Episode
Weird Science: Strangers in Paradise
Overview
Lisa and Chett must deal with a massive tropical storm--and each other--after they find themselves stranded on an island in the Bermuda Triangle.
Details
- Series
- Weird Science
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 26
- Air date
- 1996-08-10
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Strangers in Paradise is Episode 26 in Season 4 of Weird Science. It aired on 1996-08-10. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 24: Pirates!
Wyatt gets the lead role in ""Jolly Roger,"" the school musical. Wyatt has a crush on his leading lady, Jessica, unfortunately she doesn't return his feelings. Lisa tries to make her feel differently, but magic goes awry, and the musical is brought to reality. Now the entire high school is filled with singing pirates and their prisoner, Principal Scampi. Not to mention the fact that they choose a new King, Chett. Not too long after the pirates are discovered, they break out of school in their ship and go about town singing and dancing.
Episode 23: Master Chett
After receiving too many memory-wipes from Lisa, Chett develops a brain callous that no longer allows his memory to be erased. This allows Chett to know about Lisa and the fact that she's a magical genie. Of course Chett wants to do harm instead of good. He immediately tries to lie, bully, and buy his way into getting his very own genie from the guys. Unfortunately, instead of a genie, he gets a nice ride to the insane asylum.
Episode 22: Community Property
Gary and Wyatt are fighting over the use of Lisa. Lisa gets annoyed by the fighting over her and decides to let the boys battle it out in court. Genie Cyber-Court, that is. The winner of the case wins the genie. Gary and Wyatt choose their own lawyers. Gary choosing B.F. Jackie (similar to Cockran), while Wyatt chooses Abe Lincoln. Both lawyers argue out each of their client's side. However, neither Gary nor Wyatt are found to be suitable to be awarded custody of Lisa, so she will be broken down the Internet will be given custody of her.
Episode 21: Strange Daze
Lisa gives the school a technological upgrade to fufill Wyatt's wish. Unfortunately, Gary and Wyatt end up in a bad sci-fi movie plot from the 80's. In this school, zombie teenagers are having their hormones taken away by Future Scampi. Gary and Wyatt are considered outlaws and are hunted down by the team of hall monitors that Scampi has assembled.
Episode 20: It's a Mob, Mob, Mob, Mob World
Wyatt is sick of his parents not paying any attention to him, so he wishes that his family could be closer and have better family values. Lisa's plan backfires and creates an world in which Wyatt has a family with very strong ties to each other- a family similar to that of the ""Godfather."" In this world, Wyatt Donnellis and his family are the masters of the Homeowners Association. They fix neighborhood Little League games and take kickbacks from children's lemonade stands. However, trouble is in store when Al Wallace tries to take on the Donnellis family. Gary and Wyatt find themselves against each other in the war.
Episode 19: Gary and Wyatt's Bloodsucking Adventure
Gary, Wyatt, and Lisa all decide to go clubbing after hours and become ""creatures of the night."" Lisa turns them all into cool vampires, except the fact that they crave Yoo-Hoo instead of blood. Being vampires gives the guys new powers. They now have the ability to hypnotize people, which they enjoy using on cute women. The night turns out to be not so great when they find themselves with a real group of bloodsucking vampires. Principal Scampi and Chett are determined to stop the vampires and become vampire hunters.
Episode 18: Family Affair
Gary starts dating Jenny Dreeson. Unfortunately, there's always a problem. Jenny's whole family hates Gary. Gary makes a wish that the Dreeson family loved him. The wish doesn't turn out as planned when all the members of the Dreeson family decide that they now want to date Gary. Gary's happy to oblige, and doesn't even realize the fact that dating an entire family isn't the best idea ever. Meanwhile, Chett gets to meet his future self, Robo-Chett.
Episode 17: Lisarella
When Gary makes a wish under his breath to try eyeliner, Lisa overhears, but mistakenly hears that he wishes he could fly a jet liner. So Lisa zaps the boys into a plane, but when neither of them know how to land it, she saves the day. However, Lisa is not allowed to be seen by everyone, so Gary and Wyatt get all of the credit for the landing. The President would also like to throw a ball in their honor and present them with an award. Since the ball is high profile, they leave Lisa at home and head off. Lisa is hurt by the fact that the guys won't even allow her to attend, but she decides to go to the ball anyway. She meets the President and they fall in love. Unfortunately, the President doesn't seem to have enough time in his schedule for Lisa. So it's up to the boys to talk to the President one on one and fix Lisa's broken heart.
Episode 16: Lisa's Childhood Memories
The guys download a family for Lisa, complete with a warrior princess mom and an American Gladiator boyfriend.
Episode 15: It's a Wonderful Life... Without You
Lisa zaps Wyatt out of existence to see what life would have been without him...and it doesn't seem too bad.