Special Unit 2 Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Brothers

First aired: Apr/11/2001
Writer: Evan Katz
Director: John Kretchmer
Guest star: Willie Garson (Little Brother), Rick Cramer (Big Brother), Ron Dean (Captain), Ping Wu (Ming Wa), Mike Rad (Jerry), John F. O'Donohue (Sergeant), Alyssa Santoro (Young Kate), Brent Sexton (Edwards), Tara Callaghan (Kate's Mom), Ramiro Gonzales (Boy), Eileen April Boylan (Girl), Sophia Choi (News Anchor)

A secret Chicago police unit battles paranormal creatures. First up: a young cop joins the squad after witnessing a gargoyle abduct a child. Partnered with the cynical Nick O'Malley, she allows herself to be used as a decoy in an attempt to catch the creature, which is kidnapping prey to use to feed its new batch of eggs when they hatch in the thousands and swarm the city.

2 :01x02 - The Pack

First aired: Apr/18/2001
Writer: James Krieg
Director: Oscar Costo
Guest star: Cameron Bancroft (Craig Richards), Todd Cattell (Todd), William Ford (Homeless Man), Eric K. George (Brace Kendall), Angela Vanderwal (Jennifer Helms), Sue Ozeran (Delgado)

Nick finds an unusual way of taking a bite out of crime when SU2 discovers that a pack of stockbrokers-turned-werewolves are terrorizing the city. Nick must get himself infected and go undercover to infiltrate the pack before they go on a rampage, but he may be in over his head.

3 :01x03 - The Wraps

First aired: Apr/25/2001
Writer: Joel Surnow
Director: Terry Windell
Guest star: Dominic Keating (Dr. Harlan Edens), Cat Jagar (Sales Girl), Steven Ho (Mummy #1), Wendy Benson-Landes (Antique Shop Owner), Shaun Toub (Herkamer), Mik Scriba (Officer Green), Malea McGuiness (Asian Woman), Scott Rinker (Antique Store Customer), Lawrence Mandley (Foreman), Nathaniel Lamar (African American Man), Vic Chao (Handsome Asian Man), Ping Wu (Ming Wa), Michael Caldwell (Impatient Customer), Mike Rad (Jerry), Rey-phillip Santos (Mummy #2)

An ancient Japanese mummy is awakened by a bolt of lightning, and sets out to recreate a ritual which will give it godlike powers. It needs three concubines to do so and Benson finds herself taken captive by the creature, which plans to sacrifice her and two other women.

4 :01x04 - The Web

First aired: May/02/2001
Writer: Sara Israel
Director: John Kretchmer
Guest star: Nikita Ager (Alice Chadmoure), Whitney Dylan (Shandi), Will Kempe (Dr. Handal), Jayme Gallante (Guy), Vince Lozano (Young Hood), Ping Wu (Ming Wa), Michael Hess (Male Victim #1), Heidi Androl (Spiderwoman)

A “spider woman” preys on unsuspecting men in Chicago, wooing them into her web before slaying them. But a beautiful witness comes forth, helping Nick to clear the cobwebs from the clues. Problem is, there may be more cobwebs than Nick and Kate were counting on.

5 :01x05 - The Waste

First aired: May/09/2001
Writer: Joel Surnow
Director: Oscar Costo
Guest star: Michael B. Silver (Rich Talridge), Kurt Carley (Link), David Starzyk (Dr. Loceff), Ron Dean (Captain), Sami Reed (Nurse), Derek Anthony (Forensics Officer), Matthew Atherton (Max Sanford), Lisa Brounstein (Gina), Dana Hargitay (Chef (as Dana Christie)), Marty Pistone (SU2 Tech (as Martin Pistone)), Sammi Rotibi (Cop #2), Susanne Wright (Overweight Woman), Robert Ciancimino (Bishop), Michael Garvey (Uniform Cop), Justine O'neill (Thin Woman), Paige Baxter (Heavy Woman)

While they hunt a Link made up of human fat residue, Nick and Kate deal with Nick's former partner, Rich, who wants in on the case and is willing to do anything it takes, including betraying Nick. To complicate matters, Rich is charged with a murder that the monster committed.

