Show 101: Ryan's New Breadmaker Original Airdate: 12 Jelly 883 GUE Ryan Psyantist, a newly-transplanted enchanter in Borphee, and his wife Sarah get accustomed to their new life, while Ryan finds a piece of illegal technology, a breadmaker. w:Meredith Sprague, Arthur Sprague; d:Meredith Sprague, Arthur Sprague Show 102: The Boxes Original Airdate: 19 Jelly 883 GUE Suddenly, one evening, an influx of boxes floods the Psyantist household. They're all full of machines, and Ryan has to explain why Sarah's living room is filled with piles of boxes. w:Arthur Sprague; d:Meredith Sprague, Arthur Sprague NOTES:The box that Sarah opens at the end can be seen in every scene that takes place in the living room. Show 103: Machine Guru Original Airdate: 26 Jelly 883 GUE Ryan spends so much time meditating about the fragility of machines that he misses a few Guild meetings. His boss, Guildmaster Dimithio of Borphee shows concern for Ryan and visits the house, only to get embroiled in Sarah's plotting. w:Arthur Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague NOTES:Each one of the non-Psyantist main characters was introduced slowly. This is Dimithio's turn. Show 104: Guild Intern Original Airdate: 2 Augur 883 GUE Dimithio shows up at Ryan's house unexpectedly to try to catch him with the machines, but he needs a cover, so he brings an apprentice magician along for Ryan to "train". w:Arthur Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague NOTES:This episode was the first one David Copperfield was on. Show 105: I'm Spying On You, And You, Too Original Airdate: 9 Augur 883 GUE David tries to spy on Sarah, but is quickly caught by Dimithio, who is spying on Ryan. Dimithio thinks David knows about Ryan's machines, and David thinks Dimithio knows about Sarah. Eventually, Dimithio lets the cat slip. w:Arthur Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague NOTES:David's infatuation with Sarah is revealed in it's raw, incubational state in this episode. Show 106: Sometimes They Come Back Original Airdate: 16 Augur 883 GUE Ryan and Sarah are in bed one night when Ryan is awakened from a noise in the kitchen. He investigates, and discovers his house is haunted by the Ghost of Duncanthrax Flathead the Bellicose. w:Arthur Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague NOTES:This is the Ghost's first episode. The noise the Ghost makes at the beginning is actually not a mechanical, but a magical appliance. Show 107: David's Double Date Original Airdate: 23 Augur 883 GUE When David gets enough courage to ask Sarah out on a date, Sarah thinks he means a double date, so David has to scramble out and find a willing date in time. w:Arthur Sprague, Meredith Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague Show 108: Take Your Ghost to Work Day Original Airdate: 30 Augur 883 GUE The Ghost gets a whim to follow Ryan to work at the Borphee Enchanters' Guild, and begins demanding that his Unnatural Acts be enforced; knocking all sorts of things over, interrupting the training of young enchanters, and generally getting Ryan into big trouble with Dimithio. w:Arthur Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague Show 109: Black Market Technology Original Airdate: 6 Suspendur 883 GUE Ryan suddenly finds himself machineless, and goes off on a search for a new supplier, asking everyone, including Dimithio, where he can get some technology. w:Meredith Sprague; d:Meredith Sprague NOTES:The shadow at the end of the episode who is not identified by name is really Mugshot Blake. Show 110: Ryan's Cousin Lenny Original Airdate: 13 Suspendur 883 GUE Overloaded with suppliers from the previous episode, the Psyantist living room is filled with boxes again. Ryan has to enlist the help of his new permanent supplier, Mugshot Blake, to move them all out, but he can't let Sarah know. w:Arthur Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague NOTES:Oddly enough, all of the boxes in this episode are labelled "Frobozz Magic Machine Company.": Show 112: Ryan Hits the Airwaves Original Airdate: 27 Suspendur 883 GUE Mugshot sets up a ZB radio system for Ryan and disguises it as a candle. Unfortunately, the Ghost scares him away before he can tell Ryan about it. w:Meredith Sprague; d:Meredith Sprague Show 113: Radio Free Egreth Original Airdate: 4 Ottobur 883 GUE The Ghost possesses Ryan's ZB radio and delivers anti-magic speeches to the Psyantists and other ZB'ers. David and Dimithio become concerned when it appears Ryan's ZB system is leading a crusade against the Borphee Enchanters' Guild. w:Meredith Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague Show 117: Mugshot Blake Delivers A Package Original