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Now and Again

1999

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EP1 Origins Sep 24, 1999

Michael Wiseman, a middle aged insurance seller with a family, dies in a subway accident. The Government rescues his brain and offers him a new life, in a new body. A new genetically engineered and enhanced body at that. The only condition is that he can never have any contact with his family and friends from his previous life.

EP2 On the Town Oct 01, 1999

Michael breaks free from his bodyguards and heads to his old office and Roger. He wants to see his wife and daughter again. He forces Roger to drive him to his house where he watches Lisa and Heather and then sees Lisa leave on a date. Dr. Morris is not a happy man and has all his men out on the street trying to find Michael. Meanwhile the Eggman is in America and is planning to blackmail the city or release his nerve gas there.

EP3 Over Easy Oct 08, 1999

Now that the city has received a blackmail demand from "The Eggman", and they have seen the proof that he does possess the poison gas he claims to, it is time for the new, improved Michael Wiseman to show his worth and deliver the bearer bonds to the blackmailer. Little does Dr. Morris and Michael realize but when they go off to the drop Lisa, Roger and Heather are following, trying to find out what Michael is up to, unknowingly putting themselves in danger.

EP4 One for the Money Oct 15, 1999

It is finally time for Michael's first "real" mission. With the assistance of an old, long time, agent he is going to be sent to Hong Kong to arrange the "elimination" of an ex-agent suspected of selling secrets to foreign powers. Michael doesn't like the use of the word "elimination" in his mission statement but is told by Dr. Morris that he is not given him any choice over whether to take the mission or not. With the insurance money for Michael's death still not sorted out Lisa and Heather are running into money problems, meaning that Lisa has to go out looking for a job for the first time in many a year.

EP5 The Insurance Man Always Rings Twice Oct 22, 1999

Michael manages to get hold of a paper and is shocked to discover that "his" house is up for sale. He breaks out again and gets Roger to tell him what is going on. Roger informs him that the reason Lisa is selling is because she is broke, the insurance company has refused to pay out on Michael's life insurance policy. When he learns this he pleads with Dr. Morris to give him 3 days of freedom so that he can convince his old boss, Craig Spence, to pay out the money to his wife.

EP6 Nothing to Fear, but Nothing to Fear Nov 05, 1999

Lisa plucks up the courage to go to Michael's apartment and ask him out on a date. Dr. Morris tells Michael that not only is he not going to be allowed to go but he also cannot call to cancel either. At the same time Dr. Morris becomes interested in the rash of people doing incredibly stupid things, almost as if they had completely lost their sense of fear. He wants to know whether this is just coincidence or whether there is someone behind it. To find out he gets Michael to investigate.

EP7 A Girl's Life Nov 12, 1999

Heather is struck by lightning while out looking at a bright light in the sky. She is rushed to hospital but is in a coma, and in a very serious condition. Dr. Morris takes Michael to see her, from outside the 4th floor window of the room she is in. He was the bright light she saw as he was testing a new suit in the sky. When he appears outside her window she comes out of her coma and sees him. She is convinced that she saw an angel and soon the story is all around school. The story of the angel in the sky brings out all the kooks and believers, which prevents Dr. Morris from being able to continue his experiments, something that does not please him!

EP8 Pulp Turkey Nov 19, 1999

It's Thanksgiving and Morris is taking Michael with him to his sister's for the day, Lisa and Heather are having their normal celebration meal and Roger has to go to the museum to see about the insurance of an important Russian artifact. Without an appraiser with him he tells the curator that there is nothing he can do until after the holiday. This is not good enough though and in a blink of an eye Roger finds himself having a suitcase, containing the item, handcuffed to his wrist. He now has the responsibility of safeguarding the item for the day! When he leaves the museum he goes and visits Lisa and Heather, unknowingly bringing to men who are trying to steal the item along with him.

EP9 By the Light of the Moon Nov 26, 1999

Frustrated by Dr. Morris' lack of success with Michael the government brings in another doctor to help him. The doctor, Dr. Taylor, turns out to be a young woman who is an expert in releasing a persons potential. Michael starts to have feelings for her as his training progresses, something he does not want to do, as he still loves Lisa. Meanwhile Lisa is thinking about whether or not to get back in touch with Gerald, to see if he is available for a date.

EP10 I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Dec 17, 1999

Theo informs Michael that he is going to be taken for a survival test the next morning. He'll be left out in the wilds and will have to make his way back to civilization while being tracked by other members of Dr. Morris' staff. The next morning he wakes up to find his apartment empty, the alarms blaring and the front door open. Where is Dr. Morris? Is this part of the test or has something happened to him?

