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The Best Episodes of First Wave Season 3

Every episode of First Wave Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of First Wave Season 3!

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Framed for murder and on the run, a former thief struggles to expose the vanguard of an alien invasion with the help of a conspiracy theorist and newly discovered prophecies of Nostradamus.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    First Wave Season 3 Episode 1 - Mabus
    8.0/10(37 votes)

    #1 - Mabus

    S3:E1

    Jordan Radcliffe joins Cade and Eddie to fight the aliens. The Gua make a clone of Cade.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:Daniel Cerone

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  2. First Wave Season 3 Episode 2 - Raven Nation
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    #2 - Raven Nation

    S3:E2

    Raven Nation is a resistance group that fashions themselves after the ethos of Cade Foster and his significance as a key in defeating the Gua. Jordan Radcliffe becomes Cade's most trusted ally within the group.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writers:Michael J. Cinquemani, Chris Brancato

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  3. First Wave Season 3 Episode 3 - Comes a Horseman
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    #3 - Comes a Horseman

    S3:E3

    While investigating a biological research facility, Foster is exposed to a lethal airborne virus and must risk his life in order to prevent the virus from spreading.

    Director:Michael Robison
    Writer:David Tynan

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  4. First Wave Season 3 Episode 4 - Gulag
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #4 - Gulag

    S3:E4

    Foster discovers Joshua locked away on a quantum pocket where he is forced to attempt the same task over and over again as punishment for helping Foster.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:David Wilcox

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  5. First Wave Season 3 Episode 5 - The Flight of Francis Jeffries
    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #5 - The Flight of Francis Jeffries

    S3:E5

    Foster investigates an alien experiment that will allow the Gua to transfer their consciousness without having to use husks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:David Wilcox, Michael Glassberg

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  6. First Wave Season 3 Episode 6 - Still At Large
    7.9/10(34 votes)

    #6 - Still At Large

    S3:E6

    Foster and Jordan go undercover in a Chicago police station in order to find documents that allegedly prove Cade Foster's innocence in his wife's murder.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Gary Sherman

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  7. First Wave Season 3 Episode 7 - Asylum
    7.5/10(34 votes)

    #7 - Asylum

    S3:E7

    Eddie checks into a mental asylum in the hope of rescuing a judge who shares the institution with other people who believe that the Earth is being overrun by aliens.

    Director:Bill Corcoran
    Writer:William T. Conway

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  8. First Wave Season 3 Episode 8 - Eyes of the Gua
    7.3/10(28 votes)

    #8 - Eyes of the Gua

    S3:E8

    A Gua assassin is sent out to kill what appear to be random victims. But with Joshua observing events, Foster is determined to find out the truth behind the incidents.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:David Wilcox

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  9. First Wave Season 3 Episode 9 - Skywatchers
    7.6/10(29 votes)

    #9 - Skywatchers

    S3:E9

    One of the Raven Nation operatives disappears near the small town of Hope. When Jordan and Foster investigate, they discover that the townspeople are hiding a terrible secret.

    Director:Randy Cheveldave
    Writer:Michael Thoma

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  10. First Wave Season 3 Episode 10 - The Plan
    7.9/10(33 votes)

    #10 - The Plan

    S3:E10

    When Mabus dissolves the Gua Assembly, his military leaders are concerned that he is launching the second wave too early. They hatch a plan to assassinate him, with the help of Cade Foster.

    Director:Michael Robison
    Writer:Chris Brancato

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  11. First Wave Season 3 Episode 11 - Wednesday's Child
    6.9/10(31 votes)

    #11 - Wednesday's Child

    S3:E11

    Foster and Jordan are saved from a Gua bomb by an email sent to Eddie by an ill ten year old girl. Jordan discovers that Mabus has made a psychic connection to the girl.

    Director:George Mendeluk
    Writer:Robin Brancato

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  12. First Wave Season 3 Episode 12 - Unearthed
    6.9/10(34 votes)

    #12 - Unearthed

    S3:E12

    Eddie and Jordan join an archaeology dig looking for Thor's Hammer and discover a Gua presence looking for the powerful weapon, which claims Foster as its first victim.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:William T. Conway

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  13. First Wave Season 3 Episode 13 - Shadowland
    8.0/10(32 votes)

    #13 - Shadowland

    S3:E13

    After Foster experiences a series of nightmares, he visits a hypnotherapist friendly to the Raven Nation and is led back into a childhood he has forgotten, including a suppressed encounter with the Gua.

    Director:Michael Robison
    Writers:Michael J. Cinquemani, David Tynan

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  14. First Wave Season 3 Episode 14 - Legacy
    8.5/10(47 votes)

    #14 - Legacy

    S3:E14

    Jordan is ambushed by the Gua at the Radcliffe Foundation annual ball, where she learns the shocking truth about her late father's demise.

    Director:Rob LaBelle
    Writer:Paul Eckstein

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  15. First Wave Season 3 Episode 15 - The Edge
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    #15 - The Edge

    S3:E15

    Foster is injected with Gua DNA and, as the process of transformation progresses, Jordan and Eddie face the agonizing prospect of having to kill Foster in order to save the planet.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:David Wilcox

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  16. First Wave Season 3 Episode 16 - The Vessel
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #16 - The Vessel

    S3:E16

    Foster must stop the aliens from destroying the world's computer systems and Mabus from occupying human bodies, including his new love's.

    Director:Michael Robison
    Writer:Daniel Cerone

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  17. First Wave Season 3 Episode 17 - Requiem
    7.4/10(30 votes)

    #17 - Requiem

    S3:E17

    Foster informs the Generals of the Raven Nation that Mabus is using Jordan Radcliffe's body as a host.

    Director:Randy Cheveldave
    Writer:William T. Conway

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  18. First Wave Season 3 Episode 18 - Checkmate
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #18 - Checkmate

    S3:E18

    Victory for the Gua seems close, as Mabus capotures Foster. Could an extraterrestrial revelation free Jordan and destroy Mabus?

    Director:Michael Robison
    Writer:Paul Eckstein

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  19. First Wave Season 3 Episode 19 - Black Box
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #19 - Black Box

    S3:E19

    An Omega quatraine points Foster and Eddie towards a magnetic signal in the mountains. Suddenly a GUA ship crashes nearby. Joshua brought the ship down and it begins a race to find a powerful GUA warhead from the crash.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:David Wilcox

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  20. First Wave Season 3 Episode 20 - Beneath The Black Sky
    8.3/10(25 votes)

    #20 - Beneath The Black Sky

    S3:E20

    Foster encounters Xevallah, the mysterious stranger who rescued him from the Gua when he was a child. Xevellah teaches Foster the essential wisdom of forgiveness and prepares him for the final battle with the Gua.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. First Wave Season 3 Episode 21 - Terminal City
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #21 - Terminal City

    S3:E21

    Foster travels to the future to locate the Hammer, a Gua weapon that has the power to determine the fate of humankind. But he discovers that the Resistance has crumbled and his counterpart has lost hope.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Michael Thoma

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  22. First Wave Season 3 Episode 22 - Twice Bless'd
    8.6/10(31 votes)

    #22 - Twice Bless'd

    S3:E22

    Mabus attempts to control the minds of Foster, Eddie, Jordan and Joshua in order to fulfill the requirements necessary to initiate the Second Wave.

    Director:Bill Corcoran
    Writers:Chris Brancato, Fergus Cook

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Mabus" is the best rated episode of "First Wave" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Mike Rohl and written by Daniel Cerone, it aired on 9/13/2000. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Raven Nation".