The Secret World of Alex Mack: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Alex Mack is an ordinary teenage girl, living with her parents, George and Barbara, and older sister, Annie, in the corporate town of Paradise Valley. While walking home after her first day of junior high school, she is nearly hit by a truck from a chemical plant, and during the incident, she is drenched with a top-secret chemical called GC-161. She soon discovers that it gave her strange powers. These include telekinesis, the ability to zap bolts of electricity from her fingers, and the capacity to morph into a mobile puddle of metallic liquid. However, her powers prove to be unpredictable (such as when her skin starts glowing brightly while she's nervous). She confides only in Annie and her best friend, Ray, choosing to keep her powers a secret from everyone else, including her parents, for fear of what the chemical plant CEO, Danielle Atron, will do to her if she finds out.

Series details

• Title: The Secret World of Alex Mack
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 1994-10-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 1998-01-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Nickelodeon
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6326
• IMDb ID: tt0108921
• TVDB ID: 75497

Cast and credited roles

• Meredith Bishop — Annie Mack
• Larisa Oleynik — Alex Mack

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-10-08; final listed air date 1995-02-04; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1995-10-14; final listed air date 1996-09-28; episode order: 20.
• Season 3: premiered 1996-10-05; final listed air date 1997-03-04; episode order: 25.
• Season 4: premiered 1997-09-23; final listed air date 1998-01-15; episode order: 20.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Secret World of Alex Mack on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.