"Earth 2" First Contact (1994)

Director:

Scott Winant

Writers:

Billy Ray (creator) and
Michael Duggan (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Earth 2" (1994)

Original Air Date:

6 November 1994 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Devon Adair and her crew are searching a new home for the human race. The colonization of "Earth 2" is difficult...

Plot Keywords:

Colonization | Spacecraft | Alien | Survival | Stranded

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Debrah Farentino	...	Devon Adair
Clancy Brown	...	John Danziger
Sullivan Walker	...	Yale
Jessica Steen	...	Dr. Julia Heller
John Gegenhuber	...	Morgan Martin
Rebecca Gayheart	...	Bess Martin
Richard Bradford	...	Cmdr. Broderick O'Neill
Joey Zimmerman	...	Ulysses Adair
J. Madison Wright	...	True Danziger
Antonio Sabato Jr.	...	Alonzo Solace
Tierre Turner	...	Zero
Walter Norman	...	Walman
Marcia Magus	...	Magus
Rockmond Dunbar	...	Baines
Beth Colt	...	Newscaster

Runtime:

120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

College of Santa Fe - 1600 Saint Michaels Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Amblin Entertainment

A show of infinite promise

A show that had great promise in both its premise and its characters, it soon began to suffer at the hands of the writers, who couldn't seem to decide what the central focus of the storyline should be. While most of the individual episodes were well enough done, the overall story seemed to head off in one given direction for a few episodes, only to stop and stumble off in another direction at seemingly random intervals. Unfortunately, it aired on a major network, whose executives had neither the foresight nor the patience to give this show the time it needed to find its center.