner's permit when he's 8 years old, so Jane should be able to get driving lessons, can't she? Her talents scare the teacher so much, he goes back hunting wild lions again. Accidentally Jane thinks she's got a new instructor while that persons turns out to be a crook on the run ...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Solar Snoops
    6.8/10 131 votes

    #10 - Solar Snoops

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1985

    An unknown package delivered to Spacely Sprockets contains a robot sentry dog named "Sentro", and Spacely decides to use it to guard his "Chocolate Microchip Cookie". However, the "Galactic Sneak"—a spy for Cogswell Cogs—has pulled a Trojan Horse–type move by hiding inside Sentro's body to infiltrate Spacely's plant. When he and Sentro steal the prototype Microchip Cookie, it is up to George Jetson—who discovers a want-ad in the news for an executive secretary for Cogswell Cogs—to become "Georgina Jetstream", infiltrate Cogswell Cogs, and get Spacely's cookie back.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Barry Blitzer

  • High Moon
    6.8/10 117 votes

    #11 - High Moon

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 10/15/1985

    George tries to break Elroy's fascination with spies by taking the whole family to an old west town. While there, Bad Bart Blaster challenges George to a showdown. Bad Bart's dog & Astro gang up on Bart and save the day!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bill Allen

  • Elroy in Wonderland
    6.8/10 122 votes

    #12 - Elroy in Wonderland

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 10/22/1985

    A take on both "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Wizard of Oz". When Elroy and Astro are forced to be separated while on vacation at Club Mellowstar, they wind up in a dream world where antique robots resembling our modern-day appliances are at war with each other.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mike Dirham

  • Space Bong
    6.8/10 116 votes

    #13 - Space Bong

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 10/30/1985

    It is a case of mistaken identity when George is kidnapped by an enemy spy organization called SNEAK. During his ordeal as their captive, George discovers his exact doppelganger, a secret agent named Space Bong (a take on James Bond), who aids him in escaping their grasp.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Alex Lovy

  • The Wrong Stuff
    6.8/10 115 votes

    #14 - The Wrong Stuff

    Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 11/5/1985

    After winning a school science contest, Elroy is invited with the family to view a space shuttle launch. But he gets more than he bargains for when he and Astro get aboard the shuttle and get launched into deep space. They're able to return to Earth, but are significantly changed in terms of age. A parody of The Right Stuff.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Barry Blitzer

  • The Odd Pod
    6.8/10 112 votes

    #15 - The Odd Pod

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1987

    Jane enters a garden contest. Astro crushes Jane's plant and the plant passes away. George buys Jane a new plant at 'Far Out Flowers', a rare import 'A Martian Creeper'. It turns out to be a very rare breed ...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Barry Blitzer

  • Elroy's Pal
    6.9/10 176 votes

    #16 - Elroy's Pal

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/23/1962

    Elroy's wins a contest to meet his big hero 'Nimbus the Great' from the TV show. Unfortunately the player is very ill and cannot come. George stands up for Elroy and visits 'Nimbus' to prevent a disappointment for Elroy. The only solution is to have George wear a Nimbus suit and visit Elroy ...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Walter Black

  • Private Property
    6.9/10 165 votes

    #17 - Private Property

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1963

    A new building is built next to Spacely's company. The owner of the new plant turns out to be Cogswell and George finds out the new building is 6 inches over Spacely's property. Spacely makes Cogswell walk on his hands and knees, Jetson is promoted. That is until it turns out Spacely's existing building is actually 6' over Cogswell's ground ...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Barry Blitzer

  • Dude Planet
    6.9/10 160 votes

    #18 - Dude Planet

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/1963

    Jane badly needs some rest and goes to 'Dude Planet' with a friend. The rest of the family stays at home and tries to run the household.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Walter Black

  • Judy's Birthday Surprise
    6.9/10 133 votes

    #19 - Judy's Birthday Surprise

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/1985

    Judy tells her talking lips diary of the events of the week before her birthday on Sat. expecting her parents to throw her a surprise birthday party. Curley Quasar helps her when her space car breaks down when no one else will help her. Then she avoids him the rest of the week thinking he isn't one of the in-crowd. On Sat. thinking everyone has forgotten Curley comes over with a gift for her & she changes her mind about him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mark Young

  • SuperGeorge
    6.9/10 129 votes

    #20 - SuperGeorge

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/20/1985

    George is Superhero for a day with the help of a thought remote, but he might stay that way forever because the remote gets broken.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: George Atkins

  • S'no Relative
    6.9/10 122 votes

    #21 - S'no Relative

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 10/2/1985

    George and Jane's nephew, Hunky Moonrock, is scheduled to visit Earth, but when a research team loses an inhabitant from the planet Polaris, everything is turned upside down when that alien is thawed out right at the Jetsons' back door.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Tony Benedict, Barry Blitzer

  • Winner Takes All
    6.9/10 119 votes

    #22 - Winner Takes All

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 10/9/1985

    George is duped into an Olympic-themed showdown with Cogswell Cogs, but when Cogswell pulls a twin-brother substitution, can George come out on top when he doesn't know who is who?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Pamela Burton, Laura Numeroff

  • Little Bundle of Trouble
    6.9/10 114 votes

    #23 - Little Bundle of Trouble

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 10/18/1985

    The Jetson family gets a baby on their doorstep, but this is no ordinary baby. Turns out he is a pint-sized robber in diguise.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Kerry Ehrin, Ali Marie Matheson

  • Astro's Big Moment
    6.9/10 117 votes

    #24 - Astro's Big Moment

    Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 11/1/1985

    Mr. Spacely assigns George to be the judge for the annual Spacely Space Sprockets Space Dog Show. But this leads to a very stressful situation for him as his family wants him to make Astro the winner, as well as the boss wanting him to insure his wife's poodle comes out on top, and even a mobster named Mangler Mars gets into the act by making George choose his bulldog, Starbite, as the top dog. What choice will George make? In the end, Mrs. Spacely's pooch gets taken away to give birth to puppies; Starbite is revealed to be a stolen dog which gets the mobsters arrested; and Astro wins, with a stray dog winning a consolation prize: dog food.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Alex Lovy, Chuck Coach

  • Crime Games
    6.9/10 119 votes

    #25 - Crime Games

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/19/1987

    A malfunction of the TeleViewer causes Elroy to discover a robbery plot by "The Gripfather" (a take on "The Godfather"), and George ends up trapped in the middle of it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Haskell Barkin