Season 1

Season • Oct 7, 1988–May 15, 1989

Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s.
  1. S1E1 - The Resurrection (1)

    The Resurrection (1)

    46 min • Oct 7, 1988 (38 years ago)

    In 1953, a worldwide invasion from Mars would have eliminated humanity had the extraterrestrial invaders not been vulnerable to the indigenous bacteria on the planet. Now an accident at a dumpsite revives the comatose aliens who then shortly attempt to resume the war they started 35 years ago.

  2. S1E2 - The Resurrection (2)

    The Resurrection (2)

    46 min • Oct 7, 1988 (38 years ago)

    35 years ago, Earth experienced a war of the worlds, humanity's savior being common diseases to which it had long since gained immunity. However, a Pandora's Box is opened when the invaders are accidently revived via radiation exposure, canceling the presence of their microscopic attackers. Their plot to reignite warfare is recognized only by Dr. Harrison Blackwood, who must convince others of the renewed global threat.

  3. S1E3 - The Walls of Jericho

    The Walls of Jericho

    46 min • Oct 10, 1988 (38 years ago)

    After a period without any further evidence of the aliens' existence, the powers-that-be try to shut down the Blackwood Project. Meanwhile, the aliens try desperately to find a way to combat the threat brought on by the radiation that is killing them.

  4. S1E4 - Thy Kingdom Come

    Thy Kingdom Come

    46 min • Oct 17, 1988 (38 years ago)

    The aliens trek to Canada in order to free more of their sleeping brethren. The Blackwood Project's only hope in finding them lies in the scattered mind of War of the Worlds veteran Sylvian Van Buren.

  5. S1E5 - A Multitude of Idols

    A Multitude of Idols

    46 min • Oct 24, 1988 (38 years ago)

    The aliens move toward an operation that will begin integrating themselves into human society, thus developing agents to be active anywhere in the world.

  6. S1E6 - Eye for an Eye

    Eye for an Eye

    46 min • Oct 31, 1988 (37 years ago)

    As Grover's Mill celebrates the 50th anniversary of the radio drama that made it famous, little do they know what really happened that night in 1938, or that the "Martians" have returned.

  7. S1E7 - The Second Seal

    The Second Seal

    46 min • Nov 7, 1988 (37 years ago)

    The aliens begin infiltrating a military base in hopes of possessing a list containing the location of 10,000 of their stored-away comrades.

  8. S1E8 - Goliath is My Name

    Goliath is My Name

    45 min • Nov 14, 1988 (37 years ago)

    A fantasy game and reality collide for students when the aliens invade a campus to steal a lethal biological substance. Things become even worse when an alien is exposed to the toxin and becomes a mentally unstable rogue.

  9. S1E9 - To Heal the Leper

    To Heal the Leper

    45 min • Nov 21, 1988 (37 years ago)

    The aliens are in jeopardy, as the Advocacy's collective counsel is crippled from the weakened state of one of the three. It seems that a dark cloud is lifting, but only Harrison believes they remain a threat.

  10. S1E10 - The Good Samaritan

    The Good Samaritan

    46 min • Dec 26, 1988 (37 years ago)

    The aliens have produced a deadly toxin, and a miraculous new development to feed the world becomes their means of mass poisoning.

  11. S1E11 - Epiphany

    Epiphany

    46 min • Jan 2, 1989 (37 years ago)

    The aliens take advantage of humanity's own violent nature in order to speed along its inevitable self-destruction.

  12. S1E12 - Among the Philistines

    Among the Philistines

    45 min • Jan 9, 1989 (37 years ago)

    A set-up for the aliens by the Blackwood Project is soon spun on its head as an alien manages to infiltrate the Cottage.

  13. S1E13 - Choirs of Angels

    Choirs of Angels

    46 min • Jan 16, 1989 (37 years ago)

    The aliens plant subliminal messages in a musician's recordings to brainwash a brilliant scientist into creating a cure for them against the bacteria on Earth.

  14. S1E14 - Dust to Dust

    Dust to Dust

    46 min • Jan 23, 1989 (37 years ago)

    The theft of an Indian object provokes disgust from Ironhorse. But it also garners the aliens' interest, as it holds something that belongs to one of their ancient war machines.

  15. S1E15 - He Feedeth Among the Lilies

    He Feedeth Among the Lilies

    45 min • Jan 30, 1989 (37 years ago)

    To better understand their problem, the aliens begin abducting humans to learn the secret of their immune systems.

  16. S1E16 - The Prodigal Son

    The Prodigal Son

    45 min • Feb 6, 1989 (37 years ago)

    In 1953, aliens invaded Earth, but were stopped when they fell to the planet's bacteria - except one. Now this rebellious rogue alien uses Blackwood's meeting with the United Nations to help his own plan for global domination.

  17. S1E17 - The Meek Shall Inherit

    The Meek Shall Inherit

    45 min • Feb 13, 1989 (37 years ago)

    The aliens plan to disorganize human society by paralyzing its means of communication.

  18. S1E18 - Unto Us a Child is Born

    Unto Us a Child is Born

    45 min • Feb 20, 1989 (37 years ago)

    After a pregnant woman is possessed by an alien and gives birth, the child becomes the focus of a search as it may offer an immunity to Earth's bacteria.

  19. S1E19 - The Last Supper

    The Last Supper

    45 min • Mar 6, 1989 (37 years ago)

    A secret meeting between countries is conducted in order to evaluate the global alien threat. However, the Advocacy learn of this grouping, and seize it as an opportunity to swiftly crush resistance. for his own brand of justice.

  20. S1E20 - Vengeance is Mine

    Vengeance is Mine

    45 min • Apr 17, 1989 (37 years ago)

    Ironhorse must deal with a mistake that no soldier wants to make: the killing of an innocent civilian.

  21. S1E21 - My Soul to Keep

    My Soul to Keep

    45 min • Apr 24, 1989 (37 years ago)

    The time to reproduce, and thus increase their army, has come for the aliens. But the offspring are endangered by radiation and the aliens take a risky move to ensure their future.

  22. S1E22 - So Shall Ye Reap

    So Shall Ye Reap

    45 min • May 1, 1989 (37 years ago)

    The aliens infiltrate the illegal drug trade in order to circulate a narcotic that will turn humans into violent killers.

  23. S1E23 - The Raising of Lazarus

    The Raising of Lazarus

    45 min • May 8, 1989 (37 years ago)

    A strange alien pod is found and taken to a nuclear research facility. The Blackwood Project is summoned to investigate, but their authority is soon overridden by a mysterious Project 9.

  24. S1E24 - The Angel of Death

    The Angel of Death

    46 min • May 15, 1989 (37 years ago)

    After more than a year of being resisted by humans, the aliens are finally shaken by the arrival of a familiar enemy that has arrived on Earth. But is the enemy of our enemy our friend?