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{{quote|''"There are powers that you do not understand guarding you, Liam"''|'''Da'an'''}}
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 ''[[
The series lasted from October
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[[Ruined FOREVER|And then came season 5]]. Season 4 ended on an extremely vague and ambiguous cliffhanger with all the fans hoping it would finally reveal the big purpose the show was building up to. But no, giant let down and season 5 was more like a [[Spin-Off]], considering the shows [[Anyone Can Die|turbulent character roster]], it dropped most of the roles from the last season too and introduced new ones.
* Liam Kincaid, [[Half-Human Hybrid|alien hybrid]], despite being born in the second season with the rest watching has a [[Mysterious Past]]. Also a [[Deus Ex Machina]] incarnate, but it serves to elaborate upon said past. He is also the [[Last of His Kind]]. Stuck in the middle with divided loyalties between himself, [[La Résistance]], The Taleons, and one particular Taelon, Da'an.
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* [[Action Girl]]. Lili Marquette, Renée Palmer.
* [[Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome]]: {{spoiler|Season two's "Dimensions".}}
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* [[Baby Factory]]: Not onscreen, though they're occasionally mentioned.
* [[BFG]]: In one episode, we get a glimpse of a project called Forge, which turns out to be a giant anti-space cannon, capable of firing through ID space. Its ammo? A ''cubic mile'' of lava from Earth's core.
* [[Child
* [[Coconut Superpowers]]. Apparently Liam Kincaid has the Shaqarava but he hardly uses it and it's finally explained by that he becomes more human over time.
* [[Continuity Nod]] - Because of season five's radically different premise, any reference it makes to the first four seasons seem like this instead of actual continuity. It's most extreme during the series finale; after an entire season of only hearing the phrase 'core energy' once or twice, down from it being an original, pivotol plot point and mentioned often, we are suddenly reminded of how important it was when the Taelon mothership itself nearly dies from a lack of sustinence. It probably says something about the quality of season five's new characters that the mothership being ''saved'' is a high point of the finale.
* [[Cool Starship]] : The Taelon Mothership. Appearing almost transparent in space, save for strings of light going through the ship, a living being capable of regenerating and indeed, growing or shrinking itself referred to as a "she" by the Taelons, and had firepower capable of destroying a planet.
* [[Emotional Maturity Is Physical Maturity]]
* [[Energy Beings]] The Taelons, the Kimera. The first seem to be primarily energy based but not entirely in the [[Stargate SG
** 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.
* [[Expository Theme Tune]] / [[Opening Narration]]
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]] in Liam Kincaid {{spoiler|more properly Liam Sandoval-Beckett but no one calls him that, ever}}. He has [[Extra Parent Conception|three parents]], two human and one [[Energy Beings|Kimera]] and ends up with a kind of triple stranded DNA helix and a few special abilities. The entire manner of it is convoluted but the [[Energy Beings|Kimera]] race were extremely advanced and had a demonstrative skill in genetic manipulation.
* [[Humans Are
* [[Human Popsicle]] - a Roman guy Ma'el placed in stasis to be awakened every 100 years to see if the Taelons have disregarded his warning and came to Earth. Should that happen, the guy is supposed to {{spoiler|ram the Mothership with Ma'el's ship}}.
* [[Interstellar Weapon]]: One episode features a weapon that shoots lava from the Earth's core through [[Hyperspace|ID space]] that can hit planets in other solar systems.
* [[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.
* [[Last of His Kind]] Liam Kincaid from whose proper name would be something more akin to Liam {{spoiler|Sandoval-Beckett son of Ha'gel}} is an example of this. Whilst also a [[Half-Human Hybrid]] he's also the last of the ancient [[Energy Beings|Kimera]] race {{spoiler|who were killed by the Taelons eons back}}. He's the son of Ha'gel, probably the original [[Last of His Kind]] in the show died just after Liam was conceived which was one of his two functions.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] - {{spoiler|Zo'or is Da'an's child}}, which doesn't stop either from plotting against the other. To make matters worse, {{spoiler|Liam is Sandoval's biological son}}, although the latter does not know.
* [[
* [[Oireland]] - The Episode "The Secret of Strandhill" is set in an alternate Ireland where the Companions are responsible for the Tuatha de dAnnan myths and unifying the New United Republic of Ireland under Northern Rule.
* [[Product Placement]]
* [[Properly Paranoid]] - the Resistance
* [[Psychic Link]]: The Taelon Commonality.
* [[Recurring Character]]. Like [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* [[The Starscream]] - Sandoval, the only character to appear in every single season.
** What about Zo'or?
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* [[The Stoic]]. Doors, Sandoval.
* [[Story Arc]]. Probably one of the most convoluted overall plotline in any science fiction show. The writers setting up a major progression towards a climax which never comes.
** 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
* [[They Were Holding You Back]]: Boon's wife.
* [[Twist Ending]] - The show wasn't afraid to [[Retcon|reveal]] that characters which were two seasons old to secretly been plotting against what they seemed the whole time.
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