Worst Episode by Production Day - Day 59: Belle Boyd/Pytheas Day

[The Red Jaguars]

Time for a new poll since we haven't had any of these for a while.   We are always talking about the best and weakest episode for each production day on the show. I figured why not hold a poll to find the best and worst episode for each production day? The premise of this topic is simple. Everyday, I will hold a poll for a certain production day and we will vote for the best and worst episode on that day. The episode with the most votes after a certain amount of time will be deemed the winner/loser.

Let's start off with the very first production day. The four episodes from this day consist of:

Results:

Production Day	Best Episodes	Production Day	Worst Episode
(1) Season 1, Layout 1	Blackbeard's Treasure Map The Golden Cup of Belshazzar Galileo's Cannonball (6 votes) Wild Bill Hickok and the Dead Man's Hand	(30) Season 1, Layout 1	Blackbeard's Treasure Map (5 votes) The Golden Cup of Belshazzar Galileo's Cannonball Wild Bill Hickok and the Dead Man's Hand
(2) Season 1, Layout 2	John Henry's Lost Hammer The Golden Cricket Cage of Khan Elizabeth I's Golden Ship John Sutter and the Map to the Lost Gold Mine (6 votes)	(31) Season 1, Layout 2	John Henry's Lost Hammer The Golden Cricket Cage of Khan (4 votes) Elizabeth I's Golden Ship John Sutter and the Map to the Lost Gold Mine
(3) Season 1, Layout 3	The Star of Sultan Saladin (6 votes) The Keys to the Alhambra The Helmet of Genghis Khan The Trojan Horseshoe The Pendant of Kamehameha	(32) Season 1, Layout 3	The Star of Sultan Saladin The Keys to the Alhambra (5 votes) The Helmet of Genghis Khan The Trojan Horseshoe The Pendant of Kamehameha
(4) Season 1, Layout 4	The Lost Logbooks of Magellan The Moccasins of Geronimo Henry VIII's Great Seal (6 votes) The Lucky Pig of Amelia Earhart	(33) Season 1, Layout 4	The Lost Logbooks of Magellan The Moccasins of Geronimo Henry VIII's Great Seal The Lucky Pig of Amelia Earhart (5 votes)
(5) Season 1, Layout 5	Ponce de Leon and the Lost Fountain of Youth The Treasure Map of Jean Lafitte The Oracle Bowl of Delphi (1 vote) The Paintbrush of Leonardo Da Vinci (4 votes)	(34) Season 1, Layout 5	Ponce de Leon and the Lost Fountain of Youth The Treasure Map of Jean Lafitte (4 votes) The Oracle Bowl of Delphi (1 vote) The Paintbrush of Leonardo Da Vinci
(6) Season 1, Layout 6	The Golden Chains of Zenobia The Belly Button of Buddha (4 votes) The Stolen Arm of Shiva The Stone Marker of Leif Erickson The Helmet of Joan of Arc	(35) Season 1, Layout 6	The Golden Chains of Zenobia The Belly Button of Buddha The Stolen Arm of Shiva (5 votes) The Stone Marker of Leif Erickson The Helmet of Joan of Arc
(7) Season 1, Layout 7	The Medal of Sir Edmund Hillary (5 votes) The Mask of Shaka Zulu The Golden Jaguar of Atahualpa The Silver Saddle Horn of Hannibal Alexander and the Gordian Knot	(36) Season 1, Layout 7	The Medal of Sir Edmund Hillary The Mask of Shaka Zulu (2 votes) The Golden Jaguar of Atahualpa The Silver Saddle Horn of Hannibal (4 votes) Alexander and the Gordian Knot
(8*) Season 1, Layout 8	King Tut's Cobra Staff (3 votes) The Dragon Lady and the Blue Pearl (2 votes) The Codebook of Mata Hari Pecos Bill's Lost Lariat Robin Hood and Marian's Ladder	(37) Season 1, Layout 8	King Tut's Cobra Staff The Dragon Lady and the Blue Pearl ) The Codebook of Mata Hari (4 votes) Pecos Bill's Lost Lariat Robin Hood and Marian's Ladder
(9) Season 1, Layout 9	Lawrence of Arabia's Headdress (7 votes) The Collar of Davy Crockett The Snake Bracelet of Cleopatra The Treasure of Anne Bonny	(38) Season 1, Layout 9	Lawrence of Arabia's Headdress The Collar of Davy Crockett The Snake Bracelet of Cleopatra The Treasure of Anne Bonny (5 votes)
