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The series follows their trek across the planet to New Pacifica. During this time, they meet a tribe of native ground dwelling humanoid creatures known as Terrians, scavenging creatures called Grendlers, and human colonists who unknown to the Eden Advance team were already on the planet, including one called Gaal (played by [[Tim Curry]]). |
The series follows their trek across the planet to New Pacifica. During this time, they meet a tribe of native ground dwelling humanoid creatures known as Terrians, scavenging creatures called Grendlers, and human colonists who unknown to the Eden Advance team were already on the planet, including one called Gaal (played by [[Tim Curry]]). |
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"Earth 2" was cancelled by the network after only one season, in spite of the final episode ending on a cliffhanger and an uproarious protest by a huge fan following. |
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The series is popularly believed to have been inspired by the tale of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. |
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==Episode Summary== |
==Episode Summary== |
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Revision as of 16:57, 6 September 2005
Earth 2 was a short-lived television series which aired on NBC from 1994 - 1995. It starred Debrah Farentino, Clancy Brown, Antonio Sabato Jr., Jessica Steen, Rebecca Gayheart and Joey Zimmerman.
The show was set in a future in which humanity dwells in space stations orbiting a dying Earth. A group of 250 families decide to travel to a distant planet (G889), in an attempt to colonize it, seeking a better life for their children who are slowly dying from a disease caused by the sterile conditions in orbit.
The series, which only lasted a year, focussed on the Eden Advance team who were supposed to set up the colony for the 250 families who would arrive eighteen months later. Things are complicated in the pilot, when a problem with the Advance craft leads to them crash landing thousands of miles from their intended destination on the planet, called New Pacifica.
The series follows their trek across the planet to New Pacifica. During this time, they meet a tribe of native ground dwelling humanoid creatures known as Terrians, scavenging creatures called Grendlers, and human colonists who unknown to the Eden Advance team were already on the planet, including one called Gaal (played by Tim Curry).
"Earth 2" was cancelled by the network after only one season, in spite of the final episode ending on a cliffhanger and an uproarious protest by a huge fan following.
The series is popularly believed to have been inspired by the tale of the Lost Colony of Roanoke.
Episode Summary
1) "First Contact" Pilot #1. A group of humans leaves Earth's orbit to go to a planet 22 light years away named G889. An advance team is dispatched to prepare the colony for the remaining 249 families to follow in 2 years, however their craft crash lands. We find that G889 is inhabited by subterranean natives called Terrians.
2. "First Contact" Pilot #2. Uly, a child sick with a disease called "The Syndrome" caused by living in space for too long is abducted by Terrians. Uly is later retured and has been healed from the syndrome.
3. "The Man Who Fell to Earth (Two)". An astronaut who had previously crash-landed on G889, Gaal (Tim Curry), kills the commander (Richard Bradford). Solace has Terrian dreams.
4. "Life Lessons". Gaal tries to disrupt the survivors' encampment.
5. "Promises, Promises". Gaal has abducted several Terrians, but the colonists free them in fulfilment of a promise made in episode 2. Gaal is taken underground by the Terrians and is never seen again.
6. "A Memory Play". The colonists discover a third escape pod with people infected by a disease. The disease turns out to have been caused by a chip that was inserted into a crew-members brain back on earth. Grendler saliva is the cure. It is disclosed that the crash wasn't an accident but was sabotage by a Council agent (the woman with the chip in her head, though she had no knowledge of her actions).
7. "Water". The group run into water problems.
8. "The Church of Morgan". Morgan & Bess argue while Dr. Heller contemplates removing Uly's pineal gland at the behest of the Council member Riley. Uly is becoming an evolutionary link with the Terrians.
9. "The Enemy Within". Dr. Heller injects some of Uly's DNA into herself, she goes nuts and is abandoned by the group when they find out what she has been doing.
10. "Redemption". Dr. Heller rejoins the colonists thanks to Solace. The group encounter a Z.E.D. unit (uncontrolable cyborg soldier).
11. "Moon Cross". A woman, Mary (Kelli Williams), is found living among the Terrians, who want Uly to be their link with colonists.
12. "Better Living Through Morganite (1)". As Yale regains his memory, Morgan finds glowing rocks.
13. "Better Living Through Morganite (2)". Mary saves Yale from Terrian punishment after he's been captured (along with Morgan and Bess) and finds out he's not a criminal.
14. "Grendlers in the Myst". The colonists believe they have located a killer, but he's only the son of the real killer that's now only a hologram.
15. "The Greatest Love Story Never Told". Danzinger comes across a colony of reformed criminals
16. "Brave New Pacifica". Two scavenging Grendlers come across a box containing human blood.
17. "After the Thaw". Dazinger is possessed by a an evil Terrian's spirit.
18. "The Boy Who Would be Terrian King". A future version of Uly travels back in time to have Devon hide some his blood.
19. "Survival of the Fittest". Several colonists start to act strange after consuming a Grendler when they are stranded.
20. "All About Eve". Dying from a mysterious disease, the colonists find a crashed ship from 100 years ago whose computer may explain the cure. Note: This is the last episode in the story. The next two episodes are stories from earlier in the trip.
21. "Natural Born Grendlers". Solace gets depressed about being marooned while Devon & Bess trade for supplies with a friendly Grendler. - This episode is set during week 4 on the planet.
22. "Flower Child". Dazinger & Bess have strange symptoms after being sprayed with a native plant's pollen. This episode is set just before they leave the winter camp.