Weird Science
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USA Network Ended Comedy • Science-Fiction
5 Seasons · 88 Episodes · Premiered March 5, 1994 · Ended July 25, 1998
Weird Science is a show based on the 1985 John Hughes movie of the same name. High school geeks Wyatt Donnelly and Gary Wallace create their dream girl, a magical genie named Lisa, on Wyatt's computer. Having a genie leads up to five seasons of unique adventures for the guys.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
13 episodes
E01
She's Alive
Sat, Mar 5 1994 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Teen nerds Gary and Wyatt create a computerized dream woman called Lisa; Lisa's magic sends Wyatt's brother to hell.
E02
Universal Remote
Sat, Mar 12 1994 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary wishes for a remote control that he can use to skip past the boring parts of his daily life. However, he becomes stuck in a time loop.
E03
Cyrano De Brainiac
Sat, Mar 19 1994 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary wishes for "the mind of Albert Einstein" to impress a smart girl at school, so Lisa conjures up the physicist's brain to help him.
E04
Magnifico Dad
Sat, Mar 26 1994 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary's wish for a birthday present for his mother results in his father being transformed into a hunk.
E05
The Feminine Mistake
Sat, Apr 9 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary asks Lisa to teach him more about how to talk to women, but it backfires. She then transforms both Gary and Wyatt to women to make them understand how women feel.
E06
Airball Kings
Sat, Apr 16 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa convinces the coach that the boys are great basketball players, even though their skills are less than adequate.
E07
Party High, U.S.A.
Sat, Apr 23 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary wishes that his school classes were relevant to his interests, so Lisa turns Farber High into a party school.
E08
One Size Fits All
Sat, Apr 30 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
To impress a female fitness freak, Lisa zaps up a zip-on muscle suit for the boys.
E09
Keeps on Tickin
Sat, May 7 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The boys receive magic watches that count down to important events. They're shocked to find the watches count down to Wyatt's death and the loss of Gary's virginity.
E10
Mr. President
Sat, May 14 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Wyatt wishes to be president of the school chess club, but instead he becomes the President of the United States.
E11
Fatal Lisa
Sat, May 21 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary wishes for Lisa to fall in love with him, but she falls for Wyatt instead, turning into an obsessive psycho.
E12
Killer Party
Sat, May 28 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
To Wyatt's horror and Gary's delight, Lisa transforms their parents into teens.
E13
Sex Ed
Sat, Jun 4 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
When Gary and Wyatt are bored with their sex education class, Lisa livens things up by becoming the teacher.
Season 2
13 episodes
E01
Lisa's Virus
Sat, Aug 6 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary accidentally infects Lisa's computer program with a virus and the boys need to deal with the consequences.
E02
The Bazooka Boys
Sat, Aug 13 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa makes bubble gum clones of Gary and Wyatt, which plot to take over their lives.
E03
The Most Dangerous Wish
Sat, Aug 20 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
To get revenge on the boys for taking her for granted, Lisa brings a video game villain to life.
E04
Wyatt Erectus
Sat, Aug 27 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa tries to bring out Wyatt's "killer edge" in wrestling, and turns him into a caveman.
E05
Tale of Two Lisas
Sat, Sep 10 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
When Gary and Wyatt argue over control of Lisa, she splits herself into two genies.
E06
Nightmare on Chett Street
Sat, Sep 17 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa creates a dream travel machine and Gary becomes trapped in Chett's subconscious.
E07
Magic for Beginners
Sat, Sep 24 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
With Lisa's help, Wyatt and Gary perform a magic act so that they can take part in and win a talent contest.
E08
Copper Top Girl
Sat, Oct 1 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
When Wyatt can't find a date for Gary, Lisa conjures up one without Wyatt's knowledge and Wyatt begins dating the robot.
E09
Switched at Birth
Sat, Oct 8 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa helps Gary and Wyatt trade places when the pair become jealous of each other, but their new parents cause trouble.
