Poltergeist: The Legacy
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Poltergeist: The Legacy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The adventures of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers.

Apr 21, 19964 seasons88 episodesEndedEN
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Ep 1

The Legacy (1)

Apr 21, 1996
44m

We begin in 1969 with Winston and Derek Rayne driving in their car, in the rain. They end up at a cave. Winston goes in, while Derek is told to remain in the car. Inside the cave, Winston finds a sepulcher (a wooden box). He opens the sepulcher, and a demon skeleton emerges, which tries to drag Winston back in sepulcher, however, Derek runs in and manages to close the box. The demon is trapped back inside. However, Winston dies, but before he does, he gives Derek his Legacy ring. Now in the present day, we arrive at the Luna foundation, an artifact finding organization. Derek owns the Luna Foundation, along with Nick, Alex, and Julia, who also live in the house. As a new artifact is presented to Derek, he gets a vision of a young girl in a graveyard with a wooden box, which looks like the one that Winston opened. Derek assembles Nick, Alex, and Julia in a control room, in which to get to, you must walk through an invisible wall.

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Ep 2

The Legacy (2)

Apr 21, 1996
44m

The second part of the series premiere where members of the Legacy, an ancient secret society that investigates the paranormal are introduced. Dr. Derek Rayne struggles with his own dark past.

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Ep 3

Sins of the Father

Apr 26, 1996
44m

Derek's old friend Damon is accused of abusing his son, but he insists supernatural causes are at fault. Derek believes him, but Nick's investigation reveals a checkered family history. Rachel examines the boy's wounds, and Father Philip attempts a religious ceremony, but ultimately it is Kat who uncovers the truth.

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Ep 4

Town Without Pity

May 3, 1996
44m

The episode begins in a religious driven small village. a church service has just ended, and a man makes a run for the woods. He finds a bridge in the woods and begins to cross it, as he crosses the bridge he gets stopped by some strange invisible force. On the bridge a Reverend approaches him, places his hand on the man's forehead, which kills him. (Obviously, people are not allowed to leave the village). At the Legacy House, Nick comes in the conference room and tells Derek that he has uncovered some information on a lost colony from 50 years ago. Nick wants to investigate what happened to it. Derek persuades Nick to take Rachel along. We find that Rachel has had some kind of mid-life breakdown, she can't seem to handle and understand what she has witnessed in the last several weeks. She reluctantly agrees to go with him. Nick and Rachel approach the bridge which the man at the start of the episode, died on. They cross the bridge and enter some kind of portal.

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Ep 5

The Tenement

May 10, 1996
44m

As Alex prepares to take slum landlord Kyle Vance to court, she experiences a vision of a red-haired woman in the decaying tenement building. Then, on the witness stand, she finds herself compelled to insist the judge sentence Vance to stay in the building until he completes needed repairs. Later, realizing that an evil force controlled her actions, Alex traces the building's tragic history. Disturbed by what she learns, Alex returns to the tenement to help fight the sensual manifestation of evil that inhabits Vance's crumbling family legacy.

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Ep 6

The Twelfth Cave

May 17, 1996
44m

The Episode begins in the desert where a team of surveyors are digging in a cave. One of the men there finds a jar buried deep underground. He opens the jar and finds a scroll inside, he opens the scroll, and the writing on the scroll glows red. He seems to have become hypnotized by it. He then murders his two colleagues. In the Legacy House, Derek tells the team that an old friend, Randolph Hitchcock, wants to donate an ancient artefact to the Luna Foundation. He wants to meet Derek and the rest of the team that night. When Randolph arrives, Derek tells the other Legacy members that Randolph was once a member of the Legacy, but he was forced out years ago. Randolph gives Derek the jar from the desert. Derek opens the jar and takes out the scroll. Randolph wants Legacy to examine and preserve the scroll. On a dock, we see a man wearing a mask, holding a silver cross.

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