1985
1h

Summary The adventures of a team of misfit superheroes who fight crime for a scientific think tank. View more details

1985
1h

Misfits of Science

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Courteney Cox Kevin Peter Hall Mark Thomas Miller Dean Paul Martin

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Genres : Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi

Release date : Oct 3, 1985

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Production companies : Universal Television James D. Parriott Productions

Summary The adventures of a team of misfit superheroes who fight crime for a scientific think tank. View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi

Release date : Oct 3, 1985

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Production companies : Universal Television James D. Parriott Productions

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Courteney Cox in Misfits of Science (1985)

Warren Berlinger, Brian Frishman, Paul McCracken, and Dawan Scott in Misfits of Science (1985)

Warren Berlinger in Misfits of Science (1985)

Brian Frishman in Misfits of Science (1985)

Courteney Cox, Kevin Peter Hall, Jennifer Holmes, Dean Paul Martin, Mark Thomas Miller, and Max Wright in Misfits of Science (1985)

Courteney Cox and Dean Paul Martin in Misfits of Science (1985)

Courteney Cox, Kevin Peter Hall, Dean Paul Martin, and Mark Thomas Miller in Misfits of Science (1985)

Courteney Cox, Kevin Peter Hall, Jennifer Holmes, Mickey Jones, Dean Paul Martin, and Mark Thomas Miller in Misfits of Science (1985)

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Episode 1 • Oct 03, 1985

Deep Freeze (Pilot)

Drs. Hayes and Lincoln are researchers in biological oddities for the Humanidyne company. When they find a man still alive after being frozen for 50 years, their greedy boss fires them and takes the Iceman to use for military experiments. Left without jobs, Hayes and Lincoln decide to get a group of "freaks" (including a telekinetic 17-year-old and a rock guitarist who shoots lightning from his hands) together to rescue the Iceman and stop their boss' reckless experiments.

Episode 2 • Oct 17, 1985

Your Place or Mayan

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.

Episode 3 • Oct 24, 1985

Guess What's Coming to Dinner

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.

Episode 4 • Oct 31, 1985

Lost Link

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 wandering off from them.

Episode 5 • Nov 07, 1985

Sort of Looking for Gina

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 just below the museum in order to steal the valuable pieces. The criminals had been using methane gas in the sewer in order to keep the air unbreathable and thus keep anyone away from spoiling their plan. The misfits manage to keep the museum from being destructed by the bomb at the last minute.

Episode 6 • Nov 14, 1985

Sonar... and Yet So Far

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.

Episode 7 • Nov 28, 1985

Steer Crazy

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.

Episode 8 • Dec 05, 1985

Fumble on the One

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.

Episode 9 • Dec 12, 1985

Twin Engines

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.

Episode 10 • Dec 26, 1985

Grand Theft Bunny

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.

Episode 11 • Jan 09, 1986

Grand Elusion

The Misfits help a fellow scientist's daughter defect when she and her father tour America as part of a Russian girl's gymnast team.

Episode 12 • Jan 16, 1986

Once Upon a Night

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.

Episode 13 • Jan 30, 1986

Center of Attention

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.

Episode 14 • Feb 06, 1986

Against All Oz

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.

Episode 15 • Feb 20, 1986

The Avenging Angel

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.

Episode 16 • May 15, 1986

Three Days of the Blender

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

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