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The Worst Episodes of The Odyssey

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The Odyssey is a Canadian-produced half-hour adventure-fantasy television series for children, originally broadcast 1992-94 on CBC Television. It starred Illya Woloshyn as Jay Ziegler, Ashleigh Aston Moore as Donna/Alpha, Tony Sampson as Keith/Flash, Andrea Nemeth

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Odyssey Season 3 Episode 4 - Night Life
    5.1/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Night Life

    S3:E4

    In the Upworld, Jay goes to his first party and tries to get Sierra's attention, while Donna tries to make new friends. Meanwhile in the Downworld, Jay fears Alpha may be caught up in a club of blood-sucking vampires.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Odyssey Season 3 Episode 6 - King for a Day
    5.1/10(14 votes)

    #2 - King for a Day

    S3:E6

    In the Upworld, Jay, Keith and Donna become caught up in a group of teenagers who are harassing a shopkeeper. Meanwhile, in the Downworld: Jay, carrying a strange globe, is proclaimed the ""Pathfinder"", by a group of kids in search of their homeland.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Odyssey Season 3 Episode 5 - Cry Justice
    5.5/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Cry Justice

    S3:E5

    In the Upworld, when Val starts dating a new man, Steve, Jay decides he doesn't like the man. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, Macro orders that all copies of ""The Fax"", a newsletter Alpha produces be stopped and the Bladers circulating them be eliminated.

    Director:T. W. Peacocke
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Odyssey Season 3 Episode 9 - Tug of War
    5.7/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Tug of War

    S3:E9

    In the Upworld, when Jay feels isolated at home he makes plans to run away and Steve promises Jay that he will search for Brad, despite Jay's claim that he doesn't want to be found. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, Fractal's new invention erases all Alpha's work and kills one of her assistants.

    Director:Alex Chapple
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Odyssey Season 3 Episode 3 - Learning Curve
    5.8/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Learning Curve

    S3:E3

    In the Upworld, Jay isn't doing well in school and considers dropping out. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, Fractal invents a helmet that allows kids to through the wall to the adult side, causing Jay & Flash to compete for the chance to test it.

    Director:Allan King
    Writer:Dennis Foon

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  6. The Odyssey Season 3 Episode 11 - No Holds Barred
    5.8/10(12 votes)

    #6 - No Holds Barred

    S3:E11

    In the Upworld, Jay finally comes face-to-face with his father, Brad and learns the truth. Meanwhile in the Downworld, Jay prepares to take control of the tower, but Finger despersately tries to stop him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Odyssey Season 3 Episode 12 - The Plague
    5.8/10(13 votes)

    #7 - The Plague

    S3:E12

    In the Upworld, Jay meets with his father, and tries to persuade him to come home. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, as the election campaign begins, Finger develops a plague which freezes the kids into being unable to vote.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:James Tichenor

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  8. The Odyssey Season 3 Episode 2 - Dart to the Heart
    5.9/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Dart to the Heart

    S3:E2

    In the Upworld, Jay meets Nikki, with whom he shares his experiences in the coma, but is shocked to discover they see the same therapist. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, Finger hires an assasin to kill Jay.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  9. The Odyssey Season 3 Episode 8 - Styx and Stones
    5.9/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Styx and Stones

    S3:E8

    In the Upworld, Jay desperately wants to impress Sierra on their date, but much to his chagrin he has very little money. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, Medea is forced to make predictions but every one is directed at Finger, and Jay & Flash plan to help Medea escape.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Odyssey Season 3 Episode 10 - Tangled Web
    5.9/10(12 votes)

    #10 - Tangled Web

    S3:E10

    In the Upworld, Jay continues to see Sierra, despite warnings from Keith and Donna. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, Finger plans to stop the revolution by turning Jay's army against each other.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Odyssey Season 2 Episode 9 - The Big Picture
    6.0/10(16 votes)

    #11 - The Big Picture

    S2:E9

    In the Upworld, Val protests at the drugs used to sedate Jay as she learns that she must take the insurance company to court over Brad's policy. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, Fractal uses a new device to help Jay forget about Brad, but instead it causes a flashback to the day his father drowned.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Odyssey Season 3 Episode 7 - The Cauldron
    6.0/10(13 votes)

    #12 - The Cauldron

    S3:E7

    In the Upworld, Jay asks Sierra on a date, much to the annoyance of her boyfriend, Mick. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, Alpha, Jay and Flash make Tower Passes for other kids, Finger charges Medea with being a witch when she refuses to take an oath of loyalty.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Odyssey Season 2 Episode 10 - Tick Tock
    6.1/10(15 votes)

