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Admit it: As a kid, you totally wanted superpowers ... even if they did come from a run-in with toxic chemicals. That's what happened to 'regular, everyday tween' Alex on The Secret World of Alex Mack , the ultimate Nickelodeon sci-fi series of the '90s. In the series, junior high newbie Alex gets drenched in top-secret chemical GC-161 after almost getting hit by a truck from the chemical plant. Shortly after, Alex develops a series of bizarre 'superpowers,' including the ability to transform into a puddle of silver goo at any moment, telekinesis, and, of course, the fashion sense to pull off those ridiculous hats that were so popular in the '90s.
Like any good unlikely superheroine, Alex used her powers for good — and, sometimes, to navigate the hallways of junior high. (It would have been SO convenient to escape the mean girls via puddling.) Alex may have been at the lower end of the junior high popularity totem pole, but the girl who played her was the coolest '90s actress ever. So what's The Secret World of Alex Mack star Larisa Oleynik doing now? She hasn't stopped working — and you may be surprised to find out where you already know her from.
First, let's start with Larisa's life directly after the show that made her famous. The Secret World of Alex Mack ended in 1998, and from there Larisa went on to join the cast of your two other favorite 90s shows. She played Shawn Hunter's crush Dana on three episodes of Boy Meets World (remember that adorable winter picnic?) and later, Alissa, the girlfriend of Tommy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) in 3rd Rock From the Sun. It was her second time acting as JGL's girlfriend — Larisa also starred as his love interest Bianca in 10 Things I Hate About You .
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- You felt more comfortable as Alex Mack. Then I was like, just give me a pair of plaid pants and a striped sweater, let's call it a power clash and call it a day. It's come full circle and now you dress like Alex Mack 65% of the time. 65% of the time. We actually have a photo of you dressed as Alex Mack, -Look at that style.Yeah, look at that.
- That's what happened to 'regular, everyday tween' Alex on The Secret World of Alex Mack, the ultimate Nickelodeon sci-fi series of the '90s. In the series, junior high newbie Alex gets drenched in.
From there, Larisa went on to have guests spots on numerous television series, from Malcolm in the Middle to Mad Men. She played Ken Cosgrove's wife Cynthia in the latter, seen below.
In the film world, she starred in the film version of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged as Cherryl Brooks in the second part of the two-part film. She also joined the cast of the ABC television movie Remembering Sunday alongside Alexis Bledel and the independent film OJ: The Musical, about a theater group who puts on a musical about the O.J. Simpson trial. (Obviously, it's a comedy.)
One place that you may not have expected to see your favorite former puddle of goo? ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars! Larisa joined the cast in Season 3 as Ezra's former high school girlfriend, Maggie. Maggie told Ezra that her son, Malcolm, was Ezra's child ... which turned out to be not exactly the truth. Either way, seeing Larisa as Ezra's high school baby momma immediately made me think of this:
If you didn't recognize Larisa as Maggie, it's probably because she's rocking an awesome new pixie cut. Her blonde ponytails were cute back in the day, but I have to say that I'm loving Larisa's new style. It's very Mia Farrow.
Where else have you seen Larisa in recent years? If you're a fan of Lifetime movies that make pregnancy look absolutely horrifying, you can check her out in Stolen From the Womb, a movie where the title basically says it all. She also starred in the film BFFs, a movie about two best friends who have to pretend to be in a relationship in order to take advantage of a couples' retreat.
And if you think that Larisa has closed the door on Alex Mack forever, think again. She provided the voice of her famous Nickelodeon character on an episode of Robot Chicken. Check out the funny throwback scene below.
Congrats on all of your success, Larisa. You'll always be our favorite puddle of silver goo.
