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  • ABC
  • Sep 29, 2005
  • ABC
  • Sep 29, 2005
Night Stalker

Summary Crime reporter Carl Kolchak is partnered with Perri Reed at The Beacon, a Los Angeles newspaper. Together they investigate a string of strange murders...all of which may be related to the death of Kolchak's wife 18 months earlier in a similarly bizarre manner. A murder that the FBI consider Kolchak the primary suspect. As of 5/17/05,...

  • ABC
  • Sep 29, 2005
  • ABC
  • Sep 29, 2005
Night Stalker
Season 1
Season Premiere: Sep 29, 2005
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Summary Crime reporter Carl Kolchak is partnered with Perri Reed at The Beacon, a Los Angeles newspaper. Together they investigate a string of strange murders...all of which may be related to the death of Kolchak's wife 18 months earlier in a similarly bizarre manner. A murder that the FBI consider Kolchak the primary suspect. As of 5/17/05,...

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Episode 1 • Sep 29, 2005 • 42 m
Pilot
Kolchak and his team investigate a series of vicious attacks at the outskirts of L.A. where possibly coyotes attack and snatch people away from their homes. Carl suspects that the attacks may be connected to the murder of his wife.
Episode 2 • Oct 6, 2005 • 42 m
The Five People You Meet in Hell
A series of incidents where entranced people brutally murder their loved ones lead Kolchak to believe a Charles Manson like cult leader is somehow directing murders from his prison cell. But how does he do it and can it even be stopped?
Episode 3 • Oct 13, 2005 • 42 m
Three
Kolchak and his team investigate several strange deaths caused by fear. Everything points to an initiation ceremony conducted by a secretive university club that went wrong and the three people involved in it are now in danger.
Episode 4 • Oct 20, 2005 • 40 m
Burning Man
A series of brutal deaths caused by severe chemical burns point to a copycat of the Burning Man, a vigilante serial killer who was himself killed years before in an FBI raid. Kolchak suspects this could still be the work of the original.
Episode 5 • Oct 27, 2005 • 40 m
Malum
Episode 6 • Nov 10, 2005 • 41 m
The Source
A number of people are found dead with all their body fluids missing. The police suggests it was the use of illegal cleaning products. Kolchak however has doubts about what the killings really represent.
Episode 7 • Feb 24, 2006 • 41 m
The Sea
Jain survives the massacre at the Korean Market. Meanwhile, Carl and Perri go on the run so that they can protect a woman who has vital information.
Episode 8 • Mar 3, 2006 • 40 m
Into Night
A number of people are found dead with all their body fluids missing. The police suggest it was the use of illegal cleaning products. Kolchak however has doubts about what the killings really represent.
Episode 9 • Mar 10, 2006 • 41 m
Timeless
Carl and Perri investigate the death of a woman whose pituitary gland is missing. Thanks to a helpful assistant coroner and an archivist, they soon find similarities to old cases which appear to be occurring every 35 years.
Episode 10 • Mar 17, 2006 • 41 m
What's the Frequency, Kolchak?

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Metascore
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48
35% Positive
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22% Mixed
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43% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
48
35% Positive
8 Reviews
22% Mixed
5 Reviews
43% Negative
10 Reviews

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88
A really good, really weird show.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
70
A dependable source of entertaining fright.
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW
63
The show's weaknesses, in its first two episodes, rest in some slack dialogue and unevenly edited payoffs of suspense.
By Doug Elfman FULL REVIEW
50
Give it some style points, no doubt, because there are several very cool moments. But you get the feeling that Spotnitz knows where the problems are, and he's trying to fix them.
By Mark Dawidziak FULL REVIEW
30
This is one decidedly unfrightening resurrection of the Night Stalker.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
30
What is missing here is heart, drama, and - most inexcusably - horror.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
10
Kolchak's ridiculously precious writing is not the only thing that rings false about Night Stalker.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW

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