War of the Worlds
At the end of the 1953 film "War of the World", earth is saved from alien invaders when they are apparently killed by common bacteria. However, what if the aliens weren't really dead? In "War of the Worlds" the aliens from the 1953 invasion are brought out of suspended animation when radiation kills the infecting bacteria. Now the aliens launch a genocidal war against an unsuspecting Earth, using their ability to take over human bodies to allow them to move freely. Dr. Harrison Blackwood teams up with microbiologist Suzanne McCullough, computer programmer Norton Drake, and army Lt. Colonel Paul Ironhorse to save the world from this alien menace. In the second season, Harrison and Suzanne are joined by mercenary John Kincaid, who help them fight in a post-apocalyptic urban wasteland against a second wave of invaders dedicated to the death of all life on earth.
- 1988-1990
- 2 seasons
- CBS Media Ventures
- Action & Adventure, Horror, Suspense
- TV-PG
At the end of the 1953 film "War of the World", earth is saved from alien invaders when they are apparently killed by common bacteria. However, what if the aliens weren't really dead? In "War of the Worlds" the aliens from the 1953 invasion are brought out of suspended animation when radiation kills the infecting bacteria. Now the aliens launch a genocidal war against an unsuspecting Earth, using their ability to take over human bodies to allow them to move freely. Dr. Harrison Blackwood teams up with microbiologist Suzanne McCullough, computer programmer Norton Drake, and army Lt. Colonel Paul Ironhorse to save the world from this alien menace. In the second season, Harrison and Suzanne are joined by mercenary John Kincaid, who help them fight in a post-apocalyptic urban wasteland against a second wave of invaders dedicated to the death of all life on earth.
Season 1 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
The Resurrection: Part 1
Fri, Oct 7, 1988 45 mins
A terrorist attack at a nuclear waste site awakens aliens who were in hibernation since their 1953 invasion. A group of scientists work with the military to stop the aliens.
Episode 2
The Resurrection: Part 2
Fri, Oct 7, 1988 45 mins
A terrorist attack at a nuclear waste site awakens aliens who were in hibernation since their 1953 invasion. A group of scientists work with the military to stop the aliens.
Episode 3
The Walls of Jericho
Mon, Oct 10, 1988 45 mins
The aliens suffer from radiation poisoning and develop suits to protect themselves. Meanwhile, the government attempts to shut down Harrison and his team believing that the alien menace is no more.
Episode 4
Thy Kingdom Come
Mon, Oct 17, 1988 44 mins
Harrison and the team talk to a psychic woman who studied the aliens after the first invasion. Meanwhile, a group of aliens take over a family and travel cross country in order to awaken more aliens from hibernation.
Episode 5
A Multitude of Idols
Mon, Oct 24, 1988 46 mins
The aliens continue to expand their operations. Sparked by random footage shot by a reporter Harrison's the team descend on the previously abandoned town of Beeton, where they find a bustling community that in theory should not exist.
Episode 6
Eye for an Eye
Mon, Oct 31, 1988 45 mins
The team is sent to Grover's Mill when it is discovered the 1938 radio broadcast of invasion was real. They meet with a group of local men who successfully fought the Martians 50 years ago and believe the Martians have returned to try and retrieve weapons abandoned in 1938.
Episode 7
The Second Seal
Mon, Nov 7, 1988 46 mins
The Martians attempt to take over a military base that has been used as a secure storage area for much of the information regarding the 1953 invasion. In particular they are seeking the location of Martians who are still in hibernation waiting to rejoin the invasion.
Episode 8
Goliath Is My Name
Mon, Nov 14, 1988 46 mins
Suzanne learns that a friend of hers has disappeared from his college campus. Meanwhile the aliens are on campus in search of a bio-weapon.
Episode 9
To Heal the Leper
Mon, Nov 21, 1988 46 mins
The Martians encounter another human disease, chicken pox which is crippling their invasion plans. They decide by harvesting human brains so they can produce a cure that will put the invasion back on track. Harrison's team race against time to stop them completing their project.
