7.2/1064 votes#1 - Crackdown
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1999
President Thompson declares a state of emergency to crush the resistance while Liam and Auger try to prove that the resistance was not behind the assasination attempt of President Thompson.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Paul Gertz, Cory Tynan
7.0/1058 votes#2 - The Vanished
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1999
Liam and Augur discover that Volunteers all over the world are breaking into homes and arresting civillians. Meanwhile, Sandoval genetically alters Lili and sends her off into space.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Cory Tynan
6.7/1054 votes#3 - Emancipation
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1999
Liam learns more about skrills while searching for the missing skrill queen.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: Ethlie Ann Vare
6.8/1055 votes#4 - Déjà Vu
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1999
A new Taelon/Doors venture that allows people to relive their most cherished memories may not be what it appears when four people supposedly die from overloaded synapses.
Director: Ross Clyde
Writer: Howard Chaykin
6.9/1053 votes#5 - The Once and Future World
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1999
Liam and Renee investigate taelon artefacts on of which leads to the discovery of Ma'el's ship.
Director: James Head
Writer: George Geiger
6.9/1057 votes#6 - Thicker Than Blood
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1999
Da'an hires a professional hit man to seek out Augur. Liam and Renee meet with 10 Resistance leaders whose cells have been discovered and destroyed. In order to avoid one cell from crushing the entire network in the future, Liam proposes that he be the only communication link between cells. Sandoval learns that he will die unless he gets a blood transfusion from an immediate family relative.
Director: James Head
Writer: George Geiger
6.9/1056 votes#7 - A Little Bit of Heaven
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1999
A woman barely escapes from the small town of Taelonville, Indiana through an ID Portal, the woman's three-month-old fetus was removed, possibly by ID technology. Zo'or denies the use of ID technology to perform non-invasive surgery. Liam arrives in Taelonville to investigate.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: Howard Chaykin
6.8/1057 votes#8 - Pad'ar
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1999
Liam investigates if Jack Patches, that allow fans of the combat game Pa'dar to feel the feelings of the warriors, causes seizures.
Director: Ross Clyde
Writer: Howard Chaykin
7.0/1055 votes#9 - In Memory
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1999
Lili awakens as a beam locks on to the shuttle. A Jaridian enters the shuttle as a Taelon warship arrives, engaging the shuttle in battle. Later, Lili finds herself to be a patient at a military hospital. Dr Reed tells Lili that she has been in a coma and that her CVI has been removed. Liam arrives to tell Lili that she has lost 3 years of her life and that the Taelons are gone after the Jaridians defeated them. She also learns she is responsible for saving Earth and Sandoval is scheduled to be executed. After Colonel Bramson debriefed her, Lili learns that Sandoval's last request is to speak with her. She agrees when she realizes that this will be her only chance to find out why Sandoval sent her out on the shuttle. However, Sandoval only reveals to Lili that he now has his own resistance, made up of faithful Taelon followers, who will kill her. Meeting Augur, Lili finds out that he is the CEO of a large company with a wife and a child. Watching Lili and Augur, Dr Reed and Bramson dis
Director: Terry Ingram
Writer: Cory Tynan
7.3/1058 votes#10 - The Cloister
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1999
The Companions are invited to join with a religious order in a ceremony. The group is made up entirely of women and seeks that special spiritual connection with the Taelons that will bring them to an enlightened state. Liam finds a former resistance member, Elizabeth, in the group. During the ceremony, the Companions share their energy with The Cloister. Worried about the possible security leak, Liam and Renee have to stop Elizabeth from telling the cult everything.
Director: Ross Clyde
Writer: Ethlie Ann Vare
6.5/1054 votes#11 - Interview
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/3/2000
A reporter after being exposed to Taelon radiation seeks to expose the Taelons during a live television interview with Zo'or by airing secret Taelon video.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: Cory Tynan
6.6/1050 votes#12 - Keep Your Enemies Closer
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/10/2000
Zo'or and Liam crash in a remote area of Wyoming. Naraina Durrant, a resident of a local commune of natural purists known as the Children of the Earth, rescues Liam from his crash bubble and assists him in his search for Zo'or. Meanwhile Zo'or's bitter rival T'than calles an emergency meeting to propose Da'an take Zo'or's place as the Synod leader.
Director: Terry Ingram
Writer: George Geiger
6.9/1052 votes#13 - Subterfuge
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/2000
Zo'or discuses with Ro'am, the Latin American Companion, his idea to make President Thompson an advisor to the Synod. Sandoval approaches Tonio Arias, Ro'am's Protector, and secretly attaches a microchip to Tonio's skrill. Ro'am and Tonio are killed while travelling in the ID Portal. T'than becomes suspicious of Zo'or because Ro'am's death shifts the balance of power in the Synod in Zo'or favour.
Director: Andrew Potter
Writer: Ethlie Ann Vare
6.6/1049 votes#14 - Scorched Earth
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/2000
Liam and Renee investigate the taelons involvement in the S.I. war.
