The Odyssey

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.

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.

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"".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the Downworld, when a mysterious girl named Medea, prophecizes that Jay will be the destroyer of their world, she attempts to get rid of him for good. Meanwhile in the Upworld, Keith volunteers to look after Jay's dog, Bentley, when Val becomes too busy.

In the Upworld, when Val is laid off work due to her spending so much time with comatose Jay, she decides to visit her mother in the country at the family farm. At Driftwood, Donna and Keith continue to help by reading King Arthur stories to Jay. Meanwhile in the Downworld, the trio reach a cornfield where Flash meets Lobelia & Yudo and learn of Yudo's belief of ""Big People"".

In the Upworld, when Jay's paternal grandmother isn't up to the task of helping Val with Jay's physiotherapy, Val allows Donna & Keith to help in Jay's recovery. Meanwhile in the Downworld, Jay, Alpha and Flash find the first of three checkpoints but have to face tests to get through them.

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.

In the Upworld, Jay's condition becomes more stabile and his classmates make him get-well-soon cards. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, as Jay and Alpha prepare for re-education at the mission, Flash recruits some tower-resistance fighters to help rescue the pair.

In the Upworld, Jay's coma worsens and he's taken to intensive care, causing Val to be faced with the prospect that her son may never recover. Meanwhile in the Downworld, Jay believes that his connection to home lies in the Tower, so he sets out with his companions to find it.

When 11-year-old Jay Ziegler falls from a treefort after being pursued by bullies who wanted his father's precious telescope, he ends up in a coma - in the real world (known as the Upworld). In the Upworld, Jay's mother Val, his best friend Donna and the bully Keith all try to cope with their reality. In the Downworld (Jay's mind), Jay finds himself in a world entirely populated by children, where he meets up Alpha and Flash (the Downworld counterparts of Donna and Keith) and the trio embark on a mysterious mission involving a telescope, the land's mysterious leader Brad, and a connection to Jay's father.