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Revision as of 19:43, 7 February 2006 by 167.7.184.210 (talk) (→Season Two)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) 1999 American TV series or program Warning: Display title "<i>So Weird</i>" overrides earlier display title "so Weird" (help).| So Weird | |
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| Created by | Tom Astle, Henry Winkler, Ali Matheson & Jon Cooksey |
| Starring | Cara DeLizia Mackenzie Phillips Patrick Levis Erik Von Detten Belinda Metz Dave Ward Alexz Johnson |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Disney Channel |
| Release | January 18, 1999 – September 2, 2001 |
so weird was a television series shot in Vancouver that aired on the Disney Channel from 1999 to 2001. The series at first centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips (Cara DeLizia) who toured with her rock star mom (Mackenzie Phillips), encountering paranormal activity along the way. Acting as an X-Files for the younger crowd, the series took a darker tone than other Disney Channel Originals. The third and final season saw the replacement of Cara DeLizia with actress Alexz Johnson playing Annie Thelen in a revamped, lighter version of the show. After 65 episodes, Disney Channel halted production on the series.
Season One
The season began with Fiona on tour with her famous rocker mother Molly, brother Jack (Scully to her Mulder), bus driver Ned, his wife Irene, and their son Clu. Stringing all of Fi's paranormal encounters was her search to communicate with her father who died when she was three years old. Fi first "encountered" her father in the second episode titled "Website" where an unknown force sent her internet articles warning her of the future. From alien invasions, time warps, and ghosts, Fi faced 13 episodes worth of paranormal activity. The season finale featured Jack becoming possessed by the Irish spirit Will O' Wisp. Fi found the spirit's true name and saved her brother by speaking it.
Season Two
The second season was even darker than the first, playing out over twenty-six episodes. The premiere picked up with Molly taking time off the tour to record an album. Fi and friend Candy meet a medium who is proven to be a fraud. However, the one who uncovers the fake is actually a medium himself who aids Fi in contacting her father through music on his old guitar. The episode ends in an emotional scene between Fi and Molly revealing how Molly really feels about Fi's search for her father. The character of Clu was reduced during the season as he went off to college. His brother Carey was introduced to fill in the gap. Vampires, werewolves, banshees and other classic beasts surfaced within the season. In a pivotal episode, Molly revealed to Fi that her father investigated the same supernatural events as her. In fact, it was exactly what killed him. Fi was angered by her mother's deceit in covering up the truth about her father. Molly was eventually possessed by Will O' Wisp as Jack was in season one, revealing that will-o-the-wisps, though not necessarily that specific one, possessed and killed her father, resulting in the car crash that police assumed took his life. The season ended with Fi discovering her father's twin sister received messages from him in her sleep. The messages led Fi to a rooftop where she was attacked by a demon and saved by the ghost of her father. He left her with a message that the spirit world was angry with what she does and would try to stop her. At last, Fi got the proper farewell to her father that she had been searching for.
Season Three
After skewing extremely dark and intricate in its second season, the show was forced into a lighter tone for its final batch of episodes. Cara DeLizia left after the first episode which introduced family friend Annie Thelen. Fi had yet another encounter with Will O' Wisp that ended with it convincing her to give up her innate attraction to the paranormal. The attraction, manifested in the ring her father gave her, was passed on to Annie as Fi went to live with her aunt. Molly moved the family to a new, brightly colored house. Annie's story arc was the mystery behind a spirit guide that followed her in the form of a panther. Her character was also musically talented, featuring more of her singing than the older talents of Makenzie Phillips. The season's stories were a far cry from previous episodes, playing such unimaginative plots as being sucked into a painting (which directly followed an episode of people being sucked into photographs) and a detention class that never ended. Fi never returned for the entire series, not even the final episode (which was a clip show of mostly the third season). Fans demonstrated extreme dislike for the season, sometimes separating it entirely from the DeLizia episodes. After 65 installments, Disney canceled the show as was standard practice no matter how popular a series was. The show left syndication not long after its cancellation.
Music of So Weird
The series featured incredible original songs sung by both Makenzie Phillips and Alexz Johnson. Since the show's cancellation, fans have petitioned for a soundtrack. Popular songs were the theme "In the Darkness" which was rumored to also have a double meaning of a past drug addiction Molly potentially had. "Another World" was a song from Molly's earlier days when she was in the Phillips Kane Band with her husband. It was about Fi's father's obsession with the supernatural. A compilation of Molly's songs were featured in the episode "Encore." Season three was mostly host to the music of Alexz Johnson. One of Johnson's original songs "Dream About You" was featured in the episode "Carnival."
Main cast
- Cara DeLizia as Fiona 'Fi' Phillips (Seasons 1-2)
- Mackenzie Phillips as Molly Phillips
- Alexz Johnson as Annie Thelen (Season 3)
- Patrick Levis as Jack Phillips
- Erik von Detten as Clu Bell
- Eric Lively as Carey Bell (Season 2-3)
- Belinda Metz as Irene Bell
- Dave Ward as Ned Bell