Episdoe Guide

Season 1 (1996-1997)

"Dream House"

Episode 101 - Part 1
(aired the week of 9/28/1996)
Case # 34-112

Log line: After a teenager is nearly killed by a poltergeist attack in her family's new home, the O.S.I.R. must confront mysterious presences from the future who bring a terrifying warning about further deadly dangers.

Synopsis: When teenager Dixie McCallister is attacked in what appears to be a poltergeist encounter at her family's new home, her parents, Blaine and Debbie, summon the O.S.I.R. to unearth what happened and make it stop.

Led by Case manager Connor Doyle and physicist/statistician Pater Axon, the O.S.I.R. team enters the McCallister house for observation...only to have two O.S.I.R. members confronted by - then severely injured by - powerful forces from beyond. To better understand what happened the O.S.I.R.'s Dr. Anton Hendricks hypnotizes an ailing Dixie, who reveals that she saw five figures, including one strangely resembling an older version of herself.

As Dixie continues to fade, for unknown reasons, in the hospital, the O.S.I.R. brings psychic Linda Scholtz into the case. She feels several presences in the house, but has no information about their genesis. The O.S.I.R., however, finds reason to believe that presences are actually a parallel McCallister family, coming forth from the future and bringing a frightening warning why the present-day McCallisters should not move into their new home. Finally, racing against time and the teen's declining health, Doyle and his team embark on a plan that will heed the spirits' warning and save Dixie and her family from tragic possibilities.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Blaine McCallister - Geoffrey Bowes
Debbie McCallister - Angela Gei
Dixie McCallister - Jessica Moynes
Linda Scholtz - Anna Migliarisi

Written by: Will Dixon
Directed by: Allan Kroeker

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"UFO Encounter"

Episode 101 - Part 2
Case # 52-111

Log line: Amidst UFO sightings by residents of a small town, two young boys claim to have been abducted by aliens.

Synopsis: Reports of UFO sightings by residents, along with a rumored alien abduction of two local boys Chad and Adam, bring agents from the O.S.I.R. to a small Midwest town.

The O.S.I.R. finds the traumatized young boys in shock. Both appear to have first and second-degree burns on their bodies, and Chad claims that aliens took a sample of flesh from him, resulting in a strange gouged spot on his arm. After his examination of them, the O'S'I'R's Dr. Anton Hendricks believes the youths are hiding information about the incident from the authorities. Setting up a surveillance, the O.S.I.R. finds two low-flying objects on their monitors. Yet before they can gather any more information, their equipment jams... their aerial problem is lost...and the two strange images disappear.

Searching the area for more clues, O.S.I.R. agents Peter Axton and Natasha Constantine discover the damaged probe on a nearby ranch, the same place where Chad and Adam allegedly were abducted. While the ranch hands claim to have seen nothing, all are mysteriously ill. After Hendricks uncovers deadly chemical-based toxins in the workers' systems, Case Manager Connor Doyle instructs Axon and Constantine to undertake a covert sub-operation on the ranch. while on the secret mission, the UFOs suddenly reappear. As the O.S.I.R. agents frantically attempt to identify the objects before they vanish, their efforts might cost the lives of Axon and Constantine.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox
Natasha Constantine - Lisa LaCroix

Guest Stars:
Chad - Jonathan Kroeker
Adam - Ryan Gosling

Written by: James Nadler
Directed by: Allan Kroeker

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"Possession"

Episode 102 - Part 1
(aired the week of 10/5/1996)
Case # 67-102

Log line: Searching for the reason why a young married couple is victimized by what appears to be demonic possession, the O.S.I.R. unearths a hair-raising explanation - but not before one of their own is almost taken over in the same diabolical way.

Synopsis: A young software designer, Paul Tanner, finds himself wracked with what appear to be experiences of demonic possession. After Tanner is unable to find help, the O.S.I.R. comes in to investigate.

To dig deeper into the cause of Tanner's violent Episodes, Case Manager Professor Connor Doyle and his team use hypnosis...and learn that he believes demons are attempting to steal his soul. As the O.S.I.R. continues its investigation and explore several theories, Tanner has another terrifying attack in his home. This time, however, it is followed by a similar Episode experienced by his wife, Kelly, who also believes demons are tormenting her. As peace is restored in the Tanner household, O.S.I.R. operative Ray Donahue searches the basement for clues. Donahue's investigation is interrupted when he has an inexplicable attack; making a final attempt to control his urge to harm anyone, the agent handcuffs himself to the furnace and throws away the keys.

After he's rescued, Donahue passes along what might be a key clue: during his attack, he remembers having blurred senses, a frequent side effect to some hallcinogenic drugs. Testing the blood of the three victims of demonic possession, the O.S.I.R. uncovers traces of LSD - and, searching for the genesis of the drug, find a hair-raising explanation.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Ray Donahue - Peter MacNeill

Guest Stars:
Paul Tanner - Jesse Collins
Kelly Tanner - Nicole de Boer

Written by: James Nadler
Directed by: John Bell

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"Man Out of Time"

Episode 102 - Part 2
Case # 10-103

Log line: A man in ancient attire, speaking a peculiar language, claims to be from the 17th century. The O.S.I.R. searches for clues that might prove he travelled through time to the present day - but, if so, can they help him survive it?

Synopsis: Driving down a deserted, dark rural highway, a couple comes across a stranger, wandering alone. He is disoriented and possibly dangerous; what makes the man even more peculiar, however, is his clothing - which appears to be from another century - and his odd, outdated English dialect.

The O.S.I.R., led by Case Manager Professor Connor Doyle, is summoned to the man's hospital room to investigate. Through hypnosis and questioning by Psychiatrist Anton Hendricks, the stranger claims to be John Hanrahan, a 35-year-old farmer born in 1612 whose last memory was working on his property before seeing an eerie, bright light.

O.S.I.R. operative Lindsay Donner, researching centuries-old records, finds that a farmer named Hanrahan did exist. Then, visiting the estate where Hanrahan was first discovered, Donner sees an aged portrait that resembles him. Other connections are uncovered when the home's current owners turn out to be Hanrahan's descendants, and the fibers in his unusual attire is found to be made of 17th century materials.

As the O.S.I.R. attempts to discover the truth, Hanrahan is confused by his modern surroundings. He believes he has died and Hendricks is the angel who decides where he spends eternity. Then, finding only remnants of the home he built, Hanrahan's hopes - for ending this troubling ordeal and returning to the life he's lost - are crushed. Coming close to proving the incident is, in fact, time travel, Hendricks and Doyle reach out to Hanrahan...with shocking and, ultimately, tragic results.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Ann Sakovich

Guest Stars:
Hanrahan - Richard McMillan

Written by: Larry Raskin
Directed by: Allan Kroeker

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"Reptilian Revenge"

Episode 103 - Part 1
(aired the week of 10/12/1996)
Case # 99-101

Log line: The O.S.I.R. explores two strange, seemingly-separate incidents in a sleepy town - an elderly man's suicide and a pack of snakes terrorizing local citizens - that prove to be creepily intertwined.

Synopsis: Two strange yet seemingly unrelated incidents happen in a small, quiet U.S. town. First, an elderly man is found shot to death; it appears that Tomas Donizetti took his own life. Separately, the O.S.I.R. is called in because a pack of snakes is inexplicably migrating through the same community and terrorizing its citizens.

As the O.S.I.R. delves deeper into its investigation, the organization's zoologist L.Q. Cooper discovers that these snakes, of different varieties, belonged to Donizetti - yet there's no reason why the dead man's deadly pets would have escaped or have united, since different breeds rarely come together. As Cooper tries to find an answer, a doubting O.S.I.R. criminologist Ray Donahue looks into Donizetti's death, which he finds suspicious since the victim is, oddly, still holding the gun which killed him.

The O.S.I.R.'s study of the snakes leads them to a nearby home which, coincidentally, is one of several recently burglarized in the usually-crimefree town. While waiting to track the snakes' next move, the team finally unearths confirmation that Donizetti was in fact murdered. Suddenly, their monitors pick up the news that the snakes are chasing a mysterious person through the heart of the small town...and the serpentine pursuit leads to a shocking conclusion.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Ray Donahue - Peter MacNeill
Lennox "L.Q." Cooper - Peter Blais

Written by: Will Dixon
Directed by: Giles Walker

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"Ghostly Voices"

Episode 103 - Part 2
Case # 44-114

Log line: After a wealthy widow videotapes her own encounter with a supposed poltergeist, the O.S.I.R. conducts a covert investigation to determine whether the mysterious figure threatening her life is from "the other side"...or from a dark, evil side of this universe.

Synopsis: After an wealthy widow, Catherine Cartwright, videotapes her own encounter with something she claims is a ghost, O.S.I.R. Case Manager Dr. Curtis Rollins sets up a covert operation - known only to Cartwright and her physician, Willard Marlowe - in the mansion she owns.

That evening, Cartwright is awakened by a voice she believes is Robert, her dead husband - who is calling her to join him. Putting herself in danger, Cartwright reaches out through an open window to touch him...only to be pulled to safety by her son Jeffrey, who suddenly appears.

As the O.S.I.R. continues its investigation, agents Lindsay Donner and Rollins discover that Cartwright and her late husband attended church regularly, indicating a strong belief in the probability of an afterlife. A videotaped interview with the woman provides additional information supporting her belief that the ghost might, in fact, be Robert's lost spirit.

With the woman's son away on business, Rollins orders complete on-site surveillance; it reveals fiber optic wiring throughout the mansion. A blinding, bright light and a voice awaken the elderly woman and lead her, hypnotically, down a hall filled with moving furniture and a strong wind. Just as Cartwright is about to topple down the stairs, Rollins rescues her...and, spotting a dark figure, confirms the O.S.I.R.'s suspicions about the case.

