Invasion

Invasion

2005
Invasion
Invasion

Invasion

7.5 | TV-MA | en | Drama

In the aftermath of a hurricane the Florida Park Ranger and his family deal with strange occurrences, including luminescent creatures in the water. People in the town start to act different, who can you trust?

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EP22  The Last Wave Goodbye
May. 17,2006
The Last Wave Goodbye

In the middle of the hurricane chaos, Underlay and Russell mount a rescue of the humans who are being round up by the hybrids. Meanwhile, two humans who suspect that Underlay is the cause of the chaos take Larkin, Dave, Jesse and Rose as hostages.

EP21  Round Up
May. 10,2006
Round Up

As the hurricane starts to hit the town of Homestead, Russell and Tom try to stop Szura. The National Guard rounds up Larkin, Mariel and the children. Mariel and Larkin have suspicions about their rescuers. Dave is questioned as to Underlay's location.

EP20  Run and Gun
May. 03,2006
Run and Gun

Russell and Underlay find that they have to work together as another storm is quickly approaching. They need to get their families out of Homestead and to try to find where Szura has stashed away the hybrids.

EP19  The Son Also Rises
Apr. 26,2006
The Son Also Rises

After his investigation of the hybrids, Russell finds that he may be out of a job. Sensing another storm, the hybrids prepare. Rose's teacher is teaching a subject that has Russell bothered. Jesse and a school friend find a way to get even with the hybrids.

EP18  Re-Evolution
Apr. 19,2006
Re-Evolution

Russell and Dave investigate what's happening on Szura's island in the Keys. Tensions rise at school between the students who were changed by the hurricane and those who weren't. Underlay tries to find out the extent of the military's involvement in post-hurricane changes.

EP17  The Key
Mar. 15,2006
The Key

Mariel begrudgingly performs an ultrasound when Christina demands to know what is growing so quickly inside of her. After the school reopens, Jesse is bothered by the way; some of the fellow students are acting. Russell and Dave investigate what Healy knew about the hybrids.

EP16  The Fittest
Mar. 08,2006
The Fittest

Russell and Tom team together to try to catch a pregnant Christina and Derek, who are armed, dangerous and on the run. While searching Russell and Tom find a group of migrant workers. Mariel confides in Jesse and Rose about what happened to her. An unconscious Kira is in the hospital after her encounter with the orange being. Larkin searches for more answers about Paxton and his real reason for being in the area during the hurricane.

EP15  The Nest
Feb. 15,2006
The Nest

Kira is curious and frustrated as she tries to find the truth out about her father, Mariel and the other residents of Homestead. Will Kira find danger in her search? Meanwhile, Russell tests Mariel's blood and they are shocked at the results.

EP14  All God's Creatures
Feb. 08,2006
All God's Creatures

Russell, Larkin and Dave find out the identity of one of the creatures. Meanwhile, Underlay tries to find out who shot him and Kira begins to wonder what really happened to her dad.

EP13  Redemption
Jan. 25,2006
Redemption

Russel knowing that Larkin and their unborn child's life is on the line he must stop Larkin from reporting what she knows. Sheriff Underlay is shot and drifts between the past and present.

EP12  Power
Jan. 18,2006
Power

After a visit to Mariel, Russel finds that Tom has taken the children on a vacation without asking permission. Someone is hiding outside of Mariel's house and is discovered by Russel. Larkin is suspicious of Russell's intentions towards Mariel.

EP11  Us or Them
Jan. 11,2006
Us or Them

Russell confronts Mariel about the changes in her personality. Tom tries to help Sirk cope with his new circumstances. Jesse meets an intriguing girl at the hotel while on vacation with Larkin and Rose.

EP10  Origin of Species
Nov. 30,2005
Origin of Species

After a couple reads his blogs, they abduct Dave to find out what he knows about the hurricane's aftermath. Underlay and Sirk discover the identity of the woman in the bay and Sirk gets a glimpse of the orange lights.