    #13 - Tick Tock

    S2:E10

    In the Upworld, Val takes the insurance company to court and must testify that she believes Brad is dead. Meanwhile, in the Downworld when Jay meets the pirates again, they convince him to go inside a giant clock that transports him to a middle-world where his father is alive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Odyssey Season 2 Episode 11 - Run for Your Life
    6.1/10(18 votes)

    #14 - Run for Your Life

    S2:E11

    In the Downworld, Macro sends Finger and his monitors after Jay by turning it into a game show called ""Run for Your Life"".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Odyssey Season 2 Episode 13 - You Decide
    6.1/10(15 votes)

    #15 - You Decide

    S2:E13

    In the Upworld, Jay is finally awake and is shocked to find someone in his room that shouldn't be there - his father. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, Jay's not there and yet the earthquakes have stopped.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Odyssey Season 2 Episode 3 - Some Place Like Home
    6.2/10(15 votes)

    #16 - Some Place Like Home

    S2:E3

    In the Upworld, Donna and Keith prepare a birthday party for Jay's deceased father, in order to get a reaction from Jay. In the Downworld, Jay and Medea travel into the Lighthouse to rescue Flash.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Odyssey Season 1 Episode 9 - Galileo & the Gypsies
    6.3/10(19 votes)

    #17 - Galileo & the Gypsies

    S1:E9

    In the Downworld, Jay and Flash break the telescope, which causes the entire Downworld to be in complete darkness. Meanwhile in the Upworld, when visiting Jay, Keith accidentally breaks the telescope and is forced to repair it before anyone finds out.

    Director:Don McBrearty
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Odyssey Season 2 Episode 6 - The Prophecy
    6.3/10(16 votes)

    #18 - The Prophecy

    S2:E6

    In the Upworld, when Keith and Donna research the death of Jay's father, they learn that reports claimed he drowned but he was really a champion swimmer. In the Downworld, Yudo tries to use Jay to bring the ""Big People"" by putting Jay into a coffin with a window of crystal.

    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Dennis Foon

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  19. The Odyssey Season 2 Episode 12 - Who Do You Believe?
    6.3/10(15 votes)

    #19 - Who Do You Believe?

    S2:E12

    In the Downworld, while tracking Brad, Medea, Alpha, Jay & Flash go through the wall to the ""adult"" side and they are pursued by Iceface, who makes sure that adults stay on their side of the wall. Meanwhile, in the Upworld, Sierra organizes a benefit for Driftwood, and Arthur asks Val to attend as his date.

    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  20. The Odyssey Season 1 Episode 8 - Wanted
    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #20 - Wanted

    S1:E8

    In the Downworld, when the trio meet up with two freedom fighters, Flash is enlisted into their fight and Jay & Alpha discover their secret ammunitions tent full of explosives. In the Upworld, as part of Jay's therapy, Max suggests they return Jay to the place of the accident.

    Director:T. W. Peacocke
    Writer:Hart Hanson

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  21. The Odyssey Season 2 Episode 7 - The Greatest Show on Earth
    6.5/10(16 votes)

    #21 - The Greatest Show on Earth

    S2:E7

    In the Downworld, Jay and Flash find themselves in a circus show, run by Baz, a girl who claims to receive orders from ""the man"".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Odyssey Season 1 Episode 4 - By the Book
    6.6/10(20 votes)

    #22 - By the Book

    S1:E4

    In the Upworld, Val moves Jay to an experimental private care facility called Driftwood, where she meets Dr. Max Oswald who has developed some experimental treatments. Meanwhile in the Downworld, the trio make their way to the library club where they can get a map to the tower.

    Director:Graeme Campbell
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Odyssey Season 1 Episode 12 - Welcome to the Tower
    6.6/10(23 votes)

    #23 - Welcome to the Tower

    S1:E12

    In the Downworld, once inside the tower the trio find that Brad is no longer in power, but instead Macro is running the whole show. In the Upworld, Donna sees images in a mirror that resemble Alpha, Flash and Jay in the other world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Odyssey Season 2 Episode 1 - Lands End
    6.6/10(16 votes)

    #24 - Lands End

    S2:E1

    In the Downworld, a downhearted Jay spends time in the ""bus-cafe"" but is soon reunited with Flash and Alpha, as they find themselves on the run again, and find themselves near the lighthouse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Odyssey Season 2 Episode 2 - To the Lighthouse
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #25 - To the Lighthouse

    S2:E2

    In the Downworld, en route to the Lighthouse, Jay and friends are captured by pirates and Flash disappears. In the Upworld Val is forced to go to a lawyer to have Brad declared legally dead, in order to pay for Jay's treatment.

    Director:T. W. Peacocke
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Night Life" is the worst rated episode of "The Odyssey". It scored 5.1/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/24/1994. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "King for a Day".