The Aliens (2016–2016)

TV ShowEndedDrama, Comedy, Science-Fiction1 season, 6 episodes
The Aliens posterReview score: 70%

Plot

The aliens are here. In fact, they've been here for the last 40 years. But though they walk like us, talk like us and look like us, they're not allowed to live with us. All aliens are forced to live behind a huge wall in a in a segregated community called Troy; a ramshackle and hedonistic ghetto where a criminal sub-culture thrives. It's a world of mystery, danger and forbidden pleasures.But when mild-mannered human Lewis, a border control guard at the wall's check-point, discovers that he is half-alien, his secret threatens to turn his world upside down as he is drawn into the dark underbelly of Troy.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01The Aliens S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 6.0Lilyhot attempts to persuade Antoine to take part in a gang war with Fabien, assuring him that he can retake control of Troy.
  2. 02The Aliens S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 5.5After Lilyhot reveals to Lewis that his real alien father Antoine is in prison, he agrees to help break him out. Truss starts to believe that Lewis is involved in some shady dealings.
  3. 03The Aliens S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 4.4Lewis is a border guard at a checkpoint that patrols a wall, but after a chance encounter with mysterious alien Lilyhot his life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers that he's actually half alien.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2016Aired 4.2Season avg
  1. S01E01The Aliens S01E01Episode 1March 8, 2016 4.4Lewis is a border guard at a checkpoint that patrols a wall, but after a chance encounter with mysterious alien Lilyhot his life is thrown i
  2. S01E02The Aliens S01E02Episode 2March 15, 2016 5.5After Lilyhot reveals to Lewis that his real alien father Antoine is in prison, he agrees to help break him out. Truss starts to believe tha
  3. S01E03The Aliens S01E03Season's bestEpisode 3March 22, 2016 6.0Lilyhot attempts to persuade Antoine to take part in a gang war with Fabien, assuring him that he can retake control of Troy.
  4. S01E04The Aliens S01E04Episode 4March 29, 2016 2.8Truss follows Lewis to Troy, where he discovers that Lewis is half alien, but the Alien League spots Truss, which puts him in grave danger.
  5. S01E05The Aliens S01E05Episode 5April 5, 2016 3.5Dominic is forced to become a hitman, while Lewis is blaming himself for what happened to Truss. In Troy the gang war between Antoine and Fa
  6. S01E06The Aliens S01E06Episode 6April 12, 2016 3.0Troy is put into lockdown, and with the help of Lilyhot, Lewis realises he has to bring the conflict to an end, but to do so a sacrifice mus

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Cast

Michael SochaMichael SochaLewisMichaela CoelMichaela CoelLilyhotJim HowickJim HowickDominic

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