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Dark Skies

Sat, Sep 21, 1996
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Drama
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Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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."

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Cast

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  • Eric Close
    Eric Close
    as John Loengard
  • Megan Ward
    Megan Ward
    as Kimberly Sayers
  • J.T. Walsh
    J.T. Walsh
    as Frank Bach
  • Jeri Ryan
    Jeri Ryan
    as Juliet Stuart
  • Tim Kelleher
    Tim Kelleher
    as Jim Steele
  • Conor O'Farrell
    Conor O'Farrell
    as Phil Albano
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Episodes

1 season · 20 episodes

Ended · 20 aired
Season 1
20 episodes · 20 aired
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  • E1
    The Awakening (1)
    Aired · Sun, Sep 22, 1996 · 60m

    Part One of 2. In 1961, a Congressional aide and his girlfriend discover a Government cover-up involving alien invaders and a covert agency aimed at finding them.

  • E2
    The Awakening (2)
    Aired · Sun, Sep 22, 1996 · 60m

    Conclusion. In 1961, a Congressional aide and his girlfriend discover a Government cover-up involving alien invaders and a covert agency aimed at finding them.

  • E3
    Moving Targets
    Aired · Sun, Sep 29, 1996 · 60m

    In the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, Sayers and Loengard go to Texas to retrieve the alien artifact and discover a Hive connection to Lee Harvey Oswald.

  • E4
    Mercury Rising
    Aired · Sun, Oct 20, 1996 · 60m

    Sayers' mysterious visions lead her and Loengard to Florida, where they discover a Hive operation that threatens the U.S. space program.

  • E5
    Dark Days Night
    Aired · Sun, Oct 27, 1996 · 60m

    Loengard and Sayers discover a Hive plot to interfere with the Beatles' appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and send a subliminal message to millions of people.

  • E6
    Dreamland
    Aired · Sun, Nov 3, 1996 · 60m

    Sayers and Loengard head to Las Vegas, where they learn that Howard Hughes has mistaken the Hive conspiracy for a Communist plot.

  • E7
    Inhuman Nature
    Aired · Sun, Nov 10, 1996 · 60m

    Sayers and Loengard must move fast to avoid Bach, who's seeking the same information about troubling events on a Wisconsin farm.

  • E8
    Ancient Future
    Aired · Sun, Nov 17, 1996 · 60m

    A centuries-old UFO crash site attracts Loengard and Sayers, Bach and the Hive. But a prophecy foretells danger if the area is disturbed.

  • E9
    Hostile Convergence
    Aired · Sun, Dec 8, 1996 · 60m

    Kim and John separate when she goes home for the wedding of her sister, whose betrothed might be too good to be true; John investigates an unusual UFO sighting.

  • E10
    We Shall Overcome
    Aired · Sun, Dec 15, 1996 · 60m

    A message from John's old boss leads him and Sayers to Mississippi, where they find evidence of Hive involvement in the disappearance of three civil-rights workers.

  • E11
    The Last Wave
    Aired · Sun, Jan 5, 1997 · 60m

    The death of one of Loengard's college chums opens the door on a Hive plot to pollute the food chain.

  • E12
    The Enemy Within
    Aired · Sun, Jan 12, 1997 · 60m

    Loengard has a strained reunion with his family while Bach and Majestic-12 are with a Hiver who may be connected to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.

  • E13
    The Warren Omission
    Aired · Sun, Jan 19, 1997 · 60m

    At Robert Kennedy's request, Loengard risks his life by testifying at the Warren Commission's investigation of the JFK assassination.

  • E14
    White Rabbit
    Aired · Sun, Feb 2, 1997 · 60m

    Loengard is forced on a deadly mission with Bach to war-torn Vietnam to erase all signs of a crashed saucer and its crew. Captured by the VC, the two find a newfound respect for each other.

  • E15
    Shades of Gray
    Aired · Sun, Feb 9, 1997 · 60m

    John rejoins Majestic with a plan to lure an alien craft to the ground and Kim discovers she has a psychic connection with a wounded Gray. Meanwhile, Juliet races to stop Hivers from abducting a little girl.

  • E16
    Burn, Baby, Burn
    Aired · Sun, Mar 2, 1997 · 60m

    Kim is abducted by the Hive as her pregnancy nears its term, and the captured Gray provides the only clues to her disappearance. Meanwhile, John and Juliet must search for her in the rioting Watts section of L.A.

  • E17
    Both Sides Now
    Aired · Sun, Mar 9, 1997 · 60m

    Loengard is pushed to his limits while continuing his search for Sayers, who has fallen under Hive control and been given a terrifying choice: join the Hive or lose her baby.

  • E18
    To Prey in Darkness
    Aired · Sun, Mar 16, 1997 · 60m

    The race to retrieve a stolen segment of the Roswell UFO film that proves the existence of the Hive leads John and Juliet to a showdown with Sayers and the Hive that causes the power outage of 1965.

  • E19
    Strangers in the Night
    Aired · Sun, May 25, 1997 · 60m

    A young Colin Powell leads John and Juliet on a dangerous mission to a Hive-controlled Russian communications station.

  • E20
    Bloodlines
    Aired · Sun, Jun 1, 1997 · 60m

    Loengard volunteers to be a guinea pig for Hive abduction in an effort to save his son.