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Season guide

Deadly Games: Season 1

13 episodes Premiered Sep 5, 1995
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Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (10): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Killshot

Sep 5, 1995

A tongue-in-cheek sci-fi adventures about the interactive universe gone berserk. Mild-mannered scientist Gus Lloyd has a hobby that allows him to blow off steam: He designs video

S1·E2 Core

One Mean Mother

Sep 12, 1995

Jackal enlists the aid of "Evil Shirley," an Ice Queen who's patterned after Lauren's mother, to help plant a bomb on a cruise ship that Lauren's real mom and her fiancé are on.

S1·E3 Core

The Boss

Sep 19, 1995

Jackal and the evil video version of Gus's first boss plan to blow up a gasoline truck — with Lauren's ex-fiancé behind the wheel.

S1·E4 Core

The End of the Jackal

Sep 26, 1995

Jackal's real-life model is revealed as the supervillain sets his sights on the destruction of "the family," with a park and a maternity ward primary targets. Meanwhile, Peter beli

S1·E5 Core

The Camp Counselor (1)

Oct 3, 1995

Just when Gus though it was safe, Jackal exercises his power from within the computer, sending the "Perfect Woman" into the real world, followed by Gus's sadistic childhood camp co

S1·E6 Core

The Camp Counselor (2)

Oct 10, 1995

Gus rescues Lauren from her imprisonment in the computer, but in the process releases Jackal and the other bad guys — including the evil camp counselor Chuck, who embarks on a miss

S1·E7 Core

The Practical Joker

Oct 17, 1995

Practical joker Danny Schlecht enters a new character into the game who (a) plants a bomb in Gus's VCR, (b) drugs Lauren and Peter and puts them in a compromising position, and (c)

S1·E8 Core

The Car Mechanic

Nov 7, 1995

In the midst of a wicked heat wave, Jackal throws a monkey wrench into Gus's life in the form of car mechanic Ross Logan, who aims to derail a train; meanwhile, Detective Dorn gets

S1·E9 Core

The Divorce Lawyer

Nov 14, 1995

Gus is shocked to learn the latest villain is Lauren's divorce lawyer, currently charged with 10,000 volts and aiming to electrify the Supreme Court Justices' chairs, unless Gus an

S1·E10 Core

The Motivational Speaker

Nov 21, 1995

A slick, motor-mouthed motivational speaker spells trouble when he drives a wedge between Gus and Peter, then embarks on a nefarious plan to poison the New Year's Eve ball at Times

S1·E11 Core

The Trash Man

Jan 2, 1996

When Gus is awakened by the sound of garbage can lids banging together, he realizes that another level of the game has begun. Meet The Trash Man, a filthy adversary armed with radi

S1·E12 Mytharc

Dr. Kramer

Jan 9, 1996

Dr. Kramer, The Orthodontist, plans to pump laughing gas into the comedy club. At the same time, Lauren's comedian friend is attempting to make a comeback. Dr. Kramer is defeated e

S1·E13 Mytharc

The Ex-Girlfriend

Jan 16, 1996

Peter plans on moving into Lauren's mother's guest-house. The university terminates Gus and Peter's grant. Belinda, the leather-clad dominatrix Ex-Girlfriend, wants revenge herself

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