Earth: Final Conflict
An androgynous alien species called the Taelons arrive on earth, claiming to be companions of humanity, putting an end to crime, illness, and famine. Some are suspicious of the Taleons, and form a resistance movement. The resistance soon learned that the force that sustains the Taelons are breaking down, and they are using humans as test subjects in experiments to help save their species. The initial focus of the show was Commander William Boone and his partner, Captain Lili Marquette, who worked for both the Taelons and the resistance. After Boone was killed, the show introduced a new protagonist, Major Liam Kincaid, and began to play on the strengths of its ensemble cast.
- 1997-2002
- 5 seasons
- The WB Television Network
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Suspense, Science Fiction
- TV-PG
An androgynous alien species called the Taelons arrive on earth, claiming to be companions of humanity, putting an end to crime, illness, and famine. Some are suspicious of the Taleons, and form a resistance movement. The resistance soon learned that the force that sustains the Taelons are breaking down, and they are using humans as test subjects in experiments to help save their species. The initial focus of the show was Commander William Boone and his partner, Captain Lili Marquette, who worked for both the Taelons and the resistance. After Boone was killed, the show introduced a new protagonist, Major Liam Kincaid, and began to play on the strengths of its ensemble cast.
Season 5 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2001 - 2002
Episode 1
Unearthed
Mon, Oct 1, 2001 43 mins
Renee has spent company money and time on a search and rescue team to discover what happened to Liam in the chamber. She is asked to cease or quit. She quits, convinced that Liam is alive. Street helps her put together a new search team.
Episode 2
Pariahs
Mon, Oct 8, 2001 43 mins
On the mother ship, Sandoval tries to deal with the Atavus to preserve himself. Renee wants to act, tries to convince Hubble that the Atavus exist and need to be terminated. Street doesn't trust Hubble and thinks they should just lay low.
Episode 3
The Seduction
Mon, Oct 15, 2001 43 mins
Humans are brought aboard the mother ship for a joining with the Atavus to create hybrids. Renee tries to free Ra'jel. Hubble and Renee both become captives of Sandoval.
Episode 4
Subterra
Mon, Oct 22, 2001 43 mins
Renee is still having trouble getting anyone to believe her about the Atavus. She meets a man who tells her that people who live underground are disappearing, due to the Atavus. They find a chamber used to make hybrids.
Episode 5
Boone's Awakening
Mon, Oct 29, 2001 43 mins
Howlyn is completely obsessed with Renee. He and Sandoval bring Boone back to life to try to get to Renee. Howlyn transforms Boone's sister into a hybrid.
Episode 6
Termination
Mon, Nov 5, 2001 43 mins
Renee breaks a serial killer who also happens to be a pathologist out of prison to help her determine a way to kill the Atavus. Street has difficulty agreeing with Renee's plan.
Episode 7
Guilty Conscience
Mon, Nov 12, 2001 43 mins
A former Doors employee who has been turned into a hybrid tells Renee to stop a project just before he dies. The project seems to be an attempt to create Atavus hybrids faster.
Episode 8
Boone's Assassin
Mon, Nov 19, 2001 43 mins
Renee has crystal that shows a map of where all the other Atavus hives are throughout the planet. She goes to Boone for help in destroying the hives before Howlyn can find them. Sandoval resurrects Zo'or to hunt Boone.
Episode 9
Entombed
Mon, Nov 26, 2001 43 mins
From a hive under Stonehenge, Renee and Street take an Atavus called Gren in his stasis chamber to the Antarctic to see if the cold will affect him. Gren tries to convince Street that most Atavus are peaceful and will not feed from humans.
Episode 10
Legacy
Mon, Jan 14, 2002 43 mins
An archaeologist uncover an ancient tomb and portal where a female Atavus appears. Renee chases it through a portal to a monastery back in time. A monk follows Renee back to the present.
Episode 11
Death Suite
Mon, Jan 21, 2002 43 mins
After an incident where Renee fails to save a mother from an Atavus attack, she suffers PTSD and needs a break. She and Street head to a spa, but when Renee claims to have seen an Atavus, Street believes she's just being paranoid.
Episode 12
Atavus High
Mon, Jan 28, 2002 43 mins
The leader of a high school based Atavus fan club is targeted to become the leader of a youth movement for hybrids. Renee tries to save his girlfriend and stop other teens from following him.
Episode 13
Deep Sleep
Mon, Feb 4, 2002 43 mins
Renee is suspicious when a friend's wife and other patients become comatose supposedly from allergic reactions to anesthesia. She suspects Sandoval when she sees hybrids at the hospital. She needs an Atavus blood sample to find an antidote.
Episode 14
Art of War
Mon, Feb 11, 2002 43 mins
Tate is captured and Juda is injured in an attack on a military facility. Renee makes a deal with Tate to release him. He returns with Juda's body, which they study to learn why it did not regenerate.
Episode 15
Grave Danger
Mon, Feb 18, 2002 43 mins
Renee seeks the assistance of a former boyfriend who is now an archaeologist as she attempts to follow a map she believes will get them to an Atavus stasis chamber.
Episode 16
Deportation
Mon, Feb 25, 2002 43 mins
A friend of Renee's is captured and taken to a government internment facility where hybrids are being detained. When she goes in to free him, she suspects he has an ulterior motive in being there.
Episode 17
Honor and Duty
Mon, Apr 8, 2002 43 mins
Renee teams up with Michaels to steal weapon schematics from the US Army. They must turn his team to their side to succeed. Howlyn finds Zo'or to see if she can control the mother ship.
Episode 18
Bad Genes
Mon, Apr 15, 2002 43 mins
Renee and Sandoval stand off at a hive where an adult Atavus is killed, but Renee takes a young one back to Street. Howlyn commands Sandoval to find and kill the youth who turns out to be Howlyn's son.
Episode 19
Subversion
Mon, Apr 22, 2002 43 mins
Patrichio is broken out of jail, tried, and killed by a vigilante group called the "Preservationists" protesting the government's stance on the Atavus. Their next target is Renee. She chooses Michaels as her lawyer for the vigilante trial.
Episode 20
Street Wise
Mon, Apr 29, 2002 43 mins
Street is drugged at the club and turned into a hybrid. Sandoval uses her to get information about a hybrid vaccine in development and raids the lab where it is being developed.
Episode 21
The Journey
Mon, May 6, 2002 43 mins
Renee and Michaels take one of his men to the hospital to receive the hybrid vaccination, but Michaels suspects something strange is going on. Ra'jel visits Renee to prepare her for the final conflict.
Episode 22
Final Conflict
Mon, May 13, 2002 43 mins
Renee follows Ra'jel's command to go to the mother ship and Liam reappears to help her. They need to stop Howlyn from getting to his star ship and they need Yulyn's help to board the ship.
