List of Nowhere Boys episodes

Nowhere Boys is an Australian teen-oriented television drama series created by Tony Ayres.^[1] It premiered on ABC3 on 7 November 2013.^[2] The first two series follow the adventures of four mismatched teenage boys – goth Felix Ferne (Dougie Baldwin), nerd Andrew "Andy" Lau (Joel Lok), golden child Sam Conte (Rahart Adams), and alpha jock Jake Riles (Matt Testro).^[3] On 4 April 2014, it was announced that Nowhere Boys had been renewed for a second series.^[4] It began airing from 23 November 2014.^[5] A third series of Nowhere Boys, titled Two Moons Rising, began screening from November 11, 2016, with a new cast and characters, replacing the original cast members.^[6]

Series overview

Series		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	13		7 November 2013	30 January 2014
	2	13		23 November 2014	8 February 2015
	3	13		11 November 2016	27 January 2017

Episodes

Series 1 (2013–14)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Episode One"	Daina Reid	Roger Monk	7 November 2013[2]
Four year ten students—Jake, Felix, Andy and Sam—are grouped together during a school orienteering excursion at the Bremin Ranges National Park and get lost. After getting caught in an unexpected storm, the boys spend the night in the forest. When they return home the next morning, the boys get chased by a furious tornado and discover that some strange things have happened; Felix's disabled brother Oscar can walk, Andy's sister Viv owns his room, and Jake cannot get into his house.
2	2	"Episode Two"	Daina Reid	Rhys Graham	14 November 2013[2]
The boys are shocked that their families and friends do not know who they are. Andy believes it is because they have experienced a collective amnesia. Jake finds out his single mother Sarah lives at a different house and is now married to his teacher Mr. Bates. Since the boys cannot go back to their houses, they stay at an abandoned shelter in the bush.
3	3	"Episode Three"	Daina Reid	Craig Irvin	21 November 2013[2]
Andy, Felix and Jake break into Bremin High to search for proof of themselves in the school records. When they find nothing in the records, they decide to vandalise the school gym. Sam finds out he has been replaced by a twin named Sammy, who is dating his popular girlfriend Mia. Felix finds out his friend Ellen is no longer a Goth and is now friends with Mia. The boys are later attacked by an evil spirit outside their shelter.
4	4	"Episode Four"	Daina Reid	Rhys Graham	28 November 2013[2]
The boys wake up to find markings around their shelter. Felix thinks it was the evil spirit, so he goes to find a Book of Shadows at the local magic shop, but the owner Phoebe gives him a protective amulet instead. Andy believes they are in a state of unconsciousness. To prove his theory, Andy goes to stand in front of the school bus, but ends up saving Ellen from almost getting run over.
5	5	"Episode Five"	Peter Carstairs	Craig Irvin	5 December 2013[2]
Sam decides to skate busk to earn money, but he gets in trouble by a policeman who confiscates his skateboard. Jake finds out the policeman is his irresponsible father Gary. When Felix and Oscar get attacked by bees, Felix uses the protective amulet but it does not work. Phoebe then gives him an elemental talisman that will protect them against elemental attacks. Felix gathers elements from Jake, Andy and Sam to use for a spell that will activate the talisman and make the bees disappear.
6	6	"Episode Six"	Peter Carstairs	Elise McCredie	12 December 2013[2]
When Jake and Andy are caught shoplifting by Gary, Jake sacrifices himself so Andy can escape. Reunited at the shelter, Andy, Sam and Felix are attacked by crows. Meanwhile, Gary finds security footage on his computer of the boys vandalising the school gym. Phoebe helps the boys get Jake by pretending to be their aunty. When Felix says the spell that activates the talisman, it gets rid of the crows and the security footage.
7	7	"Episode Seven"	Peter Carstairs	Polly Staniford	19 December 2013[2]
The boys return to school. While Andy becomes popular for saving Ellen, Jake bonds with his old friends, Felix hangs with Oscar, and Sam tries to win back Mia but he gets into a fight with Sammy. The boys are later chased by dogs.
8	8	"Episode Eight"	Craig Irvin	Shanti Gudgeon	26 December 2013[7]
The boys believe Phoebe is behind the attacks, but she tells them it was a restoring demon. Phoebe also reveals Felix is a witch and that he can help her find her witch sister Alice, who disappeared ten years ago. Later, Andy's grandma Lily gets possessed by the demon and goes after Felix and Sam.
9	9	"Episode Nine"	Craig Irvin	Roger Monk	2 January 2014[7]
The boys return to the Bremin Ranges National Park during a school orienteering excursion and retrace their steps in a bid to return home. When the boys run into Roland from the first excursion, he gets possessed by the demon and goes after them. Andy finally believes magic exists when the talisman gets rid of the demon.
10	10	"Episode Ten"	Craig Irvin	Craig Irvin	9 January 2014[7]
Felix finds out that the unmaking spell in Alice's Book of Shadows is exactly the same as his spell. Mia gets possessed by the demon and convinces Sam that destroying the talisman will get them home. Sam listens to Mia and breaks the talisman, but they do not return home. The boys glue the talisman back together but it no longer works.
11	11	"Episode Eleven"	Alister Grierson	Shanti Gudgeon	16 January 2014[7]
On Mother's Day, the boys' mothers are hospitalized after suffering a severe allergic reaction to them. The boys find objects that belong to their mothers to use as ingredients for a spell that will save them. Andy later finds out Felix's unmaking spell is the reason they are in the parallel universe. Meanwhile, Mr. Bates gets possessed by the demon.
12	12	"Episode Twelve"	Alister Grierson	Roger Monk	23 January 2014[7]
As the fallout from Felix's betrayal threatens to tear the boys apart, a demon-possessed Mr. Bates goes after him. Felix discovers that Oscar is the fifth element; the missing ingredient needed to reactivate the talisman and bring the boys home. However, when the demon possesses Oscar, he and Mr. Bates kidnap Felix.
13	13	"Episode Thirteen"	Alister Grierson	Roger Monk	30 January 2014[7]
Gary gets possessed by the demon after he stops Mr. Bates and Oscar from kidnapping Felix. The three tie Felix to a tree in the forest and a furious tornado appears in the sky. The tornado is Alice, who was the demon all along. Andy, Jake and Sam arrive to save Felix and the boys fight off the tornado by saying the unmaking spell together, which takes them back to their world. Reunited with their families, the boys discover that they each have a power of the element they represent—Felix with the power of fire, Andy with the power of water, Sam with the power of air, Jake with the power of earth, and Oscar with the power of spirit. Oscar senses it is not over yet for the boys and Alice is seen arriving in their world.

