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Now and Again

TV·1999–2000·1 season, 22 episodes·CBS·Drama, Science-Fiction·1h·7.3·Created by Glenn Gordon Caron

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A salesman is brought back from the dead by a secret government project. The man's body is inserted into a specially designed superhuman body and he is sent on secret missions for the government to test his abilities. However, he is forbidden to make contact with his old family... a temptation he finds irresistible.

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  1. 01Now and Again S01E19There Are No WordsS01E19 · 8.0Theo becomes alarmed when he learns that a virus-like plague is spreading across the country that eats words from books, leaving the pages blank, and that he may be the cause.
  2. 02Now and Again S01E15Deep in My Heart is a SongS01E15 · 7.3In flashbacks, Michael passes out at a railroad crossing and is taken to a hospital. Meanwhile, in the present, Michael experiences a violent seizure and Theo fears that the body he built is rejecting Michael's brain. To further complicate matters, the senator in charge of Theo's funding is set to visit the next day.
  3. 03Now and Again S01E08Pulp TurkeyS01E08 · 7.0Lisa and Heather receive some unexpected guests for Thanksgiving dinner, including Michael and Theo, and jewel thieves who are after a historic pin in Roger's possession.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode22Episodes1999–00Aired 6.7Season avg
  1. S01E01Now and Again S01E01OriginsSeptember 24, 1999 6.3A secret Government agency "harvests" a man's brain after he is involved in a tragic accident and transplants it into an "omnipotent" body.
  2. S01E02Now and Again S01E02On the TownOctober 1, 1999 6.7Michael escapes and breaks into his former insurance firm to see Roger. He persuades Roger to take him to see Lisa---who is preparing for he
  3. S01E03Now and Again S01E03Over EasyOctober 8, 1999 6.3An Asian terrorist threatens to release a deadly nerve gas in New York City if he is not given $10 million. Michael is chosen to be the cour
  4. S01E04Now and Again S01E04One for the MoneyOctober 15, 1999 6.7Michael is told by Theo that he must travel to Hong Kong, along with a Government assassin, and "eliminate" a former U.S. spy who is now sel
  5. S01E05Now and Again S01E05The Insurance Man Always Rings TwiceOctober 22, 1999 6.3When Michael learns that Lisa must sell her house because she is broke, he tries to persuade Spence to pay her the insurance money she is en
  6. S01E06Now and Again S01E06Nothing to Fear, but Nothing to FearNovember 5, 1999 6.7Michael must stop a man from spreading a drug that makes its recipients absolutely fearless even to the point of death. Meanwhile, Lisa work
  7. S01E07Now and Again S01E07A Girl's LifeNovember 12, 1999 6.7Michael isn't too thrilled when he learns that his next assignment involves jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. Meanwhile, Heath
  8. S01E08Now and Again S01E08Pulp TurkeyNovember 19, 1999 7.0Lisa and Heather receive some unexpected guests for Thanksgiving dinner, including Michael and Theo, and jewel thieves who are after a histo
  9. S01E09Now and Again S01E09By the Light of the MoonNovember 26, 1999 6.7Michael gets a new, temporary doctor to help Theo turn Michael into a warrior, after Theo's superiors tell him they are unhappy with his pro
  10. S01E10Now and Again S01E10I've Grown Accustomed to His FaceDecember 17, 1999 7.0Michael is kidnapped by a group headed by a mysterious man, Isley, who knows Michael died and was brought back to life by Theo. Meanwhile, I
  11. S01E11Now and Again S01E11Fire and IceJanuary 7, 2000 6.3Theo becomes attracted to a beautiful scientist, but he gets tongue tied whenever he tries to speak to her. Meanwhile, a woman is reduced to
  12. S01E12Now and Again S01E12Disco InfernoJanuary 14, 2000 6.3Theo and Michael investigate when a man is reduced to a pile of ashes after being struck by a blinding white light in his office. Meanwhile,
  13. S01E13Now and Again S01E13I Am the GreatestJanuary 28, 2000 6.7Theo suspects that a boxing champ is really an escaped Army private who was biologically altered by the Government following a nerve-gas acc
  14. S01E14Now and Again S01E14Film at ElevenFebruary 11, 2000 7.0Theo becomes upset when Michael is caught on bank cameras rescuing hostages after a robbery. Meanwhile, the Pentagon announces it's reviewin
  15. S01E15Now and Again S01E15Deep in My Heart is a SongFebruary 18, 2000 7.3In flashbacks, Michael passes out at a railroad crossing and is taken to a hospital. Meanwhile, in the present, Michael experiences a violen
  16. S01E16Now and Again S01E16Everybody Who's AnybodyFebruary 25, 2000 6.7General Irving orders Michael to attend a lavish party at a senator's mansion in order to retrieve incriminating photos of himself with a ho
  17. S01E17Now and Again S01E17Boy WonderMarch 10, 2000 7.0A boy witnesses Michael performing a superhuman deed while stopping terrorists from interrupting international peace talks and believes he's
  18. S01E18Now and Again S01E18Lizzard's TaleMarch 31, 2000 6.7An old friend of Theo's tries to get him to go into business, but the friend's line of work happens to be illegally obtaining and selling hu
  19. S01E19Now and Again S01E19Season's bestThere Are No WordsApril 14, 2000 8.0Theo becomes alarmed when he learns that a virus-like plague is spreading across the country that eats words from books, leaving the pages b
  20. S01E20Now and Again S01E20The BugmeisterApril 21, 2000 6.7Michael gets bitten by a deadly mosquito carrying the encephalitis virus. What's bugging Theo, however, is how the insect got to Michael mon
  21. S01E21Now and Again S01E21The Bugmeister, Part BeeApril 28, 2000 6.0As news of the insect-related deaths begins to spread, Heather realizes her friend at the museum may be connected to them, and with Lisa's h
  22. S01E22Now and Again S01E22The Eggman ComethMay 5, 2000 6.5The Asian terrorist known as the Eggman plots his escape from prison---and his revenge against Michael; Lisa learns that Michael wasn't kill

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