The following is a list of episodes of Weird Science, a 1994-1997 American television sitcom on USA Network, based on the 1985 movie of the same name. Six previously unaired season-five episodes premiered in 1998 on Syfy.
Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly create a cyber-genie, an attractive young woman called Lisa, with the help of Wyatt's computer and a freak lightning storm. Lisa's magic sends Wyatt's obnoxious elder brother to hell and makes the boy’s crushes attracted to them. When the spells expire, the girls reject the boys, and Chet returns.
Gary wishes for a remote control that he can use to skip past the boring parts of his daily life. However, he becomes stuck in a time loop.
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"Cyrano De Brainiac"
Mark Jean
Story by : Doug Chamberlin & Chris Webb Teleplay by : Adam Barr & Peter Ocko
March 19, 1994 (1994-03-19)
76102
Gary is attracted to Amy - an intelligent, studious, pretty girl at school. He asks Lisa to give him Albert Einstein's brain. The brain arrives - but in a jar rather than in Gary's skull. The brain speaks with Einstein's voice. Gary brings the brain to school. He thinks that Einstein can help him woo Amy, but his ideas are inapplicable to 1990s America and Amy is not attracted to Gary. Lisa falls in love with Einstein and, when Chet arrives home, she puts the brain in Chet's skull.
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"Magnifico Dad"
Mark Jean
Alan Cross & Tom Spezialy
March 26, 1994 (1994-03-26)
76105
Gary's father switches bodies with male model Magnifico.
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"The Feminine Mistake"
Max Tash
Story by : Kari Lizer & Eric Alan Teleplay by : Kari Lizer
April 9, 1994 (1994-04-09)
76110
In order for them to better understand the opposite sex, Lisa turns Gary and Wyatt into women.
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"Airball Kings"
Max Tash
Jeff Vlaming
April 16, 1994 (1994-04-16)
76107
Gary asks Lisa to get him and Wyatt on the school basketball team. Her spell makes the coach their biggest fans, even though they cannot play.
Wyatt wishes for his grandmother to spend a day with the energy of a young person, but she gains this energy by sucking it from any young person she touches.
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"Rock Hard Chett"
David Grossman
Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy
April 29, 1995 (1995-04-29)
76203
To save Chett from a prank gone wrong, Lisa makes him invulnerable. When he discovers his new powers, he becomes the superhero "The Star-Spangled Butt-Kicker."
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5
"Lucky Suit"
Max Tash
Kari Lizer
May 6, 1995 (1995-05-06)
76207
Believing that Wyatt's father is successful because of his lucky suit, Gary wishes for his dad to have a lucky suit of his own.
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"Gary Wallace: Boy Reporter"
David Grossman
Jeff Vlaming
May 13, 1995 (1995-05-13)
76204
To impress the beautiful editor of the school paper, Gary uses a magic pen that can make any story come true.
Lisa transforms Wyatt's car into a sleek, sexy talking car named "Nadine," with whom both the boys literally fall in love.
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8
"Bikini Camp Slasher"
David Grossman
Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy
June 3, 1995 (1995-06-03)
76210
Lisa and the boys become trapped in a horror movie, where they must depend on Gary's encyclopedic knowledge of slasher movie conventions to keep them alive.
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9
"What Genie?"
Troy Miller
Kari Lizer
June 10, 1995 (1995-06-10)
76213
Lisa has been forced to work as someone else's genie and erase Gary and Wyatt's memories of her existence.
A glimpse into the future shows Wyatt that he is destined to steal Gary's prom date. To turn the girl off, Lisa gives him Chett's personality.
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"Free Gary"
David Grossman
Jeff Vlaming
July 1, 1995 (1995-07-01)
76209
Lisa tries to give the boys the "Super Bowl of wishes": being Baywatch lifeguards. At the beach, she meets a man who may be another genie.
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"Quantum Wyatt"
Ron Ames
Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy
July 15, 1995 (1995-07-15)
76219
To test out possible careers, Lisa gives Wyatt a box of magic chocolates that leap him into the bodies of various professionals.
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"Fly Boy"
David Grossman
Jeff Vlaming
July 22, 1995 (1995-07-22)
76212
Gary is spotted using a pair of flying shoes Lisa created, bringing FBI agents Scolder and Molly to town to investigate rumors of the paranormal.
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"Teen Lisa"
Les Landau
Kari Lizer
July 29, 1995 (1995-07-29)
76222
Lisa and the guys trade lives, with Lisa becoming a homely teenager and Gary and Wyatt becoming incompetent genies.
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"Dead Can Dance"
David Grossman
Adam Barr & Peter Ocko
August 5, 1995 (1995-08-05)
76218
A time vortex brings a visit from a brawling, boozing Donnelly ancestor, who bonds with Chett.
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"The Legend of Red Brick Wallace"
Les Landau
Jeff Vlaming
August 12, 1995 (1995-08-12)
76227
Lisa transports Gary and Wyatt back to the Old West to watch Gary's great great grandfather, Red Brick Wallace, defeat a gang of desperadoes with his bare hands. Unfortunately, Gary's interference threatens to change history - and get Red Brick killed.
