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NBC
Nov 6, 1994

NBC
Nov 6, 1994

Summary Two hundred years into the future, Devon Adair embarks on a mission to save her son's life and to provide humanity with a second chance. After traveling through space for twenty-two years, Devon and her small Advance team are forced to crash-land onto the far-away planet known as G-889. They are thousands of miles from their destination:...

Created By: Michael Duggan, Carol Flint, Mark Levin, Billy Ray

NBC
Nov 6, 1994

NBC
Nov 6, 1994

Season 1

Season Premiere: Nov 6, 1994

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Summary Two hundred years into the future, Devon Adair embarks on a mission to save her son's life and to provide humanity with a second chance. After traveling through space for twenty-two years, Devon and her small Advance team are forced to crash-land onto the far-away planet known as G-889. They are thousands of miles from their destination:...

Created By: Michael Duggan, Carol Flint, Mark Levin, Billy Ray

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Episode 1 • Nov 6, 1994 • 2 h

Episode 2 • Nov 13, 1994

The Man Who Fell to Earth (Two)

Episode 3 • Nov 20, 1994

With narration by True, Gaal tries to gain her confidence in order to obtain a vehicle. Meanwhile Yale searches for the meaning of Gaal's E2 tattoo. Finally Danziger must find his daughter and confront Gaal.

Episode 4 • Nov 27, 1994

Promises, Promises

With narration by Alonzo, Uly's health severely deteriorates as the Terrians suffer under Gaal's use of shock collars on them. After a scouting trip, Denziger leads a party to confront Gaal again and help to heal Uly.

Episode 5 • Dec 4, 1994

With narration by Adair, the colonists find other crew members dead or gravely ill. As Dr. Heller searches for the cause and cure for the illness, Adair considers whether the ship was sabotaged.

Episode 6 • May 28, 1995

Natural Born Grendlers

With narration by Yale, some problems intensify. Morgan seeks to escape reality, Alonzo suffers from severe depression, and the colonists need to supplement their food supply. Bess now tries to barter with a Grendler.

Episode 7 • Dec 11, 1994

With narration by Bess, the colonists face a dwindling water supply. Having a scan showing water 12Km away, Adair and Danzinger take 6 empty drums and ride the dune-rail, but encounter Terrians.

Episode 8 • Dec 18, 1994

The Church of Morgan

With narration by Julia, the feeling of loneliness is adversely affecting the marriage status of Morgan and Bess. Meanwhile, at the urging of Reilly, Dr. Heller addresses the growing symbiosis between Uly and the Terrians.

Episode 9 • Jan 8, 1995

The Enemy Within

Julia hopes the secret injection of Uly's DNA will make her the link to the Terrians. When her V.R. visit with Reilly is disclosed by True, Julia's conflict of Project-physician/Council-patriot is considered by the group.

Episode 10 • Jan 22, 1995

With narration by Devon, Alonzo seeks and returns Julia to the camp. Yale is then the first to be shot by a deadly assailant, identified later by Reilly as a Z.E.D. The group must now find him and stop the threat.

Episode 11 • Feb 5, 1995

With narration by Alonzo, the approaching winter prompts Uly to reveal the location of Mary's garden, a vacated dome. Alonzo later meets Mary, a woman whose strange past is revealed when the moons cross in the sky.

Episode 12 • Feb 19, 1995

Better Living Through Morganite: Part 1

With narration by Morgan, the group finds a new remarkable substance, which he names Morganite. As Yale increasingly appears to become a danger to others, Morgan sets the geolock, which petrifies a 1Km zone.

Episode 13 • Feb 26, 1995

Better Living Through Morganite: Part 2

With narration by Morgan, Mary appears with the Terrians who want retribution against Bess, Morgan and Yale. As the group struggles to break the lock code and restore the affected area, the sun stones reveal the truth of Yale's past.

Episode 14 • Mar 5, 1995

Grendlers in the Myst

With narration by Danziger, the scouts chase a Grendler to locate its stash. The group also receives mysterious transmissions by a Dell to a Whalen and a primitive hut is found. Finally, True learns the truth about her mother.

Episode 15 • Mar 12, 1995

The Greatest Love Story Never Told

Having gotten lost and dragged into a cave, Danziger lies ill in a bed. As stipulated through a dream, Devon seeks to search for him alone and meets Sheppard, who surprisingly knows her very well.

Episode 16 • Mar 26, 1995

Brave New Pacifica

After the group plans to scout ahead toward New Pacifica, a Grendler ransacks Julia's medical supplies and later kidnaps her. Devon, Danziger and Alonzo search to find where she is and why the Grendler can obtain seawater.

Episode 17 • Apr 23, 1995

The Boy Who Would Be Terrian King

As Uly celebrates his ninth birthday, his adult self from the future contacts Devon to persuade her to help him evade the authorities determined to wipe his Terrian-traits from his DNA. Meanwhile, Yale and True nurse a sick koba to health.

Episode 18 • Apr 2, 1995 • 1 h

(Day 109) While foraging for food during the harsh winter, Julia finds a Terrian body frozen in the ice. The hope of learning more about the native inhabitants turns to fear as strange things start to happen around the camp.

Episode 19 • Apr 23, 1995

Survival of the Fittest

With narration by Danziger, a scout team, in search for much needed supplies, finds that Cargo Pod 09 has been completely looted. Now in need of rescue after crashing the Rail, Danziger and Alonzo pursue a Grendler for its stash.

Episode 20 • Jun 4, 1995

Scouting in all directions, Danziger, Bess and Morgan come upon colorful flower buds which burst open throwing a golden powder in their faces. The flower pollen carries a sickness that causes them to emit a golden vapor.

Episode 21 • May 21, 1995

Facing an unknown illness where they progressively deteriorate, the colonists find the remains of a Venus class Council research ship containing several cold sleep crypts. The 2 survivors are distressed they are not back on Earth.

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Jun 26, 2013

If only the show had a more energetic atmosphere, its characters wouldn't seem so lost in space.

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