Kenneth Johnson
Director
Alien Nation (1989)
Specials
Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco. Sikes also has an 'on again off again' flirtation with a female Newcomer, Cathy Frankel.
Released Sept. 18, 1989
Episode 47 min
None+
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction
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Network: FOX
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S0E1 - Alien Nation
This made-for-TV sci-fi outing is a sequel to the television series version of a popular feature film about a futuristic Southern California in which aliens, called Newcomers, co-exist with humans. This episode of the saga focuses on 250,000 aliens who came to earth to escape slavery. Their peaceful existence is disrupted when their masters send Aponso earthward to recapture them.
Oct. 7, 1988, midnight
S0E2 - Dark Horizon
Picking up where the "season finale" left off, Emily and Susan are on life support after being contaminated with a virus, which is found to be from a Purist group. The Purists have created a mass of it to spray over LA to kill all Newcomers. At the same time, an elite Overseer arrives to organize the return of the Tenctonese to slavery, and decides to take the human population as well.
Oct. 25, 1994, midnight
S0E3 - Body and Soul
Sikes and Francisco are called in to a case when a mysterious young girl, who looks part Newcomer, part human, appears. Her huge, brutish counterpart tries to free her from the precinct, and their bizarre relationship turns out to be the result of a slave ship medical experiment. Meanwhile, Cathy and Matt are going to sex school, in preparation of becoming intimate, while Buck distresses his parents by his anti-human opinions.
Oct. 10, 1995, midnight
S0E4 - Millennium
It's December 1999 and as the end of the millennium approaches, people are attempting to find spiritual enlightenment. However, a few people want to skip all the work that entails. A holy Tenctonese relic in the hands of a heretic is giving them a shortcut but it's not quite as easily controlled as she says.
Jan. 2, 1996, midnight
S0E5 - The Enemy Within
When Detectives Sikes and Francisco are presented with the mysterious death of an Eeno, Matt is stupefied to discover that George had rudely snubbed the case. He, like most Newcomers, reviles the outcast Eenos. As the case unfolds, George has to reassess his prejudices, and George's family help save the city from an alien threat originating in an Eeno waste disposal facility.
Nov. 12, 1996, midnight
S0E6 - The Udara Legacy
Matt and George investigate a series of strange occurrences involving Newcomers, who are found to be programmed to carry out someone's dirty work. The method by which they are brainwashed dates back to the slave ship's resistance movement, the Udara, of which Susan was a part. Susan and George's lives are further disrupted when Buck enrolls in the police academy.
July 29, 1997, midnight
S0E7 - Alien Nation Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes look at the people behind the show.
Sept. 2, 2000, midnight
Network: FOX
Episode Runtime: 47 min.
Season Runtime: 1363 min.
Released: Sept. 18, 1989
Last Air Date: May 7, 1990, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 16
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