First Wave is a Canadian/American science fiction television series, filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, that aired from 1998 to 2001 on the Sci-Fi Channel. The show was created by Chris Brancato, who co-wrote an early version of the script for the seminal X-Files episode "Eve". Francis Ford Coppola was executive producer on the show. In an unusual move, the Sci-Fi Channel picked up the series on a 66-episode contract. The show was subsequently canceled once the contract expired at the end of the third season due to disappointing ratings.
First Wave (Season 3)

Mabus (Episode 1)
Writer: Daniel Cerone
Air date: 2000-09-13
Overview: Jordan Radcliffe joins Cade and Eddie to fight the aliens. The Gua make a clone of Cade.

Raven Nation (Episode 2)
Writer: Michael J. Cinquemani
Air date: 2000-09-20
Overview: Raven Nation is a resistance group that fashions themselves after the ethos of Cade Foster and his significance as a key in defeating the Gua. Jordan Radcliffe becomes Cade's most trusted ally within the group.

Comes a Horseman (Episode 3)
Writer: David Tynan
Air date: 2000-09-27
Overview: While investigating a biological research facility, Foster is exposed to a lethal airborne virus and must risk his life in order to prevent the virus from spreading.

Gulag (Episode 4)
Writer: David Wilcox
Air date: 2000-10-04
Overview: Foster discovers Joshua locked away on a quantum pocket where he is forced to attempt the same task over and over again as punishment for helping Foster.

The Flight of Francis Jeffries (Episode 5)
Writer: David Wilcox
Air date: 2000-10-11
Overview: Foster investigates an alien experiment that will allow the Gua to transfer their consciousness without having to use husks.

Still At Large (Episode 6)
Writer: Gary Sherman
Air date: 2000-10-18
Overview: Foster and Jordan go undercover in a Chicago police station in order to find documents that allegedly prove Cade Foster's innocence in his wife's murder.

Asylum (Episode 7)
Writer: William T. Conway
Air date: 2000-10-25
Overview: Eddie checks into a mental asylum in the hope of rescuing a judge who shares the institution with other people who believe that the Earth is being overrun by aliens.

Eyes of the Gua (Episode 8)
Writer: David Wilcox
Air date: 2000-11-01
Overview: A Gua assassin is sent out to kill what appear to be random victims. But with Joshua observing events, Foster is determined to find out the truth behind the incidents.

Skywatchers (Episode 9)
Writer: Michael Thoma
Air date: 2000-11-08
Overview: One of the Raven Nation operatives disappears near the small town of Hope. When Jordan and Foster investigate, they discover that the townspeople are hiding a terrible secret.

The Plan (Episode 10)
Writer: Chris Brancato
Air date: 2000-11-15
Overview: When Mabus dissolves the Gua Assembly, his military leaders are concerned that he is launching the second wave too early. They hatch a plan to assassinate him, with the help of Cade Foster.

Wednesday's Child (Episode 11)
Writer: Robin Brancato
Air date: 2000-11-22
Overview: Foster and Jordan are saved from a Gua bomb by an email sent to Eddie by an ill ten year old girl. Jordan discovers that Mabus has made a psychic connection to the girl.

Unearthed (Episode 12)
Writer: William T. Conway
Air date: 2000-11-29
Overview: Eddie and Jordan join an archaeology dig looking for Thor's Hammer and discover a Gua presence looking for the powerful weapon, which claims Foster as its first victim.

Shadowland (Episode 13)
Writer: Michael J. Cinquemani
Air date: 2000-12-06
Overview: After Foster experiences a series of nightmares, he visits a hypnotherapist friendly to the Raven Nation and is led back into a childhood he has forgotten, including a suppressed encounter with the Gua.

Legacy (Episode 14)
Writer: Paul Eckstein
Air date: 2000-12-13
Overview: Jordan is ambushed by the Gua at the Radcliffe Foundation annual ball, where she learns the shocking truth about her late father's demise.

The Edge (Episode 15)
Writer: David Wilcox
Air date: 2000-12-20
Overview: Foster is injected with Gua DNA and, as the process of transformation progresses, Jordan and Eddie face the agonizing prospect of having to kill Foster in order to save the planet.

The Vessel (Episode 16)
Writer: Daniel Cerone
Air date: 2000-12-27
Overview: Foster must stop the aliens from destroying the world's computer systems and Mabus from occupying human bodies, including his new love's.

Requiem (Episode 17)
Writer: William T. Conway
Air date: 2001-01-03
Overview: Foster informs the Generals of the Raven Nation that Mabus is using Jordan Radcliffe's body as a host.

Checkmate (Episode 18)
Writer: Paul Eckstein
Air date: 2001-01-10
Overview: Victory for the Gua seems close, as Mabus capotures Foster. Could an extraterrestrial revelation free Jordan and destroy Mabus?

Black Box (Episode 19)
Writer: David Wilcox
Air date: 2001-01-17
Overview: An Omega quatraine points Foster and Eddie towards a magnetic signal in the mountains. Suddenly a GUA ship crashes nearby. Joshua brought the ship down and it begins a race to find a powerful GUA warhead from the crash.

Beneath The Black Sky (Episode 20)
Air date: 2001-01-24
Overview: Foster encounters Xevallah, the mysterious stranger who rescued him from the Gua when he was a child. Xevellah teaches Foster the essential wisdom of forgiveness and prepares him for the final battle with the Gua.

Terminal City (Episode 21)
Writer: Michael Thoma
Air date: 2001-01-31
Overview: Foster travels to the future to locate the Hammer, a Gua weapon that has the power to determine the fate of humankind. But he discovers that the Resistance has crumbled and his counterpart has lost hope.

Twice Bless'd (Episode 22)
Writer: Chris Brancato
Air date: 2001-02-07
Overview: Mabus attempts to control the minds of Foster, Eddie, Jordan and Joshua in order to fulfill the requirements necessary to initiate the Second Wave.

Seasons

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