Alien Nation

Alien Nation

Ended First aired 18/Sep/1989 United States English 2 season(s) 29 episode(s)
Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
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.
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Season 1 · Season 1
22 episode(s) · Air date: 18/Sep/1989
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S1E22
Green Eyes
Air date: 07/May/1990 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

While investigating a series of mysterious Newcomer deaths, Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) discover a plan to eliminate the Newcomer population with a lethal bacteria.

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While investigating a series of mysterious Newcomer deaths, Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) discover a plan to eliminate the Newcomer population with a lethal bacteria.

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S1E21
The Touch
Air date: 30/Apr/1990 · Runtime: 60 min
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Sikes and George (Gray Graham, Eric Pierpoint) uncover an overseer rejuvenation plot when they investigate the dramatic behavior change of a boy (Mitchell Allen, Jonathan Brandis) Cathy (Terri Treas) knew on the slaveship.

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Sikes and George (Gray Graham, Eric Pierpoint) uncover an overseer rejuvenation plot when they investigate the dramatic behavior change of a boy (Mitchell Allen, Jonathan Brandis) Cathy (Terri Treas) knew on the slaveship.

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S1E16
Partners
Air date: 12/Feb/1990 · Runtime: 60 min
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Sikes (Gary Graham) attempts to prove George (Eric Pierpoint) innocent in a drug case as Susan (Michele Scarabelli) prepares to transfer the pod to her husband.

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Sikes (Gary Graham) attempts to prove George (Eric Pierpoint) innocent in a drug case as Susan (Michele Scarabelli) prepares to transfer the pod to her husband.

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S1E14
Generation to Generation
Air date: 29/Jan/1990 · Runtime: 60 min
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Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) follow the trail of a mysterious Tenctonese box which is deadly for those who fail to comprehend its powers.

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Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) follow the trail of a mysterious Tenctonese box which is deadly for those who fail to comprehend its powers.

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S1E13
The Spirit of '95
Air date: 15/Jan/1990 · Runtime: 60 min
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George and Sikes (Eric Pierpoint, Gary Graham) discover a Purist plot to sabotage an election while investigating the bombing of a Newcomer voter campaign office.

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George and Sikes (Eric Pierpoint, Gary Graham) discover a Purist plot to sabotage an election while investigating the bombing of a Newcomer voter campaign office.

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S1E12
The Red Room
Air date: 18/Dec/1989 · Runtime: 60 min
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Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) become involved in a federal search for a Newcomer who was programmed to kill while in the quarantine camps.

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Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) become involved in a federal search for a Newcomer who was programmed to kill while in the quarantine camps.

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S1E10
The Game
Air date: 20/Nov/1989 · Runtime: 60 min
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George is confronted with his past as a slave on the spaceship, when it appears that an old Russian Roulette style game he was once forced to play has returned. Will George take revenge for his brother, who died being hit by a bolt of salt water while playing the game on the ship?

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George is confronted with his past as a slave on the spaceship, when it appears that an old Russian Roulette style game he was once forced to play has returned. Will George take revenge for his brother, who died being hit by a bolt of salt water while playing the game on the ship?

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S1E8
Contact
Air date: 06/Nov/1989 · Runtime: 60 min
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While investigating a famous doctor's murder, Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) discover he was attempting to contact a probe seeking the Newcomer slave ship.

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While investigating a famous doctor's murder, Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) discover he was attempting to contact a probe seeking the Newcomer slave ship.

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S1E5
The Takeover
Air date: 16/Oct/1989 · Runtime: 60 min
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During heavy rioting, the precinct is near deserted & Sikes & Francisco must stop criminals who attempt to take the precinct over and raiding the evidence lockers for drugs, money and weaponry.

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During heavy rioting, the precinct is near deserted & Sikes & Francisco must stop criminals who attempt to take the precinct over and raiding the evidence lockers for drugs, money and weaponry.

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S1E4
Fifteen with Wanda
Air date: 09/Oct/1989 · Runtime: 60 min
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Sikes' (Gary Graham) daughter (Cheryl Pollak) visits, accompanied by her radical boyfriend (Wayne Pere), and Buck Francisco (Sean Six) faces expulsion from school. With Eric Pierpoint.

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Sikes' (Gary Graham) daughter (Cheryl Pollak) visits, accompanied by her radical boyfriend (Wayne Pere), and Buck Francisco (Sean Six) faces expulsion from school. With Eric Pierpoint.

