Night Stalker Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Pilot

First aired: Sep/29/2005
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Guest star: Sarah Lafleur (Trish Medlock), Ele Keats (Emily Gale), Susan Misner (Irene Kolchak), David Denman (Henry Gale), Clay Wilcox (Ed Medlock), John Pyper-Ferguson (Agent Bernard Fain), J. Marvin Campbell (Deputy), Madeline Carroll (Julie Medlock), Regi Davis (Detective), Timothy McNeil (Coroner), Sabin Rich (Motorcycle Rider), Darren McGavin (Reporter Standing at Desk)

A murder shockingly like his wife's leads Kolchak to Los Angeles, where he has signed on as a reporter with the L.A. Beacon newspaper. The crime: A pregnant woman is attacked and murdered. Her husband is accused in her death, but Kolchak senses there's more to the story. Kolchak's colleague, senior crime reporter Perri Reed (Union) is just as eager to get to the bottom of things, but she's skeptical of his wild theories.

Young and ambitious photographer Jain McManus is a little more ready to go along with Kolchak. Together, they'll aid him as he tracks down the bizarre and the inexplicable, the stories you won't find printed in any newspaper.

2 :01x02 - The Five People You Meet in Hell

First aired: Oct/06/2005
Writer: Thomas Schnauz
Director: Rob Bowman
Guest star: Tony Curran (Damon Caylor), Alex Carter (Detective Granof), Robert Curtis Brown (Doug Linman), Art LaFleur (Detective Mitchell), Susan Misner (Irene Kolchak), John Wesley (Warden Blume), Heather Kafka (Katrina Ortega), David Dunard (Doug's Dad), Colby Paul (Jeffrey Linman), Jessica Whitney Gould (Jane Linman), Wylie Small (Amanda Daniels), Tara Ciabattoni (Mary Granof), Darin Rossi (Umpire), Stephen Alvarez (Reporter (as Stephen W. Alvarez)), Lily Jackson (Daniels' Girl), Ricardo J. Chacon (Gang Member)

When the legal team that helped put a murderous cult leader behind bars seemingly goes haywire, committing inexplicable murders, Kolchak is convinced the man is somehow wreaking vengeance from the depths of his prison cell. Meanwhile, Perri - whose reporting on the cult leader's story helped convict him - fears that she may be next.

3 :01x03 - Three

First aired: Oct/13/2005
Writer: Adam Sussman
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Guest star: Yancey Arias (Professor Richard Carr), Gil McKinney (Jack Mercer), Eugene Byrd (Alex Nyby), Lane Garrison (Craig Boyer), Travis Wester (Devan Harvey), Creed Castleton (Gus Dunmore), Austin Highsmith (Liza), Eamon Hunt (Charles Dunmore), Colton Parsons (John Dunmore)

When a coed ends up dead after a bizarre accident, Kolchak investigates a strange college society that appears to be performing rituals in a mysterious old house.

4 :01x04 - Burning Man

First aired: Oct/20/2005
Writer: Noah Baylin
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Michael O'Keefe (Doug Panero), William Lucking (Howard Gorn), Madison Mason (Agent Houck), Clare Carey (Lisa Panero), Alex Fernandez (Gary Reynolds), Kevin Brief (Fred Fogel), Price Carson (Glenn Overton), Brandon Fobbs (Delivery Boy), Shane Johnson (Susan Reynolds), Eugene Collier (Customer)

A series of murders mirrors a crime spree by a seemingly dead bio-terrorist who claimed he could kill with “hellfire.” The FBI and the pompous reporter who covered the original story think it’s the work of a copycat, but Kolchak is convinced the murders have more supernatural points of origin.

