Action Man

Season 1

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Executive Producers: Ian Pearson, Mark Ralston, Paul Sabella
Executive Creative Consultant: Phil Mitchell
Producer: Mark Ralston
Line Producer: Jennifer Twiner McCarron


1) "Competitive Edge"

	 Written by: Marty Isenberg & Robert N. Skir
	Directed by: James E. Taylor
	   Location: Paris, France
	      Event: Rooftop Road Rage
	2nd Location: Zermat, Switzerland
	   2nd Event: Acceleration Triathlon

  Acceleration Games superstar Alex Mann discovers he posses a
  unique mental ability that piques the interest of the nefarious Dr. X
  and another mysterious figure.  Meanwhile Alex's best friend and rival,
  Brandon Caine, agrees to a physical upgrade by Dr. X.


2) "Building the Perfect Beast"

	 Written by: Marty Isenberg & Robert N. Skir
	Directed by: Steve Ball

  Alex and Fidget go undercover to infiltrate Dr. X's organization
  and rescue Brandon.  Dr. X uses the oppurtunity to test Alex's newly
  developed abilities, which make him a human probability computer,
  capable of split-second timing and impossible escapes.


3) "Grey Areas"

	 Written by: Marty Isenberg & Robert N. Skir
	Directed by: Steve Sacks
	   Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
	      Event: Mission Extreme Exhibitions

  After an assasination attempt endangers Team Xtreme, Alex decides to go
  off on his own to seek out the mysterious mentor who's been trying to
  contact him.  Alex learns more about his ability -- known as the AMP
  Factor -- and runs afoul of Asazi, a ruthless terrorist-for-hire in the
  employ of Dr. X.


4) "Storm Front"

	 Written by: Steven Melching
	Directed by: Greg Donis
	   Location: Alberta, Canada
	      Event: Sailboat Cyclone Surfing

  Alex and Team Xtreme are caught in the middle of an escalating feud
  between Acceleration Games magnate Nick Masters and boy weather
  genius Temple Storm.  To make matters worse, a Masters-related accident
  has turned Storm into a lightning-manifesting supervillian called Tempest.


5) "Gremlin in the Gears"

	Written by: Greg Klein & Thomas Pugsley
	Directed By: Craig McEwen
	   Location: White Horse, Yukon, Canada
	      Event: Snow Eagle Challenge

  Dr. X infects Team Xtreme's plane Big Air with Nano-Trilobytes --
  sub-microscopic robotics that assume control of all the plane's
  electro-mechanical systems, forcing Alex and the team to battle
  their own gear for their very lives.


6) "Double Vision"

	 Written by: Marsha Griffin
	Directed by: George Samilski
	   Location: Classified
	    Message: Transfer supplies

  When an Alex lookalike perpetrates various thefts and hijackings,
  InterCEPT Agen Diana Zervas calls for Alex's arrest.  Alex goes
  undercover to clear his name and stop the imposter.


7) "Into the Abyss"

	 Written by: Kaaren Brown
	Directed by: William Lau
	   Location: Utah desert
	      Event: Remote Bodysuit Trials

  Alex and the team help Brandon return to Dr. X's lab -- which is now
  at the bottom of the Atlantic -- to help find a cure for his "upgrade".


8) "Out of the Shadows" 	   (23-Sep-2000)

	 Written by: Brynne Chandler Reeves
	Directed by: Sebastion Brodin
	   Location: Australian Outback
	      Event: Human Pinball Biathalon

  Alex teams up with Brandon to help his old friend back onto the
  Accelleration Games circuit.  But in the middle of competition,
  Dr. X re-emerges in a very unexpected way.


9) "Lost in the Funhouse"

	 Written by: Andrew Robinson
	Directed by: Steve Sacks
	   Location: London, England
	      Event: Arial Weightboarding

  Leaders from two warring Balkan nations take in an Action Man stunt show
  at the MasterDome U.K. as a good will gesture during peace negociations.
  Asazi takes over the stadium and it's up to Alex and Team Xtreme to
  prevent her from setting off World War III.


10) "The Hereafter Factor"

	 Written by: Eric Karten
	Directed by: Gio Corsi

  A glitch in the AMP Factor causes Alex to see a predictive image of
  his own demise... but all is not as it seems -- expecially when
  Tempest and Dr. X join forces.


11) "Cold War"			(04-Nov-2000)

	 Written by: Marsha F. Griffin
	Directed by: Ezekiel Norton
	   Location: Hawaii

  Alez and Diana Zervas keep tripping each other up when Tempest and
  Asazi join forces to steal an experimental chemical that freezes
  everything it touches.


