Wicked Science: episode guide

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Series 2

When Elizabeth and Toby re-genius themselves and manage to destroy the MFE machine, they are stuck being geniuses for good — or are they? The formula does still exist, on a little black disc in Elizabeth's lab. Jack Bailey, a new kid in town, becomes suspicious of the weird goings-on in Sandy Bay and uses every trick he knows to investigate Elizabeth and Toby.

The Flies

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Episode 2.01
Australia: August 19, 2005
Written by David Phillips, Philip Dalkin
Directed by David Cameron

It's the first day back at school after the holidays and the giant doll still stands in the school grounds as a reminder of the events which occurred at Sandy Bay School last term.

A re-geniused Elizabeth shrinks the giant doll and interrupts the new Principal, Ms Hammer, at assembly so she can wipe everyone's memory. Her plan succeeds except for Toby and Russ, who escape with their memories intact. New boy in town, Jack Bailey sees the shrink ray in action and is determined to find out about what's going on.

Russ, and Toby's cousin Sacha, discover Elizabeth's new high-tech lab, but it is boobytrapped and they are turned into blowflies. Escaping Elizabeth they find Toby who is forced to re-genius himself to help them. Toby restores his friends to normal, and Sacha demands to know the truth about wicked science.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylda Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Colin Moody as Neil Woods, Rebecca Macauley as Ms Hammer, Katie Campbell as Peta Vinci, Cleopatra Coleman as Emma Hellman, Ratidzo Mambo as Maddison French, Nick Colla as Oliver Simmons, Vinodh Fernando as Simon Taylor, Nathan Vernon as Matt Costos

Note: series 2 was filmed from November 15, 2004 to May 20, 2005

Sweet Dreams

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Episode 2.02
August 26, 2005
Written by Joanne Watson
Directed by Roger Hodgman

Charming, manipulative new student Jack befriends Garth so he can gather information about the shrink ray which he saw Garth use to shrink the giant doll. Garth is initially so impressed by Jack's friendly overtures he rebels against Elizabeth — but not for long. Elizabeth, distraught when Sacha beats her on a science assignment, seeks revenge and invents a Dream Catcher.

Elizabeth turns dreams (or nightmares) into reality when Sacha loses all her teeth in front of the class, while during a volleyball match, Garth grows breasts. Both have to deal with these confronting problems and Garth surrenders, swearing allegiance to Elizabeth, telling Jack they can no longer be friends. Thanks to some quick work by Toby, Sacha arrives in class ready to present her assignment with a gleaming smile.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylda Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Colin Moody as Neil Woods, Katie Campbell as Peta Vinci, Cleopatra Coleman as Emma Hellman, Ratidzo Mambo as Maddison French, Nick Colla as Oliver Simmons, Vinodh Fernando as Simon Taylor, Nathan Vernon as Matt Costos, Josh Webb as Volley Ball Player, Corey Webb as Volley Ball Player, Chris Burns as Volley Ball Player, Ben Newton as Volley Ball Player, Angela Crew as Umpire, Nick Lesjack as Small Child, Maureen Lesjack as Mother, David Bradshaw as Chainsaw's Voice, Bruan as Chainsaw

Superfish

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Episode 2.03
September 02, 2005
Written by David Phillips
Directed by David Cameron

Toby has his eye fixed firmly on Jack's sister Nikki. He is desperate to impress her, but how? Given she's a swimming star, he decides his best chance is to get on the school swim team. There's only one problem — Toby's a pathetic swimmer! Toby uses wicked science to invent a body oil to help move through the water like a seal. This threatens Garth's tenuous position on the swim team and when Elizabeth learns what Toby's up to she intervenes, tampering with Toby's oil. At Toby's next race, the new 'oil' causes him to behave like a performing a seal — embarrassing him in front of the whole school and more importantly, Nikki. He realises he should never have used wicked science for his own selfish reasons and, even worse, he might have lost Nikki for good.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylda Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Tony Briggs as Coach Scott, Alex Cappelli as Shannon, Katie Campbell as Peta Vinci, Cleopatra Coleman as Emma Hellman, Ratidzo Mambo as Maddison French, Nick Colla as Oliver Simmons, Vinodh Fernando as Simon Taylor, Nathan Vernon as Matt Costos

Fever

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Episode 2.04
September 09, 2005
Written by Simon Butters
Directed by Roger Hodgman

Elizabeth catches a bad cold from Verity. With a raging temperature, her power to hyperfunction and use her genius is out of control. She finds herself acting against her will, fulfilling other peoples' wishes — a cold cream for Verity, sunglasses which give Russ scientific formulae, and an exo-skeleton for Garth, transforming him into an armoured warrior Garthdor. The illness worsens and Elizabeth, close to death, calls for the only person who can save her — Toby. He hyperfunctions just in time to save Elizabeth's life, and although she takes it as a sign he cares about her, Toby is still firmly focussed on Nikki. Meanwhile Russ and Sacha have to deal with an out of control Garth in the Surf Café and only just prevent Jack from seeing more wicked science in action. But he sees enough to suspect the two trios have access to something special and he wants 'in'.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylda Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Colin Moody as Neil Woods, Katie Campbell as Peta Vinci, Cleopatra Coleman as Emma Hellman, Ratidzo Mambo as Maddison French, Nick Colla as Oliver Simmons, Vinodh Fernando as Simon Taylor, Nathan Vernon as Matt Costos, Simon Butters as Garthdors

