Earth 2 (TV series)

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Earth 2
Earth 2 opening title.
Genre	Science fiction
Creator(s)	Michael Duggan Carol Flint Mark Levin Billy Ray
Starring	see below
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	22 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	45 min. approx.
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	November 6, 1994 – June 4, 1995
Links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Earth 2 is a short-lived science fiction television series which aired on NBC from November 6, 1994 to June 4, 1995. The show was cancelled after one season of 22 episodes.

1 Plot
- 1.1 Episodes
2 Cast
3 Novels
4 DVD release
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Grendler

The story follows a small group of colonists sent to a planet 22 light-years from Earth, named G889. On arrival, the explosion of a bomb placed by government officials results in a crash landing, forcing the colonists to forage for supplies and build a small settlement using materials that survived the crash.

Terrians

Soon after arrival the colonists come into contact with a semi-intelligent race named Grendlers. Exploring further they meet an intelligent subterranean alien species named the Terrians, although developing the ability to communicate with them will cause significant problems. During the series the colonists learn they are not the only humans on the planet; it had previously been used as a "dumping ground" for prisoners. The interactions among the original crew, the convicts and the local aliens and their planet forms the basis of many of the story's plot-lines.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Earth 2 episodes

The series premièred on November 6, 1994 with a one-hour-thirty pilot episode that ran from 7:00 – 9:00PM EST (including adverts – it was later split into two episodes for syndication). The following week it moved to a regular timeslot. On April 23, 1995 two individual episodes were aired back-to-back from 7:00 – 9:00PM EST. Although two episodes were initially broadcast out of order.

[edit] Cast

The Earth 2 main cast

Main article: List of Earth 2 characters

Devon Adair — Debrah Farentino
Ulysses Adair — Joey Zimmerman
Yale — Sullivan Walker
John Danziger — Clancy Brown
True Danziger — J. Madison Wright
Julia Heller — Jessica Steen
Alonzo Solace — Antonio Sabato Jr.
Morgan Martin — John Gegenhuber
Bess Martin — Rebecca Gayheart
Broderick O'Neill — Richard Bradford

[edit] Novels

Three Earth 2 novels were published between December 1994 and May 1995. The first was a novelization of the two-part premiere. The remaining two were original stories.