Now and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet 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 subway 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.
Michael Wiseman (John Goodman in the pilot and flashbacks) was a mild mannered officer worker with a wife Lisa (Margaret Colin) and daughter Heather (Heather Matarazzo). One day, Michael falls onto the tracks of a subway and is hit by a train. Waking up he meets Dr Theodore Morris (Dennis Haysbert). Morris is head of a secret government project which has designed a "perfect" human body (Eric Close). They have implanted Michael's brain into this perfect body after his original died after the crash. While this allows him to live, it also obliges him to work as a secret agent for the government, foiling terrorist attacks. It also means that he cannot return to life with his family and is, in fact, supposed to never contact them. Michael, who misses his wife and daughter terribly, soon violates this rule, but keeps his identity secret from them. Much of the drama of the show revolved around Michael's efforts to work with the gruff and demanding Dr Morris. As the series went on the latter grew closer to Michael. Meanwhile, Lisa and Heather struggled to adapt to life after Michael's death.
Would you like to be the one
would you like to be renowend ?
A silent rage can pave the way
can keep the coldness in your eyes
Weak and chased into the light
and just a heartless smile away
They all believe in what I seem to be
so I must keep this face alive
This is a world of anger and hate
We dream of heaven but we live in hell
Now and again - now the feeling is over again - with a lie
You can always pretend it`s alright and fine
Could you help me to fight when danger is high ?
When my honesty fades away
Who`s afraid to be alive again ?
What in me- what is deep in my mind ?
What if the danger makes me feel I could die ?
Still in my head what makes be this way
And what can ease the blame inside
Too much hate too many oppositions
But the order was to win somehow
I believe there is a place to be
people get along without a trace of baseness
This is a world of anger and hate
We put our faith in hells?array
We dream of heaven but we live in hell
Now the feeling is over again - though I try
Could you help me to find my way out of the ice
That has frozen the dream of a warm summernight
Can I offer myself to you ?
I believe that I can learn to feel
What is in me - what`s behind my eyes ?
Is it a dream withhin a lost paradise ?
If I could feel - if I could feel ashamed
I lose my faith within a thousand lies