EP11 Fire and Ice Jan 07, 2000

Dr. Morris has his experiments involving the effects of extreme temperatures on Michael interrupted by another group of scientists, including a woman who leaves him completely tongue-tied. So much so that he needs Michael's help in talking to her, Cyranno De Bergerac style. Meanwhile Lisa wants to change her life, worried by the fact that her 18th wedding anniversary is/would be coming up.

EP12 Disco Inferno Jan 14, 2000

A police detective calls Dr. Morris to the scene of a very unusual death, a body that seems to have burnt to ashes. The detective tells Morris & Michael that the evidence they have suggests the possibility that the fire started from within the body rather than from n outside source. Michael wants to investigate while Morris has no interest in getting involved at all. Michael keeps pushing until he persuades Theo to get involved. After managing to find what could turn out to be a clue they find themselves outside the First Church of the Elevations, wanting to question its charismatic leader, Reverend Kelso.

EP13 I Am the Greatest Jan 28, 2000

Theo reveals a big surprise to Michael; he was not the Governments first experiment of his type. There was an army private before him who had the same kind of treatment years earlier. He escaped and vanished into thin air, never to be seen again. Now Theo thinks that he has finally reappeared, as Maceo T. Jones, unbeaten heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Michael's job is to get close enough to the champ to get a DNA sample from him. Once Theo has that in his possession he will be able to prove without a doubt that Maceo is, or isn't, who he thinks he is. Lisa starts her new job as a real estate agent and discovers that it is not going to be as easy as she first thought.

EP14 Film at Eleven Feb 11, 2000

Theo takes Michael with him to a meeting out in the park. He has to leave Michael there when he contact tells him that the POTUS wants to see him. Michael decides that he shall take this moment of freedom to send his wife some flowers for Valentines Day. Having no money he has to the bank and turns up just before the place is robbed. All the customers and staff are locked in the bank vault while the robbers escape. When one of the customers collapses and needs to get to hospital Michael makes a quick decision and uses his strength to open the vault. Unfortunately for him he is caught on camera doing so, something that does not please Theo at all.

EP15 Deep in My Heart is a Song Feb 18, 2000

The "New" Michael Wiseman suddenly goes into a catatonic state for no apparent reason, just before a General arrives to see if the project is going well and is still worth funding. In other words at the worst time possible! Dr. Morris can discover no medical reason for Michael's condition and is becoming extremely worried, not even Michael's original medical records reveal anything that could be helpful. Meanwhile we see flashbacks to Michael's original life and see the same thing happen to him then. Not wanting to worry Lisa he doesn't go to his usual doctor and keeps it a secret. With General Irving threatening to either pull the plug on the project or put a new brain in "the" body Dr. Morris is running out of time to save Michael.

EP16 Everybody Who's Anybody Feb 25, 2000

General Irving calls for a meeting with Dr. Morris & Michael. He wants them to perform an "information retrieval" mission of a personal nature, to recover some compromising photos for him. If they don't get them and the General is removed from office then their funding could go as well. To get the photos he needs Michael to break into the safe of Senator Kragen, during a reception held at his home. Roger is asked by his boss, Craig, to go to the same reception and, as his wife is unable to go, invites Lisa to go with him.

EP17 Boy Wonder Mar 10, 2000

A teenage retarded boy who thinks he is a superhero sees Michael chasing some criminals and catching them by flipping over their car. He follows Michael and Theo back to their office wanting to meet a "real" superhero. Roger meanwhile gets lucky buying stock online and makes a fortune, something that Craig then wants him to replicate for him

EP18 Lizzard's Tale Mar 31, 2000

Theo takes Michael to a medical conference to get him out of his room and give him a chance for a change of routine. They meet Frederick lizard, an old friend of Theo's, who wants to headhunt Theo for his own organ finding business. He tells Theo that with the money he could supply him Theo's research would improve much faster than with government assistance. During a meal together Frederick puts two and two together and realizes that Theo's "research" is with him and wants to find out more about Michael.

EP19 There Are No Words Apr 14, 2000

The scientific library urgently contacts Dr. Morris and asks him to come to their building. It seems that all the words have vanished from all his old papers, and now seems to be spreading to all the other books in the same section. Not long after this the same thing starts happening at the Wiseman's house, the only connection between the two is that Dr. Morris has been to both of them. Dr. Morris and Michael have to find out what is causing this "virus" and how to stop it, before it spreads across the whole world!