Series 2 (2014–15)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
14	1	"Episode One"	Peter Salmon	Giula Sandler	23 November 2014[8]
Felix, Andy, Sam and Jake have returned home and make their first media appearance. Alice follows them back into their world and is reunited with Phoebe. After discovering that they each have a different elemental power, the boys try to learn how to control their powers. Andy tries to get goth Ellen's attention but she is not interested in him. Tired of being ignored and left in the shadow of the others, Andy steals Felix's bag and runs off. He then hears a voice who urges him to cast a spell, which he does, and gets turned into water. A vortex emerges and sucks him into the sky.
15	2	"Episode Two"	Peter Salmon	David Hannam	23 November 2014[8]
Sam and Jake break into Andy's house to find something of his to use for a reversal spell to bring Andy back before anyone notices he is missing again. However, the spell does not work. When Alice confronts the boys, she tricks them by saying that they need Andy's elemental presence to complete the spell. After the spell is cast again, Felix, Sam and Jake seemingly summon back the water Andy, but it turns out to be a water demon who looks like him and chases after them. They later return to their welcome home party, where Andy's sister Viv and a police officer question them about Andy's whereabouts.
16	3	"Episode Three"	Peter Salmon	David Hannam	30 November 2014[8]
Following Andy's disappearance, Felix, Sam and Jake sit through a police investigation and are questioned by Roland from the forest who is a detective in their world. The police receive a phone call saying that Andy was seen in Rochford, however it is later revealed to be a hoax as the call was made in Bremin. After Felix believes Alice is responsible for what happened to Andy, the boys try to find her Book of Shadows with Oscar's help. When Alice and Oscar come into contact, they both receive visions of where the Book of Shadows is hidden. Felix, Sam and Jake then rush to the forest to get the book but Alice beats them to it.
17	4	"Episode Four"	Peter Salmon	Craig Irvin	7 December 2014[8]
After being beaten to Alice's Book of Shadows, Felix suggests that if they find someone else who has the water element, together they could do a tracking spell to find Andy. The boys search for the new water element at school, where it is later revealed to be the new student Saskia. Felix covers for Oscar after Roland finds out that the hoax call about Andy being seen in Rochford was made from their house. Viv believes that whatever happened to Andy has something to do with the magic websites she found in his computer's internet history, and works together with Mia and Ellen to find out what the other boys know. After Sam refuses to tell Mia the truth, she breaks up with him.
18	5	"Episode Five"	Craig Irvin	Craig Irvin	14 December 2014[8]
Felix, Sam, Jake and their new water element Saskia cast the tracking spell but it backfires, turning Jake's skin into clay. Felix believes the reason the water in the spell did not show Andy's whereabouts is because he is in the other universe, where Ellen liked him and he was popular. When Felix and Sam find out that Jake had an earth overdose because there was two earth elements used for the spell, they realise that Saskia is an earth element. After the boys discover that Ellen is the missing water element, Felix is able to cure Jake and they tell her the truth about everything. The boys and Ellen then cast the unmaking spell to take them back to the other universe to get Andy.
19	6	"Episode Six"	Craig Irvin	Elise McCredie	21 December 2014[8]
Felix, Sam, Jake and Ellen arrive in the alternate universe but Ellen still does not believe it exists as everything looks the same. The boys are reunited with the other universe's Phoebe, Oscar, Ellen, Mia, Roland and Gary during their search for Andy. Ellen finally believes that the alternate universe and magic are real when she meets the other Ellen. At Bremin High, the school netball team get possessed by the restoring demon and chase after Felix, Sam, Jake and Ellen. After realising that the talisman cannot get rid of the demon because it has grown stronger, the gang are forced to return home. Cop Gary follows them through the portal to their world.
20	7	"Episode Seven"	Craig Irvin	Pete McTighe	28 December 2014[8]
The gang arrive back in their universe and Felix thinks he saw a place in between the two universes on their way back. They later discover that Cop Gary has followed them to their world. When Felix and Ellen search for the necklace Andy gave her to use for the tracking spell, they find two of the same necklaces from each universe. The two necklaces cancel each other out after they touch, and Felix and Ellen realise that this could also happen to both Garys if they meet. After both Garys get possessed by the restoring demon, Jake and Sam use their powers to stop them from going near each other and Felix casts a spell that takes Cop Gary back to his universe. A window showing the place Felix saw appears in the air with Andy running inside it.
