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Alien Nation: The Complete Series

Alien Nation

Alien Nation: The Complete Series

20th Century Fox (1989)
DVD
Unrated
024543221692
TV Series | Drama | Science Fiction | Television
United States | English | Color | 16:29

As newcomers – fugitive slaves from the planet Tencton - Detective George Francisco and his family face prejudice and intolerance as they struggle to assimilate life on their adopted planet. Together with his human partner, hard-edged Detective Matt Sikes, George walks the beat in Slagtown, Los Angeles, a Newcomer slum teeming with vice and corruption. More than just another cop show or science fiction show, "Alien Nation" utilizes a unique and exciting blend of action, suspense, humor, and social drama to explore the sociology of what it means to be an outsider striving to fit in.


Episodes View details

0 Pilot 120 min | Sep 18, 1989
1 Fountain of Youth 47 min | Sep 25, 1989

Sikes' issues with aging are intensified when he learns that the Newcomer life-span is almost twice that of humans. The death of a police officer during surgery raises questions about the hospital.

Director: Kenneth Johnson
Writer: Kenneth Johnson
2 Little Lost Lamb 47 min | Oct 02, 1989

Sikes tries to help a 16-year-old Newcomer prostitute. George deals with the intrusion of Uncle Moodri and his traditional Tenctonese values.

Director: John McPherson
Writer: Diane Frolov
Guest stars: Steve Rankin, Jason Beghe, Joel Polis, Susan Gibney, Gretchen Graham, Robert V. Barron, Crystal Carson, Randy Harrington, Wendy Kapland, Barry Del Sherman, Liz Torres, Bonnie Urseth
3 Fifteen with Wanda 47 min | Oct 09, 1989

Sikes and Francisco must each try to deal with their own problem children while keeping a witness safe from a mob hit man.

Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Diane Frolov
Guest stars: Kimberly Kates, Shannon Wilcox, Will Bledsoe, Catherine Lansing, Robert Maniardi, Noon Orsatti, William Wellman, Jr., Heather McAdam
4 The Takeover 47 min | Oct 16, 1989

While the city suffers a riot, Francisco and Sikes alone must defend their precinct house from a gang of thieves.

Director: Rob Bowman
Writer: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
Guest stars: Dave Bowe, Joan McMurtrey, Cheryl Pollak, Lori Petty, Sachi Parker, Wayne Pére, Haskell V. Anderson III, Jean Sincere, Michael Wilson, Thomas J. Hoageboeck, Mike Worth, Nikki Tyler, Noon Orsatti, Ron Howard George
5 The First Cigar 47 min | Oct 23, 1989

Francisco comes under the scrutiny of the IRS and wrestles with the ethics of asking for a loan from an influential Newcomer that he has helped.

Director: Steve Dubin
Writer: Tom Chehak
Guest stars: Gwynyth Walsh, Ji Tu Cumbuka, Charley Lang, Tracey Walter, Michael Fairman, Will Egan, Camila Griggs
6 The Night of the Screams 47 min | Oct 30, 1989

As Halloween approaches, a series of Newcomer murders seems to follow the pattern of a Tenctonese myth.

Director: John McPherson
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
Guest stars: Carlos Lacamara, Diana Bellamy, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Carolyn Mignini, John Patrick Reber, Steve Susskind, Jennifer Banko, Mike DeLuna, Faith Minton, James Nixon, Noon Orsatti, Jeff Skier, Joon B. Kim, Salvator Xuereb, Doug McKeon
7 Contact 47 min | Nov 06, 1989

The murder of an astronomer leads Sikes and Francisco to the discovery of an extra-terrestrial probe passing through the solar system. But is it friend or foe? Sikes' relations with his Newcomer neighbor, Cathy, develops. George and Susan discuss having another baby.

Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: Tom Chehak
Guest stars: David Opatoshu, Bradford English, James Polk, Mitch Pileggi, Michael Miladan, Harry Caeser, Gwen E. Davis, Suzanne Levelle, Steven Majewicz, Jessica Pesscas, Gabe Witcher, Wayne Powers
8 Three to Tango 47 min | Nov 13, 1989

A series of murders of Binnaum, a rare kind of Tenctonese needed for catalyzing reproduction, raises fears that Purists are trying to stop the Tenctonese from breeding. Francisco asks Albert to be the Binnaum for his and Susan's next child.

