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Men in Black: The Series Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1997 - 1998
Episode 1
The Long Goodbye Syndrome
Sat, Oct 11, 199720 mins
Jay makes a rookie mistake and it costs him. An Alien race of slug-like beings want him dead! It's up to his partner Kay to make things right and save him from annihilation.
Episode 2
The Buzzard Syndrome
Sat, Oct 18, 199720 mins
Kay and Jay match wits with Buzzard, a ruthless intergalactic bounty hunter. In order to retrieve a harmless looking E.T here on Earth, Buzzard poses as a legitimate alien cop. When the adorable little alien turns out to be something other than what it seems, it's up to the MiB to capture the carnivorous creature before an innocent young boy becomes its next meal.
Episode 3
The Irritable Bow-Wow Syndrome
Sat, Oct 25, 199721 mins
A device that can generate two-mile-wide black holes has been stolen, activated, timed... and ends up getting eaten by Frank the Pug.
Episode 4
The Alpha Syndrome
Sat, Nov 1, 199720 mins
K's mentor Alpha, a renegade agent who combined his body with alien organs, returns to menace K and procure an alien's heart.
Episode 5
The Undercover Syndrome
Sat, Nov 8, 199720 mins
Having accidentally disabled an alien diplomat's bodyguard, Jay assumes his identity. Jay must protect the Tarkan Trade Minister from a mysterious, unknown assassin. He knows that only the attractive MiB translator, Vonda, is allowed clear access to the diplomat. But is Vonda really who she seems?
Episode 6
The Neuralizer Syndrome
Sat, Nov 15, 199720 mins
While chasing down an alien chop-shop gang, Kay is accidentally neuralyzed back to being a teenager. A "young", confused Kay almost runs, but realizes Jay is on his side. Kidnapped by the gang, shades of the old Kay reappear when a battle ensues. The chop-shoppers defeated, Kay meets with his father for the first time in years and "renews" his vows with the MiB.
Episode 7
The Symbiote Syndrome
Sat, Nov 22, 199720 mins
Jay is solely assigned to escort Troy, a Symbiote while Kay is down with an alien virus. As the duo are relentlessly pursued by Buzzard, a savage bounty hunter, and his client, the Symbiote unleashes his amazing powers. Jay is "fatally" wounded in his battle to protect Troy-Kay recovering in the nick of time, preventing the Symbiote from melding with evil. To his surprise, Jay learns that his life was never in any real danger-Symbiotes have healing powers.
Episode 8
The Inanimate Syndrome
Sat, Dec 6, 1997
MIB finds themselves dealing with an alien called an Inanimate, who is capable of disguising itself as inanimate objects. An intergalactic cop named Eileen arrives and is soon partnered with K, leaving J jealous.
Episode 9
The Psychic Link Syndrome
Sat, Dec 13, 199720 mins
A psychotic alien cab driver, is inexplicably attacking innocent humans and draining them of their vital "life force". While attempting to overtake the disturbed cabbie, Kay is attacked and imbued with the alien's "essence". Psychically bonded to the alien and capable of feeling his pain, Kay refuses an antidote reasoning that his condition will aid in capturing the rogue Alcidian. As the pursuit escalates, Kay identifies more closely with the deranged alien and eventually turns against his fellow agents. It's a life or death situation for their partner; Jay and Elle must quickly devise a plan to bring down the violent Alcidian without harming Kay.
Episode 10
The Head Trip Syndrome
Sat, Dec 20, 199720 mins
Someone is messing with MIB's past to make sure they have no future!
Episode 11
The Elle of My Dreams Syndrome
Sat, Jan 10, 199820 mins
L must infiltrate J's dreams and find a way to wake him up after an alien parasite unknowingly brought to Earth by a NASA space shuttle attaches to him and puts him to idyllic sleep while feeding on his brain.
Episode 12
The 'I Married an Alien' Syndrome
Sat, Feb 14, 199821 mins
An alien spacecraft is stationed on the outskirts of our galaxy while New York is experiencing a record heat wave. The heat-loving race is tampering with our weather in preparation for an invasion. With the clock ticking and the temperature rising the MiB must discover just how the aliens are modifying our weather.
Episode 13
The Take No Prisoners Syndrome
Sat, May 16, 199820 mins
Prisoners breaks out of MIB, with only Jay and the worms to form a plan.