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S1E3
Little Lost Lamb
Air date: 02/Oct/1989 · Runtime: 60 min
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Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) uncover a prostitution ring after a Newcomer prostitute, on the run from her pimp, is murdered in Sikes' apartment.

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Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) uncover a prostitution ring after a Newcomer prostitute, on the run from her pimp, is murdered in Sikes' apartment.

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S1E1
Alien Nation: The TV Movie
Air date: 18/Sep/1989 · Runtime: 120 min
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When the Francisco family move into a rich suburban part of L.A., they get to experice hate and racism spread by the radical Purists.

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When the Francisco family move into a rich suburban part of L.A., they get to experice hate and racism spread by the radical Purists.

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Season 0 · Specials
7 episode(s) · Air date: 02/Jun/1988
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S0E6
The Udara Legacy
Air date: 29/Jun/1997 · Runtime: 90 min
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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 rebellion group, the Udara, who we find Susan is a part of. Susan and George's lives are further disrupted when Buck enrolls in the police academy.

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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 rebellion group, the Udara, who we find Susan is a part of. Susan and George's lives are further disrupted when Buck enrolls in the police academy.

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S0E5
The Enemy Within
Air date: 12/Dec/1996 · Runtime: 90 min
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When detectives Sikes and Francisco is presented with the mysterious death of an Eeno, Matt is stupefied to discover that George rudely snubs 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.

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When detectives Sikes and Francisco is presented with the mysterious death of an Eeno, Matt is stupefied to discover that George rudely snubs 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.

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S0E4
Millennium
Air date: 02/Jan/1996 · Runtime: 90 min
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It's 1999, and as the end of the millennium approaches, people are attempting to find spiritual enlightenment. But a few people want to skip all the work that entails, and a holy Tenktonese relic in the hands of a heretic is giving them a shortcut. But it's not quite as easily controlled as she says.

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It's 1999, and as the end of the millennium approaches, people are attempting to find spiritual enlightenment. But a few people want to skip all the work that entails, and a holy Tenktonese relic in the hands of a heretic is giving them a shortcut. But it's not quite as easily controlled as she says.

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S0E3
Body and Soul
Air date: 10/Oct/1995 · Runtime: 90 min
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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 slaveship 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.

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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 slaveship 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.

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S0E2
Dark Horizon
Air date: 25/Oct/1994 · Runtime: 92 min
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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.

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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.

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S0E1
Alien Nation (Theatrical Movie)
Air date: 02/Jun/1988 · Runtime: 89 min
Summary

A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine but are victims of a new type of discrimination. When the first Newcomer police officer, Sam Francisco is assigned his new partner, he is given Matthew Sykes , a mildly racist veteran, the animosity between them soon gives way to respect as they investigate the Newcomer underworld, and especially Newcomer leader William Harcourt.

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A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine but are victims of a new type of discrimination. When the first Newcomer police officer, Sam Francisco is assigned his new partner, he is given Matthew Sykes , a mildly racist veteran, the animosity between them soon gives way to respect as they investigate the Newcomer underworld, and especially Newcomer leader William Harcourt.

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Gary Graham
Gary Graham
Matthew Sikes
Eric Pierpoint
Eric Pierpoint
George Francisco
Michele Scarabelli
Michele Scarabelli
Susan Francisco
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Lauren Woodland
Emily Francisco
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Sean Six
Buck Francisco
Terri Treas
Terri Treas
Cathy Frankel
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Jeffrey Marcus
Albert Einstein
Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
Bryon Grazer
Jeff Doucette
Jeff Doucette
Burns
Molly Morgan
Molly Morgan
Jill Molaskey
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Sergeant Dobbs
James Greene
James Greene
Jenny Gago
Jenny Gago
Det. Beatrice Zapeda
Jeff Austin
Jeff Austin
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William Frankfather
Evan C. Kim
Evan C. Kim
Loyda Ramos
Loyda Ramos
Tim Russ
Tim Russ

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Chuck Bowman
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David Carson
David Carson
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Gwen Arner
Gwen Arner
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Harry Longstreet
Harry Longstreet
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John McPherson
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Kenneth Johnson
Kenneth Johnson
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Kevin Hooks
Kevin Hooks
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Rob Bowman
Rob Bowman
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Stan Lathan
Stan Lathan
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Steve Dubin
Director
Andrew Schneider
Andrew Schneider
Writer
Bruce Kalish
Bruce Kalish
Writer

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