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Alien Nation

Mon, Sep 18, 1989
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Action & Adventure
  • Drama
Series · Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Gary Graham
    Gary Graham
    as Matthew Sikes
  • Eric Pierpoint
    Eric Pierpoint
    as George Francisco
  • Michele Scarabelli
    Michele Scarabelli
    as Susan Francisco
  • L
    Lauren Woodland
    as Emily Francisco
  • S
    Sean Six
    as Buck Francisco
  • Terri Treas
    Terri Treas
    as Cathy Frankel
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Episodes

1 season · 22 episodes

Ended · 22 aired
Season 1
22 episodes · 22 aired
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  • E1
    Alien Nation: The TV Movie
    Aired · Mon, Sep 18, 1989 · 120m

    A Los Angeles police detective copes with his new partner, an alien struggling to assimilate into Earth society.

  • E2
    Fountain of Youth
    Aired · Mon, Sep 25, 1989 · 60m

    Sikes and Francisco investigate a doctor who is killing Newcomers to benefit human patients.

  • E3
    Little Lost Lamb
    Aired · Mon, Oct 2, 1989 · 60m

    Sikes tries to help a 16-year-old Newcomer prostitute. George deals with the intrusion of Uncle Moodri and his traditional Tenctonese values.

  • E4
    Fifteen with Wanda
    Aired · Mon, Oct 9, 1989 · 60m

    Sikes and Francisco must each try to deal with their own problem children while keeping a witness safe from a mob hit man.

  • E5
    The Takeover
    Aired · Mon, Oct 16, 1989 · 60m

    While the city suffers a riot, Francisco, Sikes and Dobbs must defend their precinct house from a gang of thieves.

  • E6
    The First Cigar
    Aired · Mon, Oct 23, 1989 · 60m

    Francisco comes under the scrutiny of the IRS and wrestles with the ethics of asking for a loan from an influential Newcomer that he has helped.

  • E7
    Night of the Screams
    Aired · Mon, Oct 30, 1989 · 60m

    As Halloween approaches, a series of Newcomer murders seems to follow the pattern of a Tenctonese myth.

  • E8
    Contact
    Aired · Mon, Nov 6, 1989 · 60m

    While investigating a famous scientist's murder, Sikes and George discover he was attempting to contact a probe seeking the Newcomer slave ship.

  • E9
    Three to Tango
    Aired · Mon, Nov 13, 1989 · 60m

    George and Sikes search for a Purist radical who has been murdering a rare breed of Newcomers.

  • E10
    The Game
    Aired · Mon, Nov 20, 1989 · 60m

    Sikes and George discover that a Newcomer's bizarre game of Russian roulette is responsible for a series of deaths.

  • E11
    Chains of Love
    Aired · Mon, Nov 27, 1989 · 60m

    George goes under cover as a client at a computer-dating service to locate a female Newcomer killer.

  • E12
    The Red Room
    Aired · Mon, Dec 18, 1989 · 60m
  • E13
    The Spirit of '95
    Aired · Mon, Jan 15, 1990 · 60m

    George and Sikes discover a Purist plot to sabotage an election while investigating the bombing of a Newcomer registration office.

  • E14
    Generation to Generation
    Aired · Mon, Jan 29, 1990 · 60m

    Sikes and George follow the trail of a mysterious Tenctonese box which is deadly for those who fail to comprehend its powers.

  • E15
    Eyewitness News
    Aired · Mon, Feb 5, 1990 · 60m

    Sikes and George trail a man who is obsessed with a Tenctonese porn star.

  • E16
    Partners
    Aired · Mon, Feb 12, 1990 · 60m

    Sikes attempts to prove George innocent in a drug case as Susan prepares to transfer the pod to her husband.

  • E17
    Real Men
    Aired · Mon, Feb 19, 1990 · 60m

    A violent confrontation with a drug suspect causes George to give birth prematurely.

  • E18
    Crossing the Line
    Aired · Mon, Feb 26, 1990 · 60m

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

  • E19
    Rebirth
    Aired · Mon, Mar 12, 1990 · 60m

    Sikes vows to capture the Newcomer convenience store robber who attacked him and left him near death.

  • E20
    Gimmee, Gimmee
    Aired · Mon, Apr 9, 1990 · 60m

    George searches for the killer of a Newcomer corporate executive who invented a durable synthetic fabric.

  • E21
    The Touch
    Aired · Mon, Apr 30, 1990 · 60m

    Sikes and George uncover an overseer rejuvenation plot when they investigate the dramatic behavior change of a boy Cathy knew on the slaveship.

  • E22
    Green Eyes
    Aired · Mon, May 7, 1990 · 60m

    While investigating a series of mysterious Newcomer deaths, Sikes and George discover a plan to eliminate the Newcomer population with a lethal bacteria.