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Early Edition Episode Guide
Season 2,
3, 4
SEASON 1
1. Pilot: (Original Airdate September 28, 1996)
After being kicked out of his house by his wife, Gary Hobson
is forced to move into a hotel room. It was a regular Monday
morning, except for a mysterious paper that was delivered by
an even more mysterious yellow cat at his door. At first Gary
didn't pay much attention to the paper, but after a while he
realized that wasn't a regular paper, it was tomorrow's paper.
2. The Choice: (Original Airdate October 5, 1996)
Gary has to make a decision between saving a little girl from
dying or stop a plane from crashing and making over 190
victims. Since Chicago is stuck in its biggest traffic jam
ever, Gary can't get to the airport. When he is about to take
the train, he sees the little girl and decides to save her.
The doctors ignore her and Gary then has to open their eyes
for her real condition. Will he also be able to stop the plane
crash, or will he fail?
3. Baby: (Original Airdate October 12, 1996)
Gary helps Chuck deliver twins in an elevator after Chicago
has a blackout due to Gary's inability to stop street workers
to keep a water pump turned off. Meanwhile, Gary keeps chasing
for a mysterious blonde woman while his ex-wife attempts to
get back together.
4. The Paper: (Original Airdate October 19, 1996)
"Special-subscriber" Gary is upset. He claims the paper
destroys the quality of his life. An old picture ol the cat
inspires him to investigate at the office building of the
Sun-Times, and he meets one of the paper's star reporters who
researches the disappearance of a union reformist. What
emotions that evokes!!
5. Thief Swipes Mayor's Dog: (Original Airdate October 26,
1996)
Gary has to stop the mayor's dog from being kidnapped. The
kidnapper turns out to be Chuck's uncle, who was trying to get
back at the mayor after a public truck ran over his dog. Phil
says he'll only stop after he gets a written apology from the
mayor. All Gary gets is an autograph.
6. Hoops (a.k.a. Hoop Dreams): (Original Airdate November 2,
1996)
Michael Williams, one of the biggest high school basketball
stars, has a heart condition that may cost him his life. Gary
tries to convince him not to play, but his coach keeps pushing
him to do so. He and Marissa visit Michael's neighborhood,
where Marissa grew up. They appeal to Connie Hooks, one of
Marissa's old friends and also the Michael Williams of their
time.
7. After Midnight: (Original Airdate November 9, 1996)
Gary has to stop a 17 year-old single mother from abandoning
her child. But as always, Gary gets more involved with her
than he should, and finds out she left home pregnant and now
works for a drug dealer. Meanwhile, Chuck uses the paper to
get a date with an attractive woman he had to share a cab
with.
8. Gun: (Original Airdate November 16, 1996)
Gary poses as a social worker in order to stop a little boy
from shooting his brother, but he gets more involved with the
family than he should. Gary steals the gun, but has to give it
back after the paper announces that the wife will be beaten to
death. When the husband drops by, Gary shows up with the
police, but little Tommy had already stolen the gun and almost
killed his brother. Meanwhile, Chuck has a really hard time
trying to get rid of the cat's fleas.
9. His Girl Thursday: (Original Airdate November 23, 1996)
Meredith is back. She wants to pick things up with Gary where
they left last time they met. But the paper seems to be in the
way of Gary developing anything deeper with her, since he
doesn't want her to have access to it. She promises not to
read it, but Chuck walks in on her reading the paper. They
make a deal, and Chuck wins over 15 million in the stock
market. He gets in trouble and steals the paper to lose the 15
million, but Gary thinks Meredith stole it. After
reconciliation, Meredith leaves for Washington.
10. The Wrong Man: (Original Airdate December 7, 1996)
Gary has to stop a man from his old office from killing
himself. Marcia visits him with the news that she's getting
married. She won't reveal the identity of her soon-to-be
husband, but Gary finds out it's Phil Pritchard, his old jerky
boss. Gary is not happy about it and a series of accidents
make it look like he's trying to purposely hurt Pritchard and
get in the way of their wedding. When the paper brings the
headline that Pritchard is going to be murdered, Gary refuses
to help him, but Chuck convinces him to do so. He also must
stop Sam (the office mail boy for the past 9 years) from
killing Pritchard.
11. Christmas: (Original Airdate December 21, 1996)
Gary has to stop a bomb from killing 20 ice skaters on a park.
He goes to Detective. Crumb for help, who still doesn't quite
believe Gary. The headline on the paper changes to a
department store, but still the bomber seems to be ahead of
them. Meanwhile, Chuck is arrested for not paying 106 parking
tickets. In his cell there's a man who thinks he's Santa, and
he convinces Chuck to escape from jail and steal a car to
deliver the gifts.
