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Earth: Final Conflict
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Earth: Final Conflict - Season Three

Seq BEN Hr Gd Title Summary Date

01 3.01 45 B+ Crackdown Auger morns for Lili and searches for the new player. Liam proves the shooter was hired by Sandoval. The president lifts martial law under pressure from Liam. Doors joins Zo'or. Lili is a prisoner. 1999 10.09

02 3.02 46 B+ Vanished Sandoval's team implants Lili with a CVI, converts her to an alien and sends her off in a shuttle. Liam, Rene and Auger rescue ~60 missing resistance prisoners from Sandoval. 1999 10.16

03 3.03 47 B Emancipation A radical resistance group steals the Skrill queen and an experimental one and uses it to frame Taelon volunteers. Liam learns Skrill history, finds the queen and releases it to freedom in the rain forest. 1999 10.24

04 3.04 48 B Deja Vu A bootleg Taelon machine to relive memories kills people when it is used to give them someone else's memory of being injured in the war. 1999 10.31

05 3.05 49 A- The Once and Future World A Taelon artifact that Zo'or and Da'an desperately want leads Liam to Ma'el's 2000 year old sunken ship. Doors has been excavating it since before the Taelons arrived 1999 11.07

06 3.06 50 C+ Thicker Than Blood Da'an hires an amoralist to get resistance comm. codes from Auger. Then uses them to trap a bunch of leaders to get back in Zo'or's good graces. Liam helps cure Sandoval of a genetic disease. 1999 11.14

07 3.07 51 B A Little Bit Of Heaven Liam finds two human/Taelon hybrids from Da'an's early projects who are stealing babies and changing them using ID technology. The babies are collected by Da'an. 1999 11.21

08 3.08 52 B- Pad'ar Zo'or used Taelon history to set up the earth Pad'ar fight game. The fighters are his perfect android surrogates of very old human war veterans. Seems OK to me. 1999 11.28

09 3.09 53 B+ In Memory Lili wakes in an earth hospital 3 years later. Or is it a Taelon or Jiridian dream. Hint - Jiridians end up with a working ID drive shuttle. 1999 12.05

10 3.10 54 B+ Cloister Da'an and Zo'or share energy with sisters at a Taelon oriented cloister. Then they become suspects when one is murdered. Zo'or is Da'an's offspring. 1999 12.19

11 3.11 55 B Interview A TV producer invites Zo'or to be interviewed with the hidden purpose of exposing the Taelons and killing him. But it backfires making Taelons look good. 2000 01.23

12 3.12 56 C- Keep Your Enemies Close War minister T'thon arrives to cause trouble for Zo'or but Liam and Zo'or crash in a no technology enclave which won't let them leave. Zo'or is critically injured but survives - unfortunately. 2000 01.30

13 3.13 57 C Subterfuge Zo'or has Sandoval kill Taelons by sending them through ID portals with an unwitting human carrying an ID field disrupter chip. 2000 02.06

14 3.14 58 D+ Scorched Earth An ex-SI war operative attacks Taelon HQ with a Taelon vortex showing that the Taelons were on earth long ago and caused the last explosion in the SI war. 2000 02.13

15 3.15 59 C- Sanctuary While Zo'or is sick with an ancient virus, T'thon is put in charge and tries to take over by assuring that Zo'or dies. He fails unfortunately. 2000 02.20

16 3.16 60 C Through Your Eyes Zo'or transfers to a human body to experience violence, bloodlust and killing. He also fakes shooting Da'an and tries an assassination to ban energy weapons. 2000 02.27

17 3.17 61 C+ Time Bomb An accident wakes Ma'el's ship and one human crewman who was left to judge the Taelons. He tries to ram the mother ship but Liam and Rene blow up Ma'el's ship first. 2000 03.05

18 3.18 62 B+ The Fields The church of the companions (and Sandoval) is feeding parishioners a special plant and then harvesting Kris from them. The Taelons need the Kris to survive. 2000 04.23

19 3.19 63 B Apparition A dead exiled Taelon returns as a spirit to clear his name of the charge of blasphemy against the commonwealth for collecting money for Zo'or. 2000 04.30

20 3.20 64 B One Taelon Avenue The intelligent Taelon computer in Joshua Doors' Taelon research complex is crazy and is controlling minds. Jonathan Doors dies. Sandoval ends up with the computer core which freezes Taelons. 2000 05.07

21 3.21 65 B Abduction Liam has to find a volunteer that Da'an brainwashed into translating Ma'el's records. He and Zo'or end up with the record which shows humans are the genetic link between Taelons and Jiridians. 2000 05.14

22 3.22 66 B+ Arrival Lili returns with a Jiridian and carrying his child but they crash. Sandoval rescues/captures them but Liam chases him off. Lili, now part Jiridian, will die unless Da'an is sacrificed. 2000 05.21

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Although still interesting, the show seems to be digging its own grave, literally at times. One way or another they have removed all the good guys. Boon was of course the first good guy and he really was a good person as well as being the main protagonist. They killed him at the end of the first season. At the start of season 3, Lili was been turned into an alien who can't live on earth and has been shot off into space. Lili's last major part was in episode 6. Lisa Howard took a leave of absence to be with her new baby and is no longer in the credits. I don't know if she will be back or not but, although I want her back, I'm not expecting it. Da'an, the Taelon leader and a questionable good guy in the first season, was turned into a questionable bad guy and removed from power in season 2. Doors has always been selfish but he was on the side of the resistance. Now he is even nastier and working for the Taelons. Auger is the only original good guy left, but he has been stripped of power and money now. Of the new protagonists, Liam was decent in the second season, but now he has turned mean. The new protagonist, Renee, started off nasty and has stayed that way. I don't know what Gene Roddenberry planned (if anything), but this doesn't feel like his kind of work anymore. How long I continue to watch the show remains to be seen. At this point, I am still watching it and don't plan to stop. But I don't plan to watch the reruns.

