- 6.8/1016 votes6.8/10(16)
#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 7/14/2001
Reporter Tucker Burns finally gets a job at a tabloid, The World Chronicle, and soon finds himself on the the trail a real-life monster.
Director: Marc Buckland
Writer: Silvio Horta
- 6.8/1011 votes6.8/10(11)
#2 - What Gobbles Beneath
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 7/14/2001
After a media mogul disappears, the reporters discover a monster living under Manhattan attrcted to the radiation emissions of its victims' cell phones.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Silvio Horta
- 6.9/1011 votes6.9/10(11)
#3 - Here There Be Dragons
Season 1 Episode 3
Aired 7/21/2001
Tucker gets the surprise of his life when he goes to investigate the existence of a dragon underneath Chinatown and finds a woman pregnant with the ""dragon's"" baby.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Naren Shankar
- 8.0/1014 votes8.0/10(14)
#4 - Baby Got Back
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired 7/28/2001
An abandoned baby is left at the Chronicle, the reporters investigate and find that the father, the CEO of a marketing company, has made a deal with the Devil - literally.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Silvio Horta
- 8.3/108 votes8.3/10(8)
#5 - He's Dead, She's Dead
Season 1 Episode 5
Aired 8/4/2001
A mysterious scientist, purported to have died, has perfected a way to bring people back to life, including himself.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/107 votes8.2/10(7)
#6 - Bermuda Love Triangle
Season 1 Episode 6
Aired 8/11/2001
Tucker's story about a mermaid and Grace's story about a missing Naval pilot cross when it turns out the mermaid is seeking out the pilot to fulfill their romance.
Director: Krishna Rao
Writer: Henry Alonso Myers
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- 5.7/1012 votes5.7/10(12)
#7 - Only the Young Die Good
Season 1 Episode 7
Aired 8/18/2001
Staff at a Longevity institute and old folks' home are being used as host bodies of rich old people.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Peter Hume
- 6.7/1010 votes6.7/10(10)
#8 - Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns
Season 1 Episode 8
Aired 8/25/2001
An outlaw biker returns from the grave to severe the heads of escapees from Hell.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
- 6.9/1011 votes6.9/10(11)
#9 - Let Sleeping Dogs Fry
Season 1 Episode 9
Aired 9/8/2001
A ghost begins killing the opulent residents of North Hampton using their electrical appliances.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
- 8.0/108 votes8.0/10(8)
#10 - Take Me Back
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 9/15/2001
Grace becomes the target of aliens who were responsible for her original abduction, and are targeting members of her abduction support group.
Director: Krishna Rao
Writer: Naren Shankar
- 8.4/107 votes8.4/10(7)
#11 - Touched by an Alien
Season 1 Episode 11
Aired 1/4/2002
Stern is targeted by an alien assassin who jumps from body to body through sexual contact.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
- 7.7/109 votes7.7/10(9)
#12 - Pig Boy's Big Adventure
Season 1 Episode 12
Aired 1/11/2002
The reporters go off on the trail of a ""savage simian"" and find themselves on a trail of a doctor performing animal/human hybrid experiments.
Director: Michael Grossman
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
- 7.6/107 votes7.6/10(7)
#13 - The Cursed Sombrero
Season 1 Episode 13
Aired 1/18/2002
The team are on the trail of a cursed sombrero, while Kristen tries to deal with her exposure to the strange events in Tucker's life.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Silvio Horta
- 8.3/108 votes8.3/10(8)
#14 - Tears of a Clone
Season 1 Episode 14
Aired 1/25/2002
Grace must cope with an electrocution, a disinterested editor, a badgering mother, and an evil clone of herself running around.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Hans Beimler
- 8.6/1011 votes8.6/10(11)
#15 - I See Dead Fat People
Season 1 Episode 15
Aired 2/1/2002
The reporters investigate a report of a house haunted by...overweight ghosts.
Director: Jay Tobias
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votesNaN/10(0)
#16 - Man and Superman
Season 1 Episode 16
Aired 2/8/2002
A superhero begins flying the skies of New York City, and while the Chronicle reporters investigate, the police begin taking an interest in them.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Henry Alonso Myers
- NaN/100 votesNaN/10(0)
#17 - Hot from the Oven
Season 1 Episode 17
Aired 2/15/2002
The reporters investigate an oven that is actually a cursed entrance to Hell.
Director: Jay Tobias
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
- 5.0/1010 votes5.0/10(10)
#18 - The Stepford Cheerleaders
Season 1 Episode 18
Aired 2/22/2002
Grace, Wes, and Tucker go undercover at a local high school where strange things are occurring.
Director: Perry Lang
Writer: Henry Alonso Myers
- 8.6/108 votes8.6/10(8)
#19 - The Mists of Avalon Parkway
Season 1 Episode 19
Aired 3/1/2002
A strange mobile mist is killing people in New Jersey, and has a connection a local boy.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Henry Alonso Myers
- 7.9/1010 votes7.9/10(10)
#20 - The King is Undead
Season 1 Episode 20
Aired 3/8/2002
Grace's vampire case and Wes & Tucker's Elvis impersonator interview cross paths when the guys find out the Elvis impersonators are vampires.
Director: Krishna Rao
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
- 7.8/107 votes7.8/10(7)
#21 - Hell Mall
Season 1 Episode 21
Aired 3/15/2002
Tucker investigates a series of strange deaths and acts of possession at an upscale mall.
Director: N/A
Writer: Patrick Sean Smith
- 8.8/109 votes8.8/10(9)
#22 - A Snitch in Time
Season 1 Episode 22
Aired 3/22/2002
Grace is stalked by members of the Swedish Mafia while investigating cases of spontaneous combustion. And the future of the Chronicle is threatened.
Director: Krishna Rao
Writer: Hans Beimler
The Best Episodes of The Chronicle Season 1
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Network:Syfy
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The Chronicle" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Marc Buckland and written by Silvio Horta, it aired on 7/14/2001. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "What Gobbles Beneath".