EP9  The Dredge
Nov. 23,2005
The Dredge

Russell is suspected of committing a double murder. Larkin discovers Russell's criminal history and wonders about who he really is. Mariel insists that she saw a body in the water and demands that the bay be dredged.

EP8  The Cradle
Nov. 16,2005
The Cradle

Sheriff Underlay tracks down a mother who has abandoned a baby at Russell's ranger station. The mother denies that the child is hers. Her mother-in-law swears that the baby is her grandchild and that Christina has been acting strange ever since the hurricane hit. Meanwhile, Mariel who begins questioning why she has been losing touch with her kids makes a shocking discovery in the water.

EP7  Fish Story
Nov. 09,2005
Fish Story

Larkin barely survives a car crash and the fate of her unborn baby is unknown. Larkin gets picked up by a stranger in a pick-up but she soon becomes suspicious of his motives. Meanwhile, Mariel tries to reconnect with Jesse.

EP6  The Hunt
Oct. 26,2005
The Hunt

A family of Cuban refugees tries to make their way to Miami. After they notice the lights in the water, their escape from Cuba is cut short. The next morning Russell encounters one of the Cuban survivors. Meanwhile, Mariel attends a support group and Larkin realizes that someone is following her.

EP5  Unnatural Selection
Oct. 19,2005
Unnatural Selection

The family of Russell's friend and fellow Park Ranger, Carl, is struck by tragedy. Russell suspects Sheriff Underlay may be hiding something when he starts looking into the tragedy. Larkin calls upon an old flame to help her investigation into the military. Meanwhile, Mariel and Jesse have a big fight and Rose wants a tree house.

EP4  Alpha Male
Oct. 12,2005
Alpha Male

The citizens start to question why the town is still under a quarantine that has cut off medical and building supplies. The citizens find themselves on the verge of a major medical pandemic. Russell and Sheriff Underlay must track down the source of this quickly spreading virus.

EP3  Watershed
Oct. 05,2005
Watershed

Russell and Mariel suffer a tragedy but it is made worse when Mariel tries to help. Kira feels guilty over an accident. During the hurricane and after there has been a mysterious military presence and Larkin tries to learn more about it. Meanwhile, Dave investigates a lost piece of jewelry.

EP2  Lights Out
Sep. 28,2005
Lights Out

After discovering an Air Force officer named Paxton in a wet suit and barely alive at the ranger station, Russell begins to question what befell the man when he notices his wounds are identical to Dave's. But Russell soon finds out that he's not the only one interested in Paxton when Sheriff Underlay and Larkin both begin to question the man's mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile Mariel finds something unexplainable protruding from Paxton's wounds, Russell's curiosity about the strange skeleton grows, and Underlay continues to push for a town quarantine.

EP1  Pilot
Sep. 21,2005
Pilot

A hurricane is quickly approaching a small town in Florida leaving the residents little time to prepare. When the hurricane finally hits, many of the residents' lives are in peril. Rose, one of the town's smallest residents notices some mysterious lights in the heart of the hurricane. Meanwhile, after the storm, Dave discovers some mysterious skeletal remains.

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7.5 | TV-MA | en | Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi | More Info
Released: 2005-09-21 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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In the aftermath of a hurricane the Florida Park Ranger and his family deal with strange occurrences, including luminescent creatures in the water. People in the town start to act different, who can you trust?

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Eddie Cibrian , Lisa Sheridan , Alexis Dziena

