THE EARLY EDITION FAQ Version 1.0
by David Riches (samsimeon@hotmail.com)
Questions
3.0 Episodes
3.1 Episode List
3.2 Episode Guide
3.3 Episode ideas
3.0 Episodes
The first season is barely at it's halfway point and already
we have a guides and lists. Since we haven't completed the
season yet expect this section to grow by leaps and bounds.
3.1 Episode List
* "The Pilot" (1.1) September 28, 1996
* "The Choice" (1.2) October 5, 1996
* "Baby" (1.3) October 12, 1996
* "The Paper" (1.4) October 19, 1996
* "Thief Swipes Mayor's Dog" (1.5) October 26, 1996
* "Hoops" (1.6) November 2, 1996
* "After Midnight" (1.7) November 9, 1996
* "Gun" (1.8) November 16, 1996
* "His Girl Thursday" (1.9) November 23, 1996
* "The Wrong" (1.10) December 14, 1996
* "Christmas" (1.11) December 21, 1996
* "Frostbit" (1.12) January 11, 1997
* "Mob Wife" (1.13) January 25, 1997
3.2 Episode Guide
* "The Pilot" (1.1)
Gary Hobson is a stockbroker whose world falls
apart when he's thrown out by his wife and given
an ultimatum by his boss. His luck begins to
change, however, when a mysterious cat brings him
a newspaper--with tomorrow's news. At first,
Gary's advance access to race results and game
score impresses his friends, but when Gary fumbles
the opportunity to avert a near tragedy, he
discovers his gift's true magnitude and the
obligation that comes with it.
Original Airdate September 28, 1996
Developed by Bob Brush
Created by Patrick Q. Page
Vik Rubenfeld
Ian Abrams
Theme/Music by W.G. Snuffy
Walden
Directed by:
Written by:
Cast Gary Hobson Kyle Chandler
Marissa Shanesia Davis
Chuck Fishman Fisher Stevens
Sherman Milo O'Shea
* "The Choice" (1.2)
Dual disasters--a plane crash and a girl's
hit-and-run death--are slated to occur on the same
day at the same time, leaving Gary with an
impossibe choice to make.
* "Baby" (1.3)
Gary's ex-wife, Marcia, finds his new confidence
appealing and invites him out to dinner. But
before he decides how he feels about it, there's
another crisis: a terrified Chuck must deliver a
baby.
Original Airdate October 12, 1996
Written by:
Directed by:
Guest Cast Marcia Rya Rihlstedt
Sheila Cynthia Nixon
Amy Jane Krakowski
* "The Paper" (1.4)
Gary's investigation into the origins of his
special subscription leads him to the offices of a
Chicago newspaper, where he learns about his
predecessor--and falls for the paper's star
reporter.
Original Airdate October 19, 1996
Written by Bob Brush
John Romano
Directed by: Michael Nankin
Music: W.G. Snuffy Walden
Edited by: Randy Roberts,
A.C.E.
Production Designer: Okowita
Director of
Photography: John A. Thomas
Producer: Robert Rabinowitz
Consulting Producer: John Romano
Co-Executive Producers: Ian Abrams
Richard Heus
Executive Producer: Lillah McCarthy
Michael Dinner
Bob Brush
Guest Cast: Meredith Carson Leslie Hope
Hawks Joe Grifasi
Boswell James Deuter
Pete the Bartender Mike Houlihan
Morris John Watson, Sr.
Richie Robert Mohler
Sonny Scott Benjaminson
Tools Richard Cotovsky
* "Thief Swipes Mayor's Dog" (1.5)
In trying to deal with the headline "Thief Swipes Mayor's
Dog," Gary befriends Chuck's odd Uncle Phil, who's grieving
over his own dog's death. Meanwhile, a $20,000,000 lottery
jackpot has Chuck's seeing dollar signs.