E10
Camp Wannabe
Sat, Oct 15 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary and Wyatt try to improve their love lives by having Lisa send them back in time to 1986 summer camp.
E11
Circuit Courtship
Sat, Oct 22 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa creates a supercomputer for Gary and Wyatt that anticipates their every need, but when it falls for Lisa, the boys are in danger.
E12
Chett Reborn
Sat, Oct 29 1994 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa turns Chett into a baby and Wyatt tries to raise him to be nice.
E13
Unplugged
Sat, Nov 5 1994 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary and Wyatt form a band called "MegaHurtz" and learn some hurtful lessons about the music biz.
Season 3
18 episodes
E01
Earth Boys Are Easy
Sat, Apr 8 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
After Chett breaks up with his girlfriend, Lisa finds him a new woman, who turns out to be an alien who eats her mates.
E02
Horseradish
Sat, Apr 15 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary forgets Lisa's new password, leaving her locked out of the computer without her powers.
E03
Grampira
Sat, Apr 22 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Wyatt wishes for his grandmother to spend a day with the energy of a young person, but she gains this energy by sucking it from any young person she touches.
E04
Rock Hard Chett
Sat, Apr 29 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Chett becomes a superhero after Lisa accidentally makes him invincible.
E05
Lucky Suit
Sat, May 6 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
When Gary becomes convinced Wyatt's father is successful because of a lucky suit, Wyatt lends his dad's suit to Gary's father to prove a point.
E06
Gary Wallace: Boy Reporter
Sat, May 13 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary joins the school newspaper to get close to a girl and Lisa gives him a pen in which anything he writes about becomes true.
E07
Hot Wheels
Sat, May 27 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa transforms Wyatt's car into a sleek, sexy talking car named "Nadine," with whom both the boys literally fall in love.
E08
Bikini Camp Slasher
Sat, Jun 3 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa and the boys become trapped in a horror movie, where they must depend on Gary's encyclopedic knowledge of slasher movie conventions to keep them alive.
E09
What Genie?
Sat, Jun 10 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa becomes a slave to Wyatt's greedy friend, who reprograms Lisa and forces her to erase the boys' memories of her.
E10
Sci-Fi Zoned
Sat, Jun 17 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa zaps Wyatt and Gary into "The Sci-Fi Zone," the boys' favorite TV show, after the pair break off their friendship following an argument.
E11
The Wyatt Brief
Sat, Jun 24 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
A glimpse into the future shows Wyatt that he is destined to steal Gary's prom date. To turn the girl off, Lisa gives him Chett's personality.
E12
Free Gary
Sat, Jul 1 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa helps Gary and Wyatt become Baywatch lifeguards, but the job doesn't turn out as planned.
E13
Quantum Wyatt
Sat, Jul 15 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
To test out possible careers, Lisa gives Wyatt a box of magic chocolates that leap him into the bodies of various professionals.
E14
Fly Boy
Sat, Jul 22 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary is spotted using a pair of flying shoes Lisa created, bringing FBI agents Scolder and Molly to town to investigate rumors of the paranormal.
E15
Teen Lisa
Sat, Jul 29 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa and the boys trade lives, with Lisa becoming a homely teenager and Gary and Wyatt becoming incompetent genies.
E16
Dead Can Dance
Sat, Aug 5 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
When Chett meets the ghost of a 12th Century ancestor, he travels back in time to be a warrior.
E17
The Legend of Red Brick Wallace
Sat, Aug 12 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa transports Gary and Wyatt back to the Old West to watch Gary's great great grandfather, Red Brick Wallace, defeat a gang of desperadoes with his bare hands.
E18
Spies 'R' Us
Sat, Sep 9 1995 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary overloads Lisa's virtual reality spy game and turns Farber High into a real life James Bond adventure.
