Weird Science: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Weird Science Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
I Dream of Gene
Jan 5, 1997
It's Chett to the rescue when a shiftless genie arrives, sweeping Lisa off her feet and away from her friends. Why the heroics? Seems he's a tad smitten with the magical woman.
Girl Talk
Jan 12, 1997
Lisa comes out! Her friendship with a waitress from the coffeehouse prompts the genie to admit the truth about her secret powers.
Boys on the Hide
Jan 19, 1997
The search is on for the vandals who defaced Scampi's portrait, turning Wyatt and Gary into fugitives from the law. But who is that mysterious, one-armed man?
Gary Had a Little Cram
Jan 26, 1997
Gary's race to improve his grades to get into college goes off course when his track career kicks into high gear.
Forbidden Janet
Feb 2, 1997
Lisa helps bring Wyatt's dream girl to life, but also whips up a monster intent on eating Chett and Gary.
Man's Best Friend
Feb 9, 1997
Lisa turns Chett's new dog into a human, but the morphed mutt has a problem licking his former canine tendencies.
Show Chett
Feb 16, 1997
As a way of dressing down Chet for his lecherous behavior, Lisa turns him into an exotic dancer in Vegas. But he turns the tables and proves he can strip with the best of them.
Bee In There
Feb 23, 1997
Lisa accidentally sends Gary and Wyatt back in time as their own mothers.
Future Bride
Mar 7, 1997
With Lisa's "Bride Tracker," Wyatt finds his future wife. However, his intended isn't too intent on spending any time--much less forever--with the rushing groom.
Stalag 16
Mar 14, 1997
Gary and Wyatt design a great escape plan when Chett and Scampi become trapped inside Lisa's virtual-reality game, set in a World War II prison camp.
I, Chettus
Mar 21, 1997
Chett throws off the course of history when he goes time-hopping back to ancient Greece, where he touts himself as a mystical, beer-dispensing oracle.
The Genie Detective
Apr 11, 1997
While Gary and Wyatt are at school, Lisa plays a virtual reality game, the Genie Detective. She ends up in the 1930's. Chett joins her, but isn't prepared to play the game. He a
Magic Comet Ride
Jul 11, 1998
Lisa seeks help from the "genie master" when she becomes discouraged by her faulty powers. Meanwhile, Wyatt and Gary become obsessed with a magic box.
School Spirits
Jul 11, 1998
Lisa and the guys help the ghosts of Farber High show their school spirit when they scare Scampi out of tearing down their favorite wing.
Wicked Wish
Jul 18, 1998
Wyatt's mom tries to be the fairest of them all by using a magic mirror to get rid of all of the pretty girls in town--including Lisa!
Night of the Swingin' Steves
Jul 18, 1998
Agents Scolder and Molly are back on the case after Lisa files a complaint against those pesky aliens who keep harassing her to breed with them.
Genie Junior
Jul 25, 1998
Lisa inadvertently gives birth to a junior genie in a misconceived attempt to teach Chett a lesson about responsibility.
WS4
Jul 25, 1998
Lisa's efforts to "erase the hate" among students at Farber High result in aliens invading Earth.