Starring Peter Weller (RoboCop), Odyssey 5 was Showtime's second highest-rated series, and its top series draw in key male demographics and with adults 25-54, the trade paper reported...Source: SciFi Wire
(note from Cam: so in gratitude, the network axed it. we sci-fi lovers can add it to the list of good, but cancelled series...sigh)
title air-date synopsis writer/director
101/102 - Pilot 06/21/02 At an altitude of 190 statute miles above Earth, The Odyssey 5 crew is doing routine mission requirements when a searing flash of light fills their sky-- the Earth is gone-- an alien being sends them 5 years back in time to try to forestall the event
103 - Shatterer 06/28/02 The Odyssey 5 team tracks down Professor Naran Chandra, a suicidal artificial life researcher. Chandra reveals that artificial life has broken into cyberspace, which could have disastrous implications for the human race. Written by: Manny Coto
Directed By: Randy Zisk
104 - Astronaut Dreams 07/05/02 NASA's Project Bright-Sky is accelerated due to Ed Scriven's death and the Odyssey crew is determined to sabotage the launching of the satellite-something that will put Taggart's career on the line. Written by: Manny Coto
Directed by: David Straiton
105 - Time Out of Mind 07/12/02 The Odyssey 5 members lose their future memories,one by one, til Mendel is the 'lone survivor.'// he tries to figure out what is causing the "regression" so he can stop it, and possibly restore the others' memories of their future 5 years. Written by: Tracy Tormé
Directed by: David Straiton
106 - Symbiosis 07/19/02 When a top prosthetics researcher is murdered, the Odyssey 5 team fears Sentient involvement in his research-- he was implanting deadly African Driver Ants with computer chips and his deaf niece is missing! Written by: Lindsay Sturman
Directed by: Randy Zisk
107 - The Choices We Make 07/26/02 A mysterious BEING jumps off the time stream to investigate the Odyssey crew, probing their minds and manipulating their emotions by forcing them to relive their most personal and emotional past lives encounters in an effort to understand them Written by: Tim Foreman
Directed by: Peter Weller
108 - Rapture 08/02/02 The Odyssey crew faces a new threat when a sentient-created drug circulates at Neil's high school// The kids who have taken the drug become super-smart, and seem to read each other's minds. Written by: Edithe Swensen
Directed by: Stephen Williams
109 - LDU7 08/09/02 Taggart, Mendel and Sarah visit a privately operated Maximum Security Prison hoping to find a clue to locating a powerful, dangerous Sentient// the whole building is wired and seems to change in physical appearance at times. Written By: Tommy Thompson
Directed by: George Mendeluk
110 - Flux 08/16/02 Marc faces expulsion from the Astronaut Training program// let's make a deal, Mark- spy on your dad for us!// Paul takes Sarah to court. Taggart suffers from the effects of a Sentient-designed virus Written By: Edithe Swensen
Directed by: Ken Girotti
111 - Kitten 08/23/02 Neil's friendly emails with a mystery woman come back to haunt him when 'she' turns out to be a Sentient and grows increasingly obsessed with him. "Kit-10" wants to know about the Odyssey 5 mission-but just how far will she go to get what she wants?--Bad Kitty!! Written By: Lindsay Sturman
Directed by: Milan Cheylov
112 - Dark at the end of the Tunnel 08/30/02 The residents of a small town and a select group of scientists (including Mendel) are brainwashed into believing "The Lord" has specially chosen them to construct a passageway designed to bring "Him" to Earth. Written By: Tracy Tormé
Directed by: Peter Weller
113 - Trouble with Harry 09/06/02 The O-5 team is approached by "Harry Mudd", a Trekkie-Geek Sentient in a stolen Synthetic body. He warns them of the imminent destruction of the world by an insane Sentient and reminds them about what's important in life Written by: Alan Brennert
Directed by: Stephen Williams Directed by: Stephen Williams
114 - Skin 09/13/02 The Odyssey crew try to save the life of Angela's father, Senator Perry, when a terrifying new breed of Synthetic tries to assassinate him. Paige (Taggart's wife) begins to accept and deal with the truth about the Odyssey mission Written By: Lindsay Sturman & Edithe Swensen
Directed by: Bryan Spicer
115 - Begotten 10/01/04 With the still-grieving Chuck having taken off on a road trip, the rest of the crew have to deal with the synthetic that Kurt has created. Written By: Lindsay Sturman & Edithe Swensen
Directed by: Terry Ingram
116 - Vanishing Point 10/01/04 When Taggart wakes up in a hospital with Paige beside him, he begins to believe that the destruction of the world may have been a dream. What he doesn't know is that it is all a ruse by Dr. Bertran, who is trying to stall his activities long enough to download information from his brain. Written By:
Directed by:
117 - Follow the Leader 10/08/04 The team uncovers a Sentient plot to use elementary school students in the creation of a Doomsday weapon. Written By: Jonathan Glassner
Directed by: George Mendeluk
118 - Half-Life 10/08/04 Angela is haunted by the apparent ghost of a pilot who disappeared two years ago. Written By: Lindsay Sturman & Edithe Swensen
Directed by: Stephen Williams
119 - Rage 10/15/04 Chuck and the rest of Odyssey 5 remember a riot in a Houston suburb, and the date is approaching. People in the town are becoming angry, even to the point of killing loved ones - and afterward, they can't remember why. The rush is on to discover what's causing this rage, and how to avert the riot. Written By: Michael Cassult
Directed by: Ken Girotti
120 - Fossil 10/15/04 During the surveillance of a suspected Synthetic front, Angela and Kurt engage in a firefight which leaves Kurt in the hospital and Angela abducted by the Synthetics. Following a tip from his old friend and mentor, Leyton Scott, Chuck learns of a rock, brought back from the moon, that is the link between the Cadre and The Sentients. Written By: Manny Coto & Jonathan Glassner
Directed by: Peter Weller
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