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Tremors: The Series Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Feeding Frenzy

First aired: Mar/28/2003
Writer: Nancy Roberts, S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock
Director: Bradford May
Guest star: Robert Jayne (Melvin Plug), Branscombe Richmond (Harlowe Winnemucca), William Cowart (Biker)

Burt barely rescues newcomer (and owner of the local tour business) Tyler Reed from El Blanco, and the trouble isn't over yet. El Blanco is becoming more aggressive by the day and the residents of Perfection have to figure out why before they become the next meal.



2 :01x02 - Ghost Dance

First aired: Mar/28/2003
Writer: S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock
Director: Whitney Ransick
Guest star: Greg Collins (Lynch), Christopher Lloyd (Cletus Poffenberger), Jamie McShane (Wilhelm), Randy Mulkey (Captain Drake), Kevin Otto (John Draper), Branscombe Richmond (Harlowe Winnemucca), Michael Harney (Fallon)

Three people are found dead in an abandoned silver mine, their bodies completely drained of all fluids. Rosalita thinks a ghost is responsible, but Burt knows it must be something else, especially when two government agents have just rolled into Perfection



3 :01x03 - Night of the Shriekers

First aired: Apr/04/2003
Writer: S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, John Schulian
Director: P.J. Pesce
Guest star: Patrick St. Esprit (Karl Hartung), Tom McCafferty (Otto), Matt Malloy (Dr. Harold Baine), Melinda Clarke (Dr. Megan Flint), Karen Gordon (Tourist #1)

Burt tracks down and kills a Shrieker out in the valley, only to find out it was part of a government funded project to train Shriekers for rescue missions. But when a storm knocks damages the equipment controlling them, the remaining Shriekers escape and begin to multiply. In an effort to survive the Perfection residents must make a stand at Burt's place.



4 :01x04 - Blast from the Past

First aired: Apr/11/2003
Writer: Babs Greyhosky, S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock
Director: Michael Shapiro
Guest star: Harrison Page (Mead), David Doty (Mosely), Gary Weeks (Brock), Stuart Fratkin (Rosser)

An Ass-Blaster is sighted in the valley, already having killed two people. After attempting to track it down, Burt and Tyler learn to their frustration that the Ass-Blaster is private property and must be taken in alive... Which of course, is easier said than done. Meanwhile, Jodi and the others take over teaching Burt's survival class with suprising results.



5 :01x05 - Flora or Fauna

First aired: Unknown/Unaired
Writer: Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson
Director: Chuck Bowman
Guest star: Christopher Lloyd (Cletus Poffenberger), Sarah Rafferty (Dr. Casey Matthews), George J. Woods (Carl Ludwig), Richard Biggs (Roger Garrett), J. D. Walsh (Larry Norvel)

A team of scientists find an animal/plant hybrid growing in the valley that proves to be just as deadly as it is strange. Burt, Tyler, and Cletus join forces with them to figure out how to destroy it before it spreads out of the valley.



6 :01x06 - Hit and Run

First aired: Apr/25/2003
Writer: Christopher Silber
Director: P.J. Pesce
Guest star: Pamela Kay Davis (Reporter), Troy Winbush (Max), Nicholas Turturro (Frank), Michael Rooker (Kenny)

Two criminals named Max and Frank have arrived in town fresh from Las Vegas. With time kil, they decide to take Tyler's tour to settle an arguement about the existence of Graboids. They soon encounter El Blanco, which promptly eats Max and also eats the key needed to complete their next crooked job. Now El Blanco is in danger as Frank returns with his boss to retrieve the key by force.



7 :01x07 - A Little Paranoia Among Friends

First aired: Jun/20/2003
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Michael Grossman
Guest star: James Saba (Sheriff Tucker), James Whitson (Kevin), Sal Lopez (Manny Garcia), Joel McKinnon Miller (Red Landers), Armin Shimerman (Cecil Carr), Audrey Wasilewski (Rosie Landers)

Twitchell sends Burt and Tyler to a small town track down a suspected Graboid after a bunch of strange disappearances. But the townspeople believe the real cause is alien abductions and that the government is trying to cover it up.



8 :01x08 - Project 4-12

First aired: Jun/27/2003
Writer: John Schulian
Director: Chuck Bowman
Guest star: Branscombe Richmond (Harlowe Winnemucca), Christopher Lloyd (Cletus Poffenberger), J. D. Walsh (Larry Norvel), Lorin McCraley (Roadhog)

The Perfection residents meet a strange old man claiming to be a scientist called Cletus. At first his ramblings of a dangerous monster on the loose are shrugged off as nothing but El Blanco sightings until the residents finally see it for themselves. Now Burt and Tyler team up with Cletus to try and stop the beast.



9 :01x09 - Graboid Rights

First aired: Jul/11/2003
Writer: Christopher Silber
Director: P.J. Pesce
Guest star: Sarah Rafferty (Dr. Casey Matthews), David J. Wright (Ray), Jeffrey Johnson (Chad Ranston), Rebecca McFarland (Dr. Ellie Bergen), Tinsley Grimes (Mindy Sterngood), Heather McClurg (Kelly), Trevor David (Protester)

Protesters come to Perfection to force Burt and the others out of the valley, claiming their presence is having adverse effects on El Blanco's health. This couldn't have happened at a worse time as El Blanco begins acting very strangely.



10 :01x10 - The Sounds of Silence

First aired: Jul/18/2003
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Michael Shapiro
Guest star: J. D. Walsh (Larry Norvel), Joan McMurtrey (Donna Debevic), Darrin Long (Darryl)

A plague of strange bugs infest the valley. They start eating dry wood, but they soon move onto meat and start heading toward the town.



11 :01x11 - The Key

First aired: Jul/25/2003
Writer: S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Christopher Silber, John Schulian
Director: P.J. Pesce
Guest star: J. D. Walsh (Larry Norvel), Nicholas Turturro (Frank), Vivica A. Fox (Dolores), David Grant Wright (Dr. Gil Towne), Michael Albala (Accountant), Richard Riehle (Helmut Krause)

Frank returns to Perfection with some extra help in another attempt to kill El Blanco and retrieve the key he swallowed. Meanwhile, Larry encounters a creature in a barn and tries to figure out what it is.



12 :01x12 - Water Hazard

First aired: Aug/01/2003
Writer: Nancy Roberts
Director: Chuck Bowman
Guest star: Richard Biggs (Roger Garrett), Sarah Rafferty (Dr. Casey Matthews), Duane Daniels (Dwayne), Bart Johnson (Deputy Mack), Don Swayze (Orville James), Robert Marinaccio (Owner), Jim Beaver (Sheriff Boggs), Robert Jayne (Melvin Plug)

With the entire town struggling financially Rosalita decides to take a job at Melvin's latest business venture, the Oasis. But some of the water used in the Oasis' lagoon is contaminated with Mixmaster, which creates a deadly six foot shrimp. Now Tyler and the others must stop it before it escapes into the wild.



13 :01x13 - Shriek & Destroy

First aired: Aug/08/2003
Writer: Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson
Director: Jack Sholder
Guest star: William O'Leary (George Meadows), Pat Skipper (Bill McClane), Clayton Blocker (Boyfriend), Jeffrey Scott Kelly (Pick Up Driver), Stephen Walters (Officer Rinks), Alison MacInnis (Courtney)

Shriekers are spotted in Juniper, Arizona, and Twitchell sends Burt and Tyler to take care of it. However, the Fish and Wildlife Service are also in town and after a failed attempt to kill and contain the Shriekers they have multiplied and are out of control. Now Burt and Tyler have to stop them before they massacre the entire town.