Season 1

First aired: 9/18/1989
Writer: Kenneth Johnson
Director: Kenneth Johnson
Guest star: Trevor Edmond (Blentu) , L. Scott Caldwell (Lyddie), Diane Civita (Jill's Mother), William Frankfather (Purist Leader), Ketty Lester (Teacher), Loyda Ramos (Puente), Tim Russ (Ketnes), Brian Smiar (Priest), Evan Kim (Dr. Lee), Tony Acierto (Marcos), Jeff Austin (Randall), Terry L. Beaver (Newcomer Cop), Lisa Donaldson Bowman (Miranda), Jade Calegory (Mark), George Cheung (Rowdy #2), Gus Corrado (Linen Manager), Robert Allan Curtis (Salvage Manager), John William Evans (Vagrant), Brooks Anne Hayes (Receptionist), Marco Hernandez (Tito), Kevin Hurley (2nd Streetperson), John Kirby (Supporter), Aaron Lustig (Amos N. Andy), Melora Marshall (Female Purist), Joe Mays (Informant), Richard Mehana (Dr. Hurwitz), Martha Melinda (1st Streetperson), Catherine Paolone (Diane), John Patrick Reger (Ramna), Bert Rosario (Bernardo), Andrea Stein (Home Owner), Tiere Turner (Black Kid (in the credits this way)), Steve Vandeman (Rowdy #1), Ed Williams (Newcomer), Biff Yaeger (The Man)

When the Francisco family move into a rich suburban part of L.A., they get to experience hate and racism spread by the radical Purists.

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8.7
18 Ratings
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2. Alien Nation: The TV Movie (2) (edit)
First aired: 9/18/1989
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When the Francisco family move into a rich suburban part of L.A., they get to experience hate and racism spread by the radical Purists.

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8.7
17 Ratings
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3. Fountain of Youth (edit)
First aired: 9/25/1989
Writer: Diane Frolov
Director: John McPherson
Guest star: Steve Rankin (Henry James), Jason Beghe (Trenner), Joel Polis (Windsor), Susan Gibney (Harriet Beecher), Gretchen Graham (Lisa), Robert V. Barron (Celinite Priest), Crystal Carson (Celeste), Randy Harrington (Man), Wendy Kapland (Beth Meadows), Barry Del Sherman (Executive), Liz Torres (Pathologist), Bonnie Urseth (Mrs. James)

Sikes and Francisco investigate a doctor who is killing Newcomers to benefit human patients.

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9.1
12 Ratings
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4. Little Lost Lamb (edit)
First aired: 10/2/1989
Writer: Diane Frolov
Director: Kevin Hooks
Guest star: Trevor Edmond (Blentu) , Kimberly Kates (Dallas), Shannon Wilcox (Charlotte Bronte), Will Bledsoe (Dorian Gray), Catherine Lansing (Receptionist), Robert Maniardi (Harry Marcus), Noon Orsatti (Svabo), William Wellman, Jr. (Rudy), Heather McAdam (Mary Shelley)

Sikes and George uncover a prostitution ring after a Newcomer prostitute, on the run from her pimp, is murdered in Sikes' apartment.

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8.8
12 Ratings
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5. Fifteen with Wanda (edit)
First aired: 10/9/1989
Writer: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
Director: Rob Bowman
Guest star: Trevor Edmond (Blentu) , Dave Bowe (Buster Keaton), Joan McMurtrey (Victoria Fletcher), Cheryl Pollak (Kirby Sikes), Lori Petty (Sal), Sachi Parker (Wanda), Wayne Pére (Thor), Haskell V. Anderson III (Principal), Jean Sincere (Granny), Michael Wilson (Maitre'd), Thomas J. Hoageboeck (Officer), Mike Worth (Prep #1), Nikki Tyler (Salesgirl), Noon Orsatti (Svabo), Ron Howard George (Wayne Joshua)

Sikes' daughter visits, accompanied by her radical boyfriend, and Buck Francisco faces expulsion from school.

