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    I really enjoyed it too.  The main character's (Devon) little boy has
    a disease that can only be cured if he can be outside.  I guess he
    can't live in a maufactured environment.  That is why they want
    to colonize this planet since 200 other families also have children
    that have developed this disease.
    
    The ship they were on started to break up and they all had to make
    emergency landings on the planet including the crew who were not
    supposed to even land on the planet.  There were supposed to be
    15 pods that ejected from the ship, only 2 so far have made it.
    The one with Devon, her little boy, the crew, the doctor.  The other
    pod had a man and his wife who panicked and took off in the pod
    before anyone else had a chance to get into it.  He is now pretending
    that the pod ejected by itself and it was a good thing no one tried
    to get in it with them.  Of course, one of the crew saw him and knows
    the truth about how cowardly he was.  
    
    There is another child in the group who's father is part of the crew.
    She found a little alien creature who purred like a cat and decided
    to keep him but he turned out to be dangerouse when he killed the
    captain of the ship with a poisonous dart.  She was supposed not to
    go near it again but the creature came to find her one night and
    she took it outside of the campsite to let it go and the little
    boy in the wheel chair followed her and said that they were not
    to touch the creature and he was going to tell on her.  She said
    no and go on his motorized wheel chair and knocked him off.  He
    started running in the woods and fell.  When he was on the ground
    all the hands came up from the ground, wrapped the arms around him
    and brought him underground.  In the meantime, one of the crew
    (Antonio Sabato) was having dreams about these creatures that seem
    to be made of sand and can come up right from the ground.  He tells
    everyone that these creatures are scared of us and wanted the little
    boy to study.  They found these underground caverns and found the
    little boy there but he didn't have any of the mechanicals devices
    on him that where helping him to breath.  
    
    At the end, they decided to start for their original destination before
    they had to eject in a hurry and set up the colony for the other
    200 families that were supposed to get there in another 24 months.
    
    At the end, you see them walking, and you see another human watching
    them from a distance.  I guess he will be in future shows.
    
    I hope I remembered all of it.  I think I will definitely continue to
    watch this.  
    
    Mo
    

    
    It was an entertaing show. Some tv critic dumped on it, but I found
    it to be pretty good. Not sure how the series will go, but this two
    hour movie was good.
    
    

    It would be interesting to see what the critic complained about.  I
    found it a strong effort, especially for a pilot.
    
    I don't think we'll be seeing a lot of guest stars, though....

    Re: .4
    
    >So we have a woman commander, trained for many years to lead this
    >select group of people on a very important mission to save humanity
    
    Uh, no.  What we have is a wealthy woman whose son is dying of a
    syndrome that the government refuses to even acknowledge.  She put
    together this expedition specifically to give her son (and children
    like him) a chance to live.  For her, this is all about her son. 
    (Naturally, they have to hit us over the head with this idea by
    threatening her son.)  She's not in command in the military sense, but
    in the sense that she organized the expedition.
    
    The group of people were "select" insofar as they had children with the
    syndrome (but most of them got left behind), signed on to relocate, or
    got hired to transport them.
    
    It's possible they're saving humanity, but for right now, their focus
    is on saving their kids.

    There was a review of this show in I think Saturday's (Nov 5) Boston
    Globe, that really beat on it. It wasn't a Globe review, it was picked
    up from one of the services. I'll rummage in the paper pile and see if
    it's there.
    
    I remember a couple of his remarks. He said it seemed funny that a
    group of people who lived there entire life on a space station just
    walked out into free air for the first time without so much as a golly.
    And, that the forest, desert, and mountains all seemed to be about
    twenty feet away from each other. 
     

    There was a review of this show in I think Saturday's (Nov 5) Boston
    Globe, that really beat on it. It wasn't a Globe review, it was picked
    up from one of the services. I'll rummage in the paper pile and see if
    it's there.
    
    I remember a couple of his remarks. He said it seemed funny that a
    group of people who lived their entire life on a space station just
    walked out into free air for the first time without so much as a golly.
    And, that the forest, desert, and mountains all seemed to be about
    twenty feet away from each other. And I think he compared it to Lost in
    Space. I didn't see enough of it to judge, but the review was
    entertaining.
    
