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7.2/1027 votes#1 - Searching for Boris Karloff [a.k.a. She's Alive II]
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1996
The guys take a trip through time to compare notes with Dr. Frankenstein about his creation, but the good doc only has eyes for Lisa...and her power source.
Director: Tom Spezialy
Writer: Chris Black
- 6.2/1033 votes
#2 - Men in Tights
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1996
Lisa's spell goes awry when she zaps Wyatt and Chett into The Yankee Dudes, a powerful wrestling team. They become a top pair of wrestlers in the pro-wrestling world and must face the German wrestler, Der Blitzkrieger.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1025 votes
#3 - Puppet Love
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1996
Gary's having fun meeting girls online. He's made an especially good friend named Cori. Wyatt and Lisa thinks that Gary needs to actually meet her in person, so they pose as Gary and ask her out on a real life date. Gary can't believe that they did this and he can't go out on the date. He's told Cori that he looks like a magazine model and even sent her a scanned photo of a model to go along. Lisa solves his problem by creating a handsome puppet Gary that looks exactly like a magazine model. Gary can control the puppet while it goes on the date with Cori. Gary has fun until he finds out that Cori really likes the puppet, in fact she likes him more than the real Gary.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: Kari Lizer
- 6.2/1025 votes
#4 - Chett-A-Nator
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/1996
The alien race known as Steve kidnapps Chett and replaces him with an Chett look-alike android. The alien race known as Steve wants Lisa for their queen and has Android Chett kidnap her. Lisa objects to being queen because that would mean that her job would be to procreate and keep the dog-face alien race known as Steve populated. Wyatt and Gary now need to rescue Lisa and Chett. Unfortunately, the alien race known as Steve have their own weapon- Isaac the Bartender from ""The Love Boat.""
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Adam Barr, Peter Ocko
- 6.0/1027 votes
#5 - Phantom Scampi
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/1996
In order to get Principal Scampi off of his back for a while, Wyatt shoots him with a buddy dart. The dart makes Principal Scampi Wyatt's new best friend. When Wyatt gets sick of hanging around with the principal, he decides it's time to break up the relationship. Principal Scampi then becomes Phantom Scampi. Phantom Scampi lives in Farber High and secretly protects Wyatt.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1025 votes
#6 - Grumpy Old Genie
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/1996
There's a hacker in town. This hacker has made changes to Lisa's files, replacing her face with a picture of Abe Vigoda. Now that Lisa no longer has her body, people aren't as nice to her and pretty much just ignore her. Lisa solves the problem by making everyone in the world think that old men are the sexiest things on the planet. Now all the kids at Farber High are bringing old men to the Homecoming dance instead of hot dates. Wyatt's on a mission to find the computer hacker and get Lisa looking like her usual self.
Director: Win Phelps
Writer: Jim Lincoln
- 6.6/1034 votes
#7 - Funhouse of Death
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/24/1996
While at a carnival, Gary and Wyatt see a hot girl, Valerie, and have a falling out when they fight over her. Lisa zaps the boys into the carnival funhouse and leaves them there until they can stop fighting. They have fun opening mysterious doors trying to find Valerie, and Wyatt seems to get all the good ones- he even gets a puppy out of it. In the end, the guys both get dissed by Valerie as she chooses an evil funhouse clown over the both of them.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1026 votes
#8 - It Takes a Geek
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/1996
Lisa gets trapped inside of Principal Scampi's computer. In order to get Lisa back, Wyatt and Gary need to steal the computer. They enlist the help of Chett and create a plan to break in and get the computer.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Chris Black
- 5.9/1023 votes
#9 - Slow Times at Farber High
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/1996
Gary screws up yet again. This time he has sucked all of the intellignce from everyone at Farber High, using a magic brain vacuum. The brain power from the students forms into a giant orb that wants to take over the world. Gary must outwit the wit of every single student at Farber High.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1022 votes
#10 - Chett World
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/1996