12. Frostbit: (Original Airdate January 11, 1997)
It's 20 below zero in Chicago but Gary still has to rescue
people around the city, even if the paper doesn't bring any
important news. Plus, Chuck temporarily moves in to Gary's
place after the heat in his place goes down, which is just
another reason for Gary to be out of the house. He keeps
running into a homeless kid, who is later featured in paper
saying he froze to death. Now Gary has to find the kid, who
got stuck under a pipe of an abandoned building. They both get
locked there after the door is blocked, and now they rely on
Chuck to save them from freezing to death.
13. Mob Wife: (Original Airdate January 25, 1997)
Gary and Chuck get mistakenly involved with the mob after they
save a gangster's ex-fiancée from being shot. They spend days
trying to escape from trouble and death themselves, and to
make it easier Chuck falls for the woman.
14. The Wall (1): (Original Airdate February 1, 1997)
Morris from Chicago Sun-Times finds a box in the name of
Luscious Snow and hands it to Gary. In the box Gary finds a
newspaper from 1963 reporting on Kennedy's assassination and
the business card of J.T. Marley, a secret agent. In the
newspaper, Gary notices that the cat is in one of the pictures
from 1963, and under the smudgy lines of tomorrow's newspaper
he reads that the current president is going to be killed in
his upcoming visit to Chicago – by Gary! In the middle of
that, a secret C.I.A. Agent shows up investigating Gary and
arrests Chuck. Without a home to go to, Gary looks for Harry
Hawks, the paper's editor, only to find out he's been
murdered. To Be Continued…
15. The Wall (2): (Original Airdate February 8, 1997)
Gary is on the run now that he has the police and Agent Dobbs
after him. They seek for help with Morris, who takes them to a
friend of his who secretly handles photo alterations. While
they try to find something that might help on the 1963 picture
of J.T. Marley, Gary tries to stay away from the president,
since the paper says he is the murderer. But he can't run from
his destiny, and so Gary goes to the crime scene.
16. Bat Masterson: (Original Airdate February 22, 1997)
First aired: 2/22/1997
Gary meets an ex-cop who took the identity of Bat Masterson to
continue his work against crime. The guy seems to be crazy,
but helps Gary with his paper duties. As he learns more about
Bat (or Mike Killebrew, his real identity), Gary discovers
that he went crazy after his partner died.
17. The Jury: (Original Airdate March 8, 1997)
Gary has to serve as jury on a trial and worries about the
people he won't be able to save while on court. He tries by
all means to get out of jury duty but can't. The case is about
a man who is on trial for suspicion of stealing money from his
company. Just when Gary (who was picked for foreman) is about
to read the verdict the cat enters the courtroom and delivers
the paper. The bailiff takes it away, but Gary manages to read
a headline that says the man's wife can be the only one who
might save him from going to prison and hanging himself. The
jury is taken to a hotel to work on the verdict and can't
leave for any purposes, but Gary manages to sneak out thanks
to Chuck. The judge finally decides to have Gary removed from
the jury but that doesn't stop him from interfering on the
trial and saving the man's life.
18. Psychic: (Original Airdate April 12, 1997)
Gary is unable to stop a child from being kidnapped and looks
for help in Claire (a psychic who pursued him about opening a
fortune telling business with her after he saved her from
dying). She "felt" there was something wrong with the child,
but Gary thought it was just a part of her act.
19. The Cat: (Original Airdate April 13, 1997)
Gary takes the cat to the vet thinking he's not feeling good.
He is obligated to leave him there overnight, but rushes to
the clinic in the morning for the paper, only to find out it's
not there (nor is the cat). The cat mysteriously appears at
Eunice's (the vet's mother) house with the paper, and Gary
wonders if the cat decided to abandon him. He later finds out
that the cat only wants him to save Eunice, who was madly in
love with Lucius Snow 40 years ago and is now dying from
cancer.
20. Phantom at the Opera: (Original Airdate April 19, 1997)
Gary saves a woman named Emma Shaw from being murdered during
an art robbery. Gary keeps helping Emma establish herself in
the city and develops romantic feelings for her, but the paper
keeps getting in his way and interrupting their dates.
21. Faith: (Original Airdate April 26, 1997)
Gary and Chuck wait on a bridge to help a man who will be run
over by a car, but they don't realize that the man is Gary,
who is knocked out unconscious. At he hospital, Gary meets a
girl named Rachel, who is waiting for a compatible heart.
