TV series
Anthology series composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Anthology series composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Episode 1
Scientist Simon Kress finds himself the master of a colony of Sandkings -- creatures from Mars that look like insects, but have the intelligence of much higher beings.
Directed by Stuart GillardWritten by Melinda M. Snodgrass, George R.R. MartinGuest stars Helen Shaver, Beau Bridges, Kim Coates, Dylan Bridges, Patricia Harras, Nathaniel DeVeaux, Deryl Hayes, Mark Saunders
Episode 2
Frank Hellner, a lonely paraplegic, takes part in a top-secret project -- allowing an "inorganic human," or robot named Valerie, to be his companion for a week. The experiment goes awry when Valerie, unable to control her programmed emotions, becomes jealous and threatens the life of Frank's physical therapist and close friend Rachel.
Directed by Timothy BondWritten by Jonathan GlassnerGuest stars William Sadler, Sofia Shinas, Tom Butler, Nancy Allen, Paula Shaw, Bruce Harwood
Episode 3
Two diametrically opposed brothers, wrestle for control of a million-dollar pharmaceutical company. A vaccine that could hold the secret to eternal life, becomes the object of the brothers' bitter struggle.
Directed by Tibor TakácsWritten by Brad WrightGuest stars Charles Martin Smith, Kate Vernon, George Touliatos, Tom Cavanagh, Martin Kemp, Colleen Winton
Episode 4
Man's first encounter with beings from another planet -- the N'Tal -- appears to be a mutually rewarding arrangement. But a leery doctor/scientist must decide whether the N'Tal are friend or foe.
Directed by Paul LynchWritten by Alan BrennertGuest stars Mykelti Williamson, Rae Dawn Chong, D.W. Moffett, Fulvio Cecere, Julian Christopher, Alex Diakun, Yvonne Campeau, Richard Grove
Episode 5
An experiment at St. Peter's Hospital threatens nature's order of existence, when billionaire Harlan Hawkes pays a brilliant cardiologist, Dr. "Mac" McEnerney to help him cheat death.
Directed by Tibor TakácsGuest stars Michelle Beaudoin, Bruce Davison, Sonja Smits, William Hickey, Christine Lippa, Dean Barrett, Yvonne Campeau, Ben Immanuel
Episode 6
A young girl with strange, supernatural powers is shunned by her friends, but welcomed by a nanny with similar gifts, while her parents must decide what's ultimately best for their child.
Directed by Mark SobelWritten by Ann Lewis HamiltonGuest stars Frances Sternhagen, Megan Follows, Sandra Nelson, Rebecca Toolan, Page Fletcher, Thora Birch, Diana Stevan, Tracy Waterhouse
Episode 7
A brilliant young scientist discovers a way to see the future, but gets caught up in a billionaire's ambitious political schemes, and must alter the future to save his own life.
Directed by Joseph L. ScanlanWritten by Shawn ThompsonGuest stars Kelly Rowan, David Warner, Bruce French, Josh Brolin, Mitchell Kosterman, Joanna Piros, Dee Jay Jackson, Jennifer McDonell
Episode 8
Ben Kohler's life is saved after having an experimental chip implanted in his brain, but when he starts seeing and experiencing violent images, it becomes clear something is desperately wrong.
Directed by Graeme CampbellWritten by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Pen DenshamGuest stars Elizabeth Peña, Sam Robards, Stephen Shellen, Walter Marsh, Phillip MacKenzie, Doug Abrahams, Lesley Ewen, Scott Owen
Episode 9
A disillusioned priest is given healing power by aliens who use him as they attempt to save their own planet by destroying all human life.
Directed by Stuart GillardWritten by David J. SchowGuest stars Chris Sarandon, Len Cariou, Callum Keith Rennie, Vanessa Morley, Louis Ferreira, Bill Croft, Tamsin Kelsey, Tamara Stanners
Episode 10
When a little boy is abducted the only witness, his sister, claims that someone or something under the bed took him.
Directed by René BonnièreWritten by Lawrence MeyersGuest stars Timothy Busfield, Barbara Williams, Colleen Rennison, Laura Bruneau, Henry Beckman, Joel Palmer, Jan Burrell, Frank Cassini
Episode 11
Dropped out of hyperspace by a mysterious chunk of dark matter, Pilot Paul Stein must save the transport vessel by facing his past and ultimately trusting his own decisions.
