Weird Science/WS4

WS4
Season 5, Episode 18
Airdate	UNAIRED
Production Number	K1920
Written by	Jim Lincoln & Dan Studney
Directed by	David Grossman
← 5x17 Genie Junior	— N/A
Weird Science — Season Five

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WS4 is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season of Weird Science, and the eighty-eighth episode overall.

Starring: Michael Manasseri (Wyatt Donnelly), John Mallory Asher (Gary Wallace), Lee Tergesen (Chett Donnelly)

and Vanessa Angel (Lisa)

Guest Stars: Bruce Jarchow (Principal Scampi)

Co-Starring: Sebastian Tillinger (Trek Clubber #1), Chad Cox (Home Economic Student), Johnny Dark (Janitor Bob), J.F. Pryor (Drama Student) Mike Damus (Doomsday Member)

Plot Overview

Farber High finds itself under threat from aliens.

Arc Advancement

Referbacks

• When asked what the wished for, Wyatt confesses to wishing he was president of the chess club as seen in "Mr. President".

• When Lisa reminds Chett of the way he's treated Wyatt, we see clips from "Magnifico Dad", "It Takes a Geek", "The Wyatt Brief", "By the Time We Got to Woodstock", "Switched at Birth", "Killer Party", "Boys on the Hide", "Horseradish", "Chett World", and "Chett Reborn".

Trivia

The Show

• This episode was obviously made with the intent that it would be the last episode. Many of the absurd twists and revelations are clearly not meant to be canonical.

Allusions and References

• This episode is almost entirely a parody of the Independence Day with its title using the film's abbreviated promo title of ID4.

• The scene of Scampi revealing he's Chett's father and his subsequent appearance as a ghost parody Return of the Jedi.