Rachel questions Gary about his beliefs in God, a role the
paper imposes him to play after announcing that Rachel will
find a heart – from a young boy killed in a hold-up. Now Gary
must choose between ignoring the boy and letting Rachel live
or saving the boy, at the cost of Rachel's life.
22. Dad: (Original Airdate May 3, 1997)
The paper leads Gary far into a swamp where a young girl and
her boyfriend kiss and caress. Her father is on the war path.
Gary's father gets kicked out of his house by his wife, and
visits Gary.
23. Love is Blind: (Original Airdate May 17, 1997)
Marissa is at school, when Gary saves a college professor from
being killed. Marissa soon has dinner and a study date with
this student she meets.
SEASON 2
24. Home: (Original Airdate: September 27, 1997)
Gary's hotel room burns in an electrical fire. While wondering
where he is going to live, Gary also finds out that a greedy
businessman wants to purchase McGinty's and an orphanage in
order to demolish them and build a parking lot. Gary and Chuck
must save McGinty's and the orphanage, and Gary must find a
new place to live.
25. The Medal: (Original Airdate: October 4, 1997)
Gary must help a Vietnam vet who has the Congressional Medal
of Honor when a ceremony in his honor triggers feelings of
guilt because of a mistake he made in Vietnam. He has always
kept it a secret to his family and at work.
26. The Wedding: (Original Airdate: October 11, 1997)
McGinty's is asked to cater the wedding of Gary's
ex-girlfriend, his high school sweetheart. Her romantic
feelings are still somewhat directed at Gary, and what's
worse, her father has been under police's witness protection
for three weeks and the paper warns of criminal and violent
actions at the wedding.
27. Jenny Sloane: (Original Airdate: October 18, 1997)
Gary must help a young boy who is ill with leukemia, but is
refusing treatment. Gary wants him to meet Jenny Sloane,
Chicago's sweetheart who is ill with cancer. A Sun Times
columnist writes a column about Jenny Sloane.
28. Downsized: (Original Airdate: October 25, 1997)
Gary and Chuck must stop an old friend of theirs from their
former job from having a fatal plastic surgery to impress his
girlfriend and enhance his career.
29. Angels and Devils: (Original Airdate: November 1, 1997)
Gary and Chuck become involved with a basketball program at a
local church for inner city youth, where they meet a young nun
named Sister Mary. Gary helps Sister Mary from abandoning her
call after a young man involved with the basketball program is
killed during a convenience store holdup, which Gary fails to
stop.
30. Redfellas: (Original Airdate: November 8, 1997)
The newspaper arrives with an article written in Russian. Gary
saves a cab driver, in a seemingly unrelated article written
in English. The cab driver is able to read the Russian article
to Gary. Gary then must save a beautiful Russian violinist
from being murdered and brings her together to her long lost
father.
31. March in Time: (Original Airdate: November 15, 1997)
After learning that a leader of a racist movement will be
assassinated during a march, Gary begins to debate whether he
should save his life or let him die. Marissa manages to
convince him to save him, but the dilemma is further
compromised when the leader's comrades attack and vandalize
McGinty's. Now Gary has to stop the sniper from killing the
leader of the movement. The situation is further complicated
when the leader's son befriends a young African-American kid.
32. A Regular Joe: (Original Airdate: November 22, 1997)
Gary is stressed out, and just wants a regular life. He is
having recurring dreams about a psychiatrist, who encourages
him to take Sundays off from the paper. Gary decides to take
that advice. However, he finds out that he needs to convince a
famous quarterback to stop playing in order to avoid a serious
injury.
33. A Bris is Just a Bris: (Original Airdate: December 20,
1997)
Gary's disruption of a bris for Chuck's nephew has unexpected
consequences when his friend falls for the attractive rabbi
performing the service.
34. A Minor Miracle: (Original Airdate: January 10, 1998)
Gary's search for a missing child makes him a suspect. When
the police won't listen to him, he goes into the flooding
underground sewer to try to rescue the little girl before it's
too late.
35. Romancing the Throne: (Original Airdate: January 17, 1998)
Gary has to save the life of Chuck and a publicity-shy
princess when he learns they will be aboard a train traveling
on a collision course.
36. Walk, Don't Run: (Original Airdate: January 24, 1998)
Gary tries to use his nomination to a public job to get a
light put at a dangerous crossroad.
37. The Return of Crumb: (Original Airdate: January 31, 1998)
Gary has to keep an honest cop, Detective Crumb, from being
arrested due to a blackmailed investigation.
38. Mum's the Word: (Original Airdate: April 4, 1998)
Gary take Marissa who poses as an Egyptian princess to gain
admission to an exhibition so that he can save an
archaeologist from being struck in the head by a ancient
Egyptian stone at the museum, Gary pushes the man out of the
way only to see that someone wanted the archaeologist killed.
