Early Edition - Episode Guide

Episode List

Season 1

Pilot

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1996

fter being kicked out of his house by his wife, Gary Hobson is forced to move into a hotel room. It was a regular Monday morning, except for a mysterious paper that was delivered by an even more mysterious yellow cat at his door. At first Gary didn't pay much attention to the paper, but after a while he realized that wasn't a regular paper, it was tomorrow's paper. The first thing Gary does is get himself fired at his stockbroking job by messing around with stocks without his boss's permission. Then he devotes his free time to earn some money on bets, and eventually gives it to Marissa, the receptionist at his old job, who's blind and needs a dog. After Gary's regular news trader suffers an accident, Gary realizes that he could have saved him. The paper came for a reason after all. And so Gary decides to stop a shooting at a bank, which causes a lot of confusion. But that doesn't keep the paper from coming every morning, at 6:30 am sharp.

The Choice

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 5, 1996

Baby

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1996

The Paper

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1996

Thief Swipes Mayor's Dog

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1996

Hoops (a.k.a. Hoop Dreams)

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1996

After Midnight

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1996

Gun

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1996

His Girl Thursday

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1996

The Wrong Man

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 7, 1996

Christmas

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 21, 1996

Frostbit

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1997

Mob Wife

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1997

The Wall (1)

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1997

The Wall (2)

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1997

Bat Masterson

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1997

The Jury

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1997

Psychic

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Apr 12, 1997

The Cat

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Apr 13, 1997

Phantom at the Opera

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Apr 19, 1997

Faith

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Apr 26, 1997

Dad

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: May 3, 1997

Love is Blind

Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: May 17, 1997

Season 2

Home

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1997

Gary's hotel room burns in an electrical fire. While wondering where he is going to live, Gary also finds out that a greedy businessman wants to purchase McGinty's and an orphanage in order to demolish them and build a parking lot. Gary and Chuck must save McGinty's and the orphanage, and Gary must find a new place to live.

The Medal

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1997

Gary must help a Vietnam vet who has the Congressional Medal of Honor when a ceremony in his honor triggers feelings of guilt because of a mistake he made in Vietnam.

The Wedding

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1997

McGinty's is asked to cater the wedding of Gary's ex-girlfriend, his high school sweetheart. Her romantic feelings are still somewhat directed at Gary, and what's worse, her father has been under police's witness protection for three weeks and the paper warns of criminal and violent actions at the wedding.

Jenny Sloane

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1997

Gary must help a young boy who is ill with leukemia, but is refusing treatment. Gary wants him to meet Jenny Sloane, Chicago's sweetheart who is ill with cancer. A Sun Times columnist writes a column about Jenny Sloane.

Downsized

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1997

Gary and Chuck must stop an old friend of theirs from their former job from having a fatal plastic surgery to impress his girlfriend and enhance his career.

Angels and Devils

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1997

Gary and Chuck become involved with a basketball program at a local church for inner city youth, where they meet a young nun named Sister Mary. Gary helps Sister Mary from abandoning her call after a young man involved with the basketball program is killed during a convenience store holdup, which Gary fails to stop.

Redfellas

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1997

The newspaper arrives with an article written in Russian. Gary saves a cab driver, in a seemingly unrelated article written in English. The cab driver is able to read the Russian article to Gary. Gary then must save a beautiful Russian violinist from being murdered and brings her together to her long lost father.

March in Time

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1997

After learning that a leader of a racist movement will be assasinated during a march, Gary begans to debate whether he should save his life or let him die. Marissa manages to convince him to save him, but the dilemma is further compromised when the leader's comrades attack and vandalize McGinty's. Now Gary has to stop the sniper from killing the leader of the movement. The situation is further complicated when the leader's son befriends a young African-American kid.

A Regular Joe

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1997

A Bris is Just a Bris

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1997

A Minor Miracle

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1998

Romancing the Throne

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1998

Walk, Don't Run

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1998

The Return of Crumb

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1998

A crooked D.A. has aspirations to be Mayor of Chicago, and is holding hearings about police corruption as a way of getting there, focusing on Lt. Crumb's partner who has taken bribes in the past. Crumb's partner steals a portion of the money he and Crumb are using in a sting operation, leaving Crumb holding the bag. The D.A. dislikes Crumb anyway, and proceeds to frame Crumb for the missing money, three weeks before his retirement. Gary tries to help Crumb, but he is his usual obstinate and cranky self.

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