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1. #1 Worst Episode
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   5.2/10(12 votes)

   #1 - The Stepford Cheerleaders

   S1:E182/22/2002

   Grace, Wes, and Tucker go undercover at a local high school where strange things are occurring.

   Director:Perry Lang

   Writer:Henry Alonso Myers

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   Director:Perry Lang

   Writer:Henry Alonso Myers
2. 

   5.9/10(13 votes)

   #2 - Only the Young Die Good

   S1:E78/18/2001

   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

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   Director:Adam Davidson

   Writer:Peter Hume
3. 

   6.8/10(12 votes)

   #3 - Here There Be Dragons

   S1:E37/21/2001

   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

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   Director:Sanford Bookstaver

   Writer:Naren Shankar
4. 

   6.8/10(11 votes)

   #4 - Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns

   S1:E88/25/2001

   An outlaw biker returns from the grave to severe the heads of escapees from Hell.

   Director:Sanford Bookstaver

   Writer:Javier Grillo-Marxuach

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   Director:Sanford Bookstaver

   Writer:Javier Grillo-Marxuach
5. 

   6.9/10(17 votes)

   #5 - Pilot

   S1:E17/14/2001

   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

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   Director:Marc Buckland

   Writer:Silvio Horta
6. 

   6.9/10(12 votes)

   #6 - What Gobbles Beneath

   S1:E27/14/2001

   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

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   Director:Adam Davidson

   Writer:Silvio Horta
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7. 

   7.0/10(12 votes)

   #7 - Let Sleeping Dogs Fry

   S1:E99/8/2001

   A ghost begins killing the opulent residents of North Hampton using their electrical appliances.

   Director:Bruce Seth Green

   Writer:Javier Grillo-Marxuach

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   Director:Bruce Seth Green

   Writer:Javier Grillo-Marxuach
8. 

   7.6/10(10 votes)

   #8 - Pig Boy's Big Adventure

   S1:E121/11/2002

   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

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   Director:Michael Grossman

   Writer:Javier Grillo-Marxuach
9. 

   7.7/10(8 votes)

   #9 - The Cursed Sombrero

   S1:E131/18/2002

   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

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   Director:Sanford Bookstaver

   Writer:Silvio Horta
10. 

    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Hot from the Oven

    S1:E172/15/2002

    The reporters investigate an oven that is actually a cursed entrance to Hell.

    Director:Jay Tobias

    Writer:Javier Grillo-Marxuach

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    Director:Jay Tobias

    Writer:Javier Grillo-Marxuach
11. 

    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Hell Mall

    S1:E213/15/2002

    Tucker investigates a series of strange deaths and acts of possession at an upscale mall.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Patrick Sean Smith

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Patrick Sean Smith
12. 

    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Baby Got Back

    S1:E47/28/2001

    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

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    Director:John T. Kretchmer

    Writer:Silvio Horta
13. 

    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Take Me Back

    S1:E109/15/2001

    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

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    Director:Krishna Rao

    Writer:Naren Shankar
14. 

    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #14 - The King is Undead

    S1:E203/8/2002

    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

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    Director:Krishna Rao

    Writer:Javier Grillo-Marxuach
15. 

    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Bermuda Love Triangle

    S1:E68/11/2001

    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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    Director:Krishna Rao

    Writer:Henry Alonso Myers
16. 

    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Man and Superman

    S1:E162/8/2002

    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

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    Director:Adam Davidson

    Writer:Henry Alonso Myers
17. 

    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #17 - The Mists of Avalon Parkway

    S1:E193/1/2002

    A strange mobile mist is killing people in New Jersey, and has a connection a local boy.

    Director:David Straiton

    Writer:Henry Alonso Myers

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    Director:David Straiton

    Writer:Henry Alonso Myers
18. 

    8.1/10(9 votes)

    #18 - Tears of a Clone

    S1:E141/25/2002

    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

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    Director:Adam Davidson

    Writer:Hans Beimler
19. 

    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Touched by an Alien

    S1:E111/4/2002

    Stern is targeted by an alien assassin who jumps from body to body through sexual contact.

    Director:Sanford Bookstaver

    Writer:Javier Grillo-Marxuach

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    Director:Sanford Bookstaver

    Writer:Javier Grillo-Marxuach
20. 

    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #20 - He's Dead, She's Dead

    S1:E58/4/2001

    A mysterious scientist, purported to have died, has perfected a way to bring people back to life, including himself.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Writer:Unknown
21. 

    8.6/10(12 votes)

    #21 - I See Dead Fat People

    S1:E152/1/2002

    The reporters investigate a report of a house haunted by...overweight ghosts.

    Director:Jay Tobias

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jay Tobias

    Writer:Unknown
22. 

    8.7/10(10 votes)

    #22 - A Snitch in Time

    S1:E223/22/2002

    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

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    Director:Krishna Rao

    Writer:Hans Beimler