The day after Gary reads in the newspaper that there'll be a
fire in the museum, so he checks up on a journalist who was at
the museum the night the archaeologist was almost killed. When
the eyes are stolen from a cat mummy, a curse is released,
causing everyone involved, including Marissa, to fall
seriously ill.
39. Where or When: (Original Airdate: April 11, 1998)
After Gary is injured in a fall, he becomes housebound while
his broken leg heals. In a "Rear Window" style plot, he
watches people in the apartment building across the street and
is attracted to a new neighbor who seem to have been the
victim of a murder almost 50 years ago.
40. The Fourth Carpathian: (Original Airdate: April 18, 1998)
Gary's parents receive the paper when Gary is trapped in an
abandoned theater trying to save a monkey. Gary's parents and
Crumb accidentally bring together a family of Letonian trapeze
artists in Chicago.
41. The Quality of Mercy: (Original Airdate: April 25, 1998)
The paper sends Gary to save a man John Hernandez from getting
killed in a road accident. After doing that the paper changes
and it states that Hernandez is going to kill Rachel Stone the
prosecutor who sent him to prison. Gary can't help but wonder
why the paper sent him on such an errand. Gary then goes to
the courthouse to stop Hernandez; Hernandez gets away and Gary
is arrested and brought to Ms. Stone. When he tries to warn
her about Hernandez; she doesn't believe him cause Gary won't
reveal the source of his information. Hernandez got away by
knocking Chuck out and taking his car. While Gary waits at the
hospital, the paper now says that Hernandez is going to try
again this time at her home. Gary goes there and gets him and
Ms. Stone taken as hostage.
42. Show Me the Monet: (Original Airdate: May 2, 1998)
A charming British gent who helps Gary on one of his missions
turns out to be an artist with a penchant for forgery and
theft, which has earned him some dangerous enemies. Trouble
ensues when the thief announces he's turning good and wants
Gary and Marissa to help him break into a museum and return
some stolen masterpieces.
43. Don't Walk Away, Renee: (Original Airdate: May 9, 1998)
Although his parents are in town to surprise him for his
birthday, Gary must leave his own party to prevent a mugging.
He soon discovers that Renee, the woman he saves, is a
childhood friend who has been targeted by a group determined
to steal the disk carrying her research. Trouble continues to
follow the couple when two men disguised as police detectives
arrest Gary and Renee and search her office for the
confidential computer program. When the pair makes a daring
escape, Gary reads that his parents' will be taken hostage in
exchange for the disk. With little time to spare, Gary must
rely on the early edition to help him save the day!
44. Hot Time in the Old Town: (Original Airdate: May 16, 1998)
Gary reads in the paper that a pylon at a construction site
drops and knocks over a nearby building killing thousands. He
goes to try and prevent it from happening only to get knocked
out and wakes up 2 days before the Great Chicago Fire. He
meets Morris, who looks like Chuck. He also meets Jesse, a
young boy who is the brother of a woman, Eleanor, who is a
singer at a saloon, and looks exactly like Marissa, and is a
victim of racism. Gary must help Jesse and Eleanor, and try to
stop the fire from happening.
45. Second Sight: (Original Airdate: May 23, 1998)
Marissa sees a vision and thinks her sight is returning. Chuck
witnesses a mob murder, and is in trouble. Gary, Chuck, and
Crumb are taken hostage, and Marissa must save them.
SEASON 3
46. Blackout: (Originally aired September 26, 1998)
Lightning triggers a massive blackout. As Gary frantically
juggles running McGinty's bar and averting disaster, he gets
some unexpected assistance from Marissa. Also helping out is
an amiable, slightly eccentric new bartender named Patrick.
Meanwhile, a convenience-store owner finds his differences
with his neighbors escalating to a potential riot during the
blackout.
47. Collision: (Originally aired October 3, 1998)
Chuck has left 'McGinty's in financial chaos and Marissa
announces for a pub manager in the paper without telling Gary
who has hands full with the choice of preventing a major car
crash or saving an 8 year old.
48. A Horse Is a Horse: (Originally aired October 10, 1998)
Henry witnesses Gary rescue a clown from a falling bucket that
he catches with a net. Henry is wildly impressed and nothing
can stop him finding out about the paper. Accidentally Henry's
father, a chronic gambler, comes to visit him.
49. Lt. Hobson, USN: (Originally aired October 17, 1998)
To stop an explosion, Gary poses as a Navy Lieutenant., but
before he can get off the base, he attracts the attention of
an admiral who wants Gary to take his daughter to a dance.
