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Special Unit 2

Comedy, Action, Horror · 2001 · Rated 7.3/10

Last aired: S2 E13, The Wish · 2002-02-13

A young Chicago cop and a veteran officer battle monsters terrorizing the city in a tongue-in-cheek adventure that suggests the creatures are the missing link between man and apes.

Cast

Michael Landes Detective Nicholas O'Malley

Alexondra Lee Detective Kate Benson

Danny Woodburn Carl the Gnome

Richard Gant Captain Richard Page

Jonathan Togo Jonathan

Season 2

Season 1 Season 2

E1 The Grain 2001-10-03 · 60 min A parasitic Link causes everyday citizens with no prior record to commit heinous crimes.

E2 The Skin 2001-10-10 · 60 min A shape-shifting Link like the one that murdered Nick's partner is terrorizing the city, but its versatility makes a manhunt difficult.

E3 The Years 2001-10-17 · 60 min An ancient Link that sucks the life out of humans is on the prowl in Chicago, but the main suspect catches Nick's eye and makes him doubt her involvement.

E4 The Invisible 2001-10-24 · 60 min An invisible Link known as the Boogeyman is on the prowl, and Kate and Nick must catch it to save a man on death row who took the rap for one of its murders.

E5 The Eve 2001-10-31 · 60 min A mysterious Link is bringing corpses of serial killers back to life so they can carry out his plan to assume leadership of all Links.

E6 The Rocks 2001-11-07 · 60 min Gorgon links, which are capable of transforming people into stone, run rampant through the city, with Kate's soon-to-be ex-boyfriend one of their possible victims.

E7 The Drag 2001-11-14 · 60 min The theft of an ancient Native American necklace unleashes a dragon that runs amok throughout Chicago looking for its preferred food source---gnomes. It's up to Carl (Danny Woodburn) to do battle with the creature.

E8 The Beast 2001-11-21 · 60 min A series of gruesome murders leads Nick and Kate to suspect that Jack the Ripper has returned from the grave---and is stalking victims in Chicago.

E9 The Wall 2001-11-28 · 60 min Nick accompanies Kate to her 10-year high-school reunion, where the two find themselves fighting Links intent on massacring her classmates.

E10 The Straw 2002-01-16 · 60 min Nick and Kate battle the Scarecrow, a noxious Link that creates mayhem by exploiting the fears in every Chicagoan's subconscious.

E11 The Love 2002-01-30 · 60 min Kate and Carl join forces to track down Cupid, whose love potion has caused a tough judge to start handing down easy sentences---and has turned Nick into a nice guy who only sees the good in people.

E12 The Piper 2002-02-06 · 60 min A mind-control Link uses a local children's TV show to turn kids into zombies who steal for him. To get close to the creature, Nick and Kate recruit Carl to become a sidekick on the show.

E13 The Wish 2002-02-13 · 60 min Nick and Kate hunt a Djinn, a "genie"-like link that possesses the power to make a person's dreams come true. But if she grants enough wishes, she will gain free will and be able to do whatever she wants---including decimating mankind.

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