Alien Nation

September. 18,1989      
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episode

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Seasons 1 : 1989

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Episode 1 - Alien Nation: The TV Movie
September. 18,1989

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.

Episode 2 - Fountain of Youth
September. 25,1989

Sikes and Francisco (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) investigate a doctor who is killing Newcomers to benefit human patients.

Episode 3 - Little Lost Lamb
October. 02,1989

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.

Episode 4 - Fifteen with Wanda
October. 09,1989

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.

Episode 5 - The Takeover
October. 16,1989

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.

Episode 6 - The First Cigar
October. 23,1989

George (Eric Pierpoint) accepts a loan from a Newcomer loan officer before discovering she is a drug czar

Episode 7 - Night of the Screams
October. 30,1989

The method of a serial killer stalking Newcomers re-creates one of their most grisly legends.

Episode 8 - Contact
November. 06,1989

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.

Episode 9 - Three to Tango
November. 13,1989

George and Sikes (Eric Pierpoint, Gary Graham) search for a Purist radical who has been murdering special Newcomers.

Episode 10 - The Game
November. 20,1989

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?

Episode 11 - Chains of Love
November. 27,1989

George (Eric Pierpoint) goes under cover as a client at a computer-dating service for Newcomers to locate a female Newcomer killer.

Episode 12 - The Red Room
December. 18,1989

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.

Episode 13 - The Spirit of '95
January. 15,1990

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.

Episode 14 - Generation to Generation
January. 29,1990

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.

Episode 15 - Eyewitness News
February. 05,1990

Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) trail a man (Hugh MacGuire) who is obsessed with a Tenctonese porn star (Deborah Goodrich).

Episode 16 - Partners
February. 12,1990

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.

Episode 17 - Real Men
February. 19,1990

A violent confrontation with a drug suspect (A.D. Muylch) causes George (Eric Pierpoint) to give birth prematurely.

Episode 18 - Crossing the Line
February. 26,1990

Sikes (Gary Graham) vows to capture a serial murderer who once eluded him when it appears he has killed again.

Episode 19 - Rebirth
March. 12,1990

Sikes (Gary Graham) vows to capture the Newcomer convenience store robber (Brian Thompson) who attacked him and left him near death

Episode 20 - Gimmee, Gimmee
April. 09,1990

George (Eric Pierpoint) searches for the killer of a Newcomer corporate executive (David Selburg) who invented a durable synthetic fabric.

Episode 21 - The Touch
April. 30,1990

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.

Episode 22 - Green Eyes
May. 07,1990

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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