- 9.0/102 votes
#1 - The Wall (1)
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/1997
The paper reveals that the U.S. president will be murdered during his upcoming visit to Chicago - by Gary.
Director: Michael Dinner
Writer: Bob Brush
- 8.5/102 votes
#3 - Halloween
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1998
Gary is abducted by two witches that he saved from a fire. The witches believe that Gary is a warlock, and that Gary can help them free their sister who has been locked up for close to 200 years.
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: Bob Brush
- 8.5/102 votes
#4 - Nest Egg
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1998
To his surprise, Gary runs into his mother in the middle of Chicago. Later he shadows her and sees her drinking champagne with a strange man. Gary first suspects an affair, but learns that the stranger has tricked her into investing in a fictive company.
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: Bob Brush
- 7.6/105 votes
#5 - The Choice
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1996
Gary must choose between stopping a fatal plane crash or saving the life of one girl.
Director: Michael Dinner
Writer: Bob Brush
- 7.5/102 votes
#6 - Faith
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/26/1997
Gary and Chuck wait on a bridge to help a man who will be run over by a car, but they don't realize that the man is Gary, who is knocked unconscious. At he hospital, Gary meets a girl named Rachel, who is waiting for a compatible heart. Rachel questions Gary about his beliefs in God, a role the paper imposes him to play after announcing that Rachel will find a heart - from a young boy killed in a hold-up. Now Gary must choose between ignoring the boy and letting Rachel live or saving the boy, at the cost of Rachel's life.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Bob Brush
- 7.5/102 votes
#7 - Dad
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/3/1997
Gary's father, Bernie, temporarily moves in with his son after his wife kicks him out. After learning about the paper, and enjoying helping others, Bernie decides to stay permanently.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: Bob Brush
- 7.4/105 votes
#8 - Baby
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1996
Gary helps Chuck deliver twins in an elevator after Chicago has a blackout due to Gary's inability to stop street workers to keep a water pump turned off. Meanwhile, Gary keeps chasing for a mysterious blonde woman while his ex-wife attempts to get back together.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: Bob Brush
- 7.3/103 votes
#9 - Hoops
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1996
Gary tries to stop a popular basket-baller with a medical condition from risking his life on the court.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Bob Brush
- 7.3/103 votes
#10 - Christmas
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/1996
Gary has to stop a bomb from killing 20 ice skaters on a park. He goes to Det. Crumb for help, who still doesn't quite believe Gary. The headline on the paper changes to a department store, but still the bomber seems to be ahead of them. Meanwhile, Chuck is arrested for not paying 106 parking tickets. In his cell there's a man who thinks he's Santa, and he convinces Chuck to escape from jail and steal a car to deliver the gifts.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Brush
- 7.3/103 votes
#11 - Frostbit
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/1997
It's 20 below zero in Chicago but Gary still has to rescue people around the city, even if the paper doesn't bring any important news. Plus, Chuck temporarily moves in to Gary's place after the heat in his place goes down, which is just another reason for Gary to be out of the house. He keeps running into a homeless kid, who is later featured in paper saying he froze to death. Now Gary has to find the kid, who got stuck under a pipe of an abandoned building. They both get locked there after the door is blocked, and now they rely on Chuck to save them from freezing to death.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Brush
- 7.2/105 votes
#12 - Thief Swipes Mayor's Dog
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1996
Lottery fever grips Chicago with the jackpot climbing every night. Meanwhile, Gary tries to understand why someone would want to steal the Mayor's dog.
Director: Susan Seidelman
Writer: Bob Brush
- 7.1/107 votes
#13 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1996
After being kicked out of his house by his wife, Gary Hobson is forced to move into a hotel room. It's a regular Monday morning - apart from a mysterious newspaper that is delivered to his door by an even more mysterious orange cat. At first, Gary doesn't pay much attention to the newspaper but, after a while, he realises that it isn't a regular newspaper, it's tomorrow's.
Director: Michael Dinner
Writer: Bob Brush