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Misfits of Science Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
16 Episodes 1985 - 1986
Episode 1
Deep Freeze (Pilot)
Fri, Oct 4, 198560 mins
Drs. Hayes and Lincoln are researchers in biological oddities for the Humanidyne company. When they find a man still alive after being frozen for 50 years, their greedy boss fires them and takes the Iceman to use for military experiments. Left without jobs, Hayes and Lincoln decide to get a group of "freaks" (including a telekinetic 17-year-old and a rock guitarist who shoots lightning from his hands) together to rescue the Iceman and stop their boss' reckless experiments.
Episode 2
Your Place or Mayan
Fri, Oct 18, 1985
After a friend of Billy and El is killed, they go on a search for a lost Mayan treasure with the map they were given by him. Their discovery could very well rewrite Mayan history.
Episode 3
Guess What's Coming to Dinner
Fri, Oct 25, 1985
Harry, genius bottle-washer at Humanidyne, cobbles together a transmitter from company discards - and makes contact with aliens. At least, that's what he thinks he's done. The reality is far more dangerous.
Episode 4
Lost Link
Fri, Nov 1, 1985
A man, who has never left his homeland, miraculously travels from one side of the ocean to the next on a wooden raft to reach the Space Shuttle in time. The Misfits desperately try to help, but he keeps wandering off from them.
Episode 5
Sort of Looking for Gina
Fri, Nov 8, 1985
Johnny is fascinated by a woman he's met, Gina. But whenever he meets her she disappears when he's not looking. At the same time some of the misfits believe to have seen a monster in the sewer system, so all of them go down again to investigate. They discover a young boy who's become unconscious due to supposedly bad air. Also at the same time a party is being planned for the opening of an exhibition of valuable relics from the Titanic at the museum. It turns out that Gina is working together with a group of criminals, who were planning on placing a bomb in the sewer just below the museum in order to steal the valuable pieces. The criminals had been using methane gas in the sewer in order to keep the air unbreathable and thus keep anyone away from spoiling their plan. The misfits manage to keep the museum from being destructed by the bomb at the last minute.
Episode 6
Sonar... and Yet So Far
Fri, Nov 15, 1985
El's friend Eddie's closest friend is Donald the dolphin, with whom he can communicate using electronics. But when Donald produces a picture of a skeleton and two flamingos deep underwater, things get very dangerous for them both.
Episode 7
Steer Crazy
Fri, Nov 29, 1985
A meteor impacts on a farm and radiates the cows grazing there. All is well until they are converted into hamburgers and served, unknowingly, by Gloria to three Senior Citizens who develop powers. Shortly thereafter, problems arise.
Episode 8
Fumble on the One
Fri, Dec 6, 1985
Billy is reunited with an old friend from high school who, through Humanydine, enlists the help of the Misfits in his Top Secret mission. As the mission unfolds as do the secrets and dangers of Billy's friend.
Episode 9
Twin Engines
Fri, Dec 13, 198547 mins
Johnny's mechanic friend Lonnie has been having visions, and finds out he's a twin, separated at birth, to someone much more famous. When Dwayne goes missing, Lonnie takes his place, and finds himself in serious danger.
Episode 10
Grand Theft Bunny
Fri, Dec 27, 1985
When a fellow scientist of Dr. Hayes takes a bunny from the test lab she broke into, the Misfits are faced with a race against time to stop the outbreak of a deadly new plague.
Episode 11
Grand Elusion
Fri, Jan 10, 1986
The Misfits help a fellow scientist's daughter defect when she and her father tour America as part of a Russian girl's gymnast team. The gang takes the place of the magician hired to perform for the tour thanks to a judicious use of super-powers, but the daughter refuses to leave without her father. Complicating matters is the KGB minder who has sworn to make sure the scientist Nikolai never gets away. The Misfits have to pull off an elaborate bait-and-switch to make sure that both Nikolai and Tatyana manage to escape.
Episode 12
Once Upon a Night
Fri, Jan 17, 1986
Gloria's pen-pal Jaye, having stolen a bracelet, is the object of some unidentified assailants. In the following pursuit Gloria gets kidnapped instead, Billy and El get arrested, and Jaye manages to escape with Johnny.
Episode 13
Center of Attention
Fri, Jan 31, 198647 mins
The Misfits are pulled into the world of gambling once more when they uncover a plot by the manager of a basketball team to bet on his team to lose. This happens as his players purposely throw games.
Episode 14
Against All Oz
Fri, Feb 7, 198646 mins
When Billy attempts to break the world record for staying awake, he begins to have hallucinations concerning his past adventures. He finds himself in an alternate reality where all his friends have different personalities and different jobs.
Episode 15
The Avenging Angel
Fri, Feb 21, 1986
Lovable loser Milt believes he can wrestle when Gloria helps him save an elderly couple from being attacked. Unfortunately, it's a Mob-controlled protection racket, making things dangerous for Milt and Gloria.
Episode 16
Three Days of the Blender
Fri, May 16, 1986
Billy Hayes is arrested on suspicion of treason when he is found holding a blender that contains a top-secret defense computer chip.