My Own Worst Enemy

2008
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (9)

1 Episode 1
10/13/08
Season-only
Who can you trust? -- Series premiere -- Henry (Christian Slater) is a middle-class efficiency expert living a humdrum life in the suburbs with his wife, Angie (Madchen Amick), their two kids, a dog, and a minivan. Edward (Christian Slater) is an operative who speaks 13 languages, runs a four-minute mile and is trained to kill. The two men only have one thing in common - the same body. When Henry discovers Edward, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to question everything and everyone he trusts. Mike O'Malley, Saffron Burrows, Alfre Woodard, Bella Thorne and Taylor Lautner also star.
2 Episode 2
10/20/08
Season-only
Memories and Mayhem -- Edward (Christian Slater) and Raymond (Mike O'Malley) are tasked to kidnap a German Software Engineer who holds critical information on an upcoming terrorist attack. Meanwhile, Henry (Slater) grapples with the revelation that his childhood memories are fabrications. He complicates the situation when he seeks outside help from an old college friend. Elsewhere, Mavis (Alfre Woodard) and Henry must keep their secret from Alistair Trumbull (guest star James Cromwell, (Six Feet Under), Edward's boss. Saffron Burrows, Madchen Amick, Bella Thorne and Taylor Lautner also star.
3 Episode 3
10/27/08
Season-only
Family Matters - Edward (Christian Slater) is tasked by Mavis (Alfre Woodard) to go to Mexico in order to obtain schematics to Russia's next generation nuclear bomb and finds himself double-crossed. Meanwhile Henry (Slater) agrees to meet with an inquiring FBI Agent (guest star Tim Kelleher, "Flash of Genius") after discovering Edward inadvertently put his daughter Ruthy (Bella Thorne) in danger. Tom's (Mike O'Malley) wife Mary Grady (Missy Yager, "Boston Public") hires a P.I. after she begins to suspect Tom's many business trips are really something more. Madchen Amick, Saffron Burrow, and Taylor Lautner also star with additional guest star Julio Oscar Mechoso ("Cane").
4 Episode 4
11/10/08
Season-only
The truth won't set you free -- During Edward's (Christian Slater) rescue mission to get Raymond (Mike O'Malley) out of captivity, Henry (Slater) wakes up to find himself in the midst of gunfire. Paula (Michelle Krusiec, "What Happens in Vegas"), a fellow operative overhears a panicked Henry put in a call to Mavis (Alfre Woodard), revealing his identity. Henry/Edward's fate now lies in her hands. Meanwhile, Mary Grady (Missy Yager) finds out that her suspicions about Tom (O'Malley) are true; and a relationship between Dr. Skinner (Saffron Burrows) and Edward is exposed. Madchen Amick also stars.
5 Episode 5
11/17/08
Season-only
From Kazakhstan with love - Henry (Christian Slater) starts to suspect that his wife, Angie (Madchen Amick) is a spy planted by Janus. Meanwhile, Edward (Slater) makes a dangerous deal with KGB Agent Mariam Shefer (Isabella Hofmann) in exchange for information regarding his past. Mavis (Alfre Woodard) sends Raymond (Mike O'Malley) to keep an eye on him, while Dr. Norah Skinner (Saffron Burrows) investigates Angie and finds that her feelings for Edward are stronger than she'd like to believe. Bella Thorne and Taylor Lautner also star.
6 Episode 6
11/24/08
Season-only
Flight of the Falcon - Edward (Christian Slater) risks national security in order to ascertain the identity of his parent's killer. Angie (Madchen Amick) prepares for bad news when her father Archie (Stephen McDonald Howard) comes to town for the holidays. Meanwhile, Tom (Mike O'Malley) rekindles his strained relationship with his wife Mary Grady (Missy Yager, "Boston Public") over a bourbon fuelled cooking session. Henry (Slater) gets a birds eye view of Edward's relationship with Dr. Norah Skinner (Saffron Burrows). Alfre Woodard, Bella Thorne and Taylor Lautner also star.
7 Episode 7
12/1/08
Season-only
A unique fixer-upper - Edward (Christian Slater) risks committing treason while confronting Alistair Trumbull (guest star James Cromwell, "Six Feet Under") over the facts surrounding his parents' death. Meanwhile, Raymond (Mike O'Malley) is forced to interfere in the relationship between Tom (O'Malley) and his wife Mary Grady (Missy Yager, "Boston Public") in order to clear up a potentially catastrophic accident. Henry (Slater) disagrees over the validity of his son Jack's (Taylor Lautner) purchase of a used car. Saffron Burrows, Alfre Woodard, Bella Thorne also star.
8 Episode 8
12/8/08
Season-only
Company policy - Edward (Christian Slater) and Raymond (Mike O'Malley) discover long lost American hostages while on a mission in Angola. Mavis (Alfre Woodard) and Alistair Trumbull (guest star James Cromwell, "Six Feet Under") disagree over what resources should be used in the ensuing rescue mission. Meanwhile, Dr. Norah Skinner (Saffron Burrows) is confronted over her relationship with Edward (Slater). Madchen Amick, Bella Thorne and Taylor Lautner also star.
9 Episode 9
12/15/08
Season-only
Weird Science - Edward (Christian Slater) thinks he may have found a reliable, yet dangerous way to activate the switch between himself and Henry (Slater). Tom (Mike O'Malley) runs into a seedy stranger in a strip club who remembers him as Raymond (O'Malley), and is forced deal with the situation aggressively. Meanwhile, Mavis (Alfre Woodard) and Alistair Trumbull (guest star James Cromwell, "Six Feet Under") send Edward (Slater) after a rogue Department of Defense agent without his customary backup. Saffron Burrows, Madchen Amick, Bella Thorne and Taylor Lautner also star.

About this show

One man. Two very different lives. In his first primetime television series, Christian Slater stars as both mild-mannered Henry Spivey and alpha-male Edward Albright in this one-hour action drama that explores the duality of a man pitted against himself and raises the question: who can you trust when you can't trust yourself?