EP20 The Bugmeister Apr 21, 2000

His wife having kicked him out Roger asks to stay with Lisa and Heather, who doesn't take long to get fed up with him living with them. She is going on a school trip to the museum, full of other old things, which does nothing to cheer her up. There she meets Dr. Bing, who looks after the insect section of the museum. Meanwhile Dr. Morris is trying to find out why virus carrying Mosquito's are appearing, before they should be out of hibernation, and are biting rich, prosperous businessman.

EP21 The Bugmeister, Part Bee Apr 28, 2000

With more and more people being bitten by insects carrying a killer virus it seems as if there is some sort of human control over these concerted attacks. Can Theo and Michael find out if this is the case and , if so, find the person controlling them before it is too late?

EP22 The Eggman Cometh May 05, 2000

Lisa learns some unsettling facts about her husband's death and Dr. Theo Morris, Michael tries to decide what to do while he has no tracking device implanted in him and The Eggman and his fellow inmate, Charlie, plan an escape from their prison.
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Synopsis

Now and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet perfect the brain. In an attempt to get the project up and running, they take the brain of overweight family man Michael Wiseman, who is killed by a train. Given a new life, Michael is kept in an apartment where he is trained by government experts, led by Dr. Theodore Morris, in the art of espionage. Despite his new life and new abilities, Michael longs to return to his wife Lisa and daughter Heather, who are themselves discovering that not all is as it seems with Michael's death.

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Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!
Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
biggfoot14 Network suits! Why can't we get rid of these people. Along the same line as those wise souls that said "Oh, and Mr. Rodenberry, get rid of the guy with the ears." This show wasn't just science fiction. It was an view of love existing past death. Along the line of "Damn Yankees", it poses the question, if you got everything you wanted, would you give up everything you loved? OK Wiseman is a middle aged insurance exec. Passed over for a promotion, he gets soused and is accidentally/ on purpose? knocked into the path of a subway. Recovering consciousness, he is offered a proposition: he is legally dead, but his brain was able to be recovered intact. Now would he like to be allowed to die for good, or participate in a secret government program to inhabit an artificially created body of the perfect soldier? I would still like to see a movie to wrap up the story like Firefly/Serenity, but that would require someone with vision, sadly lacking in Hollywood.
Sushubh Well, the series is here in India in 2003! And I don't believe it ended after 1 season. It is one of the better ones I have seen in a long time. The story line is interesting, the characterization incredible and the verbal disputes - I love them. Really would have loved if it lasted for more time...
joelfinkle Here we have a brilliant show, great actors, that the suits just couldn't understand, so they killed it.Admittedly, it was a show about younger actors, on what was still an old fogey network -- CBS, and it was very hard to pin down: A science fiction/comic book concept with a soap-opera plot, occasional musical interludes, and a continuing storyline.The great Dennis Haysbert, the president of the US on another network -- for now -- plays a modern-day Pygmalion/Dr. Frankenstein, inserting subway victim John Goodman's brain into Eric Close's body, and trying to train him to be a loyal government agent.But he loves his wife and family, his whole life, so things have a way of slipping back together again. The number of 'chance encounters' borders on the ridiculous, as does some of the slapstick of being a super-strong android without knowing what your limits are, but that's what makes it real too.After 22 episodes, it ended on a cliffhanger that would be perfectly appropriate in '24' so perhaps Haysbert's new job is just a continuation. But I'd love a reunion movie here.
Fafhrd This was a great fun series when broadcast here in the UK on the Sci-Fi channel.The character development and interplay between characters and their logical progession throughout the series was very good. Eric Close was the star of the show in more ways than one, his was by far and away the most believeable persona and one could really empathize with his situation (despite the fact it was scientifically ridiculous - so was the Six Million Dollar Man and that didn't exactly flop!) mainly because he played the role so well, the fact that he's seriously cute has nothing to do with it!I think the show had the wrong name and the wrong theme music which is perhaps why they dropped it - not very memorable at all. Maybe they should have ditched the guy who agreed to the series name & theme music instead of the series.If you're lucky enough to get a chance to watch it, do. It's not going to place any great demands on your cerebrum, instead it's a gentle breeze of pleasing entertainment with a nice dry undercurrent of humour which the whole family could watch (I don't remember there having been any bad words!).I hope they bring it out on DVD because if they do, I'd buy it.

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