Mon, Jan 11, 1993
While Max and Val try more sensory stimulation on Jay in the outer world, in the inner world Jay and his friends arrive at the trading post where Jay is seized by Prop as a counterfeiter of checkpoint passes and sentenced to have his head shaved, but is saved by Frances X, Checkpoint Keeper, and passes through Checkpoint Three. Meanwhile in the outer world, Val reads Jay a birthday card from Jay's dad, and Jay rouses very slightly.
Thu, Aug 13, 2020
When 11-year-old Jay Ziegler falls from a treefort after being pursued by bullies who wanted his father's precious telescope, he ends up in a coma - in the real world (known as the Upworld). In the Upworld, Jay's mother Val, his best friend Donna and the bully Keith all try to cope with their reality. In the Downworld (Jay's mind), Jay finds himself in a world entirely populated by children, where he meets up Alpha and Flash (the Downworld counterparts of Donna and Keith) and the trio embark on a mysterious mission involving a telescope, the land's mysterious leader Brad, and a connection to Jay's father.
Mon, Jan 25, 1993
Jay recognizes Brad as a child-version of his own dad, and Brad reveals to Jay the Vest of Power which, if Jay wears it, will take him back home to the outer world, but when Jay arrives there, he does not find his adult dad and returns. Instead he sets out to travel to the lighthouse where the vest seems to have originated.
Mon, Jan 18, 1993
In the inner world, Jay et al. reach the Tower, but Brad has been grounded by Macro and is unavailable. The Board discusses the mystery which is Jay and how to use him to their own advantage. As Jay bursts in on the meeting, Macro tells Jay he will be the new Tower leader and goes to fetch Brad who turns out to have escaped - while Fractal uses a piece of his crystal and regression hypnosis to show how in the outer world, Jay came to travel to the inner world, but Macro smashes the crystal and tells Jay the only way he can get back to the outer world is to find the missing Brad. Suddenly Trashcan removes his disguise and reveals himself as Brad. Meanwhile in the outer world, Val and friends try to understand the significance of the objects that seem to rouse Jay.
Mon, Jan 24, 1994
On the way to the lighthouse, Jay finds a niche as a worker in a pizza parlor and wants to stay indefinitely - out of fear his dad will not be at the lighthouse. As he waits on a pirate, he notices he is wearing his father's tie from long ago - which came from the lighthouse. Meanwhile in the outer world, Jay, still in a stupor, makes a completely voluntary, inexplicable, and brilliant chess move with his king just as in the inner world, Jay starts off for the lighthouse. Ducking into a tunnel on pure instinct, Jay follows it and encounters both pirates and more monitors but perseveres until Flash, Alpha, and he come out in sight of the lighthouse - across the water.