Original Airdate October 26, 1996
Written by Bob Brush
Robert Rabinowitz
John Romano
Directed by Susan Seidelman ("Desperately Seeking
Susan")
Music by Bennett Salvay
Edited by James Austin Stewart
Production Designer Okowita
Director of Photography John S. Bartley, C.S.C
Co-Producers Patrick Q. Page
Vik Rubenfeld
Producer Robert Rabinowitz
Consulting Producer John Romano
Co-Executive Producer Ian Abrams
Richard Heus
Executive Producer: Lillah McCarthy
Michael Dinner
Bob Brush
Guest Cast Uncle Phil Fyvush Finkel
Mayor Mike Garfield Max Wright
Flanagan Philip Earl Johnson
Miss Becker Meg Thalken
Roundtree Kyle Colerider-Frugh
Pete the Bartender Mike Houlihan
* "Hoops" (1.6)
After Gary learns a high-school basketball star has a
life-threatenning condition, he jumps through hoops to
convince him to stay on the sidelines. Meanwhile, Marissa is
reunited with an old flame. William Gates and Arthur Agee
("Hoop Dreams") have cameos.
Original Airdate November 2, 1996
Written by Bob Brush
Directed by Rick Rosenthal
Music by: W.G. Snuffy Walden
Edited by Fred Peterson
Production Designer Okowita
Director of Photography John A. Thomas
Producer Robert Rabinowitz
Consulting Producer John Romano
Co-Executive Producer Ian Abrams
Richard Heus
Executive Producer Lillah McCarthy
Michael Dinner
Deborah Joy LeVine
Bob Brush
Guest Cast: Connie Hooks Michael Warren
Michael Williams Sharrieff Pugh
Coach Phillips James Tolkan
Robbie Williams Dallas Crawford
Charles/Teammate #1 Chuck Stubbings
Teammate #2 William Gates
Teammate #3 Arthur Agee
Young Girl Tiffany Magby
* "After Midnight" (1.7)
Two newspaper stories, one about an abandoned baby
and one about a young woman's suicide, lead Gary
to a desperate teen mother who will go to any
length to support her child.
Original Airdate November 9, 1996
Written by Deborah Joy LeVine
Directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Music by Bennett Salvay
Edited by James Austin Stewart
Production Designer Okowita
Director of Photography John A. Thomas
Co-Producers Patrick Q. Page
Vik Rubenfeld
Producer: Robert Rabinowitz
Consulting Producer John Romano
Co-Executive Producer Ian Abrams
Executive Producers Lillah McCarthy
Michael Dinner
Deborah Joy LeVine
Bob Brush
Guest Cast Lenore Peri Gilpin
Samantha Butler Virginia Keehne
Jordan Butler John O'Donohue
Ron Dean
Keith Szarabajka
Carla Jackie Taylor
Patrol Officer Sean Grennan
Cabby Robert Kurcz
* "Gun" (1.8)
Bryce and Tommy Porter have gone through a lot of family
upheavel recently--since their parents'divorce, money has
been tight and their father, Mark, has been drinkly heavily.
When Mark drinks he becomes violent, which has led their
mother, Nikki, to have a restraining order imposed against
him...and to purchase a .38 calibur hand gun, which she
hides in her closet. In tomorrow's newspaper Gary reads
about Tommy dying because Bryce accidentally shoots his
brother with Nikki's hand gun. Posing as a guidance
counselor Gary tries to befriend Nikki and prevent the
impending tragedy. However, after retrieving the gun,
Gary notes that the newspaper's headline now reads
"Estranged Husband Kills Ex-Wife in Jealous Rage."
Meanwhile, Nikki discovers that Gary has stolen the gun
and demands that he return it to her. Gary is torn--one of
the Porters will die whether or not he gives Nikki the gun.
Gary reluctantly returns the gun but knowing that something
very bad is about to come down, he and two uniformed police
officers arrive at Nikki's house just in time to arrest Mark,
who has broken inside, and prevent Tommy from accidentally
shooting Bryce.
Original Airdate November 16, 1996
Guest Cast :Ashley Crow
Bryce Mason Gamble
Tommy Joe Bianchi
Ms. Flast Mary Beth Fisher
* "His Girl Thursday" (1.9)
After Gary saves a family from being blown away in a
tornado, he renews his romance with newspaper reporter
Meredith Carson.
