4.0) Strange Luck -- Episode Guides

4.1) First Season Original Air Schedule

Airdate  Ep #  Title
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 9/15/95   1    Soul Survivor
 9/22/95   2    Over Exposure
 9/29/95   3    Last Chance
10/06/95   4    She Was
10/13/95   5    Blind Man's Bluff
10/20/95   6    Angie's Turn
10/27/95        [pre-empted by "Goosebumps"]
11/03/95   7    Hat Trick
11/10/95   8    The Liver Wild
11/17/95   9    Walk Away
11/24/95        [pre-empted by X-Files]
12/01/95  10    The Box
12/08/95  11    Brothers Grim
12/15/95  12    Trial Period
12/22/95   3R   Last Chance
12/29/95   1R   Soul Survivor
 1/05/95  13    Healing Hands
 1/12/96   6R   Angie's Turn
 1/19/96  14    Wrong Number
 1/26/96        [pre-empted by "Space"]
 2/02/96  15    In Sickness and in Wealth
 2/09/96  16    Blinded By the Son
 2/16/96        [pre-empted by "Tales from the Crypt]
 2/23/96  17    Lightning Strikes [Season One Finale]
 3/01/96        [replaced by Sliders]



4.2) First Season Synopses

-- (Editor's Note:) These are short episode guides which were sent to me by Don Steffen. (Thank you Don!)  I plan on writing full episode guides, which will include director, music, writer, etc credits and complete synopses later in the year for the next release of the FAQ.


Soul Survivor
Premiere
A photojournalist, Chance Harper experiences unusual fortune since surviving a childhood plane crash. As an adult, he uses his mysterious relationship with Lady Luck to help others. Chance is charged with shooting two cops after he saves a suicidal woman.

Over Exposure
Recovering his stolen camera, Chance discovers a series of photos he didn't
shoot, and his auto-theft case develops into a kidnapping plot gone wrong.

Last Chance
An auto mechanic, racked with guilt over a murder he committed several years
earlier, enlists Chance in an effort to save the man convicted in the killing --
who has a date with the electric chair.

She Was
Chance helps a Hollywood film star who's in town to film his latest blockbuster -- and is apparently being stalked by a woman who claims to be his wife.

Blind Man's Bluff
A member of a racist militia mistakes Chance for a hit man and slips him $10,000 as a down payment on a murder contract. But when the group realizes its error, Chance finds he's been added to the hit list.

Angie's Turn
After delivering a baby, Angie thinks she may be picking up Chance's luck. Angie is thrust into the middle of a gang murder involving a teenage girl to whom she has personal ties. Forced to "walk a mile" in Chance's shoes, she hopes to rescue the girl from certain disaster.

Hat Trick
Hired to photograph a troubled, up-and-coming hockey player about to
sign with a professional team, Chance is drawn into the man's life and helps the
young star realize that sinister forces are using him.

The Liver Wild
While away on a restful camping trip, Chance and Angie watch in horror as a
man falls from the sky and dies in front of them. A parachutist follows, leading
Chance into a bizarre organ donor scheme.

Walk Away
Chance spends a day trying desperately not to "get involved," but when he learns that the mysterious woman he keeps encountering is a flight attendant, he fears for the lives of a plane-load of passengers.

The Box
An injured motorcyclist entrusts Chance with a mysterious black box. Chance
finds his childhood home and a clue to where his long-lost brother might be -- a
time capsule they had buried long ago.

Brothers Grim
Chance comes face to face with his brother Eric, but there's little time for
solving the mysteries of the family's past -- and barely time for mourning the wife Eric is about to bury. After Eric's house is destroyed, Chance discovers his brother is involved with germ warfare.

Trial Period
Chance faces a challenge from a rival photographer who stages sensational
media events. Chance develops a not-so-friendly rivalry with the thrill-seeking photographer Steve Medavoy, especially after he befriends a young boy whose family tragedy becomes Medavoy's photo opportunity.

Healing Hands
Chance befriends a young faith healer who is being exploited by her father in a
crooked scheme. Chance also receives a visit from his adoptive parents.

Wrong Number
Chance receives a "wrong number" call that lures him into a love triangle murder mystery tied to the photograph that started his career. Chance's ex-girlfriend needs help leaving her abusive husband, but he may be in too deep when the husband turns up dead -- just like the woman's first spouse had.

In Sickness and in Wealth
Chance acts as best man in a wedding where the bride may be a "black widow." He and Westin decide the engagement needs to be broken up when they start learning things about their colleague's seemingly impetuous fiance.

Blinded by the Son
Angie's long lost son, whom she'd given up for adoption 17 years ago, suddenly
re-enters her life and brings with him a load of trouble. Meanwhile, Chance is
wounded by a mysterious "Unahacker," who is laundering enormous sums of
money through his bank account with an implicit threat to go along "or else."

Lightning Strikes (aka Struck by Lightning)
When Chance is struck by lightning, it sets off a chain reaction that reunites
him with his brother and his father, who was presumed dead. He later discovers
that the plane crash that killed his mother and sister was not an accident,
but rather a deliberate act of revenge by a long-time nemesis of his father, who is now intent on killing the remaining family members.


~Thanks to Heather M. Germany, Michael Hart and Don Steffen this episode guide.