Episode List
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Darkness at Noon, Part 1" | September 1, 1997 (1997-09-01) |
| When Achira, a disease-spreading entity, is released by a group of subway workers, former Ghostbuster Egon Spengler, now a professor teaching paranormal studies at a New York college, attempts to handle the situation alone. When he fails, his only option is to round up the (only four) students in his class to be the next team of Ghostbusters - but one of them has already fallen to Achira. | ||
| 02 | "Darkness at Noon, Part 2" | September 2, 1997 (1997-09-02) |
| With Achira spreading her disease through a possessed Kylie, Egon, himself infected, helps to train and equip the new recruits for battle. | ||
| 03 | "The True Face of a Monster" | September 3, 1997 (1997-09-03) |
| A rabbi's son creates a golem to ward off vandals who have been spray painting anti-Semitic symbols and destroying the temple late at night, but the golem proves to be too powerful for the boy to control. Meanwhile Garrett reunites with some old friends, unaware that they're the gang responsible for the attacks. (Roland reveals he's familiar with racist abuse, saying he recognises the gang giving him "the 'we don't want your kind' look") | ||
| 04 | "Fear Itself" | September 4, 1997 (1997-09-04) |
| The XGBs investigate strange occurrences in a recently renovated hotel and face a creature that brings to life any intruder's innermost fears. (The fears shown are claustrophobia (Garrett), maggots (Kylie), dying (Eduardo), his equipment going dangerously wrong (Roland), and broccoli (Slimer)) | ||
| 05 | "Deadliners" | September 5, 1997 (1997-09-05) |
| The XGBs investigate a string of disappearances, and discover the culprits to be Vathack - spirits who enter the mortal realm through writing. They have now taken the form of villains from the stories of famous horror novelist J.N. Kline. (The scenes have many similarities to the movie Hellraiser, while Kline is a homage to R.L. Stine) | ||
| 06 | "Casting the Runes" | September 8, 1997 (1997-09-08) |
| A petty thief steals a pouch of runes from the Metropolitan Museum, and it soon becomes clear that anyone who touches one of the cursed stones will become a slave to a self-proclaimed god. The XGBs must find a way to save the victims when Eduardo becomes one of the demon's chosen slaves. The title is a reference to a short story by M. R. James. | ||
| 07 | "The Infernal Machine" | September 9, 1997 (1997-09-09) |
| The XGBs battle Luco, a demon that jumps to various electronic devices and controls them. Also they become worried when Roland exhibits obsessive behavior in constructing his "infernal machine". | ||
| 08 | "Home is Where the Horror Is" | September 10, 1997 (1997-09-10) |
| The XGBs investigate a house which is more than it appears when two boys go missing. | ||
| 09 | "Killjoys" | September 11, 1997 (1997-09-11) |
| The XGBs go after vampiric clowns that devour victims that laugh in their presence. When Eduardo captures one of the clowns, he soon begins to turn into one himself. (Egon later wears a special proton pack with floodlights and a modified blaster - this was written in late as it was part of the Egon toy.) | ||
| 10 | "The Unseen" | September 12, 1997 (1997-09-12) |
| The XGBs have been split up by an accident on a bust. While Kylie and Eduardo track down her missing proton blaster, the others have to deal with a spate of attacks that have cost the victims their eyes. | ||
| 11 | "The Crawler" | September 22, 1997 (1997-09-22) |
| Fed up with Egon not showing her any attention, Janine resorts to making him jealous by dating a handsome Hispanic man, who turns out to be a bug-like monster in search of a queen. | ||
| 12 | "The Pied Piper of Manhattan" | September 23, 1997 (1997-09-23) |
| The XGBs are rendered useless when a man appears to be able to lead ghosts away with his piper music. However, things take a turn for the worse when the mayor won't pay the piper. | ||
| 13 | "Be Careful What You Wish For" | September 24, 1997 (1997-09-24) |