Directed by Paul LynchWritten by Alan BrennertGuest stars Gregory Smith, Allison Hossack, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Jesse Moss, Michael Dolan, David Cubitt, Shane Meier
Episode 12
Henry Marshall is a greedy man who has paid for his greed with a prison sentence but has yet to learn his lesson. His life abruptly changes when he encounters visitors from another planet who instill new sense of compassion for others.
Directed by Rebecca De MornayWritten by Brad WrightGuest stars Frank Whaley, Beau Starr, Rebecca De Mornay, John Savage, Kerry Sandomirsky, Kamilyn Kaneko, Ric Reid, Ken Tremblett
Episode 13
Major John Skokes is taken prisoner by the enemy during a savage galactic war and a seemingly undefeatable alien race. The tension increases when his cellmate, a cadet named Pri, is being transformed into one of them. Skokes must find an escape to save his cellmate and to avoid a disturbing revelation of the course of this war.
Directed by Brad TurnerWritten by Brad WrightGuest stars Nicole De Boer, Robert Patrick, Mark McCracken
Episode 14
The discovery of a gifted scientist falls into the wrong hands, bringing what at first appears to be a lifesaving miracle, but ultimately the untimely death of his closest friend.
Directed by Mark Sobel, Mario AzzopardiWritten by Grant RosenbergGuest stars Richard Thomas, Peter Outerbridge, Tammy Isbell, L. Harvey Gold, Veena Sood
Episode 15
When an astronaut returning from Mars discovers an alien aboard ship, he must face the loss of his shipmates, and make the ultimate sacrifice in order to prevent the alien from reaching Earth.
Directed by Tibor TakácsWritten by Grant RosenbergGuest stars Matt Craven, Michael Dorn, Jay O. Sanders, Akiko Morison, Dominique Durosier, Maxine Guess
Episode 16
A chaste co-ed is enveloped by a strange power that gives her an insatiable sexual appetite, which is perpetuated by encounters with consenting men who, after making physical contact, morph into her body and disappear.
Directed by Mario AzzopardiWritten by Grant RosenbergGuest stars Saul Rubinek, Alyssa Milano, Jason London, Garry Chalk, Stephen Fanning, Fred Henderson, Shaun Johnston, Garry Davey
Episode 17
A deaf woman with a transplanted device, which is supposed to enable her to hear, turns into a transmitter for aliens, who are crying for help.
Directed by Joseph L. ScanlanWritten by Brad WrightGuest stars Marlee Matlin, Larry Drake, Robert Wisden, Ken Camroux-Taylor, Kevin McNulty
Episode 18
Adam, a powerful robot, kills his creator when the scientist attempts to convert him into a military killing machine by destroying his more human qualities.
Directed by Adam Nimoy, Tibor TakácsWritten by Brad WrightGuest stars Robert Clothier, Leonard Nimoy, Cynthia Preston, Barbara Tyson, Ken Kramer, Eric Schneider, J. B. Bivens, Robert Moloney
Episode 19
Levi Mitchell, a physicist and skeptic, meets Lynda Tillman, a woman whose strength and faith help him unravel the mystery of a haunted house.
Directed by Tibor TakácsWritten by Eric Estrin, Manny CotoGuest stars Ryan Reynolds, Alberta Watson, Dwight Schultz, Tom McBeath, Molly Parker, Elisabeth Rosen, Frank C. Turner, Robert Lewis
Episode 20
An environmentally-friendly U.S. Senator's life changes drastically after a freak accident, when he realizes he's actually an alien in disguise, with a "mission" to surreptitiously reconfigure the earth's atmosphere.
Directed by William FruetWritten by Eric EstrinGuest stars Perry King, Mimi Kuzyk, David Neale, Jan D'Arcy, Scott Swanson, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Garvin Cross, John Novak
Episode 21
A civilian with strong ties to the military tries desperately to use concrete evidence to convince a high level committee that alien forces are trying to overcome the human race.
Directed by Neill FearnleyWritten by Brad WrightGuest stars Gordon Clapp, Daniel J. Travanti, Lochlyn Munro, Don S. Davis, Kate Robbins, Gillian Barber, D. Neil Mark, David Birznieks
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