Because of the uncertainty of syndicated broadcasts, this guides will be completed at the end of the season

Data Key:

Seq	-	The episode sequence number according to the official web site.
BEN	-	Broadcast Episode Number. Season number, then episode number in broadcast order.
Hr	-	Accumulated hours broadcast (continuous across seasons and in broadcast order).
Gd	-	Episode rating as an ABCDF letter grade.
Title	-	Episode title.
Summary	-	Episode summary designed to remind me what the story was about.
Date	-	The date the episode was first broadcast in my area.
Week	-	The first broadcast week according to the official web site.

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Earth: Final Conflict - Season Three
Seq	BEN	Hr	Gd	Title	Summary	Date
01	3.01	45	B+	Crackdown	Auger morns for Lili and searches for the new player. Liam proves the shooter was hired by Sandoval. The president lifts martial law under pressure from Liam. Doors joins Zo'or. Lili is a prisoner.	1999 10.09
02	3.02	46	B+	Vanished	Sandoval's team implants Lili with a CVI, converts her to an alien and sends her off in a shuttle. Liam, Rene and Auger rescue ~60 missing resistance prisoners from Sandoval.	1999 10.16
03	3.03	47	B	Emancipation	A radical resistance group steals the Skrill queen and an experimental one and uses it to frame Taelon volunteers. Liam learns Skrill history, finds the queen and releases it to freedom in the rain forest.	1999 10.24
04	3.04	48	B	Deja Vu	A bootleg Taelon machine to relive memories kills people when it is used to give them someone else's memory of being injured in the war.	1999 10.31
05	3.05	49	A-	The Once and Future World	A Taelon artifact that Zo'or and Da'an desperately want leads Liam to Ma'el's 2000 year old sunken ship. Doors has been excavating it since before the Taelons arrived	1999 11.07
06	3.06	50	C+	Thicker Than Blood	Da'an hires an amoralist to get resistance comm. codes from Auger. Then uses them to trap a bunch of leaders to get back in Zo'or's good graces. Liam helps cure Sandoval of a genetic disease.	1999 11.14
07	3.07	51	B	A Little Bit Of Heaven	Liam finds two human/Taelon hybrids from Da'an's early projects who are stealing babies and changing them using ID technology. The babies are collected by Da'an.	1999 11.21
08	3.08	52	B-	Pad'ar	Zo'or used Taelon history to set up the earth Pad'ar fight game. The fighters are his perfect android surrogates of very old human war veterans. Seems OK to me.	1999 11.28
09	3.09	53	B+	In Memory	Lili wakes in an earth hospital 3 years later. Or is it a Taelon or Jiridian dream. Hint - Jiridians end up with a working ID drive shuttle.	1999 12.05
10	3.10	54	B+	Cloister	Da'an and Zo'or share energy with sisters at a Taelon oriented cloister. Then they become suspects when one is murdered. Zo'or is Da'an's offspring.	1999 12.19
11	3.11	55	B	Interview	A TV producer invites Zo'or to be interviewed with the hidden purpose of exposing the Taelons and killing him. But it backfires making Taelons look good.	2000 01.23
12	3.12	56	C-	Keep Your Enemies Close	War minister T'thon arrives to cause trouble for Zo'or but Liam and Zo'or crash in a no technology enclave which won't let them leave. Zo'or is critically injured but survives - unfortunately.	2000 01.30
13	3.13	57	C	Subterfuge	Zo'or has Sandoval kill Taelons by sending them through ID portals with an unwitting human carrying an ID field disrupter chip.	2000 02.06
14	3.14	58	D+	Scorched Earth	An ex-SI war operative attacks Taelon HQ with a Taelon vortex showing that the Taelons were on earth long ago and caused the last explosion in the SI war.	2000 02.13
15	3.15	59	C-	Sanctuary	While Zo'or is sick with an ancient virus, T'thon is put in charge and tries to take over by assuring that Zo'or dies. He fails unfortunately.	2000 02.20
16	3.16	60	C	Through Your Eyes	Zo'or transfers to a human body to experience violence, bloodlust and killing. He also fakes shooting Da'an and tries an assassination to ban energy weapons.	2000 02.27
17	3.17	61	C+	Time Bomb	An accident wakes Ma'el's ship and one human crewman who was left to judge the Taelons. He tries to ram the mother ship but Liam and Rene blow up Ma'el's ship first.	2000 03.05
18	3.18	62	B+	The Fields	The church of the companions (and Sandoval) is feeding parishioners a special plant and then harvesting Kris from them. The Taelons need the Kris to survive.	2000 04.23
19	3.19	63	B	Apparition	A dead exiled Taelon returns as a spirit to clear his name of the charge of blasphemy against the commonwealth for collecting money for Zo'or.	2000 04.30
20	3.20	64	B	One Taelon Avenue	The intelligent Taelon computer in Joshua Doors' Taelon research complex is crazy and is controlling minds. Jonathan Doors dies. Sandoval ends up with the computer core which freezes Taelons.	2000 05.07
21	3.21	65	B	Abduction	Liam has to find a volunteer that Da'an brainwashed into translating Ma'el's records. He and Zo'or end up with the record which shows humans are the genetic link between Taelons and Jiridians.	2000 05.14
22	3.22	66	B+	Arrival	Lili returns with a Jiridian and carrying his child but they crash. Sandoval rescues/captures them but Liam chases him off. Lili, now part Jiridian, will die unless Da'an is sacrificed.	2000 05.21
Seq	BEN	Hr	Gd	Title	Summary	Date