Alien Nation

Name: Alien Nation
Released: 1989-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli

TV Show · Drama · Sci-Fi

In this futuristic cop show, the Newcomers are aliens from the planet Tencton whose spaceship, a slave ship, crash-landed in the Mojave Desert in the early '90s. Now 1995 (the near future, as the show aired 1989-90), the plot of the series revolves around Newcomer George Francisco and his partner Matt Sikes, who are both detectives for the LAPD. They clash on several levels, the least of which is not Matt's propensity for rash decisions and violence vs. George's quiet, introspective analysis.

1989 · 1h 35m

Starring Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli

EPISODE 1

Pilot

As resentment toward the Tenctonese Newcomers builds, Sikes and Francisco investigate a string of murders that appears to be the work of a giant, insect-like creature.

1h 35m
EPISODE 2

Fountain of Youth

A pair of surgeons has been killing Newcomers for their spartiary glands and implanting the life-lengthening glands into humans.

47m
EPISODE 3

Little Lost Lamb

George and Sikes go undercover to investigate a prostitution ring, and Uncle Moodri convinces Buck to confess to a murder committed in self-defense.

46m
EPISODE 4

Fifteen with Wanda

Matt and George struggle to cope with their rebellious children while simultaneously protecting a sex-crazed witness from a mobster.

46m
EPISODE 5

The Takeover

Amidst a bloody, city-wide riot, Sikes and George must stop the hoodlums who lay siege to the police precinct in order to raid its evidence locker for contraband.

46m
EPISODE 6

The First Cigar

Behind on his taxes, Francisco accepts a loan from a Tenctonese businesswoman, only to discover that she is involved in a drug ring plaguing Slagtown.

46m

Gary Graham

Det. Matthew Sikes
Eric Pierpoint

Det. George Francisco
Michele Scarabelli

Susan Francisco
Sean Six

Buck Francisco
Terri Treas

Cathy Frankel
Ron Fassler

Capt. Brian Grazer
Lauren Woodland

Emily Francisco
Jeff Marcus

Albert Einstein
Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs

Sgt. Dobbs
Kenneth Johnson

Executive Producer
Kenneth Johnson

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In this futuristic cop show, the Newcomers are aliens from the planet Tencton whose spaceship, a slave ship, crash-landed in the Mojave Desert in the early '90s. Now 1995 (the near future, as the show aired 1989-90), the plot of the series revolves around Newcomer George Francisco and his partner Matt Sikes, who are both detectives for the LAPD. They clash on several levels, the least of which is not Matt's propensity for rash decisions and violence vs. George's quiet, introspective analysis.

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