Alien Nation

1989 - 1990 TV-14 1h 00m 6.9

In the near future, a human cop and his alien partner fight crime and discrimination in Los Angeles.

A flying saucer crashed in the Mojave Desert and its inhabitants turned out to be alien slaves, bred to be super intelligent and strong, and controllable by their Overseers. These Tenctonese, or "Newcomers", have been assimilated (sort of) into the population of Los Angeles. One of them, George Francisco, is a police detective with a human partner, Matthew Sikes. George and Matt fight crime together, while learning to respect the other's culture, and question his own. They also fight prejudice, as personified by the Purists, and fear, in the form of the unseen Overseers, who seek to regain control over their slaves.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Fountain of Youth

1. Fountain of Youth

Aired: Sep 18, 1989

Sikes' issues with aging are intensified when he learns that the Newcomer lif...

Episode 2 Little Lost Lamb

2. Little Lost Lamb

Aired: Sep 25, 1989

Sikes tries to help a 16-year-old Newcomer prostitute. George deals with the ...

Episode 3 Fifteen with Wanda

3. Fifteen with Wanda

Aired: Oct 2, 1989

Sikes and Francisco must each try to deal with their own problem children whi...

Episode 4 The Takeover

4. The Takeover

Aired: Oct 9, 1989

While the city suffers a riot, Francisco and Sikes alone must defend their pr...

Episode 5 The First Cigar

5. The First Cigar

Aired: Oct 16, 1989

Francisco comes under the scrutiny of the IRS and wrestles with the ethics of...

Episode 7 Contact

7. Contact

Aired: Oct 29, 1989

The murder of an astronomer leads Sikes and Francisco to the discovery of an ...

Episode 8 Three to Tango

8. Three to Tango

Aired: Nov 5, 1989

A series of murders of Binnaum, a rare kind of Tenctonese needed for catalyzi...

Episode 9 The Game

9. The Game

Aired: Nov 12, 1989

The Day of Descent, the fifth anniversary of the Tenctonese's liberation from...

Episode 10 Chains of Love

10. Chains of Love

Aired: Nov 19, 1989

Sikes and Francisco seek an elusive Newcomer woman - all of whose dates wind ...

Episode 11 The Red Room

11. The Red Room

Aired: Nov 26, 1989

A break in at a behavioral lab and a series of execution-style murders dredge...

Episode 12 The Spirit of '95

12. The Spirit of '95

Aired: Dec 17, 1989

As Susan and Buck campaign for Tenctonese suffrage, bombings and kidnappings ...

Episode 14 Eyewitness News

14. Eyewitness News

Aired: Jan 28, 1990

The line between reality and fantasy blurs when a crossed video phone line le...

Episode 15 Partners

15. Partners

Aired: Feb 4, 1990

George is suspended from the force when several grams of drugs go missing on ...

Episode 16 Real Men

16. Real Men

Aired: Feb 11, 1990

Sikes and Francisco investigate possible steroid dealings at a gym. George mu...

Episode 17 Crossing the Line

17. Crossing the Line

Aired: Feb 18, 1990

Francisco worries that Sikes is hiding something when he cancels his vacation...

Episode 18 Rebirth

18. Rebirth

Aired: Feb 25, 1990

When Sikes comes back after being pronounced dead, he becomes obsessed with f...

Episode 19 Gimme, Gimme

19. Gimme, Gimme

Aired: Mar 11, 1990

George investigates the murder of the chief scientist at a company in which h...

Episode 20 The Touch

20. The Touch

Aired: Apr 9, 1990

Cathy finds a boy she knew from the ship, but suspects he has been abused.

Episode 21 Green Eyes

21. Green Eyes

Aired: Apr 30, 1990

Tensions between partners erupt when Francisco passes the Detective 2 exam an...

Episode 22 Green Eyes

22. Green Eyes

Aired: May 7, 1990

While investigating a series of mysterious Newcomer deaths, Sikes and George ...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: FOX

Genres: Drama, Crime, Sci-Fi

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