S1 E3 Aired: June 7, 1997 Sex farce about a horny faithful space ace who, after several years, finally arrives home for a tryst with his fiancee. Unfortunately, her admiral dad forces them to wait until marriage, so the pilot decides to use a sexbot. Big mistake. Director: William Shatner Writers: Chris Miller, Kevin Rock Stars: Heather Elizabeth, Parkhurst, Kevin Pollak, Melanie Shatner

S1 E1 Aired: June 7, 1997 Arthur Bristol is a college professor who is stuck in a series of dreams that he can't wake up from. Or is he? Director: Walter Hill Writers: William M. Gaines, David S. Goyer, Harry Harrison Stars: Keith Carradine, Lolita Davidovich, Gretchen Palmer

S1 E2: Aired June 7, 1997 On his eighteenth birthday, a psychotic young man decides to finally take down a mysterious bearded stranger who's been appearing to him ever since childhood warning him each time not to give in to his urge to kill. Director: Gilbert Adler Writers: William M. Gaines, Kevin Rock Stars: Jeremy London, Jeff Fahey, Joanna Gleason

S1 E4 Aired: June 11, 1997 In a future where murders are extremely rare, a sadistic serial killer is caught by the police. Brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Nordhoff is convinced he can rehabilitate this psychotic inmate dubbed 50557. But that might make things worse. Director: William Malone Writers: William M. Gaines, David J. Schow Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Ron Perlman, Christopher John Fields

S1 E 5 Aired: June 18, 1997 A woman reshapes her body to perfection. In 2006, she goes back ten years into the past to meet the man of her dreams, who's also obsessed with perfection. Unfortunately, he fails to understand the situation and things go very wrong. Director: Ramón Menéndez Writers: William M. Gaines, Mark Verheiden Stars: Yancy Butler, William McNamara, David Leisure

S1 E6 Aired June 25, 1997 Brilliant ex NASA scientist conducts a dangerous experiments to send grieving widower Walter to alternate realities where his murdered loving wife is still alive. However, these realities turn out to be the stuff of nightmares. Director: Russell Mulcahy Writers: William M. Gaines, Peter Atkins Stars: George Newbern, Vincent Schiavelli, Joyce Brothers

S1 E7 Aired: July 2, 1997 It's the 1930s and Bob and John are attending a Halloween party with their friends. When the infamous radio broadcast of War of the Worlds begins, all hell breaks loose and people end up dead. Is it real, a fiction or somewhere in-between? Director: Tobe Hooper Writers: William M. Gaines, Andrew Kevin Walker Stars: Jason Lee, Jamie Kennedy, Laraine Newman

S1 E8 Snap Ending July 9, 1997 Captain of a small spaceship must try to keep her two increasingly paranoid and hostile crewmen calm, when the ship's computer registers an unknown viral infection, activates the ship's lockdown mode and starts a self destruct sequence. Director: Sean Astin Writers: William M. Gaines, Kevin Rock Stars: Jennifer Hetrick, Kathleen Wilhoite, Sean Astin

S1 E9 July 16, 1997, During one chaotic farcical evening, young housewife Lou Ann Solomon must deal with her loving moody husband, her two drunk girlfriends, her visiting parents and two clueless shape-shifting aliens sent to seduce and impregnate her. Director: Dean Lopata Writers: William M. Gaines, Gilbert Adler, Jeannette Lewis Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Mitchell Whitfield, Paolo Seganti

Based on Orson Wells' night that panicked America, We compare and contrast this issue of Weird Science and the HBO TV series, Perversions of Science...