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Season 1

  • S01E01 Bagful of Trouble

    • October 27, 1997

    The Board of Overseers has selected Raff and Enzo as protectors of the Gift. If they accomplish their mission, they will be rewarded with human form. If they fail, they will be transmogrified into cockroaches.

  • S01E02 By the Book

    • October 28, 1997

    Jess offers to help prove Raff and Enzo are not figments of Henry's imagination and devises an experiment to measure their brain waves.

  • S01E03 The Great Saxophone Swindle

    • October 29, 1997

    Henry's selection to play a saxophone solo before the visiting school inspector enrages Edwina. She asks Henry's step-sister, Sharon, to steal his saxophone believing he has it "tricked up" to help him play.

  • S01E04 Just Ignotr It

    • October 30, 1997

    Henry's father decides he needs a break and takes the family on a vacation to see his colourful great aunt, Stella.

  • S01E05 Like Water for Hot Chocolate

    • November 3, 1997

    When Sharon's thirteenth birthday is forgotten by the entire family, Henry is tasked with going to the shops to buy ingredients for a birthday cake as well as a gift.

  • S01E06 Ghost Train

    • November 4, 1997

    Raff kicks Enzo out of the rail car having had enough of her slovenly behaviour. She follows Leo to the carnival where her presence in the Ghost Train ride begins to draw a crowd.

  • S01E07 Ghost Writer

    • November 5, 1997

    Sharon and Henry are grounded after Enzo and Raff's teasing of Duke results the rebuilt gearbox belonging to one of Helen's clients being damaged forcing her to go into town for a replacement.

  • S01E08 The Cockroach Rap

    • November 6, 1997

    After being kicked out of the Blue Vipers, Henry wants to give up the sax completely meaning he will have failed with the Gift.

  • S01E09 Henry & the Temptations

    • November 12, 1997

    The Blue Vipers invite Henry to rejoin the band after the expiration of Edwina's two-week trial. The band draws the attention of music promoter Tyrone McLaren who immediately offers Henry a contract.

  • S01E10 Friends, Romans, Countrymen

    • November 13, 1997

    Jess completes work on her language translator but Phillip sees her working on it and thinks the translator is behind Henry's still unexplained saxophone skills.

  • S01E11 Edwina the Hero

    • November 14, 1997

    Raff and Enzo try to restore Henry and Jess' friendship but his poorly chosen words only make things worse.

  • S01E12 No Raff, No Riff

    • November 17, 1997

    The Blue Vipers play their first paying gig and attract the attention of a man who wants them to play at the Perth Festival of the Arts.

  • S01E13 Gift Giving

    • November 18, 1997

    Henry is the recipient of a prestigious music scholarship and receives a new sax. He has decided Jess will be the next to receive the Gift but according to the official rules of giftee selection, Jess is ineligible.

  • S01E14 A Horse by Any Other Name

    • November 19, 1997

    Henry informs Raff and Enzo of who he has chosen to receive the Gift but Leo's wants nothing to do with Henry's suitcase.

  • S01E15 Leo King of the Jungle

    • November 25, 1997

    Leo is taking full advantage of having two servants who must do anything he asks of them.

  • S01E16 Putting the Boot In

    • November 26, 1997

    Desmond uses Leo's garden hose and can suddenly see Raff and Enzo.

  • S01E17 The Case of the Missing Wormdrive Clip

    • December 2, 1997

    After Desmond looses his spot on the footy team, his father encourages him to explore his soft, creative side.

  • S01E18 Kissing Frogs

    • December 3, 1997

    Leo has all but lost interest in his Gift when a messenger arrives heralding the imminent arrival of the Supreme Grand Overseer, her Gloriousness, Madam Rosa.

  • S01E19 Divide & Conquer

    • December 5, 1997

    Sharon is already upset with her stepfather for being a financial drain on her mother but even more so when it is revealed his story is a fictionalised account of the family's chaotic life at the salvage yard.

  • S01E20 Seeing in Believing

    • December 8, 1997

    Enzo is struggling to guide Sharon, a non-believer, towards reaching her full potential with the Gift and must continue pretending to be a runaway teenager who has lost her memory.

  • S01E21 All Keyed Up & No Place to Go

    • December 10, 1997

    Sharon's friends hope her free-trial will shine some light on her key's purpose.

  • S01E22 The Mobile Clone

    • December 12, 1997

    The kids are trying to adjust to life without Raff and Enzo when they are visited by Madam Rosa - in the flesh.

  • S01E23 The Poodle that Roared

    • December 15, 1997

    The suitcase materialises under Leo's bed. Inside is Leo's garden hose but Sharon's key is not - it is still stuck in the lock of her father's trunk at the storage depot.

  • S01E24 The Last Key

    • December 16, 1997

    Phillip's break from Edwina is short lived as she won't let their relationship, such as it is, come to and end when she can still use him to do her bidding.

  • S01E25 Fire!

    • December 18, 1997

    Sharon is honoured with a scroll for having reached her full potential but Leo is still just the owner of a garden hose.

  • S01E26 Kissing Cousins

    • December 19, 1997

    Raff and Enzo present Henry, Sharon and Leo with official certificates from Madam Rosa inducting them into the Giftee Gang.