Early Edition: Season 3

1998 · 23 episodes · ★ 8.0

What Season 3 of Early Edition

Gary Hobson, a Chicago stockbroker, leaves his home after an argument with his wife and checks into a hotel. Every morning he receives the Chicago Sun-Times one day in advance, always accompanied by an orange tabby cat, and its pages feature accidents, crimes and disasters that have not happened yet. Gary decides to step in and prevent them, but he must choose which tragedies deserve his attention and how to justify what he knows without everyone thinking he's crazy. Marissa, Henry and Erica are part of his everyday life, while the McGinty's pub faces problems that also affect him. The episodes pit him against risky rescues and difficult decisions.

23episodes

Sep 26, 1998premiered

May 15, 1999latest episode

17.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Blackout
Sep 26, 1998 · 45 min
During a blackout in Chicago, Marissa attempts to save two trapped teenagers.
Directing: Gary Nelson · Starring: George Takei, Robert Costanzo, Michael Edgar Myers, Joe Yau
3x02 Collision
Oct 3, 1998 · 45 min
Chuck has left McGinty's in financial chaos and Marissa announces for a pub manager in the paper without telling Gary who has hands full with the choice of preventing a major car crash or saving an 8-year-old.
Directing: Randall Zisk · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Marc Grapey, Brian Stepanek, Martin McClendon
3x03 A Horse Is a Horse
Oct 10, 1998 · 45 min
After Henry witnesses Gary rescue a clown from a falling bucket, nothing can stop the child from finding out about the paper. However, Henry misuses the information contained within the paper, but things get worse when Henry's father sees his child's "gift" as a way to make a quick buck.
Starring: Kristy Swanson, Robert Floyd, David Pasquesi, Jordan Teplitz
3x04 Lt. Hobson, USN
Oct 17, 1998 · 45 min
To stop an explosion, Gary poses as a Navy Lieutenant, but before he can get off the base, he attracts the attention of an admiral who wants Gary to take his daughter to a dance. However, things don't go as planned and Gary ends up imprisoned in a Naval Jail. Worse yet, Gary receives the paper while in jail and learns that McGinty's is going to blow up.
Directed by: Mel Damski · Starring: Kristy Swanson, David Packer, Ronny Cox, Leslie Bibb
3x05 Saint Nick
Oct 24, 1998 · 45 min
Erica reunites with a childhood friend, Nick Sterling, who seems to be the perfect guy. Gary is jealous of their relationship and reads in the paper that Nick is going to propose to Erica. Gary also reads that the hospital that Nick just got done building is going to catch on fire at the opening party so he goes to the party but the building still catches on fire and he has to save Nick and Erica.
Starring: Kristy Swanson, Jason Brooks, Harry Althaus, Janelle Snow
3x06 Halloween
Oct 31, 1998 · 45 min
Gary is abducted by two witches that he saved from a fire. The witches believe that Gary is a warlock, and that Gary can help them free their sister who has been locked up for close to 200 years.
Directed by: Gary Nelson · Written by: Bob Brush · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, Noelle Parker, Roslyn Alexander
3x07 Up Chuck
Nov 7, 1998 · 45 min
A surprise visit from Chuck makes Gary suspect an ulterior motive.
Directed by: David Grossman · Starring: Fisher Stevens, Kristy Swanson, Lara Phillips, Jerry Springer
3x08 Deadline
Nov 14, 1998 · 45 min
Gary tries to clear the name of an innocent man on death row hours before his execution. Lucious Snow had failed to stop the murder, but left Gary some clues.
Directed by: Scott Paulin · Starring: Ken Jenkins, Lisa Darr, John Allen Nelson, John M. Watson Sr.
3x09 In Gary We Trust
Nov 21, 1998 · 45 min
Gary is in danger after preventing a spa worker from being shot in the sauna. Turns out that the people who were going to kill him are mobsters and the spa worker is actually an FBI agent working on a case to bring the mobsters down.
Directed by: Ian Barry · Starring: Craig Zimmerman, Kristy Swanson, Nestor Serrano, Constance Marie
3x10 Nest Egg
Dec 5, 1998 · 45 min
To his surprise, Gary runs into his mother in the middle of Chicago. Later he shadows her and sees her drinking champagne with a strange man. Gary first suspects an affair, but learns that the stranger has tricked her into investing in a fictive company.
Directed by: Gary Nelson · Written by: Bob Brush, Alex Taub, Patrick Sean Clark · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Michael Nouri, Tess Harper, Mary Ann Thebus
3x11 Teen Angels
Dec 19, 1998 · 45 min
Gary is mistaken for a substitute teacher while attempting to stop a high school shooting.
Starring: Kristy Swanson, Anna Chlumsky, Matthew Carey, John Judd
3x12 Slippity-Doo-Dah
Jan 9, 1999 · 45 min
Gary catches a snake that was going to bite a bingo player who faints and knocks her head. However, she's incapable of her next doings: babysitting Henry. Gary takes over, but Marissa warns him that he can't handle both the paper and Henry. While babysitting for Henry, Gary's intervention with one accident sets off a chain reaction of accidents.
Directed by: Fisher Stevens · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Heather Dubrow, Byrne Piven, Bernie Landis
3x13 The Last Untouchable
Jan 16, 1999 · 45 min
An old ex-cop with an outdated driver's license starts his car and Gary crawls on it to stop him driving. Two Italian tourists are robbed by fake taxi drivers. The tourists charm Erica to show them old Chicago buildings, and Capone's last living major gang member is released from prison.
Directing: Randy Roberts · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Molly Hagan, Ernest Borgnine, Joseph Campanella
