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It's a conspiracy! Someone in the government obviously thought
this series was getting too close to the truth so they had it stopped!
Okay, maybe not - probably just the studio again - NBC couldn't
decide when to put it on, so getting the viewing figures required
to keep it going was difficult. And what a shame, because in this
series we had something to rival the X-Files. Coming out in 1996,
when the X-Files was already past its peak, Dark Skies offered a
fairly intelligent merger of science fiction, conspiracy and history.
Many TV series and movies have asked the question, "What if
there are already aliens on Earth, secretly integrated into our
society?" Few other series manage to do it as convincingly
as Dark Skies. But more than simple alien conspiracy, the show has
realistic characters who are developed well during the series.
It starts at the beginning of the 60's. John Loengard (Eric Close)
and Kimberly Sayers (Megan Ward) are a young couple that soon get
drawn into a world where the aliens really did land and it has all
been covered up by the secret government agency Majestic-12. John
gets involved with project "Blue Book" by chance, at first
getting fed up with interviewing nutters who claim to have seen
flying saucers, until finally meeting a couple who are very convincing.
When followed by threats to his and his girlfriend's life and rapid
deepening of the knowledge that there are aliens here that are very
dangerous, and there is a covert organisation that is equally dangerous,
and then Kim is abducted ... John finds his life is totally changed.
That is just a momentary look at the pilot for the series. It goes
way deeper and contains a great deal more complexity and emotion
and twists, etc. The series continues with integrating flashbacks
to earlier history, such as Roswell, together with unfolding historical
events through the 60's, where real footage is included, but a very
different alternative history is provided for what really happened.
Every significant historic event (from a US perspective) is given
a different slant. The main characters develop and react to the
changing world.
John Loengard (Eric Close)
Kimberly Sayers (Megan Ward)
Frank Bach (J.T. Walsh)
Jim Steele (Tim Kelleher)
Phil Albano (Conor O'Farrell)
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