Starring:
Curtis Rollins - Maurice Dean Wint
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Ann Sakovich

Guest Stars:
Catherine Cartwright - Frances Hyland
Dr. Marlowe - David Gardner
Jeffrey Cartwright - Richard Fitzpatrick

Written by: Richard Oleksiak
Directed by: Allan Kroeker

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"Creeping Darkness"

Episode 104 - Part 1
(aired the week of 10/19/1996)
Case # 77-110

Log line: When a mounting mass of impenetrable darkness threatens to swallow an Argentine town within days, the O.S.I.R. turns to both folk legend and an advanced technological tool - whose other consequences are unknown - to destroy the growing danger.

Synopsis: When a mass of impenetrable darkness rises from the floor of a house in Argentina, that nation's government calls in the O.S.I.R. to identify and stop the inexplicable problem.

Case Manager Curtis Rollins leads other O.S.I.R. investigators into the home of Miguel and Claudia Richler, where they send in a probe to gather data from the growing dark mass; the probe mysteriously disappears within it, providing no information. O.S.I.R. physicist/statistician Peter Axon volunteers to enter the mounting darkness - yet, once inside, it's too dark to see anything, and he exists still without any insight. Reports come to the O.S.I.R. that a second similar mass has appeared in China, at the exact opposite side of the globe. Both are growing at exactly the same rate. This research leads the O.S.I.R. to conclude these are not separate incidents, but one single mass dissecting the earth.

Natasha Constantine, O.S.I.R. anthropologist, unearths a local folk legend that might explain the situation. Yet Rollins concurrently comes to a frightening conclusion: At its current rate, the darkness will swallow the Argentinian town within seven days. They must act immediately to destroy it. Moving quickly, the agents evacuate the surrounding area and, in desperation and without any other option, Rollins orders them to use an advanced technological tool. As the O.S.I.R. prepares to launch the complex device, it worries about potential consequences.

Starring:
Curtis Rollins - Maurice Dean Wint
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Natasha Constantine - Lisa LaCroix

Guest Stars:
Miguel Richler - Damir Andrei
Claudia Richler - Beatriz Pizano

Written by: David Preston
Directed by: John Bell

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"The Power"

Episode 104 - Part 2
Case # 10-106

Log line: As if a demanding job and a willful young daughter weren't enough, a single mother's secret power causes silverware to fly around the room, dishes to shatter and windows to explode...simply by her presence. The O.S.I.R. must unearth the cause - and, if possible, the cure - for her terrifying skill.

Synopsis: Elena Bostwick has an uncontrollable power: she can move and destroy objects around her. Fearing that her unmanageable capability might harm her daughter, Lisa, or give her ex-husband Brian a chance to win custody, Elena turns to the O.S.I.R. for help.

In an interview, Case Manager Dr. Marian Smithwick discovers that Elena has psychokinetic ability since childhood but, as of late, it has gone violently out of control. To determine the extent of Elena's power and the cause of the recent outbursts, Smithwick and her team perform a battery of tests in the controlled environment of the O.S.I.R. lab. There, they witness several remarkable psychokinetic feats, including the implosion of cups and saucers and, later, the dangerous unplanned destruction of the lab. They determine that Elena's force comes from stress stemming from her nursing job at a busy hospital, single parenthood and the threats of a custody suit from her ex-husband.

Concluding that Elena's psychokinesis is an integral part of her character and cannot be eliminated, O.S.I.R. psychiatrist Dr. Alexandra Corliss must teach the woman to control her urges. After treatment, Elena's will is tested during a stressful visit from Brian. She battles the powers that want to strike out - and, in so doing, learns an unimaginable secret.

Starring:
Marian Smithwick - Elizabeth Shepherd
Alexandra Corliss - Tamara Gorski

Guest Stars:
Elena Bostwick - Brenda Bazinet
Lisa Bostwick - Krya Azzopardi
Brian Bostwick - Kevin Jubinville

Written by: Gerald Wexler
Directed by: Allan Kroeker

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"Freefall"

Episode 105 - Part 1
(aired the week of 10/26/1996)
Case # 47-129

Log line: A skydiverªs two inexplicable freefalls makes him believe he can defy gravity. But when he defies O.S.I.R. evidence to the contrary by risking his life a third time, the agents find themselves working in the air and against the clock to save him.

Synopsis: Ten thousand feet in the sky, Peter McGrattanªs parachute fails to open...but for some reason, rather than streaking through the sky to his death, he deccelerates and lands safely.

The O.S.I.R. is called in to investigate the mysterious miracle and learns that McGrattanªs physician, Dr. Stafford, didnªt believe the incredible feat until she personally witnessed his second leap. Case Manager Dr. Curtis Rollins convinces McGrattan to postpone his planned third jump until the O.S.I.R. can run a series of tests. None of the tests - nor an amateur video of McGrattanªs supposed former dive - can substantiate the manªs claim. Taking their study one step further, the O.S.I.R. creates a simulation: jumping 30 feet to the ground, first in a safety harness and, then, without one, McGrattan is unable to prove his ability.

Even so, the veteran skydiver pleads to be allowed to risk his life for a third time. Rollins agrees, with one requirement: that the Case Manager himself jumps along with him. Itªs agreed that McGrattan will open the parachute at 2800 feet, as the two leap from the plane. Instead, confident he can contradict the forces of gravity, McGrattan violates his promise, unbuckles his parachute and free falls. As his team stands by in horror, Rollins works desperately mid-air, racing against the clock, to save a man who believes he can fly from the inevitable disaster that awaits when he cannot.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Alexandra Corliss - Tamara Gorski

Guest Stars:
Jeremy Stansky - William Greenblat
Kevin Stansky - Judah Katz

Written by: Larry Raskin
Directed by: Milan Cheylov

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"The Presence"

Episode 105 - Part 2
Case # 92-109

Log line: A young boy with an active imagination is suffering fearful nightmares...while his familyªs home endures mysterious physical damage. The O.S.I.R. must determine if one accelerating problem is sparking the other, and how to end them both.

Synopsis: When eight-year-old Jeremy Stanskyªs nightmares, sleepwalking and fears - about a mysterious destructive force that has taken control in his familyªs home - escalate to dangerous levels, the O.S.I.R. moves in to investigate. First, Case Manager Professor Connor Doyle and his team eliminate circumstantial causes through their surveillance monitors. Then, Dr. Alexandra Corliss hypnotizes Jeremy, only to come to two conflicting conclusions: the boy truly believes he has seen something frightening, yet he is not the likely cause of the damage occurring.

Worried about their sonªs mental health, his parents take Jeremy away for several days. During their absence, the damage stops. Assuming the environment is safe, the Stanskys return home. Yet that night, another mysterious, dangerous "presence" materializes, setting off the O.S.I.R.ªs surveillance cameras. Quickly responding, the team races in and is ultimately drawn to the basement, where they finally uncover - and confront - the force causing the damage to both the young boy and his home.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Alexandra Corliss - Tamara Gorski

Guest Stars:
Jeremy Stansky - William Greenblat
Kevin Stansky - Judah Katz

Written by: Ian Weir
Directed by: John Bell

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"Infestation"

Episode 106 - Part 1
(aired the week of 11/2/1996)
Case # 33-130

Log line: While the O.S.I.R. team looks into the deaths of a team of NASA scientists in search of a landed meteorite, they come face-to-face with mutant giant flea-like insects.

Synopsis: A team of NASA scientists, out on a high-security military operation in search of a landed meteorite somewhere in the dense woods of the Ozark Mountains, are discovered dead. Federal authorities ask the O.S.I.R. to try and find out what happened.

The first clue comes during Dr. Anton Hendricksª examination of the victims, when he discovers what might be a giant insect pincer in one of the wounds. Then, when the O.S.I.R. locate and survey the meteor site, they are confounded by a nest of jumbo, unidentifiable eggs. Suddenly, sensors detect life forms in the seemingly-deserted area. Frantically, the investigators rush to pinpoint and ID the rapid, threatening movement...only to have two agents wind up brutally, mysteriously killed.

In the O.S.I.R. lab, Zoologist L.Q. Cooper watches one of the unidentifiable eggs hatch and analyzes it as a large, genetic cousin to the flea. After learning that fleas can grow 20 to 30 times their weight at birth - and females can produce thousands of eggs in less than a month - Case Manager Connor Doyle fears a colossal disaster.

Desperately attempting to discern if the creatures are mutations from the meteor, extraterrestrials or a subterranean life form, the O.S.I.R. ventures back to the site to look for additional information. Fears grow with the discovery of a dead adult version of the insect - proof the species is reproducing. Then, their fear explodes when the team comes face-to-face with a pack of living, full-grown and angry creatures. First, they need to survive and escape this bizarre confrontation...then figure out how to stop it.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox
Lennox "L.Q." Cooper - Peter Blais
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich

Written by: Damian Kindler
Directed by: Giles Walker

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"Human Apportation"

Episode 106 - Part 2
Case # 87-105

Log line: A mother and daughter believe they were at home in California one second and in a Canadian dormitory room the next; the O.S.I.R. try to determine whether their claim is true - and if so why.

Synopsis: Angela Corbeil and her daughter Sabine claim to have been at home in Eureka, California...and moments later, in a Toronto, Canada university dormitory room.

Launching an investigation, the O.S.I.R. confirms that someone with Angelaªs name does live in Eureka. Meanwhile, although she is unable to prove that the Corbeils used any normal transportation out of town, Investigator Lindsay Donner believes the woman might be attempting to attract public attention by concocting the seemingly-incredible story.

Learning that Angela has a sister, Mary, Donner travels to Eureka to meet with her - only to find Mary is equally baffled about the alleged incident. Angela, under hypnosis by Dr. Anton Hendricks, does offer another clue: the last things she remembers before appearing in the dorm room was a light breeze, then a bright light in her living room.

With no evidence after two weeksª work, Case Manager Connor Doyle determines there are no other avenues to explore and ends the O.S.I.R.ªs study. For two months, the organization maintains occasional contact with Angela. But, suddenly, she fails to return their calls. Concerned, the O.S.I.R. goes to the Corbeil home. What they see shocks them...and makes them think that perhaps this case was closed too soon.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope

Guest Stars:
Angel Corbeil - Kelly King
Sabine Corbeil - Gillian Smith
Mary Corbeil - Sandra Caldwell

Written by: Denise Fordham
Directed by: John Bell

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"The Underneath"

Episode 107 - Part 1
(aired the week of 11/9/1996)
Case # 28-120

Log line: The O.S.I.R investigates what could be a mutant creature lurking - and killing - in the city's sewers.