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9.1
12 Ratings
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6. The Takeover (edit)
First aired: 10/16/1989
Writer: Tom Chehak
Director: Steve Dubin
Guest star: Gwynyth Walsh (Diane Elrea), Ji Tu Cumbuka (Andrew Craig), Charley Lang (Kenny Dunstan), Tracey Walter (Tom Mulden), Michael Fairman (McKnight), Will Egan (Harry Dundee), Camila Griggs (Letitia Rosario)

During heavy rioting, the precinct is nearly deserted. Sikes and Francisco must stop criminals who attempt to take over the precinct and raid the evidence lockers for drugs, money and weaponry.

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9.3
11 Ratings
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7. The First Cigar (edit)
First aired: 10/23/1989
Writer: Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
Director: John McPherson
Guest star: Trevor Edmond (Blentu) , Carlos Lacamara (Alvarez), Diana Bellamy (Betsy Ross), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Yamato), Carolyn Mignini (Ruth Steelman), John Patrick Reber (Ramna), Steve Susskind (Vahan), Jennifer Banko (Nina), Mike DeLuna (Cliff), Faith Minton (Bouncer), James Nixon (Newcomer Junkie), Noon Orsatti (Svabo), Jeff Skier (Delivery Man), Joon B. Kim (Korean Drug Dealer), Salvator Xuereb (Newcomer Drug Dealer), Doug McKeon

George accepts a loan from a Newcomer loan officer before discovering she is a drug czar

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9.2
11 Ratings
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8. Night of the Screams (edit)
First aired: 10/30/1989
Writer: Tom Chehak
Director: Gwen Arner
Guest star: David Opatoshu (Paul Revere), Bradford English (Macy), James Polk (Richard), Mitch Pileggi (Jean Paul Sartre), Michael Miladan (Officer #1), Harry Caeser (Car Buyer #1), Gwen E. Davis (Car Buyer #2), Suzanne Levelle (Newcomer Usher), Steven Majewicz (Adult Tagdot), Jessica Pesscas (Child Tagdot), Gabe Witcher (Lost Child), Wayne Powers (Car Dealer)

The method of a serial killer stalking Newcomers re-creates one of their most grisly legends.

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7.8
16 Ratings
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9. Contact (edit)
First aired: 11/6/1989
Writer: Joe Menosky
Director: John McPherson
Guest star: Joel Polis (Carl Peterson), Annabelle Gurwitch (Marissa Meyers), Jeffrey Josephson (Sergius), Stuart Fratkin (Bob), Curt Lowens (Concierge), John Apicella (Jerry Bielack), Michael Paul Chan (Mr. Kim), Donald Hotton (Professor Tower), Alexis Arquette (John Barrymore), Vincent Leahr (Dr. Morales)

While investigating a famous doctor's murder, Sikes and George discover he was attempting to contact a probe seeking the Newcomer slave ship.

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9.1
16 Ratings
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10. Three to Tango (edit)
First aired: 11/13/1989
Writer: Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
Director: Stan Lathan
Guest star: Alan Scarfe (Drevni), Dana Anderson (May O'Naise), Meagen Fay (Coroner), Ivan G'Vera (Bjorn), Charles Hayward (Goran), Patrick Johnson (Isaac Newton), Anva Liffey (Mrs. Sartre), Fiama Fricano (Guest), Laura Harring (Female Newcomer), James Polk (Male Newcomer), Charlie Skeen (Craig Keller)

George and Sikes search for a Purist radical who has been murdering special Newcomers.

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8.7
16 Ratings
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11. The Game (edit)
First aired: 11/20/1989
Writer: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
Director: David Carson
Guest star: Andreas Katsulas (Coolock), Sam Anderson (Tom Edison), Teddy Wilson (Dr. Roscoe Brennan), Billy Ray Sharkey (Deon Flack), Joel Swetow (Joe Comet), Maggie Egan (Mrs. Comet), Bill Allen (Ruhtra), Craig Richard Nelson (Attorney), Henry Stolow (Challenger), Isabel Wolfe (Alva Edison), Martin Valinsky (Cop)

George is confronted with his past as a slave on the spaceship, when it appears that an old Russian Roulette style game he was once forced to play has returned. Will George take revenge for his brother, who died being hit by a bolt of salt water while playing the game on the ship?

