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Visitor's Choice

  • TV-14
  • Nov 23, 1984
  • 46 min

The Resistance, led by Donovan, Julie, and Ham, stage a daring sabotage at a convention of Visitor commanders in a seaside estate where Diana intends to show off the ultimate device in processing humans for food.

About this episode

The Resistance, led by Donovan, Julie, and Ham, stage a daring sabotage at a convention of Visitor commanders in a seaside estate where Diana intends to show off the ultimate device in processing humans for food.

Season 1

19 episodes
  1. 1Liberation Day

    49 minOct 26, 1984

    Alien commander Diana escapes the Resistance and reunites with her fleet. The Starchild Elizabeth undergoes a strange metamorphosis.

  2. 2Dreadnought

    46 minNov 2, 1984

    Diana talks peace while readying the fearsome Triax super-weapon that could reduce Los Angeles to rubble. Meanwhile, Resistance fighters activate a new weapon of their own - a captured Visitor mothership.

  3. 3The Deception

    48 minNov 9, 1984

    Kyle Bates becomes involved in the Resistance when they are attempting to secretly move Elizabeth to safety in New York. Mike Donovan awakens to seemingly the ideal life with news that Earth has triumphed against the alien invaders. Alas, it's a holographic ruse by the Visitors aimed at gathering information about the Starchild.

  4. 4The Sanction

    49 minNov 16, 1984

    Seeking to free his son Sean from the Visitors, Donovan grapples with an insidious, powerful alien named Klaus.

  5. 5Visitor's Choice

    46 minNov 23, 1984Now viewing

    The Resistance, led by Donovan, Julie, and Ham, stage a daring sabotage at a convention of Visitor commanders in a seaside estate where Diana intends to show off the ultimate device in processing humans for food.

  6. 6The Overlord

    47 minNov 30, 1984

    Led by Donovan, Ham, and Elias, the Resistance runs into a doublecross when they seek to rid a mining community from alien-backed thugs.

  7. 7The Dissident

    48 minDec 7, 1984

    When Diana seals off the Open City with an impenetrable force field which destroys humans on contact, Donovan and Ham must kidnap the alien genius responsible for its development.

  8. 8Reflections in Terror

    48 minDec 21, 1984

    With a blood sample from the "star-child," Diana creates an uncontrollable and deadly clone which seeks out Elizabeth; Bates tests Julie's loyalty when he suspects she is sympathetic to the Resistance whose headquarters he is preparing to destroy.

  9. 9The Conversion

    48 minJan 4, 1985

    Ham and Kyle are captured by Visitors, and Charles, the Leader's special envoy, assumes command of the alien forces.

  10. 10The Hero

    48 minJan 11, 1985

    A small group of resistance sympathizers (Robin included) are arrested by Bates' police, and a prisoner will be handed over to the Visitors to be executed every day until Donovan, Ham, and Julie surrender.

  11. 11The Betrayal

    48 minJan 18, 1985

    While Bates remains in a coma Charles plots to overthrow him, elsewhere Willie is gravely wounded so the rebels kidnap a medical student of the Visitors.

  12. 12The Rescue

    47 minFeb 1, 1985

    Feeling Diana's presence threatens his power, Charles forces her to marry him, after which Alien law requires she return home.

  13. 13The Champion

    48 minFeb 8, 1985

    Sent to investigate Charles' death, newly arrived Inspector General Philip allows Lydia to choose a trial by combat in a laser duel to the death with Diana.

  14. 14The Wildcats

    48 minFeb 15, 1985

    Needing medicine to treat a deadly diphtheria epidemic, Julie and Kyle recruit a youth gang, one of whom may be a Visitor spy, to help steal the serum.

  15. 15The Littlest Dragon

    48 minFeb 22, 1985

    Anxious to settle a personal vendetta, Philip trails a Fifth Columnist, hoping he will lead him to the Resistance and Donovan.

  16. 16War of Illusions

    48 minMar 8, 1985

    When Philip and Diana install a high tech computer capable of launching a final victory over Earth, the Resistance's only hope at retaliation is a teenaged computer whiz.

  17. 17The Secret Underground

    48 minMar 15, 1985

    Julie and Donovan sneak aboard the Mother Ship to look for a hidden list naming all the Resistance leaders; Diana schemes to have Lydia's brother slain during a ritual celebration.

  18. 18The Return

    48 minMar 22, 1985

    The Leader stuns the Visitors by ordering a truce and traveling to Earth to negotiate peace; Diana plots to disrupt the peace.

  19. 19Breakout

    48 minMay 24, 1985

    Donovan and Ham are imprisoned in a Visitor work camp guarded by a hideous alien monster; Nathan Bates mounts a desperate search to find the "star-child" to exchange for his son Kyle who's in Diana's custody.

Guest stars

Lane SmithNathan Bates
Blair TefkinRobin Maxwell
Michael IronsideHam Tyler
Michael WrightElias Taylor
Jon CaliriBarry Boddicker
Robert EllensteinGen. Maxwell Larson
Chad McQueenDean Boddicker
Sybil DanningMary Kruger
Martin AzarowRodrigo
Thomas BellinRaymond
Jason RossCaptured Resistance Fighter
Steve ItkinBates Security Guard
Gustav VintasVisitor Chef
Aki AleongMr. Chiang
Howard K. SmithHoward K. Smith