So Weird is a
television series shot in
Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the
Disney Channel as a
midseason replacement from
January 18th,
1999 to
September 28th,
2001. The series at first centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips (
Cara DeLizia) who toured with her rock star mom (
Mackenzie Phillips), encountering
paranormal activity along the way. Acting as an
X-Files for the younger crowd, the series took a darker tone than other Disney Channel Originals. The third and final season saw the replacement of Cara DeLizia with actress
Alexz Johnson playing Annie Thelen in a revamped, lighter version of the show. After 65 episodes, Disney Channel halted production on the series.
Main cast
Plot
Season one
The season began with Fiona Phillips on tour with her famous rocker mother Molly, brother Jack (
Scully to her
Mulder), bus driver Ned, his wife Irene, and their son Clu. Stringing together all of Fi's paranormal encounters was her search to communicate with her father, who died when she was three years old. Fi first "encountered" her father in the second episode titled "Website" where an unknown force sent her
internet articles warning her of the future. From
alien invasions, time warps, and
ghosts, Fi faced 13 episodes worth of paranormal activity. Also encountered: one powerful
tulpa, a
Bigfoot,
angels, and more significantly, the
Will o' the Wisp. The season finale featured Jack becoming possessed by an Irish
Will o' the Wisp, also known as Spunkie. Fi found the spirit's true name - Bricriu - and saved her brother by speaking it. Bricriu had offered to protect Fi, and while it is understandable that Fi initially believed he was lying, subsequent events in the show proved that Bricriu may have been telling the truth. However, this is questionable at best.
