M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994)
M.A.N.T.I.S. is an American science fiction television series that aired for one season on the Fox Network between August 1994 and March 1995. The original two-hour pilot was produced by Sam Raimi and developed by Sam Hamm. It stars actor Carl Lumbly. The show is unique in that it depicts an African-American superhero.
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Episode 1 - First Steps
Release Date: 1994-08-26The MANTIS has to fight with a businessman who is trying to get ahold of a deadly virus, which was ment to be destroyed days ago.
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Episode 2 - Tango Blue
Release Date: 1994-09-02The MANTIS plans to destroy all the assault weapons, ex-seals and warheads, so that The City would finally be clear.
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Episode 3 - Days of Rage
Release Date: 1994-09-09Several youths involved in an experiment focusing on mind augmentation receive a remarkable increase in their intelligence. However, when the drug they are taking induces the teens to follow some of their more primitive instincts, they embark on a series of violent and dangerous escapades, and it's up to the M.A.N.T.I.S to save them and their victims.
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Episode 4 - Cease Fire
Release Date: 1994-09-16The MANTIS must subvert the plans to assassinate a visiting diplomat who happens to be an old love of Dr. Hawkins.
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Episode 5 - Soldier of Misfortune (a.k.a. Virtually Falling Down)
Release Date: 1994-09-23The strength of the M.A.N.T.I.S is put to the ultimate test when Hawkins has to stop a combat robot from completing it's mission-killing innocent people.
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Episode 6 - Gloves Off (a.k.a. No Exit)
Release Date: 1994-09-30When the MANTIS uncovers an organization which runs underground, to-the-death bloodsport matches, he helps a man who is forced to participate.
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Episode 7 - The Black Dragon
Release Date: 1994-10-07When an organization called the Yakuza kidnaps a mafia princess to gain control of a new sports arena, the MANTIS must fight a samurai warrior to free her.
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Episode 8 - To Prey in Darkness
Release Date: 1994-10-14When a federal agent is assigned to hunt down the MANTIS, he believes there is a connection between the MANTIS and Dr. Hawkins.
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Episode 9 - Fire in the Heart
Release Date: 1994-10-21The MANTIS must thwart the efforts of a shady real estate developer trying to acquire property cheaply by using a young boy that can start fires with his mind.
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Episode 10 - Thou Shalt Not Kill (1)
Release Date: 1994-11-04The MANTIS is left for dead when, Solomon Box, the MANTIS' chief nemesis, uses his political muscle and the authorities perception that the MANTIS is a vigilante, to persuade the police to hunt him down.
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Episode 11 - Revelation (2) (a.k.a. Inside Out)
Release Date: 1994-11-11The Port Columbia police force, under the direction of Solomon Box, continues it's attempt to hunt down the MANTIS.
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Episode 12 - Through the Dark Circle
Release Date: 1994-11-18When Savage is kidnapped by strange men from another dimension, Miles and John must save him...with a little help from the MANTIS, of course.
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Episode 13 - The Eyes Beyond
Release Date: 1994-12-09The MANTIS returns to base in the Chrysalis only to find he is 32 years in the future where Port Columbia is ruled by a machine.
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Episode 14 - Faces in the Mask
Release Date: 1994-12-16A genius, who was disfigured by his four business partners (and now has to wear a mask) seeks revenge.
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Episode 15 - The Sea Wasp
Release Date: 1995-01-06When a marine biologist genetically alters herself in an attempt to create an amphibian race through genetic manipulation, she tries to make Miles a part of her plans.
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Episode 16 - Progenitor
Release Date: 1995-01-20A crazy scientist kidnaps Miles and replaces him with a clone.
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Episode 17 - Switches
Release Date: 1995-01-27A condemned man is executed, but using a device, his consciousness somehow escapes and exists in the electric current. The MANTIS must stop him when he starts hunting down those that put him in prison.
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Episode 18 - The Delusionist
Release Date: 1995-02-10The MANTIS must stop a traveling magician when he uses a mind control machine on Port Columbia youth.
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Episode 19 - Fast Forward
Release Date: 1995-02-17The MANTIS faces a criminal who has the ability to move so fast he is invisible to everyone else.
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Episode 20 - Spider in the Tower
Release Date: 1995-03-03The Men in Black return to destroy the M.A.N.T.I.S. and the Port Columbia's leaders using their latest weapon.
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Episode 21 - Ancestral Evil
Release Date: 1997-09-07Stonebrake's experiment with a DNA hologram turns into a total disaster when an electrical accident causes the hologram of an ancient druid to materialize. Now that he is back, the druid intends to kill the judges and bring back his fame.
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Episode 22 - Ghost of the Ice
Release Date: 1997-09-14A Fateful crash landing in a remote forest leads the MANTIS and his friends to an encounter with a ravenous Tyranasaurous. With the safety of his loved ones at stake, Miles may have to make the sacrifice all heroes must to end the monster's rampage.