Synopsis: A French cityªs murky subways house an unlikely, unwanted threat: a mysterious creature allegedly killing people by pulling them into the dank, threatening underground. Through his initial evidence study, O.S.I.R. zoologist L.Q. Cooper devises the theory that two animals are at work, an alligator and grizzly bear. While the organization eliminates that possibility, it does come up with a similar, yet impossible, idea: the killer could somehow be a mutant cross of the two. Coincidentally, O.S.I.R. chemist Sandra Milesª discovery of a genetic research facility in the area leads the group to wonder if the monster is an experiment gone wrong.

The O.S.I.R comes up against resistance from Rene St. Cyr, a French military officer providing security to them, who urges that the group work toward destroying - rather than capturing - the creature. Her pressure mounts when, after two of her soldiers are murdered, she threatens to pull all military support.

Finally, O.S.I.R. Case Manager Professor Connor Doyle leads the team into the terrifying darkness of the sewers. Armed with only tranquilizer guns, ingenuity and courage, the investigators face down the monster.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Lennox "L.Q." Cooper - Peter Blais
Sandra Miles - Lindsay Collins
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Ray Donahue - Peter MacNeill

Guest Stars:
St. Cyr - Marie-Clare Legault

Written by: Robert C. Cooper
Directed by: Milan Cheylov

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"Phantom Limb"

Episode 107 - Part 2
Case # 52-113

Log line: After a farmer loses his arm in an accident, a series of strange occurrences - many seemingly connected to him- happen at his Pennsylvania home. The O.S.I.R. must investigate.

Synopsis: After a hardworking farmer, Matt Peck, loses his arm in a grisly accident, a series of strange occurrences - many seemingly connected to him - happen at his Pennsylvania home.

To determine the cause of the inexplicable events, Case Manager Curtis Rollins and his team set up a surveillance at the farm. Mattªs son, Brad, explains that his father, once so physically active, has been unable to accept the loss. Mattªs wife, Sarah, reveals more startling information: once, when walking with her husband, she stumbled...only to feel an invisible hand steady her.

In a confrontation with Rollins, Matt - angry at the O.S.I.R.ªs presence - accidentally knocks over a glass of beer. Instead of falling off the table, however, it flies across the room. Caught on surveillance thermal image videotape, the incident reveals a secret energy that shapes itself into a human arm. Even faced with the evidence, though, Matt refuses to believe the action is connected to him.

Although the O.S.I.R. wants to stay and teach Matt how to control the power they believe he possesses, the farmer orders them off his land. Moments before they depart, Matt discovers his grandson, Joshua, hanging helpless from a beam high in the barn. Climbing up to save the childªs life, Matt must either work with his limited facilities...or believe in, and take control over, his mysterious power.

Starring:
Curtis Rollins - Maurice Dean Wint
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope

Guest Stars:
Matt Peck - Ken James
Sarah Peck - Sheila Brand
Brad Peck - Sean Doyle
Joshua - Curtis Parker

Written by: Sherman Snukal
Directed by: Allan Kroeker

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"The Transient"

Episode 108 - Part 1
(aired the week of 11/16/1996)
Case # 96-4131

Log line: When a series of strange, frightening and ultimately deadly incidents suggest that a dybbuk - an ancient demon- is invading the souls of innocent people, the O.S.I.R. sets out to stop it and save its next victim.

Synopsis: The O.S.I.R. is called in after a bizarre incident: an average woman, Rita Naimand, suddenly terrorizes fellow congregants at her synagogue. Joining Rabbi Reuben Rothstein, the team discovers Rita in a strange state of semi-consciousness. Members of the congregation recount Ritaªs superhuman strength when they tried to restrain her during the Episode. One witness, Carl Lowenbaum, insists that she has been possessed by a dybbuk, an ancient religious demon with the ability to transfer from one host body to another. The only cure: a ritual exorcism by the Rabbi.

After the O.S.I.R.ªs scientific testing proves inconclusive, Case Manager Professor Connor Doyle permits the Rabbi to perform the ancient ritual. During it, Rita writhes, shakes, screams and emits a flare of light from her eye that explodes into a blinding flash. When the smoke clears, Rita is dead and Rabbi Rothstein has disappeared.

Searching for the Rabbi with bio-statistical monitors, the O.S.I.R. ultimately finds him dead in the middle of a street. Witnesses claim he was struck by a taxi whose driver, Antonio Valenzuela, fled the scene frantically on foot. Learning that the driver has a young daughter - the ideal host for a dybbuk - the investigators set out on a desperate hunt to locate the father and child before the demon does.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Natasha Constantine - Lisa LaCroix
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Rita Naimand - Dee ee Langford
Rabbi Rothstein - Peter Dvorsky
Carl Lowenbaum - Jack Duffy
Antonio Valenzuela - Tony Cordiero

Written by: Damian Kindler
Directed by: Giles Walker

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"Two Lost Old Men"

Episode 108 - Part 2
Case # 86-126

Log line: The O.S.I.R. faces a strange case: two elderly men claim to actually be in their 20s...but also to have inexplicably aged 50 years after passing through a barren "dead zone" in a local forest.

Synopsis: The O.S.I.R. faces a strange case: two elderly men, Doug Kilmartin and Barry Strother, who claim to actually be in their 20s...but also to have suddenly, inexplicably aged 50 years after passing through a barren "dead zone" in a local forest.

Under the direction of Case Manager Professor Connor Doyle, O.S.I.R. tests run on the forest locale turn up no traces of hazardous materials, toxic gases or unusual geomagnetic or geothermal activity. Yet the agents see that a bird flying into the space instantaneously ages and converts into a skeleton within seconds.

Research proves that both Kilmartin and Strother are, in fact, 21-year-old tree planters. While they were somehow able to escape the mysterious region, a friend and co-worker wasnªt as lucky: her badly-decomposed body is discovered there. A series of O.S.I.R. studies prove that she died of old age.

Then, suddenly, one of the two men dies. With no idea how long his remaining subject will live, Doyle sets out on a last-ditch effort to find answers to the phenomenon and save the lone, fading survivor.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Kilmartin - Matthew Ferguson
Strother - Joel Keller

Written by: Ian Weir
Directed by: Giles Walker

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"UFO Duplication"

Episode 109 - Part 1
(aired the week of 11/23/1996)
Case # 62-3119

Log line: When extraterrestrials clone all the inhabitants of a remote farm - from hamsters to people- the O.S.I.R. fights to save a little boy - or is it his alien-generated double?

Synopsis: A farmer, Joan Hill, who lives in a remote area of the Midwest, is seeing double: She believes that extraterrestrials have cloned her fish, her hamster, her dog and, now, even her young son, Kyle.

When the O.S.I.R. arrives, they find two youngsters who, tests prove, share everything: DNA, appearance, blood, voiceprints, fingerprints, memories and points of view. Under hypnosis, Hill and the twin Kyles claim that aliens are responsible for whatªs happened to them.

The situation turns from peculiar to frightening when one of the goldfish dies. Then, so does one of the hamsters. When autopsies reveal that these deaths were caused by immune system failure, the O.S.I.R. and Hill question Kyleªs risky future. Through physiological test data, O.S.I.R. psychobiologist Lindsay Donner discovers that one of each pair of boys and dogs lacks the vital T-cells needed to fight viral infections. The deaths of one boy and one dog is inevitable...but will it be the original or the clone?

The situation becomes urgent when the dog lacking the T-cells becomes ill with tuberculosis. Doyle makes a crucial decision: The immune-deficient child must undergo a bone marrow transplant - and, only then, the O.S.I.R. will try to determine whether the patient is actually Kyle or an alien creation.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox
Lennox "L.Q." Cooper - Peter Blais

Guest Stars:
Joan - Paula Barrett
Kyle - Gil Filar

Written by: Robert C. Cooper
Directed by: Marc Voizard

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"Clara's Friend"

Episode 109 - Part 2
Case # 84-7117

Log line: A reclusive girl is drawn out by an unusual playmate: the ghostly apparition of a young woman, which might have escaped from within someone still alive.

Synopsis: Learning that a reclusive young girl is supposedly communicating with a ghostly apparition, the O.S.I.R. steps in to investigate.

Case Manager Dr. Curtis Rollins learns that Belinda Preston apparently met Bobbie, her daughter Claraªs friend, but didnªt realize the "girl" was an apparition. While the ghostly being has significantly improved Claraªs previously solitary ways, the Prestons want the strange phenomenon stopped.

As they inspect the house, the O.S.I.R. agents encounter Bobbie...but she never registers on their scientific equipment. They do, however, get a clearer sense of the ghost from Clara; as the child reveals one of their secret conversations, the dialogue she recounts suggests that Bobbie is a spirit from the first half of the 20th century. This evidence takes on new meaning when psychobiologist Lindsay Donner interviews a woman whose grandmother, Barbara Winston, previously owned the Preston home. Barbara - known as Bobbie - had entered a coma the same time that Claraªs friend of the same name had first appeared.

Loose ends come together when, viewing an old home movie of the elderly woman, the O.S.I.R. concludes that Claraªs playmate and the old womanªs spirit are the same. Faced with a unique challenge, the investigators launch a dangerous experiment to try, via Clara, to lure Bobbieªs spirit back to the body from which it left...with no idea how it will affect the comatose woman.

Starring:
Curtis Rollins - Maurice Dean Wint
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Belinda Preston - Catherine Colvey
Clara Preston - Kristin Fairlite
Bobbie - Lucia Graca
Barbara Winston - Jessica Booker

Written by: Will Dixon
Directed by: Marc Voizard

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"The Hunter"

Episode 110 - Part 1
(aired the week of 11/30/1996)
Case # 63-1136

Log line: A werewolf is suspected in cattle mutilations.

