PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

電視劇

地區：加拿大

語言：英語

時間：1996-2000

類型：劇情，科幻，超自然現象

集數：4季 88集

顏色：彩色

聲音：Dolby

製作公司：Alliance Atlantis Communications

Atlantis Films Limited

First Television

paranormal Productions

放映時間：葡萄牙，Portugal 16 December 1996

美國，USA 10 February 1998

英文名：PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

中文名：事實真相

其他譯名：Psi Factor Finland / France / Italy

Ïñè ôàêòîð Russia

Enquêtes mystérieuses France (new title)

PSI Factor - Es geschieht jeden Tag Germany

Psi factor: Crónicas de lo paranormal Spain

中國曾放映過的電台：中央8台（10集），澳門衛視五星台（全）

These stories are inspired by the actual case files of the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (O.S.I.R.).

每一集開頭有一個象新聞播報員的人先出來講一些話。

Luc Chalifour (4 episodes, 1998-2000)

Craig Pryce (5 episodes, 1997-1998)

Clay Borris (9 episodes, 1997-1999)

Randy Bradshaw (2 episodes, 1999-2000)

Milan Cheylov (6 episodes, 1996-1997)

Ross Clyde (3 episodes, 1997-1999)

Will Dixon (1 episode, 2000)

Ken Girotti (3 episodes, 1997)

Carl Goldstein (1 episode, 1998)

Allan Kroeker (5 episodes, 1996)

Larry A. McLean (1 episode, 2000)

Ron Oliver (12 episodes, 1998-2000)

Bruce Pittman (2 episodes, 1998-1999)

Aaron Shuster (1 episode, 1997)

Jane Thompson (1 episode, 1998)

Marc F. Voizard (3 episodes, 1996-1997)

Giles Walker (8 episodes, 1996-1999)

Stephen Williams (6 episodes, 1997-1999)

John Bell (18 episodes, 1996-2000)

Christopher Chacon (unknown episodes)

丹·阿克羅伊德 Himself (88 episodes, 1996-2000)

麥特·弗里沃 Matt Prager (49 episodes, 1997-1999)

科林·福克斯 Professor Anton Hendricks (70 episodes, 1996-2000)

蘇·加雷 Dr. Claire Davison (38 episodes, 1996-2000)

巴克利·霍普 Peter Axon (85 episodes, 1996-2000)

南希·安妮·薩科維奇 Lindsay Donner (87 episodes, 1996-2000)

Peter Aykroyd (1 episode, 1997)

Robert C. Cooper (4 episodes, 1996-1997)

Will Dixon (16 episodes, 1996-2000)

John Dolin (3 episodes, 1997-1999)

Rick Drew (8 episodes, 1997-2000)

Tracey Forbes (3 episodes, 1997-1998)

Damian Kindler (17 episodes, 1996-2000)

Andrea Moodie (5 episodes, 1999-2000)

邁克爾·莫拉蒂 (unknown episodes)

James Nadler (10 episodes, 1996-1999)

Richard Oleksiak (2 episodes, 1996-1997)

Sheila Prescott-Vessey (1 episode, 1999)

Alex Pugsley (2 episodes, 1997-1998)

Larry Raskin (9 episodes, 1996-2000)

Ian Weir (3 episodes, 1996-1997)

Gerald Wexler (1 episode, 1996)

Paula J. Smith (2 episodes, 1998-1999)

Mark Leiren-Young (1 episode, 2000)

Sarah Dodd (3 episodes, 1998-2000)

Peter Ventrella (unknown episodes)

Christopher Chacon (85 episodes, 1996-2000)

Tom Horn (unknown episodes)

Sherman Snukal (5 episodes, 1996-1997)

C.D. Frewer (2 episodes, 1998-1999)

F.J. Kennedy (2 episodes, 1998-1999)

麥特·弗里沃 associate producer (unknown episodes)

John Calvert producer (unknown episodes)