| A sinister salesman arrives in New York City who can apparently grant people's deepest desires. However, it soon becomes apparent that each of the granted wishes cause more harm than good — particularly for Eduardo, who becomes trapped in Kylie's pampered cat Pagan after wishing she would respect him more. (The heart's desires the Ghostbusters are tempted with are playing in the NBA for Garrett, into the Ivy League for Roland, and being with her grandmother again for Kylie.) | ||
| 14 | "Grease" | September 25, 1997 (1997-09-25) |
| The XGBs must combat a mischievous gremlin on a plane, all the while under the watchful eye of two government agents who see the Ghostbusters as criminals. | ||
| 15 | "The Jersey Devil Made Me Do It" | September 26, 1997 (1997-09-26) |
| The XGBs must protect a town from the Jersey Devil, despite not having any of their equipment. | ||
| 16 | "Dry Spell" | September 29, 1997 (1997-09-29) |
| The XGBs must combat a creature that can drain moisture from the human body, and an obsessed oceanographer who wants to capture it. | ||
| 17 | "Sonic Youth" | September 30, 1997 (1997-09-30) |
| The hunt to track down a Banshee takes on an extra level of difficulty when the Banshee's peace-loving sister, the Siren, enchants Roland with her beautiful voice. | ||
| 18 | "Ghost Apocalyptic Future" | October 1, 1997 (1997-10-01) |
| A disturbance in the space-time continuum results in Kylie switching places with a rebel fighter from the future, where New York is ruled by a paranormal tyrant called Tempus. In the process, Tempus is split into two versions of himself in both time zones. (The future characters know Kylie, Roland, and Eduardo as legendary heroes of the "Great Ghost War" but don't know who Garrett is. This is played for humor but the underlying implication is Garrett died early on) | ||
| 19 | "Bird of Prey" | October 2, 1997 (1997-10-02) |
| A huge, bird-like dragon known as the Hraesvelg causes the weather in New York to change drastically, and the XGBs must stop it before the weather threatens the city. | ||
| 20 | "Seeds of Destruction" | October 3, 1997 (1997-10-03) |
| A seed inhabited by a vengeful paranormal entity causes havoc when it starts transforming plants into overgrown monstrosities that can cause whole buildings to collapse. | ||
| 21 | "The Luck of the Irish" | November 3, 1997 (1997-11-03) |
| A recently-released leprechaun has set out on a vendetta to persecute those it believes stole his pot of gold, with matters becoming even more complicated when he curses Garrett with bad luck. | ||
| 22 | "The Ghostmakers" | November 4, 1997 (1997-11-04) |
| Reports are coming in of people acting strangely. Eduardo is possessed by a mirror-inhabiting demon which mimics his behaviour - but not perfectly. Eduardo's spirit is consigned to a spirit realm where even other ghosts cannot see or hear him. | ||
| 23 | "Slimer's Sacrifice" | November 5, 1997 (1997-11-05) |
| Slimer becomes trapped in the Containment Unit and the Ghostbusters are being picked off one by one by an aggressive dog-like monster called Fenris. Eduardo decides he must save the green spud by travelling into the Containment Unit, leaving the others to stop the demon god Surtr's plot to bring about Ragnarok. (Several older monsters appear, most crucially the Siren and Banshee - the former implied to be at risk of assault if she doesn't follow Surtr's commands) | ||
| 24 | "Grundelesque" | November 6, 1997 (1997-11-06) |
| The Grundel appears to be hunting after children again, but when Egon reveals that the original Ghostbusters captured the Grundel years ago, Kylie realises that this new Grundel is actually connected to Jack, her long-lost childhood friend. (A direct sequel to "The Grundel", a Real Ghostbusters episode that aired ten years before) | ||
| 25 | "In Your Dreams" | November 7, 1997 (1997-11-07) |
| Morpheus, the dream ghost, uses an obnoxious talk-radio DJ to turn people's dreams into living nightmares. | ||
| 26 | "Moby Ghost" | November 10, 1997 (1997-11-10) |
