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The Worst Episodes of Zoey 101

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S3E17 The Curse of PCA (1)
6.1181 votes
Best episode
S4E12 Chasing Zoey (1)
8.5276 votes
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Season 1
7.4avg
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Zoey 101 Season 3 Episode 17 - The Curse of PCA (1)
    6.1/10(181 votes)

    S3:E17

    When Chase, Zoey, Logan, Quinn, Michael and Lola hear about the legend of a former PCA student (Charles Galloway) that fled to Redstone Gulch because of an extremely hard exam, they decide to go check it out for themselves, along with help from Lola's crush. While there, they find the necklace of Charles Galloway. Logan steals the student's necklace and puts it in Zoey's backpack, causing a violent thunderstorm to form and a green cloud to come after Zoey and the others. Zoey must help save PCA by getting to Redstone Gulch and placing the necklace back where it came from. This is the second Zoey 101 TV movie.

    Director:Steve Hoefer
    Writer:Dan Schneider

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  2. Zoey 101 Season 3 Episode 16 - Zoey's Ribs
    6.4/10(126 votes)

    S3:E16

    After a deceased relative of Zoey's sends her tons of boxes of ribs, Zoey, Chase, Micheal, and Logan agree to have a rib cook-off. After a fierce feud between Micheal and Logan, they decide to compete against each other with Zoey on Micheal's team, and Chase on Logan's. Quinn accidentally blows Mark's eyebrows off in an experiment gone awry.

    Directors:Steve Hoefer, Michael Grossman
    Writer:George Doty IV

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  3. Zoey 101 Season 3 Episode 3 - Hot Dean
    6.6/10(125 votes)

    S3:E3

    A new "hot" Dean fills in for Dean Rivers because Dustin,Quinn, and Dustin's friends hit Dean Rivers with a model airplane by mistake.. Meanwhile, the girls' Dorm Advisor Coco has just been dumped by her boyfriend, Carl. Zoey and her friends set up Dean Taylor and Coco on a date at Sushi Rox because Coco keeps complaining about Carl.

    Directors:Savage Steve Holland, Michael Grossman
    Writers:Dan Schneider, Steve Holland

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  4. Zoey 101 Season 4 Episode 7 - Walk-A-Thon
    6.6/10(118 votes)

    S4:E7

    Zoey is running The Big Walk, a charity walk-a-thon at PCA, and everyone is getting sponsors to donate. When Lola pledges more money than she can handle, only Zoey can help her. But after visiting the scary head of the charity organization, Zoey breaks it to Lola that they need to come up with the missing money or else. Meanwhile, Quinn and Logan are beginning to realize that they don't hate each other. But when Michael may have seen too much, they have to make sure that he and everyone else knows just how much they still dislike each other.

    Director:Michael Grossman
    Writer:Ethan Banville

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  5. Zoey 101 Season 1 Episode 4 - Defending Dustin
    6.7/10(184 votes)

    S1:E4

    When a school bully forces Dustin to do his homework for him, Zoey confronts the bully in public, embarrassing Dustin in the process and further enraging the bully. So Dustin decided that Zoey is babying him too much. He goes to Chase and Michael for advice and tries to tell Zoey that he can defend himself by his own. Meanwhile, Zoey, Nicole, Dana, Chase, and Michael try to hide their dog, Elvis away from their dorm advisor, since it's against school rules for having pets on campus. Logan did not appear in this episode.

    Directors:Fred Savage, Savage Steve Holland
    Writers:Dan Schneider, Anthony Del Broccolo

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  6. Zoey 101 Season 4 Episode 11 - Roller Coaster
    6.7/10(128 votes)

    S4:E11

    Zoey's Physics teacher decides to take the class on a field trip to go on a roller coaster, and all the students are ecstatic, except for Michael. He's got a big problem, but will the gang be able to help him out, and will Lisa stand by his side?

    Directors:Roger Christiansen, Adam Weissman
    Writer:Jeffrey Bushell

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  7. Zoey 101 Season 3 Episode 19 - Drippin' Episode!
    6.8/10(113 votes)

    S3:E19

    Logan's father sends him a package from Japan, complete with a new Japanese cell phone and a horror movie. When Dustin watches the horror movie, he becomes so frightened that he has to start sleeping in Zoey's dorm room. Meanwhile, someone is pulling the fire alarm in the boys' dorm room and the boys set out to find the culprit. All the while, Michael does his best to coin a new phrase... "Drippin'."

    Directors:Steve Hoefer, David Kendall
    Writers:Dan Schneider, Arthur Gradstein

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  8. Zoey 101 Season 1 Episode 8 - Quinn's Date
    6.9/10(160 votes)

    S1:E8

    Quinn has a crush on a boy named Mark, but is too afraid to ask him out. She asks Zoey to ask him out for her, resulting in Quinn thinking she's going out with Mark. Zoey, worried that Quinn will find out that she's not really going out with Mark, asks Chase to go on a double date with her, Mark,and Quinn. Meanwhile, Dustin takes care of Elvis while the other boys are busy, even though he's afraid of animals.

