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Misfits of Science
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Misfits of Science

Fri, Oct 4, 1985
  • Action & Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

A superhero fantasy television series featuring super-powered humans and their madcap adventures.

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  • NBC↗
Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Dean Paul Martin
    Dean Paul Martin
    as Dr. Billy Hayes
  • Kevin Peter Hall
    Kevin Peter Hall
    as Dr. Elvin 'El' Lincoln
  • Mark Thomas Miller
    Mark Thomas Miller
    as John 'Johnny B' Bukowski
  • Courteney Cox
    Courteney Cox
    as Gloria Dinallo
  • Max Wright
    Max Wright
    as Dick Stetmeyer
  • Jennifer Holmes
    Jennifer Holmes
    as Jane Miller
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Episodes

1 season · 16 episodes

Ended · 15 aired
Season 1
16 episodes · 1 upcoming · 15 aired
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  • E1
    Deep Freeze
    Aired · Sat, Oct 5, 1985 · 120m

    Billy and El, scientists for the Human Investigation Team, put together a team of super-powered individuals to deal with a secret government project to create a neutron beam cannon.

  • E2
    Your Place or Mayan?
    Aired · Sat, Oct 19, 1985 · 60m

    After a friend of Billy and El is killed, they go on a search for a lost Mayan treasure with the map they were given by him. Their discovery could very well rewrite Mayan history.

  • E3
    Guess What's Coming to Dinner?
    Aired · Sat, Oct 26, 1985 · 60m

    Harry, genius bottle-washer at Humanidyne, cobbles together a transmitter from company discards - and makes contact with aliens. At least, that's what he thinks he's done. The reality is far more dangerous.

  • E4
    Lost Link
    Aired · Sat, Nov 2, 1985 · 60m

    A man, who has never left his homeland, miraculously travels from one side of the ocean to the next on a wooden raft to reach the Space Shuttle in time. The Misfits desperately try to help, but he keeps wondering off from them.

  • E5
    Sort of Looking for Gina
    Aired · Sat, Nov 9, 1985 · 60m

    Johnny is fascinated by a woman he's met, Gina. But whenever he meets her she disappears when he's not looking. At the same time some of the misfits believe to have seen a monster in the sewer system, so all of them go down again to investigate. They discover a young boy who's become unconscious due to supposedly bad air. Also at the same time a party is being planned for the opening of an exhibition of valuable relics from the Titanic at the museum. It turns out that Gina is working together with a group of criminals, who were planning on placing a bomb in the sewer ...

  • E6
    Sonar... And Yet So Far
    Aired · Sat, Nov 16, 1985 · 60m

    El's friend Eddie's closest friend is Donald the dolphin, with whom he can communicate using electronics. But when Donald produces a picture of a skeleton and two flamingos deep underwater, things get very dangerous for them both.

  • E7
    Steer Crazy
    Aired · Sat, Nov 30, 1985 · 60m

    A meteor impacts on a farm and radiates the cows grazing there. All is well until they are converted into hamburgers and served, unknowingly, by Gloria to three Senior Citizens who develop powers. Shortly thereafter, problems arise.

  • E8
    Fumble on the One
    Aired · Sat, Dec 7, 1985 · 60m

    Billy is reunited with an old friend from high school who, through Humanydine, enlists the help of the Misfits in his Top Secret mission. As the mission unfolds as do the secrets and dangers of Billy's friend.

  • E9
    Twin Engines
    Aired · Sat, Dec 14, 1985 · 60m

    Johnny's mechanic friend Lonnie has been having visions, and finds out he's a twin, separated at birth, to someone much more famous. When Dwayne goes missing, Lonnie takes his place, and finds himself in serious danger.

  • E10
    Grand Theft Bunny
    Aired · Sat, Dec 28, 1985 · 60m

    When a fellow scientist of Dr. Hayes takes a bunny from the test lab she broke into, the Misfits are faced with a race against time to stop the outbreak of a deadly new plague.

  • E11
    Grand Elusion
    Aired · Sat, Jan 11, 1986 · 60m

    The Misfits agree to help a former German spy reunite with his daughter who he was separated from 25 years ago in Germany. To do it, they use their powers to stage a magic show for the athletes she came from the Soviet Union with.

  • E12
    Once Upon a Night
    Aired · Sat, Jan 18, 1986 · 60m

    Gloria's pen-pal Jaye, having stolen a bracelet, is the object of some unidentified assailants. In the following pursuit Gloria gets kidnapped instead, Billy and El get arrested, and Jaye manages to escape with Johnny.

  • E13
    Center of Attention
    Aired · Sat, Feb 1, 1986 · 60m

    The Misfits are pulled into the world of gambling once more when they uncover a plot by the manager of a basketball team to bet on his team to lose. This happens as his players purposely throw games.

  • E14
    Against All Oz
    Aired · Sat, Feb 8, 1986 · 60m

    When Billy attempts to break the world record for staying awake, he begins to have hallucinations concerning his past adventures. He finds himself in an alternate reality where all his friends have different personalities and different jobs.

  • E15
    The Avenging Angel
    Aired · Sat, Feb 22, 1986 · 60m

    Lovable loser Mort believes he can wrestle when Gloria helps him save an elderly couple from being attacked. Unfortunately, it's a Mob-controlled protection racket, making things dangerous for Mort and Gloria.

  • E16
    Three Days of the Blender
    Drops · TBA · 60m

    Billy Hayes is arrested on suspicion of treason when he is found holding a blender that contains a top-secret defense computer chip.