Eerie, Indiana
When Marshall Teller's (Omri Katz) family moves to the small rural town of Eerie, Indiana (pop. 16,661), he discovers that their new home "is the center of weirdness for the universe." Elvis (Steve Peri) lives there, as do twin brothers (Dan and Don Stanton) who stay young by sleeping in Foreverware. Each episode, Marshall and his friend Simon (Justin Shenkarow) collect evidence of the many creepy things happening in their far-from-ordinary hometown.
- 1991-1992
- 1 season
- NBC
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Science Fiction
- TV-Y7
When Marshall Teller's (Omri Katz) family moves to the small rural town of Eerie, Indiana (pop. 16,661), he discovers that their new home "is the center of weirdness for the universe." Elvis (Steve Peri) lives there, as do twin brothers (Dan and Don Stanton) who stay young by sleeping in Foreverware. Each episode, Marshall and his friend Simon (Justin Shenkarow) collect evidence of the many creepy things happening in their far-from-ordinary hometown.
Season 1 Episode Guide
19 Episodes 1991 - 1992
Episode 1
ForeverWare
Sun, Sep 15, 1991 24 mins
Marshall and his family are welcomed to their new home town by Betty Wilson who encourages Marshall's mom to buy ForeverWare - a special type of plastic container guaranteed to keep anything fresh forever. And when they say it keeps anything fresh they really do mean anything, including Mrs Wilson's twin sons who have been sealed in giant ForeverWare boxes every night for 30 years to prevent them from aging! It's up to Marshall and Simon to help the twins finally get out of the 7th grade.
Episode 2
The Retainer
Sun, Sep 22, 1991 24 mins
When Steve gets a new retainer he starts to hear voices and eventually realizes he's hearing the thoughts of dogs. But it turns out that man's best friend isn't so friendly after all. Marshall hooks up a tape recorder to Steve's retainer and, along with Simon, they try to find out what the dogs are plotting.
Episode 3
ATM with a Heart of Gold
Sun, Sep 29, 1991 24 mins
Marshall's dad invents Mr Wilson, a new ATM with artificial intelligence to give it a friendly face. So friendly, in fact, that when Simon stops to chat with Mr Wilson, the machine starts giving him money (despite him not even having a bank account), which throws the whole of Eerie into bankruptcy. While Simon enjoys the new-found popularity that the money buys him, it's up to Marshall to convince him to give the money back.
Episode 4
The Losers
Sun, Oct 6, 1991 24 mins
Marshall's dad keeps on losing things. When he loses his briefcase containing his latest invention, it could cost him more than just his job, since the briefcase was a gift from his wife. Marshall and Simon need to find out where the lost things go in order to get the briefcase back.
Episode 5
Scariest Home Videos
Sun, Oct 20, 1991 24 mins
It's Halloween and Marshall and Simon are stuck at home babysitting Simon's younger brother Harley. But the night isn't as boring as they expected... when they leaving Harley watching a monster movie, he somehow gets zapped into the TV. And while Harley is trapped in the TV, the mummy from the movie is running wild in the house, and the boys need to find a way to switch them back again before Marshall's parents get home.
Episode 6
Just Say No Fun
Sun, Oct 27, 1991 24 mins
When Marshall and Simon get into trouble at school, they're surprised to find that instead of detention they get sent to have an eye test. But with his new glasses, Simon seems to have lost his sense of fun, and all he wants to do is study. Marshall soon realizes that Nurse Nancy has been hypnotizing students, turning them into zombies to make them behave.
Episode 7
Heart on a Chain
Sun, Nov 3, 1991 25 mins
Melanie, a girl in need of a new heart, arrives in Eerie and both Marshall and his friend Devon fall for her. But when Devon is killed in an accident and his heart is transplanted into Melanie's body, she starts to act a lot like him. And every time Marshall gets close to her, her new heart starts to hurt.
Episode 8
The Dead Letter
Sun, Nov 10, 1991 24 mins
While looking through some old books at the World o' Stuff, Marshall discovers an old letter, written 62 years ago, but never delivered. That's when he meets Tripp McConnell, the letter's author, who is now a ghost and wants Marshall's help to finally deliver the letter to his childhood sweetheart.
Episode 9
Who's Who
Sun, Nov 17, 1991 24 mins
Marshall and Simon meet a shy young artist, Sara Bob, and her riotous brothers. When Marshall's stolen bicycle mysteriously reappears after Sara Bob signs her drawing of it, she realizes that she can change reality with her pictures, and sets about creating the perfect family. But she chooses Marshall's mom to replace her own absent mother, and the boys must persuade her to put things right again.
