Starring
DALE MIDKIFF DARIEN LAMBERT
ELIZABETH ALEXANDER SELMA

guest Starring
RIDER STRONG WILLIM PETERMAN
ERIC PIERPOINT JASON PETERMAN

Also starring
TIRIEL MORA BOB MEYERS
STEVE JONES LENNY DUCKWORTH

Executive Producers: Gary Nardino, Grant Rosenberg
Harve Bennett, Jeffrey Hayes.

Line Producer: Darryl Sheen
Directed by: Donald Crombie
Written by : Tracy Friedman
Created by : Harve Bennett, Jeffrey Hayes, Grant Rosenberg

A GARY NARDINO PRODUCTION
In Association with
LORIMAR TELEVISION

THE PRODIGY

A highschool track coach desperately needs a substitute to run the 100 meter sprint. He asks William Peterman (Rider Strong), a young boy who he knows has the talent, to run it. William resists but eventually agrees. He wins with an astonishingly fast time, which, according to the coach's watch, is a world's record.

William's race is reported on the local news by a newscaster who mocks the coach's astonishing assertion. Darien Lambert (Dale Midkiff) and Selma (Elizabeth Alexander) see the story and Selma analyzes the videotape, confirming the boy's remarkable time. Darien suspects Wiliam is from the 22nd century. Darien contacts william, who is aware he is "different", but not aware that he is from the future.

William's father, Jason(Eric Pierpoint), is an abusive man who is furious that William allowed other people to see his awesome ability. He beats his son that night, badly bruising him. The next day, William doesn't go to school and Darien finds him at a pond. They talk about William's strange abilities. When Darien takes William home, Jason confronts them. He's angry that William is talking to a stranger.

Later, Darien discovers that Jason is a fugitive, wanted for armed robbery and murder. When William was very young, Jason kidnapped him and escaped into the past.

Meanwhile, Jason decides it's time for William and him to move, but they need cash. Darien and Selma go to Jason's house when he's not there. Selma finds clues that Jason is going to rob a bank. Darien quickly stops Jason.

Durin a fight between the two refugees from the future, Jason blasts Darien with a laser. Darien covers his heart with Selma, who reflects the beam right back at Jason, Killing him. William eagerly agrees to let Darien send him back to the year 2193 to be with his mother again.