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11 August 2007
(Season 1, Episode 2)
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Major Albert Skynner is brought out of retirement when an alien creature arrives on Earth. The creature...
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Stephen Hawking | ... | Himself - Host |
 | Terry O'Quinn | ... | Albert Skynner |
 | Elisabeth Röhm | ... | Lt. Granger |
 | William B. Davis | ... | The President |
| Julian Christopher | ... | General Mackenzie (as Julian D Christopher) |
| Malcolm Stewart | ... | Col. Dingham |
 | Doron Bell | ... | Kirby |
 | Samir El Sharkawi | ... | The Iraqi |
| Dave Lantaigne | ... | Army Officer |
| Adrian Mcmorran | ... | The Medic |
| Dean Marshall | ... | The General's Aide |
 | Hiro Kanagawa | ... | Captain Oguchi |
| Johannah Newmarch | ... | Assistant |
| Mitra Loraz | ... | Palestinian Woman |
| Andre Fex | ... | French Leader |
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The first half of this movie is pretty good, but when you finally see where the plot is going, it's disappointing.
Basically, the story centers on the government's investigation of a mysterious lifeform and two catatonic people found at a helicopter crash site in Iraq. The story follows the scientific and political developments that occur as time goes on and strange things start to happen...
I really liked that setup - plus the great acting. The actors and the direction are very good so kudos to the show on that level. Everything looked like this would probably be a pretty good sci-fi story - even if there was a mediocre follow through at the end.
However, eventually the plot changes to one of political preaching and its obvious what's going to happen. It was kind of embarrassing to watch at that point since it's an obvious political censorship of the US's involvement in Iraq. No subtle inferences - it's loud and clear.
The problem is that it's too loud and soon dominates the story. Although the movie is not all terribly bad, I can't imagine who would actually benefit from watching it.