When he tries to take her to the dance, he gets arrested and
ends up in the Navy jail. The next morning the paper comes to
the jail and it says that McGinty's is going to blow up. Henry
reads in the paper about peace talks that aren't working, so
he emails the government and the peace talks end up taking
place at McGinty's.
50. Saint Nick: (Originally aired October 24, 1998)
Erica reunites with a childhood friend, Nick Sterling, who
seems to be the perfect guy. Gary is jealous of their
relationship and reads in the paper that Nick is going to
propose to Erica. Gary also reads that the hospital that Nick
just got done building is going to catch on fire at the
opening party so he goes to the party but the building still
catches on fire and he has to save Nick and Erica.
51. Halloween: (Originally aired October 31, 1998)
The cat changes its color to black. Two witches who sees Gary
as a warlock wants to force him to get their sister back who's
been locked up in close to 200 years. Gary finds it more
important to keep poisoned candy off the streets that's going
to kill 3 children.
52. Up Chuck: (Originally aired November 7, 1998)
A very rare surprise visit from Chuck makes Gary suspect
hidden plans of money and the paper but Chuck has ultra suede
clothes and a limousine. Soon a very active photographer turns
out to be Chuck's nephew,
53. Deadline: (Originally aired November 14, 1998)
Gary tries to clear the name of an innocent man on death row
hours before his execution. Luscious Snow had failed to stop
the murder, but left Gary some clues.
54. In Gary We Trust: (Originally aired November 21, 1998)
Gary is in danger after preventing a spa worker from being
shot in the sauna. Turns out that the people who were going to
kill him are mobsters and the spa worker is actually an FBI
agent working on a case to bring the mobsters down.
55. Nest Egg: (Originally aired December 5, 1998)
To his big surprise Gary runs into his mother in the middle of
Chicago. Later he shadows her and sees her drink champagne
with a strange man. Gary first suspects an affair. Instead the
stranger has tricked her to invest in a fictive company. Gary
must try to get his parent's money back after his mother has
lost their nest egg to a con artist.
56. Teen Angels: (Originally aired December 19, 1998)
The paper is cut into tiny pieces and Gary is puzzled into a
school shooting incident as the principal mistakes him for a
sub teacher.
57. Slippity-Doo-Dah: (Originally aired January 9, 1999)
Gary catches a snake that was going to bite a bingo player who
faints and knocks her head. However, she's incapable of her
next doings: babysitting Henry Gary takes over, but Marissa
warns him that he can't handle both the paper and Henry. While
babysitting for Henry, Gary's intervention with one accident
sets off a chain reaction of accidents.
58. The Last Untouchable: (Originally aired January 16, 1999)
An old ex-cop with an outdated driver's license starts his car
and Gary crawls on it to stop him driving. Two Italian
tourists are robbed by fake taxi drivers. The tourists charm
Erica to show them old Chicago buildings, and Capone's last
living major gang member is released from prison.
59. Just one of Those Things: (Originally aired February 6,
1999)
Gary decides to tell Erica about the paper but she does not
believe him because unfortunately, Patrick, who is looking for
an apartment, accidentally takes Gary's paper.
60. Funny Valentine: (Originally aired February 13, 1999)
While in town to discuss a major deal with the Chicago Cubs,
star ball player Andy Miller escapes serious harm when Gary
saves him from being severely injured in a freak accident.
Andy does bruise his shoulder during the incident, however,
and Gary takes him to the hospital where Andy winds up falling
in love with his physician, Dr. Suzy Pietro. Andy decides to
accept the Cubs lucrative offer so he can stay in Chicago and
be with Suzy. Unfortunately, Andy's agent doesn't want him to
sign with the team and he soon learns that Suzy is
contemplating a marriage proposal from another man.
61. Number One with a Bullet: (Originally aired February 20,
1999)
Marissa's old friend, Julius aka C-Roc, is in town for a cd
signing and Gary has to prevent him from being killed.
62. Two to Tangle: (Originally aired February 27, 1999)
A couple is fighting with each other over their lingerie
company, and Henry befriends their daughter.
63. Fate: (Originally aired March 20, 1999)
A homeless man plummets to his death while Gary tries to save
him. Gary is rattled by his inability to prevent the tragedy
and questions his involvement with the paper. When Gary
refuses to prevent the next day's bad news, he winds up being
forced to confront his own fate when he reads his obituary in
the paper and must figure out what he's done wrong so he can
save his life.
