Episode Number: 1

Episode Title: Feeding Frenzy

Air Date: 03-28-03

Repeat Air Date: 04-02-03 and 06-20-03

Summary: Tyler Reed (Victor Brown) drives into Perfection Valley Nevada. He, then, stops at a sign warning about Graboids to take a picture. A backpacker (Zack Grakal) is eaten by El Blanco (the local Graboid), and Reed tries to escape El Blanco's tentacles. Burt Gummer ( Michael Gross) comes to Reed's rescue. As it turns out, Reed purchased Desert Jack's tour business (from the film Tremors 3: Back to Perfection). Meanwhile, Melvin Plug (Robert Jayne) is still trying to buy Perfection Valley to turn the valley into Melville. On the other hand, Reed is brought up to speed on life in Perfection Nevada by locals Burt Gummer, Jodi Chang (Lela Lee), and Nancy Sterngood ( Marcia Strassman). Reed tells them about a man on a bike riding in the valley. Burt drives around the valley and finds dirt bike tracks. Burt also discovers that El Blanco is on a feeding frenzy. Meanwhile, El Blanco attacks Rosalita Sanchez (Gladise Jimenez) on her farm. Tyler and Jodi go to Rosalita's rescue. El Blanco attacks Tyler and Jodi's truck. Tyler, Jodi, and Rosalita escape in Rosalita's car. They meet up with W.D. Twitchell (Dean Norris) who works for the government and has an attitude. Tyler and Rosalita head for Burt's underground home while Jodi and Twitchell head for her store. Burt continues to have problems with his Geophone--the device which tracks the Graboids. During an attack by El Blanco, Burt's new Graboid defense system fails. Burt, Tyler, and Rosalita retreat, underground, to Burt's home which is protected by a concrete wall. Tyler suggests that Burt open a survival school. Meanwhile, El Blanco leaves the area. Everyone is in Jodi's store, and Burt questions Twitchell about the government's involvement in El Blanc's current actions. El Blanco attacks and destoys the floor of the store. Burt aims his gun at El Blanco and then changes his aim to a device one--half mile away. He fires the gun and destroys the device. Burt and Tyler follow the dirt biker and discover Melvin Plug's scheme to get El Blanco killed in order to build Melville. The biker is eaten by El Blanco, and Melvin is left stranded on a rock. The device was built to stimulate an animal's appetite, thereby, making El Blanco more hungry than usual. Meanwhile, Tyler insults some foreign tourists.  

Guest Cast:

Robert Jayne as Melvin Plug

Branscombe Richmond as Harlowe Winnemuca

Zack Grakal as Backpacker

William Cowart as Biker

Production Credits:

Consulting Producer: Babs Greyhosky

Supervising Producer: Edward Ledding

Co--Executive Producer: John Shulian

Executive Producers: Nancy Roberts S.S. Wilson & Brent Maddock

Developed for Television: S.S. Wilson Brent Maddock & Nancy Roberts

Based on Characters Created By: S.S. Wilson Brent Maddock & Ron Underwood

Writers: S.S. Wilson Brent Maddock & Nancy Roberts

Director: Bradford May

Executive Producer: David Israel

Note: Robert Jayne played the role of Melvin Plug in the feature films Tremors (1990) and Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001).

Tremors: The Serire is copyright 2003 by Universal Pictures Corporation

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