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Poltergeist: The Legacy

Sun, Apr 21, 1996
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Synopsis

The adventures of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers.

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Cast

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  • Derek de Lint
    Derek de Lint
    as Derek Rayne, Ph.D.
  • Martin Cummins
    Martin Cummins
    as Nick Boyle
  • Helen Shaver
    Helen Shaver
    as Rachel Corrigan, MD
  • Robbi Chong
    Robbi Chong
    as Alexandra Moreau
  • Kristin Lehman
    Kristin Lehman
    as —
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Episodes

4 seasons · 88 episodes

Ended · 88 aired
Season 1
22 episodes · 22 aired
▾
  • E1
    Pilot
    Aired · Sun, Apr 21, 1996 · 60m

    Derek has a vision of a little girl and the last of five sepulchers he has been searching for since his father's death in Peru when Derek was fifteen years old. During the pilot, we are introduced the current, past and future members of the San Francisco Legacy House.

  • E2
    Pilot
    Aired · Sun, Apr 21, 1996 · 60m

    Derek has a vision of a little girl and the last of five sepulchers he has been searching for since his father's death in Peru when Derek was fifteen years old. During the pilot, we are introduced the current, past and future members of the San Francisco Legacy House.

  • E3
    Sins of the Father
    Aired · Fri, Apr 26, 1996 · 60m

    A man, who happens to be an old friend of Derek's, is accused of violently abusing his son.

  • E4
    Town Without Pity
    Aired · Fri, May 3, 1996 · 60m

    Rachel and Nick investigate a disturbance up in some hills. What they find is a religious leader who welcomes—and keeps—all visitors to his long-lost commune.

  • E5
    The Tenement
    Aired · Fri, May 10, 1996 · 60m

    A ticked-off Alex helps put a slumlord in jail. After getting him sentenced to be locked up in his own dilapidated building, she gets sent by Derek to investigate when something paranormal happens.

  • E6
    Twelfth Cave
    Aired · Fri, May 17, 1996 · 60m

    An old friend and Legacy member, Randolph Hitchcock, visits the San Francisco Legacy House to bring Derek a very special gift... an ancient Dead Sea scroll from a twelfth cave.

  • E7
    Man in the Mist
    Aired · Fri, May 24, 1996 · 60m

    Rachel investigates the past of a "John Doe" with amnesia who was brought into the hospital under very strange circumstances.

  • E8
    Ghost in the Road
    Aired · Fri, May 31, 1996 · 60m

    Nick almost runs into a young woman on a back road while driving his Mustang. He offers to give her a lift to wherever she wants to go.

  • E9
    Doppleganger
    Aired · Fri, Jun 7, 1996 · 60m

    Kat acquires a unique "imaginary" friend—the spirit of an Egyptian princess.

  • E10
    The Substitute
    Aired · Fri, Jun 14, 1996 · 60m

    A group of not-so-popular teenage boys summon up The Warden to help them solve all their social problems. Instead, they raise up a real devil of a substitute teacher who was previously summoned up decades before.

  • E11
    Do Not Go Gently
    Aired · Fri, Jun 21, 1996 · 60m

    The Legacy steps in after an old flame of Nick's enters a hospital. Its patients are being possessed in their dreams and dying.

  • E12
    Crystal Scarab
    Aired · Fri, Jun 28, 1996 · 60m

    A desperate man (yet another old friend of Derek's) seeks and gains possession of some ancient Egyptian scarab jewelry which saves his terminally ill daughter but at a very high price.

  • E13
    The Bell of Girardius
    Aired · Fri, Jul 12, 1996 · 60m

    A museum curator, working for the Luna Foundation calls the SF Legacy House to notify them of a break-in. After an initial inspection nothing is found missing. The Legacy finds out otherwise.

  • E14
    Fox Spirit
    Aired · Fri, Jul 19, 1996 · 60m

    While checking out some sewers in Chinatown, a couple of workers unearth and open a box that was hidden in the wall. What they let loose is a really angry spirit who reeks havoc on them and several other men around the area over the course of a few days.

