Now and Again is American SCI-FI Comedy-drama television series, created by Glenn Gordon Caron, which aired on CBS from September 24^th, 1999 until May 5^th , 2000. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to perfect the brain. In an attempt to get the project up and running, they take the brain of overweight family man Michael Wiseman, who is killed in a train accident.

Given a new life, Michael is kept in an apartment where he is trained by government experts, led by Dr. Theodore Morris, in the art of espionage. Despite his new life and new abilities, Michael longs to return to his wife Lisa and daughter Heather, who are themselves discovering that not all is as it seems with Michael's death.

It stars Eric Close, who I have seen in many other TV shows like Dark Skies, Taken, Without A Trace and many others. Furthermore, Dennis Haysbert, Margeret Colin, Heather Matarazzo and John Goodman.

Now And Again has been released on DVD in North America and in Australia. It however is difficult to come by for a decent price nowadays.

On Rotten Tomatoes Now And Again is well respected by critics and audience alike.

Heather Wiseman