FreakyLinks

October. 06,2000      
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis

FreakyLinks is an American television show that combined elements of horror, mystery, and comedy. It aired on the Fox Network from October 2000 until June 2001, for a total run of 13 episodes. The feel of the show closely modeled that of The X-Files and other supernatural-themed shows that were popular at the time. In 2008, the series began airing on Universal's horror network Chiller. It can also be seen on the Canadian ONE channel.

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Seasons 1 : 2000

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Episode 1 - Subject: Fearsum
October. 06,2000

Derek, with his friends Jason and Lan, is the producer of freakylinks.com - a website devoted to paranormal events, creatures, and stories. Derek took over the website after his twin brother, Adam, mysteriously committed suicide. One year later, Derek receives a video clip that shows Adam may be alive. With the help of Jason, Lan, and Adam's girlfriend Chloe, Derek sets out to learn the truth about his brother's death.

Episode 2 - Subject: Three Thirteen
October. 13,2000

The Freakylinks group investigate a pregnant woman who believes that she is possessed. Derek is doubtful, and takes the case only because the site needs money. However, several unexplained events lead Derek to accept that the possession may be real. As the manifestations escalate, the team needs to race against the clock to solve the case before something happens to the woman or her baby.

Episode 3 - Subject: Edith Keeler Must Die
October. 20,2000

The Freakylinks trio heads to New York City to explore a lead that they suspect will confirm that an undiscovered race of humans live in the city's subway tunnels. Derek and Jason, however, stumble upon an unexplainable string of attacks and disappearances and the crew come to suspect that these heretofore undiscovered beings could be more than human.

Episode 4 - Subject: Coelacanth This!
October. 27,2000

Returning from a fruitless attempt to find proof of the existence of Bigfoot, the Freakylinks group comes across a town that appears to be guarding the secret behind a series of deaths that dates back nearly 150 years. All of the deaths have occurred in the woods that surrounding the town of Owensmouth. Strangely, the sheriff of the locals offers no help in the investigation. Derek, Jason, and Chloe come to discover that there may be a pre-historic pterodactyl lurking in the woods that has successfully remained hidden for years.

Episode 5 - Subject: Desert Squid! Myth or Legend?
November. 03,2000

A mysterious tentacled animal is mutilating livestock in the New Mexico desert. Although the local police decide to treat the "Desert Squid" as a hoax, Derek and the Freakylinks crew suspect that there is something behind the mutilations.

Episode 6 - Subject: The Harbingers
January. 05,2001

The Freakylinks group head out to Cassadega, Fla., to investigate a group of psychics. However, they find a greater evil lurking within the small town. Derek learns his dead brother, Adam, may have come upon the town prior to his untimely death. As the evil forces begin the dissipate, Derek races with the clock to discover the secret before it's too late.

Episode 7 - Subject: Still I Rise
January. 12,2001

Folks start seeing "Elvis-like" sightings of a rapper believed to have been gunned down. Derek and the group investigate and learn the rapper is really alive and faked his death to avoid supernatural pursuers. The group try to solve the mystery and protect the rapper at the same time. They must discover whether there is truth in his claims or whether this rapper is his own worst enemy.

Episode 8 - Subject: Me and My Shadow
January. 19,2001

Through her counseling, Chloe meets a boy who is afraid of his own shadow. Literally. He is convinced that there is some evil presence that lurks in his shadow and that it is coming after him. Though she treats this as a psychological problem at first, once Chloe sees some things that even she can't explain away, she brings in Derek and the Freakylinks gang.

Episode 9 - Subject: The Stone Room
January. 26,2001

Derek heads for Baltimore, MD to help Jason investigate supernatural strangeness at his estranged father's law firm.

Episode 10 - Subject: Live Fast, Die Young
June. 01,2001

Derek and the gang discover a group of "adrenaline vampires," after watching footage of a man jumping off a bridge 200 feet high and landing unharmed.

Episode 11 - Subject: Police Siren
June. 08,2001

A police video shows a woman was in the rear of a car just before it exploded, but the only body at the scene is that of the officer who tried to rescue her.

Episode 12 - Subject: Sunrise at Sunset Streams
June. 15,2001

To secure money for Chloe, Derek lies and denies the potential presence of a mythical creature at a retirement community. Then, a sudden death forces him to come clean.

Episode 13 - Subject: The Final Word
June. 22,2001

The FreakyLinks crew is at the center of a news investigation that follows them as they attempt to exonerate a murder suspect by proving that the true culprit was anything but human.

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