64. Crumb Again: (Originally aired April 3, 1999)
Crumb is about to publish a manuscript about police corruption
in Chicago, when he becomes the target of someone who doesn't
want the book to come out. Gary and Crumb then narrowly escape
a drive-by shooting, and Federal Agent Brigatti, who recently
transferred to the Chicago detective squad, takes on the case
and attempts to track down Crumb's potential killer.
65. Pinch Hitters: (Originally aired April 17, 1999)
Gary tries to prevent an accident involving a rare monkey, but
he gets bitten by the animal and is forced into quarantine
until it can be determined whether or not he has contracted a
rare disease. In the meantime, Gary enlists Marissa's help in
preventing the elderly man from being injured in a variety of
dangerous mishaps. With the help of her new boyfriend, Emmet,
she attempts to save the man.
66. Home Groan: (Originally aired May 1, 1999)
While Gary is able to prevent a robbery attempt by the
dangerous criminals, he is unable to convince the local
sheriff that the convicts are hiding out in his little town.
It turns out that Joe is an envious old high-school classmate
of Gary's who decides to throw him in jail for causing a
raucous. While behind bars, Gary reads in the paper that his
mother will be killed by the convicts. When he's unable to
convince Joe to stop by his parents house to prevent the
impending tragedy, Gary's dad, Bernie, comes to his rescue and
they both rush to save Gary's mom.
67. Play It Again Sammo: (Originally aired May 8, 1999)
Gary does his usual routine to help others, and finds himself
involved with the robbery of an ancient Chinese helmet that
was stolen from LA. Detective Sammo Law from the Los Angeles
police department is in Chicago looking for the missing
helmet. After investigating Gary's involvement with the case,
Sammo and Gary find out Gary accidentally bought the helmet as
a piece of an art decoration object. Unfortunately the helmet
is stolen again, forcing Sammo and Gary to team up to get it
back, while trying to stop the man who stole it and his niece
from being murdered by international smugglers who want the
helmet.
68. Blowing Up is Hard to Do: (Originally aired May 15, 1999)
Gary saves a woman from drowning in a pool at a women-only
gym, who turns out to be Detective Armstrong's wife. The
Armstrongs invite Gary and Erica to dinner at their house;
Detective. Armstrong is suspicious about Gary saving his wife,
and accuses him of trying to kill her. Erica decides to end
her relationship with Gary, and leave Chicago. Meanwhile, Gary
has to prevent two places from blowing up after a manifesto is
sent to the Sun Times and the TV station, both of which refuse
to read or publish it, and then are targeted by the people who
wrote it.
SEASON 4
69. The Out-of-Towner: (Original Airdate September 25, 1999)
It's Gary's 3 year anniversary with the paper what Marissa is
eager to celebrate. The paper's warnings disappear when Gary
arrives to handle them. Then he meets a New Yorker who also
has a paper.
70. Duck Day Afternoon: (Original Airdate October 2, 1999)
In an effort to avoid spending time with his parents, Gary
races off to save a group of ducks and draws the attention of
inquisitive Sun Times photojournalist, Miguel Diaz. When Gary
pleads with Miguel not to run the photo he took of him - so
his parents won't find out that he's intentionally ducking
them-the photographer becomes more curious. He realizes that
Gary's name keeps popping up in connection with many rescues.
Unable to shake his folks, Gary lets them tag along on a
routine save at a bank that escalates when Lois and Bernie are
taken hostage. Under the suspicious eyes of Miguel, Gary must
avert disaster by dealing with the nervous robber and his
suffocating parents, who confront him during the hostage
crisis about why he keeps avoiding them.
71. Take Me out to the Ballgame: (Original Airdate October 9,
1999)
After Gary reads that Pedro Mendoza, a rookie pitcher for the
Chicago Cubs, is going to pitch a no-hitter. Chuck convinces
him to attend the game. But when Chuck inadvertently changes
the course of the day's events by taking a cab meant for the
ballplayer, the story is replaced by an item about the pitcher
being injured while on his way to Wrigley Field. After
preventing Pedro's impending accident, Gary races to protect a
restaurant owner from being seriously injured by a loan shark.
When it turns out that the man is Pedro's brother, Gary and
Chuck find themselves in the middle of another potential
tragedy. They read that the brother will be killed and the
ballplayer's arm will be broken by the menacing thugs. With
only a few hours left, the duo must try to save the day so
Pedro can pitch the game and still make the history books.
72. The Iceman Taketh: (Original Airdate October 16, 1999)
The paper has told Gary that a ship sailing on Lake Michigan
is going to explode. As he enters he accidentally takes the
name to act as Brigatti's newly-wed husband in a police
operation.