  • E15
    Thirteenth Generation
    Aired · Fri, Jul 26, 1996 · 60m

    Derek meets a young, female college student while giving a lecture for a colleague's class. She tells him of some mysterious photographs she's taken and frightening visions that are connected to a series of recent strange deaths ongoing in the area.

  • E16
    Dark Priest
    Aired · Fri, Aug 2, 1996 · 60m

    While hosting a Luna Foundation invitation-only affair to introduce a rare addition to its collection, two brothers crash the party. They steal a medallion that belonged to their dead father, a magician. One of the brothers, guided by his father's evil spirit, goes the magician route to make it big by doing what the audience just thinks are some really macabre tricks.

  • E17
    Revelations
    Aired · Fri, Aug 16, 1996 · 60m

    A girl is attacked by what are later revealed to be witches at her all-girls boarding school.

  • E18
    Bones of St. Anthony
    Aired · Fri, Aug 23, 1996 · 60m

    Bells ringing all over town, centered around a dead geneticist's lab, tip off the Legacy to start an investigation.

  • E19
    Inheritance
    Aired · Fri, Aug 30, 1996 · 60m

    Rachel becomes the sole beneficiary in a will after the death of her aunt.

  • E20
    The Signalman
    Aired · Fri, Sep 6, 1996 · 60m

    After a dream, Alex seeks out an old acquaintance of hers from college who, up until recently, didn't believe in anything he couldn't scientifically prove.

  • E21
    The Reckoning
    Aired · Fri, Sep 13, 1996 · 60m

    Rachel's grandfather comes back.

  • E22
    A Traitor Among Us
    Aired · Fri, Sep 20, 1996 · 60m

    A trio, comprised of three other heads of Legacy houses, comes to the San Francisco house because a Legacy member there has accused Derek of being evil and conspiring to bring down the house.

Season 2
22 episodes · 22 aired
▾
  • E1
    The New Guard
    Aired · Sun, Mar 9, 1997 · 60m

    The SF Legacy House tracks down their missing precept who has not returned from a mission and in the process, they are introduced to William Sloan, the Ruling London House Precept.

  • E2
    Black Widow
    Aired · Sun, Mar 9, 1997 · 60m

    One very ravenous succubus falls head-over-heels for Nick.

  • E3
    Lights Out
    Aired · Fri, Mar 14, 1997 · 60m

    Wicked little Scottish "faeries" infest the San Francisco Legacy House.

  • E4
    Spirit Thief
    Aired · Fri, Mar 21, 1997 · 60m

    Alex's sister arrives in town with a shaman for a boyfriend.

  • E5
    The Gift
    Aired · Fri, Mar 28, 1997 · 60m

    Kat's deceased brother makes a special visit for Christmas and gets his living sibling in trouble.

  • E6
    Transference
    Aired · Fri, Apr 4, 1997 · 60m

    Rachel's former patient stalks her from beyond the grave.

  • E7
    Dark Angel
    Aired · Fri, Apr 11, 1997 · 60m

    Nick tries to help a female visitor to Angel Island.

  • E8
    Lives in the Balance
    Aired · Fri, Apr 18, 1997 · 60m

    Derek receives a visit from a long-lost son he never knew existed.

  • E9
    Rough Beast
    Aired · Fri, Apr 25, 1997 · 60m

    A female teenage patient of Rachel's is having disturbing nightmares about wolves.

  • E10
    Ransom
    Aired · Fri, May 2, 1997 · 60m

    Derek's sister is kidnapped and the ransom is unique to the Legacy.

  • E11
    Finding Richter
    Aired · Fri, May 9, 1997 · 60m

    Nick's commanding officer is still alive and wants him back.

  • E12
    Repentance
    Aired · Fri, May 23, 1997 · 60m

    Father Philip Callaghan delivers last rights to a convict about to be executed.

  • E13
    Devil's Lighthouse
    Aired · Fri, May 30, 1997 · 60m

    While the SF Legacy House team is on an investigation, Alex gets sucked into the light of haunted lighthouse.

