My Own Worst Enemy was a short-lived
American television drama airing on
NBC,
[NBC Makes Big Plans for '08-'09 - Network takes gamble on year-round programming - Zap2it] and
Global in
Canada.
It premiered on October 13, 2008. The series was produced by
Universal Media Studios.
Jason Smilovic was the executive producer;
David Semel was the director and executive producer.
[New NBC Series: My Own Worst Enemy - Fall 2008] It ended on December 15 after 9 episodes.
[Breaking News - NBC Pulls the Plug on "Enemy," "Jungle" | TheFutonCritic.com] The final episode ended with a cliff-hanger, and the major plot lines ended without resolution.
The series followed the life of American
secret agent Edward Albright and his cover alias, Henry Spivey, who had no knowledge of his double life. Albright, played by
Christian Slater, was implanted with a chip that allowed his handlers to physically switch Albright's personality to that of his alias. However, in the
pilot episode, there was a malfunction which caused Albright's personalities to switch at random, revealing his secret life to his alias.
Henry is then thrown into the highly dangerous life of Edward, with no real way for the two to communicate except through short cell phone video messages.