73. Camera Shy: (Original Airdate October 23, 1999)
While covering the opening of a local pickle factory, Miguel
winds up in the middle of one of Gary's saves, when he falls
head first into a barrel of kosher dills. After Miguel's
pickled puss winds up in all the papers, he loses his job and
must take a position at a museum, where he's forced to
photograph uncooperative school children. When Gary reads that
one of the kids at the museum will be injured, he races to
prevent the tragedy - only to cost Miguel another job. To make
matters worse, while at the museum, Miguel inadvertently takes
a photo of Bruce Bryce a vicious criminal thought to be dead.
When he realizes he has evidence that could potentially get
him his newspaper job back, Miguel heads over to the Sun Times
with the film. But Bryce tracks him down and threatens him
with bodily harm if he doesn't hand over the photos. With
Miguel's life in jeopardy, Gary must figure out how to save
him before his days as an inquiring photographer are over.
74. Wild Card: (Original Airdate October 30, 1999)
While struggling to find a way to tell his boss that he's
leaving McGinty's for good, Patrick thoroughly frustrates Gary
by following him around all day and triggering a host of
potential disasters. When Patrick's actions culminate in an
explosion at a Halloween rave party, Gary instructs him not to
move a muscle - a directive that backfires when Patrick
attempts to help and winds up in a life-threatening situation.
75. Fatal Edition (1): (Original Airdate November 6, 1999)
When Frank Scanlon, a Chicago Sun Times columnist famous for
his exposes, meets Gary during one of his daily saves, Gary
piques the interest of the reporter, who believes that the
rescues are more than coincidental. Intent on investigating
Gary further, Scanlon demands that Sun Times cameraman Miguel
Diaz hand over the confidential file he's been collecting on
Gary. Meanwhile, when Gary reads in the paper that Scanlon is
about to be murdered, he rushes to save him but the paper
lists the wrong time of death - leading Gary to be found at
the scene by police and subsequently arrested. Mounting
circumstantial evidence even has Detective Toni Brigatti
convinced of Gary's guilt. After escaping his arraignment,
with Marissa's help, Gary becomes a fugitive desperate to find
Scanlon's murderer.
76. Fatal Edition (2): (Original Airdate November 13, 1999)
When Gary's own investigation leads him to one of Scanlon's
informants, he learns that at the time of Scanlon's death, the
reporter was about to break a story on a murder-for-hire ring.
With the help of Sun Times photographer Miguel Diaz, Gary
obtains a printout of Scanlon's notes for his story that
identifies six murders that were made to look like accidents.
Meanwhile, Detective Brigatti uncovers some evidence of her
own, which proves Gary's innocence and implicates someone with
whom she works closely in the department. When Brigatti is
subsequently taken hostage and about to be murdered, Gary must
save her before the real killer sets him up a second time.
77. Weathergirl: (Original Airdate November 20, 1999)
With Gary as her guide, Rebecca becomes renowned for her
accurate forecasts, until the paper shows up at his doorstep
one morning without a trace of the next day's weather.
Searching for a way to save his budding relationship, Gary
reads a story in the paper about a group of construction
workers who are killed when a gale force wind knocks over a
Christmas tree they're trying to put up. Racing to the
television studio, Gary attempts to get Rebecca to warn the
workers about the potential disaster. Meanwhile, Gary's old
friend Uncle Phil winds up in a series of jobs and
disasters that Gary must prevent.
78. Run, Gary, Run: (Original Airdate December 18, 1999)
When Gary ignores Marissa's repeated requests to help her
manage the workload at McGinty's, the paper plays a dangerous
trick on him: he reads that his friend will be struck and
killed by a car. Gary finds himself in a daily replay of the
same 24 hours, when, unable to save her the first time around,
he awakens to find history repeating itself -- twice. Failing
to prevent the accident a second time, Gary is given one more
chance to learn from his mistakes so he can save Marissa's
life.
79. Rose: (Original Airdate February 19, 2000)
Although Crumb cautions Gary that Rose may appear sweet and
innocent but is probably trouble, Gary ignores his warning,
even when evidence surfaces that she has a criminal record.
When he believes her explanation that an old boyfriend is
after her, Gary agrees to loan Rose $25,000 to get rid of him
and is stunned when she suddenly runs off with his money.
80. Snow Angels: (Original Airdate February 26, 2000)
While out in the snow, Gary encounters two men, Earl Camby, a
reformed criminal who now devotes his life to helping those
less fortunate than himself, and Cliff Mourning, a sleazy
motel operator. As Gary tries to save Earl's life when a
building collapses on him, he reads that Cliff is going to
succumb to a heart attack. Torn between leaving Earl alone to
die while he saves an ungrateful human being, Gary
contemplates a decision that could ultimately tie the two
men's lives together.