Mr. Donnelly gives Chett the boot and kicks him out of the house until he can find a job. Unfortunately for Chett, there's nothing that he's qualified to do. Wyatt asks Lisa to zap up ""A Man's Man's World"" and creates a monster truck-cigar-jerky-paintball store, since those are the only thing that Chett's any good at. Chett gets a job at the store, working for Mickey and Rhett, who strangely resemble rats. In fact, they are rats. Lisa accidentally turned Rhett and Mickey, two alley rats, into humans. The bad news is that the rats plan to wipe out the human race by using the plot from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Chett, not really realizing what's going on, aids them in their quest.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1024 votes
#11 - By the Time We Got to Woodstock
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 3/23/1996
After Gary and Wyatt wish that they could time travel, the wish goes bad and they end up stuck in 1969 along with Lisa. After six months of being in the past, they realize that Lisa can't remember anything. She thinks that she's a hippie on her way to Woodstock. Wyatt and Gary need to get across the country and fix Lisa's memory or be stuck in the hippie age. Wyatt, Gary, and Chett all go on a road trip across the country, even meeting the future president.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1025 votes
#12 - You'll Never Eat Brains in This Town Again
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 3/30/1996
Wyatt and Gary are making a film entitled ""Night of the Blood-Sucking Zombie Sophomores."" Lisa even zaps up a couple of real rotting zombies to act in the movie. Everything is running smoothly until the zombies decide it's time for lunch and want to eat Principal Scampi's brain.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1027 votes
#13 - Demon Lisa
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 4/6/1996
On Halloween Lisa gets possessed by Cyber-Demon, an evil creature from the bad side of the internet. Now Cyber-Demon has complete control of Lisa and her powers. Not to mention the fact that the evil demon is sucking everyone's brain juice to feed itself. Now the only person that can help Gary and Wyatt is the mysterious ""Repairman.""
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Chris Black
- 6.4/1021 votes
#14 - Cyborg Sam I Am
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 4/13/1996
In a box of Chett's old junk, Wyatt finds his old favorite toy, the Cyborg Sam action figure. Apparently, Chett had stolen it many years before. Lisa tries to help Wyatt have fun with his toys again, so she brings Cyborg Sam to life. Wyatt finds that having a man dressed up in a space suit follow him all day doesn't help out his lack of popularity.
Director: Max Tash
Writer: Chris Black
- 7.2/1025 votes
#15 - It's a Wonderful Life... Without You
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 4/27/1996
Lisa zaps Wyatt out of existence to see what life would have been without him...and it doesn't seem too bad.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Kari Lizer
6.6/1024 votes#16 - Lisa's Childhood Memories
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 5/4/1996
The guys download a family for Lisa, complete with a warrior princess mom and an American Gladiator boyfriend.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Chris Black
- 7.7/1026 votes
#17 - Lisarella
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 5/11/1996
When Gary makes a wish under his breath to try eyeliner, Lisa overhears, but mistakenly hears that he wishes he could fly a jet liner. So Lisa zaps the boys into a plane, but when neither of them know how to land it, she saves the day. However, Lisa is not allowed to be seen by everyone, so Gary and Wyatt get all of the credit for the landing. The President would also like to throw a ball in their honor and present them with an award. Since the ball is high profile, they leave Lisa at home and head off. Lisa is hurt by the fact that the guys won't even allow her to attend, but she decides to go to the ball anyway. She meets the President and they fall in love. Unfortunately, the President doesn't seem to have enough time in his schedule for Lisa. So it's up to the boys to talk to the President one on one and fix Lisa's broken heart.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1025 votes
#18 - Family Affair
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 5/18/1996
Gary starts dating Jenny Dreeson. Unfortunately, there's always a problem. Jenny's whole family hates Gary. Gary makes a wish that the Dreeson family loved him. The wish doesn't turn out as planned when all the members of the Dreeson family decide that they now want to date Gary. Gary's happy to oblige, and doesn't even realize the fact that dating an entire family isn't the best idea ever. Meanwhile, Chett gets to meet his future self, Robo-Chett.