Episode 10
The Good Samaritan
Mon, Dec 26, 1988 46 mins
Suzanne does some unauthorized research on a new kind of grain that will grow in any climate. The billionaire who invented wants to sell it to the world. Thinking poorer countries will be given money by richer countries. But the aliens have their own plans for the grain, after placing a new deadly poison in the grain, they take over the body of the billionaire who suddenly offers it free to the world.
Episode 11
Epiphany
Mon, Jan 2, 1989 46 mins
Wanting to set off a "tribal war" within the human race, the aliens attempt to detonate a nuclear bomb at a U.S.-Soviet disarmament summit.
Episode 12
Among the Philistines
Mon, Jan 9, 1989
The Blackwood team consults with noted linguist Adrian Bouchard (Cedric Smith) to decipher the aliens' transmissions.
Episode 13
Choirs of Angels
Mon, Jan 16, 1989
A noted scientist and old friend of Suzanne's, Dr. Erik Von Deer, is being brain-washed (through signals subliminally implanted in the music of his favorite artist) into secretly working on a serum that will give the aliens immunity to Earth's bacteria. Suzanne arrives for a weekend visit while Von Deer is on the verge of the serum's completion.
Episode 14
Dust to Dust
Mon, Jan 23, 1989 46 mins
Many centuries ago, one alien ship crashed on earth. The surviving aliens were defeated by a local Indian tribe. The modern day aliens attempt to acquire the ship to assist in their subjugation of the planet.
Episode 15
He Feedeth Among the Lilies
Mon, Jan 30, 1989 46 mins
The Blackwood Project investigates individuals who claim to have had "close encounters". The team stumbles onto an alien plot involving implanting something into victims' bodies for the study of the human immune system, setting them free and collecting them later to learn the results. Harrison ends up dating one of the victims, Karen McKinney.
Episode 16
The Prodigal Son
Mon, Feb 6, 1989 46 mins
Harrison is kidnapped by a unique modern artist named "Quinn", who's actually one of the aliens being hunted by his kind. He's mysteriously immune to Earth's bacteria, so the other aliens want to learn his secret through dissection. Quinn wants to set up a dialogue with Earth's leaders to arrange a "peaceful" takeover of the planet as opposed to an all-out slaughter of humanity.
Episode 17
The Meek Shall Inherit
Mon, Feb 13, 1989 46 mins
The aliens plan to disorganise human society by paralysing its means of communication.
Episode 18
Unto Us a Child Is Born
Mon, Feb 20, 1989
To escape capture, an alien merges with a pregnant woman. This causes unexpected consequences for the aliens, and for Blackwood's team - and violence for the hospital staff when the woman/alien goes into labor.
Episode 19
The Last Supper
Mon, Mar 6, 1989
The team act as watchdogs protecting a secret and unprecedented meeting of international alien experts, where they suspect one of them may be an alien.
Episode 20
Vengeance Is Mine
Mon, Apr 17, 1989
The aliens organise a series of armoured car heists in order to finance the purchase of rubies for their new laser weapons. Meanwhile, Ironhorse is kidnapped by the vengeful husband of a woman who had accidentally been shot dead (by Ironhorse himself) during a raid on a research installation that had been invaded by aliens.
Episode 21
My Soul to Keep
Mon, Apr 24, 1989 45 mins
The aliens are forced to move their unborn infants to a refrigeration facility to save them. Meanwhile Suzanne's ex-husband, an investigative journalist appears, seeking to uncover the truth about the Blackwood project.
Episode 22
So Shall Ye Reap
Mon, May 1, 1989 45 mins
The team set up in Chicago to investigate a spate of kidnappings but encounter resistance from the local police. Nevertheless they discover a research colony of alien scientists occupying an abandoned prison, trying to create a designer drug which turns addicts into frenzied killers.
Episode 23
The Raising of Lazarus
Mon, May 8, 1989 46 mins
Near an isolated nuclear research facility an alien scout ship is discovered. As the team arrives and set up their operations, command of the find is handed over to Colonel Alexander and his mysterious Project 9.
Episode 24
The Angel of Death
Mon, May 15, 1989 46 mins
A competing alien race sends an assassin to eliminate the invading force and to protect humanity.