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8.4
16 Ratings
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12. Chains of Love (edit)
First aired: 11/27/1989
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
Director: Harry Longstreet
Guest star: S.A. Griffin (Marvin Gardens), Jeffrey R. Nordling (Ted Healy), Diana Barton (Emma Bovary), Teddy Wilson (Dr. Roscoe Brennan), Darren Dalton (Leonard), Thom Zimerele (Daniel), Kurt Verbaarschot (Roland), John Hese (Lance Lot), Caitlin O'Heaney (Jenny Hoffat/Clara Bow), Bennett Liss (Ralph Emerson), Ted Raimi (Johnny Appleseed (credited as Theodore Raimi))

George goes under cover as a client at a computer-dating service for Newcomers to locate a female Newcomer killer.

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9.3
11 Ratings
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13. The Red Room (edit)
First aired: 12/18/1989
Writer: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
Director: Chuck Bowman
Guest star: Katherine Justice (Dr. Marcie Wright), John P. Connelly (Jeffries), Tom Dugan (Silas Marner), Patricia Heaton (Smanda Russle), Ray Reinhardt (Dr. Chris Pettit), Chuck Bennett (Marcus Byer)

Sikes and George become involved in a federal search for a Newcomer who was programmed to kill while in the quarantine camps.

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9.1
11 Ratings
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14. The Spirit of '95 (edit)
First aired: 1/15/1990
Writer: Tom Chehak
Director: Harry Longstreet
Guest star: Mark Thomas Miller (Wyatt Earp), Mark Joy (Max Klay), Clarence Felder (Jack Pearlman), Harvey Jason (Mr. Hopper), Henry Brown (Jesse Parker), Frances Bay (Mrs. Giller), Mark L. Taylor (Mike Wilmington), Marla Fries (Carol Wilmington), Michael Milhoan (Cop), Ron S. Herbes (Reporter), Arthur Seidel (Desk Sergeant), Martin Valinsky (Officer)

George and Sikes discover a Purist plot to sabotage an election while investigating the bombing of a Newcomer voter campaign office.

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9.2
11 Ratings
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15. Generation to Generation (edit)
First aired: 1/29/1990
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
Director: John McPherson
Guest star: Scott Jaeck (Henry Glass), Timothy Scott (Lowell Bratigan), Francis Guinan (Howard Thayer), Aubrey Morris (Auctioneer), Peggy Doyle (Lucille), Ernestine Mercer (Krasava), Ryan Cutrona (Philip Dunaway), Stephanie Baldwin (Girl), Damon Gourdine (Boy), Tony Muvor (Ruiz), Michael Faustino (Sydney Foley)

Sikes and George follow the trail of a mysterious Tenctonese box which is deadly for those who fail to comprehend its powers.

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9.3
11 Ratings
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16. Eyewitness News (edit)
First aired: 2/5/1990
Writer: Charles S. Kaufman, Larry B. Williams
Director: Lyndon Chubbuck
Guest star: Angela Bassett (Renee Longstreet), Gene Butler (Arvin Kaufman), Kelly Jean Peters (Mrs. Denton), Rob King (Mr. Denton), John Mese (Roger Rose), Evelina Fernandez (Female Executive), Ian Patrick Williams (John), David Hoskins (Joe), Terri Nunn (Male Executive), Kerrigan Mahan (Cameraman), Jennifer Roach (Tilly), Joseph Graham (Bailey), Hugh MacGuire (Ernie Denton), Deborah Goodrich (Virginia Hamm)

Sikes and George trail a man who is obsessed with a Tenctonese porn star.

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9.0
16 Ratings
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17. Partners (edit)
First aired: 2/12/1990
Writer: David Garber, Bruce Kalish
Director: Stan Lathan
Guest star: Gilbert Lewis (Theo Miles), Tom Byrd (Bud Anderson), Terry L. Beaver (Sgt. Dustin Baxley), Bill Kalmensc (Ken Jester), Crofton Hardester (Chester Charles), Wilson Raiser (Con), Branscombe Richmond (Haney), Arthur Seidel (Rankin), Gary Morgan (Garrison), Brad Orrison (Rickman), Robert Romanus (Pretty Boy Whalen), Tony Rizzoli, Maria Rangel (Allison Wolfe)

Sikes attempts to prove George innocent in a drug case as Susan prepares to transfer the pod to her husband.