Images: Nickelodeon; Giphy (3); AMC; ABC Family
| The Secret World of Alex Mack | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Created by | Thomas W. Lynch Ken Lipman |
| Starring | Larisa Oleynik Darris Love Meredith Bishop Michael Blakley Dorian Lopinto |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producers | David Brookwell Sean McNamara Matt Dearborn Gary L. Stephenson Greg A. Hampson |
| Production locations | Valencia, California |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | Lynch Entertainment RHI Entertainment Hallmark Entertainment Nickelodeon Productions |
| Distributor | RHI Entertainment/Hallmark Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nickelodeon |
| Original release | October 8, 1994 – January 15, 1998 |
The Secret World of Alex Mack is an Americantelevision series that ran on Nickelodeon from October 8, 1994 to January 15, 1998, replacing Clarissa Explains It All on the SNICK line-up.[1][2] It also aired on YTV in Canada, Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and NHK in Japan, and was a staple in the children's weekday line-up for much of the mid-to-late 1990s on the ABC in Australia. Repeats of the series aired in 2003 on The N, but it was soon replaced there. The series was produced by Thomas Lynch and John Lynch of Lynch Entertainment, produced by RHI Entertainment, Hallmark Entertainment, and Nickelodeon Productions, and was co-created by Tom Lynch and Ken Lipman.
Plot[edit]
Alex Mack is an ordinary teenage girl, living with her parents, George and Barbara, and older sister, Annie, in the town of Paradise Valley, Arizona. 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 accidentally drenched with a top secret chemical called GC-161. She soon discovers that it has given her strange powers, such as telekinesis, shooting electricity from her fingers, and the ability to dissolve into a mobile puddle of water. However, her powers prove to be unpredictable (such as when her skin starts glowing brightly when she is 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.
Characters[edit]
Main[edit]
- Alexandra 'Alex' Mack (played by Larisa Oleynik) - Alex is an average teenager in Paradise Valley. While walking home from school, she is nearly hit by a truck carrying GC-161 and is doused with it, thus; giving her extraordinary powers.[3][4][5][6] Among them are telekinesis, the ability to generate electricity from her hands and the ability to liquify/travel from place to place in the form of a puddle of water.
- Raymond 'Ray' Alvarado (played by Darris Love) – Alex's best friend and next door neighbor, and the only one besides Annie to know about Alex's powers.
- Annie Mack (played by Meredith Bishop) – Alex's older sister, and a scientific genius in her own right. Next to Ray, she is the only one who originally knows about Alex's powers.[7] She administers various scientific tests to ensure Alex's safety. She also hopes to one day present her research, in an effort to stop Danielle Atron.
- George Mack (played by Michael Blakley) – Annie and Alex's father. He is a brilliant chemist who works for Danielle Atron at the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant.
- Barbara Mack (played by Dorian Lopinto) – Annie and Alex's mother. She is a more down-to-earth woman who works in a public relations firm.
Recurring[edit]
- Louis Driscoll (played by Benjamin Kimball Smith) – Alex and Ray's abrasive friend. At first Alex is jealous of Louis, but they eventually become friends.
- David 'Dave' Watt (played by John Nielsen) – The dim witted truck driver who was driving the truck that accidentally dumped the GC-161 chemical on Alex. As the only witness to the accident, Dave is often forced to serve as a partner to Vince Carter (see below) in trying to capture Alex. After seeing Alex using her powers while she was in high school, Dave keeps it a secret from Danielle to protect her as he knew what kind of horrible experiments Danielle had planned for her.
- Scott Greene (played by Jason Strickland) – Alex's junior high crush.
- Jessica (played by Jessica Alba) – Scott's first girlfriend and Alex's first school rival.
- Kelly Phillips (played by Hilary Salvatore) – Scott's second girlfriend and Alex's second school rival. Kelly deviously discredits Alex at every given turn, much to Alex's dismay.
- Robyn Russo (played by Natanya Ross) – One of Alex and Ray's neighborhood friends. Though she possesses a sardonic sense of humor and is fun to be around, she suffers from low self-esteem.
