Alien Nation (1989)

Name: Alien Nation (1989)
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Released: September 18, 1989
Rating: 53
Cast: Brian Markinson, Lauren Woodland, Terri Treas, Gary Graham, Jenny Gago

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FOX | Release Date: September 18, 1989

Starring: Brian Markinson, Lauren Woodland, Terri Treas, Gary Graham, Jenny Gago, Michele Scarabelli, Ron Fassler, Eric Pierpoint, Sean Six, Jeff Marcus, Herta Ware

Summary: "That was the scene in California's Mojave Desert five years ago - our historic first view of the Newcomers' ship. Theirs was a slave ship, carrying a quarter million beings bred to adapt and labour in any environment. But they'd washed ashore on Earth, with no way to get back to where they came from. And in the last five years, the"That was the scene in California's Mojave Desert five years ago - our historic first view of the Newcomers' ship. Theirs was a slave ship, carrying a quarter million beings bred to adapt and labour in any environment. But they'd washed ashore on Earth, with no way to get back to where they came from. And in the last five years, the Newcomers have become the latest addition to the population of Los Angeles... "… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Science Fiction

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S2:E5. The Udara Legacy
Air Date: July 29, 1997
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S2:E4. The Enemy Within
Air Date: November 12, 1996
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S2:E3. Millennium
Air Date: January 2, 1996

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Marvin Kitman

Jul 12, 2013

Season 1 Review: "Alien Nation" as a series has been a remarkable achievement in the dullest fall season in history. It is both entertaining, socially responsible, and significant. [7 May 1990]

Ed Siegel

Apr 20, 2014

Season 1 Review: Although flawed in its heavyhanded and unrelenting use of prejudice against alien beings as a metaphor for prejudice against blacks, Alien Nation packs a punch and could be the cult action show of the year - if it survives "Monday Night Football." [18 Sept 1989]

John J. O'Connor

Apr 20, 2014

Season 1 Review: Issues of bias and prejudice are moved to center stage, rather heavyhandedly. There are references, direct and veiled, to blacks and civil-rights struggles, the Holocaust, and AIDS hysteria. But Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint are effective as, respectively, a younger, hipper Matthew and a mellower George. For television, Fox's Alien Nation is different, adventurous and very much worth monitoring. Read full review

Matt Roush

Apr 20, 2014

Season 1 Review: It almost torpedoes itself by being a bore and taking its futuristic sociology too doggone seriously. [18 Sept 1989, p.3D]

Rick Kogan

Apr 20, 2014

Season 1 Review: Shadowing most every encounter and incident are examples of the same sort of bigotry and racism that many other peoples have faced and fought as they dragged themselves into this society. Racist references - the aliens are called slags and spongeheads - are unfortunate and but the most serious of this series' many problems. [18 Sept 1989]

Tom Shales

Jul 23, 2013

Season 1 Review: A good idea has been largely bollixed through crummy execution. [18 Sep 1989]

Howard Rosenberg

Apr 20, 2014

Season 1 Review: Alien Nation is covered with ooze. For one thing, it's about as subtle as an AK-47. For another, its aliens lack interest because -- except for looking a little different and humming like tuning forks when engaged in sexual foreplay -- they're almost human clones. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 25, 1994
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  S2:E5. The Udara Legacy
  Air Date: July 29, 1997
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  S2:E4. The Enemy Within
  Air Date: November 12, 1996
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  S2:E3. Millennium
  Air Date: January 2, 1996
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  S2:E2. Body and Soul
  Air Date: October 10, 1995
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  S2:E1. Dark Horizon
  Air Date: October 25, 1994
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 18, 1989