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Science Fiction/ Adventure/ Mystery |
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Eric Close - John Loengard
Megan Ward - Kimberly Sayers |
| PLOT SUMMARY: |
20th century history as we know it is a lie. Aliens have been among us since the 1940's, but a government cover-up has prevented the public from knowing this. As the series progresses, we follow John Loengard and Kim Sayers as they attempt to thwart numerous plans of the alien Hive, most of which are tied to historical events and figures. In addition, the pair must stay one step ahead of a covert government agency, Majestic-12, tasked with fighting the aliens while maintaining the conspiracy of silence.
Summary taken from IMDb and was written by David Stumme |
  
| The following episode summaries come from the "Global Episode Opinion Survey" which may be found here. |
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Episode One: |
The Awakening
Bureaucrat John Loengard and his girlfriend Kimberly Sayers stumble across UFO information considered off-limits by the top-secret Majestic-12 group headed by Col. Frank Bach. Loengard joins Bach and the Majestic group, before becoming disillusioned with their desire to shield the public from the truth. Loengard steals evidence to persuade President Kennedy onto their side, propelling the couple on a dangerous journey where the future of the world is at stake.
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Episode Two: |
Moving Targets
Following Kennedy's assassination, John and Kimberly learn from an eyewitness about the first alien encounter years earlier at Roswell. But when the couple return to Washington for the President's funeral, they discover a more sinister alien plan to destroy world government.
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Mercury Rising
Kimberly's recurring dreams of a floating astronaut lead them to the newly re-named Cape Kennedy launch center, where they meet astronaut Ty Yount, a fellow alien abductee. Though Yount was not implanted, Kim realizes that his co-pilot was. Kimberly and Loengard eventually discover that the Hive intends to sabotage the next manned space launch -- and they risk their lives trying to stop the final countdown.
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Episode Four: |
Dark Days Night
Loengard and Kimberly uncover an alien plot to use the broadcast of the Beatles appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" to trigger a violent reaction in failed implantees.
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Episode Five: |
Dreamland
Billionaire recluse Howard Hughes joins John and Kimberly's investigation of an underground alien base, mistakenly believing the Hive implantees are communists.
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Episode Six: |
Inhuman Nature
Loengard and Kimberly investigate a series of Midwest cattle mutilations bearing bizarre alien markings. When they recruit a veterinary student to probe a similar living cow, they are shocked at what they find.
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Episode Seven: |
Ancient Future
The great Alaskan earthquake of 1964 uncovers a ghostly alien scout ship, which provides John with glimpses of the future, a future where the aliens have won.
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Episode Eight: |
Hostile Convergence
Loengard attempts to publicly reveal plans by the U.S. government to replicate an alien spacecraft at Area 51. Kimberly attends her sister's wedding, only to find that Majestic's reach extends close to home. Bach makes a horrific discovery when he interrogates a violently ill Jack Ruby.
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Episode Nine: |
We SHall Overcome
Loengard and Kimberly become embroiled in simmering racial strife when three civil rights workers are found murdered in Mississippi, and the alien Hive exploits the black-white divisions to further their plans.
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Episode Ten: |
The Last Wave
Loengard and Sayers return to Los Angeles to bury a college friend who died under suspicious circumstances. With the help of college friends, and a young Jim Morrison, they uncover the truth behind the illness which has been killing surfers.
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Episode Eleven: |
THe Enemy Within
Seeking shelter with his family, John discovers his brother has become Hive, and that Majestic is watching. John is committed to a mental institution by his parents when he tries to remove the alien implant from his brother. Bach uncovers a Hive operative within Majestic.
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Episode Twelve: |
The Warren Omission
On a stealth mission to Vietnam, Bach and John are captured by North Vietnamese. Back in the United States, Kimberly takes matters into her own hands.
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Episode Thirteen: |
White Rabbit
On a stealth mission to Vietnam, Bach and John are captured by North Vietnamese. Back in the United States, Kimberly takes matters into her own hands.
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Episode Fourteen: |
Shades of Gray
John and Kimberly come to terms with their enforced recruitment into Majestic-12. An insight into Juliet's past reveals she, too, is an abductee. With the help of an alien encoding device, Majestic create a crop circle to lure an alien craft to land. The Gray takes refuge with a local girl
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Episode Fifteen: |
Burn, Baby, Burn
A man helps Loengard search for pregnant Kimberly amid the Watts riots, after aliens abduct her in Los Angeles
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Episode Sixteen: |
Both Sides Now
Anti-war demonstrations led by Jerry Rubin sweep up Loengard and Juliet on a mission in Berkeley, California, to shut down a Hive operation
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Episode Seventeen: |
To Prey in Darkness
The search for the Roswell alien-encounter film leads Loengard and Juliet to crusading columnist Dorothy Kilgallen and a TV news network.
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Episode Eighteen: |
Strangers in the Night
Juliet and John are sent with Major Colin Powell to investigate the collapse of Aura-Z, the USSR's equivalent of Majestic, while Bach enlists the help of astronomer Carl Sagan to track down the Hive's home planet.
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Episode Nineteen: |
Bloodlines
Loengard offers to infiltrate the Hive's mothership to gain critical intelligence data and find his son.
SERIES FINALE.
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Dark Skies Briefing Book
I have presented this on my site to preserve it. The original site is found here but it has not been updated for two years and I fear it may disappear without notice. This is an extract from this site which explains what the Briefing Book is.
Before putting pen to paper and producing any of the scripts, it was necessary to sell the Dark Skies story to a TV network who would be willing to back it and broadcast it. In order to promote the Dark Skies concept to potential backers the writers put together a 'Series Bible' outlining their plans for the Dark Skies story. This contained some of the early ideas about the storyline, and indications of where it might lead. It is not uncommon for writers to sell their stories in this way, but what made the Dark Skies Series Bible different was its format. Zabel and Friedman put together a comprehensive dossier of documents supporting the concept, as well as oulining the story, and bound all this together in its own TOP SECRET sealed file.
The resulting dossier, "The Briefing Book", was a highly guarded document for many months. Now, exclusively to our online readers, we are able to make available to you a copy of this document. It runs to about 60 pages, but we have to warn you that it was censored by the writers before we received it, many pages having been removed so that the outcome of the story will remain a closely guarded secret. A time may yet come when Zabel and Friedman are able to give us, and the World, the rest of this amazing story through print or TV!!!
I hope you enjoy reading the document. I does take a while to load, but be patient.
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Acknowledgement: Most of these pictures are Wen's and can be found on Nancy's "Close-Ups" page listed above. The majority are small versions of the originals. If you want the full size, please drop in at Nancy's site (it is well worth the look) and you may find some on my Promotional Pictures page. Enjoy!
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