February opens with heartbreak for Nurse Chapel and Walter Skinner, but those looking for science fiction that's not in touch with its emotions will have to make do with Space Truckers, Predator and The Outer Limits.
(all times Eastern)
12:00 AM The X-Files (FX) - Ascension
Skinner takes an active hand when his beloved Scully shows up missing -- was she abducted by aliens? Meanwhile, Mulder and "Ratboy" Krycek have it out, while hints of the Cigarette-Smoking Man's nefarious involvement show up everywhere.
12:10 AM Predator (Cinemax)
Invisible alien stalks Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse "The Governor" Ventura, Carl Weathers and others.
1:00 AM The Outer Limits (SciFi) - Rite of Passage
Seemingly benevolent aliens steal a baby. Are they hungry, or are there even more explicitly fairy-tale themes involved?
2:00 PM Lost in Space (SciFi) - Invaders from the Fifth Dimension
Upon learning that aliens want to replace their computer with his brain, Dr. Smith offers them Will's instead.
4:00 PM Star Trek (SciFi) - What Are Little Girls Made Of?
Nurse Chapel drops in on a former fiance, only to discover he's been playing with robots. Oops!
5:15 PM Space Truckers (HBO)
Shady agencies hire interplanetary teamster Dennis Hopper to take a shipment of deadly robots to Earth. Unusual effort by cult favorite Stuart (Reanimator) Gordon also features Stephen Dorff and George Wendt.
9:00 PM The X-Files (FX) - Ascension
Skinner takes an active hand when his beloved Scully shows up missing -- was she abducted by aliens? Meanwhile, Mulder and "Ratboy" Krycek have it out, while hints of the Cigarette-Smoking Man's nefarious involvement show up everywhere.
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