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Misfits of Science

Misfits of Science
★ 7.1/10•1985•45m•16•Action & Adventure•Comedy•Drama
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A superhero fantasy television series featuring super-powered humans and their madcap adventures.

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 4, 1985

Episodes

Episode 1 - PilotE190m

Pilot

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 bomb.

Oct 4, 1985

Episode 2 - Your Place or Mayan?E245m

Your Place or Mayan?

On behalf of a dead friend of Billy's, an archaeologist, the Misfits set out to prove the existence of buried Mayan treasure beneath Beverly Hills.

Oct 18, 1985

Episode 3 - Guess What's Coming to Dinner?E345m

Guess What's Coming to Dinner?

A friend of the Misfits claims to have made contact with aliens from Mars. Problems arise when the authorities try to prevent him from continuing his contact.

Oct 25, 1985

Episode 4 - Lost LinkE445m

Lost Link

A primitive in a loin cloth comes ashore at Venice Beach and no one knows who he is - in fact it's believed he may be a caveman. It turns out that the man, "Link," is in fact an Aborigine from a lost tribe in New Guinea and the Misfits help him to set free the soul of his deceased child by placing a small totem on a rocket.

Nov 1, 1985

Episode 5 - Sort of Looking For GinaE545m

Sort of Looking For Gina

Johnny's efforts to get a date with an attractive woman, Gina, go amiss when it turns out she's involved with crooks and the Misfits have to mastermind a bank robbery to help her out.

Nov 8, 1985

Episode 6 - Sonar...And Yet So FarE645m

Sonar...And Yet So Far

A marine biologist and friend of Billy's who works with dolphins believes they can talk, making him the target of drug smugglers who need the help of his dolphin friends to recover a sunken cache of cocaine.

Nov 15, 1985

Episode 7 - Steer CrazyE745m

Steer Crazy

Three senior citizens end up with super-powers from irradiated hamburgers, and the Misfits have to both help them out and restrain them from injuring themselves.

Nov 29, 1985

Episode 8 - Fumble on the OneE845m

Fumble on the One

The Misfits have to help Brick Tyler, a part-bionic CIA agent who has managed to lose the ""football"" - the briefcase that the President carries that can activate nuclear war.

Dec 6, 1985

Episode 9 - Twin EnginesE945m

Twin Engines

Johnny's friend Lonnie begins having premonitions of danger, but it turns out in fact he's linked to his previously-unknown twin Dwayne, a motorcycle racer, and the Misfits have to help them both out.

Dec 13, 1985

Episode 10 - Grand Theft BunnyE1045m

Grand Theft Bunny

The bad guys manipulate the Misfits into helping them unleash a plague on L.A. with the aid of a contaminated bunny rabbit.

Dec 27, 1985

Episode 11 - Grand ElusionE1145m

Grand Elusion

Billy recruits the gang to help a fellow scientist's daughter defect when she and her father tour America as part of a Russian girl's gymnast team. The gang takes the place of the magician hired to perform for the tour thanks to a judicious use of super powers, but the daughter refuses to leave without her father. Complicating matter, the KGB minder Galenkov has sworn to make sure the scientist Nikolai never gets away. The Misfits have to pull off an elaborate bait-and-switch to make sure that both Nikolai and Tatyana manage to escape.

Jan 10, 1986

Episode 12 - Once Upon a NightE1245m

Once Upon a Night

Gloria's pen pal Jae is the object of a hunt by unknown assailants.

Jan 17, 1986

Episode 13 - Center of AttentionE1345m

Center of Attention

El goes undercover as an incredibly talented basketball player (with some help from Gloria) to expose a crooked owner who is having his players throw their games.

Jan 31, 1986

Episode 14 - Against All OzE1445m

Against All Oz

In this somewhat bizarre episode, Billy tries to break a record for staying awake and finds himself in an alternate reality where everyone he knows is there but in different jobs and with different personalities.

Feb 7, 1986

Episode 15 - The Avenging AngelE1545m

The Avenging Angel

Gloria helps out an aspiring pro wrestler with the use of her telekintic powers without telling him - the wrestler, Milt, soon decides he does have super powers and Gloria needs to keep helping him out when he decides to go after crooks trying to sell him protection.

Feb 21, 1986

Episode 16 - Three Days of the BlenderE1645m

Three Days of the Blender

When a blender is accidentally delivered to Billy, he ends up getting arrested as a spy and Stetmeyer gets targeted by the FBI.

May 16, 1986

Actors

Dean Paul Martin

Dean Paul Martin

Dr. Billy Hayes

Kevin Peter Hall

Kevin Peter Hall

Dr. Elvin 'El' Lincoln

Mark Thomas Miller

Mark Thomas Miller

John 'Johnny B' Bukowski

Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Gloria Dinallo

Max Wright

Max Wright

Dick Stetmeyer

Jennifer Holmes

Jennifer Holmes

Jane Miller

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