The BEST episodes of Alien Nation season 1

Every episode of Alien Nation season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Alien Nation season 1!

"That was the scene in California's Mojave Desert five years ago - our historic first view of the Newcomers' ship. Theirs was a slave ship, carrying a quarter million beings bred to adapt and labour in any environment. But they'd washed ashore on Earth, with no way to get back to where they came from. And in the last five years, the Newcomers have become the latest addition to the population of Los Angeles... "

Last Updated: 11/21/2024Network: FOXStatus: Ended
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The First Cigar
star
7.20
98 votes

#1 - The First Cigar

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1989

George (Eric Pierpoint) accepts a loan from a Newcomer loan officer before discovering she is a drug czar

Directors: John McPherson
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The Game
star
7.12
58 votes

#2 - The Game

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1989

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?

Directors: David Carson
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Chains of Love
star
7.11
85 votes

#3 - Chains of Love

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1989

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

Directors: Harry Longstreet
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Night of the Screams
star
7.10
121 votes

#4 - Night of the Screams

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1989

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

Directors: Gwen Arner
Writer: Tom Chehak
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Fifteen with Wanda
star
7.10
123 votes

#5 - Fifteen with Wanda

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1989

Sikes' (Gary Graham) daughter (Cheryl Pollak) visits, accompanied by her radical boyfriend (Wayne Pere), and Buck Francisco (Sean Six) faces expulsion from school. With Eric Pierpoint.

Directors: Rob Bowman
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Three to Tango
star
7.07
89 votes

#6 - Three to Tango

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1989

George and Sikes (Eric Pierpoint, Gary Graham) search for a Purist radical who has been murdering special Newcomers.

Directors: Stan Lathan
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Generation to Generation
star
7.05
56 votes

#7 - Generation to Generation

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/1990

Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) follow the trail of a mysterious Tenctonese box which is deadly for those who fail to comprehend its powers.

Directors: John McPherson
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Contact
star
7.02
88 votes

#8 - Contact

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1989

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

Directors: John McPherson
Writer: Joe Menosky
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Alien Nation
star
7.01
208 votes

#9 - Alien Nation

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1989

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

Directors: Kenneth Johnson
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Green Eyes
star
7.00
52 votes

#10 - Green Eyes

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/1990

While investigating a series of mysterious Newcomer deaths, Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) discover a plan to eliminate the Newcomer population with a lethal bacteria.

Directors: Tom Chehak
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Real Men
star
6.99
81 votes

#11 - Real Men

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/1990

A violent confrontation with a drug suspect (A.D. Muylch) causes George (Eric Pierpoint) to give birth prematurely.

Directors: John McPherson
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Fountain of Youth
star
6.99
136 votes

#12 - Fountain of Youth

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1989

Sikes and Francisco (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) investigate a doctor who is killing Newcomers to benefit human patients.

Directors: John McPherson
Writer: Diane Frolov
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The Touch
star
6.97
80 votes

#13 - The Touch

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/1990

Sikes and George (Gray Graham, Eric Pierpoint) uncover an overseer rejuvenation plot when they investigate the dramatic behavior change of a boy (Mitchell Allen, Jonathan Brandis) Cathy (Terri Treas) knew on the slaveship.

Directors: Harry Longstreet
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The Spirit of '95
star
6.97
79 votes

#14 - The Spirit of '95

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1990

George and Sikes (Eric Pierpoint, Gary Graham) discover a Purist plot to sabotage an election while investigating the bombing of a Newcomer voter campaign office.

Directors: Harry Longstreet
Writer: Tom Chehak
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Gimmee, Gimmee
star
6.95
80 votes

#15 - Gimmee, Gimmee

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/1990

George (Eric Pierpoint) searches for the killer of a Newcomer corporate executive (David Selburg) who invented a durable synthetic fabric.

Directors: David Carson
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Little Lost Lamb
star
6.95
157 votes

#16 - Little Lost Lamb

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1989

Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) uncover a prostitution ring after a Newcomer prostitute, on the run from her pimp, is murdered in Sikes' apartment.

Directors: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Diane Frolov
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The Red Room
star
6.93
82 votes

#17 - The Red Room

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1989

Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) become involved in a federal search for a Newcomer who was programmed to kill while in the quarantine camps.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
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Crossing the Line
star
6.92
80 votes

#18 - Crossing the Line

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/1990

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

Directors: Gwen Arner
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Partners
star
6.92
83 votes

#19 - Partners

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/1990

Sikes (Gary Graham) attempts to prove George (Eric Pierpoint) innocent in a drug case as Susan (Michele Scarabelli) prepares to transfer the pod to her husband.

Directors: Stan Lathan
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Rebirth
star
6.83
53 votes

#20 - Rebirth

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/1990

Sikes (Gary Graham) vows to capture the Newcomer convenience store robber (Brian Thompson) who attacked him and left him near death

Directors: Tom Chehak
Writer: Tom Chehak
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Eyewitness News
star
6.80
110 votes

#21 - Eyewitness News

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/1990

Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) trail a man (Hugh MacGuire) who is obsessed with a Tenctonese porn star (Deborah Goodrich).

Directors: Lyndon Chubbuck
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The Takeover
star
6.39
182 votes

#22 - The Takeover

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1989

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

Directors: Steve Dubin
Writer: Tom Chehak
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