Now and Again

Reading is Fundamental. Or, This Show is Purely Mental

By Alex Richmond | Aired on 04.13.2000

There Are No More Words - God I hate the voice-over. I'll paraphrase: An ordinary man falls to his death, and the brain goes here in this new guy, see? Ordinary man lives on in hunky bod of "twenty-six-year-old" (BA HA HA HA HA!!) Artificial...

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1-19 Recap	Reading is Fundamental. Or, This Show is Purely Mental There Are No More Words - Remember who shot JR? Well, it doesn't matter who did. Remember why? Because IT WAS ALL A DREAM. In this episode, Dr. Morris is responsible for nanobots that eat ink, thus destroying all books...and later, paper money. The world changes. Until he wakes up. The moral? READING, even reading the back of a sack of flour, is better than watching this crap! That's why recaps are good!	04.13.2000	D	Alex Richmond
Ep.	Title	Air/Pub'l	Grade	Author
1-18 Recap	Doctors Playing God and Fishcakes Lizzard's Tale - Is it ethical for doctors to sell organs to the highest bidder? Does a dog's lips move when he reads? Is this episode ripped off from urban legend? Yes. Does that make it quirky? No. Was I grossed out and repulsed? Were you?	03.30.2000 04.06.2000	D	Alex Richmond
1-17 Recap	Faster than a speeding... Zzzz. Boy Wonder - Even fake Russians can't make this episode exciting. Jimmy, the mentally challenged guy is a winner as he teaches A.G. that being super strong is a good thing! And Roger's boss, played by Chad Lowe, is a real jerk. I hope he's nicer to Hilary Swank.	03.09.2000 03.16.2000	D	Alex Richmond
1-16 Recap	Lady In Reeeed! Everybody Who's Anybody - Lisa puts a red dress on and drives A.G. wild! But the General needs a piece of A.G. too - and so does the Senator. If only I cared.	02.24.2000 03.05.2000	D	Alex Richmond
1-15 Recap	Deep In My Heart Is A Song Deep In My Heart Is A Song - Dr. M. is worried about A.G.'s upcoming performance for the higher-ups, which determines whether the funding for this project will be reinstated. Gee, I do hope the funding stays in place.	02.17.2000 02.17.2000	F	Alex Richmond
1-14 Recap	Film At Eleven Film At Eleven - Lisa tells off Artificial Guy ("I know who you are!" but she really doesn't, see?), and Dr. M.orris (a.k.a. Dr. M.astermind) tells A.G. he can "never leave this townhouse." (boo hoo!)	02.10.2000 02.10.2000	F	Alex Richmond
1-13 Recap	I Am The Greatest I Am The Greatest - With Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" blasting, right off the bat we get a close-up of A.G.'s hunky face looking ecstatic. Rapturous. A step away from drooling. Why? Some goons are rolling in a TV and VCR.	01.27.2000 01.27.2000	D	Alex Richmond
1-12 Recap	Disco Inferno Disco Inferno - The spontaneous combustion phenomenon carries over from last week.	01.13.2000 01.13.2000	D	Alex Richmond
1-11 Recap	Fire And Ice Fire And Ice - Roger Bender is just waking up from a dream. It was about going out with the Wisemans for their anniversary dinner. Bender's wife says to IGNORE the upcoming anniversary because there is no marriage anymore. "Trust me, it's what Lisa wants."	01.06.2000 01.06.2000	D	Alex Richmond
1-10 Recap	I've Grown Accustomed To His Face I've Grown Accustomed To His Face - Goons in orange suits seem hell-bent on abducting Atificial Guy.	12.16.1999 12.16.1999	D	Alex Richmond
1-7 Recap	A Girl's Life A Girl's Life - It's a beautiful night in Central Park. Right in the middle of a meadow is the oh-so-subtle Toys B Fun truck. Inside lurk many generals and an ecstatic Dr. M. On a TV screen we see A.G., up in a plane, asking, "Where's my parachute?"	11.18.1999 11.18.1999	D	Alex Richmond
1-6 Recap	Nothing To Fear, But Nothing To Fear Nothing To Fear, But Nothing To Fear - So, this episode is about people's fears and how to overcome them. Keep that in mind, because you'll only be reminded of it, oh, about a thousand times in the next hour.	11.04.1999 11.04.1999	D	Kim