

The writers became concerned that this draft would make kids scared of their dolls/action figures, so this draft was scrapped in favor of the one featuring Simon and Henny the toy chicken. Instead, the main character of the episode was a girl named Courtney who was at the mercy of a Creepy Doll named Mary Jane, who, like Henny, was slowly taking over Courtney's life. The original draft of said episode didn't even have the toy chicken in the first place.(What the Downer Ending exactly entailed is unknown, but it's presumed that Simon would have jumped off the slippery slope after successfully stealing the money and hurting Lucy, perhaps with a flash-forward to Simon's adulthood where he's a criminal continuing to commit crimes at the behest of the toy chicken.) According to supplemental material, one of the The Twilight Zone spoof episodes, namely "The Twilife Zone" which involves a boy named Simon being manipulated by a sentient toy chicken named Henny, was originally going to end in a Downer Ending rather than the happier ending where Simon gets rid of Henny when he realizes it is talking him into doing terrible things he wouldn't normally do like steal money from a school fundraiser and hurt Lucy when she catches him in the act.This was changed as the writers felt that wasting food, even if it was all in good fun, didn't seem to set a good example, so instead the Barclays chased each other with a water hose. Early episode "Our Best Vacation Ever", which involves the Barclays having a "vacation" without leaving Odyssey, originally had the Barclays kicking off their stay-cation with a food fight instead of the water-fight they have in the final episode.The team considered having the Straussbergs move to Chicago after Rachel and Stephen reconciled in "Life, in the Third Person, Part 2" ultimately, they were kept in Odyssey and Mandy had two more on-air appearances before she, like the rest of the cast sans the original trio and Wooton, were phased out of the show for the relaunch.



The album had a 13th episode that was entitled "Betrayed", which would have showed what happened as the Israelites stormed the Bones of Wrath hideout.
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When the writers realized that they had introduced other questions along with the ones they had intended to wrap up, however, note for example, how Katrina would react to Eugene's new-found faith or whether or not Whit would ever return to Odyssey they felt that they needed to address these, and the series continues to this day. Regis Blackgaard possibly making a Heel–Face Turn, Richard Maxwell dying, and Whit's End burning to the ground. Among other things, the arc was meant to be the Grand Finale of the series, and would have featured some plot elements involving Dr. A lot relating to the "Darkness Before Dawn" Story Arc, as detailed in the various guide books released over the years.This list will change slightly from time to time, as I revisit certain episodes and new episodes are released.Having been running for three decades, it's not surprising that there are many things that ultimately didn't make it into episodes of Adventures in Odyssey. By "greatest", I mean, of course, my personal favorites. The following is a list of the "greatest" Adventures in Odyssey episodes of all time.