Airdate: 1 Mumberbur 883 GUE Through a shipping mixup, Mugshot Blake delivers a box of machines to Ryan's office at the Guild Hall. Through a timing mixup, Dimithio gets the package first. Through a visual mixup, David realizes what's in it before anyone else. Now Ryan and Mugshot have to get the package before David can tell Dimithio about its contents. w:Arthur Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague Show 119: The Men Who Came To Dinner Original Airdate: 15 Mumberbur 883 GUE Sarah throws the first of many impromptu dinner parties and invites Dimithio and David over to try to trick Ryan into revealing his technology. Ryan, in turn, invites Mugshot Blake over to get back at Sarah, and the Ghost invites himself. w:Meredith Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague NOTES:This is the only episode never syndicated by EBG. The day after his empire fell, Wurb Flathead interrupted the broadcast of this episode, destroyed the set, scared the cast and crew, and forced the executives to switch from live broadcasts to taped ones. This is the last episode to be performed live. Copies of this episode are extremely rare, and have been known to get over one hundred thousand zorkmids from Zbay. The original script for this episode was reused for the Season 5 episode "The Men Who Came To Dinner Again." Show 120: Dunkie Helps Out Original Airdate: 22 Mumberbur 883 GUE Following the disastrous dinner party from the previous night, which the Ghost was all but entirely responsible for, he decides to do a favor for the Psyantiats by cleaning their house. Unfortunately, he chooses Sarah's day off to do it on. w:Arthur Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague NOTES:This episode immediately followed the ill-fated episode "The Men Who Came To Dinner" and was supposed to be a direct reference on how much of a nuisance the Ghost was in that episode. Unfortunately, the episode was interrupted and the continuity arc from it to this episode was never actually constructed. Arthur was always a big fan of nicknaming the Ghost "Dunkie." Show 122: David's Bratty Nephew Original Airdate: 6 Dismembur 883 GUE David borrows his sister's spoiled son Norris to try to entice Sarah into romance, but Norris keeps pointing out Ryan's machines to everyone during one of Sarah's impromptu dinner parties. w:Arthur Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague gs:Antharia Jack (Norris Dekker) NOTES:This is the first of only four episodes of This Psyantist's Life that Antharia Jack ever did. This Psyantist's Life is the only television show that Antharia Jack has been on that has lasted more than a season. Show 123: The Ghost and Mr. Dekker Original Airdate: 13 Dismembur 883 GUE The Ghost of Duncanthrax plays a complicated series of tricks on David's bratty nephew Norris. As Norris complains about the Ghost, Ryan has to stop them both before his secret lifestyle is betrayed. w:Boris Leach; d:Arthur Sprague gs:Antharia Jack (Norris Dekker) Show 124: How Do You Solve A Problem Like Norris? Original Airdate: 20 Dismembur 883 GUE David, now realizing how annoying Norris is, tries to get his sister and her husband to take him back, but they deftly avoid him. Each one of the group tries in their own way to get them to take Norris away. w:Frank Summons; d:Meredith Sprague gs:Antharia Jack (Norris Dekker) NOTES:After this episode, Arthur and Meredith decided to write all the episodes themselves. Show 125: Goodbye, Norris. Good riddance Original Airdate: 27 Dismembur 883 GUE After Mugshot Blake's plan to get Norris back to his parents is accepted, they have to figure out how to put it into action. w:Meredith Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague gs:Antharia Jack (Norris Dekker); Amanda Socks (Liz Dekker); Stuart Dillon (Tom Dekker) NOTES:Amanda Socks and Stuart Dillon, who played a married couple on the show, actually dated for years in real life, but it never worked out. Show 130: Frobozz Magic TV Wheel Original Airdate: 31 Estuary 884 GUE David notices that the grand prize on the new game show Frobozz Magic TV Wheel is a machine, so he enters Ryan in the contestant contest. They accept and invite Ryan and his family (and his Ghost) to EBG Studios to participate in the game show, and Ryan must choose between winning or losing. w:Meredith Sprague; d:Arthur Sprague gs:Satt Payjack (Himself) NOTES:Frobozz Magic TV Wheel was a real game show that ran from 883 to 886 GUE. It never did very well in the ratings, so the EBG executives decided to have their darling This Psyantist's Life do a cross-promotion. It worked for about two weeks, and then TV Wheel's ratings fell again. Contents Season Two