| When an entity that resembles a whale causes electronic chaos across the city, the XGBs must join forces with a spectral hunter in order to stop the creature. | ||
| 27 | "Fallout" | November 12, 1997 (1997-11-12) |
| The XGBs have to devise a new plan when an entity that feeds on nuclear isotopes is unaffected by their Proton Packs. | ||
| 28 | "Eyes of a Dragon" | November 13, 1997 (1997-11-13) |
| After a Chinatown merchant disappears, the XGBs find that people across Chinatown are having their bones stolen. | ||
| 29 | "Till Death Do We Start" | November 14, 1997 (1997-11-14) |
| A city yuppie asks the XGBs for protection when he is plagued by an undead bride. | ||
| 30 | "Glutton for Punishment" | November 24, 1997 (1997-11-24) |
| Citizens across New York are going into inexplicable feeding frenzies, and the problem comes too close to home for comfort when it seems the disorder has also affected Slimer. Can the Ghostbusters stop him from eating the entire firehouse? | ||
| 31 | "Ghost in the Machine" | November 25, 1997 (1997-11-25) |
| When a formerly abandoned oil well is reopened, an old spirit escapes and starts possessing vehicles. | ||
| 32 | "Dog Days" | November 26, 1997 (1997-11-26) |
| The XGBs must combat problems of a canine nature when a demonic dog enslaves all dogs in the city. | ||
| 33 | "Mole People" | November 27, 1997 (1997-11-27) |
| A string of power outages is blamed on a group of people living underground, but the XGBs discover that a quartet of energy-based ghosts are the true culprits. | ||
| 34 | "A Temporary Insanity" | November 28, 1997 (1997-11-28) |
| When Janine goes on vacation, the XGB hire a temp to handle her workload, but it becomes obvious that the temp isn't all that she seems. | ||
| 35 | "Rage" | December 1, 1997 (1997-12-01) |
| With the Firehouse being sprayed for bugs, Egon is forced to move in with Eduardo. The arrangement is complicated with a troll on the loose in the city and Eduardo's brother (who despises him for being a Ghostbuster) responding as part of the NYPD. | ||
| 36 | "Heart of Darkness" | December 2, 1997 (1997-12-02) |
| A recent spate of thefts of electrical equipment and a set of priceless crystal skulls bring Egon into contact with an old associate. (Of note, Dr. Edward Kirilian is voiced by Star Trek: The Next Generation actor John de Lancie.) | ||
| 37 | "The Sphinx" | December 5, 1997 (1997-12-05) |
| A sphinx is turning Manhattan's intellectuals into blathering idiots as punishment for not solving his riddle. Meanwhile, Egon is depressed over getting old and starts to impose himself in the Ghostbusters' field work. (Note: Originally aired as the third last episode of the series, so it was set before "Back in the Saddle". As he mentions, Egon's only 39. Near the end, Egon calls Garrett "Ray" by mistake.) | ||
| 38 | "Witchy Woman" | December 8, 1997 (1997-12-08) |
| Three teenaged witches try to recruit Kylie into their coven to bring about a spirit that will grant them more power, but when Kylie refuses, they recruit the oblivious (and infatuated) Eduardo. | ||
| 39 | "Back in the Saddle, Part 1" | December 3, 1997 (1997-12-03) |
| Janine arranges a unique birthday present for Egon's 40th birthday: a reunion with the original Ghostbusters (Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Winston Zeddemore). However, the surprise is spoiled by a growing friction between the old and new Ghostbusters. (Note: Originally Part 1 of the series finale. Venkman says he tried to pitch another Ghostbusters film to Hollywood; a Ghostbusters film was the focus on an early Real episode.) | ||
| 40 | "Back in the Saddle, Part 2" | December 4, 1997 (1997-12-04) |
| The two generations of Ghostbusters must put aside their differences when a mysterious entity begins devouring people, boats, and even whole towns down the length of the Eastern American Seaboard. The problem only grows worse when the Ghostbusters discover it is heading for Manhattan and that it has come from the Bermuda Triangle. (Note: Originally the conclusion to the two part series finale.) |
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