7.8/1075 votesLoading...#1 - The Touch
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/1990
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.
Director: Harry Longstreet
Writer: Craig W. Van Sickle
7.7/1083 votesLoading...#2 - The First Cigar
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1989
George (Eric Pierpoint) accepts a loan from a Newcomer loan officer before discovering she is a drug czar
Director: Steve Dubin
Writer: Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
7.7/1080 votesLoading...#3 - Three to Tango
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1989
George and Sikes (Eric Pierpoint, Gary Graham) search for a Purist radical who has been murdering special Newcomers.
Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
7.7/1084 votesLoading...#4 - The Game
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1989
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?
Director: Stan Lathan, David Carson
Writer: Craig W. Van Sickle
7.5/1079 votesLoading...#5 - The Takeover
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1989
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.
Director: Steve Dubin, Rob Bowman
Writer: N/A
7.5/1079 votesLoading...#6 - Night of the Screams
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1989
The method of a serial killer stalking Newcomers re-creates one of their most grisly legends.
Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: N/A
7.5/1079 votesLoading...#7 - Contact
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1989
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.
Director: John McPherson
Writer: Joe Menosky
7.5/1076 votesLoading...#8 - Partners
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/1990
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.
Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: David Garber, Bruce Kalish
7.4/1076 votesLoading...#9 - The Red Room
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1989
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.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Craig W. Van Sickle
7.4/1078 votesLoading...#10 - The Spirit of '95
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1990
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.
Director: Harry Longstreet
Writer: N/A
7.4/1083 votesLoading...#11 - Generation to Generation
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/1990
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.
Director: John McPherson
Writer: Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
7.3/1098 votesLoading...#12 - Alien Nation: The TV Movie
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1989
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.
Director: Kenneth Johnson
Writer: Kenneth Johnson
7.3/1080 votesLoading...#13 - Fifteen with Wanda
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1989
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.
Director: Kevin Hooks, Rob Bowman
Writer: Craig W. Van Sickle
7.3/1073 votesLoading...#14 - Eyewitness News
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/1990
Sikes and George (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) trail a man (Hugh MacGuire) who is obsessed with a Tenctonese porn star (Deborah Goodrich).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1071 votesLoading...#15 - Crossing the Line
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/1990
Sikes (Gary Graham) vows to capture a serial murderer who once eluded him when it appears he has killed again.
Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: Craig W. Van Sickle
7.3/1070 votesLoading...#16 - Rebirth
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/1990
Sikes (Gary Graham) vows to capture the Newcomer convenience store robber (Brian Thompson) who attacked him and left him near death
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1071 votesLoading...#17 - Gimmee, Gimmee
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/1990
George (Eric Pierpoint) searches for the killer of a Newcomer corporate executive (David Selburg) who invented a durable synthetic fabric.
Director: David Carson
Writer: Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
7.2/1094 votesLoading...#18 - Fountain of Youth
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1989
Sikes and Francisco (Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint) investigate a doctor who is killing Newcomers to benefit human patients.
Director: John McPherson
Writer: Diane Frolov
7.2/1072 votesLoading...#19 - Real Men
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/1990
A violent confrontation with a drug suspect (A.D. Muylch) causes George (Eric Pierpoint) to give birth prematurely.
Director: John McPherson, Stan Lathan
Writer: Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
7.1/1076 votesLoading...#20 - Chains of Love
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1989
George (Eric Pierpoint) goes under cover as a client at a computer-dating service for Newcomers to locate a female Newcomer killer.
Director: Harry Longstreet
Writer: Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
7.0/1089 votesLoading...#21 - Little Lost Lamb
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1989
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.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Diane Frolov
NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Green Eyes
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/1990
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
The Best Episodes of Alien Nation
Every episode of Alien Nation ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Alien Nation!
Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco. Sikes also has an 'on again off again' flirtation with...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
Network:FOX
Best Episodes Summary
"The Touch" is the best rated episode of "Alien Nation". It scored 7.8/10 based on 75 votes. Directed by Harry Longstreet and written by Craig W. Van Sickle, it aired on 4/30/1990. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The First Cigar".