Now and Again 1999
| Now and Over again | |
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| Genre |
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| Created past | Glenn Gordon Caron |
| Starring |
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| Opening theme | Gimme a Sign performed by Ariel Ryder |
| Composer | Douglas J. Cuomo |
| Country of origin | United states of america |
| Original language | English language |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Henry Bronchtein |
| Running time | threescore minutes |
| Production companies |
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| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 24, 1999 (1999-09-24) – May 5, 2000 (2000-05-05) |
Now and Over again is an American science fiction comedy-drama television series created by Glenn Gordon Caron[i] that aired from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States authorities engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, simply not being able to perfect the brain. In an attempt to become the project up and running, they take the encephalon of overweight family unit man Michael Wiseman, who is killed in a train accident.
Given a new life, Michael is kept in an apartment where he is trained by government experts, led by Dr. Theodore Morris, in the art of espionage. Despite his new life and new abilities, Michael longs to render to his married woman Lisa and daughter Heather, who are themselves discovering that not all is as information technology seems with Michael's death.
Plot [edit]
Michael Wiseman (John Goodman in the pilot and flashbacks, and afterward Eric Shut) lives in suburban New York with his wife Lisa (Margaret Colin) and girl Heather (Heather Matarazzo) and works as an executive at an insurance company. When passed over for a promotion, Michael and his friend and co-worker Roger (Gerrit Graham) go out drinking afterward piece of work. While standing on the subway platform heading home that night, Michael is accidentally knocked off the platform directly into the path of an oncoming train. When he awakes, he sees Dr. Theodore Morris (Dennis Haysbert), the caput of a summit cloak-and-dagger authorities projection to artificially engineer the perfect human body. Unable to create a encephalon from scratch, Dr. Morris has rescued Michael's brain from his expressionless body and implanted it in the engineered body. The process allows Michael Wiseman to proceed to live, but also forces him to piece of work as an experiment for Dr. Morris and occasionally help fight terrorists. Because of the top secret nature of the project, Michael is told he may never have contact once again with his married woman or daughter, under penalty of his own death and the death of anyone he tells of his existence. Despite the threat, Michael finds ways to contact his family while keeping his truthful identity a hugger-mugger.
Over the course of the serial, Dr. Morris continues to experiment on Michael, testing the limits of his abilities and strength. Michael is occasionally used to complete underground missions or foil criminal activity. Lisa and Heather discover themselves running out of money because the insurance company refuses to pay on Michael's policy leading Lisa to become a realtor.
Characters [edit]
Primary [edit]
- Michael Wiseman (Eric Close), an insurance executive who was killed in an accident; his encephalon has been implanted into a genetically-engineered body.
- John Goodman plays Michael in both pilot and flashbacks
- Dr. Theodore Morris (Dennis Haysbert), the head of the top secret government project to engineer a homo
- Lisa Wiseman (née Slegermelge) (Margaret Colin), Michael's housewife widow who must learn to move on with life after her husband'due south death
- Heather Wiseman (Heather Matarazzo), Michael'south teenage girl
- Roger Bough (Gerrit Graham), Michael's best friend and fellow executive at the insurance company
Recurring [edit]
- The Eggman (Kim Chan), a terrorist who uses eggs to comprise a mortiferous poisonous gas
- Gerald Misenbach (Chip Zien), a lawyer who represents Lisa in dealing with Michael's insurance company, and afterwards a potential suitor
- Craig Spence (Republic of chad Lowe), Michael'southward scheming and corrupt dominate at the insurance company who is dead-set confronting paying on Michael'southward policy
- Special Agent #1 (Mike Henry), Dr. Morris' correct-mitt homo
- Ruth Bender (Christine Baranski), Roger'south never-seen wife
Notable invitee stars [edit]
- In the beginning episode and flashback scenes in subsequently episodes, John Goodman played Michael Wiseman in his original body.
- Reiko Aylesworth appeared as Dr. Taylor, a physical therapist for Michael Wiseman, sent to exam his romantic attachment to his former married woman.
- Mick Foley appeared in the final episode every bit the Eggman's cellmate, and assists in the Eggman's escape from prison house.
- Ian Somerhalder appeared equally Brian in the episode "A Girl'south Life".
- Mark Margolis appeared as Nicky Vordogov in the episode "Pulp Turkey".
In addition, beginning with episode x, Charles Durning was heard reading a brief narration at the beginning of each episode summarizing the testify'due south backstory.
Production and broadcast [edit]
The show ran for one season. Airing on Friday nights, the show garnered just fair ratings. The reasons cited by CBS for its cancellation included the unjustifiable expense of the plan and the depression ratings.
Episodes [edit]
Home media [edit]
In 2014, CBS DVD released Now and Over again: The DVD Edition on region 1 DVD in the Us.[2] The 5-disc set up features all 22 episodes of the series, two featurettes and a nearly two-60 minutes long retrospective documentary. These include interviews and full participation from virtually all of the leading cast and crew, bar John Goodman. According to the packaging the "music has been changed for this home entertainment version."
In 2016, an identical ready was released on region 4 DVD in Australia by Via Vision Entertainment (VVE), though it was slightly retitled Now and Again: The Complete Series.
Awards [edit]
In 2000 Now and Again won three Saturn Awards for:
- "Best Genre Tv Actress" – Margaret Colin
- "Best Genre Goggle box Supporting Actor" – Dennis Haysbert
- "Best Network Television Series"
Now and Again was also nominated for an Emmy in 2000 for Outstanding Chief Title Design.
References [edit]
- ^ Tomashoff, Craig (December 12, 1999). "Comprehend STORY; Just a Regular Guy, Who Can Outrun a Car". The New York Times.
- ^ "Finalized Date, Bonus Cloth for DVDs of the Late-'90s Sci-Fi Thriller!". Tvshowsondvd.com. 2014-05-27. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-05-19 .
External links [edit]
- Now and Again at IMDb
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_and_Again
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