| No. |
Title |
Original Airdate |
|
| 1 |
"Voyagers" |
October 3, 1982 |
| Time traveler Phineas Bogg accidentally goes to New York City in 1982 using a hand held time machine known as an Omni. There he meets 12 year old Jeffrey Jones who becomes his assistant in keeping the course of history on the right track. Bogg cannot bring Jeff back to 1982 so Jeff helps Bogg as a Voyager by putting baby Moses in the Nile river in Ancient Egypt but in Europe, an alternate ending to World War I is taking place in 1918, without airplanes. They both go back in time to America and inspire the Wright brothers to invent the first Wright Flyer then jump ahead in time making sure the Allies have airplanes in WWI. |
| 2 |
"Created Equal" |
October 10, 1982 |
| The issue of slavery is focused on as the Voyagers end up in Italy in 73 BC during a gladiator training session overseen by Cicero. They meet Spartacus and are thought to be slaves but they escape to Missouri in 1847. There, they meet 12 year old Samuel Langhorne Clemens and end up helping Harriet Tubman with the Underground Railroad. They then return to Ancient Rome and free Spartacus so he can rally his fellow slaves back in Capua. |
| 3 |
"Bully and Billy" |
October 24, 1982 |
| The Voyagers end up in Cuba in 1898 during the Spanish-American War but the Spanish are winning. Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders are not there to help because Billy the Kid killed Roosevelt in 1880. After helping Benjamin Franklin with his kite in 1752, they time travel to 1880 and team up with Billy's outlaw gang to prevent the future U.S. president from being shot in the American Old West. |
| 4 |
"Agents of Satan" |
October 31, 1982 |
| In New England in 1692, Bogg & Jeff must prevent the mother of Benjamin Franklin, Abaia Folger, from being hung during the Salem witch trials. Bogg, however is tried and sentenced as an Agent of Satan, to be burned at the stake but Jeffrey uses the Omni to send them both to Boston in 1924. There they meet Harry Houdini during a séance and after stopping a charlatan who tries to kill Houdini, they go back to 1692 and stop the witch trials for good. |
| 5 |
"Worlds Apart" |
November 7, 1982 |
| After a malfunctioning Omni nearly strands them in Siberia, Bogg & Jeff become separated in the Middle East in 1917 during the conflicts between Arab tribes and Ottoman Turks. Jeffrey escapes with the Omni and Bogg and Lawrence of Arabia are imprisoned by Turks but escape with the help of an Arab woman named Medina. In Menlo Park, New Jersey in 1879, Jeffrey helps Thomas Edison with the invention of the electric light before reuniting with Bogg in Aqaba. |
| 6 |
"Cleo and the Babe" |
November 14, 1982 |
| In Rome, 44 BC they meet Cleopatra on the Ides of March and help her escape to Egypt but they end up with her lost in New York City in 1927. Jeff notices Yankee Stadium is not built because Babe Ruth never got traded to the New York team. They meet Isaac Newton in England, 1669 before going to Boston, 1919 to make sure Ruth becomes a hitter with the Boston Red Socks. In 1927, they find Cleopatra but have to protect Babe Ruth from crime boss Lucky Luciano so Ruth can play a record hitting game. |
| 7 |
"The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln" |
November 21, 1982 |
| Bogg & Jeff are captured by the Confederate States Army in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania because the South is winning the American Civil War. They learn that the Confederates kidnapped Abraham Lincoln in 1862 in Washington, D.C. but after escaping the camp, they go to London in 1832 where they meet Charles Dickens. Back in Washington, a presidential liaison betrays Lincoln but the Voyagers bring Lincoln's hijacked presidential carriage back under Union control. |
| 8 |
"Old Hickory and the Pirate" |
November 28, 1982 |
| In New Orleans of 1815 the War of 1812 has not ended and the British control the city. The Voyagers go to The Bahamas in 1798 to keep Jean Lafitte from being convicted of piracy in his future. There they encounter a group of pirates led by Black Bill Scroggins and after a swashbuckling scuffle on the beach, Lafitte goes to New Orleans and the Voyagers jump ahead to the Battle of New Orleans and meet General Andrew Jackson. |