81. Gifted: (Original Airdate March 4, 2000)
After preventing Nikki from being injured in a school bus
accident, Gary meets the tough-talking 13-year-old and learns
that she also knew about the accidents before they almost
happened.
82. Performance Anxiety: (Original Airdate March 11, 2000)
The former recipient of the New York paper decides to
relinquish his duties by turning over the next day's news to
his friend Clams, but the paper suddenly stops coming after
Clams meets with a mysterious man asking questions about his
satisfaction with his special subscription. When Gary is
involved in a similar meeting, Clams warns him that he too
could lose his paper if he makes any wrong decisions.
Desperate to get his own paper back, Clams steals Gary's
edition so he can convince the powers-that-be to give him
another chance. But even as he tries to make amends, Clams
continues to abuse the paper and winds up putting the life of
a down on-his-luck computer genius in jeopardy. When Gary
reads that Clams and the computer wiz will perish in a
dangerous explosion, he must race to save their lives before
it's too late.
83. False Witness: (Original Airdate March 25, 2000)
While stealing cars for a chop shop, Jose (Joey) encounters
Gary, who is brought in by police to ID the teenager in a
criminal lineup. When Gary realizes that Joey is Miguel's
little brother, he denies knowing him in order to protect his
friend. Although Joey promises Gary that he will go straight,
his accomplice pressures him into pulling another job, a heist
in which the owner of the car is shot and Gary is taken
hostage. While trying to convince Joey to give up his life of
crime, Gary is wounded by gunfire and left to ponder whether
or not he should have acknowledged Joey's involvement the
first time around before people were seriously hurt.
84. The Play's the Thing: (Original Airdate April 8, 2000)
While at the theater, Gary runs into his old friend,
ex-Chicago police detective Marion Crumb, who joined the
Shakespearean troupe after the play's director, Bonnie
Rousseau, convinced him to pursue his natural born acting
talents. While pooling the cast's money to put on the
production, Bonnie recruits Gary to replace one of the leads
who has had an accident. As Gary throws himself into his new
role, the production is threatened -- first by a producer
claiming to have rights to the theater and then by an
arsonist. As Gary and Marion work together to put out all the
fires, damaging evidence arises against Bonnie that reveals
she's a scam artist. With hours left before show time, it's up
to Gary to stop Bonnie from deserting her devoted troupe -- or
else it's curtains for everyone.
85. Blind Faith: (Original Airdate April 22, 2000)
Gary loses his sight while he is trying to prevent three teens
from being blown up by an old cannon ball. While at the
hospital, Gary meets a young kid named Nate Calvin, whose
mother is ill. The next day, without being able to see, Gary
must save Nate Calvin, who is trapped in an abandoned
building.
86. Occasionally Amber: (Original Airdate April 29, 2000)
When Chuck returns to Chicago to get married, Gary recognizes
Chuck's bride as Amber, a jewel thief. She is now calling
herself Jade. Gary confides in Marissa who tells him that he
must inform Chuck. Gary confronts Jade, who tells him that she
truly loves Chuck and that she is really Jade. He decides not
to tell Chuck what he knows. The next morning's paper says
that a large diamond will be stolen from an auction. Gary and
Marissa throw a private rehearsal dinner for Chuck and Jade to
keep Jade there while the theft is supposed to happen. Jade
hires two female strippers to handcuff both Gary and Chuck.
She then leaves and steals the diamond. When she returns to
her apartment Gary confronts her. Jade tells Gary that she had
to steal the diamond because it was once a national treasure
of her country. Gary doesn't believe her story. He takes the
diamond from her and puts it into the curator's mailbox with a
letter warning them to tighten security.
87. Mel Schwartz, Bounty Hunter: (Original Airdate May 5,
2000)
Gary runs into a robber who strips him of everything. Gary
recognizes him the next day and starts to pursue him but so
does a bald car driver called Mel.
88. Time: (Original Airdate May 13, 2000)
Gary finds out why he was chosen to receive the paper.
89. Everybody Goes to Rick's: (Original Airdate May 20, 2000)
Gary travels back in time to 1929, and is the proprietor of a
speakeasy at the location where McGinty's is currently
located. He must try to prevent the St. Valentine's Day
Massacre.
90. Luck o' the Irish: (Original Airdate May 27, 2000)
A young Irish woman loses her chance at a million dollar
lottery when Gary swipes her dollar that she was going to buy
the winning ticket with. To repay her he ends up caught up in
a wild scheme that has them pretending to be engaged while
Kate looks for a man she loves.
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