21	8	"Episode Eight"	Rachel Griffiths	Giula Sandler	4 January 2015[9]
Felix, Sam, Jake and Ellen run towards the window showing Andy and they almost reach him, but Andy gets sucked back in and the window disappears. While trying to find a way out, Andy meets a boy with no name and he decides to call him Bear. Meanwhile, the talisman goes missing and Felix believes Saskia took it. After Oscar uses his power to sense Saskia's whereabouts, the gang find her with Alice at an altar in the forest. It is revealed that Saskia is a golem and that Alice made her so she could get the talisman. After Saskia gives the talisman back to Jake, Alice casts a spell that turns her back into clay.
22	9	"Episode Nine"	Rachel Griffiths	David Hannam	11 January 2015[9]
After Felix casts an elemental spell so they could communicate with Andy, Alice uses her powers to block them from speaking to him. After discovering Andy is trapped in Negative Space because Alice hacked Andy's spell, the gang team up with Phoebe to destroy Alice's Book of Shadows. However, they end up destroying a phone book that Alice had enchanted to make it look like her Book of Shadows. Meanwhile, Alice casts a binding spell that lets her control Oscar and makes him walk again. When Alice forces Oscar to climb a tree, Felix has no choice but to give her the talisman so he can save Oscar from falling. Alice then casts a spell that causes the talisman to explode in the air.
23	10	"Episode Ten"	Rachel Griffiths	Elise McCredie and David Hannam	18 January 2015[9]
With the talisman destroyed, the boys and Ellen have no way of getting Andy back. After finding out that Roland saw Oscar running and the talisman exploding, the gang suggest casting a memory-wiping spell on Roland with Alice's magic tablet. Meanwhile, Viv believes Andy disappeared magically and shows Roland a map of ley lines marking where the boys' disappearances happened. After Sam and Ellen lure Roland to the bush for the memory-wiping spell, Sam gets him into the circle. While Jake is casting the spell, Sam tries to get out of the circle but Roland pulls him back in and the spell causes them to swap bodies.
24	11	"Episode Eleven"	Alister Grierson	Roger Monk and Giula Sandler	25 January 2015[9]
Felix, Jake and Ellen do not know that Sam and Roland have swapped bodies, and Roland uses this as an opportunity to get information from them. Felix believes that there is a second talisman in their universe because the other talisman came from the alternate universe. After Ellen notices that the talisman's lines are the same pattern as the ley lines on Viv's map, the gang realise it is the key to finding the second talisman. When they finally discover that Sam and Roland have swapped bodies, they search for the second talisman at school and find it in a secret hidden place in the woodwork room. The gang then use the talisman to reverse the memory-wiping spell and Roland and Sam return to their bodies.
25	12	"Episode Twelve"	Alister Grierson	John Ridley and David Hannam	1 February 2015[9]
The gang plan to use the altar in the hidden place to bring Andy home, but Alice stops them by freezing the school which causes the altar to break. After checking the map again, the gang find another altar in an abandoned warehouse. When Felix places the talisman on the centre of the altar, it is revealed to be the key that opens the door to Andy. After Felix casts a spell to unlock the door, the altar shows a portal to the place Andy is in and the gang discover that the only way to get him out of there is to send someone else in. Oscar interrupts their communication with Andy and takes the talisman off the altar to stop Felix from swapping places with Andy. While Felix casts the spell again to reopen the portal, Alice casts a binding spell that takes the gang's powers away from them and into Phoebe. Alice then takes the talisman.
26	13	"Episode Thirteen"	Alister Grierson	Blake Ayshford and Giula Sandler	8 February 2015[9]
Felix asks Alice for help because he wants to swap places with Andy. However, this is interrupted when Phoebe loses control of her powers and almost causes the building to collapse. It is revealed that the magical order is out of balance because Phoebe was given the gang's powers. This causes the restoring demon, who is now Andy, to return as a tornado and take Phoebe. Alice decides to go with her and they walk into the portal together. After Phoebe leaves, order is restored and the gang get their powers back. Andy comes out of the portal and is reunited with Viv and the gang. At the end, Oscar looks at his previous drawing of the future, which was Felix being in Negative Space and is concerned, but Felix reassures him that everything is okay. However, Oscar believes that 'maybe the future has not happened yet.'