Synopsis: After a farmer, George Collins, claims to have witnessed a frightening creature - half-man, half-wolf - on his Indiana property that might be related to a string of livestock mutilations in the area, his neighbors form a search party to hunt the animal down. As the group sets out after its target in the back woods, one of its volunteers disappears...and is found brutally mauled to death.

Under the direction of Case Manager Professor Connor Doyle, the O.S.I.R. sets up an investigation. Zoologist L.Q. Cooper discovers that hearts were stolen from all the mutilated cattle; he also unearths a set of wolf tracks near the attack area that mysteriously transform into human footprints.

Doyle sets up surveillance on Collins' farm, using a herd of livestock as bait to lure the creature out of hiding. Nothing happens...but, just as everyone is about to agree that the phenomenon will not recur, Sheriff Harrison Reed is viciously killed when he stops to inspect a savagely-attacked cattle carcass alongside the highway.

The O.S.I.R.'s research proves that all the incidents have occurred during a full moon - which means they now have only two days more before the next lunar cycle. Racing against the clock, the investigators don night-vision goggles, handguns and a motion scanner to lure the unknown killer out. But who is the hunter...and who is the prey?

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Lennox "L.Q." Cooper - Peter Blais
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich

Guest Stars:
George Collins - Michael Copeman
Sheriff Reed - Matt Cooke

Written by: Damian Kindler
Directed by: John Bell

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"The Healer"

Episode 110 - Part 2
Case # 96-9121

Log line: A teen is credited with healing powers.

Synopsis: A teenager, Duwayne Morris, appears to miraculously heal severe burn victim Russell Wilson by merely laying hands on the suffering man - and the O.S.I.R. is determined to find out whether the teen's skills are faith or fraud.

Case Manager Professor Connor Doyle assigns an O.S.I.R. team to covertly monitor a so-called "healing fair" with Duwayne in a local barn, arranged by his mother, Marsha. As the 16-year-old performs miracles on all those awaiting his touch, Marsha collects a fee for his services. Suddenly, a local girl - severely injured after falling from a horse - is rushed in for Duwayne's help. As he places his hands on the girl's battered head, she is amazingly healed before numerous speechless witnesses.

The next day, however, Duwayne collapses during another session at the barn. At the hospital, tests reveal that the young man is inexplicably suffering symptoms of all the afflictions he has healed. As the youth quickly fades, the O.S.I.R. must figure out Duwayne's mysterious condition...before his life-saving skills turn into a life-ending tragedy.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Duwayne Morris - Thomas Chovanec
Marsha Morris - Brenda DeVine

Written by: Larry Raskin
Directed by: John Bell

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"The Curse"

Episode 111 - Part 1
(aired the week of 1/18/1997)
Case # 63-1136

Log line: Death strikes archaeologists who uncovered an Egyptian burial chamber.

Synopsis: The hieroglyphic curse found inside an ancient Egyptian burial chamber - "All those who disturb this tomb will die" - proves tragically true, when members of an archaeology team who enter it mysteriously die. The O.S.I.R. finds that all the victims suffered brain hemorrhages. But why did three survive: site leader Frederick Roberts, the only one among those who entered the chamber to be spared, and Geena Fakhry and Hran Jamal? Both Genna and Hran reveal they dreamed of the Egyptian god Anubis, whose statue was found inside the three-century-old tomb and who warned them of the curse. Geena tries to convince Roberts to return the artifacts his team carried off, so the curse will end. The site leader skeptically dismisses the womanªs concerns...only to suddenly die of the same cause.

Fearful of losing one of his own team in the tomb, O.S.I.R. Case Manager Connor Doyle first sends in a mechanical probe. While the device records no paranormal activity, it also shows that there is no corpse nor a sign of looting. Baffled, the O.S.I.R. returns to the warehouse to examine the artifacts for clues. There, Hran sees the living figure of Anubis, flees in terror and falls, dead - of a hemorrhage. Knowing the only answer lies within the tomb, investigator Lindsay Donner leads a team inside while Geena waits, anxiously awaiting her fate. The O.S.I.R. will learn whether the curse is finally broken...or whether it will claim two more victims in its 3000-year history.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich

Guest Stars:
Roberts - Juan Chioran
Geena - Stavroula Logothettis
Hran - Hrant Alianak

Written by: Will Dixon
Directed by: Marc Voizard

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"Angel On A Plane"

Episode 111 - Part 2
Case # 26-0122

Log line: A mysterious woman safely lands a plane hit by lightning.

Synopsis: Passengers and crew members of a private jet share an impossible story: When their plane is disabled by lightning during a freak storm, the pilot and co-pilot are electrocuted. But rather than crash, the aircraft is landed safely by a mysterious woman.

The O.S.I.R.ªs Dr. Anton Hendricks hypnotizes pilot Jim Graves - who claims to have been revived by the mysterious figure, two passengers and flight attendant Mary OªBrian, only to find that their stories donªt match. Hendricks does believe that co-pilot Jarvis Parks might hold the key...but the man, in critical condition, is not expected to survive.

Nothing makes sense: Lightning should have crippled both the landing gear and radio, both of which remained operational. Since the cabin was still pressurized upon landing, the mysterious woman could not have entered or exited the plane. Making the tale more baffling is the fact that the landing site was a World War II military airfield, when another plane crashed due to lightning in 1945, leaving no survivors.

Soon after the O.S.I.R. orders all of the witnesses monitored, they notice Mary speaking to someone in Parksª hospital room, yet the monitors show only the flight attendant and the co-pilot present. Mary, however, claims to see the mysterious woman - this time, wearing a 1940s nurseªs uniform and tending to the ailing man. Is there a real connection between the shadowy figure and the past...and, if so, how far do her powers go?

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Graves - Craig Gardner
Parks - James Kee
Mysterious Woman - Angela Usher
Mary - Kari Matchett

Written by: Ian Weir
Directed by: Ken Girotti

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"Anasazi Cave"

Episode 112 - Part 1
Case # 28-8128

Log line: Deaths at an archaeological dig may explain the mystery of the lost Anasazi.

Synopsis: Archaeologist Simon Bonito and his assistants discover the remains of a hut belonging to the ancient Anasazi Indian Tribe in New Mexico. The discovery promises to shed light on the tribe's mysterious disappearance more than three hundred years earlier. Within the hut is a hidden passage to a cavernous chamber. While venturing into the cavern the assitants suffer painful and violent deaths at the hands of some unseen force.

Before the O.S.I.R. comes on the scene, two Disease Control Center agents in biohazard safety suits become the next victims of the mysterious cave. Autopsy reports on all four victims reveal that each suffered massive internal hemorrhaging and rupturing of internal organs. The O.S.I.R. is initially stumped by the deaths because there is no known substance capable of penetrating the biohazard suits worn by the second pair of victims.

Overnight, Bonito dreams of an Indian ancestor who beckons him into the cave. The next day, the O.S.I.R. watches in horror as Bonito, in a trance, approaches and then enters the deadly cavern. An O.S.I.R. operative attempts to retrieve him but dies in the process. Bonito wakes from his trance inside the chamber and realizes that he is free of the violent consequences suffered by the others.

The O.S.I.R. learns that Anasazi tribal folklore tells of a god leading the tribe to a peaceful place in the past and assuring their safety by leaving a spiritual guard at the doorway to the past.

Bonito's new-found connection with his ancestors and his inquiring scientific mind lead him to re-enter the cave laden with O.S.I.R. monitoring equipment. Serving as a human key to this puzzling case everyone wonders if he can unlock the mystery of the Anasazi Cave.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Natasha Constantine - Lisa LaCroix

Guest Stars:
Simon Bonito - Peter Gaudreault
Paul - Mark Burgess
Darren - Don Carrier

Written by: Sherman Snukal
Directed by: Marc Voizard

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"Devil's Triangle"

Episode 112 - Part 2
(aired the week of 1/25/1997)
Case # 19-9137

Log line: A man claims he was adrift in the Devil's Triangle.

Synopsis: A lawyer and his client set out on a leisurely cruise through the Bermuda Triangle. When the lawyer returns to port without his client he tells authorities that he has been floating aimlessly for weeks with no food or equipment. A quick fact check reveals that the boat set sail only five days earlier and that the client is, indeed, nowhere to be found.

Further investigation reconfirms the five day length of the pleasure cruise gone awry. However, medical and psychiatric examinations of the lawyer and a survey of the boat's condition seem to confirm the lawyer's story that he's been adrift for three weeks and that the boat became almost totally inoperable after sailing into a freak tropical storm.

The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (O.S.I.R.) suspects that the lawyer may have fabricated the story about the storm and the mechanical trouble to cover up the murder of his client by a Colombian drug cartel. The O.S.I.R. abandons this theory when weather data supports the lawyers claims of a tropical storm in the area. If the storm actually occurred and the lawyer is telling the truth, then his client could still be alive somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle.

Case manager Professor Connor Doyle leads his team into the Bermuda Triangle in search of the truth. En route to the Triangle, Doyle confides to the O.S.I.R.s Lindsay Donner that this case is of personal importance to him. While in the Navy he had an unexplained experience in the Triangle that nearly cost him his life.

Two days drift by before the O.S.I.R. investigative team locates a large, dark mass in the Triangle. They begin to probe the mysterious area for signs of the missing man, though it seems they might find a lot more than they bargained for.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich

Guest Stars:
Joey Veloz - Stuart Hughes
Sonny Brasco - Robert Kennedy

Written by: Damian Kindler
Directed by: Ken Girotti

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"The Undead"

Episode 113 - Part 1
(aired the week of 2/1/1997)
Case # 76-3139

Log line: A homeless man revives during his autopsy and escapes.

Synopsis: In a rundown urban back alley, teenagers Darren and Melissa, who live on the street, discover a dead body - resembling a homeless man they knew who had died two weeks earlier. In the middle of Coroner Sally Torrance's autopsy, however, the John Doe somehow comes back to life and vanishes.

