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Season 3 Guide (1984-1985)

OVERVIEW: This is the actual start of the series. Season 1 (TV Movie) and Season 2 (Mini-Series) both prequel this series. -- A year after Liberation Day, courtesy of the red-dust bacteria, the humanoid, lizard-like aliens develop a resistance to the micro-organism and try to regain control of the Earth--only now some humans are knowingly working with them.

	3x01 Liberation Day The aliens have gone, but Diana escaped. Diana is put on trial but she is apparently killed outside the courthouse. Mike Donavan is on the trail of the ...	Oct. 26, 1984
	3x02 Dreadnaught Julie and Robert go into the snake cave where Elizabeth went and she pops out of her cocoon as a teenager. Her grandfather is shocked; even though this ...	Nov. 02, 1984
	3x03 Breakout Diana tries to influence Nathan Bates by implying she can do something bad to his son. When Ham and Mike get thrown into prison camp, they find Robin and ...	May. 24, 1985
	3x04 The Deception Kyle meets Robin out on a lonely road, and gives her a ride on his motorcycle. Diana captures Mike, with Sean’s help, and uses holograms worn around ...	Nov. 09, 1984
	3x05 The Sanction Elizabeth sneaks out with Kyle, but she freaks out when she sees Robin. When Visitor Security arrives, she uses her magic powers to defend herself. Mike ...	Nov. 16, 1984
	3x06 Visitor's Choice The resistance gets word of a high ranking Visitor and a machine that will improve “processing” speed. Kyle and his father’s falling out intensifies ...	Nov. 23, 1984
	3x07 The Overlord A small mining town is being ruled by mean bikers, but they are in cahoots with Diana. A woman escapes to get our heroes to help the town, but she turns ...	Nov. 30, 1984
	3x08 The Dissident Robin is in love with Kyle, but Kyle wants to go out with Elizabeth. Diana puts up a force field around Los Angeles that disintegrates anything that comes ...	Dec. 07, 1984
	3x09 Reflections in Terror Diana makes an Elizabeth clone, who is a bit nuts and kills a few people. Eventually, the Elizabeth clone is killed. The real Elizabeth has to buy Robin ...	Dec. 14, 1984
	3x10 The Conversion Ham gets caught and Diana programs him to kill Mike. Kyle is also captured, which gives Diana leverage over Nathan Bates. Meanwhile, the Resistance capture ...	Jan. 04, 1985
	3x11 The Hero Lydia sets up a fake “resistance” raid to get people mad at the real resistance. Chiang has a bunch of folks kidnapped, including Robin. He decides ...	Jan. 11, 1985
	3x12 The Betrayal John, the guy who was almost killed in the last episode, turns out to be a snake working for Diana. Willie gets himself shot while out on a recon mission. ...	Jan. 18, 1985
	3x13 The Rescue Diana goes over Charles’ head and orders a vicious attack on Los Angeles, putting it under Lizard control. An old friend of Julie’s shows up at Resistance ...	Feb. 01, 1985
	3x14 The Champion Kyle and Mike are delivering guns to the Phoenix Resistance and run afoul of some Lizard loving cops. They are rescued by a rancher-woman who needs help ...	Feb. 08, 1985
	3x15 The Wildcats A lot of people are getting sick. Kyle recruits some local teenagers to help steal medicine from a highly guarded Lizard Medical Depot. They get away successfully, ...	Feb. 15, 1985
	3x16 The Littlest Dragon Willie doesn’t feel like he belongs with the resistance. He feels bad that he’s not human and doesn’t have Elizabeth’s magic alien powers. When ...	Feb. 22, 1985
	3x17 War of Illusions Phillip warns the resistance of a new attack. The Visitors find someone has hacked into their computer system so they arrest a very smart guy named Dr. ...	Mar. 08, 1985
	3x18 The Secret Underground The snakes prepare for a big holiday, the “Feast of Ramalon”. Part of the celebration includes the sacrifice of the youngest officer on the ship. Diana ...	Mar. 15, 1985
	3x19 The Return News of the imminent arrival of the Visitor’s “Leader” causes peace to break out all over. For fun, Phillip and Mike duel with nuclear powered swords, ...	Mar. 22, 1985

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Season 3 Characters

Diana	played by Jane Badler
Lydia	played by June Chadwick
Willie	played by Robert Englund
Dr. Julie Parrish	played by Faye Grant
Mike Donovan	played by Marc Singer
Kyle Bates	played by Jeff Yagher
Elizabeth Maxwell	played by Jennifer Cooke
Ham Tyler	played by Michael Ironside
Nathan Bates	played by Lane Smith
Robin Maxwell	played by Blair Tefkin
Elias Taylor	played by Michael Wright
Howard K. Smith	played by Howard K. Smith
Mr. Chiang	played by Aki Aleong
Lt. James	played by Judson Earney Scott
Philip	played by Frank Ashmore
Charles	played by Duncan Regehr
Chris Farber	played by Mickey Jones
Oswald	played by Peter Elbling
Steve Roller	played by Burt Marshall
John Langley	played by Bruce Davison
Elizabeth Maxwell	played by Jenny Beck
Marta	played by Gela Nash
Sean Donovan	played by Nicky Katt

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Season 3 Videos

03x04 The Deception (48:16)

03x16 The Littlest Dragon (45:13)

03x08 The Dissident (46:41)

03x07 The Overlord (47:01)

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Season 3 Quotes

	Season 3 / Episode 8: - The Dissident Ham Tyler: Faith is for nuns and amateurs
	Season 3 / Episode 19: - The Return Mike Donovan: I hope we did the right thing. Dr. Julie Parrish: We did. I can feel it. She may find peace and happiness. Who knows? Maybe we all will. Willie: Wait a minute. Where's Kyle? Willie: Well, he was here a moment ago. Mike Donovan: You don't think he... Dr. Julie Parrish: He stowed away.

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Season 3 Trivia

None of the aliens have last names.
The script of the first episode of the second season was completed while the first season was still in production. After the series was canceled, it eventually got leaked. Most notable was the fact that Julie was killed during the first act.
In the first two mini-series, the Visitors spoke with an electronically modulated voice. The sound processing, however, was dropped for the ongoing series. This created a continuity problem with the two mini-series as the Visitors were able to infiltrate human strongholds and vice-versa without their ...
The name of the aliens' species is never revealed.
Episode 03 - The third episode, "Breakout", was rejected for network broadcast due to its violence. It was eventually shown, however, when the series was rerun after its cancellation. A continuity error is created when the episode is watched in order with the rest of the series, however, as the fourth episode ...

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