Alien Nation
Alien Nation
TV ShowEnded

Alien Nation

7.0 / 10
1989
1 season
22 episodes
Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama

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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Seasons

  • Alien Nation: The TV Movie

    1.Alien Nation: The TV Movie

    7.0
    18-09-1989

    When the Francisco family move into a rich suburban part of L.A., they get to experice hate and racism spread by the radical Purists.

  • Fountain of Youth

    2.Fountain of Youth

    6.5
    25-09-1989

    Sikes and Francisco (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) investigate a doctor who is killing Newcomers to benefit human patients.

  • Little Lost Lamb

    3.Little Lost Lamb

    6.5
    02-10-1989

    Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) uncover a prostitution ring after a Newcomer prostitute, on the run from her pimp, is murdered in Sikes' apartment.

  • Fifteen with Wanda

    4.Fifteen with Wanda

    6.0
    09-10-1989

    Sikes' (Gary Graham) daughter (Cheryl Pollak) visits, accompanied by her radical boyfriend (Wayne Pere), and Buck Francisco (Sean Six) faces expulsion from school. With Eric Pierpo...

  • The Takeover

    5.The Takeover

    6.0
    16-10-1989

    During heavy rioting, the precinct is near deserted & Sikes & Francisco must stop criminals who attempt to take the precinct over and raiding the evidence lockers for drugs, money...

  • The First Cigar

    6.The First Cigar

    6.0
    23-10-1989

    George (Eric Pierpoint) accepts a loan from a Newcomer loan officer before discovering she is a drug czar

  • Night of the Screams

    7.Night of the Screams

    30-10-1989

    The method of a serial killer stalking Newcomers re-creates one of their most grisly legends.

  • Contact

    8.Contact

    06-11-1989

    While investigating a famous doctor's murder, Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) discover he was attempting to contact a probe seeking the Newcomer slave ship.

  • Three to Tango

    9.Three to Tango

    13-11-1989

    George and Sikes (Eric Pierpoint, Gary Graham) search for a Purist radical who has been murdering special Newcomers.

  • The Game

    10.The Game

    20-11-1989

    George is confronted with his past as a slave on the spaceship, when it appears that an old Russian Roulette style game he was once forced to play has returned. Will George take re...

  • Chains of Love

    11.Chains of Love

    1.0
    27-11-1989

    George (Eric Pierpoint) goes under cover as a client at a computer-dating service for Newcomers to locate a female Newcomer killer.

  • The Red Room

    12.The Red Room

    18-12-1989

    Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) become involved in a federal search for a Newcomer who was programmed to kill while in the quarantine camps.

  • The Spirit of '95

    13.The Spirit of '95

    15-01-1990

    George and Sikes (Eric Pierpoint, Gary Graham) discover a Purist plot to sabotage an election while investigating the bombing of a Newcomer voter campaign office.

  • Generation to Generation

    14.Generation to Generation

    29-01-1990

    Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) follow the trail of a mysterious Tenctonese box which is deadly for those who fail to comprehend its powers.

  • Eyewitness News

    15.Eyewitness News

    05-02-1990

    Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) trail a man (Hugh MacGuire) who is obsessed with a Tenctonese porn star (Deborah Goodrich).

  • Partners

    16.Partners

    12-02-1990

    Sikes (Gary Graham) attempts to prove George (Eric Pierpoint) innocent in a drug case as Susan (Michele Scarabelli) prepares to transfer the pod to her husband.

  • Real Men

    17.Real Men

    19-02-1990

    A violent confrontation with a drug suspect (A.D. Muylch) causes George (Eric Pierpoint) to give birth prematurely.

  • Crossing the Line

    18.Crossing the Line

    26-02-1990

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

  • Rebirth

    19.Rebirth

    12-03-1990

    Sikes (Gary Graham) vows to capture the Newcomer convenience store robber (Brian Thompson) who attacked him and left him near death

  • Gimmee, Gimmee

    20.Gimmee, Gimmee

    09-04-1990

    George (Eric Pierpoint) searches for the killer of a Newcomer corporate executive (David Selburg) who invented a durable synthetic fabric.

  • The Touch

    21.The Touch

    30-04-1990

    Sikes and George (Gray Graham, Eric Pierpoint) uncover an overseer rejuvenation plot when they investigate the dramatic behavior change of a boy (Mitchell Allen, Jonathan Brandis)...

  • Green Eyes

    22.Green Eyes

    07-05-1990

    While investigating a series of mysterious Newcomer deaths, Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) discover a plan to eliminate the Newcomer population with a lethal bacter...

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