Starring
Sam GroomGretchen CorbettTony O'DellJonna LeeJonathan BanksChris Hebert
Written by
Roderick Taylor
Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
Otherworld Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 8.2 |
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About
Otherworld is an American science fiction series that aired for only eight episodes from January 26 to March 16, 1985 on CBS. It was created by Roderick Taylor as a sort of Lost in Space on Earth. Taylor gave himself a cameo role in each episode.
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Season 11985
7.132486h 16m
During a business trip in Egypt, Hal Sterling takes a break to go with his family to visit the pyramids. Unexpectedly, the family is drawn into a space-time vortex and transported to a new, completely different world. Each episode of Otherworld is about the Sterling family's journey to a new, completely different seeming province of this new world, in their continuing quest to find a place called Emar, and there to find a way back to Earth.
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Rules of Attraction | 7.5 | 63 | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Zone Troopers Build Men | 6.9 | 42 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Paradise Lost | 6.6 | 40 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Rock and Roll Suicide | 6.9 | 42 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Village of the Motorpigs | 6.7 | 35 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar | 7.1 | 38 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Mansion of the Beast | 6.8 | 27 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Princess Metra | 8.2 | 37 | 47 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Sam Groom Hal Sterling
Gretchen Corbett June Sterling
Tony O'Dell Trace Sterling
Jonna Lee Gina Sterling
Jonathan Banks Kroll
Chris Hebert Smith Sterling
Wayne Alexander Lieutenant, Aid
Peter Bromilow Praetor
Brandon Crane Smith Sterling
Michael Rider Officer
Crew
Roderick Taylor
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