     

Last night's episode was reasonably entertaining.  Tim Curry makes a great 
villian.  Only major complaint is that it seems there must be a minimum of 
one nerve-grating scream out of the young girl (Tru? True?) per episode!

    I think it would be too much of an in-joke to name her "Drew," so
    perhaps it's "Pru."
    
    It's not a bad scream as these things go, but they should consider
    allowing a little variety in her reactions.

The girl's name is True.

Tim Curry was definatly the best thing about the last episode. The show is
really schizophrenic in it's production. It's nice physically, decent sound
and some good to excellent photography (thanks mostly to the beautiful New
Mexico locations). The planet is *way* too earthlike, not an unusual sight
anywhere to be seen. The acting is all over the map but usually reasonably
competent. The worst part about the series is the writing, it's pretty
uniformly bad.


Randy

    re .10
    
    Funny you should say the writing is bad -- I find it fairly ept,
    considering the "family" market I assume the show is aimed at (7pm
    Sundays is not exactly a time slot you'd find, oh, NYPD Blue in... :)
    I like the fact that so far, there hasn't been a neat wrap up of all
    plot lines at the end.  You sort of get a continuing saga feel from it.
    Also, for a fairly whitebread, wholesome kinda show, the characters
    aren't too terribly bland.  I can even tolerate the kids, although
    somebody needs to do that discipline thing to  True before she ends up
    getting everybody killed.  
    
    Now, SeaQuest, which is on an hour later, has pretty uniformly BAD
    writing, esp. this season (last season at least had moments, if not
    minutes, of potential, usually ruined towards the end).  For example,
    last Sunday's episode was (I'm not making this up), Killer plants. 
    Great big hibiscusus wiggling around making Booga Booga Booga sounds. 
    No, really.
    
    And the ad in the TV Guide said, "Killer Plants!" too.  
    
    Now *that's* bad writing.  
    
    In comparison, Earth 2 is Shakesphere reborn.  :)
    
    
    kim

    Re: .10
    
    It can be a little difficult to "dress" the great outdoors the way you
    dress a set.  Expensive, too.
    
    
    Re: .11
    
    I think the writing is decent by TV standards.  SF lovers have been
    spoiled because most of the genre is deliverd in novels and movies. 
    Novels, certainly, and the non-schlocky movies have a higher standard
    of writing.
    
    SeaQuest has stupid plots.  However, I noticed in the last show that
    they included a little interplay between Bridger and Ford (Bridger
    makes a bad pun).  Allowing characters to relate to each other outside
    the dictates of the plot is a good sign.  It doesn't make up for
    howling plants, though.

    re .12 (Chelsea)
    
    
    Nothing makes up for howling plants. :)
    
    
    With regards to Earth 2, I do hope that Tim Curry gets to show up
    again.  They've certainly left the door open for it.  Also, by stating
    that the planet is a "refuse disposal" program (not your typical
    euphemism for getting rid of undesirables), the stage has been set for
    drama to ensue from our heroes bumping into more penal colony rejects. 
    I'm almost willing to lay bets that they will bump into one, who seems
    scruffy and dangerous, but who turns out to be not such a bad guy after
    all and joins the colonists, after having proved himself in some way  :)  
    Not it would be BAD necessarily, it just seems an obvious plot hook.
    
    I do like Earth 2.  Pleasantly surprised by it.  One of the few shows
    where I will hurry home to catch it if I'm somewhere else.
    
    
    Cheers,
    
    kim
    

Can anyone fill in the details of the last 15-20 minutes of last night's 
episode (11/27)?  We taped it and forgot to leave room for the football game 
running long!  We left off at the point where the group is arming up to go 
rescue the Terrians, and the bad guy is awaiting them.

Thanks!

    
    Quick ending synopsis behind form feed
    
    
    
    True (or Popet as Gaull like to call her) was totally taken in by
    Gaull, when she finally saw what he was really like (inprisoning
    the Terrians) she finally got smart.  She told Gaull he would need
    a vehical and she would remote call the biggest one they had and not to
    worry becasue it was far away from the camp.  But Gaull knew better.
    
