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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 15 - Terrible Leprechaun
    5.5/10(79 votes)

    #1 - Terrible Leprechaun

    S4:E15

    About the plot . . . Um . . . Well . . . Uh . . . Okay, here it is: You see, there are these twin leprechauns, one good, the other icky. The icky one wants all the gold that's buried beneath an underwater defense installation in the Irish Sea. The good leprechaun does his best to stop his evil brother from doing any harm . * Footage of Morton and Kowalski trapped in an underwater cave was borrowed from previous episodes. So what else is new? * Why this episode wasn't broadcast on St.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 2 Episode 20 - The Shape of Doom
    6.5/10(88 votes)

    #2 - The Shape of Doom

    S2:E20

    Dr. Alex Holden is hunting a gigantic whale in which he has injected an experimental growth serum. It turns and destroys his boat, killing his crew. He is rescued by Seaview, which was on en route to plant a nuclear device to blast an undersea channel Holden obsesses over getting his swallowed equipment from the whale when it turns and comes at the sub, swallowing the bomb as it is being lowered! Nelson cannot detonate the bomb, as the president's carrier is in the area. The nearly insane Holden steals Nelson's remote detonating device and threatens to blow up the whale if he's not permitted to get samples of the whale.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 14 - The Brand Of The Beast
    6.5/10(80 votes)

    #3 - The Brand Of The Beast

    S3:E14

    While racing to help a foundering research vessel, the Seaview's nuclear reactor goes critical. Admiral Nelson's right hand is exposed to intense radiation as he fixes the problem, causing a flare-up of the "werewolf" virus that he carries.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:William Welch

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  4. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 14 - The Return of Blackbeard
    6.5/10(66 votes)

    #4 - The Return of Blackbeard

    S4:E14

    The ghost of Blackbeard is alive and well, and he wants the Seaview and her crew. The pirate 'drafts' Kowalski, who makes a very convincing and quite blood-thirsty buccaneer. Nelson and Crane have their hands full trying to protect the President of the United States (a guest of a Middle Eastern Shah on a nearby yacht), and regain control of their ship.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 7 - Turn Back the Clock
    6.6/10(143 votes)

    #5 - Turn Back the Clock

    S1:E7

    A lush, tropical, verdant paradise in the South Pole? Living dinosaurs? Such fanciful ideas must surely be the ravings of a madman. Or perhaps not, as Admiral Nelson soon discovers. The question is, will he and Crane survive their trip to a lost world?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 22 - No Escape from Death
    6.6/10(73 votes)

    #6 - No Escape from Death

    S3:E22

    While searching the deep for an enemy complex, the Seaview is rammed by another sub. The crew rushes to make repairs before the air runs out and a lurking monster swallows a diving party led by Crane.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 25 - Cradle of the Deep
    6.7/10(92 votes)

    #7 - Cradle of the Deep

    S1:E25

    A strange experiment to speed up evolution goes horribly awry, and an enormous protoplasm monster threatens the lives of the entire crew.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 2 Episode 16 - Deadly Creature Below!
    6.7/10(101 votes)

    #8 - Deadly Creature Below!

    S2:E16

    Seaview rescues two men adrift at sea, only to discover they are escaped prisoners intent on not returning to prison. While they attempt to hijack the sub, an undersea creature surfaces to menace the Seaview.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Allan Balter

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  9. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 5 - The Terrible Toys
    6.7/10(91 votes)

    #9 - The Terrible Toys

    S3:E5

    Seaview is investigating a UFO. Along the way, they pick up a shipwrecked old man -- almost always a bad omen when our gallant crew finds a castaway! The bedraggled fellow has a sack full of strange, frightening toys capable of murder, and of destroying the submarine. Turns out the alien ship needs to melt down Seaview's hull for fuel. Nelson and Crane do their best to foil the aliens' plans before it is too late.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 23 - Doomsday Island
    6.7/10(69 votes)

    #10 - Doomsday Island

    S3:E23

    While Nelson and Sharkey search by air for an uncharted island, Seaview brings aboard a gigantic egg from the bottom of the sea during a routine specimen collection. It later hatches a fully grown, orange creature which kills a background guy and tosses Kowalski around the missle room. Nelson returns and (in a very un-urgent manner) has the crew hunt down this grunting thing as it terrorizes the crew. Later, Crane and Kowalski take the flying sub out to investigate the area, crash landing near the uncharted island. Another orange crature (one that speaks and is the leader) captures them and brings them to creature HQ. The monsters are aliens from Scorpious which are trying to hatch millions of eggs. Can the crew stop this invasion before these amphibian aliens take of the Earth?

