Season 1

#1 Pilot
#2 The Gettysburg Virus
#3 Come Again?
#4 Vows
#5 Doppelganger 1
#6 Doppelganger 2
#7 Shadow Play
#8 As Time Goes By

#9 Sleepers
#10 HAARP Attack
#11 Last Card Up
#12 Last Breath
#13 Parkergeist
#14 Daddy's Girl
#15 There's Something About Olga
#16 A Dish Best Served Cold

#17 Vegas Heist
#18 EBEs
#19 Walter
#20 Lifeboat

* For the Children
** Act of God

Executive producer Christopher Crowe

Consulting producer Alfonse Ruggiero Jr., Supervising producer John McPherson, Produced by Chip Scott Laughlin, Supervising producer Thomas Ropelewski, Co-executive producer James Crocker

#1 Pilot: Aired Wednesday, October 7, 1998

In this two-hour series premiere, Parker is chosen for the Backstep program and has to go back in time to prevent a bombing at the White House that kills the president and the vice-president.

Teleplay by Christopher Crowe, Story by Christopher Crowe & Zachary Crowe, Directed by John McPherson
Guest starring Sam Whipple, Jenna Lyn Ward, Peter J. Lucas, Bridget Ann White, Katherine Cannon, and Alan Scarfe as Talmadge

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#2 The Gettysburg Virus: Aired Wednesday, October 14, 1998

Parker goes back in time to find the origin of the virus that is killing the world's population.

Teleplay by Harry Cason, Story by Harry Cason and Stephen Beck, Directed by Vern Gillum
Guest starring Garret Dillahunt, Thomas Kopache, Bruce Wright, Jerome Butler, Charley Lang.

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#3 Come Again?: Aired Wednesday, October 21, 1998

A time-loop malfunction causes Parker and Olga to repeat the same mission over and over.

Written by Evan Katz, Directed by Aaron Lipstadt
Guest starring Kirk Baltz, Tracy Fraim, Michael McCrane

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#4 Vows: Aired Wednesday, October 28, 1998

Parker's mission to prevent a bombing on Washington's Embassy Row results in the death of his ex-wife's fiance. He convinces everyone to let him go back and do it all over again so that he can prevent this death.

Written by Thomas Ropelewski, Directed by John McPherson
Guest starring Jenna Lyn Ward, John Allen Nelson, Rick Cramer, Jerome Butler, Charley Lang.

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#5 Doppelganger Part 1: Aired Wednesday, November 4, 1998

Parker tries to stop a nuclear explosion in California that's the result of China invading Taiwan, but ends up creating himself an evil twin.

Written by James Crocker, Directed by John McPherson
Guest starring Brian Thompson, J. Kenneth Campbell, Wayne Duvall, Dale Dye, Holmes Osborne, and Tom Amandes as General Wayne Starker.

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#6 Doppelganger Part 2: Aired Wednesday, November 11, 1998

Parker battles his evil twin to keep General Starker from taking over the United States government. His evil twin kills him, then travels back into the past and re-creates Parker, who then kills his twin.

Written by James Crocker, Directed by John McPherson
Guest starring Brian Thompson, J. Kenneth Campbell, George Kee Cheung, Holmes Osborne, and Tom Amandes as General Wayne Starker.

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#7 Shadow Play: Aired Wednesday, November 18, 1998

Parker's mission to prevent a terrorist bombing backfires after he kidnaps the suspected bomber.

Written by B.B. Smickers, Directed by David Livingston
Guest Starring Gina Philips, Nicolas Surovy, James Morrison, John Christy Ewing, Jerome Butler, Charley Lang.

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#8 As Time Goes By: Aired Wednesday, November 25, 1998

Olga's long-presumed-dead husband (Ravil Isyanov) reappears and is invited to join the Backstep team, but Parker and Ramsey are suspicious of him.

Written by Tim Finch and Tamara Shaw, Directed by John McPherson
Guest starring Ravil Isyanov, Ned Romero. Co-starring Charley Lang as MIB #1, Jerome Butler as MIB #2, Stacey Stone as NNI Operator.

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#9 Sleepers: Aired Wednesday, December 16, 1998

A man, Dr. Lee, from Donovan and Parker's past has returned to reap the benefits of his experiments from many years ago. When Donovan assassinates a scientist and commits suicide, Parker goes back in time to save his best friend's life, and ends up Dr. Lee's new target.

Written by Gannon Kenney, Directed by Charles Picerni, Sr.
Guest starring Soon-Tek Oh, Wade Andrew Williams, Tucker Smallwood, Lillian Lehman
Co-starring Teddy Lane, Jr. as Torres, Joesph Lindgren as Dr. Sonsky. Featuring Brittney Lee Harvey as Kimmy Golden, Patrick McTavish as Robbie Golden, Leslie Riley as Ann Golden, Alexander Polinsky as Creepy Kid, Jennifer A. Evans as Reservation Clerk, Patrick Skelton as Vice President, Paul Ricerni as Speaker, Richard Voigis as Dr. Cobert, Michael Fachetti as FBI Agent.

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#10 HAARP Attack: Aired Wednesday, January 27, 1999

Terrorists take hold of a critical command center in Alaska and trick the U.S. Air Force into attacking its own Army base.

Written by Paulette Polinski, Directed by John McPherson
Guest starring Ben Murphy, Tim Griffin, Jay Morran

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#11 Last Card Up: Aired Wednesday, February 3, 1999

Parker tries to change the outcome of a deadly stand-off between federal agents and a religious cult.

Written by Lyn Freeman, Directed by Charles Picerni Jr.
Guest starring Craig Wasson, Michael Harris, Jessalyn Gilsig, Simon Billig
Co-starring Ahmad Stoner as Timothy, Miracle Vincent as Jenny. Featuring Troy Blendell as Technician, Dave Clark as Anchorperson, Mary Major as Field Anchor, Pattie Tierce as Dew Drop Waitress, Clynell Jackson III as Officer, Don Heri as Isaac, Sandy Mulvihill as Kim, Thia Stephan as Tina McCann, William Martin Brennan as Michael McCann, Debra Snell as Riva Daniels.

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#12 Last Breath: Aired Wednesday, February 10, 1999

A Russian submarine has an accident in American waters and rises to the surface spewing nuclear contamination everywhere. Parker must backstep into deep waters, and control the mutiny started by the political officer on board the submarine in order to keep it from surfacing until an American rescue ship can get to it.

Story by John McPherson & Howard Salus, Teleplay by Peter Farriday, Directed by John McPherson.
Guest starring Marco Hofschneider, Alastair Duncan, Ravil Isyanov, Tom Jourden.
Co-starring Nina Tolshinsky as Katerina Federov, Heinrich James as Capt. Lt. Tomko, George Tasudis as Iversen, Leonid Citer as Sr. Officer Zhiglev, Lawrence Lowe as Technician.

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