Will Dixon producer (unknown episodes)

Rick Drew consulting producer (unknown episodes)

Damian Kindler producer (unknown episodes)

Jan Peter Meyboom producer (unknown episodes)

James Nadler executive producer (unknown episodes)

Larry Raskin creative producer (unknown episodes, 1999)

David N. Rosen producer (unknown episodes)

Bradley Anderson executive producer (unknown episodes)

Mack Anderson executive producer (unknown episodes)

Christopher Chacon executive producer (85 episodes, 1996-2000)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)

1999 Nominated Saturn Award Best Genre Cable/Syndicated Series

Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards

Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)

1999 Nominated CSC Award Best Cinematography in TV Series

John Holosko

For episode "Solitary Confinement".

Gemini Awards

Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)

1999 Nominated Gemini Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Peter Blais

1998 (fall) Nominated Gemini Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Michael Moriarty

For episode "The Grey Men".

1998 (spring) Won Gemini Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

Brett Sullivan

For episode "The Infestation".

Nominated Gemini Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

Robert Armes

Liam Ball

For episode "The Infestation".

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Season 1, Episode 1: Dream House/UFO Encounter

Original Air Date: 12 October 1996

Season 1, Episode 2: Possession/Man Out of Time

Original Air Date: 5 October 1996

Season 1, Episode 3: Reptilian Revenge/Ghostly Voices

Original Air Date: 12 October 1996

Season 1, Episode 4: The Creeping Darkness/Power

Original Air Date: 19 October 1996

Season 1, Episode 5: The Freefall/Presence

Original Air Date: 26 October 1996

Season 1, Episode 6: Infestation, The/Human Apportation

Original Air Date: 2 November 1996

Season 1, Episode 7: The Underneath/Phantom Limb

Original Air Date: 9 November 1996

Season 1, Episode 8: Transient, The/Two Lost Old Men

Original Air Date: 16 November 1996

Season 1, Episode 9: UFO Duplication/Clara's Friend

Original Air Date: 23 November 1996

Season 1, Episode 10: The Hunter, The/Healer

Original Air Date: 30 November 1996

Season 1, Episode 11: Curse, The/Angel on a Plane

Original Air Date: 18 January 1997

Season 1, Episode 12: Anasazi Cave/Devil's Triangle

Original Air Date: 25 January 1997

Season 1, Episode 13: The Undead, The/Stalker

Original Air Date: 1 February 1997

Season 1, Episode 14: Forbidden North, The/Reincarnation

Original Air Date: 8 February 1997

Season 1, Episode 15: The Greenhouse Effect/The Buzz

Original Air Date: 15 February 1997

Season 1, Episode 16: The Light

Original Air Date: 22 February 1997

Season 1, Episode 17: The 13th Floor/The Believer

Original Air Date: 12 April 1997

Season 1, Episode 18: The Fog/House on Garden Street

Original Air Date: 19 April 1997

Season 1, Episode 19: Second Sight/Chocolate Soldier

Original Air Date: 21 April 1997

Season 1, Episode 20: Fire Within/Fate

Original Air Date: 3 May 1997

Season 1, Episode 21: Death at Sunset/Collision

Original Air Date: 10 May 1997

Season 1, Episode 22: Perestroika

Original Air Date: 17 May 1997

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Season 2, Episode 1: Threads

