Alien Nation

Alien Nation is a science fiction television series, loosely based on the movie of the same name. Gary Graham starred as Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly working with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco , played by Eric Pierpoint. Sykes also has an on again-off again flirtation with a female Newcomer, Cathy Frankel, played by Terri Treas. The storylines generally revolved around morality plays on the evils of racism and bigotry using Newcomers as the discriminated minority. As fictional extraterrestrial immigrants, the Newcomers could stand in for social issues... about African-Americans or Hispanics, as well as sexual-behavior minorities such as gays, and would invert the usual expectations. For instance, during the run of the series, George became pregnant and during much of the episode dialog included lines like, "If you females had to feel the pain we males feel during pregnancy, there wouldn't be any babies." The series offered social commentary by illustrating what it means to be human and the often bizarre rituals we observe.
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