A Friend In Need

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Episode 2.05
September 16, 2005
Written by Simon Butters
Directed by Roger Hodgman

Trying to help his friend, Russ finds himself forced to masquerade as Toby at a meeting with Nikki in the surf café. Wearing a Toby invention — a hi-tech polymer vivo interface suit (which makes Russ look and sound exactly like Toby) Russ might look like Toby but he's still Russ and clumsy. He knocks the suit's controls resulting in a malfunction, causing Russ to chaotically transform into multiple identities in the middle of the Surf Cafe. Sacha runs damage control but when the real Toby turns up the fight to keep his invention and therefore his genius a secret becomes more difficult as a curious Jack gets closer to the truth.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylda Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Colin Moody as Neil Woods, David Bergin as Mr Johnson, Katie Campbell as Peta Vinci, Cleopatra Coleman as Emma Hellman, Ratidzo Mambo as Maddison French, Nick Colla as Oliver Simmons, Vinodh Fernando as Simon Taylor, Nathan Vernon as Matt Costos

The Great Dork

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Episode 2.06
September 23, 2005
Written by Sam Carroll
Directed by Roger Hodgman

When Russ is bullied by Garth, Toby tries to prove Russ is not a loser. Toby creates a time portal to show Russ his ancient, valiant ancestors. But things go horribly wrong. The time machine is damaged and Russ finds that he's swapped places with his 350,000-year-old hominid ancestor, Rog. While the caveman battles with Garth at a twenty-first century school, Russ is hailed as leader of a tribe of cave-dwelling hunter-gatherers. Eventually, Toby repairs the time machine and Russ, the inventor of the 'Cro-Magnon pizza', returns to present day more confident and assured but Toby and Sacha are exhausted after a day of minding a donut-loving Rog.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylda Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Colin Moody as Neil Woods, David Bergin as Mr Johnson, Tim Schwerdt as Rog, Lucy Gould as Mog, Ross Thompson as Woolog, Christopher Davis as Neanderthal, Robin Brown as Neanderthal, Kate Cole as Neanderthal, Toby Newton as Neanderthal, Kathryn Mitchell as Javelin Thrower

Close Call

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Episode 2.07
September 30, 2005
Written by Max Dann
Directed by David Cameron

Disaster strikes when the school clock breaks and Elizabeth is forced to hide her lab equipment in the school storeroom or risk Mr Woods discovering her secret laboratory. A curious Jack accidentally locks himself in the storeroom and is zapped by one of Elizabeth's new inventions, causing his arm to go right through the door. Now Jack has direct and very personal experience of Wicked Science, but has no idea how dangerous it is as he begins to disappear. Working together while avoiding Mr Woods, Toby and Elizabeth return Jack to normal and release him, leaving a furious Jack attempting to explain the mystery of his behaviour to a bewildered Mr Woods and a furious Ms Hammer.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylda Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Colin Moody as Neil Woods, Rebecca Macauley as Ms Hammer

Ring Of Confidence

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Episode 2.08
October 07, 2005
Written by Judith Colquhoun
Directed by David Cameron

Flagging morale and shocking times have hurt the Sandy Bay swim team. Nikki is suffering most of all so, in order to boost her confidence, Toby invents a 'doubt eliminator' in the form of a ring. But the device falls into Verity's hands, and with an unbounded faith in her own abilities, she starts a cheerleading squad and asserts her independence from Elizabeth. Elizabeth soon learns the reason behind Verity's behaviour and boosts the 'doubt eliminator' causing an over-confident Verity to perform a spectacular swan dive from the top of the diving tower. A chastened and humiliated Verity returns to Elizabeth, but the swim team is triumphant thanks to her efforts.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylda Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Colin Moody as Mr Woods, Tony Briggs as Coach Scott, Cleopatra Coleman as Emma Hellman, Ratidzo Mambo as Maddison French, Nick Colla as Oliver Simmons, Nathan Vernon as Matt Costos, Lori Nicols as Cheerleader, Vanessa Isgro as Cheerleader, Kathryn Madden as Cheerleader, Nicole Moro as Verity Diving Double

Misty

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Episode 2.09
October 14, 2005
Written by Sam Carroll
Directed by Roger Hodgman

Sacha has been feeling increasingly homesick over the last few weeks and misses her horse, Misty, terribly. Feeling sorry for her, Toby invents a homing device that teleports her horse to Sandy Bay. But the device malfunctions and Misty keeps appearing next to Sacha in school. Meanwhile, Elizabeth is desperate to prove to Toby that they are meant to be together and she lures him into a Wild West virtual reality world. Stuck in Elizabeth's lab, he is distracted from the very real situation of Misty on the loose at school. Toby is oblivious to everything and everyone other than Elizabeth — her plan is working beautifully, but just as they are about to kiss, Sacha pulls the plug and saves Toby. She is thankful to him for giving her the chance to be with Misty, but realises her horse belongs back home. They say their last goodbyes, before Toby teleports Misty back to the farm.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylor Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Rebecca MacAuley as Ms Hammer, Neil Pigot as Earl, Tony Rickards as Wyatt, Summer as Misty, Brett Anderson as Toby Riding Double

