Dark Skies
Dark Skies
TV ShowCanceled

Dark Skies

History as we know it is a lie.

7.2 / 10
1996
1 season
19 episodes
Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & Adventure

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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Dark Skies (1996–1997) [TRAILER]

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Seasons

  • The Awakening

    1.The Awakening

    6.0
    21-09-199693m

    Arriving in Washington D.C. on the heels of the election of President John F. Kennedy, Kimberly Sayers finds work at the White House as boyfriend John Loengard plunges into his job...

  • Moving Targets

    2.Moving Targets

    28-09-1996

    Following the Kennedy assassination, Bach heads for Dallas to recover the artifact Loengard used to prove the alien invasion to the President. However, when he's sent by Robert Ken...

  • Mercury Rising

    3.Mercury Rising

    19-10-1996

    A dream is drawing Sayers to Florida. And though Bach isn't far behind, Loengard reluctantly agrees to help find the astronaut she's seeing. As Majestic prepares a space probe to l...

  • Dark Days Night

    4.Dark Days Night

    26-10-1996

    Tracing alien radio transmissions received in New York City, Loengard and Sayers suspect the Hive is planning an operation around the American debut of the Beatles on The Ed Sulliv...

  • Dreamland

    5.Dreamland

    02-11-1996

    With $500 in poker chips they found on Steele, Loengard and Sayers head for Las Vegas. As John makes his way to the gaming tables, Kim lands a job and meets Susan Swenson, a cockta...

  • Inhuman Nature

    6.Inhuman Nature

    09-11-1996

    Following some sightings in Wisconsin, Loengard and Sayers question dairy farmer Kester Boehm about the strange lights he's been seeing and the unusual deaths of some of his herd....

  • Ancient Future

    7.Ancient Future

    16-11-1996

    Following up on some mysterious magnetic disturbances, Loengard and Sayers head North to Chiliwack, Alaska. There, Reverend Gary Barrow, a local minister, introduces them to his un...

  • Hostile Convergence

    8.Hostile Convergence

    07-12-1996

    Loengard's wife Kim decides that she cannot miss her sister's wedding in Denver and sneaks away from John while he meets with one of the few people who know his terrible secret. Th...

  • We Shall Overcome

    9.We Shall Overcome

    14-12-1996

    Following a message from his congressional colleague Mark Simonson, John and Kim are drawn to Meridian, Mississippi, where the struggle for voting rights is clouded by the disappea...

  • The Last Wave

    10.The Last Wave

    04-01-1997

    Following the suspicious suicide of college classmate Robert Dewey, John and Kim arrive in Los Angeles to see their old friends Nat Heller and Gina Abbott. Learning that Dewey's co...

  • The Enemy Within

    11.The Enemy Within

    11-01-1997

    Following the deaths of both President Kennedy and his assassin, Bach realizes that the alien hive has planted a spy inside Majestic - and all the evidence points to his trusted ai...

  • The Warren Omission

    12.The Warren Omission

    18-01-1997

    With the Warren Commission looking into the assassination of his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asks John to testify. Despite Bach's warning, Kennedy paves the way wit...

  • White Rabbit

    13.White Rabbit

    01-02-1997

    When Soviet operatives fire on a Hive ship over the Gulf of Tonkin, Bach claims that US naval vessels were their target and starts the country's involvement in the Vietnam War. Aft...

  • Shades of Gray

    14.Shades of Gray

    08-02-1997

    Despite tensions between Loengard and Albano, Bach is determined to get a glyph decoder held by Juliet. Realizing that it's just the weapon that could help with a takeover of Majes...

  • Burn, Baby, Burn

    15.Burn, Baby, Burn

    01-03-1997

    When Kim feels strangely compelled to have her baby in California, Bach sends her to a doctor working with pregnant mothers who were at one time abducted by the Hive. As Kim arrive...

  • Both Sides Now

    16.Both Sides Now

    08-03-1997

    As Steele works on Sayers to willingly accept returning to the Hive, Loengard seeks anyone he believes can lead him to his wife. So, when Bach Juliet to Berkeley where the Hive is...

  • To Prey in Darkness

    17.To Prey in Darkness

    15-03-1997

    When film of Truman's meeting with the aliens is stolen, Bach sends Loengard to see Carl Hertzog, a retired Majestic doctor. After denying any knowledge of its whereabouts, Hertzog...

  • Strangers in the Night

    18.Strangers in the Night

    24-05-1997

    Following a disturbing message from the Soviet Union's counterpart to Majestic, Bach assembles a team that includes Loengard, Juliet and Army Major Colin Powell to investigate. Whi...

  • Bloodlines

    19.Bloodlines

    31-05-1997

    Alerted to a planet size object transmitting a message to Earth, Bach orders Dr Carl Sagan to decode it while he keeps the news from Majestic's directors. And though he's kept in t...

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