(10) Season 2, Layout 1	The Silver Horseshoe of Butch Cassidy (7 votes) The Secret Battle Plan of Nathan Hale The Golden Stallion of Ali Baba The Silver Cannonball of Grandy Nanny	(39) Season 2, Layout 1	The Silver Horseshoe of Butch Cassidy The Secret Battle Plan of Nathan Hale (1 vote) The Golden Stallion of Ali Baba The Silver Cannonball of Grandy Nanny (3 votes)
(11) Season 2, Layout 2.1	The Walking Stick of Harriet Tubman The Lost Love Letter of Captain John Smith The Diary of Dr. Livingstone (7 votes) The Bone Necklace of the Blackfeet Chief	(40) Season 2, Layout 2.1	The Walking Stick of Harriet Tubman (5 votes) The Lost Love Letter of Captain John Smith The Diary of Dr. Livingstone The Bone Necklace of the Blackfeet Chief
(12) Season 2, Layout 2.2	The Mush Pot Hat of Johnny Appleseed (5 votes) The Cracked Crown of the Spanish King The Imperial Purple Robe of Empress Theodora The Stone Head of the Evil King	(41) Season 2, Layout 2.2	The Mush Pot Hat of Johnny Appleseed The Cracked Crown of the Spanish King (4 votes) The Imperial Purple Robe of Empress Theodora The Stone Head of the Evil King (1 vote)
(13) Season 2, Layout 2.3	The Lucky Medallion of Atocha The Applewood Amulet of Emiliano Zapata The Electrified Key of Benjamin Franklin The Lucky Pillow of Annie Taylor (6 votes)	(42) Season 2, Layout 2.3	The Lucky Medallion of Atocha The Applewood Amulet of Emiliano Zapata The Electrified Key of Benjamin Franklin (6 votes) The Lucky Pillow of Annie Taylor
(14) Season 2, Layout 3.1	The Missing Eye of David The Enormous Iron Nose Ring of Babe (3 votes) The Very Tall Turban of Ahmed Baba (2 votes) The Ivory Elephant of Scheherazade	(43) Season 2, Layout 3.1	The Missing Eye of David The Enormous Iron Nose Ring of Babe The Very Tall Turban of Ahmed Baba The Ivory Elephant of Scheherazade (5 votes)
(15) Season 2, Layout 3.2	The Sacred Ring of Sultan Suleiman The Jeweled Necklace of Montezuma (5 votes) The Plumed Headdress of Cosa Rara The Lost Lion Tail of Little John	(44) Season 2, Layout 3.2	The Sacred Ring of Sultan Suleiman (1 vote) The Jeweled Necklace of Montezuma The Plumed Headdress of Cosa Rara (1 vote) The Lost Lion Tail of Little John (4 votes)
(16) Season 2, Layout 3.3	The Shriveled Hand of Efoua The Mask of the Man in the Iron Mask The Crown of Queen Nzinga The Two-Cornered Hat of Napoleon (6 votes)	(45) Season 2, Layout 3.3	The Shriveled Hand of Efoua The Mask of the Man in the Iron Mask The Crown of Queen Nzinga (5 votes) The Two-Cornered Hat of Napoleon
(17) Season 2, Layout 4	The Silk Sash of Mulan The Golden Goblet of Attila the Hun The Leopard-Skin Cloak of Annie Oakley The Snakeskin Boots of Billy the Kid (6 votes)	(46) Season 2, Layout 4	The Silk Sash of Mulan (5 votes) The Golden Goblet of Attila the Hun (1 vote) The Leopard-Skin Cloak of Annie Oakley The Snakeskin Boots of Billy the Kid
(18) Season 2, Layout 5.1	The Golden Pepperoni of Catherine de Medici The Golden Earring of Henry Morgan The Milk Bucket of Freydis (6 votes) The Missing Weather Maps of Charles Lindbergh	(47) Season 2, Layout 5.1	The Golden Pepperoni of Catherine de Medici The Golden Earring of Henry Morgan The Milk Bucket of Freydis The Missing Weather Maps of Charles Lindbergh (6 votes)
(19) Season 2, Layout 5.2	The Levitating Dog Leash of Nostradamus (6 votes) The Broken Wing of Icarus The Bonnet of Dolley Madison The Priceless Portrait of the Polynesian Girl	(48) Season 2, Layout 5.2	The Levitating Dog Leash of Nostradamus The Broken Wing of Icarus (6 votes) The Bonnet of Dolley Madison The Priceless Portrait of the Polynesian Girl
