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War of the Worlds

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  Episode Information  
Title: Thy Kingdom Come
Episode Number: 3
Season: 1
Season Episode #.: 3
Original Airdate: Monday October 17th, 1988
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Episode Crew
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Herbert Wright
  Episode Summary  
The aliens begin gathering additional troops by freeing more of their brethren from their secreted locations.

Soon the Blackwood Project becomes aware of an alien trek into Canada via the mentally troubled Sylvia Van Buren, survivor of the original War of the Worlds.
 
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  Guest Stars  
Special Guest Stars
Ann Robinson (1)playedSylvia Van BurenRecurring (first appearance)
Guest Stars
Richard ComarplayedAdvocate #1Recurring (third appearance)
Ilse Von GlatzplayedAdvocate #2Recurring (third appearance)
Michael RudderplayedAdvocate #3Recurring (third appearance)
Alan C. PetersonplayedAlien Hunter (credited as Alar Aedma) 
Co-Guest Stars
Diane Douglass (1)playedNurseRecurring (first appearance)
John Dee (1)playedOld ManRecurring (first appearance)
Paul BettisplayedAttendantRecurring (first appearance)
Aaron Ross Fraser (2)playedOfficer/GuardRecurring (first appearance)
Elliot McIverplayedMilitary Guard #2Recurring (first appearance)
Walker BooneplayedPrison Guard 
Michael FletcherplayedBeckwith 
Joy ThompsonplayedMom 
John BlackwoodplayedDad 
Helen CarscallenplayedGranny 
Stuart StoneplayedBobby 
Steve MousseauplayedSheriff 
Len DoncheffplayedPolice Captain 
Paul MacCallum (1)playedHunter #1 
David BlackerplayedHunter #2 
Kenneth W. RobertsplayedHunter #3 
Michael-Michael SokovninplayedHockey Player #1 
Robbie RoxplayedHockey Player #2 
Al TherrienplayedHockey Player #3 
Garry RobbinsplayedGoalie (credited as Gary Robins) 
Colleen EmbreeplayedJordan 
Dolora HarveyplayedNun 
Valerie BoyleplayedNun 
Brian Hill (3)playedMilitary Guard #1 
  Main Cast  
Jared MartinplayedDr. Harrison Blackwood
Lynda Mason GreenplayedDr. Suzanne McCullough
Philip AkinplayedNorton Drake
Richard ChavesplayedLt. Col. Paul Ironhorse
  Episode Notes  
The producers wanted to bring Bobby back with the intention that he would appear again in various locations to establish a running gag. This idea was cut by Paramount and is most likely the reason why the original ending was omitted because it ends with Bobby on a bus crossing the Canada/U.S. border full of alien possessed tourists, now holding up a sign that reads "save me." This was seemingly a set-up to the "Save Little Bobby" fan campaign, a rejected attempt to help draw in more viewers for the show.
 
  Episode Quotes  
Ironhorse: I mean, any covert operation requires the utmost secrecy to succeed. I mean, if you were to suddenly die.
Harrison: As opposed to slowly dying?
 
Ironhorse: Only fools fight without knowing who their enemies are. Without intelligence, this war would be fought blind and no doubt lost.
Harrison: Dead and blind. Boy, you are a cheerful one tonight.
 
Old Man: Anybody know you're here?
Harrison: Yes, thank you.
Old Man: I'd leave right now if I were you. It's not safe here.
Harrison: Trust me, it's not safe out there either.
Old Man: Oh, hell. I forgot that.
 
Ironhorse: Wolfjaw, Montana. That's Indian territory.
Harrison: Looks like we got aliens moving into the neighbourhood. Let's go.
Ironhorse: Great. First the white man, now aliens.
 
Police Captain: So it takes someone exploding to get you Yanks to believe us about pollution, eh?
Harrison: Yeah, that's always an attention grabber, captain.
 
Harrison: Excuse me, sir. How long have you been a smoker?
(the guard walks up to Harrison and blows smoke in his face)
Officer/Guard: Blow it out, slimeball.
Norton: People are just drawn to him, aren't they?
Suzanne: It's a gift.
 
Ironhorse: (offering a gun to Harrison) You?
Harrison: Think of me as your spiritual adviser.
Ironhorse: You're just weird, Blackwood.
Harrison: Maybe, but I when I grow up, I want to be just like you.
 
  Episode Goofs  
When the team catches the news story on the hockey game, a shot shows Ironhorse and Harrison reacting. But when it goes out to show all four members, Ironhorse and Harrison are reacting as if it just caught their attention.
 
When the team catches the news story, Harrison and Suzanne's right and left arm, respectively, change between cuts.
 
The ending leaves an unanswered question. There are several bodies floating in the lake, with plenty of time passing for the aliens to have dissolved, as it's commonly seen to occur in about a minute. This leaves either an unexplained reason on what effect the water has on the aliens' decay process or why the team seems unconcerned that they might have killed innocent people.
 
  Cultural References  
Bobby: What about the Ferengi?

The Ferengi are a race of aliens first introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation. In fact, the reference is an in-joke as Herbert Wright was a producer for the first season of the show before working on War of the Worlds and wrote the first two Ferengi episodes of the series, which earned him the title of "Father of the Ferengi".
 
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