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Back to the Past
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Season 2, Episode 2a
Production Information
Air DateJune 21, 2016
Written byAmy Benham
Directed byBrian K. Roberts
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Back to the Past is the A-plot of the 2nd episode of Season 2 of Odd Squad.

Synopsis[]

When agents Olympia, Otis, Oona, and Oscar are accidentally transported to the future, they need to figure out what day it is.

Olympia's Random Slide[]

This...is the missing piece of the puzzle.

Learning Goal[]

Measurement: using a calendar

Plot[]

The episode starts off with Olympia and Otis helping a woman who has an odd problem. She puts a flyer for a bowling party into a copy machine, but what comes out are 2 bowling pins and a bowing ball. Otis then suggests throwing the party in the office, all the extra pins and bowling she printed before would work perfectly. Her problem fixed, the woman thanks them and Olympia and Otis leave. Right after, a man comes in to grab a coffee...by printing it off the copy machine.

Back at headquarters, Olympia and Otis walk into the Lab, calling for Oscar. A girl they've never seen before then suddenly hops up from under the counter saying, "Howdy-do!" Confused, Olympia asks her where Oscar is, before Oscar then appears behind them. He introduces the pair to Oona, his new lab assistant. Olympia and Otis shake hands with their new acquaintance. Oona tells Oscar she found some items while cleaning the Lab. She sets down a large lamp, then pulls out a weird gadget.

The gadget turns out to be the Day-Inator, which can send someone to any day in the current year. Oona remarks that she shouldn't hold the gadget anymore, so she haphazardly tosses it to Oscar instead. Oscar doesn't catch it, and the Day-Inator activates on the floor.

After two flashes, the four agents reappear in the Lab. Everything seems normal, except for the now shattered lamp on the ground. Just then, Olympia spots another her, Otis, Oscar, and Oona. They duck under the counter to avoid being seen. Oona suggests they've been zapped into the future, because if they were in the past there wouldn't be another Oona already, only because they just met for the first time today (or the day they were previously from).

Oscar spots another Day-Inator on the table, but he can't zap everyone back to the present just yet. The four first need to figure out what day they are currently from. They can't directly ask what day it is be seen by their future selves, as that would cause a Timetastrophe. Oscar decides they should head off to the Calendar Room.

Olympia, Otis, Oona, and Oscar are now in the Calendar Room, which is just an empty room with twelve monthly calendars on the wall. Oona says March 1st was her first day at Odd Squad, so the dates they could be right now are between March 2nd and December 31st. It still leaves ten whole months of options left, so Oona suggests everyone going out and looking for clues on what day it is.

Now searching for leads, Olympia and Otis walk through the door hallways, before they find Orchid playing with her dinosaur toys. They can't talk to their future selves, but they can talk to other people. They go over to Orchid and ask her what the day and month is. Before that, Orchid asks Otis to open a jar for her. He does, and an explosion of glitter goes off, getting all over Otis' suit. Orchid responds with, "Burn!" and then skips away without answering their question.

Meanwhile, Oscar and Oona are also going down the door hallway, before Oscar stops at a lone refrigerator. Inside are a bunch of snowballs and autumn leaves. Oscar says he keeps them in the fridge when its not winter or fall. Oona realizes they couldn't have been zapped to a day in fall or winter from that information. They run back to the Calendar Room to remove September, October, and November from the lineup.

Elsewhere, Olympia and Otis are still walking down the hall. Otis is trying to get the glitter from Orchid's trick off him, when Ms. O appears behind them. She says its spring cleaning time and scolds Otis for being such a mess, to which he apologizes. Ms. O forgives him and offers a handshake. Otis falls for it again, and gets shocked with Ms. O's joy buzzer. She walks away laughing, before Olympia and Otis start to shake and the world appears shaky. They see their future selves talking in front of them, so they run in the opposite direction.

The two of them flee back to the Calendar Room, where Oscar and Oona still are. Oona relays the info that the day they're in is not fall or winter. Hearing that, Olympia also realizes Ms. O said spring cleaning just started. So, all the summer months: June, July, and August, can be eliminated. Plus, since spring cleaning starts in April, both March and May can be taken off as well. Only thirty days in April are left as choices. To narrow it down more, the group heads off to the breakroom, which has a special for every day of the week.

Olympia, Otis, Oscar, and Oona sneak over to the breakroom, which is serving hot dogs. Hot dogs are only served on Fridays, so that leaves all the Fridays in April as available options. The world starts to turn weird again, so the four run back the way they came. Future Otis comes by to take a hot dog of his own. The four of them sprint down the door hallway but keep almost running into their future selves. Otis, as a last resort, tries to eat his hot dog but it just squeaks instead. Otis vents that today has been nothing but a massive joke. Oona comes to the realization that today is April Fools' Day, because that is the day everyone plays joke on each other. Oscar then zaps them back to the present, right before their future selves ram into one another.

The four now appear back in the present, signaled by the repaired lamp. Another crisis averted, the agents cheer and Oona offers a high five. Oscar whiffs the high five, knocks over the lamp, which shatters it. With them discovering that is how it broke, the episode ends.

Characters[]

Main Characters[]

Supporting Characters[]

Minor Characters[]

Trivia[]

  • This episode is Oona's first appearance.
  • The episode's title is based on the classic 1985 movie Back to the Future.
  • Oscar keeps snowballs in the freezer when it's not winter, and keeps leaves in a refrigerator when it's not fall.
  • The Time Sharks replaced the Time Sheep.
  • Olympia, Otis, Oscar, and Oona are zapped into the future on April 1st.
  • If the future Olympia, Otis, Oscar, and Oona see their past selves, many things could go wrong (Timetastrophe).
  • This is the first episode to have the intro narrated by Olympia, as First Day was narrated by Ms. O.
  • This is the second appearance of the Dayinator as well as the second time it was carelessly used.

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