Wolf Lake Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Meat The Parents

First aired: Sep/19/2001
Writer: Alex Gansa, Rick Kellard
Director: Bryan Spicer
Guest star: Fiona Scott (Presley), Nathaniel Deveaux (Lieutenant), Bill Mondy (Vernon Dicky), Kellie Waymire (Miranda Devereaux), Bruce McGill (Willard Cates), Tiffani Timms (Young Mother), Christian Bocher (Buddy Hooks), Craig Olejnik (Sean), Levi James (Randy), Brandy Heidrick (Deena), Myron Natwick (Vernon), Lou Bollo (stunt coordinator), Deanne Henry (female clerk), Ralph Alderman (Rusty), Ryan Robbins (Fletcher), Carmen Moore (Deputy Molly)

John Kanin travels to Wolf Lake on a tip in the ongoing search for his missing fiancée.

2 :01x02 - The Changing

First aired: Sep/26/2001
Writer: Daniel Knauf
Director: Dwight Little
Guest star: Bruce McGill (Willard Cates), Sarah Carter (Brianna), Robert Wisden (Wallace), Fiona Scott (Presley), Kellie Waymire (Miranda Devereaux), Haley Ingram (Waitress), Marko Hohlbein (Clyde Banner), Lou Bollo (stunt coordinator), Sarah Lind (Sarah Hollander), Carmen Moore (Deputy Molly), Michael Ryan (Cal Hollander), Kristie Marsden (Cleo), Jacqueline Samuda (Jean Hollander), Christian Bocher (Buddy Hooks), Colleen Wheeler (Duty Nurse), John R. Taylor (Don Ritchey)

Kanin investigates when the local police hunt down a girl and corner her in a barn. New information is brought to Kanin's attention about the numerous deaths of teenagers in Wolf Lake. Willard Cates contemplates his successor.

3 :01x03 - Soup to Nuts

First aired: Oct/03/2001
Writer: Roger Director
Director: Joe Chappelle
Guest star: Kellie Waymire (Miranda Devereaux), Fiona Scott (Presley), Bruce McGill (Willard Cates), Kelly Dean Sereda (Deputy Kaminsky), Louise Grant (Virginia Kanin), Mitchell Kosterman (Salters), Terry Howson (Driver), Colin Lawrence (Robinson), Craig Olejnik (Sean), Arthur Culver (Spencer Kanin), Carmen Moore (Deputy Molly), Dean Paul Gibson (Dr. Jessup), Jake Kaese (Boy), Levi James (Randy), Tom Pickett (Sheriff Truesdale)

Creed advocates the construction of a prison in Wolf Lake, but is shot down by Cates. Luke and his friends stop a tanker truck carrying toxic waste but almost kill the man in the process. Kanin hallucinates about Ruby when Blackstone gives him some soup for his flu symptoms.

4 :01x04 - Tastes Like Chicken

First aired: Oct/10/2001
Writer: Philip Levens
Director: Rachel Talalay
Guest star: Kiersten Warren (Nancy), Bruce McGill (Willard Cates), Fiona Scott (Presley), Natalye Vivian (Sandy Ellis), Michael Daingerfield (Dale), Craig Bruhnanski (Malachi (as Craig Brunanski)), Angela Hendricks (Carolyn Duvall), Levi James (Randy), Bob Wilde (Warren), Marko Hohlbein (Clyde Banner), Daniel Christopher Chen (Wade), Kelly Dean Sereda (Deputy Roger Kaminsky), Steve Makaj (Tom Ellis), Carmen Moore (Deputy Molly Bloom), Glynis Davies (Sue Ellis)

A serial killer reappears in Wolf Lake, and the modus operandi makes the sheriff reluctant to give his new officer Kanin all the details. Willard's condition worsens and Luke seems disinterested. Sophia is abducted.

5 :01x05 - Excitable Boy

First aired: Oct/24/2001
Writer: Toni Graphia
Director: Po-Chih Leong
Guest star: W. Earl Brown (Bruce Cates), Kellie Waymire (Miranda Devereaux), Bruce McGill (Willard Cates), Ralph Alderman (Rusty), Constance Barnes (other Nurse), Linden Banks (Doctor Chapman), Fran Gebhard (Nurse), Christian Bocher (Buddy Hooks), Carmen Moore (Deputy Molly Bloom), Jennifer Halley (Maureen)

Miranda is attacked and raped by a member of the wolf pack on her way home, but refuses to pursue justice. Willard releases Ruby from captivity, but suggests she stay away from Kanin. Sophia gets accepted into a school in Italy, but she starts experiencing wolf transformation symptoms.

6 :01x06 - Four Feet Under

First aired: Apr/10/2002
Writer: Daniel Knauf, Roger Director
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Guest star: Kirsten Robek (Marie Donner), Kellie Waymire (Miranda Devereaux), Carmen Moore (Deputy Molly Bloom), Campbell Lane (Lyle Bingham), Christian Bocher (Buddy Hooks), John Moore (Pastor Sam), Craig Bruhnanski (Malachi), Debbie Timuss (Anita), Matthew Currie Holmes (Donald Wrye), Mika Fujii (Suki)

Willard Cates's murder is covered up by the sheriff while he and Kanin search independently for the guilty party. After the funeral, sheriff Donner is shot. Ruby agrees to marry Tyler in order to protect Kanin.

7 :01x07 - Leader of the Pack

First aired: Apr/17/2002
Writer: James Duff
Director: James Head
Guest star: Gregory Itzin (Gerald Carter), John Cassini (Eddie), Jason Kravits (Bradley), Frank Cassini (Adam), Andy Thompson (Hank), Ralph Alderman (Rusty), Carmen Moore (Deputy Molly Bloom), Craig Bruhnanski (Malachi), Christian Bocher (Buddy Hooks), Tony Willett (Stokes), Mark Schooley (Jimmy)

The residents of Wolf Lake meet to elect a new chairman of the town brewery, effectively electing the new pack leader.

8 :01x08 - Legend of Lost Lenore

First aired: Apr/24/2002
Writer: Rick Kellard
Director: Joe Chappelle
Guest star: Julie Patzwald (Lenore), Fiona Scott (Presley), Levi James (Randy), Christian Bocher (Buddy Hooks)

Sherman rents Kanin an old house, only to discover a woman named Lenore is living underneath it. Luke continues his pursuit of Sophia, trying to get her to have sex with him to initiate her change. Tyler and Ruby begin their married life, but Ruby keeps rebuffing Tyler's advances.

9 :01x09 - If These Wolves Could Talk

First aired: May/01/2002
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Austin Nichols (Scott Nichols), Kimberley Warnat (Kit), Sam Anderson (Artie Van Halen), Fiona Scott (Presley), Christian Bocher (Buddy Hooks), Ralph Alderman (Rusty), Frank C. Turner (Drycleaner Owner), Carmen Moore (Deputy Molly Bloom), Don Ackerman (Unkempt Young Man)

Artie Van Halen, a paranormal investigator who hosts his own web site, comes to Wolf Lake seeking the truth about wolfen, shapeshifters who can transform from human to wolf. He has managed to capture Ruby in wolf form and plans to show her transforming to his internet audience.