Original Air Date: 29 September 1997

Season 2, Episode 2: Donor

Original Air Date: 6 October 1997

Season 2, Episode 3: Wish I May

Original Air Date: 6 October 1997

Season 2, Episode 4: Communion

Original Air Date: 13 October 1997

Season 2, Episode 5: Frozen in Time

Original Air Date: 27 October 1997

Season 2, Episode 6: Devolution

Original Air Date: 3 November 1997

Season 2, Episode 7: The Warrior

Original Air Date: 10 November 1997

Season 2, Episode 8: The Grey Men

Original Air Date: 17 November 1997

Season 2, Episode 9: Man of War

Original Air Date: 24 November 1997

Season 2, Episode 10: The Damned

Original Air Date: 1 December 1997

Season 2, Episode 11: Hell Week

Original Air Date: 26 January 1998

Season 2, Episode 12: The Edge

Original Air Date: 2 February 1998

Season 2, Episode 13: Bad Dreams

Original Air Date: 9 February 1998

Season 2, Episode 14: Kiss of the Tiger

Original Air Date: 9 February 1998

Season 2, Episode 15: The Haunting

Original Air Date: 23 February 1998

Season 2, Episode 16: The Night of the Setting Sun

Original Air Date: 2 March 1998

Season 2, Episode 17: Episode #2.17

Original Air Date: ????

Season 2, Episode 18: Pentimento

Original Air Date: 13 April 1998

Season 2, Episode 19: Frozen Faith

Original Air Date: 20 April 1998

Season 2, Episode 20: Map to the Stars

Original Air Date: 4 May 1998

Season 2, Episode 21: The Endangered

Original Air Date: 11 May 1998

Season 2, Episode 22: The Egress

Original Air Date: 18 May 1998

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Season 3, Episode 1: Jaunt

Original Air Date: 27 September 1998

Season 3, Episode 2: Comings & Goings

Original Air Date: 4 October 1998

Season 3, Episode 3: Heartland

Original Air Date: 11 October 1998

Season 3, Episode 4: Palimpsest

Original Air Date: 8 November 1998

Season 3, Episode 5: The Kiss

Original Air Date: 1998

Season 3, Episode 6: Absolution

Original Air Date: 25 October 1998

Season 3, Episode 7: Little People

Original Air Date: 29 November 1998

Season 3, Episode 8: Return

Original Air Date: 15 November 1998

Season 3, Episode 9: All Hallow's Eve

Original Air Date: 1 November 1998

Linda Blair guest stars as Rebecca Royce, a successful author with a multiple personality disorder. Her hit novel "All Hallows Horror" has inspired a copy cat killer who is murdering his victims in the same fashion as the characters in Rebecca's book. The OSI Team (Office of Scientific Investigation) must race to discover the connection between Rebecca's novel and the murders before the killer strikes again !

Season 3, Episode 10: Chango

Original Air Date: 30 January 1999

Season 3, Episode 11: The Winding Cloth

Original Air Date: 23 January 1999

Season 3, Episode 12: Harlequin

Original Air Date: 22 November 1998

Season 3, Episode 13: Old Wounds

Original Air Date: 20 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 14: Solitary Confinement

Original Air Date: 6 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 15: Valentine

Original Air Date: 15 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 16: The Observer Effect

Original Air Date: 27 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 17: School of Thought

Original Air Date: 12 April 1999

Season 3, Episode 18: Y2K

Original Air Date: 19 April 1999

Season 3, Episode 19: Tribunal

Original Air Date: 3 May 1999

Season 3, Episode 20: John Doe

Original Air Date: ????

Season 3, Episode 21: Forever and a Day: Part 1

Original Air Date: 15 May 1999

Season 3, Episode 22: Forever and a Day: Part 2

Original Air Date: 23 May 1999

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Season 4, Episode 1: Shocking

