Second Chance

30min

Comedy

Charles Russell dies, but since he is too good for hell and too bad for heaven, he is given the opportunity to go back to 1987 to assist his younger self, Chazz, in making better decisions at critical junctures in his life in order to (hopefully) get into heaven. As of December 1987, the show was revamped and retitled Boys Will Be Boys. The entire fantasy element of the series was dropped, along with Charles and St. Peter.

Episodes

Cast

The End

1. The End

30min

26th Sep 1987

Charles Russell is driving in his hovercraft and dies then he goes to gate of the god and god tell him that he is to bad to go to heaven and to good to go to hell. So god sends him back to the year 1987 to try and make up some mistakes.

Moving In

2. Moving In

30min

3rd Oct 1987

Chazz is back in the 1987 with his old friends, girlfriend and family.

Plain Jane

3. Plain Jane

30min

10th Oct 1987

He goes back to school and there are all kinds of things that he did when he was young that he is not proud of now so he fixes up his mistakes.

Life Without Father

4. Life Without Father

30min

17th Oct 1987

Chazz and his father got into a fight and chazz said I wish you where dead. So St. Peter who was brought there to show chazz what his life would be like with out his father.

Oedipus Russell

5. Oedipus Russell

30min

24th Oct 1987

Chazz had dream that he was king and he was back at home with Booch his old best friend. But when he woke up he saw St. Peter watching over him as if he was protecting him from life.

Handy Boy

6. Handy Boy

30min

7th Nov 1987

When he was at work he met Alex a kid who was just like him. Alex and Chazz were both trying to get in to heaven for the time being.

To Have Loved and Lost

7. To Have Loved and Lost

30min

14th Nov 1987

Chazz broke up with his girlfriend that he has been in love with since the 1st grade and the older version of Charles Russell tries to makes her forgive him by giving her flowers but she refuses and she tells chazz she wants to be on take a break.

Mid-Term Blues

8. Mid-Term Blues

30min

21st Nov 1987

He spent the night with Alex and they sang the blues all night long. Alex tried to cheer Chazz up by taking him to the mall to meat ladies.

A-Hunting We Will Go

9. A-Hunting We Will Go

30min

28th Nov 1987

Alex and Chazz went hunting with Alex's father. Chazz was very sad after going hunting because it made him want to see his father again so he went back home and got a message from St. Peter that he could visit his dad.

Hot Wheels

10. Hot Wheels

30min

16th Jan 1988

Viva Las Vegas (1)

11. Viva Las Vegas (1)

30min

23rd Jan 1988

Viva Las Vegas (2)

12. Viva Las Vegas (2)

30min

30th Jan 1988

Changes (1)

13. Changes (1)

30min

6th Feb 1988

Changes (2)

14. Changes (2)

30min

13th Feb 1988

The Girl Next Door

15. The Girl Next Door

30min

20th Feb 1988

South of the Border

16. South of the Border

30min

27th Feb 1988

The Gang

17. The Gang

30min

5th Mar 1988

The Secret of Their Success

18. The Secret of Their Success

30min

12th Mar 1988

The Front

19. The Front

30min

19th Mar 1988

Two Men and a Baby

20. Two Men and a Baby

30min

9th Apr 1988

The Triangle

21. The Triangle

30min

7th May 1988

First air date

26th Sep 1987

Last air date

7th May 1988

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks