NaN/100 votes#1 - Sweet Meat
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/21/2000
Bill is concerned about a boy his daughter Lenore is hanging out with, Cynthia is all over Bill to do something about their problems with ants in the house, and Grandma Lucy is giving Bill a hard time as usual. Bill's newest story is instigated by the ant problem in the Fearing household. It seems that ants are attacking and killing people and Detective Sarno is put in charge of the case, only to discover that these ants have a host.
Director: Neill Fearnley
Writer: Billy Brown, Dan Angel
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#2 - Good Harvest
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/28/2000
Without asking Bill first, Cynthia invites one of his writing rivals, P.F. O'Horgan, over for dinner. Cynthia and Grandma Lucy are immediately warm to the man, while Bill is still suspicious for the larger part of the evening. However, he and O'Horgan eventually warm up to each other- at least for the evening. Meanwhile, Bill starts writing a new story for a literary magazine that's reminiscent of the old tale 'The Lottery.' A blind girl in a country town starts to have horrible visions left over from when she was able see.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: David Goldsmith
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#3 - Upgrade
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/2000
Much to his horror, Cynthia replaces Bill's typewriter with a computer. The new technology in his life leads Bill to write a story about a nineteenth century home that is renovated to bring it up to the twenty-first century. Trouble is, the house doesn't want to be changed.
Director: Neill Fearnley
Writer: Bradley Thompson, David Weddle
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#4 - The Cure
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/2000
Bill fears that he's dying and starts to try and live his life fully before he expires. His meeting with a doctor spawns a new story about a boy that's confined to his room from sickness and starts to see horrible things taking place in the house next door.
Director: Neill Fearnley
Writer: Harry Dunn
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#5 - Call Of The Wild
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/18/2000
Cynthia's former boyfriend and his new wife invites the Fearings on a fishing trip, triggering a story in Bill's mind about three salesmen on a hunting trip being stalked by a menacing, unseen force.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Bradley Thompson, David Weddle
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#6 - Two Faces
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/2/2000
After Lenore tells two of her friends two different things, Bill is inspired to write a story about a man that thinks he's dating identical twins. However, one twin claims that her sister is dead and the other claims that her sister is crazy. Meanwhile, an agent from Regency Artists tries to get Bill to leave his current representative, Ann, and sign with them.
Director: James Head
Writer: Harry Dunn, Rachel Manija Brown
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#7 - Gentleman Caller
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired Unknown
After Grandma Lucy starts dating a man named Harold, Cynthia finds herself not only jealous but suspicious of his motives. This inspires Bill to write a story about a young woman who suspects that there's something odd about the man that her mother starts seeing.
Director: Joseph Patrick Finn
Writer: George Melrod
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#8 - Come To Papa
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired Unknown
Bill believes that one of his students, Stacy Hancock, is interested in having more than just a student/teacher relationship. Meanwhile, Bill writes a story about a writer who comes face to face with the ghost of Papa Hemingway while looking for inspiration.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Harry Dunn
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#9 - Will
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired Unknown
Bill watches a dog and gets inspiration for a story about a deadly inheritance.
Director: James Head
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Maximum Security
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired Unknown
Bill writes a story about a robbery.
Director: Tony Westman
Writer: N/A
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#11 - The Fortunate One
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired Unknown
Inspired by Cynthia practicing feng shui, Bill writes a story about fortune cookies.
Director: James Head
Writer: N/A
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#12 - Intruder
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired Unknown
Bill writes a new novel about a house intruder, while things change in his own household.
Director: Mark Sobel
Writer: Lisa Klink, Ethan Lawrence
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#13 - On the Road
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired Unknown
As Bill tries to teach Lenore all about his car and how to drive a stick shift, he finds inspiration for a new story in which a woman on a road trip starts receiving threatening calls on her cell phone.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: Billy Brown, Dan Angel, David Weddle, Bradley Thompson
The Best Episodes of The Fearing Mind Season 1
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Bill Fearing, a famous writer of suspense thrillers, gets his ideas from things that happen in his family. When he gets an idea, the viewers...
Genre:Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:ABC Family
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Sweet Meat" is the best rated episode of "The Fearing Mind" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Neill Fearnley and written by Billy Brown, Dan Angel, it aired on 10/21/2000. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Good Harvest".