Series synopsis
Dark Skies is an American sci-fi & fantasy drama action & adventure television series that premiered on NBC on September 21, 1996. It ended on May 31, 1997. It stars Eric Close, Megan Ward, J.T. Walsh and Jeri Ryan.
Dark Skies is an American UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi television series that aired from the 1996 to 1997 season for 18 episodes, plus a two-hour pilot episode. The success of The X-Files on Fox proved there was an audience for science fiction shows, resulting in NBC commissioning this proposed competitor following a pitch from producers Bryce Zabel and Brent Friedman. The series debuted September 21, 1996 on NBC, and was later rerun by the Sci-Fi Channel. Its tagline was "History as we kn ...
Premise
Dark Skies is an American UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi television series that aired from the 1996 to 1997 season for 18 episodes, plus a two-hour pilot episode. The success of The X-Files on Fox proved there was an audience for science fiction shows, resulting in NBC commissioning this proposed competitor following a pitch from producers Bryce Zabel and Brent Friedman. The series debuted September 21, 1996 on NBC, and was later rerun by the Sci-Fi Channel. Its tagline was "History as we know it is a lie."
Premise: History as we know it is a lie.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Eric Close as John Loengard
- Megan Ward as Kimberly Sayers
- J.T. Walsh as Frank Bach
- Jeri Ryan as Juliet Stuart
- Tim Kelleher as Jim Steele
- Conor O'Farrell as Phil Albano
- Charley Lang as Dr. Halligan
- James F. Kelly as Robert Kennedy
Supporting cast
- Gregory Harrison as Old John Loengard
- Grant Mathis as Pyne
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 19 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 19 | September 21, 1996 | May 31, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Awakening Arriving in Washington D.C. on the heels of the election of President John F. Kennedy, Kimberly Sayers finds work at the White House as boyfriend John Loengard plunges into his job as an aide to Congressman Charles Pratt. Sent to look into the Air force's investigation of UFO sightings, John meets a couple who claim to have been abducted by aliens. And back in Washington, he's accosted by the mysterious Navy Captain Frank Bach, whose history with UFO's dates back to when spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was downed over the Soviet Union while pursuing an alien spacecraft. Though warned that it's too risky, John confronts Bach and is recruited into the top secret Project Majestic, whose most closely guarded secrets include the body of an extra- terrestrial. With his girlfriend and his boss in the dark, John is sent to interview an Idaho farmer who has been inhabited by a parasitic alien life form that Bach says are taking over human bodies. Then, as Kim suspects John's comings and goi |
September 21, 1996 |
| 2 |
Moving Targets Following the Kennedy assassination, Bach heads for Dallas to recover the artifact Loengard used to prove the alien invasion to the President. However, when he's sent by Robert Kennedy to get it too, John meets Jesse Marcel, a government official who was in New Mexico when President Truman learned firsthand of the invasion, and who claims that an alien craft long suspected to have crashed there was really shot down. |
September 28, 1996 |
| 3 |
Mercury Rising A dream is drawing Sayers to Florida. And though Bach isn't far behind, Loengard reluctantly agrees to help find the astronaut she's seeing. As Majestic prepares a space probe to locate the alien base, Kim and John arrive in Cape Canaveral where she spots Ty Yount, an astronaut who she thinks was with her on the alien ship. And while Yount admits he's been dreaming about her too, he's hustled away by crew mate Gary Augatreux - but not before slipping Kim a note requesting that they meet. Meanwhile, having survived his seemingly fatal encounter with the Loengard family in California, Majestic cloaker-turned alien Jim Steele continues his pursuit of John and Kim. |
October 19, 1996 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 21, 1996 |
| Last aired | May 31, 1997 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | canceled |
| Schedule | Saturday at 20:00:00 |