Another dark secret of George is revealed. When in quarantine after the ship's crash, he was being turned into a programmed assassin. Government denies knowledge... Trust no one... The truth is out there.

Meanwhile, Matt has trouble filling out a psychological test, run at the police station. He isn't willing to tell his true feelings to anybody. Not even to Cathy.

original airdate--December 18,1989

"That was the scene in California's Mojave Desert five years ago--our historic first view of the Newcomers' ship. Theirs was a slave ship, carrying a quarter million beings, bred to adapt and labor in any environment. But they'd washed ashore on Earth, with no way to get back to where they came from. And in the last five years, the Newcomers have become the latest addition to the population of Los Angeles."