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War of the Worlds

All Episodes 1988 - 1990
TV-PG

  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007f4ba5bb8850>
  • 1988-10-08T01:00:00Z
  • 45m
  • 1d 9h 32m (44 episodes)
  • Greg Strangis
  • Canada
  • English
  • Drama, Action, Adventure
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.

44 episodes

Series Premiere

1988-10-08T01:00:00Z

1x01 The Resurrection, Part 1

Series Premiere

1x01 The Resurrection, Part 1

  • 1988-10-08T01:00:00Z46m

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.

1988-10-08T01:00:00Z

1x02 The Resurrection, Part 2

1x02 The Resurrection, Part 2

  • 1988-10-08T01:00:00Z46m

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.

1988-10-11T01:00:00Z

1x03 The Walls of Jericho

1x03 The Walls of Jericho

  • 1988-10-11T01:00:00Z46m

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.

1988-10-18T01:00:00Z

1x04 Thy Kingdom Come

1x04 Thy Kingdom Come

  • 1988-10-18T01:00:00Z46m

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.

1988-10-25T01:00:00Z

1x05 A Multitude of Idols

1x05 A Multitude of Idols

  • 1988-10-25T01:00:00Z46m

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

1988-11-01T02:00:00Z

1x06 Eye for an Eye

1x06 Eye for an Eye

  • 1988-11-01T02:00:00Z46m

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.

1988-11-08T02:00:00Z

1x07 The Second Seal

1x07 The Second Seal

  • 1988-11-08T02:00:00Z46m

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

1988-11-15T02:00:00Z

1x08 Goliath is My Name

1x08 Goliath is My Name

  • 1988-11-15T02:00:00Z45m

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.

1988-11-22T02:00:00Z

1x09 To Heal the Leper

1x09 To Heal the Leper

  • 1988-11-22T02:00:00Z45m

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.

1988-12-27T02:00:00Z

1x10 The Good Samaritan

1x10 The Good Samaritan

  • 1988-12-27T02:00:00Z46m

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

1989-01-03T02:00:00Z

1x11 Epiphany

1x11 Epiphany

  • 1989-01-03T02:00:00Z46m

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

1989-01-10T02:00:00Z

1x12 Among the Philistines

1x12 Among the Philistines

  • 1989-01-10T02:00:00Z45m

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

1989-01-17T02:00:00Z

1x13 Choirs of Angels

1x13 Choirs of Angels

  • 1989-01-17T02:00:00Z46m

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.

1989-01-24T02:00:00Z

1x14 Dust to Dust

1x14 Dust to Dust

  • 1989-01-24T02:00:00Z46m

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.

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

1989-02-07T02:00:00Z

1x16 The Prodigal Son

1x16 The Prodigal Son

  • 1989-02-07T02:00:00Z45m

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.

1989-02-14T02:00:00Z

1x17 The Meek Shall Inherit

1x17 The Meek Shall Inherit

  • 1989-02-14T02:00:00Z45m

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

1989-02-21T02:00:00Z

1x18 Unto Us a Child is Born

1x18 Unto Us a Child is Born

  • 1989-02-21T02:00:00Z45m

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.

1989-03-07T02:00:00Z

1x19 The Last Supper

1x19 The Last Supper

  • 1989-03-07T02:00:00Z45m

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.

1989-04-18T01:00:00Z

1x20 Vengeance is Mine

1x20 Vengeance is Mine

  • 1989-04-18T01:00:00Z45m

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

1989-04-25T01:00:00Z

1x21 My Soul to Keep

1x21 My Soul to Keep

  • 1989-04-25T01:00:00Z45m

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.

1989-05-02T01:00:00Z

1x22 So Shall Ye Reap

1x22 So Shall Ye Reap

  • 1989-05-02T01:00:00Z45m

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

1989-05-09T01:00:00Z

1x23 The Raising of Lazarus

1x23 The Raising of Lazarus

  • 1989-05-09T01:00:00Z45m

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.

Season Finale

1989-05-16T01:00:00Z

1x24 The Angel of Death

Season Finale

1x24 The Angel of Death

  • 1989-05-16T01:00:00Z46m

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?

Season Premiere

1989-10-03T01:00:00Z

2x01 The Second Wave

Season Premiere

2x01 The Second Wave

  • 1989-10-03T01:00:00Z46m

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

1989-10-10T01:00:00Z

2x02 No Direction Home

2x02 No Direction Home

  • 1989-10-10T01:00:00Z46m

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.

1989-10-17T01:00:00Z

2x03 Doomsday

2x03 Doomsday

  • 1989-10-17T01:00:00Z46m

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?

1989-10-24T01:00:00Z

2x04 Terminal Rock

2x04 Terminal Rock

  • 1989-10-24T01:00:00Z46m

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.

1989-10-31T02:00:00Z

2x05 Breeding Ground

2x05 Breeding Ground

  • 1989-10-31T02:00:00Z46m

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.

1989-11-07T02:00:00Z

2x06 Seft of Emun

2x06 Seft of Emun

  • 1989-11-07T02:00:00Z46m

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?

1989-11-14T02:00:00Z

2x07 Loving the Alien

2x07 Loving the Alien

  • 1989-11-14T02:00:00Z46m

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.

1989-11-21T02:00:00Z

2x08 Night Moves

2x08 Night Moves

  • 1989-11-21T02:00:00Z46m

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.

1990-01-16T02:00:00Z

2x09 Synthetic Love

2x09 Synthetic Love

  • 1990-01-16T02:00:00Z46m

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.

1990-01-23T02:00:00Z

2x10 The Defector

2x10 The Defector

  • 1990-01-23T02:00:00Z46m

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.

1990-01-30T02:00:00Z

2x11 Time to Reap

2x11 Time to Reap

  • 1990-01-30T02:00:00Z46m

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.

1990-02-06T02:00:00Z

2x12 The Pied Piper

2x12 The Pied Piper

  • 1990-02-06T02:00:00Z46m

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.

1990-02-13T02:00:00Z

2x13 The Deadliest Disease

2x13 The Deadliest Disease

  • 1990-02-13T02:00:00Z46m

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.

1990-02-20T02:00:00Z

2x14 Path of Lies

2x14 Path of Lies

  • 1990-02-20T02:00:00Z46m

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.

1990-04-10T01:00:00Z

2x15 Candle in the Night

2x15 Candle in the Night

  • 1990-04-10T01:00:00Z46m

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

1990-04-17T01:00:00Z

2x16 Video Messiah

2x16 Video Messiah

  • 1990-04-17T01:00:00Z46m

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.

1990-04-24T01:00:00Z

2x17 Totally Real

2x17 Totally Real

  • 1990-04-24T01:00:00Z46m

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

1990-05-01T01:00:00Z

2x18 Max

2x18 Max

  • 1990-05-01T01:00:00Z46m

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

1990-05-08T01:00:00Z

2x19 The True Believer

2x19 The True Believer

  • 1990-05-08T01:00:00Z46m

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.

Season Finale

1990-05-15T01:00:00Z

2x20 The Obelisk

Season Finale

2x20 The Obelisk

  • 1990-05-15T01:00:00Z46m

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.

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