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War of the Worlds

1988

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EP1 The Second Wave Oct 02, 1989

Almost Tomorrow The world is now a mess. As the environment with its predictable weather patterns and the economy in dire straights, anarchy is now loose and the world as we knew it is less optimistic. It's been months with no alien activity and the military backing for the Blackwood Project is weakened as the government seems to be in turmoil as well. As if things weren't bad enough, a new group of aliens, the Morthren, have arrived. They have used a process of transmutation to take on human form to protect themselves from Earth's bacteria so the need for hosting bodies and radiation is no more. Under the rule of Malzor, they are instructed by the Eternal Spirit of Morthrai to kill off the ""soldiers"" who came before and failed to appropriate the planet. Continuing in their mission, they try to snare a member of the Blackwood Team for cloning purposes which will obtain all memories of the original, but totally loyal to the Morthren cause. With this clone, it can more easily infiltrate

EP2 No Direction Home Oct 09, 1989

While the Blackwood team picks up the pieces and tries to find a new home, the Morthren, too, have to find a new location as they are aware that the humans have been there once and might return. When Harrison and Kincaid go back to the empty base, they find an engram for the aliens' cloning devices that can transport memories and images from the subject to its copy. Meanwhile, Mana and Ardix have cloned a reverend so that he can spread the word of the one true God - the Eternal.

EP3 Doomsday Oct 16, 1989

A heat wave, followed by a water shortage, drives everyone to the brink of desperation. When a local church font begins to produce an apparently unlimited supply of water, the team is suspicious. Is it a miracle, or something much darker?

EP4 Terminal Rock Oct 23, 1989

Rock and roll ruins young minds...especially when the aliens are involved. Loner Kincaid and newly-adolescent Debi experience growing pains while the team tries to deal with a new, dangerous kind of music.

EP5 Breeding Ground Oct 30, 1989

While at the hospital looking for some hard-to-find medicine, Harrison comes across gruesome evidence that the aliens are experimenting on humans. Meanwhile, Malzor and Mana try to find a way to increase their Morthren numbers here on Earth.

EP6 Seft of Emun Nov 06, 1989

When the Morthren run low on power, they are forced to bring Seft, the High Priestess of Emun, out of stasis. While Seft is searching for the materials she will need to create power crystals for her captors she meets Harrison. Will the link forged between them be enough to save Seft and her son, or is she doomed to forever serve the evil Morthren?

EP7 Loving the Alien Nov 13, 1989

Suzanne helps her friend Marcus search for his missing daughter, unaware that the girl has been captured by the aliens. Meanwhile, Debi runs away in search of someone who understands her. She finds that person in a pale, strange boy named Ceeto.

EP8 Night Moves Nov 20, 1989

The harsh life in the city, coupled with a food shortage, lead Suzanne to take Debi out to the country to live with Suzanne's estranged mother. The aliens are also having food shortages, however, and have their own plans for the family homestead.

EP9 Synthetic Love Jan 15, 1990

Kincaid runs into an old friend named Johnny, only to discover that his friend is dangerously addicted to drugs. Kincaid takes him to one of the well-known Laporte Rehabilitation Centers, which has just started using a new miracle drug called Krebulax. But something strange is going on at the clinic, and there's something even stranger about the man supplying the drug...a Mister Malcolm.

EP10 The Defector Jan 22, 1990

When an attempt to hack into the humans' computers goes awry, a Morthren technician (Kemo) is scarred both physically and mentally by the experience. Facing execution, he flees and takes over the identity of the human hacker he killed.

EP11 Time to Reap Jan 29, 1990

The Eternal instructs Malzor on how he can go back in time to 1953 in the aftermath of the failed invasion to ensure victory by inoculating his brethren from Earth's bacteria in order to change the course of history in the favour of the Morthren race. However, Blackwood and Kincaid have followed him through the same time tunnel to stop him from succeeding in giving the aliens a huge advantage in their conquest.

EP12 The Pied Piper Feb 05, 1990

The first-born Morthren on Earth is now grown to the age of a nine-year-old. The aliens use both his need for emotional comfort and their need for gentic information in one play as they leave him at the Crecne Experimental School where he will bring back files for the Morthren's use.

EP13 The Deadliest Disease Feb 12, 1990

Warring factions (including the Blackwood team and the Morthren) fight over a med cell that could save countless lives--including that of a dying Mana.

EP14 Path of Lies Feb 19, 1990

While Ardix bargins with a dying millionare's life for access to a communication's satellite, the aliens are trying to kill nosey reporter Marc Traynor. During an assassination attempt, the reporter snaps images of dead alien bodies. To make matters worse, Kincaid and Blackwood are seen killing them. If published, their identities will be revealed and easier for the aliens.