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Tss5078 Ever since the popularity of LOST, ABC has been trying to find another strange, prime-time, sci-fi series to fill the void. One of the better ones was Invasion. This show managed to last a full season, but just like V, Flash-Forward, Life On Mars, Persons Unknown, Surface, and so many others, it didn't last. Why not you may ask? The truth is that the network keeps using these great show ideas and either takes them off the air for months in order to air some lame reality show or in this case, they keep making it stranger and stranger until it's unwatchable. LOST was weird, that's what we loved about it, but that show was written by J.J. Abrams, not Shaun Cassidy. Some people can make weird work and some just can't! Invasion takes place in a small town bordering the Florida everglades, where a strange family dynamic is taking place. The Varon family has split up and the kids spend half the time with their father, Russell (Eddie Cibrian), a park ranger who is engaged to a local reporter, and their mother, Mariel, who is a Doctor and whom has remarried the town sheriff, who also has a daughter. Going back and fourth between fighting parents is hard enough, but in an area as dangerous as the everglades, it can be downright deadly. One night, a massive storm blows into town and people see strange lights in the sky and in the water. When things settle down, certain people are somehow different. Some, like Russell, are skeptical that anything happened, others like his brother-in-law to be, think the planet is under attack, but no one really knows what the truth is.This is a modern version of invasion of the body snatchers and a much more subtle version at that. The series starts off with a bang and is definitely binge worthy, but then it hits a brick wall. I mean it is the same thing around and around for about ten episodes and it is ridiculously frustrating. Things finally get going again, and it just becomes weird, they jump back to story lines they haven't mentioned since the pilot, they investigate things they never mentioned before, the show is really kind of all over the place and it just gets worse.Shows like this kill me, because it started out so good, the story was extremely promising, and best of all was the cast. William Fichtner best known for Prison Break and dozens of blockbuster films is one of my favorite actors, and he is amazing in this show, there are points in Invasion, where he keeps the whole thing together and I may have stopped watching, if I wasn't so interested in what his character was up to. Paired with Third Watch's hunky fireman, Eddie Cibrian, the pair make for perfect rivals and strange bedfellows, and oddly had terrific chemistry. Add veteran actress, Lisa Sheridan, and a sixteen year old future TV star named, Evan Peters, to the mix, and this cast was fantastic.The bottom line is this show should have worked, it should have lasted, but ABC wanted it to be the next LOST. Someone kept messing with the story at the last minute, until the point that even the writers were confused about what they were doing, and things just fell apart. It's a shame, the first few episodes of this show were as good as it gets, while the last dozen or so were a struggle to get through.
andrew-herbst This is a complex story about one possible way that aliens might invade earth. There are many, many plot threads that all weave together quite nicely. My wife and I have the series on DVD which allows us to playback of course if we get confused. When the series was on television, I missed the pilot and caught parts of certain episodes but couldn't follow the plot threads. On DVD it is much better. Science fiction is better when it is complex, in this case the behavioural sciences play a major role too. Congratulations to Shaun Cassidy for an excellent story. The acting and directing are excellent - even minor acting parts are done convincingly. If you are a fan of William Fichtner, he is very good here. But there are no weak actors in any of the episodes. Watch it commercial-free on DVD!
Eli Szura Invasion is probably in my top three programmes of all time, but I do have one small problem with the storyline. Why is it that everyone just seems to except the Hybrids as the same people they know and love, simply updated to new bodies, when in reality their loved ones are rotting out in the everglades while this replacement walks around thinking its the original. This is evident due to Daves hybrid being around at the same time as him, so they ARE two different things. Also, if they simply got their minds placed in a new body, why is everyone scared to go in the water. Having a super body would be great if you ask me.
curtis martin I've just watched this show on DVD. The premise is interesting, but this show's first few episodes moved as slow as a crippled tortoise. It is no wonder the show didn't catch on. The first five episodes only had a hour's worth of story. On the positive side there is an interesting premise, some good performances, a few very effective moments, a story that got better as it went, and the lead actresses are very hot, which never hurts. In fact all the actors are good. The only one that rubs me the wrong way is the woman who plays Larkin. Her performance as the reporter and 2nd wife of the main character is very hyper and perky. And it's not only that she acts like she's in a story that's moving three times as fast as it actually is--it's that she's accurately portraying a really annoying woman. Also, though the acting is of a high quality, and the plot, slow as it is, is interesting, the dialog in the first few episodes is very weak. There's very little of the kind of wit or character tics that would carry an audience from week to week. (Dave, the UFO freak, was a poor attempt at injecting some humor). But it gets better.So basically, the producers wasted what could have been a great success by starting the series with its most boring, poorly written episodes. And with a "story arc" series like this one, that is a fatal mistake.