Director: John McPherson
Writer: Joe Menosky
Guest stars: Joel Polis, Annabelle Gurwitch, Jeffrey Josephson, Stuart Fratkin, Curt Lowens, John Apicella, Michael Paul Chan, Donald Hotton, Alexis Arquette, Vincent Leahr
9 The Game 47 min | Nov 20, 1989

The Day of Descent, the fifth anniversary of the Tenctonese's liberation from slavery with their ship's arrival on Earth, finds Francisco depressed. A lethal form of gambling from the ship may be continuing on Earth.

Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
Guest stars: Alan Scarfe, Dana Anderson, Meagen Fay, Ivan G'Vera, Charles Hayward, Patrick Johnson, Anva Liffey, Fiama Fricano, Laura Harring, James Polk, Charlie Skeen
10 Chains of Love 47 min | Nov 27, 1989

Sikes and Francisco seek an elusive Newcomer woman - all of whose dates wind up dead. George worries about Susan's fidelity.

Director: David Carson
Writer: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
Guest stars: Andreas Katsulas, Sam Anderson, Teddy Wilson, Billy Ray Sharkey, Joel Swetow, Maggie Egan, Bill Allen, Craig Richard Nelson, Henry Stolow, Isabel Wolfe, Martin Valinsky
11 The Red Room 47 min | Dec 18, 1989

A break in at a behavioral lab and a series of execution-style murders dredges up buried memories for Francisco.

Director: Harry Longstreet
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
Guest stars: S.A. Griffin, Jeffrey R. Nordling, Diana Barton, Teddy Wilson, Darren Dalton, Thom Zimerele, Kurt Verbaarschot, John Hese, Caitlin O'Heaney, Bennett Liss, Ted Raimi
12 The Spirit of '95 47 min | Jan 15, 1990

As Susan and Buck campaign for Tenctonese suffrage, bombings and kidnappings are linked to the anti-Newcomer "Purist" organization.

Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
Guest stars: Katherine Justice, John P. Connelly, Tom Dugan, Patricia Heaton, Ray Reinhardt, Chuck Bennett
13 Generation to Generation 47 min | Jan 29, 1990

Several parties claim ownership of a mysterious Tenctonese box that leaves a trail of death in its wake.

Director: Harry Longstreet
Writer: Tom Chehak
Guest stars: Mark Thomas Miller, Mark Joy, Clarence Felder, Harvey Jason, Henry Brown, Frances Bay, Mark L. Taylor, Marla Fries, Michael Milhoan, Ron S. Herbes, Arthur Seidel, Martin Valinsky
14 Eyewitness News 47 min | Feb 05, 1990

The line between reality and fantasy blurs when a crossed video phone line lets a boardroom of executives see a sex actress attacked. George becomes swept up in celebrity when a news crew does a week-long special on him.

Director: John McPherson
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
Guest stars: Scott Jaeck, Timothy Scott, Francis Guinan, Aubrey Morris, Peggy Doyle, Ernestine Mercer, Ryan Cutrona, Stephanie Baldwin, Damon Gourdine, Tony Muvor, Michael Faustino
15 Partners 47 min | Feb 12, 1990

George is suspended from the force when several grams of drugs go missing on his watch. An old mentor of Sikes' returns. The Francisco family prepares for the Ejection, when the baby will transfer from Susan to George.

Director: Lyndon Chubbuck
Writer: Charles S. Kaufman, Larry B. Williams
Guest stars: Angela Bassett, Gene Butler, Kelly Jean Peters, Rob King, John Mese, Evelina Fernandez, Ian Patrick Williams, David Hoskins, Terri Nunn, Kerrigan Mahan, Jennifer Roach, Joseph Graham, Hugh MacGuire, Deborah Goodrich
16 Real Men 47 min | Feb 19, 1990

Sikes and Francisco investigate possible steroid dealings at a gym. George must reconcile his and humanity's conceptions of manhood while he is pregnant.

Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: David Garber, Bruce Kalish
Guest stars: Gilbert Lewis, Tom Byrd, Terry L. Beaver, Bill Kalmensc, Crofton Hardester, Wilson Raiser, Branscombe Richmond, Arthur Seidel, Gary Morgan, Brad Orrison, Robert Romanus, Tony Rizzoli, Maria Rangel
17 Crossing the Line 47 min | Feb 26, 1990

Francisco worries that Sikes is hiding something when he cancels his vacation plans to help track down a killer.

Director: John McPherson
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
Guest stars: William Shockley, A.D. Muyich, Robert Neary, Hank Garrett, Debbie Barker, M. E. Loree, Martin Garner, Jeff Skier, Neil Nash, Patty Toy, Oscar Dillon, Arthur Seidel, Joe Hoke
18 Rebirth 47 min | Mar 12, 1990

When Sikes comes back after being pronounced dead, he becomes obsessed with finding the Newcomer he believes healed him.

Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
Guest stars: Heather McComb, Tobin Bell, Robert Alan Browne, Ivory Ocean, Robert Balderson, Eva Von Widman
19 Gimme, Gimme 47 min | Apr 09, 1990

George investigates the murder of the chief scientist at a company in which he is heavily invested. Buck, inspired by one of his teachers, protests that the workers at the company are being exploited. Matt sells one of his lottery tickets to Albert, only to see him win.

Director: Tom Chehak
Writer: Tom Chehak
Guest stars: Ellen Wheeler, Milt Kogan, Raffi DiBlasio, John Sudol, Ryan Cash, Rif Hutton, Terri Semper, Brian Thompson
20 The Touch 47 min | Apr 30, 1990

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

Director: David Carson
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
Guest stars: Alan Fudge, Beege Barkette, Kim Braden, Armin Shimerman, David Selburg, Beverly Leech, Michael Zand, Bob Minor, Lance E. Nichols, Stephen Hart, Joseph Cali
21 Green Eyes 47 min | May 07, 1990

Tensions between partners erupt when Francisco passes the Detective 2 exam and is promoted over Sikes. Matt becomes uncomfortable with his attraction to Cathy. The mysterious death of a Newcomer judge points to a lethal bacterium being used as a weapon.

Director: Harry Longstreet
Writer: Steve Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
Guest stars: Mike Preston, Barbara Bush, Dorothy Fielding, Doug Ballard, Martin LaPlatney, Margaret Howell, Yvette Freeman, Mitchell Allen, Vlado Benden, Dustin Berkovitz, Eli Guralnick, Marin May, Tom Pabst, Van Quatro, Jonathan Brandis
22 Green Eyes 60 min | May 07, 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 bacteria.

Director: Tom Chehak
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
Guest stars: Geoff Pierson, Kim Braden, Barbara Bush, John Calvin, Geoffrey Bryant, David Purdham, Haskell V. Anderson III, Edith Fields, Thomas Knickerbocker, Thom Zimerele, Joe Hoke, Michael Najjar, Lee Bryant, Andras Jones

Cast View all

Jeffrey Marcus Albert Einstein
Eric Pierpoint Detective George Francisco
Gary Graham Detective Matthew Sikes
Michele Scarabelli Susan Francisco
Terri Treas Cathy Frankel
Lauren Woodland Emily Francisco
Sean Six Buck Francisco
Ron Fassler Capt. Byron Grazer
Charles Howerton V.O. Opening Narration
Bob Harks Detective
Jeff Doucette Burns
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Sergeant Dobbs
Molly Morgan Jill Molaskey
Michele Lamar Richards Dr. Lois Allen
James Greene Uncle Moodri
Haskell Anderson Principal Fisher
Jenny Gago Det. Beatrice Zapeda
J. Trevor Edmond Blentu
Noon Orsatti Svabo
Art Seidel Rakin
Ted Raimi Johnny Appleseed
Geoffrey Pierson Dr. Bogg
Michael Paul Chan Mr. Kim
Geoffrey Blake Michael Ducouski
Michael Milhoan Cop

Edition details

Edition Retail
Packaging Custom Case
Nr Discs 6
Screen Ratios 1.33:1
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0
Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English | Spanish
Distributor 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Layers Dual side, Single layer
Edition Release Date Jan 03, 2006
Regions Region 1