6 :01x06 - The Depths

First aired: May/16/2001
Writer: James Krieg, Joel Surnow
Director: John Kretchmer
Guest star: Courtney Peldon (Megan Benson), Bryan Kirkwood (Scar (Neil/Flower) Roberts), Kurt Carley (Merman), Lara Phillips (Gossamer Fairy), Mike Rad (Jerry), Lindsey McKeon (Female Victim), Tom Welling (Male Victim #1), Ping Wu (Ming Wa), Suzanne Bridgham (Bambi), Brianna Brown (Candy), Veronica De La Cruz (Mandy), David Campbell (Myer (as David S. Campbell))

Nick and Kate investigate when “mermen” begin stealing young women's minds. Kate's visiting sister Megan is attracted to a guitar player named nicknamed “Scar," but Kate soon suspects he may be a shape-shifting merman who has plans on Megan.

7 :02x01 - The Grain

First aired: Oct/03/2001
Writer: Jack Bernstein
Director: David Straiton
Guest star: Pauley Perrette (Alice), Michelle Krusiec (Parasite), Mike Desabrais (The Sandman), Scott Denny (Dr. Kirsaksis), Jennifer Clement (Housewife), Craig March (Husband), Preston Cook (Clerk), Garfield Wilson (Policeman), J. Douglas Stewart (Mailman), Simon Longmore (Man), Fred Ewanuick (Bus Passenger), Gus Lynch (Bus Guard), Shayn Solberg (Kid), Dax Belanger (Reporter), Darryl Scheelar (Driver), Peter Hall (Maitre'd), Jason Nickoloff (Police at Restaurant), Bobby Stewart (SWAT Leader)

A parasitic Link causes everyday citizens with no prior record to commit heinous crimes. The team traps it in a bus station but Kate is possessed and the only way to kill the Sandman is to kill its host body.

8 :02x02 - The Skin

First aired: Oct/10/2001
Writer: William Schmidt
Director: Oscar Costo
Guest star: Mark Sheppard (Chameleon), Jennifer O'Leary (Mrs. Weyton), Mike Rad (Jerry), Tsianina Joelson (Julie), Link Baker (Officer Dixon), Reg Parks (Mr. Weyton), Marcel Maillard (Grampa), Angelika Baran (Stunning Woman), Dallas Blake (SU2 Officer)

A shape-shifting Link like the one that murdered Nick's partner is terrorizing the city, but its versatility makes a manhunt difficult. SU2 is forced to consult the original Chameleon, but it has its own agenda.

9 :02x03 - The Years

First aired: Oct/17/2001
Writer: Evan Katz
Director: John Kretchmer
Guest star: Lola Glaudini (Isabella), Antonio Cupo (Dylan), James Lawson (Old Dylan), Lisa Dahling (Maid), Dee Jay Jackson (Uniform Cop), Chris Cound (Bob), Kerri Smith (Nora), Stephany Street (Nick's Mother), Jewis Michaels (Chauffeur), Jeremy Jones (Eddie), Tania L. Pearson (Year Witch (as Tania Pearson))

An ancient Link that sucks the life out of humans is on the prowl in Chicago. However, the primary suspect, a cosmetics executive, catches Nick's eye and makes him doubt her involvement.

10 :02x04 - The Invisible

First aired: Oct/24/2001
Writer: Scott Nimerfro
Director: John Kretchmer
Guest star: Giacomo Baessato (Jake Thomas), Pauley Perrette (Alice), Troy Yorke (Marshall the Banshee), Sasha McLean (Tara), Zach Martin (Carson), Casey Dubois (Murphy), Andrew Johnston (Det. Green), Darren Choo (EMT), L. Harvey Gold (Judge), Craig Veroni (Office Manager), Don House (James Thomas), Amy Acker (Nancy)

A Link known as the Boogeyman is on the prowl collecting heads and following its hunting pattern from seven years ago. Kate and Nick must catch it to save a man on death row who took the rap for one of its earlier murders, and are helped by . his son Jake. Since only children can see the Boogeyman, Jake insists on helping them kill the creature that put his father in jail.

