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Season 5 - Episode Guide

Episodes

Alien Radio

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Jan 22, 1999

Alien Radio

A skeptical radio show host, who loves to shoot down his listeners, reports an alien encounter. One of his listeners, who claims to be possessed by an alien, sets himself on fire in front of him.

Donor

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Jan 29, 1999

Donor

With a cutting edge operation, Dr. Halstead, who should have died, gets a new lease on life. What he doesn't know is how they found such a perfect match in such a short amount of time.

Small Friends

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Feb 5, 1999

Small Friends

A prisoner who fixes other prisoners' electronic devices builds a few small mechanical friends who perform mechanical tasks for him. The other prisoners learn of their existence and want them to help in a prison break.

The Grell

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1999

The Grell

An alien slave of the species Grell rescues his owner's family after their plane is shot down in an attack by the Grell rebellion.

The Other Side

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Feb 19, 1999

The Other Side

A young scientist's efforts to regenerate the minds of brain-dead patients is endangered when his own single-mindedness drives off his assistants and alienates his superiors. He links up the patients' brains, which hooks up the subjects together, in another reality. But the method threatens the continuation of the study.

Joyride

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Feb 26, 1999

Joyride

An American Project Mercury astronaut who had aborted his flight due to some mysterious purple lights in space has a chance to revisit the experience on a private space flight sponsored by an American billionaire.

The Human Operators

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1999

The Human Operators

On a ship controlled by an authoritarian computer maintained by human slaves, a man and woman learn that the ship fears them. The humans dream of sabotaging the ship's sentient control system and free themselves.

Blank Slate

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Apr 2, 1999

Blank Slate

Hope Wilson knows there's something different about the man who stumbles into the homeless shelter. This well-manicured man is being changed by somebody and is carrying all of his memories in a box.

What Will the Neighbors Think?

Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Apr 23, 1999

What Will the Neighbors Think?

Mona is a bit of a hypochondriac. One day in the basement she sees two people having sexual intercourse and in the process is electrocuted. When she awakes, she finds out that she can hear the thoughts of the people in her building.

The Shroud

Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Apr 30, 1999

The Shroud

When Marie and Justin can't have a child, they turn to the fertility clinic using invitro fertilization to implant an embryo in her uterus. What Marie doesn't know is that her fetus contains DNA lifted from the Shroud of Turin in a plot to artificially create the second coming of Christ.

Ripper

Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: May 7, 1999

Ripper

An alien that inhabits women, eventually killing them, is resulting in a modern "Jack the Ripper" crime wave and wants to plant the blame on a man who is trying to stop him.

Tribunal

Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: May 14, 1999

Tribunal

A lawyer looking to convict a Nazi war criminal gets help from a mysterious time traveler who is able to procure evidence from the place of the crimes: Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.

Summit

Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: May 21, 1999

Summit

A planet of genetically engineered humanoids that are mining resources for Earth are demanding their independence from human oppression.

Descent

Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Jun 25, 1999

Descent

A milquetoast scientist who has been working at a museum develops a genetic dominance DNA serum that should bring out the competitive nature inherent in all of us. Trying it on himself brings out more than he bargained for.

The Haven

Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Jul 2, 1999

The Haven

Residents of an apartment house whose lives are isolated and provided for by an internal automated system find that they must now work together when it no longer functions properly.

Deja Vu

Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Jul 9, 1999

Deja Vu

With the funding of the military, Dr. Crest is trying to create the ability to teleport objects. Someone has sabotaged the project causing him to relive the several hours before the final countdown over and over again.

The Inheritors

Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Jul 16, 1999

The Inheritors

A man is killed when a meteor strikes him in the head. When the coroner examines him, tentacles exit the hole in his head and then the corpse gets up and walks off.

Essence of Life

Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Jul 23, 1999

Essence of Life

A new designer drug called S is available to those wanting to "reunite" with a deceased loved one. The catch? It's illegal, addictive and can drive the user insane if they take too much too often.

Stranded

Episode: 5x19 | Airdate: Jul 30, 1999

Stranded

A lonely high school boy finds friendship in an alien that crash lands on Earth.

Fathers and Sons

Episode: 5x20 | Airdate: Aug 6, 1999

Fathers and Sons

A young man's grandfather is sent to a home by his father. When he learns the home is causing his grandfather to have weird dreams his investigation leads him to discover the secret behind Silver Sunset.

Star Crossed

Episode: 5x21 | Airdate: Aug 13, 1999

Star Crossed

A futuristic reinterpretation of "Casablanca," a couple is carrying a parasite that might win the war for the humans. The couple flees looking for a way to escape and gain the support of a former lover who owns a casino.

Better Luck Next Time

Episode: 5x22 | Airdate: Aug 20, 1999

Better Luck Next Time

A man is arrested for killing another and claims he is possessed by an alien. As he convinces one of the detectives through mental images, her partner is questioning another witness who was also there.

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