Episode List
| Ep# | Title | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | September 18, 1989 (1989-09-18) | 1 |
| As resentment toward the Newcomers builds, Matt Sikes and George Francisco investigate a string of murders that appears to be the work of a giant, insect-like creature that Purists claim is connected to the Newcomers, and Matt receives information from his dead former partner that may lead to and uncover a greater evil. | |||
| 2 | "Fountain Of Youth" | September 25, 1989 (1989-09-25) | 2 |
| A pair of surgeons have been killing Newcomers for their spartiary glands and implanting the life-lengthening glands into humans. | |||
| 3 | "Little Lost Lamb" | October 2, 1989 (1989-10-02) | 3 |
| George and Matt go undercover to investigate a prostitution ring, and George's uncle Moodri, a Tenctonese Elder, convinces Buck to face up (and confess) to a killing Buck had committed in self-defense. | |||
| 4 | "Fifteen With Wanda" | October 9, 1989 (1989-10-09) | 4 |
| Matt and George struggle to cope with both their respective rebellious children and each other while simultaneously trying to protect a sex-crazed witness from a mobster. | |||
| 5 | "The Takeover" | October 16, 1989 (1989-10-16) | 5 |
| Amidst a bloody city-wide riot, Matt and George must stop the hoodlums who lay siege to the police precinct in order to raid its evidence locker for contraband. | |||
| 6 | "The First Cigar" | October 23, 1989 (1989-10-23) | 6 |
| Behind on his taxes, George accepts a loan from a Tenctonese businesswoman, only to discover that she is involved in a drug ring plaguing Slagtown. | |||
| 7 | "Night Of The Screams" | October 30, 1989 (1989-10-30) | 7 |
| As Halloween approaches, a series of grisly murders is patterned after the mythical Tagdot, a Tenctonese boogeyman who severs the hands of his victims as they bleed to death. | |||
| 8 | "Contact" | November 6, 1989 (1989-11-06) | 8 |
| In the wake of an astronomer's murder, George and Matt must prevent an Overseer from sending a signal into space which could result in Earth's enslavement. | |||
| 9 | "Three To Tango" | November 13, 1989 (1989-11-13) | 9 |
| Someone has been murdering Binnaums, a unique caste of Newcomers required in Tenctonese procreation, putting stationhouse janitor (and binnaum) Albert Einstein in grave danger, and Sikes and George fear it is the work of Purists intent on preventing Newcomers from multiplying. Also, the Franciscos make plans for a third child. | |||
| 10 | "The Game" | November 20, 1989 (1989-11-20) | 10 |
| George is forced to confront his past when a Russian Roulette-style game once played on the slave ship resurfaces to plague Newcomer society. | |||
| 11 | "Chains Of Love" | November 27, 1989 (1989-11-27) | 11 |
| George goes undercover to track down a murderous female Newcomer who has been using a dating service and a Tenctonese love drug called Sardonak to lure victims, while Matt must deal with the attentions of a male Newcomer who has taken Sardonak but fallen for Matt instead. | |||
| 12 | "The Red Room" | December 18, 1989 (1989-12-18) | 12 |
| Matt and George join the search for an elusive killer, a Newcomer trained in the quarantine camps to be an assassin for the C.I.A. | |||
| 13 | "The Spirit Of '95" | January 15, 1990 (1990-01-15) | 13 |
| As Newcomers (in particular Susan and Buck) lobby for the right to vote, the violent kidnappings of prominent campaigners are blamed on the Purists. | |||
| 14 | "Generation To Generation" | January 29, 1990 (1990-01-29) | 14 |
| A mysterious Tenctonese artifact is passed along from person to person, leaving a trail of dead in its wake ... including someone very close to the Francisco family. | |||
| 15 | "Eyewitness News" | February 5, 1990 (1990-02-05) | 15 |
| While George's being featured on a news show special as a model Newcomer starts going to his head, Matt investigates an attack on a Tenctonese porno star. | |||
| 16 | "Partners" | February 12, 1990 (1990-02-12) | 16 |
| When George is implicated in a scandal involving the disappearance on his watch of several kilos of an illegal narcotic known as "Jack", it is up to Matt to clear him ... an effort that strikes close to Matt. Also, the Francisco family prepares for the transference of the pod from Susan to George. | |||
| 17 | "Real Men" | February 19, 1990 (1990-02-19) | 17 |
| Sikes and a pregnant George track a thief who is stealing Newcomer blood to sell Tenctonese hormones to human bodybuilders. | |||
| 18 | "Crossing The Line" | February 26, 1990 (1990-02-26) | 18 |
| Matt's vacation plans are thwarted by the return of The Doctor, a ruthless serial killer who eluded him years ago, but during the investigation George worries that Matt is hiding something from him. | |||
| 19 | "Rebirth" | March 12, 1990 (1990-03-12) | 19 |
| Following a life-after-death experience, Matt is convinced that a Tenctonese criminal has the ability to bring the dead back to life. | |||
| 20 | "Gimme, Gimme" | April 9, 1990 (1990-04-09) | 20 |
| George's investment in a Tenctonese fabric company is jeopardized when one of the firm's corporate executives meets with foul play, Buck protests against worker exploitation at the firm's factory, and Matt sells one of his lottery tickets to Albert ... only to see him win. | |||
| 21 | "The Touch" | April 30, 1990 (1990-04-30) | 21 |
| Cathy is reunited with a boy from the Newcomer slave ship, but when he exhibits bizarre behaviour and appears emotionally troubled, she goes beyond the law in her attempts to intervene. | |||
| 22 | "Green Eyes" | May 7, 1990 (1990-05-07) | 22 |
| Matt and Cathy struggle with their romantic feelings for one another, while George and Matt's partnership/friendship may implode due to George's promotion over Matt and a plot to exterminate the Tenctonese race via a deadly bacteria unfolds. |
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