Odd Squad (TV series)

Odd Squad
Odd Squad logo
Genre	Educational, comedy
Created by	Tim McKeon Adam Peltzman
Written by	Tim McKeon
Directed by	Various
Starring	Dalila Bela Filip Geljo Millie Davis Sean Michael Kyer Anna Cathcart Isaac Kragten Olivia Presti
Composer(s)	Paul Buckley
Country of origin	Canada United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	54 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	J.J. Johnson Tim McKeon Blair Powers Paul Siefken
Producer(s)	Matthew J.R. Bishop Georgina Lopez
Location(s)	Toronto, Ontario
Editor(s)	Jennifer Essex-Chew Courtney Goldman Christopher Minns
Running time	10-12 minutes; two shows paired for a half-hour block
Production company(s)	The Fred Rogers Company Sinking Ship Entertainment
Distributor	PBS
Release
Original network	TVOKids (Canada) Ici Radio-Canada Télé (Canada) PBS Kids (U.S.)
Picture format	720p (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	November 26, 2014 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Peg + Cat Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
External links
Odd Squad on PBS Kids site

Odd Squad (Stylized as ODD SQUAD) is a Canadian/American children's live action television series that premiered on TVOKids in Canada and PBS Kids in the United States on November 26, 2014, both on the same day. The series is created by Tim McKeon and Adam Peltzman and is co-produced by The Fred Rogers Company and Sinking Ship Entertainment in association with TVOKids and Ici Radio-Canada Télé. The series features young agents who use indirect reasoning and math to solve and investigate strange happenings in their town. This is commonly in the form of satire—or other comedic archetypes—and is used to teach the audience math and math-related topics. In the UK it airs on CBBC.^[1] In Latin America it airs on Discovery Kids.

Plot

The series follows the exploits of Odd Squad, a kid-run organization that solves odd problems using math. In particular, it typically features two investigation agents in precinct 13579 of the organization—Agents Olive (Dalila Bella) and Otto (Filip Geljo) in the 1st season, and Olympia (Anna Cathcart) and Otis (Issac Kragten) in the second season. Selected episodes feature other groups of agents at the organization, like security officers, tube operators, or scientists. Agent names almost always start with the letter O.

Agents are typically given cases by Ms. O (Millie Davis) and travel through a tube system to arrive at the scene. They deduce the solution to the problem or the perpetrator of it using mathematical principles that are typically the focus of the episode. Often, they cannot solve the problem at the scene and must go back to their precinct's headquarters or to the "Mathroom" (T.J. McGibbon), a talking room that can display their information in front of them to help them see connections and better solve their case. Along with math, agents also use gadgets designed by the scientists; in the first season, Agent Oscar (Sean Michael Kyer) heads the lab, gaining an assistant, Agent Oona (Olivia Presti), in early season two who eventually takes over the lab. Agents also face off with a variety of recurring villains who often put a mathematical spin on their nefarious plots. Even though they occasionally arrive at a point when they believe the case is unsolvable, the agents always end up finding a solution to the problems.

