Series synopsis
Earth: Final Conflict is a Canadian sci-fi & fantasy drama action & adventure mystery television series that premiered on CTV on October 6, 1997. It ended on May 20, 2002. It was created by Gene Roddenberry. It stars Jayne Heitmeyer, Von Flores, Alan van Sprang and Melinda Deines.
Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives.
Premise
Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jayne Heitmeyer as Renee Palmer
- Von Flores as Ronald Sandoval
- Alan van Sprang as Howlyn
- Melinda Deines as Juliet Street
- Malin Åkerman as Avatar
- Lisa Howard as Lili Marquette
- David Hemblen as Jonathan Doors
- Richard Chevolleau as Marcus 'Augur' Deveraux
Supporting cast
- Kevin Kilner as William Boone
- Anita La Selva as Zo'or
- Frank Moore as Hubble Urich
- Robert Leeshock as Liam Kincaid
Guest cast
- Leni Parker as Da'an
- Guylaine St-Onge as Juda
- Emily Hampshire as Julie Payton
- Rachael Crawford as Samira Farid
- Blu Mankuma as CIA Agent Morris Carter
- Andrea Roth as Dr. Sprangler
- Michael Cram as Bob Brody
- Derek McGrath as Pax
- Daniel Clark as Yulyn
- Nigel Bennett as Major Raymond MacIntire
- Alex House as Jessie
- Monika Schnarre as Pearl Bell
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 113 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | ||
| Season 1 | 22 | October 6, 1997 | July 27, 1998 |
| Season 2 | 22 | October 5, 1998 | May 17, 1999 |
| Season 3 | 22 | October 4, 1999 | May 15, 2000 |
| Season 4 | 22 | October 2, 2000 | May 15, 2001 |
| Season 5 | 22 | October 1, 2001 | May 20, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro by Eugene Roddenberry | |
| 2 | Earth Final Conflict Genesis - A Retrospective | |
| 3 | The Roddenberry Philosophy |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Decision After Police Captain William Boone's wife is killed, he is recruited to work for the taelons, a seemingly benevolent alien race that has been on Earth for 3 years. To do so he will be implanted with a CVI- a cyber viral implant that will expand his mental abilities and allow him to control a bio-weapon of unlimited power. However before he can make his decision he is also recruited by the resistance, a group of humans who oppose the taelons being on Earth. Lead by Jonathan Doors, the resistance informs Boone that the taelons are not what they appear to be. The CVI implant brainwashes its subjects into following the taelon blindly, in effect controlling them. The resistance informs Boone that they can remove this aspect from the CVI on the condition that he works for both the taelons and the resistance. Boone accepts and now searches for the truth of why the taelons are on earth and if they are responsible for the death of his wife. |
October 6, 1997 |
| 2 |
Truth Boone attempts to track his wife's murderer. He is determined to find out if it was the taelon companion Da'an who ordered her death to get Boone to work for the companions or if it was the resistance that killed her, securing Boone as the resistance's eyes and ears of the companions. |
October 13, 1997 |
| 3 |
Miracle Boone encounters Julie, a suicidal young woman with artificial limbs as hands, who is being used by a religious leader as a miracle when her hands are regenerated by taelon technology. |
October 20, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
First of its Kind Nine hours after Beckett conceived, her child is born. The Resistance must decide what to do with Beckett and her rapidly developing child, Liam Kincaid, who reaches maturity within hours of being born. Sandoval reveals Boone's ultimate fate to Lili. Rayna transmits a signal to the Jaridians, an alien race. A Jaridian probe replicant assassin is sent to destroy all Companions. At Boone's funeral the Taelon Synod leader, Quo'on, is assassinated, but Liam saves Da'an. Da'an appoints Liam as his personal protector. Zo'or realizes that if the replicant kills Da'an, then he'll be made synod leader by default. |
October 5, 1998 |
| 2 |
Atavus Augur taps into the Taelon Commonality, breaking Da'an's contact with the Commonality. Da'an regresses into the "Atavus", a pre-historic version of the Taelons. Zo'or tells Sandoval to kill Da'an. Da'an is a threat for the Atavus only has a hunger for life spirit. The Resistance lures the Atavus to try to save Da'an. |
October 12, 1998 |
| 3 |
A Stitch in Time At an exhibit of Taelon items from Strandhill, Liam jumps through a Taelon portal which takes him two days into the future, where he finds everyone in the Resistance headquarters murdered. On returning to the present, he races to stop the massacre and begins to suspect that he is the assassin. Zu'or attempting to destroy Liam, beams dangerous brain wave emissions to him from the Taelon mothership. Doors, highly suspicious of Liam, becomes agitated and demands that Liam be shot. |
October 19, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Crackdown President Thompson declares a state of emergency to crush the resistance while Liam and Auger try to prove that the resistance was not behind the assasination attempt of President Thompson. |
October 4, 1999 |
| 2 |
The Vanished Liam and Augur discover that Volunteers all over the world are breaking into homes and arresting civillians. Meanwhile, Sandoval genetically alters Lili and sends her off into space. |
October 11, 1999 |
| 3 |
Emancipation Liam learns more about skrills while searching for the missing skrill queen. |
October 18, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Forge of Creation Lili Marquette gives birth to a half jaridian child, with the help of taelon core energy, that may be the last hope for the taelon and jaridian race. Auger goes into hiding from volunteer investigations, an old friend of his J Street agrees to help Liam and Renee while Auger is on the run. Sandoval tries to destroy evidence of the Jaridian existence. |
October 2, 2000 |
| 2 |
Sins of The Father A party for the new elite is in full swing at pro-Taelon Senator Edward Gale's posh Washington home when his daughter, Eva appears with a gun. She fires, wounding him in the arm before his security guards can subdue her. The next day, Liam Kincaid and Renee Palmer meet with a holographic messenger sent by Hubble Urick. He informs them of the shooting and tells them Eva is in the hospital, having tested positive for Kryss, a substance used by Taelons in small quantities to help them adapt to Earth's atmosphere. Liam is surprised and angry, as the Taelons' Kryss facility was shut down eight months before and the Taelons swore they found a way to synthesize Kryss without enslaving humans. Yet Eva, whom the messenger tells them disappeared three weeks before to take part in an archeological dig, must have been enslaved in a Kryss factory to have traces of the substance in her bloodstream. Liam and Renee must prove the factory is still operating. |
October 9, 2000 |
| 3 |
First Breath Liam and Renee investigate Zo'or and his link to a biomedical facility's clandestine cloning operation. |
October 16, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UnEarthed The joining of the Taelons and the Jaridians create the Avatus race, a greater threat that Renee leads the fight against. |
October 1, 2001 |
| 2 |
Pariahs Sandoval strikes a deal with the Atavus while Renee tries to convince Hubble Urick about the existence the aliens. |
October 8, 2001 |
| 3 |
The Seduction Renee fights to destroy the Atavus as they begin a joining process that will create human-Atavan hybrids. |
October 15, 2001 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | CTV |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 6, 1997 |
| Last aired | May 20, 2002 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |