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Seven Days · S2 · E12

Buried Alive

  • TV-PG
  • Feb 9, 2000
  • 43 min

Parker Backsteps to prevent a mine shaft from exploding and killing thousands of people, including a nearby military base. However, things go awry when the Sphere materializes deep within the Earth and the Backstep team have no idea where Frank is or what he was sent back to avert.

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Parker Backsteps to prevent a mine shaft from exploding and killing thousands of people, including a nearby military base. However, things go awry when the Sphere materializes deep within the Earth and the Backstep team have no idea where Frank is or what he was sent back to avert.

Season 2

23 episodes
  1. 1The Football

    43 minSep 29, 1999

    The President's briefcase containing the missile controls is lost on the streets of Washington D.C.

  2. 2Pinball Wizard

    43 minOct 6, 1999

    Teens playing video games are actually being used to pilot missiles.

  3. 3Parker.com

    44 minOct 13, 1999

    When a supercomputer with artificial intelligence deactivates the U.S. nuclear weapons systems, Parker must take advantage of its infatuation with him.

  4. 4For the Children

    42 minOct 20, 1999

    Parker quits when a Backstep is cancelled that would have saved children on a subway train from being killed, and the team must question whether they obey NSA orders or act on their consciences.

  5. 5Two Weddings and a Funeral

    42 minNov 3, 1999

    A falling scaffolding hurts Parker, and as Olga keeps vigil over him in his coma, she professes her love for him just as he wakes up to hear her. Through an increasing series of dares they end up getting married . . . but all is not what it seems.

  6. 6Walk Away

    42 minNov 10, 1999

    An alien implant cures Dr. Ballard's paralysis, but results in his mind being taken over by Adam, the Roswell alien (from ""Lifeboat"").

  7. 7Sister's Keeper

    43 minNov 17, 1999

    Parker backsteps to save Olga's sister, Svetlana, from the Russian mafia.

  8. 8The Collector

    43 minNov 24, 1999

    Parker Backsteps to prevent a collapsed dam from killing people, but when under the influence of alcohol lands in the middle of an execution, letting a serial killer escape. Frank insists on taking on the investigation to make up for his screw-up.

  9. 9Love and Other Disasters

    40 minDec 15, 1999

    A wiring problem causes an explosion at the wedding of Princess Lisette, and Parker must Backstep to protect the Princess and Olga, after discovering terrorists were responsible.

  10. 10The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

    43 minJan 5, 2000

    Parker must Backstep to prevent a submarine from blowing up, and a U.S. cruiser in the area from triggering a nuclear war between China and the U.S.

  11. 11Time Gremlin

    42 minJan 12, 2000

    A doctor in California destroys the entire state by experimenting with explosive fault line devices, and Parker must prevent a tidal wave from killing over ten million people. Complications arise when he Backsteps and ends up with a strange creature capable of generating temporal disruptions that is intent on destroying Backstep.

  12. 12Buried Alive

    43 minFeb 9, 2000Now viewing

    Parker Backsteps to prevent a mine shaft from exploding and killing thousands of people, including a nearby military base. However, things go awry when the Sphere materializes deep within the Earth and the Backstep team have no idea where Frank is or what he was sent back to avert.

  13. 13The Backstepper's Apprentice

    42 minFeb 16, 2000

    Parker Backsteps to save a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, but passes through the side of an airline flight, causing it to crash. A boy on board the plane is taken along with Frank into the past, and he must save the Peace Prize winner, stop the crash, and help the boy save his grandfather.

  14. 14Deja Vu All Over Again

    42 minFeb 23, 2000

    Parker must save Talmadge, who is captured by commandos who intend to torture and kill him for information on Operation Backstep. But when he fails, only his newfound ability to loop time lets him complete the mission.

  15. 15Space Station Down

    42 minMar 1, 2000

    Parker must prevent the Global Space Station from exploding in space and releasing large amount of plutonium into Earth's atmosphere...but due to the narrow threshold he must dock with it in space.

  16. 16The Cuban Missile

    43 minMar 22, 2000

    Parker Backsteps to stop Fidel Castro's son Teo, a boxer, from being murdered in his comeback fight - an incident that leads to Castro launching a nuclear missile strike on Miami.

  17. 17X-35 Needs Changing

    43 minApr 5, 2000

    Parker and Olga must recover a kidnapped baby created in a lab as part of a genetic experiment to breed super-geniuses.

  18. 18Brother, Can You Spare a Bomb?

    42 minApr 19, 2000

    Parker must Backstep to prevent Ramsey's younger brother, mentally ill and off his medication, from killing a Senator.

  19. 19Pope Parker

    43 minApr 26, 2000

    When the Pope is assassinated, a mixed-up Backstep occurs and Parker finds himself occupying the body of the Holy Pontiff.

  20. 20Witch Way to the Prom

    44 minMay 3, 2000

    Parker Backsteps to prevent three high school girls from accidentally blowing up a hotel, but it turns out to be a bit more involved then that.

  21. 21Mr. Donovan's Neighborhood

    43 minMay 10, 2000

    When a reverend fighting against drug deals in Donovan's old neighborhood gets killed, Donovan's sister is killed as well. Donovan investigates and is arrested for killing one of the men responsible, and Frank engineers a Backstep to go back and save his friend.

  22. 22Playmates and Presidents

    43 minMay 17, 2000

    Parker is ordered to Backstep in order to prevent a Presidential candidate from being assassinated. His mission is a success and the Governor asks him to join his campaign team, but Frank soon discovers the Governor has psychological issues and his daughter is trying to get the evidence to the public.

  23. 23The Cure

    43 minMay 24, 2000

    A scientist comes up with a cure for cancer, unaware it will unleash a deadly plague. The NSA of 168 years in the future send back an assassin to kill her before her "cure" wipes out the world.