- Nicole Wilson (played by Alexis Fields) – Another of Alex and Ray's friends. An opposite personality to Robyn, has a take-charge attitude and strong-willed demeanor.
- Danielle Atron (played by Louan Gideon) – The owner/CEO of the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant who is the main antagonist of the series. She wants to market GC-161 as a radical new weight-loss drug, and has made it her mission to find the GC-161 child (who she does not know is Alex) and capture her, as both a test subject and a threat to the secrecy of her plans.
- Vincent 'Vince' Carter (played by John Marzilli) – The maniacal head of security at the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant, he makes it his obsession to find the GC-161 child (even after he gets fired from the Plant).
- Lars Frederickson (played by Kevin Quigley) – A skilled chemist hailing from the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant's foreign branch in Vienna. He becomes Danielle Atron's chief subordinate after Vince gets fired. He is named after one of the members of punk rock group Rancid.
- Hunter Reeves (played by Will Estes) – Hunter comes to Paradise Valley with an agenda concerning the disappearance of his father in relation to GC-161.
Episodes[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 13 | October 8, 1994 | February 4, 1995 | ||
| 2 | 20 | October 14, 1995 | September 28, 1996 | ||
| 3 | 25 | October 5, 1996 | March 4, 1997 | ||
| 4 | 20 | September 23, 1997 | January 15, 1998 | ||
Filming locations[edit]
The series was filmed in Valencia, California and the Santa Clarita Valley. The Mack home and Paradise Valley Chemical Plant interiors were filmed in a converted warehouse used as a soundstage. The junior high scenes were filmed at Charles Helmers and James Foster Elementary Schools. Castaic Middle School was used for senior high scenes.[8] The house, used for exterior shots, is located in the Westford Place neighborhood of Valencia.
Availability[edit]
The show's first season (consisting of 13 episodes on two discs) was released by Genius Entertainment on DVD format on October 2, 2007.[9] The set is noteworthy for giving Jessica Alba top billing on the package, most likely in an effort to sell more copies, even though she actually only appears in a supporting role, and only in a few episodes. This was then released in Region 2 on April 2, 2012 and in Region 4 on June 6, 2012.
The first and second seasons are available through Amazon.com's Instant Video section and through iTunes. Episodes of the series have been seen on a sporadic basis on TeenNick's 1990s-oriented block, The '90s Are All That.
Mill Creek Entertainment released the complete series on DVD for the very first time on August 1, 2017.[10]
Book series[edit]
A book series aimed at young readers was released along with the series. The first and last books of the series were novelizations of the first and last episodes, respectively. The rest of the series consisted of completely original stories, tied into the main series through the mentioning of various plot points from the TV episodes.
References[edit]
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- ^'SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : Larisa Oleynik finds the secret is to have fun as 'Alex Mack''. The Los Angeles Times. 1994-10-02. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
- ^Mangan, Jennifer (1994-10-05). 'Magic `Mack''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^'Morphing Magic'. Sun Sentinel. 1996-08-03. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^'`Alex Mack' Star Just An Ordinary Teen'. Chicago Tribune. 1995-10-19. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^'Zap! You're Famous; Tv Show Turns Actress Into A Star'. Chicago Tribune. 1995-08-01. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^'Mack Attack For The Star Of The Secret World Of Alex Mack, Life Is More Than Being A Puddle Of Goo'. Sun Sentinel. 1995-08-22. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^'Morphing Teen Plays To Kids' Fantasies In `Alex Mack''. Chicago Tribune. 1996-06-10. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^Schubert, Mary. 'NICKELODEON SHOW `ALEX MACK' FEELS RIGHT AT HOME'. The Los Angeles Daily News. March 23, 1997, accessed March 15, 2011.
- ^'Secret World of Alex Mack - Season 1'. DVD Talk. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
- ^'The Secret World of Alex Mack - SCOOP: Press Release Announces 'The Complete Series' on DVD!'. TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
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