NightMan season 1 Do You Believe in Magic? - Metacritic

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TV-14
Jan 26, 1998
43 m

TV-14
Jan 26, 1998
43 m

NightMan

Summary After lightning strikes saxophonist Johnny Domino, he finds he is telepathically tuned to the frequency of evil. This gives him an edge for finding the bad guys, and some special classified wearable gear gives him an edge for fighting them. The series was primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Directed By: Mark Jones

Written By: Glen A. Larson, Steven Kriozere

TV-14
Jan 26, 1998
43 m

TV-14
Jan 26, 1998
43 m

S1 • Episode 14

Do You Believe in Magic?

Air Date: Jan 26, 1998

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Summary After lightning strikes saxophonist Johnny Domino, he finds he is telepathically tuned to the frequency of evil. This gives him an edge for finding the bad guys, and some special classified wearable gear gives him an edge for fighting them. The series was primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Created By: Glen A. Larson

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Episode 1 • Sep 15, 1997 • 43 m

Musician Johnny Domino gains superpowers after being struck by lightning. Guest stars pop singer Taylor Dane.

Episode 2 • Sep 15, 1997 • 43 m

Johnny officially becomes Night Man - appropriate, since his new powers don't allow him to sleep.

Episode 3 • Oct 6, 1997 • 43 m

Whole Lotta Shakin'...

The city is evacuated after a massive earthquake is predicted. With no one there, the city is at the mercy of international terrorists, planning a heist.

Episode 4 • Oct 13, 1997 • 43 m

I Left My Heart

A drug lord takes a club full of people hostage until he gets what he needs: a new, healthy heart. Guest starring Henry Darrow ("The Hitcher," TV's "Zorro").

Episode 5 • Oct 20, 1997 • 43 m

Still of the Night

Night Man contracts a mysterious disease from a beast from another dimension. Guest starring Carlos Bernard ("24") and Sarah Lancaster ("Chuck").

Episode 6 • Oct 27, 1997 • 43 m

After being beaten in prison, a convict undergoes an experimental procedure to rebuild his face. But it also gives him the ability to change his face at will.

Episode 7 • Nov 3, 1997 • 43 m

Night Man faces off against Chrome, a villain who got his powers from the same bolt of lightning. Now he wants Johnny's powers.

Episode 8 • Nov 10, 1997 • 43 m

Takin' It to the Streets

A basketball prodigy is at danger of falling in with the neighborhood crime boss. Who will do a better job saving him: Johnny, or Night Man?

Episode 9 • Nov 17, 1997 • 43 m

Night Man meets a former KGB assassin and senses a worse future for her: as a pawn in the Russian mafia.

Episode 10 • Nov 24, 1997 • 43 m

That Ol' Gang of Mine

A descendant of J. Edgar Hoover's unfreezes some of the worst gangsters of all time: Al Capone, John Dillinger, and Bonnie Parker. Guest starring Jon Polito ("The Big Lebowski") and Kiersten Warren ("Saved By the Bell: The College Years").

Episode 11 • Jan 5, 1998 • 43 m

Bad Moon Rising

The hunt is on to stop a criminal gang from smuggling a shipment of tainted heroin into the city. Guest starring Ian Patrick Williams ("Dolls," "Re- Animator").

Episode 12 • Jan 12, 1998 • 44 m

Constant Craving

Night Man's dad is being pursued by not one, but two vampires. Guest starring Lysette Anthony ("Krull," "Dracula: Dead and Loving It").

Episode 13 • Jan 19, 1998 • 43 m

You Are Too Beautiful

Night Man poses as a masked wrestler when another wrestler is framed for murder. Guest starring Meredith Monroe ("Dawson's Creek").

Episode 14 • Jan 26, 1998 • 43 m

Do You Believe in Magic?

Night Man battles a sorceress who knows the secrets of Johnny and his loved ones. Guest starring Jacinda Barett ("Poseidon," "Urban Legends: Final Cut").

Episode 15 • Feb 2, 1998 • 43 m

The House of Soul is haunted by ghosts. No surprise, given its name. Jerry Springer guest stars.

Episode 16 • Feb 9, 1998 • 43 m

A scientist turns his cop daughter into Night Man's "female counterpart" after an accident leaves her paralyzed.

Episode 17 • Feb 16, 1998 • 43 m

Night Man battle Chrome again, but this time, Chrome has a secret ally.

Episode 18 • Feb 23, 1998 • 43 m

Bad to the Bone

E. Haskell Bridges is back and he's going after Johnny. He starts by framing him for a crime. Johnny's uncertain if he's innocent so he turns to Doctor Walton for help.

Episode 19 • Apr 20, 1998 • 43 m

Night Man finds the wreckage of a UFO - and a path of dead military men, left by the UFO's pilot.

Episode 20 • Apr 27, 1998 • 43 m

Devil in Disguise

Chang the foreign operative who tried to obtain the weapons that Johnny uses, returns to retrieve the neutron gun Johnny threw into the water.

Episode 21 • May 4, 1998 • 43 m

A star athlete is hit by a car - but he makes a miraculous recovery. Night Man suspects cloning might be behind his recovery. Guest starring Jaime Pressly ("My Name is Earl").

Episode 22 • May 11, 1998 • 43 m

When Johnny's friend is killed, he worries that he isn't doing enough to protect the city. Johnny is killed in a car accident and goes to heaven to discover his true purpose.

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