Season 1

Season 1 (1996)






Episodes List

Ep.1 Unaired Pilot

Air Date: 1996-09-12

This original pilot was turned down by CBS in 1995.

Ep.2 Two

Air Date: 1996-09-12

College professor Gus McClain is framed for his wife's murder by his evil twin, Booth Hubbard.

Ep.3 A.D.

Air Date: 1996-09-19

Upon returning to Seattle to attend Sarah's funeral, Gus discovers that her father, who is a judge, is also convinced of Gus' guilt--and willing to carry out his own justice.

Ep.4 Dream Prisoner

Air Date: 1996-09-26

Gus is captured by a Native American bounty hunter who reconsiders turning him in to the FBI when a dreamlike vision suggests that Gus will soon save his daughter's life.

Ep.5 Many Happy Returns

Air Date: 1996-10-03

With the FBI closing in, Gus takes a hostage: a divorcee who comes to believe his story and decides to help him escape--but Booth intervenes again and frames Gus for her murder.

Ep.6 Black Ops

Air Date: 1996-10-10

Gus becomes entangled with a roguish organization known as ""Black Ops""; and Agent Carter is taken off the McClain case, to be replaced by ""other agencies.""

Ep.7 Russian Hill

Air Date: 1996-10-17

A government official promises to turn Booth in to the FBI and ensure Gus' freedom if Gus agrees to gather evidence against the mob-boss father of the Russian family he's befriended.

Ep.8 Games People Play

Air Date: 1996-10-24

Booth frames Gus again when he trails Agent Carter to her vacation cabin, commits a murder, takes her captive, lures Gus to the scene, and disappears--leaving Gus to prove his innocence before the local sheriff arrives.

Ep.9 Armies of the Night

Air Date: 1996-10-31

Gus is decieved by an undercover FBI agent into believing he's been captured by IRA rebels searching for Booth, who reneged on a supposed weapons deal.

Ep.10 Victoria's Secret

Air Date: 1996-11-07

Gus saves a blind piano teacher from an attempted rape. Fearing for her safety, he files a police report on the incident against her wishes, and arouses suspicions from the FBI.

Ep.11 No Man's Land

Air Date: 1996-11-14

Gus finds a job working in a small-town store but soon discovers that the owner, a retired army officer, is shooting hitchhikers.

Ep.12 Reunion

Air Date: 1996-11-21

Gus is attacked by the abusive estranged husband of Booth's former lover, but when Gus goes on the offensive he finds his target beaten to death--and himself the prime suspect.

Ep.13 Prodigal

Air Date: 1996-11-28

Gus tracks down Booth's foster parents, Virgil and Mariette Nelson, in the hopes of learning more about his evil twin, and stumbles upon evidence that may link them to a kidnapping ring.

Ep.14 Sink or Swim

Air Date: 1996-01-09

Gus sets up a complex ruse to lead Agent Carter to believe that he's been shot and killed by a police officer.

Ep.15 Leap of Faith

Air Date: 1996-01-16

Acting on a tip, Agents Carter and Forbes track Gus to a warehouse where he is working. When Carter is critically injured in the ensuing pursuit, Forbes takes on the case alone.

Ep.16 Prom Night

Air Date: 1996-01-23

While working as a limousine driver, Gus overhears a young girl's murderous plans to avenge the rape of her sister.

Ep.17 The Nun Story

Air Date: 1996-01-30

Gus falls in love with Jill O'Hara, a woman with a secret life that's exposed when they become the target of a psychotic man who blames Jill for losing his girlfriend.

Ep.18 Between the Lines

Air Date: 1997-02-06

It's a case od publish and perish gor Gus when a journalist threatens to issue a book in which Gus admits his guilt ""in his own words.""

Ep.19 Bad Company

Air Date: 1997-02-13

Carter captures Gus, but the arrest is cut short when an escaped murderer and his gang take them both hostage.

Ep.20 The Reckoning

Air Date: 1997-02-20

A Naval colonel, seeking to avenge the murder of his daughter, captures Booth and Gus, knowing that one is innocent and the other must die.

Ep.21 Chain Gang

Air Date: 1997-05-17

Gus is linked up to a chain gang, but escapes with the help of a female inmate. Their fight is cut short, however, when her husband discovers there's a reward for Gus' capture.

Ep.22 Forget Me Not

Air Date: 1997-05-31

Gus turns to a reporter after learning that he's being persued by his employer's murders.

Ep.23 Tale of the Tape

Air Date: 1997-06-07

Gus thinks he can clear his name when he spots a news item linking Booth to a senator who may have mob ties.