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1. S01E01From a Pile of PlanksSeptember 22, 1975—Outerscope I segment From a Pile of Planks; a history of the drum across cultures; a lesson about English words with origins in other langua
2. S01E02Ready for Blast-Off—Outerscope I – Ready for Blast-Off Cynthia, who isn't sure that their spaceship is more than a game, suggests a fuel made from water, su
3. S01E03Shooting Through Space—Outerscope I – Shooting Through Space The Outerscope I really flies into outer space. Willie seems to be steering it well, but the ship
4. S01E04Crash Landing—Outerscope I – Crash Landing The kids have landed on a strange planet. With Outerscope I stuck, they follow a checkerboard-patterned pa
5. S01E05The March to the Throne—Outerscope I – The March to the Throne King Scrub and Queen Polish rule Saniland, the cleanest place in the universe. When they confron
6. S01E06The Trail is Discovered—Outerscope I – The Trail is Discovered Willie and Cynthia try to tell the truth about Earth to the Sanilanders. But their plea fails wh
7. S01E07Betty Surprises Them All—Outerscope I – Betty Surprises Them All The Sanilanders are convinced the kids have committed a severe crime. But they are all surprise
8. S01E08Searching for Help—Outerscope I – Searching for Help The kids escape Saniland and steer Outerscope I to another world. This planet has a metal exterior, r
9. S01E09A Staggering Shock—Outerscope I – A Staggering Shock The machines identify themselves as the Family Syncovek. They tell the kids they are on the planet Te
10. S01E10Mamavek Makes an Offer—Outerscope I – Mamavek Makes an Offer The machines of Technovek give directions to Earth as a gesture of gratitude to the kids. But Edg
11. S01E11The End of the Rainbow—Outerscope I – The End of the Rainbow Edgar, Cynthia, and Willie decide to follow the directions from Technovek to Earth backwards. Onl
12. S01E12The Secret—Outerscope I – The Secret The creatures from the rainbow want to be friendly to the kids, so much so that they are willing to share the
13. S01E13It's Show Time!—Outerscope I – It's Show Time! The Tree Treats' ""happiness"" comes from seeing Yun Yuns do a minstrel-type stage act that is all anti-Y
14. S01E14A Tale of Woe—Outerscope I – A Tale of Woe Edgar and Eleanor are ready to give raves about the Yun Yuns show, but Willie starts to feel sorry for the
15. S01E15Mirrors Don't Lie—Outerscope I – Mirrors Don't Lie Cynthia thinks up a strategy to teach the Tree Treats a lesson. The plan is for the Tree Treats to mir
16. S01E16Playing the Game—Outerscope I –Playing the Game The Tree Treats perform a stage show belittling themselves. This gives the Yun Yuns the opportunity to b
17. S01E17Collision—Outerscope I – Collision After leaving the rainbow, Outerscope I lands in a dark land. Eleanor walks out and finds a keyhole. Long Ago
18. S01E18Where is the Door?—Outerscope I – Where is the Door? Eleanor finds the doorknob, and all the kids open the door. Inside, they encounter a room with doors
19. S01E19The Doors Open—Outerscope I – The Doors Open The kids find unusual behavior from everyone behind the doors. It seems they act and talk opposite of wha
20. S01E20Collecting Clues—Outerscope I – Collecting Clues The kids continue to observe the behavior of the people within the doors. It's all backwards, especiall
21. S01E21Adding Up the Clues—Outerscope I – Adding Up the Clues Willie nearly gets everyone into trouble by not communicating correctly with the people behind the do
22. S01E22The Vanishing Door—Outerscope I – The Vanishing Door The backward people agree to speak in line with the kids. With that hurdle cleared, one of the resid
23. S01E23Space Spin—Outerscope I – Space Spin The kids point Outerscope I directly to their universe. But the ship wrecks on the surface of a patchwork lan
24. S01E24Caught with the Loot—Outerscope I – Caught with the Loot Hategut has taken Henry's glasses and the Outerscope I steering device. He leaves behind sacks of g
25. S01E25Behind Bars—Outerscope I – Behind Bars Eleanor, Cynthia, and Henry regain consciousness in a jail. They learn that both the inhabitants of the plan
26. S01E26Hategut Strikes Again—Outerscope I – Hategut Strikes Again After years of blaming each other for stealing things, the Grubbers have challenged the Cobblites t