    Directors:Steve Hoefer, Savage Steve Holland
    Writers:Dan Schneider, Eric Friedman

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  9. Zoey 101 Season 2 Episode 4 - Haunted House
    6.9/10(154 votes)

    S2:E4

    Every Halloween at PCA, the secondary makes a haunted house for the lower school. This year, Logan is in charge. He promises everybody that the haunted house will not just make them scream but it will make them cry. But when Dustin and his roommate, Jack, get "lost" in the haunted house, Logan starts to get scared and starts to wonder where Dustin and his roommate have gone. Michael gets chased all over PCA by some French tourists who think he is ill, and Nicole gets a case of mistaken identity when she chases Mark. Lola did not appear in this episode.

    Director:Steve Zuckerman
    Writer:Steve Holland

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  10. Zoey 101 Season 4 Episode 5 - Anger Management
    6.9/10(138 votes)

    S4:E5

    Much to Zoey's dismay, Dustin is Logan's new assistant. However, the job is short-lived after Logan leaves Dustin an angry voicemail. Soon, everybody hears the message, and learns about Logan and his temper. Dean Rivers sentences Logan to anger management classes. While Logan learns that he can get out of the classes if he can just keep his cool, Zoey is not about to let that happen . Meanwhile, Lola is disgusted and furious to learn that the peanuts she ate were from Peanut Lemon-Ms that Quinn had spat out.

    Director:Michael Grossman
    Writer:Jeffrey Bushell

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  11. Zoey 101 Season 1 Episode 1 - Welcome To PCA
    7.0/10(282 votes)

    S1:E1

    Zoey begins life at PCA. She is nervous about the situation at first, but gets more comfortable when she meets her new friends; Dana, Quinn, Chase,Nicole, Logan, Michael. The girls and boys try to adjust to girls being allowed to attend PCA for the first time.

    Director:Savage Steve Holland
    Writer:Dan Schneider

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  12. Zoey 101 Season 2 Episode 7 - Girls Will Be Boys
    7.0/10(147 votes)

    S2:E7

    The girls can no longer relax on the boy's dorm roof, thanks to Logan. To solve this problem, they must prove that boys can act the same with girls around. So, they transform Lola into 'Steve' and Steve goes to live with Chase and Logan.

    Director:Adam Weissman
    Writers:Jason Gelles, Mike Haukom

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  13. Zoey 101 Season 4 Episode 8 - Vince Is Back
    7.0/10(122 votes)

    S4:E8

    The gang is surprised to find that former bully, Vince Blake is back at PCA. The girls decide to just ignore him, which is harder for some than others, but the guys think it's time for some revenge.

    Director:David Kendall
    Writer:Dan Schneider

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  14. Zoey 101 Season 2 Episode 10 - Spring Break-Up (1)
    7.1/10(415 votes)

    S2:E10

    Zoey and the gang are going to Logan's beach house for Spring Break. There they are testing Logan's father's new show called Gender Defenders. Meanwhile, Chase sends a text message by mistake to Zoey confessing his love for her.

    Director:Steve Hoefer
    Writer:Dan Schneider

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  15. Zoey 101 Season 2 Episode 6 - Broadcast Views
    7.1/10(146 votes)

    S2:E6

    Chase and Michael start an online show, The Chase & Michael Show. Zoey and Logan have their own segment on it called "He Says, She Says" and it all goes wrong when all the boys and girls begin fighting, so Dean Rivers cancels their show. Meanwhile, Nicole is depressed because she is failing Algebra because of cute boys, so Quinn and Lola try to fix her problem by using a hypnotis technique.

    Director:Adam Weissman
    Writer:Anthony Del Broccolo

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  16. Zoey 101 Season 2 Episode 12 - People Auction
    7.1/10(143 votes)

    S2:E12

    After a fire burns down Sushi Rox, Zoey and the gang hold a people auction to raise money in order to rebuild it. Chase and Michael get auctioned to the sushi-crazy gym teacher. Zoey, Lola, and Nicole become Logan's personal cheerleaders, and they are told to "cheer his awesomeness", as in cheer for everything he does. His plan backfires when the girls decide to cheer for everything he does.

    Directors:Savage Steve Holland, Adam Weissman
    Writers:Dan Schneider, Anthony Del Broccolo

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  17. Zoey 101 Season 4 Episode 9 - Dinner for Two Many
    7.1/10(125 votes)

    S4:E9

    Zoey and James are finding it difficult to get some time alone. Zoey wants to go on a date with just James and none of their friends. Meanwhile, Logan and Quinn are tired of all of the sneaking around, and they plan a romantic dinner. Both couples, however, find their plans backfiring in unexpected ways as their night gets a little too crowded.