Characters

Main characters

• Agent Olive (Dalila Bela, season 1): A veteran agent of Odd Squad, Olive began season 1 adapting to working with and training her new partner, rookie agent Otto. Olive is usually calm, brisk, and serious. She has a morbid fear of pies, which she acquired after saving Odd Squad HQ from a pie-related disaster instigated by her previous partner, a very gifted agent named Todd who was removed from the squad and became a villain. In the season 1 finale, Olive departs the series along with her partner, Otto, to run a different Odd Squad precinct as Ms. O.
• Agent Otto (Filip Geljo, season 1): Olive's partner, and in the opening episode the newest Odd Squad agent. The fun-loving Otto acts as a comic foil to Olive's straight-man demeanor, frequently annoying her. Although a rookie, Otto frequently uncovers the facts needed to solve the case at hand, even doing so in Olive's absence, proving his worth as an agent. In the season 1 finale, Otto departs the series to run another Odd Squad office as Mr. O with his partner, Olive.
• Ms. O (Millie Davis, seasons 1–): "Ms. O" is the title of any female head of an Odd Squad division, but in-show, the title most often refers to the head of the division featured on the show. The stern Ms. O leads the organization with an iron fist. She has the tendency to yell (a habit seen less frequently as the series progresses) and is often seen sipping a juice box. Despite appearing younger than most of the agents, Ms. O has worked for Odd Squad for several decades; her actual age remains a mystery. Before she became Ms. O, she worked as an Odd Squad field agent, going by the name "Oprah".
• Agent Oscar (Sean Michael Kyer, seasons 1–2): Odd Squad's resident scientist and gadgeteer, Oscar is a quirky though incredibly knowledgeable genius who spends most of his time at Odd Squad Headquarters tinkering with gadgets in his lab. Agents go to him for technical solutions to their problems. Oscar has a goofy side, delivering his zany scientific rants with a generous dose of hand gestures and vocal sound effects. Oscar departed from the series in the episode "Oscar Strikes Back", where he became the president of the Odd Squad lab sector after the former president was removed from Odd Squad for misconduct.
• Agent Olympia (Anna Cathcart, season 2): A new agent, introduced at the start of season 2, who joins to fill the opening left by the departure of Olive and Otto in the season 1 finale. She was given early graduation from the Academy because Ms. O wanted her in the equivalent of Otto's position.
• Agent Otis (Isaac Kragten, season 2): A new agent, introduced at the start of season 2, who joins to fill the opening left by the departure of Olive and Otto in the season 1 finale. He is generally very serious, and does not like to talk. There is no record of him attending the Academy, but he is the seasoned member of the new team. He exhibits dislikes others around him find strange, including an initial distaste for gum and a dislike of the ingredients of pizza when offered a pizza party for solving 50 cases in a week.
• Agent Oona (Olivia Presti, season 2): Odd Squad's resident scientist and gadgeteer. Oona took Oscar's role as the lab scientist in Odd Squad headquarters after the events of "Oscar Strikes Back".

Recurring roles

• Flatam (Martin Roach, seasons 1–): A villain who turns objects and people into two-dimensional things.
• Dr. O (Peyton Kennedy, seasons 1–): The head doctor of Odd Squad. She is known for her eccentric behavior and frequently says things that make no sense, whilst frequently reminding the agents "I'm a doctor!" in a manner reminiscent of Star Trek's Dr. McCoy.
• Agent Obfusco (Jaeden J. Noel): An Odd Squad agent and cross-cultural expert who speaks in obscure riddles. He is difficult for the other agents to understand, and extremely peculiar, even for an organization named Odd Squad, so the other agents try to avoid working with him. He has a sister named Obfuscolina who is even odder and is hard for even him to understand.
• Agent Ocean (Elijah Sandiford, season 2): Odd Squad's director of the creature room. Laid back, easy going dude that is super friendly and knows everything about the wild and crazy hard to catch creatures.
• Agent Octavia (Julia Lalonde): Agent Oz's partner. It was noted in an episode that she is one of Ms. O's best agents. She is usually looking for her partner, the invisible Agent Oz.
• Odd Todd (Joshua Kilimnik, seasons 1–): Previously an agent at the squad, Todd was removed from the squad for causing odd and subsequently became Odd Todd. A recurring villain in the first season, he was outsmarted by Agent Otto and renounced oddness for other interests. In the second season, he has taken up gardening and has been seen providing assistance to agents at the squad. Early in the first season before Todd was introduced, it was a running gag that characters would comment about Otto being "so much better then Olive's last partner." Upon Otto's asking about who was her last partner, they would change the subject.
• Oksana (Madeleine Barbeau): Odd Squad's resident cook, who prepares all the meals by herself. She has a deadpan manner.
• Agent Olaf (Eshaan Buadwal, seasons 1–): Agent Oren's partner. Olaf is happy-go-lucky and jovial in nature, but tends to be very simple-minded. Despite this, he has shown to have moments of intelligence, often to the shock and amazement of his fellow agents. He shares Oren's penchant for laziness. He dreams of becoming a dentist and fears not becoming one. He loves potatoes. It is later revealed that he is a werewolf.
• Agent Orchid (Michela Luci, seasons 1–): One of the younger agents. She tends to be extremely stubborn.
• Agent Oren (Brendan Heard, seasons 1–): Agent Olaf's partner. Snarky and arrogant, Oren and his partner have an ongoing rivalry with Olive and Otto. Unlike their industrious rivals, Oren likes to weasel his way out of work whenever possible. Oren likes to brag and considers himself Odd Squad's best agent. Oren has a fear of pancakes and dreams of becoming director of Odd Squad.
• Agent Owen (Christian Distefano, seasons 1–): The head of Odd Squad security.
• Polly Graph (Ava Preston): A girl who runs a stand selling hot chocolate or lemonade, depending on the season, outside her house. Odd Squad agents frequently patronize her stand. She's very fond of graphs and always has just the right visual representation to deal with the situation at hand. While she is not an agent, she offers data of all sorts to agents passing by in town. Ms. O has asked her to come in to assist on cases and internal business within the squad on occasion.
• Shapeshifter (Laura Landauer, seasons 1–): A villain who can transform or transform anything into another thing but remains the same weight.

