Early Edition (1996)

Early Edition (1996)

His name is Gary Hobson. He gets tomorrow's newspaper today. He doesn't know how. He doesn't know why. All he knows is when the early edition hits his doorstep, he has twenty-four hours to set things right.

Cast: Kyle Chandler, Shanesia Davis-Williams, Fisher Stevens, Hugo Speer, Ashley Madekwe, Sean Maguire, Alyson Court, Chris Potter, Alison Sealy-Smith


22Season 4

Luck o' the Irish

May 27, 2000

Gary tries to cheer up a poor Irish immigrant who traveled to the United States in search of a man, only to find he is already a husband and father.

21Season 4

Everybody Goes to Rick's

May 20, 2000

Gary wakes up to get the paper and finds himself living in the past. It is 1929 and he is in an early business in the location of McGinty's. Gary tries to prevent the St Valentine's Day Massacre.

20Season 4

Time

May 13, 2000

Gary learns that Lucious Snow, the previous recipient of the paper, saved his life when he was a boy. And that that act has significance to something in the present.

19Season 4

Mel Schwartz, Bounty Hunter

May 6, 2000

Gary's clothes are stolen by a robber as he tries to save someone. Gary takes a costume from someone and continues on his task, however he is later sent to court for stealing. The next day, he sees the robber and tries to stop him.

18Season 4

Occasionally Amber

April 29, 2000

Gary finds himself torn between trusting his best friend's fiancee -- a former con woman -- or trusting his own instincts to reveal her past.

17Season 4

Blind Faith

April 22, 2000

Teenagers are playing in an underground tunnel and find a live cannonball. While Gary saves them from an explosion, it blows up in front of Gary and he temporarily loses his eyesight. How can Gary save a young child when he cannot see?

16Season 4

The Play's the Thing

April 8, 2000

Gary saves an actress during dress rehearsal from a falling light and encounters Crumb who is part of the amateur acting group. Gary later finds out the building is going to be burned down by an arsonist.

15Season 4

False Witness

March 25, 2000

Gary lies to help his good friend's brother, whom he caught stealing cars, but questions his decision after being shot.

14Season 4

Performance Anxiety

March 11, 2000

A man in New York gets tomorrow's paper today. When his paper stops getting delivered, he flies to Chicago to talk to Gary. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger asks Gary about his special paper delivery.

13Season 4

Gifted

March 4, 2000

Gary meets a young girl who has real powers of knowing what is going to happen to someone she touches. The girl is a foster child who pushes her foster parents away because she thinks her power is a curse. Gary helps her accept her skills.

12Season 4

Snow Angels

February 26, 2000

Gary is unable to help people when a blizzard hits Chicago.

11Season 4

Rose

February 19, 2000

Gary helps a woman who has amnesia. She cannot remember anything, but knows someone is trying to kill her.

10Season 4

Run Gary Run

December 18, 1999

Things get hectic at McGinty's, and Marissa tells Gary he needs to start helping out at the restaurant. Gary tries to find a compromise between the restaurant and the newspaper. He is unable to help Marissa when she is hit by a car.

09Season 4

Weather Girl

November 20, 1999

A pretty television weather girl seems to always forecast wrong, so Gary steps in to help. After days of helping, the newspaper stops giving the weather forecast, and the reporter gets fired just as a major storm is about it hit.

08Season 4

Fatal Edition: Part 2

November 13, 1999

Now a fugitive from justice, Gary appeals to Detective Brigatti to help get him off the hook for murder and find the real killer.

07Season 4

Fatal Edition: Part 1

November 6, 1999

Gary is arrested and charged with murder after he is found standing right next to the slain body of a man who had earlier threatened to investigate his propensity to show up at crime scenes.

06Season 4

Wild Card

October 30, 1999

Gary's day seems easy with only one significant article in the newspaper, but it turns into a series of incidents as Patrick tries to talk to him. Patrick is leaving the restaurant.

05Season 4

Camera Shy

October 23, 1999

Feeling bad that he helped get a photo journalist fired from two jobs, Gary tries to find him another job and prevent him from being murdered.

04Season 4

The Iceman Taketh

October 16, 1999

Gary and Detective Toni Brigatti join forces and impersonate wealthy newlyweds hoping to catch a jewel thief.

03Season 4

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

October 9, 1999

Gary's best friend and former partner, Chuck Fishman, visits Chicago and inadvertently meddles with a history-making baseball game.

02Season 4

Duck Day Afternoon

October 2, 1999

Gary's parents visit Chicago and want to spend the day with him. Gary runs off to save ducks crossing the streets. When a cameraman snaps a picture, it shows up in the paper and starts a chain of reactions. Gary's parents are held hostage.

01Season 4

The Out-of-Towner

September 25, 1999

Gary meets a man from New York who has been getting the following day's edition of the Daily News for the past six years.