11 :02x05 - The Eve

First aired: Oct/31/2001
Writer: Darin Moiselle, Josh Lobis
Director: Oscar Costo
Guest star: John de Lancie (The Unnamed), Pauley Perrette (Alice Cramer), Bob Wilde (Paul Wayne Tilden), Bill Dow (Al Capone), Stefan Arngrim (Jared Steck), Damon Johnson (Jesse James), David Mylrea (Gene the Hobgoblin), Christine Caux (Lara Croft), Lisa Marie Caruk (Naughty Girl #1), Chelan Simmons (Naughty Girl #2), Laura Mennell (Naughty Girl #3), Charles Zuckermann (Security Guard), Peter Bryant (Connolly), Stephen Park (SU2 Tech), Dagmar Midcap (Reporter), Lawrie Graham (Crying Woman), Mike Lapage (Commando), Danny Woodburn (Sandeep)

A mysterious unnamed Link is bringing corpses of serial killers back to life as part of his master plan to get Nick to bring him an orb that his dead partner Julie recovered on the day of her death.

12 :02x06 - The Rocks

First aired: Nov/07/2001
Writer: Martin Weiss
Director: Jim Byrkit
Guest star: Elaine Hendrix (Medusa), Sebastian Spence (Ian), Taylor Negron (Sphinx), Byron Lucas (Matt), Sonya Salomaa (Waitress), Trever Havixbeck (Club 68 Bartender), Clint Butler (Roommate), Frank Topol (Cool Dude), Stefanie Von Pfetten (Medusa's Sister), Erica Cerra (Pretty Girl), Samantha Simmonds (Woman One), Jennifer Steede (Woman Two), Simon Farrar (Maitre'd), Aurelio Di Nunzio (Construction Worker #1), Frank Ferrucci (Construction Worker #2), Michael P. Northey (Newsdealer), Dean Paul Gibson (Bruno Menelli)

Gorgon Links, which are capable of transforming people into stone, run rampant through the city, with Kate's soon-to-be ex-boyfriend one of their possible victims.

13 :02x07 - The Drag

First aired: Nov/14/2001
Writer: Dan E. Fesman, Harry Victor
Director: John Kretchmer
Guest star: Erika Page (Jessie Turnbow), Kurt Carley (Frankie the Link), Jack Coleman (George Armstrong), Michael Eklund (White Guy), Michael Scholar, Jr. (Angus Birdsong), Eli Gabay (Wesley the Fire Fairy), Peter New (Shady Guy), Shelly Schiavoni (Armstrong's Daughter)

The theft of an ancient Native American necklace from an Indian burial ground unleashes a dragon that runs amok throughout Chicago looking for its preferred food source, gnomes. It's up to Carl to do battle with the creature since he killed one before... or so he claims.

14 :02x08 - The Beast

First aired: Nov/21/2001
Writer: Paul Bernbaum
Director: Paul Abascal
Guest star: Tyler Christopher (Detective David Scott), Alicia Loren (Staci), Annie Sorell (Barbi), Tammy Morris (Dancer #1), Christine Maraazzo (dancer #2), Jacqueline Stewart (Dancer #2), Jennifer Walters (Dancer #4), Mike Desabrais (The Ogre), Justin Stillwell (Driver), Jim Smith (Old Man), Ellen Ewusie (Lacy), Sindy (Vibra), Michael Christopher (Businessman), Carrie Genzel (Lauren), Tina Marie Bentlage (Britt), James Ashcroft (Walter), Jody Thompson (Heather), Lindsay Maxwell (Kerri)

An ogre Link, the basis for the legend of Jack the Ripper, is stalking and killing strippers in Chicago. While trying to track it down, Kate must deal with a regular cop who also wants to capture the killer and that she's romantically interested in.

15 :02x09 - The Wall

First aired: Nov/28/2001
Writer: Jack Bernstein
Director: David Straiton
Guest star: Deanna Milligan (Arianna Wilkerson-Allegro-Pantera-Bernbaum), David Glyn-Jones (Old Man Link), John R. Taylor (Mr. Creelman), Shaun Sipos (Teen Guy), Daniella Evangelista (Teen Girl), Brad Sihvon (Jimmy Green), Kirby Morrow (Scott Caputo), Shaine Jones (David Mayer), Michael Teigen (Classmate), Andrew Moxham (Stoner Ted G. Freeman), Tara Slone (Band Chick), Zak Church (Roadie), Paul Dignard (Worker), Troy Yorke (Revenant #1), Graden Gates (Revenant #2), Marisa Rudiak (Theresa)

Nick accompanies Kate to her 10-year high-school reunion, where the two find themselves fighting Links intent on massacring her classmates.