Catch Me If You Can

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Episode 2.10
October 21, 2005
Written by Chris Anastassiades
Directed by Colin Budds

Russ continues to be on Toby's back about helping him with girls so Toby invents a flying disk to make Russ look good on the beach. That tactic fails, of course, but Jack is convinced the flying disk is another example of Toby's weird powers. He encourages Nikki to go on a date with Toby — even helping him by setting up a romantic lunch for two at the café. Elizabeth's jealousy is piqued and she invents a chameleon gel to make herself invisible. She attempts to ruin the date but her plan backfires when Toby realises what's going on. But with Toby out of the way, Jack steals the flying disk. He is about to sell it to a toy company executive when an invisible Elizabeth intervenes and renders the disk useless. Toby rushes back to the café just in time to save his date.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylor Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Nick Colla as Oliver Simmons, Nathan Vernon as Matt Costos, Jansen Spencer as Mr Bono, Deborah Tabone as Beautiful Girl

Koala In The Mist

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Episode 2.11
October 28, 2005
Written by Simon Butters
Directed by David Cameron

A hungry Garth is a careless Garth and when he "borrows" Elizabeth's shrink ray to increase the size of his breakfast, Jack not only sees the device in action, but steals it. Chaos results when Jack unwittingly uses the shrink ray in reverse on a koala. The enormous furry creature is soon peering in second storey windows. To hide the giant koala Toby invents a mist which envelops the school. While Elizabeth diverts attention in the classroom, Russ and Sacha run interference in the grounds, keeping Ms Hammer out of the danger zone. When the koala uses the school as a scratching post, shaking the building, an evacuation is called. Just when Jack thinks he can prove his suspicions about Elizabeth and Toby, the mist clears and Elizabeth arrives with the koala which has been shrunk back to its normal size.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylda Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Colin Moody as Neil Woods, Rebecca Macauley as Ms Hammer, Rian Barlow as Damien, Nishant Mathur as Fergus, Nick Farnell as Mick the Wildlife Officer, Chris Humphrey as Koala Handler, Katie Campbell as Peta Vinci, Cleopatra Coleman as Emma Hellman, Ratidzo Mambo as Maddison French, Nick Colla as Oliver Simmons, Vinodh Fernando as Simon Taylor, Nathan Vernon as Matt Costos, Katie as Koala

A Day In The Life

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Episode 2.12
November 04, 2005
Written by Max Dann
Directed by Colin Budds

The 'sibling' rivalry between Sacha and Russ escalates to the point where the trio threatens to break up. During a heated argument, they manage to trigger some of Toby's wicked science devices and as a result find they have swapped bodies. Now Russ is in Sacha's body and Sacha is in Russ'. They find themselves on a very sharp learning curve as each discovers what life is like for the other. Along the way, Russ gains a place on the hockey team for Sacha and Sacha wins a pizza-eating contest for Russ. Sacha also learns that Russ has been taking extra history tutoring just to keep up with the class and Russ learns that Sacha has been ostracised and bullied by some of the girls before Toby returns them to normality.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylor Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Rebecca MacAuley as Ms Hammer, Susan Godfrey as Coach Hamilton, Cleopatra Coleman as Emma Hellman, Katie Campbell as Peta Vinci, Kris Marinakis as Boy, James Sorensen as Boy, Amanda Graver as Sacha Hockey Double

Bolt From The Blue

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Episode 2.13
November 11, 2005
Written by Max Dann
Directed by Colin Budds

Elizabeth is driven wild with jealousy when Toby and Nikki decide to go to the school dance together. She invents a lightning generator, producing a fork of pure lightning which pursues Nikki. In fact, it does a right-hand turn frightening Nikki so much that Elizabeth is able to blackmail Toby into taking her to the dance. An unlikely pairing of Russ and hockey player Peta provides comic relief, but Jack manages to steal the lightning controller from Verity. He uses it to force Elizabeth to tell him everything about wicked science and wrecks the entire dance with a barrage of lightning bolts. Elizabeth has to neutralise the potential threat that Jack now poses and has to watch a reconciled Nikki and Toby enjoy their first kiss.

Cast: Andre De Vanny as Toby Johnson, Bridget Neval as Elizabeth Hawke, Ben Schmideg as Russell Skinner, Greta Larkins as Sacha Johnson, Emma Leonard as Verity McGuire, Brook Sykes as Garth King, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Jack Bailey, Matylor Buczko as Nikki Bailey, Colin Moody as Mr Woods, Katie Campbell as Peta Vinci, Cleopatra Coleman as Emma Hellman, Ratidzo Mambo as Maddison French, Nick Colla as Oliver Simmons, Vinodh Fernando as Simon Taylor, Nathan Vernon as Matt Costos, Nicole Moro as Party Goer Stunts, Chris Pace as Party Goer Stunts

Episodes 2.14 - 2.26