Dark Skies
20th-century history as we know it is a lie. Aliens have been among us since the 1940s, but a government cover-up has prevented the public from knowing this. The series follows John Loengard and Kim Sayers as they attempt to thwart numerous plans of the alien Hive, most of which are tied to historical events and figures. In addition, the pair must stay one step ahead of a covert government agency, Majestic-12, tasked with fighting the aliens while maintaining the conspiracy of silence.
- 1996-1997
- 1 season
- NBC
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Suspense, Science Fiction
- TV-14
20th-century history as we know it is a lie. Aliens have been among us since the 1940s, but a government cover-up has prevented the public from knowing this. The series follows John Loengard and Kim Sayers as they attempt to thwart numerous plans of the alien Hive, most of which are tied to historical events and figures. In addition, the pair must stay one step ahead of a covert government agency, Majestic-12, tasked with fighting the aliens while maintaining the conspiracy of silence.
Season 1 Episode Guide
19 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Episode 1
The Awakening (Pilot)
Sat, Sep 21, 1996 93 mins
John Loengard and his girlfriend Kim Sayers arrive in Washington DC eager to start their new jobs as a congressional aide and an assistant to Jackie Kennedy respectively. But John's hopes are dashed when one of his first tasks, involving disproving the validity of UFO cases, results in being threatened by a group of shady men dressed in black. Ready to drop the story, John soon changes his mind when the identity of one of the man in black is revealed to be a navy captain by the name of Frank Bach. His pursuit though leads him to a truth he couldn't have possibly imagined, one where the current Cuban Missile Crisis is the least of the country's problems.
Episode 2
Moving Targets
Sat, Sep 28, 1996 43 mins
Following the assassination of President Kennedy, John learns more about the alien invasion as he and Kim struggle to keep the Hive from killing the world leaders attending the state funeral.
Episode 3
Mercury Rising
Sat, Oct 19, 1996 43 mins
Compelled by a series of strange dreams, Kim locates an astronaut she saw aboard the alien spacecraft.
Episode 4
Dark Days Night
Sat, Oct 26, 1996 42 mins
Loengard and Sayers uncover a Hive plot to use The Beatles' American television debut to induce a mass suicide.
Episode 5
Dreamland
Sat, Nov 2, 1996 44 mins
John and Kim come across the eccentric Howard Hughes while investigating a Hive operation in Las Vegas.
Episode 6
Inhuman Nature
Sat, Nov 9, 1996 43 mins
John and Kim uncover a Hive plot that uses livestock to breed new members.
Episode 7
Ancient Future
Sat, Nov 16, 1996 44 mins
Loengard and Sayers uncover the connection between the 1964 Alaskan earthquake and a Native American legend that revolves around a buried Hive spacecraft.
Episode 8
Hostile Convergence
Sat, Dec 7, 1996 44 mins
As John investigates a UFO sighting in New Mexico, Kim steals away to be at her sister's wedding.
Episode 9
We Shall Overcome
Sat, Dec 14, 1996 45 mins
John and Kim uncover a Hive breeding operation amidst the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi.
Episode 10
The Last Wave
Sat, Jan 4, 1997 42 mins
John and Kim rely on a young Jim Morrison to help stop a bacteria being bred by the Hive.
Episode 11
The Enemy Within
Sat, Jan 11, 1997 44 mins
As a spy is uncovered inside Majestic, John finds his brother being brought into the alien hive.
Episode 12
The Warren Omission
Sat, Jan 18, 1997 44 mins
The Attorney General convinces John to tell his story to the Warren Commission.
Episode 13
White Rabbit
Sat, Feb 1, 1997 44 mins
Bach's pursuit of the wreckage of an alien ship helps start US involvement in the Vietnam War.
Episode 14
Shades of Gray
Sat, Feb 8, 1997 44 mins
John and Kim help draw an alien Gray into a Majestic trap.
Episode 15
Burn, Baby, Burn
Sat, Mar 1, 1997 43 mins
During the outbreak of a race riot, Kim is brought to Los Angeles to have her baby.
Episode 16
Both Sides Now
Sat, Mar 8, 1997 43 mins
As the aliens infiltrate the anti-Vietnam War movement, Kim must decide whether to return to the Hive.
Episode 17
To Prey in Darkness
Sat, Mar 15, 1997 44 mins
When Majestic learns that some film that shows the aliens is missing they look for it. They eventually find the film in the possession of TV news reporter who's hoping that it could get her into more serious work. So Loengard, Juliet, and Albano proceed to CBS and inform Majestic member William Paley of the situation. When the reporter turns up dead, they have to find it. But the hive also is there.
Episode 18
Strangers in the Night
Sat, May 24, 1997 43 mins
Juliet and John are sent with Major Colin Powell to investigate the collapse of the Soviet Union's counterpart to Majestic.
Episode 19
Bloodlines
Sat, May 31, 1997 44 mins
Loengard offers to infiltrate the Hive's mothership to gain critical intelligence data and find his son.