    True called the vehical and her farther and the others heard her voice
    and they all jumped on and tried to hide.  The vehical pulls up and
    Gaull is ready to blow it up.. True yells "no daddy run"..and just
    as Gaull takes aim - True's dad and the colored 1/2 man 1/2 machine
    show up right behind Gaull and take aim.  Gaull takes little True as
    a shiled and her Dad can't fire.. the 1/2 man 1/2 machine takes the gun
    and shoots the weapon (which is on the growd) and True gets ahold of
    the Terrians color transmitter and she says into the hand held
    transmitter "release/unlock"
    
    The Terrians are now free from pain and Gaulls hold on them..True also
    pulls the necklace around Gaulls neck (this was made out of Terrian
    bones and would help protect Gaull since Terrians can not hurt other
    Terrian's.  The Terrians come up from the ground and pull Guall under.
    
    Alonzo finds a hurt Terrian and he tries to help, but he dies.  Alonzo
    is upset and he say's something like "if you told me I'd be crying of a
    dead alian a weekago, I'd think you were crazy"
    
    Ully gets all better now that the Terrians' are well and out from under
    Gaulls rath - then the two life forms part.
    
    ---
    
    So ya think the Terrians will refrom Gaull and we'll see him again?
    
    Lou 

    Synopsis of the final act:
    
    
    
    True overhears the plans and protests.  Her dad tosses her in a rover
    and says he'll deal with her later.  She runs off to Gaal and tells him
    that the others are coming.  They need to hide.  Gaal shows her how he
    controls the Terrians through pain, which she doesn't like.  She stops
    him from killing one, saying he's no use if he's dead.  He says if it
    dies, they'll be able to make her a necklace of Terrian bones, which is
    what protects him from retaliation.  True says they should hide, and
    Gaal points out they need transportation.  She volunteers to call a
    rover with her gear; it's parked away from the camp, so people won't
    hear it leave.
    
    Well, the transport isn't far from camp, and she's overheard calling
    it.  Danziger and company head out.  Meanwhile, Gaal tells True he
    knows she's betrayed him, and draws a parallel to the Trojan horse.  He
    prepares to blow up the transport.  However, the crew has snuck up
    behind him and Danziger fires a round that spoils his shot.  Gaal drops
    the controller for the collars.  True grabs it and orders the collars
    to unlock; Gaal grabs True.  Alonzo starts getting the Terrians out of
    the collars.  Yale tells Danziger to shoot Gaal, but he can't because
    of True.  Yale grabs the weapon and shoots Gaal's rifle, resting behind
    him.  The explosion knocks him off balance and breaks his necklace. 
    The Terrians drag him underground.  Alonzo finds one of the Terrians,
    dying.  He remarks that he never expected to find himself crying over a
    dead alien.  They take the dead Terrian back to camp and "return him to
    the earth"; the other Terrians show up to witness this and then leave.

    
    I missed the first 20min of the show, can anyone fill in?
    
    Comments behind spoiler
    
    
    
    
    The last 1/2 I saw, was super.  It really has me interested more then
    before.  I can't wait to tune in next week to find out more about
    what Devon is up to and what she knows.  What was that little thing
    she vomited up?  Was it a transmitter or a recorder?  What else
    does she know about the crash and who is behind it?  Why did they
    want them to crash?  Didn't the powers that be want to find another
    home and get out of the life/temp control habitat they were living in?
    
    This is getting good.
    
    Lou

    
	Nice Summary of the poilot episode



Earth 2's pilot episode, First Contact, aired on 6 November in the U.S.
Produced by Amblin Entertainment & Universal Television, and shot in New
Mexico, the series is executively produced by Mark Levin, Carol Flint and
Michael Duggan.

The series stars Debrah Farentino as Devon Adair, the moral centre of the
show.  She's the visionary of the series and in an attempt to find a more
natural environment to heal her son, Ulysses, she sets forth to establish a
colony on Earth 2.

Clancy Brown plays John Danziger, the ship mechanic.  He wasn't planning to
stay but finds himself becoming, rather reluctantly, one of the group's
leaders after the crash.

J. Madison Wright is True Danziger, the young daughter of John Danziger and a
typical teenager.  A bit of a tomboy and an outsider, she has a strong will
and loves the challenge of Earth 2 and has a lot to prove to herself and her
father on the planet.

