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Season Five
Kevin Conway ... Control Voice
  • Ep: 89
  • Alien Radio
  • Opening Control Voice: The skeptic's world is a secure one, built on unshakeable truths. But what happens when its foundation begins to crumble?

  • Starring: Joe Pantoliano (Stan Harbinger), Leslie Hope (Darcy Kipling), Malcolm Stewart (Phil Krepuski), Alex Diakun (Moses Saxon), Barry Levy (Jules Mason), Eric Keenleyside (Friedkin)
  • And: Cynthia Nixon (Trudy)
  • Featuring: Daryl Shuttleworth (Burns), Allan Zinyk (Eldon DeVries), Charles Payne (McCoy), Kasper Michaels (Bartender), Nancy Sivak (Eldon's Wife), Klodyne Rodney (Reporter), Clay St. Thomas (Reporter), Federico Cervantes III (Alien)
  • Written By: A.L. Katz
  • Directed By: Neill Fearnley

  • Closing Control Voice: If we mock that which we do not understand, we may learn too late that the penalty for such arrogance... is annihilation.
  • Ep: 90
  • Donor
  • Opening Control Voice: In an age of medical miracles, who shall live and who shall die may be less a matter of chance... than a matter of choice.

  • Starring: Robert Hays (Dr. Peter Halstead), Wendel Meldrum (Renee Stuyvescent), Thomas Cavanagh (Vance Ridout), Lorraine Landry (Deirdre Laird)
  • Featuring: Chantal Conlin (Kylie Laird), Rice Honeywell (Timothy Laird), B.J. Harrison (Administrator), Kimberly Unger (Reporter #1), Verne Prior (Reporter #2), Ross Douglas (Andy Morgan)
  • Written By: Sam Egan
  • Directed By: Jimmy Kaufman

  • Closing Control Voice: Our inexorable march toward death defines our lives, giving meaning to our every waking moment. But how will it change us when our fate is taken out of God's hands... and placed in our own?
  • Ep: 91
  • Small Friends
  • Opening Control Voice: The longing for redemption can express itself in many forms and sometimes, indeed, the greatest obstacle we face is found within our own conscience.

  • Starring: Ralph Waite (Gene Morton), Richard Yearwood (Lawrence), Ingrid Torrance (Becky), Andrew Johnston (Warden Taylor)
  • And: Roddy Piper (Marlon)
  • Featuring: Joel Palmer (Phillip), Marc Baur (Board Member), Dean Wray (Tito), Tim Progosh (Walter Black), Bill Croft (Gabriel), Gerry Rousseau (Jimmy), Michasha Armstrong (Policeman), Benz Antoine (Fence Guard)
  • Written By: Tom Szollosi
  • Directed By: Neill Fearnley

  • Closing Control Voice: It is said that our lives are measured by what we leave behind. But for rich man and poor, the most valuable legacy of all... is love.
  • Ep: 92
  • The Grell
  • Opening Control Voice: We denounce the bigotry of the past, secure in our own enlightenment. But if we were to encounter a race totally unlike our own... would we remain so pure of heart?

  • Starring: Ted Shackelford (High Secretary Paul Kohler), Maurice Dean Wint (Jesha), Britt McKillip (Sara Kohler), Blair Slater (Kenny Kohler), Roger R. Cross (Lieutenant Lockhart)
  • And: Marina Sirtis (Olivia Kohler)
  • Featuring: David McNally (Shak-El), Jane Spence (Female Rebel), Gerry Currie (Ep), Jake T. Roberts (Colonel Valin)
  • Written By: Jeff King
  • Directed By: Jorge Montesi

  • Closing Control Voice: With each new generation, hopes for a brighter future are rekindled. But until we shrug off the shackles of hatred, we will remain prisoners of our own ignorance.
  • Ep: 93
  • The Other Side
  • Opening Control Voice: For all our medical advances, the human brain remains vast and largely uncharted. What revelations lie ahead for those who would explore this undiscovered country and what unknown dangers will they encounter on their journey?