16 :02x10 - The Straw

First aired: Jan/16/2002
Writer: Martin Weiss, Scott Nimerfro
Director: Rod Hardy
Guest star: Marina Black (Colleen Moore), Pauley Perrette (Alice Cramer), Darcy Laurie (Meyers), Joshua Hamlin (Scarecrow), Eliza Murbach (Safron), Tim Bissett (Al), Dave Ward (Jackie), Andrew Stone (Joey), Melanie Mclaren (Heather), Natasha Wilson (Heather), Brandy Heidrick (Sienna), Brian Anderson (Lester), Sarah La Greca (Girl), Cyrus Thiedeke (Movie Killer), Andrew Laurenson (Edwin Cass), Vincent Gale (Martinez), Hiro Kanagawa (Madison), Adrian Formosa (Security Guard), Rob deLeeuw (Teddy)

Nick and Kate battle the Scarecrow, a Link that creates mayhem by exploiting the fears in every Chicagoan's subconscious. It thrives on fear and plans to create a suitably terrifying event to gain enough fear-energy to become invulnerable.

17 :02x11 - The Love

First aired: Jan/30/2002
Writer: Paul Bernbaum
Director: Oscar Costo
Guest star: Willie Garson (Cupid/Ross Bowman), Marnie Alton (Marnie), Alan Blumenfeld (Psychiatrist), Kirsten Robek (D.A. Marian Williams), Tim Henry (Judge Apano), Anthony Dohm (David Blair), Carolyn Tweedle (Meter Maid), Yurij Kis (Young Working Guy), Tania Saulnier (Urban Princess), Rhys Lloyd (Chubby Guy), Mike Desabrais (The Zaybar), Michael Daingerfield (Federal Marshall), Lenno Britos (Miguel Terrera), Darren Moore (Gnarly Defendant), Matt Hill (Richie)

Kate, Nick, and Carl must track down a Cupid Link, which inadvertently caused a tough judge to start handing down easy sentences. They must bring back the Cupid from Devner and get him to reverse his "love" before the judge frees a major felon, but things get complicated when Nick fails to get his dose of the antidote and becomes a nice, lovable... and totally useless guy.

18 :02x12 - The Piper

First aired: Feb/06/2002
Writer: Dan E. Fesman, Harry Victor
Director: John Kretchmer
Guest star: Matt Winston (Arnie the Piper Link), Eric Keenleyside (Sid Bernstein), April Telek (Miss Understanding), Gus Lynch (Guard #1), Darrell Izeard (Guard #2), Beverley Elliott (Housewife), Glen Roald (Mr. Good Thoughts), Harry Victor (Pushy Agent/Link), Rachel Victoria (Crying Girl), Ryan Hale (Brinks Boy #1), Spencer Achtymichuk (Brinks Boy #2), Tyler Williamson (Brinks Boy #3), Kevin O'Grady (Actor), Holly Burke (Casting Director), Rob Lee (Producer), Avery Tiplady (Focus Group Boy), Jodelle Micah Ferland (Focus Group Girl (as Jodelle Ferland)), Ian Carter (Stage Manager), Wayne Cox (Male Newscaster), Suzette Meyers (Female Newscaster), Louise Grant (Grandma), Mashiah Vaughn-Hulbert (Uta), Brad Dryborough (Boom Operator), Benjamin Libbiter (Audience Kid (as Ben Libbiter)), Jenna Boyd (Arnie), Caroline Marcelle (Julia)

A mind-control Link uses a local children's TV show to turn kids into zombies who steal for him. To get close to the creature, Nick and Kate force Carl to become a sidekick on the show.

19 :02x13 - The Wish

First aired: Feb/13/2002
Writer: Jeff Braunstein
Director: Michael Lange
Guest star: Daisy McCrackin (Natalie/The Djinn), Marnie Alton (Marnie), Mike Rad (Jerry), Cobie Smulders (Zoe), Sam Whipple (Wishing Willie), Ben Cotton (Clay Jensen), Sarah Mutch (Elanna), Malcolm Scott (Doug/Dale), David Haus (Mr. Efficiency), Dana Pemberton (Security Guard), Dean Redman (Cop)

Nick and Kate hunt a Djinn, a “genie”-like Link that is compelled to make people's wishes come true. But if she grants enough wishes, she will gain free will and be able to do whatever she wants, including decimating mankind.