Sullivan Walker plays Yale, the family confidant of the Adairs for the past 2
generations.  Yale has a dark past which is slowly revealed during in the
series, and we will learn things about him that even he doesn't know about
yet.  Yale is a cyborg, with a chip in his brain and a robotic arm.  At some
point in his life his memory was wiped and replaced with a computer chip
which holds all this vast knowledge.

Joey Zimmerman plays Ulysses Adair, the young son of Devon Adair and truely
experiencing life and childhood for the first time.

John Gegenhuber is government liaison Morgan Martin, sent to monitor the
colonists' work and progress.  Like Danziger, he wasn't planning to stay for
long either.  John has spent his entire life on the sterile world of the
space stations, and to be thrown into the harsh reality of life on Earth 2,
it is understandable that he is probably the most frightened of all the group
and the one most likely to draw everyone into danger.

Rebecca Gayheart plays Bess Martin, Morgan's wife.  Bess has a Mother Earth
quality to her and is a calming influence on everyone.  A miner's daughter,
she is the only character to have been raised on Earth.

essica Steen is the inexperienced but competent Dr. Julia Heller.  Her
chromosomes were altered before birth and as a result her genetic engineering
leant her towards the medical sciences.  However, she was not the original
choice to go with the Earth 2 colonists.  The crash on Earth 2 will make
Julia realise what it takes to be a real doctor without much technology to
support her.

Antonio Sabato Jr. is Alonzo Solace, the pilot of the ship which crashes on
Earth 2.  He had no intention of staying either.  Alonzo has the appearance
of a 23-year-old, but in reality is about 100.  His youthful appearance is
due to the fact that he has been sleeping a lot in cold sleep through space
during a number of missions, and thus is still alive and looks young.  His
age gives him a perspective, but he has also led a closed emotional life.

Finally we have Zero, a robot designed for construction work.  Zero has a
personality not unlike a foreman, and is a very straight forward, gung-ho
type of character.  Unfortunately he does not have the highest form of
deductive reasoning.

Earth 2 is set 200 years in the future, where the Earth is a dead and
virtually uninhabitable planet thanks to man depleting most of the Earth's
resources and the increasing population growth.  There is a small mining
community left, but those who could afford it have fled to the space
stations.  But, over the last several generations of living in these stations
a disease known as the Syndrome has begun to spread.

Eventually Devon gets a group of people together and the colonists head out
to G-889, but instead of landing at their original destination, they crash on
the opposite side of the planet many thousands of miles away.  They have to
make the long and perilous journey across the planet to their initial
destination - a very, very long trip.

The colonists discover that the planet has an abundance of native life forms.
The most prominent of these are the Terrians, an indigenous tribal community
who live underground.

There is a nomadic trading class called the Grendlers who are also
scavengers.  They are an exceptionally disgusting breed of creature which
will alternately help and hurt the Earth 2 colonists.

Finally there are small animal-like creatures called Kobas, which are like
pets, but also potentially dangerous.

Where have you seen them before???????



Farentino, Debrah (Devon Adair)

Filmography as Actress:
   "Capitol" (1982) ............................ Sloane Denning
   "Hooperman" (1987-1989) ..................... Susan Smith
   She Was Marked For Murder (TV) (1988)
   Revenge of Al Capone, The (TV) (1989) ....... Jennie
   Equal Justice (TV) (1990-1991) .............. Julie Janovich
   Bugsy (1991) ................................ Girl in Elevator
   Whereabouts of Jenny, The (TV) (1991) ....... Liz
   Back to the Streets of San Fransisco (TV) (1992)  Sarah Burns
   Mortal Sins (1992) (TV) (1992) .............. Laura Rollins
   Malice (1993) ............................... Tanya
   Sherlock Holmes Returns (TV) (1993) ......... Amy Winslow
   Son of the Pink Panther (1993) .............. Princess Yasmin
   Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Kills (TV) (1994)  Judalon Smyth
   XXX's & OOO's (TV) (1994) ................... Pam Randall

Brown, Clancy (John Danziger)