(20) Season 3.1	The Bifocal Monocle of One-Eyed Jack The Comet-Embroidered Battle Flag of William the Conqueror The War Fan of the 47 Ronin The Much-Heralded Helmet of Sir Gawain (6 votes)	(49) Season 3.1	The Bifocal Monocle of One-Eyed Jack (5 votes) The Comet-Embroidered Battle Flag of William the Conqueror The War Fan of the 47 Ronin The Much-Heralded Helmet of Sir Gawain
(21) Season 3.2	The Lion-Headed Bracelet of Chandragupta (3 votes) The Lion-Slashed Jacket of Sacagawea The Secret Map of the Bandit Queen (3 votes) The Thornwood Gavel of Judge Roy Bean	(50) Season 3.2	The Lion-Headed Bracelet of Chandragupta The Lion-Slashed Jacket of Sacagawea (5 votes) The Secret Map of the Bandit Queen The Thornwood Gavel of Judge Roy Bean
(22) Season 3.3	The Snow Cone of Mt. Kilimanjaro The Upside-Down Compass of Henry Hudson (6 votes) The Bent Shaving Pan of Jedediah Smith The Marble Armrest of Xerxes	(51) Season 3.3	The Snow Cone of Mt. Kilimanjaro (4 votes) The Upside-Down Compass of Henry Hudson The Bent Shaving Pan of Jedediah Smith The Marble Armrest of Xerxes (1 vote)
(23) Season 3.4	The Smashed Printing Plate of Frederick Douglass The Mystical Spellbook of the Imperial Wizard (3 votes) The Useless Map of the Chibcha Chieftain (2 votes) The Golden Spider Web of Robert the Bruce	(52) Season 3.4	The Smashed Printing Plate of Frederick Douglass (4 votes) The Mystical Spellbook of the Imperial Wizard The Useless Map of the Chibcha Chieftain The Golden Spider Web of Robert the Bruce
(24) Season 3.5	The Discarded Seal of Ivan the Terrible (6 votes) The Mysterious Manuscript of Mary Shelley The Dried Apple Half of William Tell The Missing Portrait of Hans Holbein	(53) Season 3.5	The Discarded Seal of Ivan the Terrible The Mysterious Manuscript of Mary Shelley The Dried Apple Half of William Tell (4 votes) The Missing Portrait of Hans Holbein
(25) Season 3.6	The Ivory Hunting Horn of Roland The Royal Torque of Queen Boadicea The Lost Hornpipe of the Pirate Captain (6 votes) The Enormous Feather of the Me Linh	(54) Season 3.6	The Ivory Hunting Horn of Roland The Royal Torque of Queen Boadicea The Lost Hornpipe of the Pirate Captain The Enormous Feather of the Me Linh (5 votes)
(26) Season 3.7	The Red Sash of Tokugawa Ieyasu The Broken Trident of Poseidon The Lily-Crested Crown of Clovis I The Mussel-Shell Armor of Apanuugpak (5 votes)	(55) Season 3.7	The Red Sash of Tokugawa Ieyasu The Broken Trident of Poseidon The Lily-Crested Crown of Clovis I (4 votes) The Mussel-Shell Armor of Apanuugpak)
(27) Season 3.8	The Metal Beard of the Egyptian Queen (5 votes) The Mummified Hand of the Egyptian King The Lost Taj Mahal Turban of Aurangzeb The Melted Head of Madame Tussaud	(56) Season 3.8	The Metal Beard of the Egyptian Queen (5 votes) The Mummified Hand of the Egyptian King The Lost Taj Mahal Turban of Aurangzeb (4 votes) The Melted Head of Madame Tussaud
(28) Season 3.9	The Pearl Necklace of Gwalior The Bullet-Riddled Handbag of Belle Boyd (5 votes) The Lost Whale Bone of Pytheas The Dried Ear of Corn of Sojourner Truth	(57) Season 3.9	The Pearl Necklace of Gwalior The Bullet-Riddled Handbag of Belle Boyd The Lost Whale Bone of Pytheas (4 votes) The Dried Ear of Corn of Sojourner Truth
(29) Season 3.10	The Jeweled Scabbard of Sforza The Good-Luck Watch of Empress Eugenie The Ruby Earring of Benzibab The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of Catherine the Great (6 votes)	(58) Season 3.10	The Jeweled Scabbard of Sforza (2 votes) The Good-Luck Watch of Empress Eugenie (3 votes) The Ruby Earring of Benzibab The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of Catherine the Great (6 votes)

