First Wave

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Former thief Cade Foster discovers that aliens are conducting experiments among humans as part of the first wave of their invasion of our world. He sets out to fight them, with the assistance of a conspiracy theorist known as Crazy Eddie, who helps him discover the relevance of prophecies made in 1564 by Nostradamus, who predicted the destruction of the Earth in 3 terrifying waves by aliens known as the Gua. Cade and his allies attempt to use the ancient seer's quatrains to guide them to the aliens' various activities.moreless
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S 3 :  Ep 22 Aired 2/7/01
S 3 :  Ep 21 Aired 1/31/01
S 3 :  Ep 20 Aired 1/24/01
S 3 :  Ep 19 Aired 1/17/01
S 3 :  Ep 18 Aired 1/10/01

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  • This show is the best Scifi ever! Three great seasons and great charters, this show was original!

    10
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    By shanewojt, Dec 17, 2008
    I feel in love with this show late simple because after School I'd come home and turn the Scifi Channel on and in the background First Wave would be on and not knowing what this show was I was missing it for months and not even knowing about it until one day I heard the words aliens and Nostradamus come from the TV and I think it was the first season and I started watching it and every day after High School I had to tune in, tape it, I couldn't miss one episode! I would own all three seasons but its not on DVD yet and I'm not buying a bootleg of if! I'll buy the real deal thank you!
    All in All, I love this show!moreless

  • Cade discovers that aliens are conducting experiments among humans as part of the first wave of their invasion of our world. He sets out to fight them with help of a conspiracy theorist who predicted the destruction of the Earth in 3 terrifying waves.moreless

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    By KAF17, Aug 05, 2008
    I didn't watch this show much because I didn't really know it was airing on television. But when I came upon one of the episodes one day I became somewhat hooked. From what I hear the show is canceled but I think the Sci-Fi Channel air the episodes from time to time. It a good science fiction series to watch when you need something to watch to pass your time when you are bored or have nothing to do. Anyway, good luck to those who go looking for the series. Finally, I am glad I been able to watch this series because it weird but in a good way.moreless

  • I`m not satisfied with only 3 seasons. Want to learn more...

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    By ha6kox, Jul 22, 2008
    ''First Wave'' is one of my favorite shows,and it is such a shame that there will be only 3 seasons. But if they manage to put it on the screen again i would like to know more about the aliens.I have always been interested in Gua and other aliens as well.I know very little about them and i would like to learn more.Maybe how do they look like,something about their planet,i also want to know more about their biology characteristics despite the fact that the salt is a drug for them, their wounds heal and their faces are glowing when they are excited. I don`t care what people think of them.For me Gua are just misunderstood creatures.They were good ones but their planet was taken(they have learned the law of the jungle:''Eat Ore You Will Be Eaten'')as Joshua said in episode 9. I don`t think we should blame them for what they`re doing because we are not better than them.We don`t
    have respect even for our race.Through humanity there is racialism, sexism and many other bad things.We should blame ourselves not other races.Many people from the ''First Wave'' are angry because the Gua experiment on them ,but don`t we experiment on animals. I think that nobody is perfect.And in order to hate a person or a race for what they are you must think about yourself and your bad side,first.moreless

  • Probably one of the best Sci-FI show ever

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    By isbill, Nov 01, 2007
    After watching first serie i got very excited to see season 2 as season 1 was awesome but confusing at first, Season 3 was the best of them has more creativity then season 1 and 2 because season 3 more complicated storys.

    Season 1 raw/confusing/with i could have known that story's

    Season 2 Well they started to use the word Gua other then aliens which was nice for a change./But in almost every episode they feared that they were in a alien illusion that everything happening was made.

    Season 3 brings me to the subject why a advanced alien race that had eliminated hundreds of other races that they did not launch ships or troops or some bio chemical weapon then wasting their time all that mess.moreless

  • A great SC-FI show, with good acting, and great plots all well written. Cade Foster (hero) identifies that there is an invasion of aliens coming and is trying to prove his knowledge to the world. Trust me this show is really good.moreless

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    By thekaptain, May 30, 2006
    I thought this series was great, very addictive. It is along the same idea as the Invaders (1960s) but allot better. Good acting and some great plots well written. I think the plot was running out of steam but it ended on a high. If future seasons were to follow -5,6, etc- I think it might have struggled. Now where is the DVD for this show it is time something was released especially the cost of producing DVDs now.moreless
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  • What are ur faves episodes of FW??
    My faves episodes are Subject 117, TheBox, Tomorrow, The Believers, Te Edge, Checkmate,Twice Bless'd . But I love all of them:)
    By martitta1, Jan 28, 2008
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  • Promos
    Where i can find promos for the individual episodes?
    By eppi1977, Oct 22, 2007
    10/22/07
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  • twice blessed
    do we get an explanation on the twice blessed thing ? i'm not yet halfway trough season 1, and as far as i can see there has been ...
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