Filmography as Actor:
   Bad Boys (1983) (1983) ...................... Viking Lofgren 
   Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The (1984)  Rawhide
   Bride, The (1985) (1985) .................... Viktor 
   Highlander (1986) ........................... Kurgan 
   Extreme Prejudice (1987) .................... Sgt. Larry McRose
   Room Upstairs, The (TV) (1987) .............. Kevin
   Shoot to Kill (1988) (1988) ................. Steve 
   Season of Fear (1989)
   Blue Steel (1990) (1990) .................... Nick Mann 
   Johnny Ryan (TV) (1990)
   Waiting for the Light (1990) ................ Joe
   Ambition (1991) ............................. Albert Merrick
   Cast a Deadly Spell (TV) (1991) ............. Bordon
   Love, Lies and Murder (TV) (1991) ........... David Brown 
   Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story (TV) (1992)  Dave Chattelier
   Past Midnight (1992) ........................ Steve Lundy 
   Pet Sematary II (1992) ...................... Gus Gilbert 
   Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (TV) (1993)  Ben Guardino
   Last Light (TV) (1993) ...................... Lt. McMannis
   "Earth 2" (1994) ............................ John Danziger
   Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) ............ Capt. Byron Hadley

Walker, Sullivan (Yale)

Filmography as Actor:
   Exterminator, The (1980) .................... Drug Pusher 
   'Crocodile' Dundee (1986) ................... Tall Man 
   Firm, The (1993) ............................ Barry Abanks

Steen, Jessica (Julia Stern, M.D.)

Filmography as Actress:
   "Loving" (1983)
   Striker's Mountain (TV) (1985)
   Easy Prey (TV) (1086) ....................... Wendy Robinson
   Flying (1986) ............................... Cindy
   Judgement in Stone, A (1986)
   Young Again (TV) (1986)
   John and the Missus (1987)
   Wiseguy (1987) (TV) (1987)
   Sing (1989)
   Great Pretender, The (TV) (1991)
   "Homefront" (1991-).......................... Linda Metcalf
   To Save the Children (TV) (1994) ............ Kathi Davidson

Gayheart, Rebecca (Bess Martin)

Filmography as Actress:
   Vanishing Son (1994)......................... Clair
   Vanishing Son III (1994)..................... Clair
   Loving Soap - 1993 .......................... Hanna

Gegenhuber, John (Morgan Martin)

Filmography as Actor:
    Waiter 
   Rookie of the Year (1993) (1993) ............ Derkin 

Zimmerman, Joey (Ulysses Adair)

Filmography as Actor:
   Mother's Boys (1993) ........................ Ben


Wright, J. Madison (True Danziger)

Filmography as Actress:
   ?


Sabato Jr., Antonio (Alonzo Solace)
Filmography as Actor:
   Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (TV) (1993)  A.J. Treece
   Soap - General Hospital...................... Jagger


 TITLES & RATINGS

EPI.   DATE AIRED   TITLE                               NEILSON RATING
NO.                                                     [POS.] [RATING]
001)   11/06/94     "First Contact"                     15th   15.6
002)   11/13/94     "The Man Who Fell To Earth (Two)"   48th   10.5
003)   11/20/94     "Life Lessons"                      ???
004)   11/27/94     "Promises, Promises"                ???

 MERCHANDISING

NOVELS

Title : Earth 2
Author: Melissa Crandall
ISBN  : 0-441-00146-7

The aliens have landed, but this time, the aliens are us...

Planet G889 -- humanity's last hope.  Fueled by her passion to save her dying
son, Devon Adair uses her own wealth and influence to fund the Eden Project,
a mission to colonize a new world where children can grow and thrive in a
healthy environment.

But a malfunction strands the crew thousands of miles from their destination
of New Pacifica.  Now, forced to travel through harsh terrain, Devon and her
group discover that they are not alone...

    
    good show last night.
    
    Guess who got caught?
    
    Dave
    

    I thought it was one of the better shows too.  I liked the way it ended
    with the Dr. left out in the middle of a forest alone.  Pretty creepy.
    Now these people have no Dr.  I suppose the Dr. will link up with 
    Tim Curry's character and reek havoc on the group.  
    