    Director:Larry LaFond
    Writer:Matt Fleckenstein

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  18. Zoey 101 Season 3 Episode 6 - Silver Hammer Society
    7.1/10(124 votes)

    S3:E6

    Zoey, Michael, and Lola are invited into a secret society at PCA. Chase is also invited to join, but he refuses. Meanwhile, Logan desperately wants to join and even pretends to be Chase in order to do so, but his disguise is quickly revealed. Then Logan starts to make his own club, The Logan X, which becomes unsuccessful. Also, Quinn acts weird around the new girl in school, Sara; it seems she's hiding something every time she's near her.

    Director:Adam Weissman
    Writers:Steve Holland, Jeffrey Bushell

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  19. Zoey 101 Season 3 Episode 15 - Favor Chain
    7.1/10(121 votes)

    S3:E15

    Zoey's dad signs a permission slip, allowing Zoey to go off campus to meet her favorite author. She asks Coco and Coco says she'll do it, but she has to do a favor for her. After this, it becomes a chain of favors. But can Zoey do it on time before it's too late? After Quinn admits to losing her "Quindows QP" a chain of events happen which lead to everything going wrong. Can Zoey still meet her favorite author?

    Director:Adam Weissman
    Writer:Jeffrey Bushell

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  20. Zoey 101 Season 4 Episode 4 - Rumor of Love
    7.1/10(120 votes)

    S4:E4

    A new guy moves into Chase's room and catches Zoey's eye. Rumors begin to go around that Zoey has a crush on him.

    Director:Michael Grossman
    Writer:Jeffrey Bushell

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  21. Zoey 101 Season 4 Episode 2 - Fake Roommate
    7.1/10(115 votes)

    S4:E2

    Michael and Logan try to fool the housing lady into making a fake Chase in order to avoid getting a new roommate. Zoey accidentally gets Coco fired and tries to help her get her job back. Meanwhile, Dean Rivers hires Mira, the new dorm advisor. However, she has a problem: she steals everything that she sees. So, Dean Rivers fires Mira and Coco is hired again, but she isn't seen at the end of the show. Before leaving, Mira also steals Dean Rivers' car.

    Director:Adam Weissman
    Writer:George Doty IV

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  22. Zoey 101 Season 1 Episode 2 - New Roomies
    7.2/10(200 votes)

    S1:E2

    Zoey's roommates, Nicole and Dana, constantly fight. So then, she decides to move in with the girl named, Quinn. After Zoey moves in, she thinks that it wasn't a good idea that she moved. So then, she wants to move back in with Nicole and Dana. But when she sees that Nicole and Dana are enjoying themselves after Zoey moves, she decides just to stay with Quinn, since she doesn't want to hurt her feelings. Meanwhile, Logan is pressuring Chase into keeping Zoey away from her roommates so Chase can spend more time with her.

    Director:Savage Steve Holland
    Writer:Steve Holland

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  23. Zoey 101 Season 1 Episode 5 - Prank Week
    7.2/10(170 votes)

    S1:E5

    Prank Week, a PCA tradition where returning students prank new ones, has begun. The boys prank the girls multiple times, so the girls decide to prank the boys back (which violates tradition because new students are not supposed to do anything about it except getting pranked). The boys were supposed to keep a statue of the founder of PCA clean, so Zoey comes up with a prank and the girls put women's clothes on it. But when the son of PCA's founder sees it, he is very angry, and tells the girls that its going to be their last semester at PCA and that no more girls are going to PCA. So then after all the sadness from the girls, Zoey tries to figure out a way of how the girls can stay at PCA.

    Director:Savage Steve Holland
    Writers:Dan Schneider, Anthony Del Broccolo

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  24. Zoey 101 Season 1 Episode 10 - Backpack
    7.2/10(170 votes)

    S1:E10

    When Nicole pays for a backpack she messed up at the bookstore, she is broke and calling the backpack stupid. But when Zoey re-designed the backpack using her ideas, Nicole likes it and keeps it. Later on, Zoey's backpack idea is stolen from a girl named, Stacy and she makes a lot of money. So then Zoey and the gang try to seek revenge on her.

    Director:Savage Steve Holland
    Writer:Dan Schneider

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  25. Zoey 101 Season 2 Episode 3 - The Election
    7.2/10(150 votes)

    S2:E3

    It's election time again, class presidents have to be voted for and Chase and Zoey end up nominating each other. Then they make pact of whatever happens, they promise that the election won't affect their friendship. But then later on, things get spicy between them.

    Director:Adam Weissman
    Writer:Eric Friedman

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Curse of PCA (1)" is the worst rated episode of Zoey 101. It scored 6.1/10 from 181 votes. Directed by Steve Hoefer and written by Dan Schneider, it aired on October 13, 2007. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Zoey's Ribs".

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