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Alien Nation

Season 1
As Newcomers -- fugitive slaves from the planet Tencton -- Detective George Francisco and his family face prejudice and intolerance as they struggle to assimilate to life on their adopted planet.
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  1. S1 E1 - Pilot
    September 18, 1989
    1 h 35 min
    13+
    As resentment toward the Tenctonese Newcomers builds, Sikes and Francisco investigate a string of murders that appears to be the work of a giant, insect-like creature.
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  2. S1 E2 - Fountain of Youth
    September 24, 1989
    47min
    18+
    A pair of surgeons has been killing Newcomers for their spartiary glands and implanting the life-lengthening glands into humans.
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  3. S1 E3 - Little Lost Lamb
    October 1, 1989
    47min
    13+
    George and Sikes go undercover to investigate a prostitution ring, and Uncle Moodri convinces Buck to confess to a murder committed in self-defense.
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  4. S1 E4 - Fifteen with Wanda
    October 8, 1989
    47min
    13+
    Matt and George struggle to cope with their rebellious children while simultaneously protecting a sex-crazed witness from a mobster.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Takeover
    October 15, 1989
    47min
    13+
    Amidst a bloody, city-wide riot, Sikes and George must stop the hoodlums who lay siege to the police precinct in order to raid its evidence locker for contraband.
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  6. S1 E6 - The First Cigar
    October 22, 1989
    47min
    13+
    Behind on his taxes, Francisco accepts a loan from a Tenctonese businesswoman, only to discover that she is involved in a drug ring plaguing Slagtown.
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  7. S1 E7 - Night of the Screams
    October 29, 1989
    47min
    13+
    A series of grisly murders is patterned after the mythical Tagdot, a Tenctonese boogeyman who severs the hands of his victims as they bleed to death.
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  8. S1 E8 - Contact
    November 5, 1989
    47min
    13+
    In the wake of an astronomer's murder, George and Matt must prevent an Overseer from sending a signal into space which could result in Earth's enslavement.
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  9. S1 E9 - Three to Tango
    November 12, 1989
    47min
    18+
    Someone has been murdering Binnaums, a unique caste of Newcomers required in Tenctonese procreation, and Sikes and Francisco fear it is the work of Purists intent on preventing Newcomers from multiplying.
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  10. S1 E10 - The Game
    November 19, 1989
    47min
    13+
    George is forced to confront his past when a Russian Roulette-style game once played on the slave ship resurfaces to plague Newcomer society.
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  11. S1 E11 - Chains of Love
    November 26, 1989
    47min
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    Francisco goes undercover to track down a murderous female Newcomer who has been using a dating service to lure victims.
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  12. S1 E12 - The Red Room
    December 17, 1989
    47min
    18+
    Sikes and Francisco join the search for an elusive killer, a Newcomer trained in the quarantine camps to be an assassin for the CIA.
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  13. S1 E13 - The Spirit of '95
    January 14, 1990
    47min
    13+
    As Newcomers lobby for the right to vote, the violent kidnappings of prominent campaigners are blamed on the Purists.
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  14. S1 E14 - Generation to Generation
    January 28, 1990
    47min
    18+
    A mysterious Tenctonese artifact is passed along from person to person, leaving a trail of dead in its wake.
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  15. S1 E15 - Eyewitness News
    February 4, 1990
    47min
    18+
    While George is featured on a news show as a model Newcomer, Sikes investigates an attack on a Tenctonese porno star.
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  16. S1 E16 - Partners
    February 11, 1990
    47min
    18+
    When Francisco is implicated in a scandal involving an illegal narcotic known as Jack, it is up to Sikes to clear him.
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  17. S1 E17 - Real Men
    February 18, 1990
    47min
    13+
    Sikes and a pregnant Francisco track a thief who is stealing Newcomer blood to sell Tenctonese hormones to human bodybuilders.
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  18. S1 E18 - Crossing the Line
    February 25, 1990
    47min
    13+
    Sikes's vacation plans are thwarted by the return of the Doctor, a ruthless serial killer who eluded him years ago.
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  19. S1 E19 - Rebirth
    March 11, 1990
    47min
    13+
    Following a life-after-death experience, Sikes is convinced that a Tenctonese criminal has the ability to bring the dead back to life.
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  20. S1 E20 - Gimme, Gimme
    April 8, 1990
    47min
    18+
    George's investment in a Tenctonese fabric company is jeopardized when one of the firm's corporate executives meets with foul play.
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  21. S1 E21 - The Touch
    April 29, 1990
    47min
    13+
    Cathy is reunited with a friend from the Newcomer slave ship, but when he exhibits bizarre behavior and appears emotionally troubled, she attempts to intervene.
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  22. S1 E22 - Green Eyes
    May 6, 1990
    47min
    13+
    Matt and Cathy struggle with their romantic feelings for one another, while a plot to exterminate the Tenctonese race via a deadly bacteria unfolds.
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