Compiled by Kathy Ring

NOTE: this episode guide has been compiled by Katherine A. Ring, and will be updated as regularly as RL permits. The capsule descriptions are from TV Guide Magazine (San Diego Cox Cable Edition). Original airdates are for San Diego and Los Angeles, CA, and may be different for other areas, depending on whether or not you get it on Wednesdays like we do! Check out TV Guide's website at: TV GUIDE

SEASON ONE:

TS101: PILOT (aka Switchman)
Debut: Det. James Ellison, a former Army captain who developed extraordinary sensory abilities while isolated in a Peruvian jungle, solves crimes with the help of anthropology student Blair Sandburg. In the opener, they track a vindictive bomber.
Written By: Paul DeMeo & Danny Bilson
Directed By: Danny Bilson
Airdate: 03/20/96
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Listen, you neo-hippie, witchdoctor punk." (Jim, to Blair, in response to Blair telling him he could be a "behavioral throwback to a pre-civilized breed of man.")
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT: Jim calls Blair "Chief" for the first time (in the first few minutes of their second meeting).

TS102: SIEGE
Militia members seize control of the police station after two of its men are arrested, and Blair and Simon's son are among the hostages.
Written By: David L. Newman
Directed By: Danny Bilson
Airdate: 03/27/96
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Jim, when you first told me about this guy, I was expecting an academic, not some neo-hippie flower child with time on his hands now that the Dead have broken up." (Simon, to Jim, speaking of Blair after he meets him for the first time).
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT: Blair's earrings (both on the left ear) first show up. He isn't wearing them in the pilot, but he does from here on out.

TS103: KILLERS
Jim witnesses the fatal shooting of a friend, and uses his powers to identify the gunman. But when the defense proves he was too far away to see the shooter, the charges are dropped - leaving the case to Jim and Blair.
Written By: Gail Morgan Hickman
Directed By: Bruce Bilson
Airdate: 04/03/96

TS104: THE DEBT
After multiple murders at a gang-operated drug lab, the police assume a rival gang is responsible, until the evidence begins to suggest that one of their own may be involved.
Written By: Steven Baum
Directed By: Gus Trikonis
Airdate: 04/10/96
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT: Blair moves in with Jim. Yes, this is "the one with the monkey" (although Larry was actually a Barbary ape, not a monkey).

TS105: CYPHER
Jim, Blair and a psychiatrist pursue a serial killer who assumes his victims' identities after murdering them. Meanwhile, Simon fears Blair may be leaking confidential information to the media.
Written By: Laurence Frank
Directed By: Michael Vejar
Airdate: 04/24/96
NOTE: this is the finest episode yet, IMHO!

TS106: NIGHT TRAIN
The transportation of a police witness is derailed when Jim discovers that the man he's escorting has been targeted by a hit man.
Written By: Harold Apter
Directed By: Bruce Bilson
Airdate: 05/01/96
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Sounds like menopause." (Blair, responding to Jim's description of his reactions to an over-the-counter cold medicine).

TS107: ROGUE
A former CIA agent, who's aware of Jim's abilities, threatens to release an airborne virus unless Jim helps him steal an Air Force plane.
Written By: Howard Chaykin
Directed By: Michael Vejar
Airdate: 05/08/96

TS108: LOVE AND GUNS
Jim's miffed when a Federal agent is assigned to help him track down an illegal-arms dealer. Meanwhile, Blair tries to get the scoop on the suspect by befriending his daughter.
Written By: Bruce Kalish
Directed By: Tim Van Patten
Airdate: 05/15/96
RECURRING CHARACTER: Blair falls in love with Maya Carasco, who will later return in TS210 - SECOND CHANCE.

TS109: ATTRACTION
Blair's intrigued when his partner experiences increased powers while investigating a string of diamond heists, but Jim's focused instead on his intense attraction to a woman he just met.
Story Written By: Harold Apter & Juan Carlos Coto
Teleplay Written By: Harold Apter
Directed By: Scott Paulin
Airdate: 05/22/96

TS110: VOW OF SILENCE
To help "sharpen [his] senses," Blair takes Jim to a monastery for some peace and quiet. But the murder of a young monk soon after their arrival leaves everyone a suspect -- even Jim and Blair.
Written By: Bruce Kalish
Directed By: Jeffrey Reiner
Airdate: 07/17/96
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Vow of silence? Me? It's not possible." (Blair, to Brother Marcus)
SPECIAL GUEST STAR: one of the monks is played by Brandon Maggart, Garett's father.

Note from the Episode Guide compiler:
I will continue to update this episode guide with Favorite Quotes, Important Developments and the like as Real Life permits. So stay tuned. :-)

Katherine A. Ring
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This page was last updated January 12th, 1997

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