Episode list

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Season premiere	Season finale
	1	40	November 26, 2014	May 30, 2016
	2	25[2]	June 20, 2016	TBA
	Film		August 1, 2016

Season 1 (2014–16)

# in series	# in season	Prod. #[3]	Title	American Premiere (PBS Kids)[3]	Canadian Premiere (TVO Kids)	French Canadian Premiere (Radio-Canada)	United Kingdom Premiere (CBBC)
1	1	101	Zero Effect/Bad Luck Bears	November 26, 2014		January 3, 2015	June 22, 2015/June 23, 2015
2	2	102	Soundcheck/Double Trouble	November 26, 2014		January 10, 2015	June 24, 2015/June 25, 2015
3	3	105	My Better Half/The Confalones	November 27, 2014		January 24, 2015	July 2, 2015/June 26, 2015
4	4	106	Blob on the Job/Party of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1	November 28, 2014		January 31, 2015	June 29, 2015/July 3, 2015
5	5	104	Reindeer Games	December 1, 2014
6	6	107	Oscar and the Oscarbots/Picture Day	December 2, 2014		February 7, 2015	July 6, 2015/July 7, 2015[4]
7	7	108	A Case of the Sing Alongs/Ms. O Uh Oh	December 3, 2014		February 14, 2015	July 8, 2015[5]/July 9, 2015[6]
8	8	103	Crime at Shapely Manor	December 4, 2014		January 17, 2015	June 30, 2015/July 1, 2015
9	9	109	Skip Day/The Great Grinaldi	December 5, 2014		February 21, 2015	July 10, 2015[7]/July 13, 2015[8]
10	10	110	The Trouble with Centigurps/Totally Odd Squad	December 8, 2014		February 28, 2015	July 14, 2015[9]/July 15, 2015[10]
11	11	111	How to Interrogate a Unicorn/The Briefcase	December 9, 2014		March 7, 2015	July 16, 2015[11]/July 17, 2015[12]
12	12	112	Best Seats in the House/Agent Obfusco	December 10, 2014		March 14, 2015	July 20, 2015[13]/July 21, 2015[14]
13	13	113	Life of O'Brian/Whatever Happened to Agent Oz?	December 19, 2014		March 22, 2015	July 22, 2015[15]/July 23, 2015[16]
14	14	114	The Jackies/Invasion of the Body Switchers	December 26, 2014		March 29, 2015	September 18, 2015/September 21, 2015[17]
15	15	115	The Odd Antidote/The One That Got Away	January 5, 2015		April 5, 2015	September 22, 2015/September 23, 2015[17]
16	16	116	Odd Outbreak/The Perfect Lunch	January 12, 2015		April 12, 2015	September 24, 2015/September 25, 2015[17]
17	17	117	Rise of the Hydraclops/O is Not for Old	January 19, 2015		April 19, 2015	September 28, 2015/September 29, 2015[18]
18	18	118	Dance Like Nobody's Watching/Recipe for Disaster	January 19, 2015		April 26, 2015	September 30, 2016/October 1, 2016[19]
19	19	119	Hold the Door/Flatastrophe	January 20, 2015		May 3, 2015	October 2, 2015/October 5, 2015[20]
20	20	120	Puppet Show/Mystic Egg Pizza	January 21, 2015		May 10, 2015	October 6, 2015/October 7, 2015[21]
21	21	121	6:00 to 6:05	January 22, 2015		May 17, 2015	October 8, 2015/October 9, 2015[22]
22	22	122	The Potato Ultimato/A Fistful of Fruit Juice	March 31, 2015		May 24, 2015	July 11, 2016[23]/July 12, 2016[24]
23	23	123	Soundcheck Part Deux/Jinx	April 1, 2015		May 31, 2015	July 13, 2016[25]/July 14, 2016[26]
24	24	124	Training Day	May 25, 2015		June 28, 2015	July 15, 2016[27]/July 18, 2016
25	25	125	Trading Places/Bad Lemonade	May 26, 2015		July 5, 2015	July 19, 2016[28]/July 20, 2016[29]
26	26	126	Robert Plant/Game Time	May 27, 2015		June 7, 2015	July 21, 2016[30]/July 22, 2016
27	27	127	The O Games	May 28, 2015		July 12, 2015	July 25, 2016[31]/July 26, 2016
28	28	128	Captain Fun/Switch Your Partner Round and Round	May 29, 2015		July 19, 2015	July 27, 2016[32]/July 28, 2016
29	29	129	Trials and Tubulations	September 1, 2015		June 21, 2015	July 29, 2016[33]/August 1, 2016
30	30	131	No Ifs, Ands, or Robots/Worst First Day Ever	September 2, 2015		July 26, 2015	August 4, 2016/August 5, 2016
31	31	132	Undercover Olive	October 12, 2015		August 2, 2015
32	32	133	Not So Splash/By The Book	October 13, 2015		August 9, 2015
33	33	134	O vs. The Ballcano/Assistant's Creed	November 25, 2015		August 16, 2015
34	34	135	Now You Don't See Me/Moustache Confidential	November 26, 2015		August 23, 2015
35	35	130	The Curious Case of Pirate-Itis/Oscar The Couch	January 4, 2016		June 14, 2015	August 2, 2016/August 3, 2016
36	36	137	Oscar of All Trades/Swamps 'N' Gators	January 18, 2016		September 13, 2015
37	37	138	There Might Be Dragons/Dawn of the Read	January 19, 2016		September 20, 2015
38	38	139	Olive and Otto in Schmumberland	February 16, 2016		September 27, 2015
39	39	136	Disorder in the Court	February 17, 2016	September 29, 2015	August 30, 2015
40	40	140	O is Not For Over	May 30, 2016	December 8, 2015	October 4, 2015