With only a photograph of the escaped corpse and the street kids' word to follow, O.S.I.R. investigators start their search for the missing (and presumed dead) man at a local mission with Darren and Melissa. While the O.S.I.R.'s Dr. Anton Hendricks gains no useful information from mission proprietor Aubrey Le Selles, the psychiatrist notices that Le Selles' sister Adelina has placed voodoo items around the rundown facility. As Hendricks considers their meaning, a zombie-like stranger wanders into the mission's kitchen. Darren and Melissa are horrified as they identify him as the missing corpse and dead street person. The undernourished stranger, however, suffers from amnesia and is unable to help sort out the mystery.

After matching soil found at the autopsy to that on the stranger's clothing, the O.S.I.R. takes him to a local cemetery in an attempt to trigger his memory. Suddenly, the zombie takes off running, only to stop at a grave for Cary Edwin Hicks, who had died in 1996. The O.S.I.R. exhumes the coffin and finds it empty; more startlingly, it appears to have been dug out from inside.

The O.S.I.R. uses autopsy records and photos to identify the zombie as Cary Hicks...but cannot understand how this man apparently repeatedly died and came back to life. Hendricks sets out to determine whether zombification is part of the puzzle - and whether the voodoo ornaments around the dead man's mission home are more than decoration.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich

Guest Stars:
Cary Edwin Hicks - Sten Eirik

Written by: Will Dixon
Directed by: Clay Borris

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"Stalker Moon"

Episode 113 - Part 2
Case # 56-9135

Log line: A cult film actress is being stalked again by her violent, obsessive longtime fan. But this time, it might be from the grave.

Synopsis: Jackie Kinley, star of a cult film who's attempting a comeback, is terrified to find she is being stalked by Corben Dean, a crazed fan supposedly serving a five-year prison sentence for attempting to murder her. Dean mysteriously vanishes - only to later appear in the middle of a road in front of Kinley's speeding car. Yet rather than striking and killing Dean, Kinley passes through him.

Investigating this freak occurrence, the O.S.I.R. learns that Dean's pathological passion for Kinley had been obsessive and violent. He'd watched her cult classic endlessly and stolen props from it. Ultimately, his obsession with Kinley earned him five years in prison for aggravated assault and attempted murder. But Case Manager Connor Doyle also discovers that Dean was released from prison early after suffering a heart attack and assumed to be dead. Doyle and the Agent Lindsay Donner track Dean's last known address and, at the trailer park, find a new resident: R.K. Kelly. Thinking they've reached an impasse in their investigation, the O.S.I.R. gets a break when they uncover a collection of memorabilia from Kinley's old movie in the trailer and that the resident knows where Kinley is now filming.

The O.S.I.R. reach a troubling contradiction. The weakened Dean might impossibly still be alive and actively relaunching his pursuit. Or Kinley is receiving a telepathic signal and, in turn, is casting it into Dean's apparition - allowing her obsessive fan to pursue her from the grave.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich

Guest Stars:
Jackie Kinley - Kristin Lehman
Corben Dean - John Ralston

Written by: Alex Pugsley
Directed by: Clay Borris

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"The Forbidden North"

Episode 114 - Part 1
(aired the week of 2/8/1997)
Case # 26-014

Log line: A humanoid beast approaches a leg-trapped logger.

Synopsis: While working on a road construction project deep in the forest, Jacquard, a logger, steps into a hidden leg trap. As he hangs upside down, six feet above the ground, he is attacked by a vicious creature resembling sasquatch, or Big Foot. Arriving on the scene to sort out the mystery, the O.S.I.R. wonders: is it an ancient legend, a ruse cooked up by angry environmentalists to scare away the loggers or vice versa?

O.S.I.R. Investigator Connor Doyle connects with Mullen, leader of Planet Alert, the activist group protesting construction in the area. Mullen assures Doyle that Planet Alert refrains from acts of violence and aggression, yet sets the O.S.I.R. on the trail of Brad and Nancy, local guerrilla environmentalists willing to protect the area by any means necessary. The duo, however, deny any involvement in a scary hoax. Their denial rings true when Nancy is viciously attacked by a similar creature and captures it on video...although her footage suggests there are two sasquatches loose.

Once again, thereªs a sighting of a sasquatch by angry loggers - after it ravaged their equipment and slowed down their work. While authorities arrest the protesters and the construction job faces uncertain future, the O.S.I.R. continues its investigation. They want to know whether whatªs occurred is a brilliant hoax -or the demand for recognition and acknowledge by a terrifying, unknown animal species.

Starring:
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lennox "L.Q." Cooper - Peter Blais
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller

Guest Stars:
Jacquard - Thomas Mitchell
Nancy Byatt - Beverly Cooper
Brad Harper - Christopher Crumb
Mullen - Jovanni Sy

Written by: Damian Kindler
Directed by: Ken Girotti

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"Reincarnation"

Episode 114 - Part 2
Case # 61-0115

Log line: A man undergoing past-life regression predicts the future.

Synopsis: During a regressive hypnosis session - which normally sheds light on a personªs own past life - patient Garth Lindenaur brings forth something unique: the upcoming actions of someone else, named Ian Vethamany. The psychotherapist studying Lindenaur enlists the help of the O.S.I.R. to determine the reason behind these human "crossed wires"...and whether a man and his reincarnated self can exist simultaneously.

While continuing the hypnosis therapy, the O.S.I.R. uncovers that the actual Vethamany is a corrupt financier living in Chicago and that all of Lindenaurªs predictions about him prove true. O.S.I.R. Case Manager Connor Doyle attempts to lure Vethamany into his own hypnosis session to uncover the truth behind the paranormal co-existence, just as the authorities attempt to arrest the con artist for fraud. The investigatorªs unanticipated presence alters the future: he unwittingly prevents the arrest and unwittingly helps criminal escape.

The alteration of Vethamanyªs life now creates a negative ripple effect on Lindenaur. His life takes a drastic turn for the worse, as he loses both his job and his girlfriend. In a dramatic attempt to restore Lindenaurªs life to normal, the innocent man and the O.S.I.R. team up to catch Vethamany...even if it means entering the unknown workings of the space-time continuum and risking the life of O.S.I.R. agent Lindsay Donner.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Garth Lindenaur - Michael Filipowich
Ian Vethamany - Sugith Varughese

Written by: Peter Aykroyd
Directed by: Ken Girotti

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"The Greenhouse Effect"

Episode 115 - Part 1
Case # 21-3127

Log line: Plants attack a family.

Synopsis: When Cole Conacher enters son Greg's room to wake him up for school, he's instead greeted by a horrifying sight: Greg is lashed to his bed and being choked to death by a formerly-benign houseplant that's grown out of control. After freeing his son from the vines that bind, Conacher contacts a local university's botany department for help; stumped by the vicious vines, they, in turn, ask the O.S.I.R. for assistance.

From the start, the O.S.I.R. finds the flora fraught with danger. Agent Lindsay Donner, in the Conacher home attempting to gather a tissue sample from the unwanted plant, becomes ensnared in the willful, malevolent vines; she's saved only when colleague Peter Axon blasts the attacking plant with liquid nitrogen, freezing it into submission. Lab analysis of the small cutting reveals that it contains biological waste of unknown origin...to sort out the truth behind this creeping invader, the O.S.I.R. needs a larger sample.

Back at the Conachers' residence, the O.S.I.R. team discovers that every room has been overrun by the suspicious plant. Donner's second sample - taken as she narrowly escapes being attacked again - reveals that the foliage is inhabited by powerful microscopic parasites which are producing a super-strength fertilizer causing the massive growth spurts.

When further attempts to unearth the problem prove too dangerous, the O.S.I.R. plots to weed out the plant for good. But, this time around, the O.S.I.R. might have just met a foe who's simply not ready to pull up roots.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich

Guest Stars:
Cole Conacher - Richard Donat
Greg Conacher - Jeremy Tracz

Written by: Damian Kindler
Directed by: Clay Borris

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"The Buzz"

Episode 115 - Part 2
(aired the week of 2/15/1997)
Case # 21-3127

Log line: Mysterious buzzing coincides with unexplained deaths.

Synopsis: The Hartleys, an ordinary family living in a small town in Montana, discover some unordinary - and terrifying - problems: daughter Sally is plagued with a deafening buzzing sound inaudible to others, husband Ernest suffers a sudden, violent respiratory attack and mother Randi finds their home is infested with hundreds of rats.

The small town, finally undergoing a long-hoped-for economic recovery due to the relocation of several high-tech firms yet now faced with these strange problems, calls in the O.S.I.R. Tackling the mysterious disease dilemma first, the investigators discover that it is being spread by thousands of rats, which have recently infested the town's underground network of sewage tunnels. As they attempt to stop the disease's spread by eradicating the rats, the O.S.I.R.'s Peter Axon also starts hearing the painful buzzing noise - now audible to about one-fourth of the local citizenry. Case Manager Connor Doyle and his team set out to determine whether the buzzing and infestation are related.

Using sonic measuring devices in the tunnel system, the O.S.I.R. traces the buzzing to Digiknight, a new local computer company that has installed underground high-frequency noise generators to drive the troublesome rodents away from its computer micro-chip production facility. While effective at keeping the rats at bay, Digiknight's equipment is forcing them through the tunnels and into town, where they're spreading a deadly disease.

While successfully pulling the plug on the buzzing and the illness, the O.S.I.R. isn't certain it's unearthed the truth behind these problems. Additional research shows that Digiknight's generators might be transmitting a secret code, rather than simply keeping away rats; meanwhile, the company's public relations man, Jim Burns, is acting particularly suspicious. The O.S.I.R. is left to figure out whether Digiknight's actions are a corporate mistake...or a clandestine, illegal project that could steer the small town to even greater danger.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich

Guest Stars:
Jim Burns - Lindsay Merrithew

Written by: Sherman Snukal
Directed by: Clay Borris

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"The Light"

Episode 116
(aired the week of 2/22/1997)
Case # 20-6132

Log line: As wounded Rollins lies near death, his evil doppelganger stalks the O.S.I.R.