5 :01x05 - Malum

First aired: Oct/27/2005
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
Director: Deran Sarafian
Guest star: Tony Todd (Detective), Paul Dillon (Ezekiel Seaver), Fredric Lehne (Dan Carver (as Fredric Lane)), Paula Newsome (Dr. Lawrence), Zachary Winard (Justin Seaver), Mary-Pat Green (Mona Sampson), Ted Rooney (Arnold Jefferies), Eugene Byrd (Alex Nyby), Cayden Boyd (Ryan Carver), Drew Osborne (Jake Blakely)

Kolchak investigates when a troubled boy and his seemingly abusive dad leave a trail of mysterious deaths wherever they go.

6 :01x06 - The Source (1)

First aired: Nov/10/2005
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
Director: Steve Shill
Guest star: Esther K. Chae (Dae), Charles Chun (Seung), Manny Perez (Victor Caleca), Pat Skipper (Agent Richard Walton), John Pyper-Ferguson (Agent Fain), Loreni Delgado (Edhead), Steve Saucedo (Biker #4), Tony Swift (Biker #3), Kevin Thomas (Biker #1), Peter Mark Vasquez (Grim Faced Man), Brett Wagner (Biker #2)

Agent Fain reappears on the scene after Kolchak refuses to disclose his source in a seemingly routine story about a drug lord’s death at the hands of a renegade band of bikers, and the subsequent disappearance of a DEA agent – a man who may be able to shed light on who murdered Kolchak’s wife.

7 :01x07 - The Sea (2)

First aired: Unaired
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
Director: Elodie Keene
Guest star: Stacy Edwards (Linda Caleca), Esther K. Chae (Dae), Charles Chun (Seung), Loreni Delgado (Edhead), Alexis Rhee (Soo), John Pyper-Ferguson (Agent Fain), Bryan Anthony (Cop #1), Van Epperson (Cabin Manager), Jim Gleason (Reporter #1), Kathy McGraw (Reporter #2), Chris G. Moore (Biker #2), Steve Saucedo (Biker #4), Rick Scarry (Reporter #3), Tony Swift (Biker #3), Kevin Thomas (Biker #1), Keely Watson (Cop #2)

Kolchak and Perri go on the run to protect the one woman who can answer their questions about Agent Caleca -- and perhaps Irene Kolchak’s death -- before the phantom band of bikers strikes again. Along the way, Perri learns one of Kolchak’s darkest secrets. Meanwhile, Agent Fain puts pressure on Jain to give up his photos and on Vincenzo to reveal what his reporters know about the case.

8 :01x08 - Into Night

First aired: Unaired
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
Director: Paul Shapiro
Guest star: Eugene Byrd (Alex Nyby), Michael Shamus Wiles (Bernard Faroux/Walter Prees), Steve Witting (Mr. Corey), Tegan Ashton Cohan (Brenda Cook), Regi Davis (Richard Walton), Ted Garcia (Newscaster #2), Sima Kostov (Woman in Red), Adrian Neil (Mark Rothman), Joey Sorge (Jeremy Steckler)

Kolchak investigates when two office workers are mysteriously found mummified.

9 :01x09 - Timeless

First aired: Unaired
Writer: William Schmidt
Director: James Hayman
Guest star: Mira Furlan (Marlene Shields), Kevin Rahm (Dr Aaron Shields), Eugene Byrd (Alex Nyby), Alex Datcher (Mrs. Reed), Robin Pearson Rose (Mrs. Owens), Michael Fairman (Marlene's Partner), Michael Potter (Detective Collins), Stephen Tobolowsky (Titus Berry), Michael Warren (Mr. Reed), Helen Costa (Body Double Marlene), Dennis Howard (Observing Detective), Alex Ruiz (College Kid), Kasey Wilson (Jennifer Owens), Terry Woodberry (Man)

Carl investigates a mysterious pattern of murders that repeats itself every 35 years.

10 :01x10 - What's The Frequency, Kolchak?

First aired: Unaired
Writer: Vince Gilligan
Director: Colin Buckley
Guest star: Pat Healy (Paul Krieger), Mike Batayeh (Stanley Kim), Reggie Lee (Todd Hoffman)

Kolchak is kidnapped by a disturbed man who claims to have a monster confined in a room at the end of a hallway, and Carl starts seeing things that aren't there.