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The Best Episodes of Early Edition

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Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Early Edition Season 4 Episode 20 - Time
    9.0/10(114 votes)

    #1 - Time

    S4:E20

    Gary finds out why he was chosen to receive the paper.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 7 - Fatal Edition (1)
    8.5/10(89 votes)

    #2 - Fatal Edition (1)

    S4:E7

    When Frank Scanlon, a Chicago Sun Times columnist famous for his exposes, meets Gary during one of his daily saves, Gary piques the interest of the reporter, who believes that the rescues are more than coincidental. Intent on investigating Gary further, Scanlon demands that Sun Times cameraman Miguel Diaz hand over the confidential file he's been collecting on Gary. Meanwhile, when Gary reads in the paper that Scanlon is about to be murdered, he rushes to save him but the paper lists the wrong time of death - leading Gary to be found at the scene by police and subsequently arrested. Mounting circumstantial evidence even has Detective Toni Brigatti convinced of Gary's guilt. After escaping his arraignment, with Marissa's help, Gary becomes a fugitive desperate to find Scanlon's murderer.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Jeff Pinkner

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  3. Early Edition Season 3 Episode 18 - Fate
    8.4/10(86 votes)

    #3 - Fate

    S3:E18

    A homeless man plummets to his death while Gary tries to save him. Gary is rattled by his inability to prevent the tragedy and questions his involvement with the paper. When Gary refuses to prevent the next day's bad news, he winds up being forced to confront his own fate when he reads his obituary in the paper and must figure out what he's done wrong so he can save his life.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 8 - Fatal Edition (2)
    8.4/10(90 votes)

    #4 - Fatal Edition (2)

    S4:E8

    When Gary's own investigation leads him to one of Scanlon's informants, he learns that at the time of Scanlon's death, the reporter was about to break a story on a murder-for-hire ring. With the help of Sun Times photographer Miguel Diaz, Gary obtains a printout of Scanlon's notes for his story that identifies six murders that were made to look like accidents. Meanwhile, Detective Brigatti uncovers some evidence of her own, which proves Gary's innocence and implicates someone with whom she works closely in the department. When Brigatti is subsequently taken hostage and about to be murdered, Gary must save her before the real killer sets him up a second time.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Doris Egan

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  5. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 18 - The Quality of Mercy
    8.3/10(95 votes)

    #5 - The Quality of Mercy

    S2:E18

    The paper sends Gary to save a man, John Hernandez, from getting killed in a road accident. After doing that, the paper changes and it states that Hernandez is going to kill Rachel Stone, the prosecutor who sent him to prison. Gary can't help but wonder why the paper sent him on such an errand. Gary then goes to the courthouse to stop Hernandez; Hernandez gets away and Gary is arrested and brought to Ms. Stone. When he tries to warn her about Hernandez; she doesn't believe him because Gary won't reveal the source of his information. Hernandez gets away by knocking Chuck out and taking his car. While Gary waits at the hospital, the paper now says that Hernandez is going to try again this time at her home. Gary goes there and gets him and Ms. Stone taken as hostage.

    Director:Fisher Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 12 - Snow Angels
    8.3/10(79 votes)

    #6 - Snow Angels

    S4:E12

    While out in the snow, Gary encounters two men, Earl Camby, a reformed criminal who now devotes his life to helping those less fortunate than himself, and Cliff Mourning, a sleazy motel operator. As Gary tries to save Earl's life when a building collapses on him, he reads that Cliff is going to succumb to a heart attack. Torn between leaving Earl alone to die while he saves an ungrateful human being, Gary contemplates a decision that could ultimately tie the two men's lives together.

    Director:Sandor Stern
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 13 - Gifted
    8.2/10(75 votes)

    #7 - Gifted

    S4:E13

    After saving a playmate of Nikki's and then preventing her from being injured in a school bus accident, Gary meets the tough-talking 13-year-old and learns that she also knew about the accidents before they almost happened. While most would consider Nikki's clairvoyance to be a gift, she is racked with guilt because she was unable to save her own parents from dying in a car crash three years earlier -- an event Gary also failed to stop.