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 7 - Fatal Cargo
    6.7/10(81 votes)

    #11 - Fatal Cargo

    S4:E7

    Doctor Blanchard has created a device to control the actions of a white gorilla. Unfortunately, his assistant Leo Brock wants the fame that the inventor of such a device would gain. As a result he uses the device to enrage the gorilla and kill Blanchard. Nelson gets there too late to save Blanchard, but the gorilla is taken on board. Brock sets the gorilla free and he runs amock until both Brock and the gorilla are killed.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 18 - The Abominable Snowman
    6.7/10(70 votes)

    #12 - The Abominable Snowman

    S4:E18

    "But that's not the goal of a man -- of a scientist!" Admiral Nelson At an experimental station in the Antarctic, the crew discovers a 'tropical paradise' -- but most of the scientists are missing. When two unconscious survivors are brought aboard Seaview, something deadly starts to stalk the corridors. Meanwhile, the temperature outside is still rising .... * The white furry monster costume also appears in at least one Lost in Space episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 15 - Long Live the King
    6.8/10(131 votes)

    #13 - Long Live the King

    S1:E15

    When the King of a small but friendly nation is assassinated, Seaview is assigned to take the young Crown Prince back home to assume his throne. Neither Nelson (who gets turned out of his own cabin) nor Crane are used to handling children. Help arrives in the form of a mysterious flute-playing old man who befriends the boy after he is picked up at sea.

    Director:László Benedek
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 21 - The Indestructible Man
    6.8/10(111 votes)

    #14 - The Indestructible Man

    S1:E21

    After returning from a mission on deep space, a lifelike robot is brought aboard the Seaview, but the crew soon discovers that the robot has been mysteriously reprogrammed to wreak havoc.

    Director:Felix E. Feist
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 2 Episode 21 - Dead Men's Doubloons
    6.8/10(82 votes)

    #15 - Dead Men's Doubloons

    S2:E21

    A 16th century pirate seemingly comes back from the grave to threaten Seaview.

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 11 - The Haunted Submarine
    6.8/10(87 votes)

    #16 - The Haunted Submarine

    S3:E11

    A ghostly ancestor of Admiral Nelson visits him aboard Seaview.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 25 - Deadly Cloud
    6.8/10(80 votes)

    #17 - Deadly Cloud

    S3:E25

    A mysterious cloud is enveloping the Earth and causing massive Tsunami and other catastrophic environmental damage. Crane takes the flying sub in to find out the cause and is taken over by an evil alien. Once aboard, this alien tries to stop Nelson before he can destroy the cloud with nuclear weapons.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 10 - Terror
    6.8/10(71 votes)

    #18 - Terror

    S4:E10

    A scientist experimenting with plant life on a remote island has run into trouble. A shore party from Seaview arrives only in time to hear his dying warning that the world will be taken over in eight hours. Nelson brings aboard the only unusual thing he can find -- a red orchid, which proves to be a malign alien (that proceeds to take over his mind and those of the crew).

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 14 - The Ghost of Moby Dick
    6.9/10(123 votes)

    #19 - The Ghost of Moby Dick

    S1:E14

    An old friend of Nelson's comes aboard Seaview to continue his research into the giant whale that destroyed his ship, crippling him and killing his son. His real motives, however, have more to do with vengeance than science, and Crane becomes concerned that the Admiral is caught up in his friend's obsession.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert Hamner

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  20. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 28 - The Creature
    6.9/10(87 votes)

    #20 - The Creature

    S1:E28

    The crew is joined by Captain Adams, the sole survivor of an ill-fated missile launch, in search of the mysterious force responsible for the disaster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 2 Episode 14 - Terror on Dinosaur Island
    6.9/10(93 votes)

    #21 - Terror on Dinosaur Island

    S2:E14

    A submerged domed island is forced to the surface by its volcano and exposes a Jurassic-style world.

    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 2 Episode 26 - The Return of the Phantom
    6.9/10(103 votes)

    #22 - The Return of the Phantom

    S2:E26

    Captain Krueger returns to compel Nelson to shoot Crane. Once that is done, Krueger takes over Crane's body and searches out a host for Lani, Krueger's dead lover, so the two can be reunited. Can Admiral Nelson save his friend and end the plans of the evil Captain forever?

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 2 - Werewolf
    6.9/10(98 votes)

    #23 - Werewolf

    S3:E2

    Two scientists examining a radioactive volcano are attacked by a wolf. One dies, and the survivor is infected by a virus that causes him to change from man to werewolf and back again. Admiral Nelson is exposed to the virus and the crew must find a vaccine.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 4 - Night of Terror
    6.9/10(84 votes)

    #24 - Night of Terror

    S3:E4

    Captain Crane searches for a lost diving bell containing Admiral Nelson, Chief Sharkey, and Dr. Sprague.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 26 - Destroy Seaview!
    6.9/10(66 votes)

    #25 - Destroy Seaview!

    S3:E26

    Admiral Nelson has been brainwashed. After getting a vital energy source, he attempts to kill Crane and the visiting Dr. Land in an undersea cave. He then returns to the sub, gasses the crew and sets the reactor to blow. Can Crane recover and return to the Seaview before Nelson can destroy it?

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Terrible Leprechaun" is the worst rated episode of "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". It scored 5.5/10 based on 79 votes. Directed by Jerry Hopper and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/7/1968. This episode scored 1.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Shape of Doom".