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| ep# | episode title | air-date | synopsis | writer/director |
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| 101 | Pilot | 7/14/01 | When Tucker can't get a legitimate newspaper job after graduating college, he applies at a tabloid, the Chronicle// Guest Starring:LORI ROM | Written by Silvio Horta//Directed by Marc Buckland |
| 102 | What Gobbles Beneath | 7/14/01 | the thing that ate manhattan--new powerful cell phone signal draws underground monster towards the user--GULP!!// Guest Starring:ELAINE HENDRIX | Written by Silvio Horta //Directed by Adam Davidson |
| 103 | Here There Be Dragons | 7/21/01 | when tucker investigates reports of a fiery dragon beneath chinatown, he thinks it might be a human interest story//Guest Starring:GEORGE TAKEI | Written by Naren Shankar//Directed by Sandy Bookstaver |
| 104 | Baby Got Back | 7/28/01 | After slumping sales and an FTC investigation , David Tally, president of Headway International, Inc., decides to make a deal with the Devil.//Guest starring:RICHARD KARN | Written by Silvio Horta Directed by John Kretchmer |
| 105 | He's Dead, She's Dead | 8/04/01 | Tucker's old nemesis, Kristin, from the NY Times is writing a story about the Chronicle// Zombies roam NYC// why can't she take him seriously? //guests Elaine Hendrix, Justine Miceli | Written by Erin Maher & Kay Reindl Directed by John Kretchmer |
| 106 | Bermuda Love Triangle | 8/11/01 | Fishman attacks 2 men at the jersey pier, after getting caught in their net// says he's being pursued by Atlantean// Tucker runs in to Shawna again// guest Lori Rom | Written by Henry Myers Directed by Krishna Rao |
| 107 | Only the Young Die Good | 08/18/01 | an old man escapes from a retirement home, and shouts to a convenience-store clerk that he is Mark Griffin, a 21 year-old guy who used to work there// then they get him back// guest Nora Dunn | Written by Peter Hume Directed by Adam Davidson |
| 108 | Bring me the Head of Tucker Burns | 08/25/01 | a Headless Motorcycle rider is decapitating people with irritating jobs, a meter-maid, an IRS auditor, etc// Tucker dates Kristin Martin (Elaine Hendrix guests) | Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach Directed by Sandy Bookstaver |
| 109 | Let Sleeping Dogs Fry | 09/08/01 | When people in an upscale yuppy suburb start dying at the hands of their appliances, the news-team goes to investigate// The pool-boy is missing!! | Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach Directed by Bruce Seth Green |
| 110 | Take Me Back | 09/15/01 | When Tucker tries to help a multiple abductee overcome her fears, things go weird// Grace starts having flashbacks of her own, too// guest Mike McCafferty as Averill | Written by Naren Shankar Directed by Krishna Rao |
| 111 | Touched by an Alien | 01/04/02 | An alien assassin comes to Earth to kill Donald// the alien moves from body to body thru sexual transmission--the former host dies a horrible death// Wes' parents visit | Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach Directed by Sanford Bookstaver |
| 112 | Pig Boy's Adventure | 01/11/02 | Tucker and Wes search for the Savage Simian of Suburbia// she's a mutant ape with attitude--and an ID tag similar to one found on Sal years before | Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach Directed by Michael Grossman |
| 113 | The Cursed Sombrero | 01/18/02 | The Cursed Sombrero of Izamal resurfaces at a yard sale in Queens// do NOT put on this hat!! It's the last thing you'll EVER do! | Written by Silvio Horta Directed by Sanford Bookstaver |
| 114 | Tears of a Clone | 01/25/02 | Grace is lured to an alley for a story, where she is attacked// she wakes up in the hospital, hazy with memories about that night--and her mom visits!! (adrienne barbeau guests) | Written by Hans Beimler Directed by Adam Davidson |
| 115 | I See Dead Fat People | 02/01/02 | A couple's new house is haunted by four overweight ghosts// the place used to be a weight-loss clinic, and the four people met an untimely end-- Now they want to be avenged! | Written by Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec Directed by Jay Tobias |
| 116 | Man and Superman | 02/08/02 | while investigating a ghost which catches a cab every morning, Grace has an auto accident, and encounters a "REAL-??" superhero…he's polite and flies!! | Written by Henry Alonso Myers Directed by Adam Davidson |
| 117 | Hot From the Oven | 02/15/02 | A gourmet oven, cursed by its original owner, is put into use at a new fancy restaurant// When it consumes the repairman, an alert worker notifies the Chronicle! Then it consumes Tucker, Wes and Grace, too! | Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach Directed by Jay Tobias |
| 118 | The Stepford Cheerleaders | 02/22/02 | A high-school jock is found hung on the goalpost, beaten, but not talking// lockers are smashed//could it be a bionic student--or the weird science teacher? | Written by Henry Myers Directed by Perry Lang |
| 119 | The Mysts of Avalon Parkway | 03/01/02 | A swamp monster consisiting of fog attacks a scoutmaster and several other people near an old chemical plant// a small boy may hold the key to controlling it | Written by Henry Alonso Myers Directed by David Straiton |
| 120 | The King is UnDead | 03/08/02 | An Elvis convention is staked out by the Chronicle team to see if the "real" Elvis appears// instead they find a nest of Evil undead vamps and one vamp hunter--and they're ALL dressed like Elvis. Suspicious minds and puns galore!! | Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach Directed by Krishna Rao |
| 121 | Hell Mall | 03/15/02 | after 4 homicides occur at the Staten Island Fashion Mall, the Chronicle sends Tucker undercover to see what's going on// ghosts from State Asylum for Criminally Insane run amok | Written by Michael Shear & Patrick Sean Smith Directed by David M. Barrett |
| 122 | A Snitch in Time | 03/22/02 | Grace's new boyfriend announces that he's a time traveller in a sort of "witness protection" program, and would like Grace to come away with him, since he has to relocate// Kristin breaks Tucker's heart// The Chronicle is shut down by the cops (another "leave-you-hanging" ending like Prey with no next season scheduled, grumbles Camarila!) | Written by Hans Beimler Directed by Krishna Rao |