  • Starring: Ralph Macchio (Dr. Neal Eberhardt), Susannah Hoffman (Janice Claymore), Aaron Smolinski (Adam Finlay), Emmanuelle Vaugier (Lisa Dobkins), Alec Willows (Warner Oland), Anthony Ulc (Roger Bowden)
  • And: Michael Sarrazin (Marty Kilgore)
  • Featuring: Trevor White (Vince Carter), Scott Swanson (Emil Dobkins), P. Lynn Johnson (Vera Dobkins)
  • Written By: Bruce Lacey
  • Directed By: Jeff Woolnough

  • Closing Control Voice: Our greatest achievements do more than heal the sick and give strength to the weak, they also lead us from the darkness to a place of hope and light.
  • Ep: 94
  • Joyride
  • Opening Control Voice: The burden of solitude is a mighty one; be it a lone voice echoing in the dark, or the cry of humanity in a desolate universe.

  • Starring: Cliff Robertson (Colonel Ted Harris), Andrea Martin (Lil Vaughn), Mackenzie Gray (Martin Reese), Erin Daniels (Barbara Chafey), Adam Harrington (Ty Chafey), Scott Hylands (Wayne)
  • And: Barry Corbin (Carlton Powers)
  • Featuring: Peter Bryant (Commander Sullivan), Pamela Perry (Madelaine Parkhurst), Gerry Currie (Young Harris), Lorena Gale (Committee Member), Peter Kelamis (Brian Wakefield), Paul Magel (Navy Frogman), Joanna Piros (Reporter #1), Kevin Hayes (Reporter #2)
  • Story By: Dan Wright & David Alexander & Sam Egan
  • Teleplay By: Sam Egan
  • Directed By: James Head

  • Closing Control Voice: Our lives are defined by our choices; paths taken, worlds explored. But once we commit, we can never go back and choose again... or can we?
  • Ep: 95
  • The Human Operators
  • Opening Control Voice: When is something truly alive? When it shows an ability to think or an instinct to survive or... when it becomes afraid to die?

  • Starring: Jack Noseworthy (Man), Polly Shannon (Woman), David Kaye (Young Man), Noah Heney (Man's Father)
  • And: Malcolm McDowell (Ship)
  • Based on the Short Story By: Harlan Ellison & A.E. van Vogt
  • Screen Story and Teleplay By: Naren Shankar
  • Directed By: Jeff Woolnough

  • Closing Control Voice: Whether forged from metal or born of flesh, one simple need connects every form of life... the unquenchable thirst for freedom.
  • Ep: 96
  • Blank Slate
  • Opening Control Voice: Do our memories define our identity? If we are merely the sum of our experiences, what do we become if those experiences are lost?

  • Starring: Dale Midkiff (Tom Cooper), Robbi Chong (Hope Wilson), Larry Musser (Jack Parsons), Brian Jensen (Cole), Michael Tiernan (Vincent)
  • Featuring: David Palffy (Kramer), Dean McKenzie (Kellar), Carmen Aguirre (Vagrant #1), Jimmy Herman (Mickey), Jeff Burnett (Terry), Harmoni Everett (Older Paula), Chelsea Jonasson (Younger Paula), Jerry Walliser (Father), Chris Moras (Young Brother)
  • Written By: Will Dixon
  • Directed By: Lou Diamond Phillips

  • Closing Control Voice: The same qualities that make each of us unique can also prevent us from changing who we are, even if it might be... a change for the better.
  • Ep: 97
  • What Will the Neighbors Think?
  • Opening Control Voice: How well can we ever know our neighbors? Perhaps we might better ask, how well do we want to?

  • Starring: Jane Adams (Mona Bailey), Peter Outerbridge (Ned Bailey), Jill Teed (Tory Beth Walters), Brent Stait (Vince Baxter), April Telek (Shirley Baxter), Bruce Harwood (Miles Pendergast), Tabitha St. Germaine (Delia Pendergast), Sheila Paterson (Leona Fletcher), Rondel Reynoldson (Esme O'Brien), Woody Jeffreys (Beck Sanders)
  • And: Garwin Sanford (Dom Pardo)
  • Written By: A L Katz
  • Directed By: Helen Shaver

  • Closing Control Voice: It is said that our relationships deepen as secrets give way to truth. It may be, however, that there are some stones better left unturned.
  • Ep: 98
  • The Shroud
  • Opening Control Voice: Man's empirical pursuit of science has often been at odds with his need for religious faith. But what happens when these two beliefs... collide?