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9.2
11 Ratings
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18. Real Men (edit)
First aired: 2/19/1990
Writer: Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
Director: John McPherson
Guest star: William Shockley (Nick Coletta), A.D. Muyich (Victor Wendkos), Robert Neary (Dan Zimmer), Hank Garrett (Marty Penn), Debbie Barker (Karina), M. E. Loree (Doctor), Martin Garner (Sol Birnbaum), Jeff Skier (Guest), Neil Nash (Andrew), Patty Toy (Nurse), Oscar Dillon (Carl), Arthur Seidel (Rankin), Joe Hoke (Cop)

A violent confrontation with a drug suspect causes George to give birth prematurely.

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9.3
16 Ratings
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19. Crossing the Line (edit)
First aired: 2/26/1990
Writer: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
Director: Gwen Arner
Guest star: Heather McComb (Cindy), Tobin Bell (Doctor Death), Robert Alan Browne (Tool and Die Foreman), Ivory Ocean (Dutchman), Robert Balderson (Wounded Officer), Eva Von Widman (Nurse Adele)

Sikes vows to capture a serial murderer who once eluded him when it appears he has killed again.

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9.3
10 Ratings
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20. Rebirth (edit)
First aired: 3/12/1990
Writer: Tom Chehak
Director: Tom Chehak
Guest star: Ellen Wheeler (Okno), Milt Kogan (Dr. Milt Kogan), Raffi DiBlasio (Billy), John Sudol (Sikes's Dad), Ryan Cash (Young Sikes), Rif Hutton (Officer), Terri Semper (Nurse), Brian Thompson (Peter Rabbit)

Sikes vows to capture the Newcomer convenience store robber who attacked him and left him near death

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9.2
15 Ratings
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21. Gimmee, Gimmee (edit)
First aired: 4/9/1990
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
Director: David Carson
Guest star: Alan Fudge (Sleepy Phil), Beege Barkette (EPA Official), Kim Braden (Marilyn Houston), Armin Shimerman (Cyril Roman), David Selburg (Edgar Allen Poe), Beverly Leech (Rita Allen Poe), Michael Zand (Mr. Elias), Bob Minor (Cop), Lance E. Nichols (Delivery Man), Stephen Hart (Thug), Joseph Cali (Lee Smith)

George searches for the killer of a Newcomer corporate executive who invented a durable synthetic fabric.

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9.1
11 Ratings
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22. The Touch (edit)
First aired: 4/30/1990
Writer: Steve Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
Director: Harry Longstreet
Guest star: Mike Preston (Rigac), Barbara Bush (Lorraine), Dorothy Fielding (Ella Day), Doug Ballard (Mr. Eugene), Martin LaPlatney (Troy), Margaret Howell (Andron's Mother), Yvette Freeman (Helen), Mitchell Allen (Andron), Vlado Benden (Desk Clerk), Dustin Berkovitz (Newcomer Boy), Eli Guralnick (Female Overseer), Marin May (Newcomer Girl), Tom Pabst (Newcomer Sacrifice), Van Quatro (Male Overseer), Jonathan Brandis (Andy)

Sikes and George uncover an overseer rejuvenation plot when they investigate the dramatic behavior change of a boy Cathy knew on the slaveship.

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9.2
17 Ratings
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23. Green Eyes (edit)
First aired: 5/7/1990
Writer: Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
Director: Tom Chehak
Guest star: Geoff Pierson (Dr. Bogg), Kim Braden (Marilyn Houston), Barbara Bush (Lorraine), John Calvin (Rick Parris), Geoffrey Bryant (Michael Bukowski), David Purdham (Marc Guerin), Haskell V. Anderson III (Principal Fisher), Edith Fields (Martha), Thomas Knickerbocker (Judge Kaiser), Thom Zimerele (Joshua Tree), Joe Hoke (Newcomer Cop), Michael Najjar (Delivery Man), Lee Bryant (Darlene Bryant), Andras Jones (Noah Ramsey)

While investigating a series of mysterious Newcomer deaths, Sikes and George discover a plan to eliminate the Newcomer population with a lethal bacteria.