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The Chronicle: Season 1

22 episodes Premiered Jul 14, 2001 Updated Jul 22, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (19): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Pilot

Jul 14, 2001 · 60 min

Reporter Tucker Burns finally gets a job at a tabloid, The World Chronicle, and soon finds himself on the the trail a real-life monster.

S1·E2 Core

What Gobbles Beneath

Jul 14, 2001 · 60 min

After a media mogul disappears, the reporters discover a monster living under Manhattan attrcted to the radiation emissions of its victims' cell phones.

S1·E3 Core

Here There Be Dragons

Jul 21, 2001 · 60 min

Tucker gets the surprise of his life when he goes to investigate the existence of a dragon underneath Chinatown and finds a woman pregnant with the ""dragon's"" baby.

S1·E4 Core

Baby Got Back

Jul 28, 2001 · 60 min

An abandoned baby is left at the Chronicle, the reporters investigate and find that the father, the CEO of a marketing company, has made a deal with the Devil - literally.

S1·E5 Core

He's Dead, She's Dead

Aug 4, 2001 · 60 min

A mysterious scientist, purported to have died, has perfected a way to bring people back to life, including himself.

S1·E6 Core

Bermuda Love Triangle

Aug 11, 2001 · 60 min

Tucker's story about a mermaid and Grace's story about a missing Naval pilot cross when it turns out the mermaid is seeking out the pilot to fulfill their romance.

S1·E7 Core

Only the Young Die Good

Aug 18, 2001 · 60 min

Staff at a Longevity institute and old folks' home are being used as host bodies of rich old people.

S1·E9 Core

Let Sleeping Dogs Fry

Sep 8, 2001 · 60 min

A ghost begins killing the opulent residents of North Hampton using their electrical appliances.

S1·E10 Core

Take Me Back

Sep 15, 2001 · 60 min

Grace becomes the target of aliens who were responsible for her original abduction, and are targeting members of her abduction support group.

S1·E11 Core

Touched by an Alien

Jan 4, 2002 · 60 min

Stern is targeted by an alien assassin who jumps from body to body through sexual contact.

S1·E12 Core

Pig Boy's Big Adventure

Jan 11, 2002 · 60 min

The reporters go off on the trail of a ""savage simian"" and find themselves on a trail of a doctor performing animal/human hybrid experiments.

S1·E13 Core

The Cursed Sombrero

Jan 18, 2002 · 60 min

The team are on the trail of a cursed sombrero, while Kristen tries to deal with her exposure to the strange events in Tucker's life.

S1·E14 Core

Tears of a Clone

Jan 25, 2002 · 60 min

Grace must cope with an electrocution, a disinterested editor, a badgering mother, and an evil clone of herself running around.

S1·E15 Core

I See Dead Fat People

Feb 1, 2002 · 60 min

The reporters investigate a report of a house haunted by...overweight ghosts.

S1·E16 Core

Man and Superman

Feb 8, 2002 · 60 min

A superhero begins flying the skies of New York City, and while the Chronicle reporters investigate, the police begin taking an interest in them.

S1·E17 Core

Hot from the Oven

Feb 15, 2002 · 60 min

The reporters investigate an oven that is actually a cursed entrance to Hell.

S1·E18 Core

The Stepford Cheerleaders

Feb 22, 2002 · 60 min

Grace, Wes, and Tucker go undercover at a local high school where strange things are occurring.

S1·E19 Core

The Mists of Avalon Parkway

Mar 1, 2002 · 60 min

A strange mobile mist is killing people in New Jersey, and has a connection a local boy.

S1·E20 Core

The King is Undead

Mar 8, 2002 · 60 min

Grace's vampire case and Wes & Tucker's Elvis impersonator interview cross paths when the guys find out the Elvis impersonators are vampires.

S1·E21 Mytharc

Hell Mall

Mar 15, 2002 · 60 min

Tucker investigates a series of strange deaths and acts of possession at an upscale mall.

S1·E22 Mytharc

A Snitch in Time

Mar 22, 2002 · 60 min

Grace is stalked by members of the Swedish Mafia while investigating cases of spontaneous combustion. And the future of the Chronicle is threatened.

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