  • Starring: Samantha Mathis (Marie Wells), Robert Wisden (Justin Wells), Sara Botsford (Dr. Cowlings), Nathaniel DeVeaux (Roger Cress)
  • And: David Ogden Stiers (Reverend Thomas Tilford)
  • Featuring: John Innes (Priest), Jennifer Sterling (Nurse), Ben Eberhard (Orderly), Luc Corbeil (Driver)
  • Story By: Pen Densham & Scott Peters
  • Teleplay By: Scott Peters
  • Directed By: Stuart Gillard

  • Closing Control Voice: In Man's unending pursuit of salvation, the distractions of his science or his religion may be the very thing keeping him from his creator.
  • Ep: 99
  • Ripper
  • Opening Control Voice: Even in the darkest corners of despair there are glimmers of light we call truth. But what if it is a light to which the rest of the world is blind?

  • Starring: Cary Elwes (John York), Clare Sims (Lady Ellen), Eliza Murbach (Lady Sophie), Robert Saunders (Assistant Inspector Appleby), France Nuyen (Madam Li Yu)
  • With: Frances Fisher (Lady Julia)
  • And: David Warner (Inspector Harold Langford)
  • Featuring: Deni DeLory (Annie Chapman), Marnie Alton (Lizzie Stride), Colin Skinner (Worthington), Scott Elam (Lord Reston), Mary Ann Skoll (Mary Jane Kelly), Candice Connelly (Woman in Cream Dress), Brian Linds (Reporter), Danielle Ayotte (Newsboy), Jim Boardman (Wickett), Marie-Sophie Girard (Young Prostitute), Bonnie Catterson (Blonde Woman), Carmen Casanova (Street Prostitute #1), Janet Funk (Street Prostitute #2), Maya Chang (Street Prostitute #3)
  • Written By: Chris Ruppenthal
  • Directed By: Mario Azzopardi

  • Closing Control Voice: The universe is a labyrinth so vast and mysterious that those who choose to plumb its depths may wind up lost... forever.
  • Ep: 100
  • Tribunal
  • Opening Control Voice: It is said that those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat it. But what dangers await those who cannot forget the past, those obsessed with reliving it?

  • Starring: Saul Rubinek (Aaron Zgierski), Alex Diakun (Nicholas Prentice), Alex Zahara (Rademacher), Peter Boretski (Leon Zgierski), Jan Rubeš (Robert Greene)
  • And: Lindsay Crouse (Gwen Sawyer)
  • Featuring: Roman Danylo (Young Leon Zgierski), Holly Ferguson (Miriam), Kyra Azzopardi (Hannah), Robert Weiss (Guard), Apollonia Vanova (Female Prisoner), Vince Walker (Prisoner), Sue Astley (Grace)
  • Written By: Sam Egan
  • Directed By: Mario Azzopardi

  • Closing Control Voice: The wounds of war run deep, cutting across generations. But there is always the hope of healing, so long as there are souls among us whose hearts are more full of love... than hate.
  • Ep: 101
  • Summit
  • Opening Control Voice: Buried deep within the heart of every conflict lies a territory known as common ground. But how do we summon the courage to seek out its borders?

  • Starring: Marcia Cross (Kate Woods), Michael Ironside (Ambassador Prosser), Andrew Airlie (Jonathan Morris), Jonathan Walker (Brent Secor), Kevin Conway (Mr. Portis)
  • And: John Spencer (Colonel Thurman)
  • Featuring: Eric Schneider (High Commander Reese), David Adams (Desmond Shiff), Campbell Lane (Noel Bachman), Darryl Scheelar (Gorum), Matthew Prior (Todd Woods)
  • Written By: Scott Peters
  • Directed By: James Head

  • Closing Control Voice: Only with the realization that what we share with our enemy is greater than what divides us, can peace ever be won.
  • Ep: 102
  • Descent
  • Opening Control Voice: What makes us human? Is it our basic instincts or our noble aspirations? Are we slaves to our genetics or masters of our fate?