Synopsis: This time, it's personal. The O.S.I.R.'s Curtis Rollins is rushed to the hospital, shot twice, flatlining, barely clinging to life. Yet as his colleagues hurry to the dying man's side, one of them, Peter Axon, has an inexplicable encounter: reflected in a mirror, he sees Rollins - alive, well and walking out the door.

After being clinically dead for a minute, Rollins pulls through and pieces of what happened to him start to surface. Despite his own amnesia, co-workers recall that he hastily left them to respond to a call, refusing back-up; deciding to follow, O.S.I.R. operatives arrived to find Rollins wounded and his alleged shooter jumping off a bridge. The story becomes even stranger when it's revealed that Rollins once worked as a "profiler" and his near-deadly encounter was likely with a longtime target, the White Crow Killer, whose creepily-unique M.O. was recently, suddenly linked to two murders. Even more bizarre, Axon and, now, Donahue see Rollins - or an exact duplicate of him - walking injury-free down a street; then, they see him on hospital security video. Could Rollins be in two places at once? Or has his near-death experience produced a duplicate? In this case, O.S.I.R. members are both investigating a potential paranormal incident...as well as being witnesses to it.

Through regressive hypnosis, Rollins confirms that his bridge encounter was with the White Crow Killer. He also recalls having a near-death experience in the ER during which he watched a duplicate of himself rise and walk out into the darkness - taking with it the part of Rollins' mind that understands what drives the killer.

The O.S.I.R. agent's experience turns from strange to dangerous when the ER physician who saved his life, Dr. Burr, is missing and believed abducted. The White Crow Killer, aka Dr. Stanley Forbes, a researcher obsessed with the secrets of the afterlife, turns up dead not far from the bridge where he jumped. And Rollins' fingerprints are found in Dr. Burr's office. Rollins, still hospitalized, becomes the chief suspect in the abduction (while his supervisors wonder if he will ever be able to effectively lead O.S.I.R. investigations); not far away in Forbes' old lab, his duplicate is aggressively conducting eerily-similar experiments on Dr. Burr.

Determined to solve his duplicate's crime and clear his name, Rollins struggles to call forth his old profiler skills and remember the unique qualities of the White Crow Killer that will lead them to the criminal. As he carries out his own research, his O.S.I.R. allies have a dangerous first-hand encounter with the duplicate; able to overwhelm it, they take the doppelganger into custody.

In a lab, the duplicate is first questioned by the O.S.I.R.; he claims to be Forbes, doesn't recognize any of them and refuses to reveal where Dr. Burr is hidden. Rollins, watching from behind one-way glass, decides he is the only one who can solve the puzzle. Stepping into the room, he is determined to do whatever is necessary to bring the two warring forces together. As Rollins launches his mission, he can't guarantee whether the dangerous fusion that is his goal will save the life of Dr. Burr...or even whether it will eliminate the real Curtis Rollins.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Curtis Rollins - Maurice Dean Wint
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Frank Elsinger - Nigel Bennett

Guest Stars:
Dr. Katherine Burr - Colette Stevenson

Written by: Will Dixon
Directed by: Milan Cheylov

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"The 13th Floor"

Episode 117 - Part 1
(aired the week of 4/12/1997)
Case # 95-7176

Log line: A possessed woman takes a horrible vengeance on her philandering husband.

Synopsis: Mrs. Olivia Vega is the quintessential gorgeous, glamourous resident of Manhattan - but, apparently, residing within her is something unknown and evil. For some inexplicable reason, when trapped with Ken Todd, the lusting elevator operator in her highrise, she is possessed by a strange force and - eyes glowing red and letting loose an inhuman roar - leaves him badly wounded. Her rampage continues: In their penthouse apartment, after yet another angry verbal battle with her violent, philandering power-player husband John, Olivia morphs again into the powerful monster. Without even touching him, she sends John flying across the room and leaves him lying in a bloody heap.

Called in by the N.Y.P.D. - after two of their own case investigators are nearly killed - the O.S.I.R. sets up heat and motion sensors and cameras to observe her. After initial study, Anton Hendrick finds no reason for demonic possession, yet believes Olivia might be controlling the power psychokinetically, instead of vice versa. Despite the danger, Case Manager Connor Doyle and investigator Lindsay Donner set out to carefully confront Olivia and rescue John. Immediately, Olivia greets them with superhuman bolts of energy, resonating animal noises and arctic wind. Only when Doyle shoots her with a tranquilizer gun can he, Donner and a seriously-wounded John Vega escape to safety.

As Olivia mounts threats to blow up her apartment building if her cheating husband isn't returned to her rooftop lair (and certain death), the O.S.I.R. pursues assorted leads...credible and otherwise. After John offers to speak to his wife, the O.S.I.R. gives him an innovative opportunity: they rig up a camera, patch into the building's cable system and feed John's image and words into Olivia's television.

At first, Olivia is entranced by his sudden appearance and kind words. But, suddenly, she blasts his on-screen image. The huge bolt of energy she unleashes races toward those at the other end of the cable hook-up - John and the O.S.I.R. - and threatens to backfire in a explosively deadly way.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Olivia Vega - Leah Pinsent
Ken Todd - Greg Spottiswood

Written by: Jean Hurtubise
Directed by: Clay Borris

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"The Believer"

Episode 117 - Part 2
Case # 28-4145

Log line: A kidnapper transmits his extortion demands psychically.

Synopsis: In the midst of a scientific presentation, Nobel Prize-winning physics professor Leon Schraft is overcome by a mental flash of his beloved wife, Helen, screaming and fighting off an assailant. Leon, too, screams painfully, then his hand uncontrollably scrawls a peculiar symbol and the words "I will kill her" - all in a foreign signature - across the presentation board. Helen is gone. Her office is a mess. And, despite Leon's vision, the police and F.B.I. believe she has either taken off following a fight with her husband, or he killed her. As it joins the case, the O.S.I.R. has an unexpected connection to it: Peter Axon is Leon's former student.

With the O.S.I.R., Leon secretly shares the experience of his self-admitted "flash," his mysterious scrawlings and his belief that she was abducted. Axon readily believes him...although his colleagues have doubts about what the professor is - and isn't - telling them. As he's watched in his sleep by O.S.I.R. monitors, Leon has another violent vision and, trancelike, writes more indecipherable messages in a handwriting not his own. While Axon believes Leon's actions point to latent remote viewing ability - seeing beyond the five known senses - Case Manager Connor Doyle suspects instead it is psychic mind control. But, if the latter, who is pulling Leon's cerebral strings? Seeking a connection between Leon and this psychic phenomenon, the O.S.I.R. finds a videotape of a TV appearance where the professor badly embarrassed lunatic-fringe psychic power advocate Earl Cornell, who was espousing a plot about assimilating mankind through mind control. Then, seen in an instant, is Cornell's ring... bearing the same odd symbol drawn by Leon.

Promising news about his wife surfaces when a letter in Helen's handwriting, but in Cornell's language, is delivered to Leon. The professor faces a deadly dilemma: either go on television and endorse Cornell's crackpot theory, destroying his own professional credibility, or have his wife - locked up by the maniac in an anonymous building - be killed.

Old loyalties and long-simmering mistrust threaten to split the O.S.I.R. team as it desperately hunts for more clues that will lead them to Helen. But under hypnosis, Leon brings forth seemingly-disjointed details; Axon convinces his colleagues that the physicist, deeply attached to his spouse, is offering them clues about her location. Using Leon's mental landmarks as directions, Doyle and investigator Lindsay Donner set out to find the hiding place of Helen Schraft. If it exists. And if she still does as well.

Starring:
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Frank Elsinger - Nigel Bennett

Guest Stars:
Professor Schraft - Daniel Kash
Helen Schraft - Wanda Cannon
Earl Cornell - Julian Richings

Written by: Damian Kindler
Directed by: Craig Pryce

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"The Fog"

Episode 118 - Part 1
(aired the week of 4/19/1997)
Case # 55-9146

Log line: A dense fog, mass hallucinations and a serial killer arrive simultaneously on death row.

Synopsis: Hedeon Mishenka, a Russian immigrant and convicted killer renowned for his brutal slaying of 100 people, enters death row at Flatrock Maximum Security Prison. Upon his arrival a mysterious fog shrouds the prison--inmates and prisoners alike begin having hallucinations.

On the night watch, as the strange fog creeps into the prison from outside, prison guard Mark Sullivan believes he sees Mishenka prowling the grounds, and shoots to kill. Upon examining his dead victim, he discovers that he has actually killed prison guard Harvey Kent.

The O.S.I.R. must determine whether Mishenka is somehow controlling the hallucinogenic fog or whether his arrival, the weird fog and the string of strange occurrences are merely coincidental.

With tensions running high and no definitive explanation for the fatal hallucinations, O.S.I.R. Case Manager Doyle authorizes investigator Lindsay Donner to interview the enigmatic Mishenka for clues. As the interview unfolds, the prison is engulfed in a thick, damp cloud of fog which causes the main power generator to short circuit. The ensuing power outage causes a blackout and traps Donner in an interrogation room with Mishenka.

Donner's only hope for survival is that Mishenka's mind is on something other than murder.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich

Guest Stars:
Hedeon Mishenka - Geordie Johnson
Viktor Kozlov - Ross Manson
Mark Sullivan - Scott Gibson

Written by: Robert C. Cooper
Directed by: Clay Borris

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"House on Garden Street"

Episode 118 - Part 2
Case # 81-0126

Log line: An apparition appears to a couple under stress.

Synopsis: A young couple, Adam and Lauren Cooke, witness the appearance of a mercurial humanoid entity in various rooms in their home. The trespassing presence maliciously attacks Adam but tenderly seduces his wife Lauren.

The O.S.I.R. find that due to a soured financial situation Adam feels inextricably tied to the home, while Lauren, fearing the entity, wants to abandon the house at any cost. This disagreement and several other difficulties within their marriage put the Cooke's under an enormous amount of stress.

