NightMan (1997 TV Series)

NightMan (AKA Nightman or Night Man) was a 1997-1999 syndicated American action-adventure series about a man named Johnny Domino (Matt McColm), who gains the ability to detect evil thoughts and evil people after being struck by lightning. With the help of his scientist friend Raleigh (Derek Webster/Derwin Jordan), he becomes the masked superhero Night Man and fights crime. The TV series was based on the comic book series The Night Man, published by Malibu Comics (a Marvel Comics subsidiary in the mid 1990s).

Sixty Minute Man (Season 2, Episode 10)[edit | edit source]

A villain who has the power to stop time using a special watch uses his abilities to start a crime spree. He can give people post-hypnotic suggestions while they are frozen.

An alien criminal arrives on Earth
The alien freezes the crowd
A young woman freezes in place
The alien robs an armored bank truck
He gives the woman a post-hypnotic suggestion to be in love with him
The woman falls in love with him
The alien uses his powers again
He makes the woman forget him
As well as Briony Branca and the other cops

Dust (Season 2, Episode 15)[edit | edit source]

An ancient Egyptian mummy (Saskia Garel) is accidentally brought back to life. She hypnotizes Raleigh into helping her to take over the world, and hypnotizes a group of men and women to be her servants.

The mummy comes to life
The mummy hypnotizes Raleigh
The mummy transforms into a beautiful woman
Raleigh becomes the mummy's assistant
The mummy adds a few hypnotized slaves
Briony Branca and her partner decide to investigate
Briony and her partner are hypnotized
The hypnotized victims watch the ceremony

Spellbound (Season 2, Episode 16)[edit | edit source]

A teenager (Amber Rothwell) who is the daughter of a demon struggles to lead a normal life, but the headmaster of her school (Garwin Sanford) plans to hypnotize her into unleashing her demon powers for his benefit.

NightMan saves Lilly from a deadly fire
Lilly is sent to a religious boarding school
Lilly's headmaster and head nun are actually demon-worshippers
The headmaster uses a post-hypnotic trigger phrase
Lilly falls into a hypnotic trance
The hypnotized Lilly attacks her friends

Double Double (Season 2, Episode 17)[edit | edit source]

Evil billionaire Kieran Keyes (Kim Coates) returns and draws Raleigh and Detective Branca (Jayne Heitmeyer) into his cyber-world, where he turns them into his mind-controlled minions.