    Director:Kevin Dowling
    Writer:James Stanley

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  8. Early Edition Season 1 Episode 2 - The Choice
    8.1/10(196 votes)

    #8 - The Choice

    S1:E2

    Gary must choose between stopping a fatal plane crash or saving the life of one girl.

    Director:Michael Dinner
    Writers:Bob Brush, John Romano

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  9. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 10 - Run, Gary, Run
    8.1/10(85 votes)

    #9 - Run, Gary, Run

    S4:E10

    When Gary ignores Marissa's repeated requests to help her manage the workload at McGinty's, the paper plays a dangerous trick on him: he reads that his friend will be struck and killed by a car. Gary finds himself in a daily replay of the same 24 hours, � la the film Groundhog Day, when, unable to save her the first time around, he awakens to find history repeating itself -- twice. Failing to prevent the accident a second time, Gary is given one more chance to learn from his mistakes so he can save Marissa's life.

    Director:Scott Paulin
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 16 - Where or When
    8.0/10(91 votes)

    #10 - Where or When

    S2:E16

    After Gary is injured in a fall, he becomes housebound while his broken leg heals. In a "Rear Window" style plot, he watches people in the apartment building across the street and is attracted to a new neighbor who seems to have been the victim of a murder almost 50 years ago.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Early Edition Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.9/10(242 votes)

    #11 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    After being kicked out of his house by his wife, Gary Hobson is forced to move into a hotel room. It's a regular Monday morning - apart from a mysterious newspaper that is delivered to his door by an even more mysterious orange cat. At first, Gary doesn't pay much attention to the newspaper but, after a while, he realises that it isn't a regular newspaper, it's tomorrow's.

    Director:Michael Dinner
    Writer:Bob Brush

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  12. Early Edition Season 1 Episode 14 - The Wall (1)
    7.9/10(119 votes)

    #12 - The Wall (1)

    S1:E14

    The paper reveals that the U.S. president will be murdered during his upcoming visit to Chicago - by Gary.

    Director:Michael Dinner
    Writer:Bob Brush

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  13. Early Edition Season 1 Episode 20 - Phantom at the Opera
    7.9/10(125 votes)

    #13 - Phantom at the Opera

    S1:E20

    Gary saves a woman named Emma Shaw from being murdered during an art robbery. Gary keeps helping Emma establish herself in the city and develops romantic feelings for her, but the paper keeps getting in his way and interrupting their dates.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 12 - Romancing the Throne
    7.9/10(102 votes)

    #14 - Romancing the Throne

    S2:E12

    Gary must deal with a stowaway princess who hid in his trunk.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 17 - The Fourth Carpathian
    7.9/10(93 votes)

    #15 - The Fourth Carpathian

    S2:E17

    Gary's parents receive the paper when Gary is trapped in an absndoned theater trying to save a monkey. Gary's parents and Crumb accidentally bring together a family of Letonian trapeze artists in Chicago.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Early Edition Season 3 Episode 14 - Just one of Those Things
    7.9/10(78 votes)

    #16 - Just one of Those Things

    S3:E14

    Gary decides to tell Erica about the paper but she does not believe him until she witnesses him saving the life of a little girl trapped in a refrigerator. Unfortunately, Patrick, who is looking for an apartment, accidently takes Gary's paper.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 1 - The Out-of-Towner
    7.9/10(80 votes)

    #17 - The Out-of-Towner

    S4:E1

    Gary meets a man, Sam Cooper, that also receives tomorrow's paper (the New York Daily). However, unlike Gary, Sam hires others to complete the rescues and uses the paper's knowledge to make money.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 9 - Weathergirl
    7.9/10(76 votes)

