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This series features the characters from the two mini-series about aliens coming to Earth claiming to be friends but in reality have an ulterior motive. The aliens may have been beaten in the mini-series but there are still a lot of them out there. In this series, Nathan Bates, the industrialist who manufactures the biological weapon that was used to defeat the aliens, wants to get his hands on the aliens' technology, so that he could profit from it, makes a deal with Diana, the alien leader. Rebel leaders, Mike Donovan, Ham Tyler, and Julie Parish know that Diana can't be trusted, so they are constantly trying to figure out what Diana is up to and stop her.
- 1984-1985
- 1 season
- NBC
- Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Suspense
- TV-PG
This series features the characters from the two mini-series about aliens coming to Earth claiming to be friends but in reality have an ulterior motive. The aliens may have been beaten in the mini-series but there are still a lot of them out there. In this series, Nathan Bates, the industrialist who manufactures the biological weapon that was used to defeat the aliens, wants to get his hands on the aliens' technology, so that he could profit from it, makes a deal with Diana, the alien leader. Rebel leaders, Mike Donovan, Ham Tyler, and Julie Parish know that Diana can't be trusted, so they are constantly trying to figure out what Diana is up to and stop her.
Season 1 Episode Guide
19 Episodes 1984 - 1985
Episode 1
Liberation Day
Fri, Oct 26, 1984 48 mins
The evil Diana, captured and set to stand trial for her crimes against the human race, is kidnapped by corrupt corporate magnate Nathan Bates, who wants to know the secrets of the Visitors' advanced technology.
Episode 2
Dreadnought
Fri, Nov 2, 1984 46 mins
Immune to the effects of the red dust bacteria, Diana activates her unstoppable Triax superweapon to reduce Bates and the city of Los Angeles to rubble.
Episode 3
Breakout
Sat, May 25, 1985 60 mins
Donovan and Ham are imprisoned in a Visitor work camp guarded by a hideous alien monster; Nathan Bates mounts a desperate search to find the "star-child" to exchange for his son Kyle who's in Diana's custody.
Episode 4
The Deception
Fri, Nov 9, 1984 60 mins
While the Resistance seeks to help Elizabeth escape from Los Angeles, Diana captures Mike Donovan in an elaborate scheme to learn Elizabeth's whereabouts.
Episode 5
The Sanction
Fri, Nov 16, 1984 60 mins
Seeking to free his son Sean from the Visitors, Donovan grapples with an insidious, powerful alien named Klaus.
Episode 6
Visitor's Choice
Fri, Nov 23, 1984 60 mins
The Resistance, led by Donovan, Julie, and Ham, stage a daring sabotage at a convention of Visitor commanders in a seaside estate where Diana intends to show off the ultimate device in processing humans for food.
Episode 7
The Overlord
Fri, Nov 30, 1984 60 mins
Led by Donovan, Ham, and Elias, the Resistance runs into a doublecross when they seek to rid a mining community from alien-backed thugs.
Episode 8
The Dissident
Fri, Dec 7, 1984 60 mins
When Diana seals off the Open City with an impenetrable force field which destroys humans on contact, Donovan and Ham must kidnap the alien genius responsible for its development.
Episode 9
Reflections in Terror
Fri, Dec 21, 1984 60 mins
With a blood sample from the "star-child," Diana creates an uncontrollable and deadly clone which seeks out Elizabeth; Bates tests Julie's loyalty when he suspects she is sympathetic to the Resistance whose headquarters he is preparing to destroy.
Episode 10
The Conversion
Fri, Jan 4, 1985 60 mins
Ham and Kyle are captured by Visitors, and Charles, the Leader's special envoy, assumes command of the alien forces.
Episode 11
The Hero
Fri, Jan 11, 1985 47 mins
A small group of resistance sympathizers (Robin included) are arrested by Bates' police, and a prisoner will be handed over to the Visitors to be executed every day until Donovan, Ham, and Julie surrender.
Episode 12
The Betrayal
Fri, Jan 18, 1985 60 mins
While Bates remains in a coma Charles plots to overthrow him. Elsewhere, Willie is gravely wounded so the rebels kidnap a medical student of the Visitors.
Episode 13
The Rescue
Fri, Feb 1, 1985 60 mins
Feeling Diana's presence threatens his power, Charles forces her to marry him, after which Alien law requires she return home.
Episode 14
The Champion
Fri, Feb 8, 1985 60 mins
Sent to investigate Charles' death, newly arrived Inspector General Philip allows Lydia to choose a trial by combat in a laser duel to the death with Diana.
Episode 15
The Wildcats
Fri, Feb 15, 1985 60 mins
Needing medicine to treat a deadly diphtheria epidemic, Julie and Kyle recruit a youth gang, one of whom may be a Visitor spy, to help steal the serum.
Episode 16
The Littlest Dragon
Fri, Feb 22, 1985 60 mins
Anxious to settle a personal vendetta, Philip trails a Fifth Columnist, hoping he will lead him to the Resistance and Donovan.
Episode 17
War of Illusions
Fri, Mar 8, 1985 47 mins
When Philip and Diana install a high tech computer capable of launching a final victory over Earth, the Resistance's only hope at retaliation is a teenaged computer whiz.
Episode 18
The Secret Underground
Fri, Mar 15, 1985 60 mins
Julie and Donovan sneak aboard the Mother Ship to look for a hidden list naming all the Resistance leaders; Diana schemes to have Lydia's brother slain during a ritual celebration.
Episode 19
The Return
Fri, Mar 22, 1985 60 mins
The Leader stuns the Visitors by ordering a truce and traveling to Earth to negotiate peace; Diana plots to disrupt the peace.