12) "Swarm - Pt.1"		(11-Nov-2000)

	 Written by: Kaaren Lee Brown
	Directed by: Gino Nichele
	   Location: Freighter ship, warehouse on the Potomac

  Dr. X's trillobugs go hayware, threatening to consume the entire globe,
  forcing Alex's Team Xtream and Dr. X's Council of DOOM into an
  uneasy alliance to stop the out-of-control bug-bots.


13) "Swarm - Part Two"		(18-Nov-2000)

	 Written by: Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg
	Directed by: George Samilski
	   Location: Warehouse on the Potomac
	
  The rogue Trilobytes merge into a single giant creature, which
  threatens to destroy Washington, D.C.  Once again Alex and Dr. X
  must team up to stop the creature.  But Dr. X clearly has his own
  agenda this time...

[End of Season 1]

Season 2

Subtitle: DOOM STRIKES BACK
Executive Producers: Ian Pearson, Paul Sabella
Executive Creative Consultant: Phil Mitchell
Producer: Mark Ralston
Line Producer: Jennifer Twiner McCarron

14) "Green Thoughts"		(08-Jun-2001) 

	 Written by: Eric Karten
	Directed by: Andrew Duncan
	   Location: Rainforest Luge
	
  Alex and Team Xtreme head into the Amazon Rain Forest to track down a
  missing scientist.  But instead, they find Gangrene, a lethal walking
  plague who could destroy the entire Rain Forest


15) "Thirst"			(15-Jun-2001) 

	 Written by: Marsha F. Griffin
	Directed by: Sebastian Brodin
	   Location: Canadian Rockies
	
  A supply of Action Man's Action Ade sports drink is tainted with a
  Gangrene-created toxin that turns all who drink it into super-strong,
  ultra-aggressive maniacs -- and Alex is caught in the middle of the
  fracas.


16) "Ground Zero"		(22-Jun-2001) 

	 Written by: Nick DuBois
	Directed by: Angela Stevenson
	   Location: Phoeniz, AZ
	
  Fidget's twin sister Amanda, a weather girl trying to make it as a
  serious journalist, smells the story of the century when she secretly
  tails Alex and Team Xtreme as they track a Dr. X plot to steal a
  nuclear missile and siphon energy from a major city.


17) "Tower of Power"		(29-Jun-2001) 

	 Written by: Len Wein
	Directed by: George Samilski
	   Location: Paris
	
  Dr. X uses powerful magnets to enslave athletes.  The next step is
  to use the Eiffel Tower to magnify his magnetic field, turning the
  people of Paris into zombies.


18) "Rumble, Part 1"		(06-Jul-2001) 

	 Written by: Andrew Robinson
	Directed by: Gino Nichele, Collin Adams
	   Location: Paris
	
  Alex and Team Xtreme uncover a secret underground club where Dr. X has
  been kidnapping athletes and forcing them to fight in Gladiator-like
  competitions.


19) "Rumble, Part 2"		(13-Jul-2001) 

	 Written by: Kurt Welldon
	Directed by: Ezkial Norton
	   Location: Tokyo
	
  Dr.-X's seismic-shock-producing exo-suit has gone missing, prompting
  both Team Xtreme and the Council of DOOM to seek out the wearer, a new
  earth-shaking villain who calls himself Quake.


20) "Search and Destroy"	(20-Jul-2001) 

	 Written by: Sean Roche
	Directed by: Chuck Johnson
	   Location: Sahara Desert

  Dr. X sends his Master Trillobug to disrupt the Ice Pinball Games.
  This overgrown bug robot has only one thing on its mind: destroy
  Action Man.  Alex needs some fancy footwork to keep out of its clutches.
	
21) "Triton Factor"		(01-Jun-2001) 

	 Written by: Brooks Watchel
	Directed by: Steve Sacks
	   Location: Pacific Ocean

  Dr. X attaches an Echo Location Amplifier to a dolphin named Triton.
  His plan is to use the dolphin's to trigger a major slip in an undersea
  earthquake zone.  Action Man has to survive the deadly sound waves
  in order to remove the trillobug controlling his friend Triton.


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23) "Man Hunt"				(xx-Xxx-2001)

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24) "Tangled Up In Green"		(xx-Xxx-2001)

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25) "Ultimate Doom, pt 1"		(xx-Xxx-2001)

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26) "Ultimate Doom, pt 2"		(xx-Xxx-2001)

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