The WORST episodes of The Odyssey
Every episode of The Odyssey ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Odyssey!
Jay Ziegler is a normal boy until he falls into a coma after an accident. In the real world, aka the Upworld, Jay is in a coma and his family and friends must deal with life around them. But in Jay's mind, aka the Downworld, Jay is travelling though a land populated entirely by kids. With the help of his friends Alpha and Flash (the Downworld counterparts of his friends Donna and Keith), Jay must fulfill his mission of finding the mysterious leader of the Downworld, discover what really happened to his father and find his way home. Join Jay and his friends as their Odyssey unfolds. The original title for the series was The Jellybean Odyssey. The Odyssey was filmed entirely on location in British Columbia, Canada.
#1 - Night Life
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1994
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.
#2 - But Where is Here?
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/14/1994
In the Upworld, Keith puts up a poster in Jay's room of actress, Sierra Jones, which awakens Jay once again. In the Downworld, when Jay and Flash become lost in a maze of mirrors, Flash must face his inner demons while Jay must choose between both worlds.
#3 - The Big Picture
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/1994
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.
#4 - Tick Tock
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/28/1994
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.
#5 - Run for Your Life
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/4/1994
In the Downworld, Macro sends Finger and his monitors after Jay by turning it into a game show called ""Run for Your Life"".
#6 - Who Do You Believe?
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/11/1994
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.
#7 - You Decide
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/18/1994
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.
#8 - No Way Out
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1994
In the Upworld, Jay has finally come out of his coma, and is attempting to re-adjust to living a normal life, but his mom insists on counseling. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, Finger is the new leader and he puts Jay and Flash in a fight for survival.
#9 - Dart to the Heart
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1994
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.
#10 - Learning Curve
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1994
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.
#11 - The Greatest Show on Earth
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/7/1994
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"".
#12 - Cry Justice
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1994
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.
#13 - King for a Day
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1994
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.
#14 - The Cauldron
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1994
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.
#15 - Styx and Stones
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1994
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.
#16 - Tug Of War
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1994
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.
#17 - Tangled Web
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1994
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.
#18 - No Holds Barred
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1994
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.
#19 - The Plague
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1994
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.
#20 - Time Bomb
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/1994
In the Upworld, Jay prepares to tell his mother the truth about her husband. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, angry over the takeover of the Tower, Finger plants a bomb that will destroy the Downworld forever.
#21 - The Prophecy
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/28/1994
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.
#22 - The Hall of Darkness
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/21/1994
In the Upworld, Val tells Donna she should spend less time with Jay and more time in the real world. In the Downworld, Yudo leads Jay to a school where the records of every person are kept in order to get more info about Jay's father.
#23 - Whispers Like Thunder
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/14/1994
In the Upworld, Jay wakes up which delights his mother, but it's only short-lived. In the Downworld, they're struck by earthquakes until Jay returns in time to find the Brad is turning 16 and leaving this world.
#24 - Some Place Like Home
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/7/1994
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.
#25 - By the Book
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/23/1992
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.