I spent a few hours trying to remember what this was called yesterday, and it seems to be available for download on archive.org for some reason. The pilot holds up pretty well IMO, so I'm sharing it here, John Goodman's great in it but doesn't appear in the rest of the series.
https://archive.org/download/now-and-again-1999-2000
Synopsis
Now and Again is an American science fiction comedy-drama television series created by Glenn Gordon Caron that aired from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to perfect the brain. In an attempt to get the project up and running, they take the brain of overweight family man Michael Wiseman, who is killed in a train accident.
Given a new life, Michael is kept in an apartment where he is trained by government experts, led by Dr. Theodore Morris (the ALLSTATE guy), in the art of espionage. Despite his new life and new abilities, Michael longs to return to his wife Lisa and daughter Heather, who are themselves discovering that not all is as it seems with Michael's death.
Trigger warning: 90s flip phones, blood, slightly gratuitous male shower scene
The first episode really was bonkers, I remember the rest being more of a mildly superpowered Burn Notice, so if you enjoyed that then you'll enjoy this.
I'd like to see more recommendations of niche older stuff on here tbh
๐ the main character played by Eric Close spends the most of the second episode shirtless for reasons that don't really make sense in terms of plot, OUTRAGEOUS levels of fanservice so far
Ep 3, set in NY, opens with a lovely shot of the twin towers, oof right in the feels
First 3 episode arc was really good, definitely worth watching. Blends drama, comedy, spy stuff, 90s stereotypes and tech, hot cougary milves, musical numbers (!!), and a hint of wincest.
I looked up why it got cancelled and apparently it was just too high budget for a show with slightly niche appeal. Seems like it was replaced by CSI, which was huge at the time tbf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_United_States_network_television_schedule