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Like [[Andromeda]], this is a show [[Gene Roddenberry]] managed to create while being in his grave; it was actually more an effort of his wife. All things Gene Roddenberry demanded from ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'', like a positive view on the future, no internal character conflicts and make exploration, not war, are completely gone. The only ''Trek'' it baresbears the vaguest of resemblance to is ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV)|DS9]]'' for the prominence of <s>spiritual blurry lights</s> properly masked dei ex machina, the everlasting feel that it '"was all meant to be'" and in no uncertain term the multidimensional properties of both the [[Villains]] and the [[Good Guy]].

The series lasted from October, 1997 to May, 2002., Aproducing a total of 110 episodes in five seasons. As the title might suggest it takes place on Earth, a very lethal place as all characters seem to die off very swiftly after being introduced. One(This was one of the only series to kill ofoff its lead after the first season.) At the start it has been three years back since a [[Sufficiently Advanced]] alien race called the Taelons came to Earth who quickly proceeded to remove all hunger, poverty, illness from the human populace and win the admiration of the public at heart. Naturally it turns out they have some form of hidden agenda.

It takes [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil]], tells it it sucks and then throws it through an ID-Portal into space. Most alien species seem even more divided than humans in their political goals and even more in how to achieve them. The Taelons aren't outright evil at all, the Taelon characters are as diverse in how evil they are as the [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters|human ones]]. And it turns out to be a lot more complex as both species are intertwined into some [[Deus Ex Machina|extremely vague]] purpose and need each other for survival. The second main character also was an [[Half-Human Hybrid|alien hybrid]]. In a lot of ways, it was like ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' only ''much'' more complex and with no clear good guy, bad guy or motivations.

== The cast included: ==

* [[Child Byby Rape]] - Liam "Kincaid" - The Kimera Ha'Gel, [[Last of His Kind]], essentially goes on a spree to try and procreate. His "mates" are [[Out Withwith a Bang|not able to withstand the experience]]. Ha'gel ends up overpowering both Sandoval and Beckett to produce Liam, the hero of seasons 2&3. Liam doesn't seem to acknowledge his alien parent any more than he absolutely has to (to the point of considering Sandoval, the show's [[Magnificent Bastard]] as his "real" father), and gets to [[Calling the Old Man Out|tell Ha'Gel off later]].

* [[Energy Beings]] The Taelons, the Kimera. The first seem to be primarily energy based but not entirely in the [[Stargate SG -1|glowing squid]] squad as yet. The Kimera however look to be entirely energy - except when they feel like it and pretend to be some matter based life form. The fact that the Taelons are energy based is a key part of the show's storyline too.

** Also a rare [[Deconstruction]]; beings made of energy have to contend with the fact that they ''expend'' that energy by living. The true, epic level of Zo'or's arrogance over their evolution into [[Energy Beings]] shows when we learn that they're actually an evolutionary dead-end; they have no way of naturally replenishing that energy.

* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]. A vast portion of humans are just as bad [[Aliens Are Bastards|as some aliens are]]. Ronald Sandoval being a fine example. Even in this the show has non-trivial shades of gray, as {{spoiler|in the first season Sandoval is being unwittingly controlled by an alien brain implant, and when that becomes defective, he maintains his appearance of being evil for the purpose of secretly destroying the aliens from the inside}}.

* [[Kangaroo Court]] - In a fifth season episode, a radical judge kidnaps various people, including Renée Palmer, and tries them without a jury for "crimes against humanity" before executing them in a gruesome way. Luckily, the authorities show up just in time to spare Renée the same fate. The judge deliberately twisted the facts to prove his point, blaming Renée for things that others did.

* [[Ninety Percent90% of Your Brain]] - To explain the function of the CVI.

* [[Recurring Character]]. Like [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV)|DS9]] the show had a ridiculous amount of recurring characters, some of which being on par or even far above main characters in screen time at certain parts.

** To be fair, the end of season four ''did'' end the original story arc, but it was extremely vague and served as a non-event segue into season five's radically different direction. To wit; the entire purpose behind the Taelon's conquest of various non-space-faring species is a search for some sort of genetic missing link they lost when they converted into beings of energy; this deficiency leaves them without the ability to actually ''generate'' the energy they burn by simply ''existing.'' The human genome contains the solution, but by the time its discovered and used, nearly all of the species has died out anyway and the survivors [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence]], leaving a vacuum for season five's new villains.

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