Original Air Date: 26 September 1999

Season 4, Episode 2: Sacrifices

Original Air Date: 3 October 1999

Season 4, Episode 3: Happy Birthday, Matt Praeger

Original Air Date: 10 October 1999

Season 4, Episode 4: Soul Survivor

Original Air Date: 17 October 1999

Season 4, Episode 5: 883

Original Air Date: 24 October 1999

Season 4, Episode 6: Once Upon a Time in the West

Original Air Date: 31 October 1999

Season 4, Episode 7: Body and Soul

Original Air Date: 7 November 1999

Season 4, Episode 8: Temple of Light

Original Air Date: 14 November 1999

Season 4, Episode 9: Inertia

Original Air Date: 21 November 1999

Season 4, Episode 10: Nocturnal Cabal

Original Air Date: 28 November 1999

Season 4, Episode 11: 'Til Death Do Us Part

Original Air Date: 22 January 2000

Season 4, Episode 12: Tyler/Tim

Original Air Date: 30 January 2000

Season 4, Episode 13: Super Sargasso Sea

Original Air Date: 5 February 2000

Season 4, Episode 14: Persistence of Vision

Original Air Date: 12 February 2000

Season 4, Episode 15: GeoCore

Original Air Date: 10 February 2000

Season 4, Episode 16: Gone Fishing

Original Air Date: 20 February 2000

Season 4, Episode 17: Chiaroscuro

Original Air Date: 15 March 2000

Season 4, Episode 18: Regeneration

Original Air Date: 22 March 2000

Season 4, Episode 19: Wendigo

Original Air Date: 29 March 2000

Season 4, Episode 20: Elevator

Original Air Date: 6 April 2000

Season 4, Episode 21: Force Majeure

Original Air Date: 13 April 2000

Season 4, Episode 22: Stone Dreams

Original Air Date: 20 May 2000

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House on Garden Street

Original Air Date: 14 April 1997

The Labyrinth

Original Air Date: 2 March 1998

They do their best to make the paranormal-babble make sense to the viewers., 16 February 1999

Author:GalaxyGa from Massachusetts

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that this series is trying hard to be a more skeptical competitor to "The X-Files." It doesn't have the political tension, the sexual tension, or the atmospheric tension, if you will, of "The X-Files," but it's got an amazingly good ensemble of actors, most of whom we've never heard of down here in the U.S.

Leading the people we _have_ heard of before is Matt Frewer, who ought to be considered the Actor-Saint [God?] of Latex (well, he and Andreas Katsulis, but I digress) for having done Max Headroom (no, kids, that's NOT cgi, there's a man under all that plastic). Frewer worked full-time filming Edison Carter, and then the fx people put 4 hours' worth of Max on him to shoot in front of bluescreen and then work that over in post. IMVHO, Frewer can do no wrong, even when he gets lame "Psi-Factor" scripts, he is still amazingly good.

The other person we have heard of before is Nigel Bennett, formerly "Lacroix" in "Forever Knight." His is an intermittent character, I've only seen 7 or 8 eps and he's made only one brief appearance, but it's so nice to see him without the vampire contacts and _with_ a day job (yeah, that was a vampire pun; I couldn't resist).

The other actors are just treasures; these folks really ought to migrate to L.A. and take a whack at the big time. Barclay Hope is a cute late-20's, early 30's dude with a too-short haircut who reminds me of Chris O'Donnell --but it's the kind of too-short haircut that makes physics and psychology look _cool_. Colin Fox as the senior researcher Anton has the requisite mature demeanor and speaks the dialogue he's been given without messing up the psychobabble, and in fact making the psi-babble seem to make sense, which is the essence of this series.

There are two actresses on the show; now, why can't I remember their names, besides their characters'? (oh--I'm watching Matt). They both have gads of talent just spilling out of each of them, other than having forgettable names. Claire the pathologist (Autopsy Queen a la' Scully) is beginning to have some kind of effect upon Frewer's character, Praeger, and I am reminded (positively) of some of the bits in "MIB" between the lady coroner and Agent Jay.

A real treat is the scenes at beginning and end, where Dan Ackroyd does the Robert Stack thing and tells us that these episodes are taken from case files of the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (OSIR), a real agency that researches paranormal claims. I'm sure the case file research was never as exciting, or dramatic, as the stuff Praeger and team research every week. The essence is that the scriptwriters and actors do their very best to make the paranormal-babble make sense to the viewers, and while the writers may fall short every now and then, Frewer, Hope, Colin Fox, and the women do their best to overcome any shortcomings of the scripts.