Episode 10
The Lost Hour
Sun, Dec 1, 1991 24 mins
When Marshall discovers that Eerie doesn't have daylight savings time, he's determined not to miss out on the extra hour and sets his watch back anyway. But the next day, everyone in Eerie has disappeared, except for some creepy garbage collectors and a strange milkman who explains that messing with time has transported Marshall to a parallel dimension. Before Marshall can get back to his own time, he must rescue a girl who got trapped in the lost hour the year before.
Episode 11
Marshall's Theory of Believability
Sun, Feb 2, 1992 24 mins
Professor Zirchon, renowned authority on the para-believable, announces that an extraterrestrial object he is tracking will land in Eerie. Marshall and Simon are thrilled to see the professor's museum and hope that they've finally found someone who might believe them. Marshall's dad on the other hand, doesn't believe any of it and is worried that Marshall will be disappointed when he discovers that Professor Zirchon is a fraud.
Episode 12
Tornado Days
Sun, Mar 1, 1992 24 mins
It's Tornado Day in Eerie, but Marshall decides to stay home while the rest of the town is out to celebrate the annual return of Old Bob, the tornado. When a crazy meteorologist crash-lands his tornado-rider in Marshall's garden, he explains that Old Bob is a tornado with a big ego and doesn't take kindly to Marshall's boycott of the celebrations.
Episode 13
The Hole in the Head Gang
Sun, Mar 1, 1992 23 mins
When Marshall and Simon investigate an old haunted mill they discover that it's just a hoax, set up by a mysterious boy with gray hair. But then the three of them uncover an old rusted gun and the ghost of Grungy Bill, Eerie's worst bank robber, who failed to rob the Eerie Bank 13 times (the last time, he forgot his gun). Bill is doomed to haunt the old mill forever, unless Marshall can help him to successfully rob the bank.
Episode 14
Mr. Chaney
Sun, Mar 8, 1992 23 mins
Every 13 years Eerie holds a lottery to select the next Harvest King, who must go into the woods to face the Eerie wolf. Marshall and Simon discover that none of the previous 'winners' have ever returned, and when the kid with gray hair realizes that the lottery's rigged, he makes sure that Marshall will win.
Episode 15
No Brain, No Pain
Sun, Mar 15, 1992 24 mins
Marshall and Simon witness a homeless man being attacked by a woman with a ray gun and decide to help him out. Although the man mumbles nonsense and seems fascinated by electronics, the boys suspect that there's more to him than that and perhaps he's not as crazy as everyone believes. But things get really weird when they turn on the strange contraption the man was making.
Episode 16
The Loyal Order of Corn
Sun, Mar 22, 1992 23 mins
When Mr Teller joins Eerie's local lodge, the Loyal Order of Corn, Marshall and Simon decide to investigate. They discover that the Order is building what appears to be a giant TV screen, but Simon steps into it and gets transported to another planet. Meanwhile, the kid with gray hair, now calling himself Dash X, suspects that the lodge's bartender, Ned, may have the answers to some of his questions.
Episode 17
Zombies in P.J.s
Sun, Apr 12, 1992 24 mins
The IRS threaten to shut down the World o' Stuff, and in desperation Radford signs a contract with a new partner who calls himself The Donald. As the new marketing campaign takes subliminal advertising to a new level, sleepwalking customers start buying everything in sight on credit and even Marshall and Simon can't resist signing on the dotted line. But they should have read the small print...
Episode 18
Reality Takes a Holiday
Sun, Apr 12, 1992 23 mins
Marshall finds a script in his mailbox for a TV show called Eerie, Indiana. As he starts reading, he realizes that it's describing him and he suddenly finds himself on a TV set where his family are just actors and everyone calls him Omri. Things get even worse when he discovers a plot by Dash X to become the new star of the show, and the script says that Marshall's about to be killed.
Episode 19
The Broken Record
Thu, Dec 9, 1993 24 mins
Tod is unhappy at home, his unemployed father is always shouting at him. But when Marshall suggests some heavy metal to cheer up his friend, Tod finds that he can relate to the lyrics... perhaps a little too much, as he changes dramatically into a rebellious head-banger. Can it be just the music affecting Tod, or is there some Eerie weirdness going on? Meanwhile, Marshall's parents are worried about Syndi's safety as she rides along with a local police officer, pursuing her interest in becoming a reporter.