  • Starring: Leland Orser (Arthur Zeller), Jenny Levine (Laura White), Greg Thirloway (Dr. Jim Feind), John Novak (Professor Martin Standfield), Frank C. Turner (Mikulak)
  • Featuring: Benita Ha (Cute Lab Technician), John Bear Curtis (Bum), Robyn Driscoll (Detective), David Neale (Security Guard)
  • Written By: Erik Saltzgaber
  • Directed By: Steve Anker

  • Closing Control Voice: Perhaps we can never fully escape the animals we once were, but with our minds and our hearts, we can always fight to remain human.
  • Ep: 103
  • The Haven
  • Opening Control Voice: As we cocoon ourselves in the comforts that our expanding technology affords, are we insulating ourselves from the very things that make us human?

  • Starring: Chris Eigeman (Caleb Vance), Torri Higginson (Alyssa Selwyn), Kim Hawthorne (Morgan Winters), Jody Racicot (Oren Edgar), Gerard Plunkett (George)
  • Featuring: Brenda McDonald (Mrs. Eikenberry), Madeline Elder (Self-Centered Woman)
  • Written By: James Crocker
  • Directed By: Jimmy Kaufman

  • Closing Control Voice: Our survival as a species depends more on our trust of one another, than of the machines on which we increasingly rely.
  • Ep: 104
  • Déjà Vu
  • Opening Control Voice: We exist in time, moving forever forward through the moments of our lives -- moments which, once experienced, can never be relived... or can they?

  • Starring: Kevin Nealon (Dr. Mark Crest), Terri Hawkes (Dr. Cleo Lazar), Jennifer Copping (Julie Alger), David Lewis (Oakridge)
  • And: Ronny Cox (Lieutenant Colonel Lester Glade)
  • Featuring: Dean Marshall (Corporal Hanford), Angela Moore (Rutherford)
  • Written By: A L Katz & Naren Shankar
  • Directed By: Brian Giddens

  • Closing Control Voice: We exist in time, moving forever forward through the moments of our lives -- moments which, once experienced, can never be relived... or can they?
  • Ep: 105
  • The Inheritors
  • Opening Control Voice: From the time our earliest ancestors looked to the stars we have wondered what secrets they held. But will we be ready when those answers are disclosed?

  • Starring: Tom Irwin (Dr. Ian Michaels), Nicholas Lea (Jacob Hardy), Stacy Grant (Kara Delaney), Don MacKay (Ollie Gibb), Sarah-Jane Redmond (Kelly Risely), Michael Kopsa (Curtis Sawyer)
  • And: Bill Smitrovich (Lieutenant Joseph Dane)
  • Featuring: Corrine Koslo (Abby), Rachel Victoria (Shana), Michael St. John Smith (Angus Wheaton), Ron Small (Harold Sanborn), Nicole Robert (Librarian), Betty Linde (Helen Darnell), Candus Churchill (Nurse), Maya Massar (Daria Michaels)
  • Based Upon the Original Episode By: Sam Neuman & Seeleg Lester & Ed Adamson
  • Written By: Sam Egan
  • Directed By: Mike Rohl
  • Note: Remake of the episode "The Inheritors" from Season Two of the original series

  • Closing Control Voice: It is our nature to fear a dark purpose in that which we do not understand. But true evil may lie more in ignorance than in suspicion.
  • Ep: 106
  • Essence of Life
  • Opening Control Voice: Man creates laws to maintain the order of his world. But what happens when the laws of man defy the laws of nature?