Season 2 (2016-)

Odd Squad was renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 20, 2016 with "Agents of Change", a special combining the first season's finale with the second season's premiere.^[34][35]

# in series	# in season	Prod. #[3]	Title	American Premiere (PBS Kids)[36]	Canadian Premiere (TVO Kids)	French Canadian Premiere (Radio-Canada)	United Kingdom Premiere (CBBC)
41	1	201	First Day	June 20, 2016
42	2	202	Back to the Past/Odd Squad Needs You	June 21, 2016
43	3	203	Mid-Day in the Garden of Good and Odd/Failure to Lunch	June 23, 2016
44	4	204	The O Team/Show Me the Money	June 27, 2016
45	5	208	Flawed Squad/The Creature Whisperer	June 28, 2016
46	6	205	Oscar Strikes Back	July 5, 2016
47	7	206	Olympia's Day/Otis's Day	July 6, 2016
48	8	207	And Then They Were Puppies/A Case of the Sillies	July 7, 2016
49	9	209	Happy Halfiversary/Good Egg Bad Egg	July 8, 2016
50	10	210	Night Shift/Put Me In Coach	July 11, 2016
51	11	211	Extreme Cakeover/A Job Well Undone	October 3, 2016
52	12	212	Three's Company/ Behind Enemy Mimes	October 4, 2016
53	13	213	Drop Gadget Repeat/ 20 Questions	October 5, 2016
54	14	214	High Maintenance/Not OK Computer	November 10, 2016

Television movie (2016)

A movie written for the series premiered summer 2016. It premiered on PBS Kids August 1, 2016 with a one-day theatrical showing in Canada and limited screenings before its television premiere in the United States.^[37][38]

Title	Directed by	Written by	American premiere (PBS Kids)	Canadian premiere (Theatrical release)
Odd Squad: The Movie	J.J. Johnson	Tim McKeon	August 1, 2016	July 16, 2016[38]
Odd Squad is put out of business by a new rival organization, Weird Team, staffed by adults and run by a man who calls himself Weird Tom (Jack McBrayer). When they realize that Weird Tom's solutions are simply covering problems up, they call for backup in the form of the precinct's former agents, Olive, Otto, and Oscar. Eventually, the problems—most glaringly, "Daves", creatures who multiply to form double their original number—are too much for even the Odd Squad agents, and they realize they must work together with every agent as well as the Weird Team to clear up a worldwide infestation of Daves. Special guests: Sean Cullen, Rizwah Manji, Sue Galloway, John Lutz, Keith Powell, Hannah Simone, Jack McBrayer

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External links

• Odd Squad at the Internet Movie Database
• PBS Kids Home Page
• Odd Squad on TVO Kids
• Organisation Super Insolite on Ici Radio-Canada Télé