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"Spies 'R' Us"
David Grossman
Alan Cross & Tom Spezialy
September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09)
76221
Gary overloads Lisa's virtual reality spy game and turns Farber High into a real-life James Bond adventure.
Gary tries to woo a girl, using a handsome remote-controlled "puppet man." His plan goes awry, however, when the object of his affection is more attracted to the puppet than to him.
Chett is abducted by aliens and replaced by an unstoppable android whose mission is to capture Lisa and make her the unsavory aliens' new "queen".
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5
"Phantom Scampi"
David Grossman
Jimmy Aleck & Jim Keily
February 3, 1996 (1996-02-03)
K0912
To keep Wyatt out of detention, Lisa uses her magic to turn Principal Scampi into his best friend. Unfortunately the spell goes out of control when the entire student body alienates Wyatt and Scampi tries his hand as a "Phantom of the Opera" style hero.
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"Grumpy Old Genie"
Win Phelps
Jim Lincoln & Dan Studney
February 10, 1996 (1996-02-10)
K0911
Lisa must deal with the humiliation of not being young and sexy when a hacker replaces her image file with a picture of Abe Vigoda.
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"Funhouse of Death"
Christopher Hibler
Glen Merzer
February 24, 1996 (1996-02-24)
K0909
Gary and Wyatt compete for the attention of a beautiful girl (Denise Richards). To settle the matter, Lisa locks them in a funhouse with a homicidal clown.
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"It Takes a Geek"
David Grossman
Chris Black
March 2, 1996 (1996-03-02)
K0913
Gary and Wyatt enlist Chett's help to rescue Lisa when she is trapped in Principal Scampi's computer.
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9
"Slow Times at Farber High"
David Grossman
Sherri Budnick & Joanna Sandsmark
March 9, 1996 (1996-03-09)
K0906
Gary gets a "brain buster" that turns smart people dumb, but he overloads it and creates a malevolent intelligence-sucking orb.
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"Chett World"
Michael Lange
Glen Merzer
March 16, 1996 (1996-03-16)
K0902
Lisa gives Chett a job that caters to his interests, but his bosses are hell-bent on turning all humans into macho Chett clones.
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"By the Time We Got to Woodstock"
David Grossman
Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy
March 23, 1996 (1996-03-23)
K0907
When Gary, Wyatt and Lisa time travel back into 1969, Lisa gets amnesia and believes herself to be a hippie. A stranded Gary and Wyatt try to get to the Woodstock festival to find Lisa, while Chett tries to prevent the downfall of Richard Nixon.
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"You'll Never Eat Brains in This Town Again"
Ricardo Méndez Matta
Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy
March 30, 1996 (1996-03-30)
K0908
Lisa brings in real zombies to be extras in a low-budget zombie movie.
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"Demon Lisa"
David Grossman
Chris Black
April 6, 1996 (1996-04-06)
K0904
Lisa is possessed by the spirit of a computer demon trying to escape cyberspace and take over the world.
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14
"Cyborg Sam I Am"
Max Tash
Chris Black
April 13, 1996 (1996-04-13)
K0905
Lisa brings Wyatt's childhood toys to life.
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15
"It's a Wonderful Life... Without You"
Christopher Hibler
Kari Lizer
April 27, 1996 (1996-04-27)
K0918
Wyatt and Lisa see what life would have been like if Wyatt had never been born, only to find that the wish has wiped them both out of existence.
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"Lisa's Childhood Memories"
David Grossman
Story by : Seth Kurland Teleplay by : Chris Black
May 4, 1996 (1996-05-04)
K0915
Gary and Wyatt program Lisa with memories of a family, but her magic makes the imaginary family (complete with a secret agent dad, a warrior princess mom, and an American Gladiator boyfriend) become real.
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"Lisarella"
David Grossman
Jimmy Aleck & Jim Keily
May 11, 1996 (1996-05-11)
K0916
Lisa sneaks in to a ball to meet the President of the United States, and winds up falling in love with him.
Story by : Alan Cross & Kari Lizer & Tom Spezialy Teleplay by : Kari Lizer
June 1, 1996 (1996-06-01)
K0922
To be cool enough for an exclusive club, Lisa, Gary and Wyatt become harmless vampires, but they do not realize the club is full of real vampires.
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"It's a Mob, Mob, Mob, Mob World"
David Grossman
Jim Lincoln & Dan Studney
June 15, 1996 (1996-06-15)
K0919
Wyatt wishes that he had a close-knit loving family, and winds up in the Mafia.
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"Strange Daze"
Tom Spezialy
Alan Cross & Tom Spezialy
June 22, 1996 (1996-06-22)
K0901
When Lisa grants Wyatt's request for a technologically advanced school, she creates a futuristic dystopia.
