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Season 2

20 Episodes

1989

E01

The Second Wave

10/2/1989·46m

Almost Tomorrow The world is now a mess. As the environment with its predictable weather patterns and the economy in dire straights, anarchy is now loose and the world as we knew it is less optimistic. It's been months with no alien activity and the military backing for the Blackwood Project is weakened as the government seems to be in turmoil as well. As if things weren't bad enough, a new group of aliens, the Morthren, have arrived. They have used a process of transmutation to take on human form to protect themselves from Earth's bacteria so the need for hosting bodies and radiation is no more. Under the rule of Malzor, they are instructed by the Eternal Spirit of Morthrai to kill off the ""soldiers"" who came before and failed to appropriate the planet. Continuing in their mission, they try to snare a member of the Blackwood Team for cloning purposes which will obtain all memories of the original, but totally loyal to the Morthren cause. With this clone, it can more easily infiltrate

E02

No Direction Home

10/9/1989·46m

While the Blackwood team picks up the pieces and tries to find a new home, the Morthren, too, have to find a new location as they are aware that the humans have been there once and might return. When Harrison and Kincaid go back to the empty base, they find an engram for the aliens' cloning devices that can transport memories and images from the subject to its copy. Meanwhile, Mana and Ardix have cloned a reverend so that he can spread the word of the one true God - the Eternal.

E03

Doomsday

10/16/1989·46m

A heat wave, followed by a water shortage, drives everyone to the brink of desperation. When a local church font begins to produce an apparently unlimited supply of water, the team is suspicious. Is it a miracle, or something much darker?

E04

Terminal Rock

10/23/1989·46m

Rock and roll ruins young minds...especially when the aliens are involved. Loner Kincaid and newly-adolescent Debi experience growing pains while the team tries to deal with a new, dangerous kind of music.

E05

Breeding Ground

10/30/1989·46m

While at the hospital looking for some hard-to-find medicine, Harrison comes across gruesome evidence that the aliens are experimenting on humans. Meanwhile, Malzor and Mana try to find a way to increase their Morthren numbers here on Earth.

E06

Seft of Emun

11/6/1989·46m

When the Morthren run low on power, they are forced to bring Seft, the High Priestess of Emun, out of stasis. While Seft is searching for the materials she will need to create power crystals for her captors she meets Harrison. Will the link forged between them be enough to save Seft and her son, or is she doomed to forever serve the evil Morthren?

E07

Loving the Alien

11/13/1989·46m

Suzanne helps her friend Marcus search for his missing daughter, unaware that the girl has been captured by the aliens. Meanwhile, Debi runs away in search of someone who understands her. She finds that person in a pale, strange boy named Ceeto.

E08

Night Moves

11/20/1989·46m

The harsh life in the city, coupled with a food shortage, lead Suzanne to take Debi out to the country to live with Suzanne's estranged mother. The aliens are also having food shortages, however, and have their own plans for the family homestead.

E09

Synthetic Love

1/15/1990·46m

Kincaid runs into an old friend named Johnny, only to discover that his friend is dangerously addicted to drugs. Kincaid takes him to one of the well-known Laporte Rehabilitation Centers, which has just started using a new miracle drug called Krebulax. But something strange is going on at the clinic, and there's something even stranger about the man supplying the drug...a Mister Malcolm.

E10

The Defector

1/22/1990·46m

When an attempt to hack into the humans' computers goes awry, a Morthren technician (Kemo) is scarred both physically and mentally by the experience. Facing execution, he flees and takes over the identity of the human hacker he killed.

E11

Time to Reap

1/29/1990·46m

The Eternal instructs Malzor on how he can go back in time to 1953 in the aftermath of the failed invasion to ensure victory by inoculating his brethren from Earth's bacteria in order to change the course of history in the favour of the Morthren race. However, Blackwood and Kincaid have followed him through the same time tunnel to stop him from succeeding in giving the aliens a huge advantage in their conquest.

E12

The Pied Piper

2/5/1990·46m

The first-born Morthren on Earth is now grown to the age of a nine-year-old. The aliens use both his need for emotional comfort and their need for gentic information in one play as they leave him at the Crecne Experimental School where he will bring back files for the Morthren's use.

E13

The Deadliest Disease

2/12/1990·46m

Warring factions (including the Blackwood team and the Morthren) fight over a med cell that could save countless lives--including that of a dying Mana.

E14

Path of Lies

2/19/1990·46m

While Ardix bargins with a dying millionare's life for access to a communication's satellite, the aliens are trying to kill nosey reporter Marc Traynor. During an assassination attempt, the reporter snaps images of dead alien bodies. To make matters worse, Kincaid and Blackwood are seen killing them. If published, their identities will be revealed and easier for the aliens.

E15

Candle in the Night

4/9/1990·46m

While the aliens try to recover a malfunctioning surveillance device, the team plots a surprise birthday party for Debi.

E16

Video Messiah

4/16/1990·46m

The aliens use subliminal messages and a clone of a popular motivational speaker to control the minds of the rich and powerful. Kincaid and the rest of the team get involed when an old friend of Kincaid's is drawn into the lethal scheme.

E17

Totally Real

4/23/1990·46m

Debi is forced to fight an alien warrior in a duel to the death.

E18

Max

4/30/1990·46m

A year after his brother's death, Kincaid discovers that the aliens have brought Max back to life to kill him.

E19

The True Believer

5/7/1990·46m

In desperate straits, the aliens gain a piece of valuable information: the identities of Harrison, Suzanne, and Kincaid. Soon the team has been accused of bank robbery and murder, and Malzor has taken over the police investigation.