    #18 - Weathergirl

    S4:E9

    With Gary as her guide, Rebecca becomes renowned for her accurate forecasts, until the paper shows up at his doorstep one morning without a trace of the next day's weather. Searching for a way to save his budding relationship, Gary reads a story in the paper about a group of construction workers who are killed when a gale force wind knocks over a Christmas tree they're trying to put up. Racing to the television studio, Gary attempts to get Rebecca to warn the workers about the potential disaster. Meanwhile, Gary's old friend Uncle Phil (guest star Fyvush Finkel, reprising the role) winds up in a series of jobs and disasters that Gary must prevent.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Early Edition Season 1 Episode 15 - The Wall (2)
    7.8/10(120 votes)

    #19 - The Wall (2)

    S1:E15

    Gary continues to try and stop the assassination of the president while eluding the FBI who is convinced Gary is the suspected assassin. His friends try to protect Gary from exposure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Brush

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  20. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 14 - The Return of Crumb
    7.8/10(83 votes)

    #20 - The Return of Crumb

    S2:E14

    Three weeks before he is due to retire, Detective Crumb comes under investigation by the city's District Attorney under suspicion that he may be corrupt.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 20 - Don't Walk Away, Renee
    7.8/10(83 votes)

    #21 - Don't Walk Away, Renee

    S2:E20

    Gary helps Renee, a woman who is being targeted by thieves.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 4 - The Iceman Taketh
    7.8/10(74 votes)

    #22 - The Iceman Taketh

    S4:E4

    As Brigatti carries out her plan to entice the thief with an expensive diamond pendant, her relationship with Gary grows more personal since they are forced to spend several days and nights together. When it appears that the case has been solved, Gary reads that the diamond will turn out to be a fake -- putting Brigatti's career in jeopardy. Armed with tomorrow's news, only Gary can save Brigatti's job by finding the true thief and returning the diamond to its owner.

    Director:Scott Paulin
    Writers:James Stanley, Diane Messina Stanley

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  23. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 14 - Performance Anxiety
    7.8/10(74 votes)

    #23 - Performance Anxiety

    S4:E14

    The former recipient of the New York paper decides to relinquish his duties by turning over the next day's news to his friend Clams, but the paper suddenly stops coming after Clams meets with a mysterious man asking questions about his satisfaction with his special subscription. When Gary is involved in a similar meeting, Clams warns him that he too could lose his paper if he makes any wrong decisions. Desperate to get his own paper back, Clams steals Gary's edition so he can convince the powers-that-be to give him another chance. But even as he tries to make amends, Clams continues to abuse the paper and winds up putting the life of a down on-his-luck computer genius in jeopardy. When Gary reads that Clams and the computer wiz will perish in a dangerous explosion, he must race to save their lives before it's too late.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Doris Egan

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  24. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 17 - Blind Faith
    7.8/10(73 votes)

    #24 - Blind Faith

    S4:E17

    Gary loses his sight while he is trying to prevent three teens from being blown up by an old cannon ball. While at the hospital, Gary meets a yong kid named Nate Calvin, whose mother is ill. The next day, without being able to see, Gary must save Nate Calvin, who is trapped in an abandoned building.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jeff Pinkner

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  25. Early Edition Season 1 Episode 19 - The Cat
    7.7/10(115 votes)

    #25 - The Cat

    S1:E19

    Gary takes the cat to the vet thinking he's not feeling good. He is obligated to leave him there overnight, but rushes to the clinic in the morning for the paper, only to find out it's not there (nor is the cat). The cat mysteriously appears at Eunice's (the vet's mother) house with the paper, and Gary wonders if the cat decided to abandon him. He later finds out that the cat only wants him to save Eunice, who was madly in love with Lucius Snow 40 years ago and is now dying from cancer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Time" is the best rated episode of "Early Edition". It scored 9/10 based on 114 votes. Directed by Mel Damski and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/13/2000. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Fatal Edition (1)".