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The series lasted from October, 1997 to May, 2002. 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 of the only series to kill of 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 [[Exclusively 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]]'' only ''much'' more complex and with no clear good guy, bad guy or motivations.
 
[[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.
 
== The cast included: ==
 
* 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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* [[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 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}}.
* [[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.
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