The Powers of Matthew Star

Five miles out of Crestridge, a UFO lands. When the landing is picked up by military radar, a call is placed to a General Tucker. Nearby, a man hands a woman a likeness of Walt/D'Hai on a disk and instructs her to find him and the boy. Matthew Star can't sleep. He admits to his guardian, Walt Shepherd (""Shep""), that he's tired of running. Walt agrees, but the alternative is death. Matt feels cheated that he never knew his father and can't have a normal life. Walt encourages him. They are in a new town, which is safe, for now. It's the first day of school. Mr. Shepherd finds himself in Principal Kenneth Heller's office. Before long, he realizes he is not only the Science teacher, but Home Economics, Track Coach and Football Team Trainer. Matt meets Pam in Drama Class and they are instantly attracted to each other. He also meets Bob, and Brian, who reacts to him threateningly. Meanwhile, Walt finds his class unenthusiastic about the wonderful world of Science. At lunch, Matt me

April is singing (badly) at Backtrack Studios. The producers, including Joe Allen, roll their eyes. He's got a suitcase. A black man with a white suit enters a nightclub with a suitcase of his own. There's a meeting upstairs and we realize now that the black man looks exactly like Walt Shepherd. Three cops are waiting at a table expectantly, and head upstairs. As diamonds are exchanged for cash, the cops pounce. The lookalike shoots one of the cops and escapes through the nightclub. Walt comes home late after browsing at an RV center for three hours. When he sees Matthew using his telekinesis to return a book to a shelf, he challenges him to try it blindfolded, since his father had the ability to do it. The neighbor's dog distracts Matt's concentration and a broken window results. At Valley Hospital, two cops discuss their dead partner, Robert Carson, and vow revenge. Detective Crawford remembers seeing the killer at Crestridge High; a teacher. Crawford goes to the school to que

Pam is in girl's shower. The camera closes in on the door, through which a monster enters. It turns off the lights and grabs her. Pam screams, then giggles. The director, Trent, yells cut and scolds Pam for not dying properly. The stuntman, Burt, calls for a break. They are filming ""Zombie Letterman."" Pete, a gopher on the set, sees Matt for the first time in four years. They used to live next door in Connecticut. He asks about his guardian; Matt cuts him off. Pete runs to get some tape, Matt joins him. The scene starts again. Meanwhile, Pete tells Matt that he wants to be a stuntman and that this is a good start. Matt invites Pete to stay at his house. During football practice, with Pete watching, from his motorbike, Matt throws a bad pass then gets tackled. Finally his pass is caught. Matt and Pam drive to his house. Pete follows on the motorbike, popping wheelies and clowning around. He dodges a truck, but nearly slams into a car. Luckily, Matt intervenes with telekinesi

Matt and Pam are discussing his inability to get around to buying concert tickets. Jerry is trying to start lawn mower that runs on garbage. Monica explaining science project to Walt about Solar Prime paint and its ability to withstand hot and cold temperatures. Matt and Pam drop by to leave note for Walt. They hear Monica talking and while waiting, they sniff her paint. Matt can smell it; Pam can't. They leave. Monica's father is bragging on her, saying that people already interested in paint. The garbage-powered lawn mower is running out of control. Matt and Pam pass it and laugh as it goes by. It circles back around to the pair, but Matt is unable to stop it with telekinesis. A distressed Matt discussed the problem with Walt. Matt tries to open the over door, but is unable to. Walt reassures him that it is probably temporary and pulls a pizza out of the oven. Commenting that the pizza smells good, Matt remembers that he could smell the Solar Prime and that Pam couldn't. Walt a

Bob is drag-racing against some students from Oakridge High. Becky Vance is in his car, cheering him on. Pam and Matt are looking on from the sidelines. The race starts and it looks like Bob will win, but the other car cuts him off. Matt realizes Bob's car is headed for a pole, but manages to use his powers to divert the car into a hard stop away from the pole. Becky hits her head. Almost immediately, she has a vision of a shattering windshield. Matt sees her vision and becomes concerned. He offers to drive her home, which Pam is not happy about. In Matt's van, she has the vision again, of the shattering windshield and people shouting. Matt asks if she needs to see a doctor. She says she's fine. Becky gets home. Her father sees her rubbing her head and asks what's going on. She says that Matt drove her home and he hit the brakes hard. Mr. Vance tells her not see him anymore. Matt talks to Walt about seeing Becky's vision. Walt advises it may have not been the future, but

In Italy, a supply truck in the midst of a convoy travels through rocky hills under armed guard. Terrorists watching from higher in the hills throw grenades and start firing. Another grenade causes something in a wooden crate to fall out of the back of the truck and roll off the edge of a cliff, followed by an avalanche of heaving rocks. The terrorists are not happy. Neither are the American soldiers. Walt is talking to General Tucker on the phone. Tucker needs help to retrieve an Anti-Gravity Device (AGD) from its rock burial. Walt refuses, since it's the middle of a semester. Better to wait until next school break. Meanwhile, Matthew opens window to feed Sam and blows cash off desk, which is for the school dance. Matthew is president of the School Dance Committee. He and Pam aren't seeing eye to eye on the choice of music. The school principal enters Walt's classroom the next day and announces that Matt is a finalist in the International Science Fair Contest, to be held in I