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Overview
Once again, Earth is the battleground. But now the aliens whose human guise hides their true reptilian natures are wiser. They believe the secret to their survival on Earth lies in the DNA of the newly born half-human, half-spaceling Starchild. But that's something the world's Resistance Fighters cannot allow.
Cast
Episodes
Episode 1 · 49m
Liberation Day
Alien commander Diana escapes the Resistance and reunites with her fleet. The Starchild Elizabeth undergoes a strange metamorphosis.
Oct 26, 1984
Episode 2 · 46m
Dreadnought
Diana talks peace while readying the fearsome Triax super-weapon that could reduce Los Angeles to rubble. Meanwhile, Resistance fighters activate a new weapon of their own - a captured Visitor mothership.
Nov 2, 1984
Episode 3 · 48m
The Deception
Kyle Bates becomes involved in the Resistance when they are attempting to secretly move Elizabeth to safety in New York. Mike Donovan awakens to seemingly the ideal life with news that Earth has triumphed against the alien invaders. Alas, it's a holographic ruse by the Visitors aimed at gathering information about the Starchild.
Nov 9, 1984
Episode 4 · 49m
The Sanction
Seeking to free his son Sean from the Visitors, Donovan grapples with an insidious, powerful alien named Klaus.
Nov 16, 1984
Episode 5 · 46m
Visitor's Choice
The Resistance, led by Donovan, Julie, and Ham, stage a daring sabotage at a convention of Visitor commanders in a seaside estate where Diana intends to show off the ultimate device in processing humans for food.
Nov 23, 1984
Episode 6 · 47m
The Overlord
Led by Donovan, Ham, and Elias, the Resistance runs into a doublecross when they seek to rid a mining community from alien-backed thugs.
Nov 30, 1984
Episode 7 · 48m
The Dissident
When Diana seals off the Open City with an impenetrable force field which destroys humans on contact, Donovan and Ham must kidnap the alien genius responsible for its development.
Dec 7, 1984
Episode 8 · 48m
Reflections in Terror
With a blood sample from the "star-child," Diana creates an uncontrollable and deadly clone which seeks out Elizabeth; Bates tests Julie's loyalty when he suspects she is sympathetic to the Resistance whose headquarters he is preparing to destroy.
Dec 21, 1984
Episode 9 · 48m
The Conversion
Ham and Kyle are captured by Visitors, and Charles, the Leader's special envoy, assumes command of the alien forces.
Jan 4, 1985
Episode 10 · 48m
The Hero
A small group of resistance sympathizers (Robin included) are arrested by Bates' police, and a prisoner will be handed over to the Visitors to be executed every day until Donovan, Ham, and Julie surrender.
Jan 11, 1985
Episode 11 · 48m
The Betrayal
While Bates remains in a coma Charles plots to overthrow him, elsewhere Willie is gravely wounded so the rebels kidnap a medical student of the Visitors.
Jan 18, 1985
Episode 12 · 47m
The Rescue
Feeling Diana's presence threatens his power, Charles forces her to marry him, after which Alien law requires she return home.
Feb 1, 1985
Episode 13 · 48m
The Champion
Sent to investigate Charles' death, newly arrived Inspector General Philip allows Lydia to choose a trial by combat in a laser duel to the death with Diana.
Feb 8, 1985
Episode 14 · 48m
The Wildcats
Needing medicine to treat a deadly diphtheria epidemic, Julie and Kyle recruit a youth gang, one of whom may be a Visitor spy, to help steal the serum.
Feb 15, 1985
Episode 15 · 48m
The Littlest Dragon
Anxious to settle a personal vendetta, Philip trails a Fifth Columnist, hoping he will lead him to the Resistance and Donovan.
Feb 22, 1985
Episode 16 · 48m
War of Illusions
When Philip and Diana install a high tech computer capable of launching a final victory over Earth, the Resistance's only hope at retaliation is a teenaged computer whiz.
Mar 8, 1985
Episode 17 · 48m
The Secret Underground
Julie and Donovan sneak aboard the Mother Ship to look for a hidden list naming all the Resistance leaders; Diana schemes to have Lydia's brother slain during a ritual celebration.
Mar 15, 1985
Episode 18 · 48m
The Return
The Leader stuns the Visitors by ordering a truce and traveling to Earth to negotiate peace; Diana plots to disrupt the peace.
Mar 22, 1985
Episode 19 · 48m
Breakout
Donovan and Ham are imprisoned in a Visitor work camp guarded by a hideous alien monster; Nathan Bates mounts a desperate search to find the "star-child" to exchange for his son Kyle who's in Diana's custody.
May 24, 1985