  • Starring: Daniel Baldwin (Dan Kagan), Jessica Steen (Stephanie Sawyer), Robert Moloney (Agent Pinter), Daphne Zuniga (Juliette Kagan)
  • And: Joel Grey (Dr. Nathan Seward)
  • Featuring: Doris Chillcott (Mrs. Westbrook), Ron Halder (George White), John Moore (Butler), Benz Antoine (Sergeant), David Glyn-Jones (Mr. Westbrook), Kristina Matisic (Newscaster), Kyle Darling (Agent)
  • Story By: Steven Weber & Scott Peters
  • Teleplay By: Scott Peters
  • Directed By: Brad Turner

  • Closing Control Voice: The power of human emotion can neither be controlled by laws we create nor confined by the will we impose.
  • Ep: 107
  • Stranded
  • Opening Control Voice: The longing for adventure and discovery burns in the heart of every child. But no drive is stronger than a child's need for a parent's love.

  • Starring: Adam Hann-Byrd (Kevin Buchannon), Chris Potter (Captain Turner), Lynda Boyd (Danielle Buchanan), Myles Ferguson (Brad)
  • And: Daniel Hugh Kelly (Alex Buchanan)
  • Featuring: David Koff (Josh Buchanan), Will Sanderson (Nelson Tyler), Daniella Evangelista (Cindy Parker), Chris Wilding (Mean Kid #1), Jonathan Ndukwe (Mean Kid #2), Sal Sortino (Janitor)
  • Story By: Chris Ruppenthal & Naren Shankar & Tom Szollosi
  • Teleplay By: Tom Szollosi
  • Directed By: Steve Anker

  • Closing Control Voice: It is said that love and truth walk hand in hand. But if the need is great enough, can we learn to love a lie?
  • Ep: 108
  • Fathers & Sons
  • Opening Control Voice: In a world where youth is valued more than wisdom... what will become of our elders?

  • Starring: Eugene Bird (Ronnie Dell), Anthony Sherwood (Hank Dell), Julie Patzwald (Tara Venatter), Bob Morrisey (Dr. Benton Adle), Lesley Ewen (Mrs. Dell), Peter Williams (Chili Wayne)
  • And: Bill Cobbs (Joe "Madman" Dell)
  • Featuring: Eleana Johnson (Edna Vanatter), Duane Keogh (Roger Nygard), Maria Louisa Figura (Inga), Matthew Harrison (Orderly), Tom Pickett (Security Guard), Barbara Dyke (Woman)
  • Story By: William Mikulak & A L Katz
  • Teleplay By: A L Katz & Scott Nimerfro
  • Directed By: Michael Robison

  • Closing Control Voice: The greatest lesson one generation can bestow upon the next... is that reverence for the past ensures the future.
  • Ep: 109
  • Starcrossed
  • Opening Control Voice: Some men lose themselves in war... others find themselves.

  • Starring: Angeline Ball (Cass Trenton), Nathan Fillion (Michael Ryan), Justin Louis (Winston Meyerburg), Robbi Chong (Teresita Arboleda), Natasha Vasiluk (Alexandra Nevsky), Zoran (Hector)
  • And: Derek De Lint (High Centurion Sulat Ray)
  • Featuring: Jim Shield (Duro), Ian Marsh (Hing Centurion), Ian Brown (Innocuous Man), Stuart O'Connell (Hing Soldier)
  • Written By: Chris Ruppenthal
  • Directed By: Helen Shaver

  • Closing Control Voice: True sacrifice is not what we surrender, but what we ultimately gain.
  • Ep: 110
  • Better Luck Next Time
  • Opening Control Voice: Is violence born in the heart... or in the mind? If we must kill to protect ourselves, what will that do to our souls?

  • Starring: Megan Gallagher (Detective Terry Russo), Michael Riley (Gerard), Gillian Barber (Lieutenant Bates), Kate Twa (Patty Ridell)
  • With: William McNamara (Kimble)
  • And: Nicholas Campbell (Detective Frank Daniels)
  • Featuring: Benz Antoine (LaRue)
  • Excerpts From: Ripper, Heart's Desire, A Stitch in Time, Living Hell
  • Written By: Naren Shankar
  • Directed By: Martin Cummins

  • Closing Control Voice: In the struggle between life and death, sometimes survival is not the only way to win.

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