Series 3: Two Moons Rising (2016–17)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
27	1	"The New Boy"	Rowan Woods	Giula Sandller	11 November 2016
When people start to vanish on Luke's first day at school, he finds himself thrown together with an unlikely group of friends - the new Nowhere Boys. They must figure out how to save the town from becoming an empty wasteland.
28	2	"What Happened To Bremin?"	Rowan Woods	David Hannam	11 November 2016
The Nowhere Boys comb the streets of Bremin for signs of life but find themselves under attack from a mysterious life force.
29	3	"We Are Not Alone"	Rowan Woods	Kris Mrksa	18 November 2016
The gang catch their mysterious stalker - it's classmate Ben. He claims to be equally confused by this strange empty world, but when he's caught sneaking into the secret lair, he has a lot of explaining to do.
30	4	"The Gang Find Magic"	Craig Barden	Jo Bell	25 November 2016
The gang learn they can do magic & plan to cast a dimensional return spell, which requires sacrificing their heart's desire. They search for Brooklyn but are attacked by a monster, which they fend off using magic.
31	5	"Bates To The Rescue"	Sian Davies	Giula Sandller	2 December 2016
An unhinged Principal Bates is trying to make everything normal by pretending it is normal. He locks the gang in a classroom, but they finally escape and cast the dimensional return spell - will they get home?
32	6	"Are We Home Yet?"	Sian Davies	David Hannam	9 December 2016
The gang are home & everything is perfect, life couldn't be better, except for Nicco who questions if this really is their Bremin. Discovering they're actually suspended in a dream state the gang manage to wake themselves up.
33	7	"The Trouble With Ben"	Sian Davies	Marieke Hardy	16 December 2016
The gang are definitely back home, but unbeknownst to them there are two Ben's [sic]! One good and one bad - will the gang learn the truth before Bad Ben sends them back to the Empty World?
34	8	"TBA"	TBA	TBA	23 December 2016
35	9	"TBA"	TBA	TBA	30 December 2016
36	10	"TBA"	TBA	TBA	6 January 2017
37	11	"TBA"	TBA	TBA	13 January 2017
38	12	"TBA"	TBA	TBA	20 January 2017
39	13	"TBA"	TBA	TBA	27 January 2017

Specials

No.	Title	Aired between	Original air date
1	"New Year's Eve Mini Episode"	"Episode Seven" and "Episode Eight" (Series 2)	31 December 2014[10]
When Felix, Sam, Jake and Ellen get chased by the school's demon-possessed netball team in the alternate universe, they have no choice but to return home. However, the boys and Ellen end up in an entirely different universe where Sam is the captain of the school debating team, Felix is the captain of the school football team and Mr. Bates is the restoring demon. Felix then casts the unmaking spell again and they get transported into yet another universe, in which Jake's mother Sarah is a police officer. After casting the spell one more time, Felix, Sam, Jake and Ellen finally arrive back in their own universe where it is New Year's Eve. The boys use their powers to make fireworks appear in the sky.

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