  • E14
    Lullaby
    Aired · Fri, Jun 13, 1997 · 60m

    Kat, a budding psychic, learns the hard way she should never play with anything like a Ouiji board.

  • E15
    Silent Partner
    Aired · Fri, Jun 20, 1997 · 60m

    A deaf, childhood friend of Nick's asks him for help.

  • E16
    Shadow Fall
    Aired · Fri, Jun 27, 1997 · 60m

    The protecting spirit of a Native American youth gets overprotective.

  • E17
    Mind's Eye
    Aired · Fri, Jul 4, 1997 · 60m

    A con-artist psychic gets his comeuppance.

  • E18
    Fear
    Aired · Fri, Jul 18, 1997 · 60m

    Rachel helps a friend investigate a rash of deaths at a mental ward.

  • E19
    Someone to Watch Over Me
    Aired · Fri, Jul 25, 1997 · 60m

    An old college friend of Derek and Sloan dies and they go to his widow to help console her.

  • E20
    Let Sleeping Demons Lie
    Aired · Sun, Aug 3, 1997 · 60m

    Sloan's plane crashes in the snowy mountains while transporting all the crated remnants of Baron DeRais.

  • E21
    Trapped
    Aired · Sun, Aug 10, 1997 · 60m

    The sepulchers and Winston are after Derek again.

  • E22
    The Choice
    Aired · Sun, Aug 17, 1997 · 60m

    Rachel, trying to protect Kat, tries to make up her mind whether to leave or stay in The Legacy

Season 3
22 episodes · 22 aired
▾
  • E1
    Darkness Falls
    Aired · Fri, Jan 23, 1998 · 60m

    A reunion in New Orleans is an initiation for Alex when a former college friend seductively bites her neck and begins a transformation that can only be completed when Alex commits her first murder. She begins craving Nick in a way she never would have ordinarily imagined, and it is up to the rest of the Legacy to save her, and save Nick's life.

  • E2
    Light of Day
    Aired · Fri, Jan 30, 1998 · 60m

    The Legacy members continue with their struggle to save Nick from Alex and Alex from becoming a vampire. But the evil forces are working double time trying to convince Alex to kill Nick in order to complete her transformation.

  • E3
    Enlightened One
    Aired · Fri, Feb 6, 1998 · 60m

    A shadowy and dangerous cult of youths is suspected in a string of arson attacks on churches. A member of the Boston Legacy House, Kristin Adams, searches for her teenage brother who has been abducted by that cult.

  • E4
    Stolen Hearts
    Aired · Fri, Feb 13, 1998 · 60m

    A handsome stranger who sold his soul for wealth and power seduces Rachel, while Kat is attacked by dark forces.

  • E5
    Father to Son
    Aired · Fri, Feb 20, 1998 · 60m

    Nick's angered when the ghost of his abusive father asks for help to defeat his killer in order to be freed from spiritual limbo.

  • E6
    Fallen Angel
    Aired · Fri, Feb 27, 1998 · 60m

    The Legacy team faces pure evil when they try to rescue an angel who has returned to earth to save her lover's soul.

  • E7
    Dream Lover
    Aired · Fri, Mar 6, 1998 · 60m

    Derek receives a mysterious package filled with the shards of an ancient urn which once housed a spirit that was freed by a now dying Legacy member, named Samuel.

  • E8
    Debt of Honor
    Aired · Fri, Mar 13, 1998 · 60m

    Nick runs into a high school friend, John Griffith, at the funeral of his boyhood buddy, Joe Fratello. Shortly after the funeral, Fratello's malevolent and vengeful ghost pays a visit to Griffith who in turn, seeks Nick's help.

  • E9
    The Light
    Aired · Fri, Mar 20, 1998 · 60m

    A grieving woman seeks revenge for her granddaughter's murder on a powerful American family by putting an Incan curse on them, releasing a demon. Rachel, being a friend of that family's, tries desperately to protect the remaining members.

  • E10
    Hell Hath No Fury
    Aired · Fri, Apr 10, 1998 · 60m

    A mysterious hit man brands criminals with an ancient scepter which summons three furies from hell to administer justice.

