A spin-off from the movie (Alien Nation)

Member Name: sharktrager

Product:	Alien Nation
Date:	25/11/00 (99 review reads)
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Advantages: Created by Kenneth Johnson

Disadvantages: It only lasted for one season (and a few reunion movies)

ALIEN NATION was adapted for television by Kenneth Johnson, who had previously created the original mini-series of 'V', amongst other things.

Based on the film from 1988 starring James Caan, the premise of the series has some similarities with 'V'. An alien race lands on Earth and assimilates into its culture. The difference is that here, the aliens are predominantly benign in nature, and their ship has crash landed, whereas in 'V' the Visitors wanted to eat humans and steal their water!

The storyline of the show has one of these assimilated aliens (the race are called the Tenctonese), called George Francisco, becoming a police officer and being partnered with Matthew Sikes (played by Gary Graham). Sikes doesn't take to his new partner at first, but as the series progresses, a mutual respect and close friendship develops between the two.

Although the show only lasted for one season we were shown many aspects of the Tenctonese lifestyle, including the fact that it is the male of the race that gives birth (in one sequence of episodes George becomes pregnant and gives birth).

Although the series ended on a cliffhanger regarding a disease which could kill George and his family, the story was continued with a series of television movies. These shows really do give an idea with how good 'V' could have been if Johnson had stayed with the show beyond the original miniseries.

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EPISODE LISTING
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1. Pilot (feature-length)
2. Fountain of Youth
3. Little Lost Lamb
4. Fifteen With Wanda
5. The Takeover
6. The First Cigar
7. Night of the Screams
8. Contact
9. Three to Tango
10. The Game
11. Chains of Love
12. The Red Room
13. The Spirit of '95
14. Generation to Generation
15. Eyewitness News
16. Partners
17. Real Men
18. Crossing the Line
19. Rebirth
20. Gimmee, Gimmee
21. The T
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22. Green Eyes

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REUNION MOVIES
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Dark Horizon (1994)
Body And Soul (1995)
Millennium (1995)
The Enemy Within (1996)
The Udara Legacy (1997)
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