Gary finally decides to pursue a relationship with the
overly inquisitive journalist, but his happiness is cut
short when he realizes that Meredith has used his early
edition to further her career -- a betrayal that places
her own life in jeopardy.
Meanwhile, when Chuck uses information gleaned from the
stock pages of the early edition to become an instant
millionaire, he gets tailed by the Securities Exchange
Commission for insider trading. To add insult to injury,
Chuck's brand new sports car is swept away by the tornado.
Note: This episode was apart of CBS's Twister Night
with Twister themed episodes of each of it's series
that night, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, and Walker
Texas Ranger.
Original Airdate November 23, 1996
Written by Jeff Melvoin
Directed by Stephen Cragg
Music by Bennett Salvay
Edited by Fred Peterson
Randy Roberts, A.C.E
Production Designer .Gary Baugh
Director of Photography Neil Roach
Co-Producers Patrick Q. Page
Vik Rubenfeld
Producer: Robert Rabinowitz
Consulting Producer John Romano
Co-Executive Producer Richard Heus
Executive Producers Lillah McCarthy
Michael Dinner
Deborah Joy LeVine
Bob Brush
Guest Cast: Meredith Carson Leslie Hope
Hawks Joe Grifasi
Mark Vann
Boswell James Deuter
Barkeep Ken Bradley
Pete the Photographer Tony Mockus, Jr.
Conner Jobe Cerny
Stock Broker Jim Zulevic
* "The Wrong" (1.10)
Gary tries to be gracious after learning that his ex-wife,
Marcia (Rya Kihlstedt), is remarrying, even after he
discovers the identity of her fiance. But a problem
involving a troubled former co-worker could put an end to
Marcia's romance - for good.
Original Airdate December 7, 1996
Written by:
Directed by:
Guest Cast: Roger Harrison: Time Winters.
Mr. Pritchard: Marc Vann.
Sam: Jim True.
Mr. Roberts: Ned Schmidtke.
* "Christmas" (1.11)
It's Christmas Eve and though Chuck tries to tempt Gary to go
skiing with him Gary opts to stay close to home--the Teddy Bear
bomber is wreaking havoc on Chicago.
Chuck's plans to hit the slopes go awry when he's hauled off to jail
because of several unpaid parking tickets. In Chuck's estimation
his cellmate appears to be a third-rate street corner Santa Claus,
but upon closer inspection, Chuck begins to suspect that this guy
might be the "real thing." When Santa manages to steal the police
sergeant's cell keys after faking a seizure, he and Chuck break out
of jail together.
Gary and police detective Crumb, meanwhile, haven't had much
luck in bringing the Teddy Bear bomber to justice. Feeling dejected
when the Mayor takes him off the case, Crumb joins Gary in
polishing off a few beers at McGinty's Yet the bomber is closer
than they know.
Original Airdate December 21, 1996
Written by:
Directed by:
Guest Cast
* "Frostbit" (1.12)
A homeless boy who lifted Gary's wallet faces freezing to death
unless Gary can free him from an abandoned warehouse. Due to a
deep freeze cold snap Chuck moves in Gary and takes over. Gary gets
trapped in the warehouse with the homeless boy and faces dying
the same way until Chuck finds the paper and sees Gary's obituary.
NOTE: This is the first episode without Chuck's moral narations
at the beginning and end.
Original Airdate January 11, 1997
Written by:
Directed by:
Guest Cast
* "Mob Wife" (1.13)
Chuck thinks Gary is crazy to take on the criminal underworld,
untill he meets the beautiful woman the mob has scheduled to kill.
Original Airdate January 25, 1997
Written by:
Directed by:
Guest Cast
3.3 Episode ideas
Unless you are a member of the screen writer's guild don't
submit anything with out being a) asked, b) getting an agent,
c) unless you really think it's what is needed and has not
been done before. Otherwise it get's thrown away to keep
CBS or any of the production companies from being sued.
It's okay to speculate. Just try to keep it to yourself.
End of Part 2/3