  • E11
    Irish Jug
    Aired · Fri, Apr 17, 1998 · 60m

    The souls of two 18th century Irish rogues escape from a jug and assume the identities of Derek and a friend.

  • E12
    Metamorphosis
    Aired · Fri, Apr 24, 1998 · 60m

    A psychiatric patient stabs Rachel with a dagger, infecting her with a disease that compels her to kill.

  • E13
    La Belle Dame Sans Merci
    Aired · Fri, May 29, 1998 · 60m

    Alex relives a previous incarnation of her ancestor, a freed slave in 19th-century Louisiana.

  • E14
    The Prodigy
    Aired · Fri, Jun 26, 1998 · 60m

    Kristin reunites with her long-lost love, a world-famous concert pianist who seems mysteriously controlled by his agent.

  • E15
    The Human Vessel
    Aired · Fri, Jul 3, 1998 · 60m

    A bolt of lightning changes an autistic man into a genius. However, this gift of nature becomes a menace and danger to everyone around him.

  • E16
    The Covenant
    Aired · Fri, Jul 10, 1998 · 60m

    Ingrid, Derek's sister who is a nun, begs him to investigate the eerie and peculiar suicide/murder of a convent novice.

  • E17
    The Internment
    Aired · Fri, Jul 17, 1998 · 60m

    Derek and Nick have to save Kristin and Rachel who are trapped in a ghost town which is due to evaporate at dawn.

  • E18
    Seduction
    Aired · Fri, Jul 24, 1998 · 60m

    Alex, Kristin, and Rachel come under the dangerous spell of the mesmerizing Nicholas Oldman.

  • E19
    Out of Sight
    Aired · Fri, Jul 31, 1998 · 60m

    A psychic con man begs The Legacy to aid him when he runs afoul a vengeful spirit seems determined to put him out of business.

  • E20
    Last Good Knight
    Aired · Fri, Aug 7, 1998 · 60m

    An ancient map offers a vital clue to Kristin's father's whereabouts but it leads her directly to Istanbul and danger.

  • E21
    Armies of Night
    Aired · Fri, Aug 14, 1998 · 60m

    Members of the Legacy recall their adventures as they are under siege by an army of unknown assailants. Alex disappears after leaving to find help, Nick is taken captive, and Derek is left to fight alone. Marcus shows up, determined not to let Alex escape a second time.

  • E22
    Darkside
    Aired · Fri, Aug 21, 1998 · 60m

    An unknown woman recalls memories from the Legacy team's adventures.

Season 4
22 episodes · 22 aired
▾
  • E1
    Song of the Raven
    Aired · Fri, Mar 19, 1999 · 60m

    Derek suspects that an inmate on Death Row is responsible for a series of killings identical to those which he was convicted.

  • E2
    Bird of Prey
    Aired · Fri, Mar 26, 1999 · 60m

    Following Jennifer Hollybrook's funeral, her fiance, Jeffrey Sandor, tells Alex he'd like to help with the investigation. After she leaves, Sandor approaches Father Norman, the priest who gave Corvus his Last Rites. When Sandor defends Corvus's actions, the priest becomes scared and runs off.

  • E3
    Vendetta
    Aired · Fri, Apr 2, 1999 · 60m

    Derek and Kristin head to a small town to investigate several mysterious deaths by strangulation. The spirit of a woman wrongly hanged for murder seeks revenge on those responsible.

  • E4
    The Painting
    Aired · Fri, Apr 9, 1999 · 60m

    A patient of Rachel's disappears and bequeaths a large beautiful painting to her. Rachel is drawn to the mysterious artwork and seduced and sucked into it by its artist. Meanwhile, Kat falls into friendship with a witch, Miranda, and learns more about herself in the process.

  • E5
    The Possession
    Aired · Fri, Apr 16, 1999 · 60m

    Sensing that her granddaughter, Alex, may be in danger, Rose Moreau travels from Baton Rouge to San Francisco to give her a protective medallion to wear. Rose suddenly takes ill and is admitted to a hospital, but doctors are unable to help her. When she slips into a coma, Alex has no choice but to resurrect the spirit of a dangerous shaman who may be the only one who can help.

