The WORST episodes of Ocean Girl
Every episode of Ocean Girl ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Ocean Girl!
Welcome to Orca. Dr. Diane Bates accepts a job on a new underwater science labratory called Orca. She is going to study whales as part of her research. Recently divorced she and her two boys Jason and Brett set out to start a new life, what they don't know is that their life is about to change. After boarding Orca they soon discover irregular patterns in the Whale song. As the story unfolds it appears that the whale is communicating with another being -- a girl in fact! This girl not only can talk to whales but breathe underwater as well. The story continues as Neri discovers a sister and her origins -- a far off planet! She is from an advanced civilization "The Planet Of the Oceans" and that she has been sent on a mission to try to save her home as well as earth.
#1 - Stranded in the Desert
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/1997
Leaving the cave to find help, Jason is found by Jakamarra who drives him back to the others but won't take them with him citing a legend about a "whale woman" who was pursued after leaving the very same cave. Winston locates the group in the outback but PRAXIS, after intercepting Winston's transmissions to the region, head out to capture the trio. Hauser and Shelby meet up with Jakamarra who leads the agents astray long enough for Jason and Brett's father to arrive in a helicopter to rescue Neri and the boys. Before leaving, Neri gives Jakamarra the golden ankh for safekeeping.
#2 - The Lie Detector
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/24/1997
With Jason and Brett back on ORCA, agents Shelby and Hauser arrive soon after looking for Neri. They lock down the base hoping to trap Neri inside but Dianne orders an evacuation of the base in order to countermand the lock down order and with the base reopened, Neri is able to escape. She returns to the underwater pyramid and after activating the hologram, learns that the image is that of Shalamon, her mother. Shelby subjects Jason and Brett to a lie detector test but Winston is able to use H.E.L.E.N. to allow the boys to safely deny knowledge of Neri. Jason, Brett and Neri are flown by the boys father to a farm on the mainland for their safety but unbeknownst to them, Shelby and Hauser, having bugged the helicopter, looks on.
#3 - Operation Sphinx
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/1997
Brett and Jason are out testing a new diving suit when Jason encounters a strange bright light while under water, the pair quickly leave and head off to see Neri. Back on ORCA, Winston is puzzled by a magnetic anomaly on his scans of the ocean floor, even more strange is that the anomaly is in the shape of a perfect square. Dianne announces that she is going to pursue the vacant position of ORCA Commander. Jason matches the location of Winston's magnetic anomaly to where he saw the strange lights, Neri is also intrigued by the region prompting a closer investigation of the region. Neri swims out to the sight with Jason and Winston following in the minifin, ORCA's new underwater submarine. What they find surprises everyone—a huge underwater pyramid. Meanwhile, at Praxis headquarters (Preventative Response And eXtraterritorial Intelligence Service), agents Jake Shelby and Elly Hauser are dispatched to Egypt where reports suggest signals from outerspace are being received. In Egypt, Professor Malakat and his young assistant continue their search for the underwater entrance to the "Pyramid of Mystery".
#4 - The Stone Fish
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/16/1997
The growing frequency of the seismic tremors causes Commander Wellington to call for voluntary evacuations of ORCA personnel. Cass tells Morgan to "drop dead" when Morgan gets after Jason for wanting to skip a survey dive. Jason's dive with Morgan ends abruptly when Morgan is stung by a stonefish, requiring her to be rushed back to ORCA. Cass feels guilty for what she said to her sister earlier. Sallyanne tries to talk to Jason about how she feels about him but he dismisses her to join his friends who are preparing to intercept the Synchronium transfer from Mr. Lee to Dr. Hellegren. Brett stows away on the UBRI vessel and when the are out at sea, he disables the craft and steals the Synchronium piece. Brett jumps overboard where Neri and Mera are waiting just as the Coast Guard arrives to board the UBRI vessel-Benny faxed them to tell them about UBRI's involvement with Opal smuggling. Having losing another piece of the Synchronium, Dr. Hellegren tells Kal that his most important job now is to locate where the Neri is hiding the Synchronium pieces.
