8.042 minSeason 1 • Episode 13
LatestPassion and politics threaten the peace and an epic romance ignites between a human girl and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind (The Orion 9) are integrated into a suburban high school 10 years after they and hundreds of others landed on Earth and were immediately consigned to an internment camp where they’ve been imprisoned ever since.
Production
Surprisingly ambitious worldbuilding for a one-season wonder.
Costume
The Atrian facial markings and tattoos — genuinely cool alien design.
Creator
Meredith Averill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show's alien segregation narrative aired during peak Ferguson coverage, making its political parallels accidentally timely and uncomfortable.
Creator Meredith Averill later co-created Locke & Key — clearly she learned from cramming mythology into too few episodes.
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