Season 4
26 episodes
E01
Searching for Boris Karloff [a.k.a. She's Alive II]
Sat, Jan 6 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa introduces the boys to Dr Frankenstein, but finds herself the center of an experiment as Dr Frankenstein seeks a perfect woman.
E02
Men in Tights
Sat, Jan 13 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Wyatt and Chett become tag-team wrestlers when an accidental zap pits them against a maniacal gladiator. Meanwhile, King Kong Bundy develops a crush on Lisa.
E03
Puppet Love
Sat, Jan 20 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa creates a puppet of Gary's on-line persona for his first date with his cyber girlfriend.
E04
Chett-A-Nator
Sat, Jan 27 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Chett is abducted by aliens and replaced by an unstoppable android whose mission is to capture Lisa and make her the unsavory aliens' new "queen".
E05
Phantom Scampi
Sat, Feb 3 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
With a buddy dart, Principal Scampi becomes Wyatt's best friend. After Wyatt tires of him, he becomes a school phantom sworn to protect Wyatt.
E06
Grumpy Old Genie
Sat, Feb 10 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa must deal with the humiliation of not being young and sexy when a hacker replaces her image file with a picture of Abe Vigoda.
E07
Funhouse of Death
Sat, Feb 24 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary and Wyatt compete for the attention of a beautiful girl. To settle the matter, Lisa locks them in a funhouse with a homicidal clown.
E08
It Takes a Geek
Sat, Mar 2 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary and Wyatt enlist Chett's help to rescue Lisa when she is trapped in Principal Scampi's computer.
E09
Slow Times at Farber High
Sat, Mar 9 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa's "Brain Buster" vacuum cleaner develops a mind of it's own after Gary uses it to drain his classmates of their intelligence.
E10
Chett World
Sat, Mar 16 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa gives Chett a job that caters to his interests, but his bosses are hell bent on turning all humans into macho Chett clones.
E11
By the Time We Got to Woodstock
Sat, Mar 23 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
When Gary, Wyatt and Lisa time travel back into 1969, Lisa gets amnesia and believes herself to be a hippie. A stranded Gary and Wyatt try to get to the Woodstock festival to find Lisa, while Chett tries to prevent the downfall of Richard Nixon.
E12
You'll Never Eat Brains in This Town Again
Sat, Mar 30 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Making a horror film becomes truly frightening when Lisa whips up some real zombies.
E13
Demon Lisa
Sat, Apr 6 1996 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa is possessed by the spirit of a computer demon trying to escape cyberspace and take over the world.
E14
Cyborg Sam I Am
Sat, Apr 13 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa brings Wyatt's favorite toy action figure Cyborg Sam to life.
E15
It's a Wonderful Life... Without You
Sat, Apr 27 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Wyatt and Lisa see what life would have been like if Wyatt had never been born, only to find that the wish has wiped them both out of existence.
E16
Lisa's Childhood Memories
Sat, May 4 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The guys download a family for Lisa, complete with a warrior princess mom and an American Gladiator boyfriend.
E17
Lisarella
Sat, May 11 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa sneaks in to a ball to meet the President of the United States, and winds up falling in love with him.
E18
Family Affair
Sat, May 18 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary wishes that his girlfriend's family liked him, but they wind up liking him a little too much; Lisa tries to scare Chett out of his smoking habit.
E19
Gary & Wyatt's Bloodsucking Adventure
Sat, Jun 1 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
To be cool enough for an exclusive club, Lisa, Gary and Wyatt become harmless vampires, but they do not realize the club is full of real vampires.
E20
It's a Mob, Mob, Mob, Mob World
Sat, Jun 15 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Wyatt has to put the "good" back into goodfella after Lisa grants his wish for a closer family by turning the Donnellys into a mob clan.
E21
Strange Daze
Sat, Jun 22 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
When Lisa grants Wyatt's request for a technologically advanced school, she creates a futuristic dystopia.
E22
Community Property
Sat, Jun 29 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
After an argument, Gary and Wyatt go to court to see who will get custody of Lisa.