#5 - The China Man
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/8/1997
A large quake hits keeping Lena from accessing HELEN to look for more of the Synchronium. Cass and Benny sneak into the UBRI offices on ORCA where they overhear Dr. Hellegren talking to a Mr. Lee about a trade for a piece of the Synchronium that Mr. Lee has. Wanting to get this new piece before Hellegren, Cass, Benny and Lena gain entry into Mr. Lee's office building to retrieve the Synchronium. Cass and Lena are caught by security, but Benny, unsure about whether or not to flee the building, goes back and rescues the girls from Mr. Lee's office. Jason and Brett are told about the Synchronium in Mr. Lee's possession and they make plans to steal it when Mr. Lee brings it to ORCA to give to Dr. Hellegren. Meanwhile, Brett goes back to the island to search through the ship one last time, he is joined by Mera and Kal. Separating himself from Mera and Brett, Kal sneaks off to follow Neri hoping to discover where she hides the Synchronium. Charlie warns Neri and Kal is discovered. Back on the island, Mera once again voices her disapproval of Kal's actions. Winston is honoured by having the newly discovered fault line named after him.
#6 - The Golden Ankh
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/22/1997
From the DNA sample obtained from a strand of Neri's hair, PRAXIS identifies Neri as an alien and makes her capture their top priority. Wandering in the desert looking for the Pyramid of Mystery, Neri, Jason and Brett get a ride from two Bedouins who take them back to their camp. Worried they've been picked up for the reward, when Neri rescues a young girl from a well, the trio become welcome guests. They are told a story about a Bedouin man who was abducted by people who "live like fish." The next morning they are taken back to the well that holds the entrance to the Pyramid of Mystery, they are spotted by Malakat and Shersheba who, after summoning Shelby and Hauser, pursue them into the pyramid. Inside the pyramid, Neri locates a golden ankh and opens the water portal allowing her, Jason and Brett to escape. Emerging on the other side, they discover they've been transported to a cave in the outback.
#7 - The Earthquake
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/1994
Vanessa and Jason go out on a mission with the boat but Neri warns Jason that an earthquake is coming, so they return. Commander Lucas gets angry but the earthquake is for real and Damien and Lee get stuck in a room leaking water. Froggy pulls a trick with the computer called HELEN which stands for Hydro Electronic Liaison Entity 3000 to try to get them out.
#8 - The Queen
Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/22/1997
Asleep on her island late at night, Neri has a vision of her mother, she tells Neri that it is "her time" but Neri admits that she is afraid of what is to come. On the Ocean Planet, Shersheba is taken prisoner by Garron, on Malakat's order, upon arriving. She tells Garron that she has brought the cure to the virus—but will only release it if she is recognized as their leader. Neri stops at ORCA to discuss with the Bates family her plans to go to the pyramid. Neri asks Helen, who has been in contact with the underwater pyramid, to ask it to allow her to enter the pyramid undetected. Through Helen, the pyramid directs Neri to the "cave of light" in the outback. In the underwater pyramid, Malakat orders the pyramid to destroy ORCA, but soon after Neri and Jason arrive and start the process to destroy the pyramid. Just as they are about to finish, Shalamorn enters the central chamber and retakes control of her pyramid. It is revealed that Malakat did not kill Shalamorn but kept her in a state of suspended animation on the Ocean Planet as he schemed to take over. Upon returning to the Ocean Planet, Shersheba discovered this and set her free. For their actions, Shalamorn exiles Malakat but pardons Shersheba since she brought the cure back to Ocean Planet and released her from Malakat's hold. In a ceremony in the underwater pyramid's central chamber, Neri is crowned princess and heir to the thrown by her mother.
#9 - The Transport
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/19/1997
Neri, Jason, and Brett wander into an archaeological dig and meet Professor Malakat and Shersheba. Finding the minifin abandoned, Winston tracks the signal from Brett's vid-phone to the Middle East, but discounts his findings as a phantom signal. Back in Egypt, Malakat begins to take an interest in the travelers he's taken in, he has Shersheba befriend Jason hoping to find out more about Neri. Jason is able to make a quick phone call to ORCA and tells Cass where they are. From an analysis of the material in Neri's clothes, Malakat determines that she is not from Earth and when Shelby and Hauser enter the camp, he directs the agents to the kids. The agents contact Dianne promising to send them back to Australia, then says that Neri will have to stay behind due to problems verifying her identity. Forced to make a quick escape, Jason commandeers a jeep and the trio drive off, joining a tour group headed back to the "Pyramid of Mystery."
