Dark Skies

“History as we know it is a lie.”

19961h 0m / epSci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Action & Adventure

First aired

September 21, 1996

7.2

TMDB Score

72% match · 55 votes

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S01 · E17

To Prey in Darkness

Season 1 · Mar 15, 1997

When film of Truman's meeting with the aliens is stolen, Bach sends Loengard to see Carl Hertzog, a retired Majestic doctor. After denying any knowledge of its whereabouts, Hertzog is hanged to death in what appears to be suicide. Then, as Albano discovers the film in the hands of TV personality Dorothy Kilgallen, Kim learns that her child is destined for greatness with the Hive. Once Loengard and Juliet track her down to New York, Kilgallen asks reporter Ed Hawkins to air the film if anything should happen to her. And when Kilgallen refuses to heed Loengard's warnings, Albano's surveillance of her apartment spots Steele trying to recover the film. But before anyone can get there, she is killed. Meanwhile, as Kim infiltrates CBS as an assistant to their network news anchorman, Albano turns to network president and Majestic board member William Paley for help.

About the Series

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Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & Adventure

Synopsis

Dark Skies is an American UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi television series that aired from the 1996 to 1997 season for 18 episodes, plus a two-hour pilot episode. The success of The X-Files on Fox proved there was an audience for science fiction shows, resulting in NBC commissioning this proposed competitor following a pitch from producers Bryce Zabel and Brent Friedman. The series debuted September 21, 1996 on NBC, and was later rerun by the Sci-Fi Channel. Its tagline was "History as we know it is a lie."

First aired
September 21, 1996
Last aired
May 31, 1997
Seasons
1 season · 19 episodes
Status
Canceled
Original language
English
Network
NBC

Top Billed Cast

Eric Close

Eric Close

John Loengard

Megan Ward

Megan Ward

Kimberly Sayers

J.T. Walsh

J.T. Walsh

Frank Bach

Jeri Ryan

Jeri Ryan

Juliet Stuart

Tim Kelleher

Tim Kelleher

Jim Steele

Conor O'Farrell

Conor O'Farrell

Phil Albano

Charley Lang

Charley Lang

Dr. Halligan

JF

James F. Kelly

Robert Kennedy

Gregory Harrison

Gregory Harrison

Old John Loengard

GM

Grant Mathis

Pyne

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