    Renee

    Yep, they have no doctor, but they took all of her equipment, and it
    all looked pretty easy to use.  Looked like all they left her with 
    was her tent, cot and suitcase.  Bummer!
    
    Barb

    Plus they have Yale...doesn't he have access to large quantities
    of information?
    
    anna

    
    I think she will hook up w/the Terrians and at some point save the
    lives of the whole team - and get back in there good graces and
    be accepted once again.
    
    Lou

    Yes, its possible the Terrians will "save" her since she has some
    of their DNA.  I still get the willies thinking about being left
    in the middle of a forest all alone!!!!  I guess I'm too much of a
    people-person!!!  
    
    Did anyone notice there seems to be a shortage of women on that planet?
    I wonder how they are going to pair people up.  Especially with one
    of the few available women banished?
    
    Renee

    
    I missed it!!! I love this show, but 7pm is a hard time for me to catch
    a show what with 2 little ones to give baths to and get ready for bed.
    
    Anyways...what happened with the doctor??? Can someone please give me
    an update?? 
    
    Thanks, Patty

    Julia was basically extracting spinal fluid from uly to take
    the DNA and insert in herself.  She was justifying it (to herself)
    by thinking to spare uly from the counsils designs on using him
    as a buffer between them and the terrians.
    
    The group found out, after julia freaked and tried to confide
    in Morgan.  When he refused to go alone with it, she tied him
    to a tree. (during her irrational moments)  They did find 
    Morgan and the next morning you see that the group left her
    behind.
    
    it was pretty neat.
    
    I really have gotten into this show, which surprised me cause
    I didn't expect to watch it at all.
    
    Hope this helps!
    
    anna
    

    Yeah, that was the basic plot!  I remember some more.
    
    True spotted the Dr. talking in VR to the Council.  She ran and told
    her father but her father didn't believe her.  The Dr. was there trying
    to diffuse the situation.  A hand comes around the Dr.s neck and
    injects some type of shot that knocked her out.  It was Morgan's wife
    and she knows something is up with Julia.  
    
    When Julia wakes up she sneaks out of the tent and Devon follows her
    out and tries to find out how much damage has been done.  Julia is not
    thinking clearly and is screaming at Devon and starts to beat her up. 
    They have a cat fight-lots of punching and rolling around in the dirt. 
    Julia punches her right off a cliff.  As Devon hits the ground, they
    flash back to the tent. It turns out they had this fight in VR and
    Julia is really strapped to the bed and Devon is ok.  
    
    The end of the show has the group treking along making their way to New
    Pacifica, someting like 3100 miles away.  Devon is clearly upset at
    leaving the Dr.  Yale tells her they had no choice, they could never
    trust her and they never found her spy device. 
    
    They flash to Julia waking up in her tent.  She walks out and as the
    camera pulls back you can see the tent surrounded by tons of trees.
    
    Renee

    Can anyone give an update?  I missed Sunday.  I did see coming 
    attractions for next week and I was surprised to see Julia back with
    the crowd.  Did they take her back this week??
    
    Thanks,
    Renee

    
    Was not on this past Sunday.
    Previews between Football play-off and all new seaQUEST
    showed the doc but back in or not remains to be seen.
    
    Rick A

Synopsis of the "Morganite" story (part 2), anyone?  We forgot to set the 
VCR before heading off to church!

    Plot synopsis:
    
    
    
    The Terrians have Morgan, Bess and Yale.  Mary and some Terrians visit
    the camp to tell the others that the three will be killed at dawn for
    what they did.  Alonzo tries to talk to her and discovers that the
    dream plane is damaged.  Mary visits the three captives and tells 
    them their fate.  Morgan is upset, and says something quietly to Mary.  
    He and Bess are blinded and led away; they eventually return to camp. 
    Before, Danziger had been ready to threaten the Terrians with setting
    off more geolocks.  Now that it's just Yale, he's not so gung-ho. 
    Devon is.  She goes into the caves with Alonzo to reason with them, to
    try to get more time and maybe fix the problem.  Julia has been
    studying the rock samples they took and believes them to be part of a
    planetary communication system.  Perhaps if they understand what they
    do, they can fix the damage.  Danziger barges in with some others,
    waving weapons.  Devon tells them to drop them; in order to have any
    kind of future, they have to teach the Terrians to trust them.  He is
    convinced.  Devon tells the Terrians that humans don't need to die to
    learn something, it won't happen again.
    