| 9 |
"The Travels of Marco...and Friends" |
December 3, 1982 |
| In Brooklyn in 1930 the Voyagers meet Isaac Wolfstein who is an old retired Voyager. Bogg knows him as the legendary Wildman Wolfstein but when Isaac asks to go to an island in the South Pacific, they end up helping Clara Barton in France, 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War. After leaving Isaac on an island, Bogg loses Jeff and Marco Polo to bandits in medieval Persia. Bogg then goes back and gets Isaac and with his help, frees his young companion from Mongol slave traders. |
| 10 |
"An Arrow Pointing East" |
December 12, 1982 |
| Bogg and Jeff help a wounded Robin Hood in England, 1194 and learn from Little John and Friar Tuck that the Sheriff of Nottingham is holding Maid Marion captive. When the Sheriff's soldiers trap the Voyagers, they jump to New York, 1927. On Long Island, they help Charles Lindbergh make his historic flight from New York to France in the Spirit of St. Louis. They then go back to help Robin Hood rescue Maid Marion in 1194 before going back again to France on May 21, 1927 to see "Lucky Lindy" land in France..from a distance. |
| 11 |
"Merry Christmas, Bogg" |
December 19, 1982 |
| In 1776, George Washington is on the wrong side during the American Revolution so they go to Mount Vernon, Virginia in 1746 to keep him from joining the Royal Navy as a teenager. Then in the late 19th century, they meet Jeffrey's great-grandfather, Stephen Jones, who is friends with Samuel Gompers. Bogg & Jeff then go to 1776 just before the Battle of Trenton and witness Washington's crossing of the Delaware. Back in the 19th century, Stephen Jones convinces Bogg to leave the orphaned Jeff with him and his wife. Jeff, however, begs Bogg not to leave him and they stay together. |
| 12 |
"Buffalo Bill & Annie Play the Palace" |
January 9, 1983 |
| In England, 1887 the Voyagers must prevent a wedding between England's Princess Victoria and Duke Michael of Russia. Queen Victoria has invited Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley to perform a Wild West show. A shooting competition was set between the Duke and Annie, but the Duke's men kidnap Oakley to avoid the possibility of the Duke losing. Bogg and Jeff are outnumbered and time jump into Africa, 1913. There, they help Dr. Albert Schweitzer treat a dying chief but a witch doctor, thinks the Voyagers are slave traders. Schweitzer's aid arrives with the medicine in time to save the chief's life and back in England, they free Oakley from the Russians in time for her to beat the Duke at the shooting match, and expose the kidnapping to the queen who breaks off the marriage alliance with the Russians. |
| 13 |
"The Trial of Phineas Bogg" |
January 16, 1983 |
| The Voyagers appear in an empty courtroom with a non-functioning Omni. A defense attorney named Susan claims Bogg has violated the Voyager Code and will be put on trial by Voyager Drake, a tough prosecutor. Three judges take the bench and Bogg is charged with endangering Jeff's life. However, evidence of perjury during the trial is discovered showing that Drake tampered with the Omni Memory Recorder. When Drake attempts escape with his Omni, the Voyagers grab him and end up in the Texas Revolution of 1836. Drake escapes somewhere in time while Bogg & Jeff help Sam Houston and the Texan rebels. Susan then brings them back and a judge tells them that Jeff's destiny was to be a Voyager. He gives Bogg his Omni but they go back to work and disappear before he can give them a new Guidebook. |
| 14 |
"Sneak Attack" |
February 13, 1983 |
| In Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 6, 1941 Jackie Knox (an Army Intelligence Officer), follows the Voyagers and steals the Omni bringing them to Utah, 1860. They find an injured teenage Bill Cody working The Pony Express who was attacked by outlaws. Bogg convinces Jackie that Voyagers help people in history but when Jeff decides to make the Pony ride and gets ambushed, the trio jump back to Hawaii on the morning of December 7th. During the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Jackie saves the life of General Douglas MacArthur. They then use a 1941 motorcycle for the Pony ride in 1860 in order to outrun the bandits. |