#10 - The Bug
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1997
Praxis closes in and apprehends the kids at the farm. Jason and Brett are returned to ORCA while Neri is transported, by boat, to Praxis headquarters. En route, Charlie jostles the boat allowing Neri to escape and jump overboard.Cass locates the bug Praxis used to follow Jason, Brett, and Neri to the farm—it was hidden in Jason's watch. Jason, Neri and Brett return to the underwater pyramid, placing the Praxis transmitter on Charlie as a decoy. Activating the holographic image of Shalamorn, her message informs Neri of a crisis on the Ocean planet and tells her that she is a princess destined to lead her people. Meanwhile, Malakat and Shersheba have arrived in Australia to begin their search for the underwater pyramid.
#11 - The Attack
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/11/1997
Shelby requisitions the minifin to get a closer look at the underwater pyramid, Diane assigns a reluctant Jason as his pilot. Near the pyramid, they encounter a group of commandos and come under attack. The minifin loses power and heads to the ocean floor. Jason is able to jump start the minifin using the battery from Shelby's GPS receiver and brings them safely back to ORCA. Shersheba and her commandos search Neri's island, Neri and Mera hide in a cave but when Shersheba closes in, she and her commandos are frightened off by a group of birds. Ilona eavesdrops on Shelby's report to Richter and reports what she's heard back to Malakat. Hauser interrupts Ilona's transmission and begins to grows suspicious of Ilona. The president of the Global union gives Praxis the authority to take over ORCA to use as a base from which to attack the underwater pyramid.
#12 - The Hunt for the Golden Ankh
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1997
Praxis's return to ORCA prompts Cass and Brett to seek Winston's help to delete all of Helen's records of Neri. Louis observes them through the airduct and informs Shelby and Hauser of what is happening but by the time the agents react, all of the records have been erased. Neri and Jason dive to the underwater pyramid, Neri activates the Shalamorn hologram and the pair are told about a rebel faction on the Ocean Planet that is opposed to a peaceful migration to earth. Soon after Malakat and Shersheba arrive and tell Neri and Jason of their own plans, as part of the rebel group, to use the power of the pyramid to melt Earth's polar icecap to prepare the planet for their people's arrival. Malakat also tells Neri that he caused the spacecraft that she and her father were on to crash to earth. Malakat demands the Golden Ankh be tuned over to him, but Neri and Jason escape through the water gate. They emerge in the same cave in the outback that they were in before and find Jakamarra waiting for them.
#13 - Attempt at Revival
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/3/1997
Neri is brought back to ORCA but she cannot be revived. Malakat and Shersheba successfully charge the ankh. Praxis destroys all their records of Project Sphinx and agent Hauser hands in her resignation. Louis calls agent Shelby to tell him that Neri was brought back to ORCA, but with the project over Shelby dismisses him. Jason and Brett take Neri back to the underwater pyramid, Malakat and Shersheba arrive soon after to use the charged ankh. As Shersheba is about to place her hand on the sacret stone, Jason places Neri's hand there ahead of her. The pyramid comes to life and Neri is miraculously revived. In anger, Shersheba destroys the ankh bringing about a large seismic event. Jason and Neri escape the pyramid with Neri and they watch as the pyramid slowly sinks into the ocean floor. As Neri is taken back to ORCA for a reunion with Dianne and Winston.
#14 - The Race
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/10/1997
Richter talks Elly Hauser into rejoining agent Shelby on newly a reopened Project Phoenix. Winston, Cass and Brett program Helen to provide 'just the facts' if questioned about pyramids. Louis overhears them trio talking about pyramids and tells Shelby and Hauser what they're doing. After a little prodding by Shelby, Helen reveals the existence of the underwater pyramid to the Praxis agents. Shersheba leads a group of commandos in a search of the nearby islands for Neri and Mera but they are unsuccessful until Brett is observed in a boat heading towards an island, Shersheba informs Malakat of this and plans a search of this island. After showing her around the station, Louis challenges Ilona in a race to the galley.
