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1 :01x01 - Pilot
Writer: Shaun Cassidy
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Guest star: Storm Bear (Carnival Pirate), Lucius Houghton (Deputy Cammalous), Margo Moorer (Danielle Davenport), Sonny Shroyer (Gage Temple), Tammy Christine Arnold (Caleb's Mother), Troy Simmons (Josh Davenport), Leonard Watkins (Blind Man), Mckenzie Lacoss (Six Year-Old Merlyn), Tamara Dow (Nurse Wendy), Lynda Clark (Rita Barber)
The death of a traumatized young girl named Merlyn Temple, has shaken the small town of Trinity, South Carolina. Merlyn's younger brother, Caleb, is taken under the wing of the town's new doctor, Matt Crower, and notices a deep interest in the boy from the mysterious Sheriff Lucas Buck. Caleb's cousin Gail, returns to her hometown and faces off with Sheriff Buck, who she believes is linked to her own mother's death.
2 :01x02 - A Tree Grows in Trinity
Writer: Shaun Cassidy
Director: Michael Katleman
Guest star: Sean Bridges (Deputy #1), Gina Stewart (Teapot), Mert Hatfield (The Reverend), Arnold Vosloo (Rafael Santo), David Lenthall (Dr. Curtis Z. Webb), Ron Perkins (Harlan Jeeters), Charly Williams (Taylor Webb), Ralph Brownewell (Orderly #1), Dale Wright (Nurse), Charles McLawhorn (Albert), Sean Bridgers (Deputy #1)
Caleb flees from Sheriff Buck and finds himself in an abandoned hunting lodge, where a dying man is being held captive. Merlyn's spirit confronts Caleb and encourages him to help the man. Meanwhile, at Merlyn's funeral, Caleb learns that his daddy is dead too and that his cousin Gail has come home to protect him.
3 :01x03 - Eye of the Beholder
Director: Jim Charleston
Guest star: Tina Lifford (Loris Holt), Barry Bell (Gordy Wills), Grenoldo Frazier (Reverend Logan), Evan Rachel Wood (Rose Russell), Chris Fennell (Boone MacKenzie), Rick Warner (Heywood Anderson), N'Bushe Wright (Cheryl Trulane), Bob Hannah (Judge Halpern), Maria Howell (Choir Soloist)
Sheriff Buck will do anything to win Caleb away from Gail at his custody hearing, including calling in a favor from the judge overseeing the case and an attempt to destroy Dr. Crower. Meanwhile, a mirror given to Dan Trulane as a wedding gift has a strange attraction over his bride to be.
4 :01x04 - Damned If You Don't
Writer: Michael R. Perry, Stephen Gaghan
Director: Lou Antonio
Guest star: Muse Watson (Wash Sutpen), Juliet Cesario (Gail's Mother), Judy Simpson Cook (Etta Bowen), Brigid Brannagh (Poppy Bowen), Jana Drue (Young Gail), Steve Rankin (Carter Bowen), Chris Fennell (Boone MacKenzie), Donald S. Bland (Cooper), Barnaby Carpenter (T.J.), John Henry Scott (Janitor)
Lucas Buck seeks a payback for a favor when he requests that Carter Bowen's teenage daughter work for him. But when he refuses, a series of events occur that unravels Carter's life. Also, Caleb receives help from Lucas on a school project, and Gail searches for answers about her mom.
5 :01x05 - Dead to the World
Writer: Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess, Shaun Cassidy, Michael R. Perry, Stephen Gaghan
Director: James A. Contner
Guest star: Linda Pierce (Mrs. Gallagher), Debbie Yates (Louellen), Chris Fennell (Boone MacKenzie), Scott Schumacher (Diver), Barnaby Carpenter (T.J.), Alex Van (Jailer), Melissa Suzanne McBride (Holly Gallager), Rachel Seidman-Lockamy (Charlotte), Helen Baldwin (Barbara Joy Flood), John Shearin (Waylon Flood)
Gail seeks the truth about the night her best friend disappeared after driving off a bridge. She may have gone too far when she accuses Sheriff Buck as having a hand in her death after discovering that they had dated at the time of her disappearance. Meanwhile, Caleb learns about himself and honor when Lucas offers to help him win an archery contest.
6 :01x06 - Meet the Beetles
Director: Michael Nankin
Guest star: Mark Joy (Coach Fred Bender), Alex Van (Deputy Floyd), David Lenthall (Dr. Curtis Z. Webb), Chris Fennell (Boone MacKenzie), Bruce Campbell (Lt. Jack Drey), Derin Altay (Betty Weller), Selden Smith (Lydia Constantine), Keith Flippen (Ossie Spichtig)
Lucas Buck is held under suspicion after two skeletons are found on his property. Jack Drey, a state policeman suspects Lucas of having a part in his adulterous brother-in-law's disappearance.