EP15 Candle in the Night Apr 09, 1990

While the aliens try to recover a malfunctioning surveillance device, the team plots a surprise birthday party for Debi.

EP16 Video Messiah Apr 16, 1990

The aliens use subliminal messages and a clone of a popular motivational speaker to control the minds of the rich and powerful. Kincaid and the rest of the team get involed when an old friend of Kincaid's is drawn into the lethal scheme.

EP17 Totally Real Apr 23, 1990

Debi is forced to fight an alien warrior in a duel to the death.

EP18 Max Apr 30, 1990

A year after his brother's death, Kincaid discovers that the aliens have brought Max back to life to kill him.

EP19 The True Believer May 07, 1990

In desperate straits, the aliens gain a piece of valuable information: the identities of Harrison, Suzanne, and Kincaid. Soon the team has been accused of bank robbery and murder, and Malzor has taken over the police investigation.

EP20 The Obelisk May 14, 1990

Continuing Morthren losses force a maddened Malzor to take a drastic step: the release of a spore which will cause the death of every native organism on Earth.
6.5| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.

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Reviews

ChikPapa Very disappointed :(
Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
alex_i-0 First of all. Season 1: 10/10 Season 2: 1/10This must be the creepiest sci-fi horror show/movie ever. I was 10 years old when I first saw it. Now, 21 years later, I still have nightmares.The reason may be the complete lack of human emotions within the aliens. No empathy whatsoever for human life. The aliens are portrayed as total different from us - not "almost human/American" like in other sci-fi shows. These ones cannot be reasoned with. You cannot negotiate with them.Three episodes moved me deeply. 1.Quinn. "no Harrison...you are the alien". 2.The abducted woman. The end scene when Harrison just being to late to rescue her. It gave me an incredible parallel with my own life. Being to late to save the most loved one person in my life. 3.The strong drug. The scene with humans collecting drugs from the floor. Acting as animals.The only flaw with the show is its low budget. Imagine what it could have been with a modern show's budget.And one more thing. WOW is no predecessor to "X-files". X-files is a cheesy, unrealistic show with vampires, werewolves, and baseball-loving aliens. YES! Baseball-loving aliens. Give me a break...WOW is the real deal. With real human emotions. With real characters. With a real nightmare-plot. Great job! GREAT!
preppy-3 I came across this totally by accident on late night TV back in 1988-1989. It was on right after the "Friday the 13th" TV series. I watched and had two feelings. It WAS good but it was also one of the most repulsive things I've seen on TV. The violence and action were extreme--nothing was held back. I know this was fiction but it was so in your face it got disturbing. Some good acting made it even harder to stomach. When they got to the plot about stealing human babies to do--something (I forgot what)--I stopped watching. It's years later, but I have never shaken the image of a screaming nude baby in an aliens claws and the mother sitting a home and crying next to the empty cradle. Yeah--it's fiction but there ARE limits and this one went way overboard. I'm giving it a 7 nonetheless--it was a strong, interesting TV series. I'm not going to give it a bad vote just for a few minutes that bothered me.
crazyrabbits You know, the first season of this show wasn't that bad. You had strong plots, good acting, and a good overall storyline.Then the second season started.What the hell was Frank Mancuso Jr. thinking when he made this series? It sucked! Here are some of the reasons why it sucked: 1) You killed off half the cast, including the strong military commander and the computer expert. They were actually the most interesting characters on the show! 2) What year is it? For one thing, it's never explained how much time has passed between the first and second seasons, and there's also the matter of where the woman who owned the house where lived in the manor went? She just disappeared.3) The main characters now live in an underground pipe.4) Even when the main character (Harrison) said he never used a gun, he just broke his own moral code and shot some guys in the second season premiere.5) The plots just sucked. Period.Bottom Line: Stick to the first season, and forget this season ever happened. You'll be better off.
rabadabadu-1 I worked at Paramount Studios as a film editor between 1969-1973 and had the priveledge to work directly with George Pal,(Producer of the original "War Of The Worlds" feature movie) along with Niel MacDonald (film editor)on a T.V. pilot presentation based on the movie. We used original "War Of The Worlds" feature footage, along with various artists original renderings(used for posters and promotions). Along with original "War Of The Worlds" matte shots. Using an animation camera to shoot pans and slow move-ins of the paintings along with original footage and sound track, George himself wrote and narrated over the edited material. Not one frame was actually shot for the presentation. we used existing material only. I believe, that the presentation was about 15-20 minutes long. It was done in 1971. The studio said it was a great Idea, but the cost would be prohibative, so they passed. What a shame!! At almost the same time the original "Star Trek" series was being done at Paramount.