    Morgan goes out to the geolock with Bess to try to crack the unlock
    code.  He eventually uses his VR gear to do it faster.  Julia discovers
    that the rocks are part of an intelligence; she was trying to
    communicate with them and they spit back a complicated syntax.  She
    thinks the rocks might help them break the geolock code, and tells
    Devon about it.  
    
    Meanwhile, Mary catches Yale praying for forgiveness for whatever he
    did.  He tells Mary that praying is a way of searching for truth.  She
    says Terrians don't talk to find truth; they listen.  She leads him to
    a vein and makes him touch it.  His memories begin to resurface, and
    they scare him off.  Eventually, he decides to stick it through.  He
    learns that he did _not_ shoot the unarmed scientists; instead, he shot
    the guy who was going to shoot them, and gave them a chance to escape. 
    Rather than court-martial him, they wiped his memory.  He now knows he
    doesn't deserve to die, but the Terrians don't care, and prepare to
    send him into the ground (that big mist pool that Uly went through). 
    As he goes under, he pleads with Mary to help him, telling her she
    knows this isn't right.  The Terrians leave, and Mary goes in.
    
    Topside, Julia brings the rocks to the geolock.  They make some
    progress, but she observes the rocks are having a difficult time; a
    really twisted mind created the unlock encryption, and they're having
    problems interfacing with the device.  Morgan puts on his VR gear and
    picks up the rocks, using his own twisted mind as an interface between
    the two systems.  The unlock code starts to unravel, even after he
    collapses.  It unlocks and Bess gives it the proper instructions.  The
    ground unpetrifies and the petrified Terrian is alive.
    
    Mary emerges from the earth with Yale in her arms.  He thanks her and
    tells her that humans need to confront their past.  The Terrians can't
    do anything more for her, she should join the humans.  She tries to go
    back into the earth, but can't.  Yale tells her that this is how they
    are punishing her for helping him; Terrians don't forgive the way
    humans do (something Mary had told them).  She runs off into the woods. 
    Yale tries to find her and bumps into Devon and the others from
    underground.  Happy reunion ensues.

    
    Cancelled by NBC according to newsgroups info.
    
    Dave
    

Shameful and shortsighted, IMO.

    re: .35 
    
    		Ditto,  Seems CBS is trying so hard to catch
    		NBC and ABC that it won't any show that isn't
    		a instant hit.
    
    
    					Roger

    
    I found this on the net about Earth 2 letter writing campaign to get it
    on UPN.

Article: 25594
From: [email protected] (July Siebecker)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc
Subject: Attention Antonio Sabato fans
Date: 22 May 1995 01:21:05 -0400
Organization: Rutgers University
 
Hi - I know this is a little off topic, but I'm sure there are a bunch of
Antonio Sabato fans who are lurking around here, still missing the good ole
Jagger days (nice, BTW, that the GH writers had Robin think to call call him
when she was looking for Stone - gotta love GH's continuity, it's been so good
lately!). Anyway, I'm posting this (only once, I promise!) for all of you
who have been turning to Earth 2 to get your Antonio fix. You may or may not 
know that NBc has axed the show, but that UPN is considering picking it up. If
you'd like to see Antonio back on the tube on a regular basis this fall 
(because no, he's not going to be coming back to GH, it seems), you may get 
your wish from UPN - *if* they get enough letters in favor of the show! There's
a letter-writing campaign underway for this purpose; so if you'd like to 
take part, and get us all another season of Mr. Ohsofine on the air, here's the
info:
send a letter/postcard to
Michael Sullivan, President of Entertainment
UPN Broadcasting
Paramount Pictures
5555 Melrose Avenue
MOB 12000
Hollywood, CA 90038-3197
 
and write "Attention: Earth2" on the envelope/postcard front!
 
If you want more info about all this stuff, please feel free to email me!
 
July
Earth2 Foundations
 
PS: If you're really avid, multiple letters are fine, as are letters from 
friends, family, roommates, pets, strangers on the street, very small rocks...
:-)