[The Red Jaguars]

The very first production day featured some very unusual and quirky episodes. Which is understandable because it was the first production day after all. Regardless, I think the vote is pretty obvious. I went "Galileo" because it is the only episode that had a good outcome that day. Plus, it was memorable all the way through.  Dead Man's Hand and Belshazzar are NOT bad episodes though. Those episodes featured good teams that got stuck with a crappy layouts. I can forgive those two episodes easily. Blackbeard is crap though. 

Galileo >>>>> Dead Man's Hand > Belshazzar >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blackbeard

[Purple Parrots Fan]

Galileo easily. The rest of the episodes just don't measure up in comparison.

And my overall ranking of all four days is the same as TRJ:

Galileo >>>>>>>> Dead Man's Hand >>>> Belshazzar >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blackbeard

[Red Jaguars Fan]

Should Blackbeard even be considered for the first production day? Not one moment of it used any element seen in the two completed S1L1 episodes.

[The Red Jaguars]

Should Blackbeard even be considered for the first production day? Not one moment of it used any element seen in the two completed S1L1 episodes.

I was actually unsure of whether doing this or not. Most people seem to group Blackbeard with S1L1 episodes, probably to give that production day four episodes. But you're totally right, Blackbeard has nothing to in common with the S1L1 episodes. At least Belshazzar had most of the episode in S1L1.

[Purple Parrots Fan]

Yeah, Blackbeard really doesn't belong on this list. But considered it was supposed to be S1L1, it is sort of fitting.

[The Red Jaguars]

Maybe I should removed Blackbeard from the poll? Not that it matters because it probably won't get a vote for either layout. 

[Purple Parrots Fan]

You should keep it, since it is technically labeled "Episode 1," even though it's not actually the pilot episode.

[The Red Jaguars]

I think we can declare the winner for the very first production day. Galileo wins this one unanimously with 6 votes! 

Next up is S1L2, a rather sad production day. These are the featured episodes:

John Henry's Lost Hammer
The Golden Cricket Cage of Khan
Elizabeth I's Golden Ship
John Sutter and the Map to the Lost Gold Mine

[The Red Jaguars]

Wow, S1L2 was a pretty piss poor day. You had a girl who did not know how to press a button, the WORST temple run ever, and the quickest temple loss ever. Regardless, this vote goes to Lost Gold Mine easily. This was not only the best episode that day, but one of the best on the entire show. And I will take Lost Gold Mine over any of these episodes too. 

My personal rankings:

Map to the Lost Gold Mine >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Golden Ship >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lost Hammer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Human feces and waste >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Golden Cricket Cage

[Purple Parrots Fan]

John Sutter gets my vote, end of story.

And I like your table in the OP, TRJ. It looks really nice.

[The Red Jaguars]

Thank you! Considering it is going to be a long list, I think it should be organized in some way.  And Map to the Lost Gold Mine wins S1L2!       

Next up is a better production day featuring five episodes:

The Star of Sultan Saladin
The Keys to the Alhambra
The Helmet of Genghis Khan
The Trojan Horseshoe
The Pendant of Kamehameha

[The Red Jaguars]

S1L3 was a pretty good day for S1. We had three temple wins, a pretty exciting and memorable triple capture, and the only weak episode was Alhambra. I like both Kamehameha and Sultan Saladin, but I thought Sultan Saladin was a little better. Mostly because it had a better outcome and the earlier rounds were slightly more exciting. Kamehameha is still one of my favorite triple captures though. The other two wins were just average and Alhambra was crap. 

[Purple Parrots Fan]

I second everything TRJ said. I also voted for Sultan Saladin, for same reasons. Now we got ourselves another episode that won't stop following us.

[Red Jaguars Fan]

You left out "Genghis Khan" in the poll and left in "Elizabeth I's Golden Ship"