E20

The Obelisk

5/14/1990·46m

Continuing Morthren losses force a maddened Malzor to take a drastic step: the release of a spore which will cause the death of every native organism on Earth.

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Season 1

24 Episodes

1988

The Resurrection, Part 1

E01

The Resurrection, Part 1

10/7/1988·46m

In 1953, a worldwide invasion from Mars would have eliminated humanity had the extraterrestrial invaders not been vulnerable to the indigenous bacteria on the planet. Now an accident at a dumpsite revives the comatose aliens who then shortly attempt to resume the war they started 35 years ago.

The Resurrection, Part 2

E02

The Resurrection, Part 2

10/7/1988·46m

35 years ago, Earth experienced a war of the worlds, humanity's savior being common diseases to which it had long since gained immunity. However, a Pandora's Box is opened when the invaders are accidently revived via radiation exposure, canceling the presence of their microscopic attackers. Their plot to reignite warfare is recognized only by Dr. Harrison Blackwood, who must convince others of the renewed global threat.

The Walls of Jericho

E03

The Walls of Jericho

10/10/1988·46m

After a period without any further evidence of the aliens' existence, the powers-that-be try to shut down the Blackwood Project. Meanwhile, the aliens try desperately to find a way to combat the threat brought on by the radiation that is killing them.

Thy Kingdom Come

E04

Thy Kingdom Come

10/17/1988·46m

The aliens trek to Canada in order to free more of their sleeping brethren. The Blackwood Project's only hope in finding them lies in the scattered mind of War of the Worlds veteran Sylvian Van Buren.

A Multitude of Idols

E05

A Multitude of Idols

10/24/1988·46m

The aliens move toward an operation that will begin integrating themselves into human society, thus developing agents to be active anywhere in the world.

Eye for an Eye

E06

Eye for an Eye

10/31/1988·46m

As Grover's Mill celebrates the 50th anniversary of the radio drama that made it famous, little do they know what really happened that night in 1938, or that the "Martians" have returned.

The Second Seal

E07

The Second Seal

11/7/1988·46m

The aliens begin infiltrating a military base in hopes of possessing a list containing the location of 10,000 of their stored-away comrades.

Goliath is My Name

E08

Goliath is My Name

11/14/1988·45m

A fantasy game and reality collide for students when the aliens invade a campus to steal a lethal biological substance. Things become even worse when an alien is exposed to the toxin and becomes a mentally unstable rogue.

To Heal the Leper

E09

To Heal the Leper

11/21/1988·45m

The aliens are in jeopardy, as the Advocacy's collective counsel is crippled from the weakened state of one of the three. It seems that a dark cloud is lifting, but only Harrison believes they remain a threat.

The Good Samaritan

E10

The Good Samaritan

12/26/1988·46m

The aliens have produced a deadly toxin, and a miraculous new development to feed the world becomes their means of mass poisoning.

Epiphany

E11

Epiphany

1/2/1989·46m

The aliens take advantage of humanity's own violent nature in order to speed along its inevitable self-destruction.

Among the Philistines

E12

Among the Philistines

1/9/1989·45m

A set-up for the aliens by the Blackwood Project is soon spun on its head as an alien manages to infiltrate the Cottage.

Choirs of Angels

E13

Choirs of Angels

1/16/1989·46m

The aliens plant subliminal messages in a musician's recordings to brainwash a brilliant scientist into creating a cure for them against the bacteria on Earth.

Dust to Dust

E14

Dust to Dust

1/23/1989·46m

The theft of an Indian object provokes disgust from Ironhorse. But it also garners the aliens' interest, as it holds something that belongs to one of their ancient war machines.

He Feedeth Among the Lilies

E15

He Feedeth Among the Lilies

1/30/1989·45m

To better understand their problem, the aliens begin abducting humans to learn the secret of their immune systems.

The Prodigal Son

E16

The Prodigal Son

2/6/1989·45m

In 1953, aliens invaded Earth, but were stopped when they fell to the planet's bacteria - except one. Now this rebellious rogue alien uses Blackwood's meeting with the United Nations to help his own plan for global domination.

The Meek Shall Inherit

E17

The Meek Shall Inherit

2/13/1989·45m

The aliens plan to disorganize human society by paralyzing its means of communication.

Unto Us a Child is Born

E18

Unto Us a Child is Born

2/20/1989·45m

After a pregnant woman is possessed by an alien and gives birth, the child becomes the focus of a search as it may offer an immunity to Earth's bacteria.

The Last Supper

E19

The Last Supper

3/6/1989·45m

A secret meeting between countries is conducted in order to evaluate the global alien threat. However, the Advocacy learn of this grouping, and seize it as an opportunity to swiftly crush resistance. for his own brand of justice.

Vengeance is Mine

E20

Vengeance is Mine

4/17/1989·45m

Ironhorse must deal with a mistake that no soldier wants to make: the killing of an innocent civilian.

My Soul to Keep

E21

My Soul to Keep

4/24/1989·45m

The time to reproduce, and thus increase their army, has come for the aliens. But the offspring are endangered by radiation and the aliens take a risky move to ensure their future.

So Shall Ye Reap

E22

So Shall Ye Reap

5/1/1989·45m

The aliens infiltrate the illegal drug trade in order to circulate a narcotic that will turn humans into violent killers.

The Raising of Lazarus

E23

The Raising of Lazarus

5/8/1989·45m

A strange alien pod is found and taken to a nuclear research facility. The Blackwood Project is summoned to investigate, but their authority is soon overridden by a mysterious Project 9.

The Angel of Death

E24

The Angel of Death

5/15/1989·46m

After more than a year of being resisted by humans, the aliens are finally shaken by the arrival of a familiar enemy that has arrived on Earth. But is the enemy of our enemy our friend?