27. S01E27The Showdown—Outerscope I – The Showdown Cynthia, Eleanor, and Henry enter Hategut's hiding place to find all the things he stole from the Cobblites
28. S01E28Back at Hategut's Hole—Outerscope I – Back at Hategut's Hole The Cobblites and Grubbers, realizing the truth, forgive their past indiscretions. Together with
29. S01E29Jewels of the Sky—Outerscope I – Jewels of the Sky Henry is at the controls of Outerscope I as all the kids want to see Earth. They encounter a cluster o
30. S01E30Windows to the Past—Outerscope I – Windows to the Past The kids sail through more flashbacks of Saniland, Technovek, and the rainbow world. What Do You Wan
31. S01E31The Final Voyage—Outerscope I – The Final Voyage The kids go through two more flashbacks, this time of Back-a-land and Ruris. After such a long journey,
32. S01E32Hair—Children's Questions Repeat of a sequence from the episode Betty Surprises Them All: What makes people's hair the way it is? Long Ago R
33. S01E33Melanin—Children's Questions Repeat of a sequence from the episode Shooting Through Space: Are people different colors, or really just different s
34. S01E34Prejudice—Children's Questions Repeat of a sequence from the episode The Doors Open: What is prejudice? Storytelling Time Maria Tallchief, a famo
35. S01E35Genetics—Children's Questions Repeat of a sequence from the episode Mirrors Don't Lie: How do some people's skin tones, hair and eyes get to look t
36. S01E36Differences—Children's Questions Repeat of a sequence from the episode Collision: Why can't everyone be the same? There is no getting around our diff
37. S01E37Early Humans—Children's Questions Repeat of a sequence from the episode The March to the Throne: Can we guess what color the early humans were? Long A
38. S01E38Accents—Children's Questions Repeat of a sequence from the episode Caught with the Loot: Why don't people talk the same accent? Long Ago Repeat
39. S01E39Minority—Children's Questions: Minority Repeat of a sequence from the episode From a Pile of Planks: Do you feel left out because you're in a minor

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1. S02E01Looking for a Reason—Outerscope II – Looking for a Reason With Cynthia back from Puerto Rico, Edgar wants to round up the kids to send Outerscope on another
2. S02E02Sailor Bill's Diary—
3. S02E03Lost in the Storm—Outerscope II – Lost in the Storm Outerscope II crashes at South Fork on Long Island. A Shinnecock girl named Wendy discovers the diary
4. S02E04Wendy's Complaint—Outerscope II – Wendy's Complaint Cynthia, Edgar, and Eleanor learn that Wendy has been upset with the teaching of history at her school
5. S02E05Grandmother Tells the Story—Outerscope II – Grandmother Tells the Story Wendy's grandmother relates to Cynthia, Edgar, and Eleanor the story of Wine Dance, the man
6. S02E06A Talk with the Teacher—Outerscope II – A Talk with the Teacher Wendy's history teacher is surprised that she had missed her class. She asks why the class has
7. S02E07The Peking Clue—
8. S02E08Lost in Chinatown—Outerscope II – Lost in Chinatown Cynthia, Edgar, and Eleanor help a boy named Jimmy Wong get his dog back. Willie and Henry, still at
9. S02E09Presto to the Rescue—
10. S02E10Chun the Kitemaker—Outerscope II – Chun the Kitemaker Chun Bo Fung tells a customer that his father was a kitemaker, whose skill rubbed off on him. He goe
11. S02E11The Medallion Kite—Outerscope II – The Medallion Kite Bob and Robin lose track of Jimmy and the others. Adele and her father lead Willie and Henry to Cent
12. S02E12Together Again at Last—
13. S02E13The Story of Montego Slim Davis—Outerscope II – The Story of Montego Slim Davis The kids learn of the day Montego Slim Davis reported that Sailor Bill was ill. Davis l
14. S02E14Into the River!—Outerscope II – Into the River! Bob and Robin fail to dump Outerscope II in the East River. Julian greets Eleanor, Willie and Henry as
15. S02E15Emergency Landing!—Outerscope II – Emergency Landing! Willie lands Outerscope II on the roof of one skyscraper. He and the others leave the map behind as
16. S02E16Looking for Tia Rosa—Outerscope II – Looking for Tia Rosa Socorro convinces Eleanor, Henry and Willie to keep up their search for Tia Rosa. She introduces t
17. S02E17The Torn Page—Outerscope II – The Torn Page Dr. Davis meets with Edgar and Cynthia. He says he remembers something about Sailor Bill's medallion, the
18. S02E18Wendy and the Medallion—

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