#15 - The Blood Test
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/19/1997
As Praxis again prepares to launch their nuclear torpedo at the pyramid, commandos storm ORCA allowing Shersheba and Malakat to seize control of the station. Convinced Charlie holds the key to defeating the red virus, Jason and Neri obtain a blood sample from him for testing. Jason returns to ORCA to find Shersheba in command. Suspicious of him, Shersheba asks Ilona to find out what he's up to. With all ORCA personnel confined to their quarters, Cass and Brett sneak through the air ducts to the lab so that they may test Charlie's blood for antibodies to the virus. Ilona overhears their plans and tells Shersheba who burst into the lab and seizes the cure to the red virus. Ilona and Shersheba return to the pyramid to tell Malakat of the cure, crazed with power Malakat reveals his true colours forcing Shersheba to flee with the cure taking it back to the Ocean Planet. Ilona joins Neri and Mera back on the island as Neri is resolved to sacrifice herself in order to destroy the pyramid.
#16 - Set Adrift
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/1994
Vanessa Lane comes to ORCA and ends up in the same class as Jason. Brett, Zoe and Froggy play a trick on Vanessa and she gets back at Brett and leaves him in a broken boat out at sea. A storm comes up, so they can't search for him. He strands on Neri's island and meets Neri, and tells Jason about her when he comes back.
#17 - The Snake Bite
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/4/1997
Jason and Winston climb the mountain on Neri's island to install surveillance equipment. Making their descent, Winston is bitten by a snake and falls the rest of the way down. Meanwhile back on ORCA, technicians are preparing to upgrade Helen but when they shut her down improperly, the entire station loses power. Neri and Brett trek across the island for a rare flower that can counteract the snake venom while Cass leads the effort to get Helen back online. On the distant Planet of the Oceans, a fast acting virus has ravaged the world's oceans and Malakat, as the leader of the rebel faction, plans an invasion of the Earth. On ORCA, a signal from deep space has been picked up by the receiver on Neri's island—it is Malakat scanning for any signs of the underwater pyramid.
#18 - Records and Recollections
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/24/1995
The search for Neri's sister Mera is underway. Mick asks Froggy to use his computer to change his grades but Froggy won't do it. Commander Byrne isn't pleased with her son's grades but Mick once again charms his way out of trouble. Rocky fixes up an old boat so Jason can leave ORCA as he pleases. Helping Winston with a survey, Joanne falls overboard. She is rescued by Neri, but to keep her a secret, Joanne is lead to believe that it was Winston who saved her. Dianne and Winston discover that Neri's presence enhances their scans of the seafloor. Dr. Hellegren discovers Neri is the creature that accompanies Charlie. An old newspaper article leads Jason and the others to the man who found Mera.
#19 - Before the Countdown
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/16/1997
As the red virus spreads through the ocean, Jason must restrain Neri from going to Charlie's aid. Through the secret passage from her cell, Mera gains access to the central core of the pyramid and uses it's power to send a telepathic message to Neri. Richter, along with Paul and Brett Bates once again are before Madam President of the Global Union but this time, with the red virus unleashed, she grants Praxis the authority to attack the pyramid. Shersheba encounters Neri in the ocean, she demands that Neri hand over the ankh to ensure the safety of both Earth and the Ocean Planet. When Neri goes to ORCA, she is spotted by Louis who quickly informs agent Shelby, but Helen soon erases all traces of Neri's arrival, affectively destroying Louis' credibility with Shelby. Jason goes to the underwater pyramid to deliver the terms under which Neri will hand over the ankh to Malakat.
#20 - The Ice Melts
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/18/1997
With the melting of the polar icecaps well under way, Malakat prepares for the invasion of Earth with seeming ambivalence towards the red virus. Shersheba challenges Malakat to create of cure for the virus immediately and using the power of the pyramid he does. Shersheba quickly releases it into the ocean but the red virus begins to mutate and soon grows stronger, surpassing even the pyramid's ability to stop it. Unaware of Malakat's efforts, Neri goes to the pyramid to plead for him to stop the virus. Malakat orders her to be killed but Shersheba intervenes saying that he cannot kill the chosen one—Neri escapes as they argue. As Neri, Mera and Jason walk along the beach pondering their next move, Neri wonders if perhaps Charlie may hold the answer.