3x14 Just one of Those Things
Feb 6, 1999 · 45 min
Gary decides to tell Erica about the paper but she does not believe him until she witnesses him saving the life of a little girl trapped in a refrigerator. Unfortunately, Patrick, who is looking for an apartment, accidently takes Gary's paper.
Directed by: Gary Nelson · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Tom Bosley, Googy Gress, John Lordan
3x15 Funny Valentine
Feb 13, 1999 · 45 min
While in town to discuss a major deal with the Chicago Cubs, star ball player Andy Miller escapes serious harm when Gary saves him from being severely injured in a freak accident. Andy does bruise his shoulder during the incident, however, and Gary takes him to the hospital where Andy winds up falling in love with his physician, Dr. Suzy Pietro. Andy decides to accept the Cubs lucrative offer so he can stay in Chicago and be with Suzy. Unfortunately, Andy's agent doesn't want him to sign with the team and he soon learns that Suzy is contemplating a marriage proposal from another man. When Gary reads that Andy is going to choose a different ball club, he rushes to keep Andy with the Cubs and reunite him with Suzy.
Directing: Adam Nimoy · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Paul Ben-Victor, Cheryl Pollak
3x16 Number One with a Bullet
Feb 20, 1999 · 45 min
Marissa's old friend, Julius aka C-Roc, is in town for a cd signing and Gary has to prevent him from being killed.
Directed by: David Petrarca · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Tone Loc, Sharif Atkins, Coolio
3x17 Two to Tangle
Feb 27, 1999 · 45 min
A couple is fighting with each other over their lingerie company, and Henry befriends their daughter.
Starring: Kristy Swanson, Suzanne Shaw, Kyle Colerider-Krugh, Mimi Paley
3x18 Fate
Mar 20, 1999 · 45 min
A homeless man plummets to his death while Gary tries to save him. Gary is rattled by his inability to prevent the tragedy and questions his involvement with the paper. When Gary refuses to prevent the next day's bad news, he winds up being forced to confront his own fate when he reads his obituary in the paper and must figure out what he's done wrong so he can save his life.
Directed by: Gary Nelson · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Robert Donner, Amy Landecker, Will Zahrn
3x19 Crumb Again
Apr 3, 1999 · 45 min
Crumb is about to publish a manuscript about police corruption in Chicago, when he becomes the target of someone who doesn't want the book to come out. Gary and Crumb then narrowly escape a drive-by shooting, and Federal Agent Brigatti, who recently transferred to the Chicago detective squad, takes on the case and attempts to track down Crumb's potential killer.
Directing: Mel Damski · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Ron Dean, Brynn Thayer, Constance Marie
3x20 Pinch Hitters
Apr 17, 1999 · 45 min
Gary tries to prevent an accident involving a rare monkey, but he gets bitten by the animal and is forced into quarantine until it can be determined whether or not he has contracted a rare disease. In the meantime, Gary enlists Marissa's help in preventing the elderly man from being injured in a variety of dangerous mishaps. With the help of her new boyfriend, Emmet, she attempts to save the man.
Starring: Red Buttons, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Fran Bennett, Ned Schmidtke
3x21 Home Groan
May 1, 1999 · 45 min
While Gary is able to prevent a robbery attempt by the dangerous criminals, he is unable to convince the local sheriff that the convicts are hiding out in his little town. It turns out that Joe is an envious old high-school classmate of Gary's who decides to throw him in jail for causing a raucous. While behind bars, Gary reads in the paper that his mother will be killed by the convicts. When he's unable to convince Joe to stop by his parents house to prevent the impending tragedy, Gary's dad, Bernie, comes to his rescue and they both rush to save Gary's mom.
Directed by: Scott Paulin · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Tess Harper, William Devane
3x22 Play It Again Sammo
May 8, 1999 · 45 min
Gary does his usual routine to help others, and finds himself involved with the robbery of an ancient Chinese helmet that was stolen from LA. Detective Sammo Law from the Los Angeles police department is in Chicago looking for the missing helmet. After investigating Gary's involvement with the case, Sammo and Gary find out Gary accidentally bought the helmet as a piece of an art decoration object. Unfortunately the helmet is stolen again, forcing Sammo and Gary to team up to get it back, while trying to stop the man who stole it and his niece from being murdered by international smugglers who want the helmet.
Directed by: Gary Nelson · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Martina McBride, Sammo Hung, Lauren Tom
3x23 Blowing Up is Hard to Do Season Finale
May 15, 1999 · 45 min
Gary saves a woman from drowning in a pool at a women-only gym, who turns out to be Detective Armstrong's wife. The Armstrongs invite Gary and Erica to dinner at their house; Det. Armstrong is suspicious about Gary saving his wife, and accuses him of trying to kill her. Erica decides to end her relationship with Gary, and leave Chicago. Meanwhile, Gary has to prevent two places from blowing up after a manifesto is sent to the Sun Times and the TV station, both of which refuse to read or publish it, and then are targeted by the people who wrote it.
Directed by: David Grossman · Written by: Jeff Pinkner · Starring: Kristy Swanson, Tamara Taylor, Amy Farrington, Michael Whaley