8.7/10143 votes#1 - Soul Survivor
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1995
As a child, Chance Harper miraculously walked away from a plane crash that killed his entire family (and everyone else aboard). Now an adult, he's a cavalier freelance photographer who uses his mysterious relationship with Lady Luck to help others. In the opener, Chance winds up charged with murder after he saves a suicidal woman.
Director: David Carson
Writer: Karl Schaefer
6.9/1015 votes#2 - Over Exposure
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1995
When Chance recovers the camera that was stolen along with his car, he finds a series of photos he didn't shoot, and his auto-theft case develops into one involving a kidnapping.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1018 votes
#3 - Last Chance
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1995
An auto mechanic confesses to Chance that he murdered someone years before and another man is scheduled to be executed for the crime.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Michael Cassutt
- 7.4/1012 votes
#4 - She Was
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1995
Chance helps a Hollywood movie star who's in town to film his latest blockbuster-and is apparently being stalked by a woman who claims to be his wife.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: Karl Schaefer
- 7.9/1010 votes
#5 - Blind Man's Bluff
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1995
Chance helps a Hollywood movie star who's in town to film his latest blockbuster-and is apparently being stalked by a woman who claims to be his wife.
Director: John McPherson
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/109 votes
#6 - Angie's Turn
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1995
Some of Chance's luck rubs off on Angie, and she'll need it-after witnessing a shooting by a street gang of teenage girls, as the renegades target her for execution.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1018 votes
#7 - Hat Trick
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1995
An up-and-coming hockey player about to sign with a professional team crosses paths with Chance, who helps the young star realize that sinister forces are using him.
Director: Martha Mitchell
Writer: Matt Dearborn
- 7.4/109 votes
#8 - The Liver Wild
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1995
While away on a restful camping trip, Chance and Angie watch in horror and can't resist getting involved after a man falls from the sky and dies in front of them.
Director: David Jackson
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1013 votes
#9 - Walk Away
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1995
Chance spends a day trying desperately not to get involved, but when he learns that the mysterious woman he keeps running into is a flight attendant, he fears for the lives of a plane-load of passengers.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1010 votes
#10 - The Box
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1995
Chance is entrusted with a mysterious black box that seems to have strange effects on those that come into contact with it. And when he finds that it triggers hes childhood memories, Chance thinks it could lead him to his brother.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Michael Cassutt
- 8.1/1010 votes
#11 - Brothers Grim
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1995
Chance comes face to face with his missing brother, Eric, but there's little time for solving the mysteries of the family's past-and barely time for mourning the wife Eric is about to bury.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1011 votes
#12 - Trial Period
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1995
Chance develops a not-so-friendly rivalry with thrill-seeking photographer Steve Medavoy, especially after Chance befriends a young boy whose family tragedy becomes Medavoy's photo opportunity.
Director: David Jackson
Writer: Matt Dearborn
- 6.1/1016 votes
#13 - Healing Hands
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1996
Chance is caught between a rock and a hard place when he takes under his wing a young faith healer who seems to be on the run.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Scott Smith Miller
- 5.8/109 votes
#14 - Wrong Number
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1996
Chance can't turn his back on an ex-girlfriend who needs help leaving her abusive husband, but he may be in too deep when the husband turns up dead-just like the woman's first spouse did.
Director: Mark Sobel
Writer: Michael Cassutt
- 6.8/109 votes
#15 - In Sickness and in Wealth
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1996
Wedding bells are breaking up that old gang of Chance's, but he and Westin decide the engagement needs to be broken up when they start learning things about thier colleague's seemingly impetuous fiancee.
Director: Scott Brazil
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
- 7.8/1021 votes
#16 - Blinded by the Son
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1996
What kind of person finds $10,000,000 in their bank account...and gives it away. Chance meets Angie's long lost son, a member in a rock and roll band and first seen in jail.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1016 votes
#17 - Lightning Strikes
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1996
When Chance is struck by lightning, it sets off a chain reaction that reunites him with his brother and his father, who was presumed dead. He later discovers that the plane crash that killed his mother and sister was not an accident, but rather a deliberate act of revenge by a long-time nemesis of his father, who is now intent on killing the remaining family members.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Strange Luck Season 1
Every episode of Strange Luck Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Strange Luck Season 1!
Strange Luck is an American television series, starring D. B. Sweeney in the role of Chance Harper, a freelance photographer afflicted with a bizarre tendency...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Soul Survivor" is the best rated episode of "Strange Luck" season 1. It scored 8.7/10 based on 143 votes. Directed by David Carson and written by Karl Schaefer, it aired on 9/15/1995. This episode is rated 1.8 points higher than the second-best, "Over Exposure".