Weird Science (1994) - ORBzine TV Review

Michael Manasseri as Wyatt Donnelly

John Mallory Asher as Gary Wallace

Lee Tergesen ( ) as Chett Donnelly

Bruce Jarchow as Principal Scampi

Season 1

This is the spin-off show, with Vanessa Angel as the electronic genie Lisa and Lee Tergesen ( The Collector ) as the thuggish brother played by Bill Paxton in the movie.

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5 Mar 94
She's Alive
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12 Mar 94
Universal Remote

Weird Science [Season 1, Episode 3] Cyrano DeBrainiac
Shown 19 Mar 94
Shown 10th November 2000

Lisa ( Vanessa Angel ) reanimates Albert Einstein's brain. She then falls in love with him. This is a surprising change from the usual On-line relationships are bad, looks are everything crap that TV shows peddle.

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26 Mar 94
Magnifico Dad
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9 Apr 94
The Feminine Mistake
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16 Apr 94
Airball Kings
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23 Apr 94
Party High, USA
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30 Apr 94
One Size Fits All
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7 May 94
Keeps on Tickin
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14 May 94
Mr. President
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21 May 94
Fatal Lisa
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28 May 94
Killer Party
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4 Jun 94
Sex Ed

Season 2

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6 Aug 94
Lisa's Virus
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13 Aug 94
The Bazooka Boys
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20 Aug 94
The Most Dangerous Wish
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27 Aug 94
Wyatt Erectus
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10 Sep 94
Tale of Two Lisas
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17 Sep 94
Nightmare on Chett St.
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24 Sep 94
Magic for Beginners
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 1 Oct 94
Copper Top Girl
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 8 Oct 94
Switched at Birth
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15 Oct 94
Camp Wannabe

Weird Science [Season 2, Episode 11] Circuit Courtship
Shown 22 Oct 94

Lisa ( Vanessa Angel ) creates a super-computer named Hank (voiced by Dwight Schultz - Babylon 5 ).

Weird Science [Season 2, Episode 12] Chett Reborn
Shown 29 Oct 94

Chett (Lee Tergesen - The Collector ) becomes a baby.

Weird Science [Season 2, Episode 13] Unplugged
Shown 5 Nov 94

Weird Science

Weird Science [Season 1 , Episode 2 ]
Shown th 2006 [Wednesday]

This was reviewed in our special supplement Weird Science

Season 3

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 1] Earth Boys Are Easy
Shown 8 Apr 95

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 2] Horseradish
Shown 15 Apr 95

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 3] Grampira
Shown 22 Apr 95

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 4] Rock Hard Chett
Shown 29 Apr 95

Lisa ( Vanessa Angel ) gives Chett (Lee Tergesen - The Collector ) invulnerability. He becomes a hero, calling himself the Star-spangled butt-kicker.

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6 May 95
Lucky Suit
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13 May 95
Gary Wallace: Boy Reporter
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27 May 95
Hot Wheels
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3 Jun 95
Bikini Camp Slasher
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10 Jun 95
What Genie?
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17 Jun 95
Sci-Fi Zoned

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 11] The Wyatt Brief
Shown 24 Jun 95

Wyatt wears his brother's underwear, and becomes aggressive (like his brother Chett) in order to get a girlfriend for the school dance. She happens to be his best friend's girlfriend, but what the hell!

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 12] Free Gary
Shown 1 Jul 95

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 13] Quantum Wyatt
Shown 15 Jul 95

Wyatt eats magic chocolates, and Quantum Leaps into a cop's body.

A pal is framed for stealing comic-book.

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 14] Fly Boy
Shown 22 Jul 95

They get seen using a set of flying boots - FBI Agents Scolder and Molly investigate.

Lisa ( Vanessa Angel ) is outsmarted. Not something that happens very often!

There are several Superman and Dr Strangelove references.

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 15] Teen Lisa
Shown 29 Jul 95

The boys swop places with Lisa ( Vanessa Angel ).

Lisa became freaky new girl (cliche, not logical).

The boys have to think of same thing at same time, how unfair!

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 16] "Dead Can Dance"
Shown 5 Aug 95

They hold a seance, and Chett (Lee Tergesen - The Collector ) summons Daldash Stewart Donnelly (born 1088) - he wears a kilt, and has a very strange accent. Yes, for some reason he speaks english.

Chett gives him a tour. Then they return to the family castle for a battle.

Weird Science [Season 3, Episode 17] Legend of Red Brick Wallace
Shown 12 Aug 95

1895, Chett (Lee Tergesen - The Collector ) is the sheriff.

Weird Science [Season 3 Episode 18] Spies 'R' Us
Shown 9 Sep 95

The title is a reference to the film Spies Like Us , which was the first real role for Vanessa Angel . This ep also has a Bond-style teaser and title sequence.

The McGuffin is a VR machine, and the villain is Principal Scampi.

Season 4

Weird Science [Season 4, Episode 1] Searching for Boris Karloff [a.k.a. She's Alive II]
Shown 6 Jan 96

Dr Frankenstein (Gerrit Graham - Now And Again ).

Weird Science [Season 4, Episode 2] Men in Tights
Shown 13 Jan 96

Wyatt and Chett (Lee Tergesen - The Collector ) are wrestlers, versus Brian Thompson ( X-Files ) and Michael Duncan Clark ( Green Mile ).

Weird Science [Season 4, Episode 3] Puppet Love
Shown 20 Jan 96

Gary wants to meet his online GF. He is nervous, so they make a radio-controlled man-puppet.

Weird Science [Season 4, Episode 4] Chett-A-Nator
Shown 27 Jan 96

They build a chet-a-nator, to save the world from aliens named Steve.

Now they have a spare Chett (Lee Tergesen - The Collector ).

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3 Feb 96
Phantom Scampi
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10 Feb 96
Grumpy Old Genie
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24 Feb 96
Funhouse of Death
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2 Mar 96
It Takes a Geek
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9 Mar 96
Slow Times at Farber High
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16 Mar 96
Chett World
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23 Mar 96
By the Time We Got to Woodstock
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30 Mar 96
You'll Never Eat Brains in This Town Again
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6 Apr 96
Demon Lisa
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13 Apr 96
Cyborg Sam I Am
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27 Apr 96
It's a Wonderful Life... Without You
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4 May 96
Lisa's Childhood Memories
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11 May 96
Lisarella
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18 May 96
Family Affair
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1 Jun 96
Gary and Wyatt's Bloodsucking Adventure
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15 Jun 96
It's a Mob, Mob, Mob, Mob World
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22 Jun 96
Strange Daze
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29 Jun 96
Community Property
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6 Jul 96
Master Chett
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13 Jul 96
Pirates!
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3 Aug 96
Swallow 13
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10 Aug 96
Strangers in Paradise

Season 5