Psychological and physical profiles of Lauren and Adam Cooke indicate nothing out of the ordinary. The historical profile on the house on Garden Street also checks out clean.

An old boyfriend of Lauren's, Mark Zane, surfaces in several places in her O.S.I.R. background check, so the O.S.I.R.s Lindsay Donner visits the flirtatious Zane to gather some information. It turns out that Zane, a musician, is in town for a show and has invites Lauren to see him. When Lauren goes to visit Zane, she sees him with Donner and storms off in a jealous rage. Later, when Donner returns to the Cooke house, she is attacked by the haunting entity.

The O.S.I.R. suspect a connection between the Cooke's emotional stress and Donner's assault by the entity--it seems that Lauren's quickly changing emotions and the uncontrolled psychic energy that accompany them may be the root of the entity that threatens to wreck the Cooke's marriage and home.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich

Guest Stars:
Adam Cooke - Kevin Hicks
Lauren Cooke - Joy Tanner
Mark Zane - Santino Budo
Wilkinson - Eric Peterson

Written by: Chris Dickie
Directed by: Clay Borris

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"Second Sight"

Episode 119 - Part 1
(aired the week of 4/26/1997)
Case # 29-5143

Log line: A kidney-transplant recipient has frightening visions.

Synopsis: Andrea Best, 24, is experiencing more than depression after a recent kidney transplant. She sees a total stranger yet believes she knows him...has a vivid psychic flash of an unfamiliar woman in a torn dress...then thinks she envisions an octagonal symbol burning into a brick wall before her. As O.S.I.R. investigator Lindsay Donner questions Andrea, the young woman has another psychic experience: seeing another person's reflection in the mirror and the burning image on a wall. This time, an amazed Donner witnesses it, too.

Andrea's doctor believes her patient, who has clairvoyance in her family, is actually experiencing someone else's thoughts. While the O.S.I.R. explores the possibility that drugs required for the transplant recovery are causing the hallucinations, investigators Connor Doyle and Dr. Anton Hendricks interview Andrea's cousin and donor, Leslie Norvell; they discover he had previously received a double cornea transplant that restored his vision, which sparked his willingness to help his relative. While Leslie has had no problems following his transplant, the O.S.I.R. does find a bizarre connection: Leaving the young man's home, they spot the most recent result of his renewed hobby - featuring the same octagonal symbol, an image that simply came to him while at the canvas.

Digging into whether memory can be passed through transplanted organs, the O.S.I.R. begins to uncover a strange chain of relationships and interconnected incidents, reaching back to the donor of the corneas who saved Leslie's sight. As Andrea follows these leads, almost all the mysterious fragments that have haunted her - the woman in red, the male stranger, the unfamiliar house - suddenly get answered. Satisfied that Andrea's visions are ended, the O.S.I.R. closes its file. But the case continues...taking a strange, deadly twist that intertwines Andrea and her sole link to the very first donor into a tangled web of deceit.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Andrea Best - Robin Brule
Hazen McKay - Frank Pellegrino
Leslie Norvell - Andrew Sebaston

Written by: Sherman Snukal
Directed by: Milan Cheylov

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"Chocolate Soldier"

Episode 119 - Part 2
Case # 73-4138

Log line: A cult leader has power over women.

Synopsis: When Shawn and Carolyn Starling attempt to wrest control of their beautiful, 20-year-old runaway daughter Jill away from the charismatic Bruce Farrell, they have no luck. Even more frightening, Carolyn herself picks up odd sensual sensations from cult leader and, inexplicably, is drawn into a passionate kiss with the man before her husband pulls her away.

The Starlings explain the strange circumstances to the O.S.I.R.: When their daughter first met Farrell, she was totally uninterested in him; yet, days later, she disappears with him and forwards a request for $3000. Initial research determines Jill is, in fact, part of a classic pseudo-religious cult - the only difference is that Farrell is strangely able to draw in women with just a few minutes' eye contact. While investigator Connor Doyle establishes secret surveillance of the cult's remote farm retreat, the O.S.I.R.'s Lindsay Donner - wired for biostat monitor analysis - stages a "chance meeting" with Farrell. Despite her training, Donner falls for the stranger's hypnotic powers - like Carolyn Starling, she forcefully kisses him and nearly is lured back to his compound before the O.S.I.R'.s Dr. Davison intervenes. Being debriefed, Donner remembers nothing...except for Farrell's powerful control over her.

While Doyle continues his surveillance, the Starlings and two deprogrammers unexpectedly appear at the retreat and kidnap Jill...while nearly losing Carolyn again to Farrell's mind control. As soon as they take her, Jill convulses and lapses into a coma. Then, as another follower falls into an identical coma upon being forced out of the compound, the O.S.I.R. dig into Farrell's past, uncovering an unusual incident that apparently changed his personality 180o - yet whether his newfound power is physical, paranormal or psychological cannot be determined.

Unbeknownst to the O.S.I.R., Farrell is at work on a dangerous plan to bring his message to the masses - and cause mass destruction in its wake. As he nears completion of his deadly project, Donner - on her own - appears at the madman's door. Is the investigator there with a plan to end his powers? Or has she, too, subconsciously been drawn into the cult?

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Dr. Claire Linda Davison - Soo Garay
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Shawn Starling - Bruce McFee
Carolyn Starling - Mimi Kuzyk
Jill Starling - A.J. Cooke
Bruce Farrell - James Gallanders

Written by: Will Dixon
Directed by: Milan Cheylov

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"The Fire Within"

Episode 120 - Part 1
(aired the week of 5/3/1997)
Case # 99-4124

Log line: The O.S.I.R. is needed to solve a case of what appears to be spontaneous human combustion.

Synopsis: At his weekly poker game with four friends, all tough and weathered Montana ranchers, whiskey-chugging George Leeds begins to get hot under the collar. Not feeling well and rummaging for ice in the kitchen, he actually begins to smolder. Then - for no apparent cause - he literally bursts into flames. After setting loose a horrific scream and blinding flash, he disintegrates into a heap of ashes and a couple of charred body parts.

The O.S.I.R. takes on one of its most unusual cases ever, since humans aren't listed among the items prone to spontaneous ignition. The investigation heats up when O.S.I.R. analysis of the ashes indicates no combustible materials residue and that George's health was fine. Investigator Peter Axon points to one possible theory linked to the x-particle: a highly-unlikely but blindingly-fast atomic chain reaction, possibly triggered by alcohol. While the O.S.I.R. conducts hidden monitoring of George's house, they overhear his mourning friends discussing some vague "plan" - and adding more fuel to the fire, the remaining quartet have peculiar access to quantities of gasoline and explosive devices. But their talks are cut short when mourner Dean Mathews' arm unexpectedly bursts into flames and he's rushed to the hospital.

Searching for a link between these cases, the O.S.I.R.'s blood analysis on the five men turns up nanites, microscopic robots that take apart and rebuild a person's molecular structure, causing chemical reactions in their wake. Their scientific discovery turns to fact again when, under O.S.I.R. surveillance in the hospital, a recuperating Mathews combusts in a blaze of fire and white light, leaving only a pile of ashes behind. Simultaneously, the blood samples in the O.S.I.R. lab explode and disintegrate.

Since the O.S.I.R.'s research into the blood turned up one surviving member of the group with nanites in his blood, they rush to warn rancher Martin Shaw. Rather than cooperating, he attempts to run away. Caught and interrogated by investigator Connor Doyle, Shaw claims to be an undercover government anti-terrorist agent infiltrating - and attempting to murder - a militia group headed by the ranchers. Doyle questions the veracity of Shaw's claims...and shocks the man with the news that he, too, has nanites in his blood. The O.S.I.R. is surprised, in turn, with Shaw's request that they contact their own Supervisor Elsinger for confirmation of his assignment. Elsinger denies any connection with Shaw or even any knowledge that the ranchers are terrorists...yet he orders that the case be closed. Suspecting that his team was a pawn in a larger government conspiracy, Doyle ignores Elsinger's command and sets out to uncover the truth about (and from) Shaw before their last link to the case goes up in smoke.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Frank Elsinger - Nigel Bennett

Guest Stars:
George Leeds - Philip Craig
Dean Mathews - Tom Bishop
Martin Shaw - James Kidnie

Written by: Richard Oleksiak
Directed by: Aaron Schuster

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"Fate"

Episode 120 - Part 2
Case # 23-2148

Log line: A teen with psychic powers struggles to understand events leading to his best friend's death.

Synopsis: At the funeral of 16-year-old Alex Harper, the O.S.I.R. retraces the events of the past two months leading up to the tragic end of his young life - and the reach of his killer's psychic powers.

The story starts two months before the funeral. Excluded by the cool crowd, outgoing Alex and shy Corey Stillman hang out together. Corey suffers from mounting headaches, but he is also building a strange talent: mind-reading. First, Corey's psychic ability helps Alex, regularly a C-student, score As on exams.

When the trick works, Harper's fast improvement is noted - with equal amounts of curiosity and suspicion, but without true understanding - by teachers and classmates alike. Chandler, the school bully, takes a special interest in Corey's inexplicable talent in boosting grades and, under the threat of physical harm or worse, coerces him into working an equally-successful academic miracle.

As the tension in the school builds, the O.S.I.R. has already set up a covert surveillance there with investigators Connor Doyle, Peter Axon and Lindsay Donner to monitor Corey and Harper. Disguised as a janitor, Axon watches as Corey appears to have some sort of vision. In fact, it is the worst possible image: Alex, lying dead on the ground with his blood flowing.

Although Corey rebuffs the O.S.I.R.'s official attempt to help him control his psychic powers, he continues having vivid, disturbing premonitions. He keeps them a secret from Alex, however, in fear of upsetting his best friend or, worse, losing his friendship. Instead, he decides to use his visions to alter Alex's future and keep him alive...and turns to the O.S.I.R. for help. Conducting a DEP test, the O.S.I.R. finds Corey has both telepathy and pre-cognition powers, which reinforce each other.