Director: Alan Cross
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1030 votes
#19 - Gary and Wyatt's Bloodsucking Adventure
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 6/1/1996
Gary, Wyatt, and Lisa all decide to go clubbing after hours and become ""creatures of the night."" Lisa turns them all into cool vampires, except the fact that they crave Yoo-Hoo instead of blood. Being vampires gives the guys new powers. They now have the ability to hypnotize people, which they enjoy using on cute women. The night turns out to be not so great when they find themselves with a real group of bloodsucking vampires. Principal Scampi and Chett are determined to stop the vampires and become vampire hunters.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: Kari Lizer
- 6.0/1025 votes
#20 - It's a Mob, Mob, Mob, Mob World
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 6/15/1996
Wyatt is sick of his parents not paying any attention to him, so he wishes that his family could be closer and have better family values. Lisa's plan backfires and creates an world in which Wyatt has a family with very strong ties to each other- a family similar to that of the ""Godfather."" In this world, Wyatt Donnellis and his family are the masters of the Homeowners Association. They fix neighborhood Little League games and take kickbacks from children's lemonade stands. However, trouble is in store when Al Wallace tries to take on the Donnellis family. Gary and Wyatt find themselves against each other in the war.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Jim Lincoln
- 6.5/1026 votes
#21 - Strange Daze
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 6/22/1996
Lisa gives the school a technological upgrade to fufill Wyatt's wish. Unfortunately, Gary and Wyatt end up in a bad sci-fi movie plot from the 80's. In this school, zombie teenagers are having their hormones taken away by Future Scampi. Gary and Wyatt are considered outlaws and are hunted down by the team of hall monitors that Scampi has assembled.
Director: Tom Spezialy
Writer: Alan Cross, Tom Spezialy
- 6.3/1025 votes
#22 - Community Property
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 6/29/1996
Gary and Wyatt are fighting over the use of Lisa. Lisa gets annoyed by the fighting over her and decides to let the boys battle it out in court. Genie Cyber-Court, that is. The winner of the case wins the genie. Gary and Wyatt choose their own lawyers. Gary choosing B.F. Jackie (similar to Cockran), while Wyatt chooses Abe Lincoln. Both lawyers argue out each of their client's side. However, neither Gary nor Wyatt are found to be suitable to be awarded custody of Lisa, so she will be broken down the Internet will be given custody of her.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1024 votes
#23 - Master Chett
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 7/6/1996
After receiving too many memory-wipes from Lisa, Chett develops a brain callous that no longer allows his memory to be erased. This allows Chett to know about Lisa and the fact that she's a magical genie. Of course Chett wants to do harm instead of good. He immediately tries to lie, bully, and buy his way into getting his very own genie from the guys. Unfortunately, instead of a genie, he gets a nice ride to the insane asylum.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1026 votes
#24 - Pirates!
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 7/13/1996
Wyatt gets the lead role in ""Jolly Roger,"" the school musical. Wyatt has a crush on his leading lady, Jessica, unfortunately she doesn't return his feelings. Lisa tries to make her feel differently, but magic goes awry, and the musical is brought to reality. Now the entire high school is filled with singing pirates and their prisoner, Principal Scampi. Not to mention the fact that they choose a new King, Chett. Not too long after the pirates are discovered, they break out of school in their ship and go about town singing and dancing.
Director: Tom Spezialy
Writer: Adam Barr, Peter Ocko
- 6.4/1023 votes
#25 - Swallow 13
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 8/3/1996
Chett swallows a very rare invitation (complete with directions) to an underground rave. So, Lisa miniaturizes herself, Gary, Wyatt, and a space ship. They take a ride inside of Chett in hopes of getting the directions back. Just as in ""Fantastic Voyage,"" Lisa, Wyatt, and Gary get to see way too much of Chett... The complete inside of him. However, during the trip, Chett's girlfriend Sharon breaks up with him, and Wyatt gets Post Miniaturization Stress-Syndrome, causing him to go mad. Wyatt tries to ruin the plans of the mission, and the ship ends up running out of oxygen. Lisa and Gary need stone cold Chett to cry, or else be trapped inside his body with no air.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Jim Lincoln
The Best Episodes of Weird Science Season 4
Every episode of Weird Science Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Weird Science Season 4!
Gary Wallace, a teenager who dreams of beautiful women and a cheerful life, and his only friend, the shy and geek Wyatt Donnelly, always serve...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyComedy
Network:USA Network
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Searching for Boris Karloff [a.k.a. She's Alive II]" is the best rated episode of "Weird Science" season 4. It scored 7.2/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by Tom Spezialy and written by Chris Black, it aired on 1/6/1996. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Men in Tights".