7 :01x07 - Strong Arm of the Law
Writer: Michael R. Perry, Stephen Gaghan
Director: Mike Binder
Guest star: Sara Audrey Keeley (Mourner #2), Aubrey Dollar (Janice), Maggie Klekas (Mourner #1), Matt Craven (Barrett Stokes), Richard Edson (Lowell Stokes), Brian Fong (Paramedic), Joseph Lindsey (Earl McKeever), Chris Fennell (Boone MacKenzie), Jim Gloster (Just Eddie), Dean Whitworth (Cecil Perkins), Sara Lynn Moore (Carol)
Trinity is invaded by four northerners who move into the boarding house and start a crime wave throughout town. Sheriff Buck has a deadly confrontation with the guests.
8 :01x08 - Rebirth
Writer: Victor Bumbalo
Director: James Frawley
Guest star: Danny Masterson (Ray), Chris Blackwelder (Young Man), Michael Mattison (Dead Head), Sara Lynn Moore (Mrs. Russell), Randell Haynes (Sourpuss), Kelly Mizell (Young Woman), Deborah Winstead (Nurse #1), Lanelle Markgraf (Nurse #2), Amy Steel (Christy)
Merlyn borrows the spirit of an unborn child and reappears as a young girl as a means to experience the life she had missed out on, such as first love. After Caleb and the Sheriff figure out what has happened, Caleb realizes she must give back the unborn child's spirit if it is to survive, while Sheriff Buck wants her to remain on earth.
9 :01x09 - Resurrector
Writer: Shaun Cassidy, Michael R. Perry, Stephen Gaghan
Director: Elodie Keene
Guest star: Greg Travis (Mel Kirby), Andrea Powell (Jean Biggs), Chris Fennell (Boone MacKenzie), Phil Loch (Lance Biggs), Craig Edwards (Technician), Lynda Clark (Rita Barber), Irene Ziegler (Gloria Kirby)
A radio host vows to ruin Sheriff Buck after he rejects his plea for help. A depressed Caleb wants to hold a party for the dead in order to give Merlyn a second funeral.
10 :01x10 - Inhumanitas
Writer: Michael R. Perry, Stephen Gaghan
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Guest star: Peter Townes (Frenchman), Tim Grimm (W. Bryan Hudson), Pat Hingle (Father Tilden), Brandlyn Whitaker (Sue Ellen Hudson), Yvonne Graetzer (Female Realtor), Wayne DeHart (Bertie), Ruth Reid (Barbara Hudson)
Sheriff Buck must answer for all his past crimes when Merlyn returns as an avenging angel. Father Tilden's church is the scene of their chilling confrontation.
11 :01x11 - The Plague Sower
Writer: Robert Palm
Director: Mel Damski
Guest star: C.K. Bibby (Townsperson #2), John Henry Scott (Husband), Gene Dann (Man), Dottie Grissom-Hardin (Young Woman), Haley Salyer (Woman), Joe Maggard (Townsperson #1), Amy Dawn Anderson (Nurse), Kay Joyner (Wife), Patt Noday (Reporter), Michael Harding (A.E. Tippett)
A mysterious bleeding illness has hit Trinity, which brings a new doctor to town. Sheriff Buck turns to Dr. Peele for help after Dr. Cower has a breakdown while trying to treat all the townsfolk hit with the plague.
12 :01x12 - Doctor Death Takes a Holiday
Writer: Victor Bumbalo
Director: Doug Lefler
Guest star: Tamara Burnham (Charlotte Streeter), Veronica Cartwright (Angela), Tyrone Hicks (Jojo), Bill Roberson (Carl), Amy Parish (Nurse Sarah), Tina Lifford (Loris Holt), Nancy Saunders (Brenda), Henry Laurence (Elderly Man), Will Leskin (Judge Streeter)
When a woman checks into the hospital claiming to be Sheriff Buck's mother, Dr. Crower grows more curious and decides to reinvestigate Merlyn's murder. She asks Dr. Crower to kill Sheriff Buck, but the tables are turned which creates unsettling results.
13 :01x13 - The Beast Within
Writer: Shaun Cassidy
Director: Michael Lange
Guest star: Rick Forrester (Salesman), Henry Laurence (Elderly Man), General Fermon Judd Jr. (Fireman), Jeff Perry (Artie Healy), Lynda Clark (Rita Barber)
When Artie, Ben's brother, robs a store in Trinity, Ben accidentally shoots him and then is taken hostage along with Sheriff Buck, Caleb and Dr. Crower at the hospital.
