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Gary Hobson was a regular Chicago stockbroker. One day his wife dumped him and he was forced to move into a hotel room. The next morning, at 6:30 am, a mysterious yellow cat showed up at his front door with tomorrow's edition of the Chicago Sun-Times. From that day on his life was never the same. At first skeptical, Gary started to try saving people's lives and stop disasters from happening. With the help of his friends Chuck and Marissa, Gary became a man with a mission, even though he doesn't know why or how the paper gets to him every morning.
Genre: Drama, Science-Fiction
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Episode 23
Blowing Up is Hard to Do
aired: Sat, May 15, 1999
Gary saves Detective Paul Armstrong's wife from drowning in a swimming pool and later must prevent a series of bombs from being detonated by a militia group.
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Episode 22
Play It Again Sammo
aired: Sat, May 8, 1999
Sammo Law follows a petty thief to Chicago in an attempt to recover a stolen, ancient helmet; Gary intervenes to help singer Martina McBride.
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Episode 21
Home Groan
aired: Fri, Apr 30, 1999
Gary returns to his hometown to catch two thieves, only to find his own trouble with the law in the form of a petty, local sheriff.
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Episode 20
Pinch Hitters
aired: Sat, Apr 17, 1999
Marissa's boyfriend saves a man from a series of life-threatening accidents, while Gary is in quarantine after being bitten by a monkey.
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Episode 19
Crumb Again
aired: Fri, Apr 2, 1999
Federal Agent Brigatti tries to track down the person responsible for the attempted murders of retired Detective Crumb and Gary.
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Episode 18
Fate
aired: Sat, Mar 20, 1999
Gary questions his involvement with the paper after failing to rescue a homeless man who falls to his death; The problem is further compounded when Gary reads his own obituary.
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Episode 17
Two to Tangle
aired: Fri, Feb 26, 1999
Gary tries to help a couple involved in a bitter dispute over their lingerie company and the custody of their 9-year-old daughter.
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Episode 16
Number One with a Bullet
aired: Sat, Feb 20, 1999
Gary learns that a rap artist, who fathered a child whom Marissa helped raise, will be mortally wounded at his upcoming concert.
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Episode 15
Funny Valentine
aired: Sat, Feb 13, 1999
A baseball player decides to stay in Chicago after falling in love with a doctor, much to his agent's chagrin.
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Episode 14
Just one of Those Things
aired: Sat, Feb 6, 1999
After missing more than a dozen dates with Erica, a stressed-out Gary decides that he must come clean about the paper before Erica gives up on their budding relationship for good. Unfortunately, when Gary reveals that he gets tomorrow's news today, Erica refuses to believe him, thinking instead that he's afraid of commitment. Meanwhile, Gary races to prevent a tragic headline involving a little girl who will lose her life if he doesn't get to her in time.
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Episode 13
The Last Untouchable
aired: Sat, Jan 16, 1999
A retired treasury agent believes that Al Capone's last living henchman can lead him to the mobster's long-lost fortune.
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Episode 12
Slippity-Doo-Dah
aired: Sat, Jan 9, 1999
Gary's efforts to prevent a woman's icy slide result in something mush worse, and Henry tags along as Gary stops the day's tragedies.
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Episode 11
Teen Angels
aired: Sat, Dec 19, 1998
After the newspaper arrives in tatters, Gary poses as a substitute teacher to learn who will be involved in a school shooting.
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Episode 10
Nest Egg
aired: Sat, Dec 5, 1998
A suprise visit by Gary's mother is enough of a shock, but matters worsen when he reads she may be the killer of a suspected con-man.
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Episode 9
In Gary We Trust
aired: Sat, Nov 21, 1998
Gary's blossoming romance with Erica may be nipped in the bud after he witnesses a mob shooting and enters a witness protection program.
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Episode 8
Deadline
aired: Sat, Nov 14, 1998
Gary's attempt to save a man on death row leads him to uncover more of the paper's history, including that of Gary's predecessor, Lucious Snow.
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Episode 7
Up Chuck
aired: Sat, Nov 7, 1998
A financially strapped Chuck returns with a crazy scheme to exploit Gary's newspaper heroics. Things turn sour and Gary ends up on the set of the Jerry Springer Show.
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Episode 6
Halloween
aired: Sat, Oct 31, 1998
A kindly old woman buys spoiled apples and when Gary reads about it, he tries to cancel the holiday due to the poisoned candy. He refuses to let Henry Paget got out for the night. But when the Cat turns black and a spooky guy keeps turning up whereever Gary goes, things begin to get out of hand!
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Episode 5
Saint Nick
aired: Sat, Oct 24, 1998
When a new doctor in the neighborhood takes an interest in Erica Paget, Gary is forced to reassess his relationship with her.
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Episode 4
Lt. Hobson, USN
aired: Fri, Oct 16, 1998
Gary goes undercover as a Lieutenant in the navy in an attempt to prevent a deadly explosion, but is forced into keeping up the charade when he's asked to escort an admiral's daughter to a dance. But when Gary unexpectedly winds up in jail, it's up to Henry to use the paper to avert a diplomatic mishap!
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Episode 3
A Horse Is a Horse
aired: Sat, Oct 10, 1998
A lonely Henry stumbles onto the newspaper and uses it to make new friends at school. But later, Henry uses horse racing results from the paper's sports section to help his estranged, gambling-obsessed father win big at the track. This leads to complications when it puts Henry in danger, and Gary's got to save the day!
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Episode 2
Collision
aired: Fri, Oct 2, 1998
While trying to locate the driver responsible for a potentially deadly multiple car pile-up, Gary reads about another tragedy about to befall Henry Paget, the adventurous 9-year-old. While he contemplates which disaster to avert first, Gary's life becomes even more complicated when Henry's mom, Erica, interviews to become the bar's manager and resents Gary's involvement in her son's life.
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Episode 1
Blackout
aired: Fri, Sep 25, 1998
Lightning triggers a massive blackout. As Gary frantically juggles running McGinty's bar and averting disaster, he gets some unexpected assistance from Marissa. Also helping out is an amiable, slightly eccentric new bartender named Patrick. Meanwhile, a convenience-store owner finds his differences with his neighbors escalating to a potential riot during the blackout.
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