Director: J. Miles Dale
Writer: Howard Chaykin
6.4/1053 votes#15 - Sanctuary
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/2000
When Zo'or contracts an ancient deadly plague for which there is no known cure, Renee suggests to Liam that the virus could be used to create a biological weapon to fight the Taelons. She recruits Augur to research the virus and it's potential.
Director: Michael Robison
Writer: Howard Chaykin
6.9/1055 votes#16 - Through Your Eyes
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/2000
At the Taelon Embassy, Da'an shows reporters the Taelon Galactic Database. A sniper fires a Pulse Gun that penetrates the virtual glass of the embassy. Liam and Da'an are stunned to see gaping holes in the virtual glass that is impervious to all human weapons. Sandoval and Liam find the Hammerlin CD-57 Pulse Gun and the transducer. Sandoval tells Liam he does not want the media informed. Later, Sandoval informs Zo'or that he has leaked all the information to the media, as per their plan. Augur identifies Scott Pierce from a webcam as the shooter, but discovers that Pierce is a patient at St John's Neurological Centre. On the Mothership, Zo'or transfers his energy into Pierce's comatose body to convince humans to ban energy weapons that could threaten the Taelons.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: Marcus Miller
7.0/1053 votes#17 - Time Bomb
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/28/2000
A Roman citizen is awoken uboard Ma'el's ship to pronounce jugement against the taelons.
Director: Ross Clyde
Writer: George Geiger
6.8/1053 votes#18 - The Fields
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/17/2000
While Carson Briggs works overtime at the New World Commonwealth Bank, a hopeless cry introduces a blue light that swirls around him. The energy light chases and tortures Carson, pushing him onto the floor. The energy whirls in circular motions around Carson, setting him on fire. At the same time, Liam dreams of the exact horrifying events that Carson experiences. Liam goes to the death scene. Recalling the events of his dream to a investigator, he offers a piece of evidence that had not yet recovered - Carson's ring, which designed with the bank's logo and the ancient Taelon symbol for impurity. At Carson's home, Liam discovers circular burn marks throughout the house. The blue energy appears, which leads Liam to a Taelon data log. The energy takes the shape of the deceased Taelon Ku'don, who mutters the word 'exile' before disappearing. Suddenly, Liam hears loud banging and he hides the data log as commandos storm the house. Liam overpowers one of the commandos and escapes as a command
Director: John Stead
Writer: Cory Tynan
6.5/1049 votes#19 - Apparition
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/2000
Liam is asked by a Church of the Companions member, Devon, to help find his girlfriend, also a member who has mysteriously disappeared. Sandoval gives Da'an some energy dust. Liam and Renee join the Church as homeless people. At the church's shelter they find that the food has a Taelon additive. In an underground environment on Church of the Companions land, Volunteers force drugged Church of the Companions members to harvest Kryss, a substance necessary that is vital to Taelons survival on Earth. Liam knows that Taelon plants only grow in 98F degree temperature. They discover that humans are being used to grow Kryss.
Director: Michael Robison
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
6.8/1051 votes#20 - One Taelon Avenue
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/2000
At One Taelon Avenue, Dr Sato and Joshua Doors begin a test with an ID shuttle prototype. The craft explodes, sending everyone ducking for cover while Sato calmly watches. Joshua tries to persuade Renee Palmer to leave Doors International and join him at One Taelon Ave. Jonathan Doors encounters his son in Renee's office and the two exchange opinions about business. Jonathan, concerned about his son, asks Liam to find out what's really going on at One Taelon Ave. At One Taelon Ave, Renee meets with Joshua while Liam is tracked by Control, a computer, while he investigates. Control tracks Sato and begins a bio-purge function. Sato tries to escape the energy walls, but they disintegrate him. Zu'or and Da'an review the security video of Sato's demise. Da'an is concerned that Control may be overriding the Taelon programming and creating its own agenda. Sandoval reports he has begun an investigation at One Taelon Avenue, but Zu'or orders him to close his investigation. Liam and Augur find t
Director: John Stead
Writer: John Whelpley
6.8/1050 votes#21 - Abduction
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/2000
Da'an checks with Andrea Myzar on the decoding process of one of Ma'el's messages. Da'an is shot by Andrea. Andrea leaves the MotherShip with Ma'el's message relic. Augur's holo-computer finds that Andrea is Emma King, a mathematican killed 3 years ago. Liam retrieves the relic and discovers that humanity is the genetic link between the Taelons and Jaridians.
Director: Andrew Potter
Writer: Howard Chaykin
7.0/1050 votes#22 - Arrival
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2000
While Lili returns to earth after being tricked into giving the jaridians interdimensional transportation, an auction is held at the Antartic Republic of Rostok for some mysterious alien weapons. Sandoval must stop the bidding taking place while Liam and Renee try to find out what the weapons are.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: John Whelpley
The Best Episodes of Earth: Final Conflict Season 3
Every episode of Earth: Final Conflict Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Earth: Final Conflict Season 3!
Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives.
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & AdventureMystery
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Crackdown" is the best rated episode of "Earth: Final Conflict" season 3. It scored 7.2/10 based on 64 votes. Directed by Allan Kroeker and written by Paul Gertz, Cory Tynan, it aired on 10/4/1999. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Vanished".