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"Community Property"
David Grossman
Jimmy Aleck & Jim Keily
June 29, 1996 (1996-06-29)
K0923
After an argument, Gary and Wyatt go to court to see who will get custody of Lisa.
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"Master Chett"
Les Landau
Glen Merzer
July 6, 1996 (1996-07-06)
K0917
Chett develops an immunity to Lisa's power to erase memories, leaving him permanently aware that she is a magic genie.
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"Pirates!"
Tom Spezialy
Story by : Peter Ocko & Adam Barr Teleplay by : Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy
July 13, 1996 (1996-07-13)
K0914
Lisa's spell brings a pirate musical to life, and Chett becomes the leader of a band of bloodthirsty singing and disco dancing pirates.
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"Swallow 13"
David Grossman
Jim Lincoln & Dan Studney
August 3, 1996 (1996-08-03)
K0903
When Chett swallows the directions to the hottest party in town, Wyatt would rather get shrunk down and travel to Chett's stomach than ask a girl for another copy.
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"Strangers in Paradise"
David Grossman
Story by : Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy & Jim Lincoln & Dan Studney Teleplay by : Ed Ferrara & Kevin Murphy
August 10, 1996 (1996-08-10)
K0925
Lisa and Chett are stranded together on a desert island in the Bermuda Triangle, where magic powers do not work.
Season 5 (1997–98)
Six episodes that did not air during the series' original run eventually aired on Syfy. The first two premiered July 11, 1998, with the remainder premiering as pairs of episodes July 18 and 25, 1998.[1]
No. overall
No. in season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod. code
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"I Dream of Gene"
Sandy Smolan
Jeff Vlaming
January 5, 1997 (1997-01-05)
K1906
Chett gets his first real competition for Lisa when she meets a fellow genie (Bruce Campbell) who works for a Texas billionaire.
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"Girl Talk"
Ricardo Méndez Matta
Jimmy Aleck & Jim Keily
January 12, 1997 (1997-01-12)
K1909
Lisa makes her first female friend, who cannot handle the revelation that she is a magic genie.
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"Boys on the Hide"
David Grossman
Sherri Budnick & Joanna Sandsmark
January 19, 1997 (1997-01-19)
K1904
The boys go on the run when they are falsely accused of defaced Scampi's portrait and turning them into fugitives from the law. Parodies "The Fugitive".
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"Gary Had a Little Cram"
David Grossman
Jim Lincoln & Dan Studney
January 26, 1997 (1997-01-26)
K1908
Gary tries to get into college, with the help of a magical Lisa device that makes him a great athlete.
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"Forbidden Janet"
Christopher Hibler
Jimmy Aleck & Jim Keily
February 2, 1997 (1997-02-02)
K1907
Lisa creates a machine that brings Wyatt's dream girl to life, but Gary and Chett ruin everything when they steal the device.
Chett and his arch-nemesis Principal Scampi must work together when they are trapped in a virtual reality game.
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"I, Chettus"
Tom Spezialy
Chris Black
March 21, 1997 (1997-03-21)
K1903
Chett goes back in time to ancient Rome and becomes a hero by introducing the people to jeeps and beef jerky.
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12
"The Genie Detective"
David Grossman
Christer Hokanson & Howard Klausner
April 11, 1997 (1997-04-11)
K1913
Chett butts into Lisa's black-and-white film noir game, only to find out if he dies in the game, he will die for real.
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"Magic Comet Ride"
David Grossman
Jim Lincoln & Dan Studney
July 11, 1998 (1998-07-11)
K1915
To find out more about herself and why her powers are so unpredictable, Lisa meets with a wise "genie master."
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"School Spirits"
Tom Spezialy
Jimmy Aleck & Jim Keily
July 11, 1998 (1998-07-11)
K1916
Lisa and the boys try to protect the ghosts of Farber High teachers from a creepy ghost-buster hired by Principal Scampi.
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"Wicked Wish"
David Grossman
Jim Lincoln & Dan Studney
July 18, 1998 (1998-07-18)
K1917
Lisa gives Wyatt's mom a magic mirror to make her feel young and beautiful, but the mirror turns her into a vain and evil witch.
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"Night of the Swingin' Steves"
Ricardo Méndez Matta
Chris Black
July 18, 1998 (1998-07-18)
K1918
The alien race known as "Steve" returns to ask Lisa to be their queen, and she calls in Agents Scolder and Molly to help.
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"Genie Junior"
Ricardo Méndez Matta
Susannah Hardaway
July 25, 1998 (1998-07-25)
K1919
To test Chett's ability to commit, Lisa makes herself pregnant.
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"WS4"
David Grossman
Jim Lincoln & Dan Studney
July 25, 1998 (1998-07-25)
K1920
In the series finale, when rivalries heat up between the different clubs at Farber High during the school's Groundhog Day Gala, Lisa gets the galaxy's most peaceful aliens to teach everyone how to get along. However the aliens attack the school and are seemingly unstoppable with plans to end everything when the final bell rings at 3 o'clock.