#21 - Major Breakthrough
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/31/1994
New monitoring equipment allows Dianne and Winston to hear Neri's communications with Charlie but when the tag on Charlie stops working Dianne must go out and replace it. Using the songs of Charlie and Neri, Dianne and Winston are able to attract Charlie to their location. Dianne runs out of oxygen while diving but is rescued by Neri who is forced to reveal herself to Dianne and Winston in the process. When Dianne's research is faced with being shut down, Neri replaces the lost transmitter on Charlie enabling her research to continue.
#22 - The Countdown
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/17/1997
With an attack against the aliens pending, all non-essential personnel are being evacuated from ORCA. Louis informs agent Shelby that Hauser has kept Ilona of the evacuation list which leads to Praxis discovering that she and her mother are both aliens. Louis also manages to be taken off the list prompting Brett and Cass to stay behind as well. Believing Malakat and his commandos to have evacuated the pyramid as promised, Jason and Neri go to the pyramid but, along with Mera, they are soon captured when Malakat and his commandos reappear from within the pyramid. The impending launch of the nuclear torpedo aimed at the pyramid is detected causing all those within the pyramid to flee. Frantic efforts on ORCA to stop the launch succeed but Helen admits responding not to Dianne but on orders from "a higher power." With the launch stopped Shersheba and Malakat return to the pyramid and use the golden ankh to activate it. Malakat's first order is to begin the melting of the polar ice caps. Charlie reappears.
#23 - Danger in the Reef
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/3/1996
Winston calls Dianne and her sons back from their vacation informing them that UBRI has won the contract to construct ORCA City and their plans threaten a nearby fish breading ground. Dianne, as ORCA's new environmental officer, quickly calls a stop to the construction and begins a environmental study of the site. A dive to collect samples sees Jason become trapped under a fallen strut. As a rescue party is assembled, Charlie calls Neri who comes to save Jason as his air is about to run out. Dianne takes her case against UBRI before a tribunal who rule in her favour, stopping UBRI's construction. Dr. Hellegren's plans to destroy the breeding ground are thwarted by Neri. Hellegren warns Jason and Brett not to interfere with him.
#24 - Jason and the Abyss
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/12/1997
Neri continues to look for Kal but Jason suggests Kal is just trying to teach them a lesson by staying away. Neri receives another warning from Mera. Lena locates another piece of the Synchronium but without Kal to pinpoint its location, she gets HELEN to calculated possible sites. Dr. Hellegren gets Kal talking about Neri, Jason and ORCA. Kellar leads a UBRI team to retrieve the Synchronium piece while Dr. Hellegren stays behind to talk with Kal. The kids locate the Synchronium at the bottom of a seaside cliff and Jason repels down to get it as UBRI, who have been observing the kids, closes in. The others must flee with Neri to ensure safety, forcing Jason to hand over the Synchronium to Kellar. Jason overhears Kellar saying that they have Kal. Dr. Hellegren gives Kal the choice to leave or to stay with him and work towards possessing the Synchronium themselves. Kal, captivated by the power he is being offered accepts Hellegrens proposal to work together.
#25 - Winston and Water
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/7/1996
Hoping to keep Kal from making any return trips to ORCA, Jason suggests to Neri that she show him around the spaceship which he has been interested in. Winston's inability to swim is made an issue of by Kellar and UBRI, threatening his job on ORCA as they hope to replace him with one of their own. Fortunately, Benny discovers a provision is the regulations forcing the commander to give Winston a week to meet the qualifications. Neri brings Jason and Brett back to the ship where she and Kal have made a discovery. An interface with the ship's computer gives Neri access the ship's log written by Kal's mother. She explains to the group about a mission requiring the assembly of nine pieces of "Synchronium" which once put together will have the power to heal the Earth's oceans. Neri asks Jason and Brett to help her look for the Synchronium but they must no tell anyone else. Believing that Neri is close by to assist him, Winston passes his swimming test.