• Air date: 18 Sep '89 22 episodes
      Alien Nation is a science fiction television series, loosely based on the movie of the same name. Gary Graham starred as Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly working with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco, played by Eric Pierpoint. Sikes also has an on again-off again flirtation with a female Newcomer, Cathy Frankel, played by Terri Treas. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. Alien Nation: The TV Movie

      18 Sep '89
      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.
    • 2. Fountain of Youth

      25 Sep '89
      Sikes and Francisco (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) investigate a doctor who is killing Newcomers to benefit human patients.
    • 3. Little Lost Lamb

      02 Oct '89
      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.
    • 4. Fifteen with Wanda

      09 Oct '89
      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.
    • 5. The Takeover

      16 Oct '89
      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.
    • 6. The First Cigar

      23 Oct '89
      George (Eric Pierpoint) accepts a loan from a Newcomer loan officer before discovering she is a drug czar
    • 7. Night of the Screams

      30 Oct '89
      The method of a serial killer stalking Newcomers re-creates one of their most grisly legends.
    • 8. Contact

      06 Nov '89
      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.
    • 9. Three to Tango

      13 Nov '89
      George and Sikes (Eric Pierpoint, Gary Graham) search for a Purist radical who has been murdering special Newcomers.
    • 10. The Game

      20 Nov '89
      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?
    • 11. Chains of Love

      27 Nov '89
      George (Eric Pierpoint) goes under cover as a client at a computer-dating service for Newcomers to locate a female Newcomer killer.
    • 12. The Red Room

      18 Dec '89
      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.
    • 13. The Spirit of '95

      15 Jan '90
      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.
    • 14. Generation to Generation

      29 Jan '90
      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.
    • 15. Eyewitness News

      05 Feb '90
      Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) trail a man (Hugh MacGuire) who is obsessed with a Tenctonese porn star (Deborah Goodrich).
    • 16. Partners

      12 Feb '90
      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.
    • 17. Real Men

      19 Feb '90
      A violent confrontation with a drug suspect (A.D. Muylch) causes George (Eric Pierpoint) to give birth prematurely.
    • 18. Crossing the Line

      26 Feb '90
      Sikes (Gary Graham) vows to capture a serial murderer who once eluded him when it appears he has killed again.
    • 19. Rebirth

      12 Mar '90
      Sikes (Gary Graham) vows to capture the Newcomer convenience store robber (Brian Thompson) who attacked him and left him near death
    • 20. Gimmee, Gimmee

      09 Apr '90
      George (Eric Pierpoint) searches for the killer of a Newcomer corporate executive (David Selburg) who invented a durable synthetic fabric.
    • 21. The Touch

      30 Apr '90
      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.
    • 22. Green Eyes

      07 May '90
      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.