| 15 |
"Voyagers of the Titanic" |
February 27, 1983 |
| Bogg & Jeff land on the deck of the RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912. While Jeff tries to warn the captain with Molly Brown, Bogg meets a man named, Haggerty who is not a Voyager but has an Omni. It belongs to Voyager Olivia Dunn who is trying to get the Mona Lisa off the ship. The three Voyagers then jump to France, 1885 where a dog bites Jeff and gives him rabies. Louis Pasteur then works on a vaccine and Jeff fully recovers. They all go back to Titanic and Bogg finds Haggerty in the boiler room where they get the Mona Lisa just as the ship goes underwater. In Paris, Jeff (who left separately) thinks they died until they show up and explain they had to bring the stolen painting back to the home of Vincenzo Peruggia. |
| 16 |
"Pursuit" |
March 6, 1983 |
| Bogg brings Jeff to Cape Canaveral to see the first moon landing but the space program of the United States doesn't exist. German rocket technology was given to Russia at the end of World War II so they go to Austria on May 1, 1945 in order to ensure rocket scientist Wernher von Braun surrenders to American forces only. Bogg tries to warn von Braun that one of his scientists is a spy for the Nazis before they finally meet American forces and he gives them his rocket plans. Then they go to July 21, 1969 and see the moon landing on television as Neil Armstrong utters his famous quote. |
| 17 |
"Destiny's Choice" |
March 13, 1983 |
| In Hollywood, 1928 the Voyagers end up on a closed set of the first sound film. When Jeff points out that the director is Franklin D. Roosevelt, they know all is wrong in Tinseltown. They go to Roosevelt's home in Hyde Park, New York in 1924 to keep him from mailing out a script and get known in Hollywood but his wife, Eleanor is at odds with Roosevelt's mother who is ashamed of his paralysis. Posing as a handyman, Bogg helps Roosevelt use crutches and not depend so much on others allowing him to make an important public speech, move up in politics and eventually, become president. |
| 18 |
"All Fall Down" |
March 27, 1983 |
| In 1938, the Voyagers see Joe Louis training for a boxing match in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. When Bogg knocks down Louis in a practice bout, he decides to quit boxing. Fearing the coaches will hurt Bogg, Jeff time jumps them to an airplane over Nevada in 1970 where a hijacker releases gas which knocks everyone out except for Jeff. An air traffic controller helps him land the Boeing 747 with future president Jimmy Carter on board. Back in 1938, they convince Louis not to listen to claims of racial superiority about his opponent, Max Schmeling. Bogg & Jeff help train Louis and on June 22nd, Louis wins against Schmeling and retains his title of "Heavyweight Champion Of The World". |
| 19 |
"Barriers of Sound" |
June 12, 1983 |
| In Boston, 1875, Bogg saves the life of a deaf woman, named Mabel Hubbard. They find Alexander Graham Bell but his invention, the telephone, doesn't work. Jeff realizes Mabel will be his wife and arrange a meeting but Mabel and Bogg fall in love with each other. Bogg unwantingly breaks her heart and they go to 1876 where Bell and Thomas A. Watson are working on the phone. When Bell injures himself and screams, "Mr, Watson! Come here, I want you!" Watson, hearing Bell's voice on the telephone, jumps for joy, knowing they succeeded. In Texas, 1890, Bogg & Jeff help the birth of Dwight D. Eisenhower by getting assistance from a doctor on the phone. |
| 20 |
"Jack's Back" |
July 10, 1983 |
| In London, 1889, an American journalist named Nellie Bly is attacked by a man but vanishes when Bogg & Jeff appear. When her friend Sir Arthur Conan Doyle begins to question Bly about her attacker, she suspects Bogg is the infamous Jack the Ripper and gets the police. Inspector Lasard of Scotland Yard arrests Bogg and the Voyagers realize the renegade Voyager named, Drake was Bly's attacker. After they escape from Lasard, they find Drake about to kill Bly and Doyle in order to "ruin history" but Bogg and Jeff stop him before he vanishes in time. |
