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Alien Nation | ORYVE

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Alien Nation

7.01989Ended1 season

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.

About the series

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.

Created by: Kenneth Johnson, Rockne S. O'Bannon
Network: FOX
Episodes: 22

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Episodes

Season

Episode 1

Alien Nation: The TV Movie

1989-09-18 60 min

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

1989-09-25 60 min

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

Episode 3

Little Lost Lamb

1989-10-02 60 min

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

1989-10-09 60 min

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

1989-10-16 60 min

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

1989-10-23 60 min

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

Episode 7

Night of the Screams

1989-10-30 60 min

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

Episode 8

Contact

1989-11-06 60 min

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

1989-11-13 60 min

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

Episode 10

The Game

1989-11-20 60 min

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

1989-11-27 60 min

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

1989-12-18 60 min

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

1990-01-15 60 min

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

1990-01-29 60 min

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

1990-02-05 60 min

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

1990-02-12 60 min

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

1990-02-19 60 min

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

Episode 18

Crossing the Line

1990-02-26 60 min

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

Episode 19

Rebirth

1990-03-12 60 min

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

1990-04-09 60 min

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

Episode 21

The Touch

1990-04-30 60 min

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

1990-05-07 60 min

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.

Cast

Gary Graham

Gary Graham

Matthew Sikes

Eric Pierpoint

Eric Pierpoint

George Francisco

Michele Scarabelli

Michele Scarabelli

Susan Francisco

Lauren Woodland

Emily Francisco

Sean Six

Buck Francisco

Terri Treas

Terri Treas

Cathy Frankel

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

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