  • E6
    The Traitor
    Aired · Fri, Apr 23, 1999 · 60m

    The usually close-knit team turns on Derek and accuses him of killing an innocent man. Unaware that their suspicions are being controlled by a malevolent spirit trying destroy their leader, the ensuing confrontation throws into focus a series of questions and fears about what each of them is doing on a daily basis.

  • E7
    Double Cross
    Aired · Fri, Apr 30, 1999 · 60m

    Cross proceeds with the Darkside's scheme to infiltrate the Legacy by being appointed interim precept while the San Francisco House members mourn Derek's apparent suicide.

  • E8
    Brother's Keeper
    Aired · Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · 60m

    Nick's deceased brother tries to escape from hell, however the "soul-chaser" is determined to take him back there.

  • E9
    Initiation
    Aired · Fri, Jun 11, 1999 · 60m

    Kat's new friend, Miranda, may have ulterior motives when convincing Kat to hone her witchcraft abilities to gain control of her magical powers.

  • E10
    Wishful Thinking
    Aired · Fri, Jun 18, 1999 · 60m

    Derek's friend Milo releases a genie from her bottle who uses the opportunity to seek revenge on her previous masters who would not wish her free.

  • E11
    Still Waters
    Aired · Fri, Jun 25, 1999 · 60m

    Years after he drowns, the restless spirit of a boy seeks to avenge his death.

  • E12
    Unholy Congress
    Aired · Fri, Jul 30, 1999 · 60m

    An ancient Boston catacomb is unearthed, releasing a malevolent spirit that may threaten the Legacy. Father Philip Callaghan returns.

  • E13
    Sacrifice
    Aired · Fri, Aug 6, 1999 · 60m

    After leaving the Legacy, Kristin plans to help expose the murderous Benjamin Church after the alliance between "Doctor" Benjamin Church and Horton causes Ethan's death.

  • E14
    She's Got the Devil in Her Heart
    Aired · Fri, Aug 20, 1999 · 60m

    Nick's former Navy buddy, Mike MacCreedy resurfaces with a strange woman who seems familiar to Nick and exhibits an unnatural interest in him.

  • E15
    Body and Soul
    Aired · Fri, Aug 27, 1999 · 60m

    While searching for the killer of Derek's lover, Horton turns Derek and Alex against each other.

  • E16
    Forget Me Not
    Aired · Fri, Sep 10, 1999 · 60m

    Kat forms a bond with a mysterious girl who pushes her into dangerous situations. Miranda is back.

  • E17
    The Portents
    Aired · Fri, Sep 17, 1999 · 60m

    Rachel and Alex investigate the violent death of a young monk and find that the Darkside is planning to unseal a secret portal to hell.

  • E18
    Gaslight
    Aired · Fri, Sep 24, 1999 · 60m

    One of Rachel's long-time patients inherits the family mansion and is menaced by the "ghosts" that inhabit the house, which result in life-threatening asthma attacks.

  • E19
    Sabbath's End
    Aired · Fri, Oct 1, 1999 · 60m

    Kat faces mortal danger when she resumes her friendship with an ailing Miranda. To save Kat, Rachel must find magic powers from the past, a past she would prefer to forget.

  • E20
    Mephisto Strain
    Aired · Fri, Oct 8, 1999 · 60m

    Alex struggles to cure Nick, and stay alive, after he is infected by a demonic parasite which makes him see evil all around him, including the very person who is trying so desperately to save him.

  • E21
    Infernal Affairs
    Aired · Fri, Nov 5, 1999 · 60m

    An ancient deck of Tarot Cards enlivens a tedious evening for Derek, Nick, and Alex. However, each card underscores the high personal cost of their allegiance to the Legacy.

  • E22
    The Beast Within
    Aired · Fri, Nov 12, 1999 · 60m

    Plagued by nightmares and visitations from his father's evil spirit, Derek fears that the portal to hell has been breached. He is faced with an agonizing decision—to stop the anti-Christ he may have to destroy all that he holds dear.