14 :01x14 - To Hell and Back
Writer: Judi Ann Mason
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Laura Robbins (Doreen Langston), W. Morgan Sheppard (Mr. Emmett), Megan Gallacher (Claire Crower), Robert Treveiler (Chester Langston), Lou Criscuolo (Cop #1), Andi Carnick (Lily Crower), Charlie Lucas (Bluesman), Mick McGovern (Cop #2), Lanelle Rose (Nurse #2), Charles McLawhorn (George), Erica Nashan (Nurse #1), Michael Genevie (Dr. Portis Fields), Charlotte Hackman (Hannah), Evan Rachel Wood (Rose Russell), Chris Fennell (Boone MacKenzie)
When Dr. Crower treats the victims of a drunk driving accident, he conjures up memories of his wife and daughters deaths. Sheriff Buck pushes Dr. Cower over the edge by enticing him to start drinking again. Meanwhile, a strange neighbor's digging bothers Caleb.
15 :01x15 - Learning to Crawl
A new bond is brought between Caleb and Sheriff Buck after he is brought back to life after being electrocuted. While on a fishing trip Caleb and Sheriff Buck encounter dangerous criminals who have kidnapped a corporate executive. Meanwhile, Caleb is given special sensory powers after learning a lesson from Sheriff Buck while trapped in the cabin.
16 :01x16 - Triangle
Just as Gail informs Caleb that she is leaving Trinity and taking him along, she collapses and is taken to the hospital where she learns she is pregnant with Sheriff Buck's child.
17 :01x17 - The Buck Stops Here
Writer: Steve DeJarnatt
Director: Lou Antonio
Guest star: Wayne DeHart (Old Bertie), Lee Freeman (Doris Lydon), John Shearin (Waylon Flood), Dani Miller (Nurse), Jim Antonio (Dr. Leslie Narone), Brent Jennings (Yancy Lydon), Dean Whitworth (Cecil Spurgeon), Lynda Clark (Rita Barber), Alex Van (Deputy Floyd)
Caleb and Selena go to Lucas' home to search for missing hospital files after being accused by the pharmacist as having taken them. Caleb seems to relish the fact he is Sheriff Buck's son and uses his new found powers when Lucas is "murdered." Sheriff Buck's final words for Caleb states that "the evil is passed."
18 :01x18 - Requiem
Writer: Shaun Cassidy
Director: Lou Antonio
Guest star: Lindley Mayer (Ashley Narone), Don Henderson Baker (Grave Digger), Len Hathaway (Elderly Man), Diana Taylor (Businesswoman), Mary Mcmillan (Wealthy Woman), Lynda Clark (Rita Barber), Alex Van (Deputy Floyd), Jim Antonio (Dr. Leslie Narone)
Caleb uses his new powers to try and kill Gail and inherit Sheriff Buck's estate. But when Ben and Billy dig up Lucas, he comes back to save Gail and his unborn child, setting up a confrontation between Sheriff Buck and Caleb.
19 :01x19 - Potato Boy
Writer: Michael Nankin
Director: Nick Marck
Guest star: Evan Rachel Wood (Rose Russell), John Bennes (Rev. Coombs), Trip Cogburn (Potato Boy), Chris Fennell (Boone MacKenzie), Zander Heinen (Potato Boy Vocalist), Tina Lifford (Loris Holt), Sarah Lynn Moore (Mrs. Russell), Joe Inscoe (Dr. Perry)
Sheriff Buck is upset when Selena reaches out to help Caleb. Also, Ben seeks a psychiatrists help to figure out why he has animosity towards Sheriff Buck. But when Lucas learns of Ben's visits, he takes matters into his own hands.
20 :01x20 - Ring of Fire
Writer: Michael R. Perry, Stephen Gaghan
Director: Lou Antonio
Guest star: Sandi Fix (Christine Emory (1975)), David Cutting (Toddler), Collin Wilcox (Mrs. Gardner), John Keenan (Peter Emory (1975)), Jana Drue (Young Gail), Sonny Shroyer (Gage Temple), Dorothy Recasner Brown (Female Doctor)
Sheriff Buck allows Gail to use her dreams and visions to reveal more about her past, including her parents behavior, her father's abuse towards her, he mom's affair and an attempted murder of her father.
21 :01x21 - Echo of Your Last Goodbye
Writer: John Cork
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Alex Van (Deputy Floyd), D.L. Anderson (Allison), Julia Deane Howard (Cindy), Chris Fennell (Boone MacKenzie)
Ben's date, Cindy, is really an incarnation of Merlyn who is attempting to reveal to Ben the truth of her mother's death by taking to a place where she took care of abandoned children. Meanwhile, Lucas admits that he loved Merlyn's mother and wanted to marry her, but she refused to leave her husband.
22 :01x22 - Strangler
Director: Doug Lefler
Guest star: Rachel Lewis (Nurse #2), Sean Bridgers (Policeman #1), Alex Van (Deputy Floyd), Gareth Williams (Albert DeSalvo)
Lucas summons the ghost of Albert De Salvo, better known as the Boston Strangler, in order to fight Merlyn. While Sheriff Buck makes himself scarce, Alberto befriends Caleb in order to get to Merlyn, kills a nurse and sets his sights on Gail as his next victim. Caleb may be the only one who can help save Merlyn, by conjuring up his special powers.