The Odyssey (1992)
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 as Medea/Sierra Jones, Mark Hildreth as Finger, Ryan Reynolds as Macro, Janet Hodgkinson as Val Ziegler, and Devon Sawa as Yudo.
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Episode 1 - Lands End
Release Date: 1994-01-24In 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.
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Episode 2 - To the Lighthouse
Release Date: 1994-01-31In 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.
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Episode 3 - Some Place Like Home
Release Date: 1994-02-07In 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.
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Episode 4 - Whispers Like Thunder
Release Date: 1994-02-14In 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.
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Episode 5 - The Hall of Darkness
Release Date: 1994-02-21In 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.
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Episode 6 - The Prophecy
Release Date: 1994-02-28In 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.
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Episode 7 - The Greatest Show on Earth
Release Date: 1994-03-07In the Downworld, Jay and Flash find themselves in a circus show, run by Baz, a girl who claims to receive orders from ""the man"".
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Episode 8 - But Where is Here?
Release Date: 1994-03-14In 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.
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Episode 9 - The Big Picture
Release Date: 1994-03-21In 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.
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Episode 10 - Tick Tock
Release Date: 1994-03-28In 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.
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Episode 11 - Run for Your Life
Release Date: 1994-04-04In the Downworld, Macro sends Finger and his monitors after Jay by turning it into a game show called ""Run for Your Life"".
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Episode 12 - Who Do You Believe?
Release Date: 1994-04-11In 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.
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Episode 13 - You Decide
Release Date: 1994-04-18In 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.