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Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Battleground

First aired: Jul/12/2006
Director: Brian Henson
Guest star: William Hurt (Jason Renshaw), Enrico Mammarella (Guard #1), Lynda Kinkade (CNN Anchor), Mia Sara (Beautiful Passenger), Jackie Kelleher (Hans Morris' Mother), Bruce Spence (Hans Morris), Brad McMurray (Guard #2), Krista Vendy (Front Desk Clerk)

Jason Renshaw is a professional hit man who successfully murders the CEO of a prestigious toy company only to face the biggest fight of his life when a package from the toy company is delivered to his house with surprising, deadly contents.



2 :01x02 - Crouch End

First aired: Jul/12/2006
Director: Mark Haber
Guest star: Claire Forlani (Doris Frehman), Eion Bailey (Lonnie Frehman), Eva Lazzaro (The Girl), Monica Maughan (Woman in Street), Ryan Sheldrake (The Boy), Ron Haddrick (Man in Lift), John Flaus (Man in Street), Jennifer Congram (Concierge), Marijke Mann (Woman in Lift), Josh Futcher (Rat Man #2), Martin Broome (Rat Man #3), Jean-Marc Russ (Rat Man #1), Luke Walker (PC Farnham), Kenneth Ransom (Cabby), Linal Haft (Archibald)

Claire Forlani is a newlywed American couple honeymooning in London who go to Crouch End to have dinner with a friend. They soon learn the town is not what it appears to be, and the more they get lost, the more they become trapped in another dimension.



3 :01x03 - Umney's Last Case

First aired: Jul/19/2006
Director: Rob Bowman
Guest star: William H. Macy (Clyde Umney / Sam Landry / George Demmick), Jacqueline McKenzie (Linda Landry / Gloria Demmick), Mark Mitchell (Blondie), Don Halbert (Dunninger), Sigrid Thornton (Mrs Anges Sternwood), John Orcsik (Stan the Cop), Peter Curtin (Mr Woolrich), Harold Hopkins (Vernon Klein), Louis Corbett (Danny Landry), Julian O'donnell (Peoria Smith), Kodi-Smit McPhee (Brandon), Melinda Butel (Ardis McGill), Victoria Mussett (Arlene 'Candy' Cain / Pool Girl)

William H. Macy plays dual roles in this imaginative tale about an author who copes with a family tragedy by writing himself into the noirish dramas of his own novel, where he interacts with his main character, a hard-boiled investigator in 1938 Los Angeles.



4 :01x04 - The End Of The Whole Mess

First aired: Jul/19/2006
Director: Mikael Salomon
Guest star: Ron Livingston (Howard Fornoy), Henry Thomas (Robert Fornoy), Bonnie Carter (Moderator (as Kirsty Lee)), Jye O'toole (Howie Fornoy (12 years old)), Justina Noble (CNN Street Reporter), Jake Stone (Bobby Fornoy (2-3 years old)), Rarmian Newton (Bobby Fornoy (7-10 years old)), Nick Mulkearns (Bobby Fornoy), Matthew Lombardo (Bobby Fornoy (11 months old)), Bo Jerkic (Howie Fornoy (5-7 years old)), Andy Anderson (Duke Rogers), Rebecca Gibney (India Fornoy), Greg Saunders (Dr Banyard), Nicholas Bell (World Health Official), Tyler Coppin (Richard Fornoy)

A documentary filmmaker recalls the life and work of his idealistic, genius brother, whose cure-all experiment to end global violence, war and mayhem turns horribly wrong.



5 :01x05 - The Road Virus Heads North

First aired: Jul/26/2006
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Guest star: Tom Berenger (Richard Kinnell), Marsha Mason (Aunt Trudy), Susie Porter (Sally Blair-Kinnell), Marg Downey (Judy Diment), Chris Haywood (Dr Bogner), Anita Torrance (Pretty Wiccan), Amelia Christon (Betsy), Nate Butler (Valet), Hamish Michael (Road Virus), Robyn Jane Lacey (Pretty Girl), Josh Wakely (Fan #2), Jim Hill (Tattoed Fan), Kym Gyngell (Will Tabor), Virginia Gay (Fan #1), Gorgi Quill (TV Reporter), Sara Zwangobani (News Anchor)

On his drive home from a conference, a noted novelist spontaneously buys a creepy painting at a yard sale. When the artwork begins to transform and become more menacing, he realizes he must destroy it before it kills him.



6 :01x06 - The Fifth Quarter

First aired: Jul/26/2006
Director: Rob Bowman
Guest star: Jeremy Sisto (Willie Evans), Samantha Mathis (Karen), Christopher Morris (Barney), Peter O'Brien (Keenan), Dino Marnika (Detective #1), Antony Neate (Prison Guard #1), Kodi-Smit McPhee (Jackson Evans), Christopher Kirby (Sarge), Robert Mammone (Jagger), Sara Gleeson (Thelma), Christine Moffat (Mrs Claussen)

A released convict is told by his dying friend of a four-part map that details the location of $3.5 million from a robbery. With one quarter of the map in hand, he goes on a violent odyssey to find the three remaining sections.



7 :01x07 - Autopsy Room Four

First aired: Aug/02/2006
Director: Mikael Salomon
Guest star: Richard Thomas (Howard Cottrell), Greta Scacchi (Dr Katie Arlen), Robert Mammone (Dr Peter Jennings), Martin Vaughan (Dr. Kazalian), Josh Lawson (ER Doctor), Jude Beaumont (Angela), Robyn Arthur (Nurse), Brian Lipson (Mike the Orderly), Steve Mouzakis (Driver), Paul Gleeson (Ed Brooks), Linc Hasler (Rusty)

After he's paralyzed from a snake bite, a vacationing businessman is mistakenly declared dead and taken to the autopsy room. Completely conscious but unable to move or speak, he bears witness to his own autopsy, performed by a female doctor and her student.



8 :01x08 - You Know They've Got a Hell of a Band

First aired: Aug/02/2006
Director: Mike Robe
Guest star: Steven Weber (Clark Rivingham), Kim Delaney (Mary Rivingham), William McNamara (Ricky Nelson), Erin Wright (Janis Joplin), Joe Sagal (Elvis Presley), Jacinta Stapleton (Sissy), Richard Cawthorne (Hot Rod Driver), André de Vanny (Skater Boy), Kristian Schmid (Buddy Holly), Andrew Gilmore (Elderly Clark), Glen Hancox (Grease Monkey), Damien Richardson (Ronnie Van Zant), Andy McPhee (Pot Bellied Man), Michelle Celebicanin (Mother (as Michelle Cele)), Fletcher Humphrys (Duane Allman), Alethea McGrath (Elderly Mary), Che Timmins (Jimi Hendrix), Tony Rickards (Roy Orbison), Bert Labonte (Otis Redding), Mitchell Butel (Emcee), Portia Bradley (Daughter), Stan Roach (Druggist)

A couple on a "pristine wilderness" adventure take a wrong turn and end up in Rock and Roll Heaven, Ore., a Rockwellian hamlet that is not on any map and is populated by deceased rock icons. But something ominous lurks beneath the sunny surface, and the couple soon realize they may be trapped in the town forever.