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The Best Episodes of Early Edition

Every episode of Early Edition ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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 2 Episode 16 - Where or When
    9.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 19 - Show Me the Monet
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Show Me the Monet

    S2:E19

    Gary learns that a British man who assisted him with a mission is actually a forger with many enemies.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Early Edition Season 1 Episode 15 - The Wall (2)
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 11 - A Minor Miracle
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #4 - A Minor Miracle

    S2:E11

    Gary's search for a missing child makes him a suspect. When the police won't listen to him, he goes into the flooding underground sewer to try to rescue the little girl before it's too late.

    Director:Jim Charleston
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 14 - The Return of Crumb
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Early Edition Season 3 Episode 14 - Just one of Those Things
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Early Edition Season 1 Episode 14 - The Wall (1)
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 12 - Romancing the Throne
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 15 - Mum's the Word
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Mum's the Word

    S2:E15

    Gary takes Marissa, who poses as an Egyptian princess, to gain admission to an exclusive museum exhibition so that he can save an archeaologist from being killed by an ancient Egyptian stone artifact. Gary pushes the man out of the way only to see that someone wanted the archeaologist killed. The day after, Gary reads in the newspaper that there'll be a fire in the museum, so he checks up on a journalist who was at the museum the night the archeaologist was almost killed. When the eyes are stolen from a cat mummy, a curse is released, causing everyone involved, including Marissa, to fall seriously ill.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 20 - Don't Walk Away, Renee
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Early Edition Season 1 Episode 20 - Phantom at the Opera
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 8 - March in Time
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - March in Time

    S2:E8

    After learning that a leader of a racist movement will be assasinated during a march, Gary begans to debate whether he should save his life or let him die. Marissa manages to convince him to save him, but the dilemma is further compromised when the leader's comrades attack and vandalize McGinty's. Now Gary has to stop the sniper from killing the leader of the movement. The situation is further complicated when the leader's son befriends a young African-American kid.

    Director:Robert Ginty
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Early Edition Season 3 Episode 7 - Up Chuck
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Up Chuck

    S3:E7

    A surprise visit from Chuck makes Gary suspect an ulterior motive.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 1 - The Out-of-Towner
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 4 - The Iceman Taketh
    8.5/10(2 votes)

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

    #16 - 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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  17. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 8 - Fatal Edition (2)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 11 - Rose
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Rose

    S4:E11

    Although Crumb cautions Gary that Rose may appear sweet and innocent but is probably trouble, Gary ignores his warning, even when evidence surfaces that she has a criminal record. When he believes her explanation that an old boyfriend is after her, Gary agrees to loan Rose $25,000 to get rid of him and is stunned when she suddenly runs off with his money.

    Director:Julia Rask
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 13 - Gifted
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 14 - Performance Anxiety
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 20 - Time
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Time

    S4:E20

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

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 21 - Everybody Goes to Rick's
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Everybody Goes to Rick's

    S4:E21

    Gary travels back in time to 1929, and is the proprietor of a speakeasy at the location where McGinty's is currently located. He must try to prevent the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:James Stanley

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  23. Early Edition Season 4 Episode 22 - Luck o' the Irish
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Luck o' the Irish

    S4:E22

    A young Irish woman loses her chance at a million dollar lottery when Gary swipes her dollar that she was going to buy the winning ticket with. To repay her he ends up caught up in a wild scheme that has them pretending to be engaged while Kate looks for a man she loves.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 7 - Redfellas
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Redfellas

    S2:E7

    The newspaper arrives with an article written in Russian. Gary saves a cab driver in a seemingly unrelated article written in English. The cab driver is able to read the Russian article to Gary. Gary then must save a beautiful Russian violinist from being murdered and brings her together to her long lost father.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Early Edition Season 2 Episode 9 - A Regular Joe
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #25 - A Regular Joe

    S2:E9

    Gary is stressed out and just wants a regular life. He is having recurring dreams about a psychiatrist who encourages him to take Sundays off from the paper. Gary decides to take that advice. However, he finds out that he needs to convince a famous quarterback to stop playing in order to avoid a serious injury.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Where or When" is the best rated episode of "Early Edition". It scored 9.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by David Grossman and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/11/1998. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Show Me the Monet".