E23
Master Chett
Sat, Jul 6 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Chett develops an immunity to Lisa's power to erase memories, leaving him permanently aware that she is a magic genie.
E24
Pirates!
Sat, Jul 13 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa's spell brings a pirate musical to life, and Chett becomes the leader of a band of bloodthirsty singing and disco dancing pirates.
E25
Swallow 13
Sat, Aug 3 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
After Chett swallows an invitation to a rave, Lisa miniaturizes herself, Gary and Wyatt and the three of them travel through Chett's body à la Fantastic Voyage (1966).
E26
Strangers in Paradise
Sat, Aug 10 1996 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa and Chett are stranded together on a desert island in the Bermuda Triangle, where magic powers do not work.
Season 5
18 episodes
E01
I Dream of Gene
Sun, Jan 5 1997 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Chett gets his first real competition for Lisa when she meets a fellow genie who works for a Texas billionaire.
E02
Girl Talk
Sun, Jan 12 1997 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa becomes friends with a local waitress who tells the world about her after she confides in her.
E03
Boys on the Hide
Sun, Jan 19 1997 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
The boys go on the run when they are falsely accused of defaced Scampi's portrait and turning them into fugitives from the law. Parodies "The Fugitive".
E04
Gary Had a Little Cram
Sun, Jan 26 1997 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary's race to improve his grades to get into college goes off course when his track career kicks into high gear.
E05
Forbidden Janet
Sun, Feb 2 1997 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa creates a machine that brings Wyatt's dream girl to life, but Gary and Chett ruin everything when they steal the device.
E06
Man's Best Friend
Sun, Feb 9 1997 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Touched by Chett's affection for a stray dog, Lisa temporarily turns the dog into a human.
E07
Show Chett
Sun, Feb 16 1997 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
To teach Chett a lesson about treating people as sex objects, Lisa turns him into a male stripper.
E08
Bee In There
Sun, Feb 23 1997 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
In the past, the boys try to mend parental attitudes.
E09
Future Bride
Fri, Mar 7 1997 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Wyatt wishes to meet the girl he is destined to marry; Chett tries to convince Lisa that she is his future mate.
E10
Stalag 16
Fri, Mar 14 1997 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Gary and Wyatt design a great escape plan when Chett and Scampi become trapped inside Lisa's virtual reality game, set in a World War II prison camp.
E11
I, Chettus
Fri, Mar 21 1997 5:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
On a pleasure trip to ancient Rome, Chett alters history.
E12
The Genie Detective
Fri, Apr 11 1997 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Chett and Lisa are trapped in a 1940s detective film noir virtual reality game where you can die.
E13
Magic Comet Ride
Sat, Jul 11 1998 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
A ride on a comet and consultation with a genie master might help Lisa learn more about herself and her powers.
E14
School Spirits
Sat, Jul 11 1998 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa and the guys help the ghosts of Farber High show their school spirit when they scare Scampi out of tearing down their favorite wing.
E15
Wicked Wish
Sat, Jul 18 1998 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa gives Wyatt's mom a magic mirror to make her feel young and beautiful, but the mirror turns her into a vain and evil witch.
E16
Night of the Swingin' Steves
Sat, Jul 18 1998 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Agents Scolder and Molly are back on the case after Lisa files a complaint against those pesky aliens who keep harassing her to breed with them.
E17
Genie Junior
Sat, Jul 25 1998 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa inadvertently gives birth to a junior genie in a misconceived attempt to teach Chett a lesson about responsibility.
E18
WS4
Sat, Jul 25 1998 4:00 PM GMT+0000
30 min
Lisa's efforts to "erase the hate" among students at Farber High result in aliens invading Earth.
Cast
Michael Manasseri
as Wyatt Donnelly
Vanessa Angel
as Lisa
John Asher
as Gary Wallace
Lee Tergesen
as Chett Donnelly