Corey sets out to find - and save - Alex, with the O.S.I.R. in pursuit. Corey locates his friend in an alley near the school, being beaten senseless by Chandler and his accomplices. They'll stop if Corey lets them profit from his mind-reading skills. In the ensuing melee, the gun carried by one of the thugs is nabbed by Corey, who now has control. But the sudden appearance of the O.S.I.R. and Chandler's subsequent attempt to regain the gun causes Corey to accidentally shoot Alex. The scene that tormented Corey's mind has come true. Haunted by the loss of his friend and his own tragic future, Corey submits to a debriefing by the O.S.I.R. To his surprise, he learns secrets about his past and finds an opportunity to improve both his powers and his life.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Corey Stillman - Amos Crawley
Alex Harper - Adam Bonneau
Chandler Leif Anderson

Written by: Damian Kindler
Directed by: Aaron Schuster

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"Death at Sunset"

Episode 121 - Part 1
(aired the week of 5/10/1997)
Case # 69-3142

Log line: A mysterious illness claims its victims at sunset.

Synopsis: As darkness descends on Bell Island, Dr. Raymond Axon presides over the death of young Melanie Bannion. At the culmination of a one day sickness--chalk white and sweating--she sees a brilliant light in the sky and then dies as dusk turns into darkness. After losing Melanie, the eighth victim in as many days of the mysterious sickness, Mr. Bannion urges Dr. Axon to call his estranged son, Peter Axon of the O.S.I.R. The younger Axon may have an untraditional solution for the plague that has beset this sleepy little island.

The father-son tension is palpable when Dr. Axon greets Peter and the rest of the O.S.I.R. team at the ferry landing. The team, and the Axon's, work around the tension in the race to understand the strange string of deaths. Examining data gathered by Dr. Axon, the O.S.I.R. learn that the first effects of the sickness manifest themselves in early morning. The victims then deteriorate in health as the day wears on and, at the stroke of sunset, die.

As the O.S.I.R. and Dr. Axon search for a medical or scientific explanation for the sickness, Annie Ryan, a local woman, suggests that they might find a solution in the lore of the Erickson Stones--a Stonehenge like formation on the island that was left behind by Norse explorers some 4000 years ago. The story of the Erickson stones is that they predict a "planetary convergence" 4000 years after their installation. If the stones are not in place at that day of convergence, then a local youth will die each day at sunset.

While the O.S.I.R. pontificate about possible causes for the phenomenon, Hendricks and Doyle bring word of a ninth victim of the sickness.

Putting some credence in the legend of the curse, Donner, Axon and Annie Ryan investigate the nine mysterious stones. As Axon and Annie reminisce, they share a passionate kiss. Then, Annie falls ill -- the next intended victim of the deadly curse.

Usually calmly logical in his work, Axon now seems willing to try anything to save Annie. The O.S.I.R. map out the nine Erickson stones and the locations of the nine deaths and see a definite pattern. There is no apparent explanation for a tenth victim until Doyle finds, in one of Doc Axon's dusty old books, a mention of the ten stones which are to remain undisturbed.

As the O.S.I.R. surrenders scientific method and pays heed to local legend, Annie's life --and Axon's love--hinge on the lore of the missing stone.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich

Guest Stars:
Dr. Raymond Axon - Leslie Yeo
Annie Ryan - Fiona Byrne
Melanie Bannion - Alison Woolridge

Written by: Jeremy Hole
Directed by: Ross Clyde

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"Collision"

Episode 121 - Part 2
Case # 79-3144

Log line: The soul of an accident victim possesses the driver who killed her.

Synopsis: Film executive Blythe Hall is in a car crash with Karen Gustavson. Gustavson is killed, but her 10-year-old daughter Holly survives. When Blythe, minorly injured, regains consciousness she finds that she has lost her own identity and taken on that of Karen Gustavson.

Young Holly tells the O.S.I.R.'s Lindsay Donner that just after the collision, she saw a bright light emanate from her mother's body. Sure that Hall and Gustavson had never met one another, the O.S.I.R. ponder Hall's intimate knowledge of the lives of Gustavson and her daughter. They O.S.I.R. introduce Holly to Hall with hopes that their interaction will shed light on the identity confusion.

Holly refuses to believe that this strange woman is her mother, despite Hall's knowledge of things only a mother could know. That night, Holly dreams about her dead mother, who reminds her that she'd never leave the girl alone. This converts Holly to believe that Hall is actually the reincarnation of her mother. The hitch is that by the time Holly comes around, Blythe Hall has snapped out of her alter-ego and shuns the girl.

Feeling recovered from the accident, Hall returns to work but continues to experience mental flashes of Gustavson's memories. The O.S.I.R.'s Dr. Anton Hendricks runs tests on Hall after she collapses from the tremendous emotional strain of the whole experience. Meanwhile, the investigators discover that Holly is missing.

Though they know it will be painful for her, the O.S.I.R. enlist Hall's access to Gustavson's mind in a attempt to locate Holly. Their effort reveals that Holly is at the site of the collision that killed her mother and plans to kill herself to be reunited with her mother.

Donner and Doyle rush to save the tragically troubled girl from another fatal accident.

Starring:
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Blythe Hall - Torri Higginson
Karen Gustavson - Brooke Johnson
Holly Gustavson - Allegra Denton

Written by: Sherman Snukal
Directed by: Ross Clyde

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"Perestroika"

Episode 122
(aired the week of 5/17/1997)
Case # 32-1147

Log line: Parasites infest a prehistoric creature found in a Russian glacier.

Synopsis: At work at a natural gas refinery in remote northern Russia, caretakers Nikolai Bojcun and Alexei Shasharin discover what appears to be a prehistoric creature frozen in glacial ice. At O.S.I.R. headquarters, Chief Frank Elsinger shows his team a celebratory videotape of Russian scientists examining the discovery, then sends them on-location to assist in identifying the species. What Elsinger hasn't shown his investigators, however, is the final portion of tape...which contains a mysterious, desperate plea for help from one of the scientists.

The O.S.I.R. arrives to find the lab deserted, its equipment destroyed and furniture overturned. The creature, however, remains on the examination table; agent Cooper determines it is a mylodon, at least 60,000 years old. But the O.S.I.R. team discovers something else: Davison nearly trips over a dead man with a strange gold-colored goo oozing from his mouth and down his face and neck. Exploring the forbidding tunnels of the rundown refinery in search of the other Russians, they find more of the golden goo...and another dead man covered in it, a strange wound on his chest and his face locked in fear. Moving the body back to the lab, they detect something approaching on monitors. As they split up to investigate, the "something" knocks Doyle down, burning and cutting him, and flees. In pursuit, the investigators find Alexei, now gravely ill, and Dolph Baranov and Dr. Hannah Guskova, both from the tape, in a small room. They claim to be hiding from an animal, on the loose in the plant and hunting them.

Back in the lab, other team members determine that Nikolai died after something literally sucked the life - and the internal organs - out of him. Cooper discovers living parasite eggs in the flesh of the long-dead mylodon. Now joined by the search team and the Russians, they hear Guskova recount how Nikolai had suffered from some unknown pain before his death and how they had seen something resembling a headless snake attack the other man found dead. Guskova also claims to have sent a message of help on the video...but before the O.S.I.R. can ask more, Alexei convulses, shivering and choking. Before their eyes, a baby parasite - six inches long, with a gaping mouth, razor-sharp teeth and trailing the strange goo - slithers from his mouth. Although Cooper traps the creature, it's too late for Alexei. Doyle, injured, uses a satellite link to update Elsinger, who orders the parasite be brought back to headquarters for further testing. Tension mounts between them when Doyle learns Elsinger knew of the distress transmission yet withheld the information. Through further testing, the O.S.I.R. believes that a mature, larger parasite is on the loose, and that its eggs can be transmitted inside humans through even the most casual contact. Also concluding that the parasite dislikes cold, they systematically shut down the plant's heating to drive the creature to a single warm area for capture. As Axon and Donahue patrol wearing liquid nitrogen spray packs, they are suddenly attacked by five feet four inches of slimy, screeching and razor-toothed aggression. Doyle lands a heavy blow, sending it behind pipes. When it lunges again, more ferociously, they blast it with liquid nitrogen until it escapes into the plumbing.

As the others wait, Baranov, frustrated and freezing, runs to the truck, with plans to escape. Instead he finds the parasite and is killed. At the same time, Doyle discovers a horrifying pain in his gut and realizes that something is moving around, alive, inside him. Without revealing his secret, he reconnects with Elsinger, and angrily demands that they instead be authorized to annihilate the parasite - then cuts off the feed. Through more study, the O.S.I.R. scientists conclude that touching or tasting the frozen ice is a likely means of transmission of the eggs. They also find something unexpected in Baranov: a six-foot-long parasite explodes out of the corpse and latches, sucking and screeching, on Cooper. They finally stab and blast the creature with nitrogen until it falls in frozen submission on the floor. To Doyle, this is this final straw: He orders the mission aborted and the gravely-ill Cooper taken to a hospital.

With his co-workers in the truck, Doyle sets off to start the power and open the loading dock door. Axon, troubled, returns to the lab and, through a quick test, discovers his friend's secret...and finds the parasite gone. Axon locates Doyle, barely alive, in the plant's power control panel and the two frantically attempt to re-start the decrepit equipment enough to free their colleagues. Suddenly, the giant parasite re-appears and, this time, aims itself at Axon. In a dual, ultimately bittersweet race against the clock, all the investigators are forced to make decisions and take actions that will save the most lives...but cost one.

Starring:
Peter Axon - Barclay Hope
Lennox "L.Q." Cooper - Peter Blais
Ray Donahue - Peter MacNeill
Lindsay Donner - Nancy Anne Sakovich
Connor Doyle - Paul Miller
Frank Elsinger - Nigel Bennett
Dr. Anton Hendricks - Colin Fox

Guest Stars:
Nikolai Bojcun - Nicu Branzea
Alexei Shasharin - Doru Bandol

Written by: Will Dixon
Directed by: Giles Walker

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