Title: The Betrayal..

Original Date Aired: Friday 18th January 1985..

Created By: Kenneth Johnson..

Written By: Mark Rosner..

Directed By: Gilbert M. Shilton..

Produced By: David Latt..

Executive Producer: Robert Singer and Daniel H. Blatt..

Supervising Producer: Garner Simmons..

Running Time: 1 hour ( Approx )..

Bloopers Found: 12..

Cast: Jane Badler ( Diana ), Robert Englund ( Willie ), Faye Grant ( Juliet Parrish ), Michael Ironside ( Ham Tyler ), Marc Singer ( Mike Donovan ), Lane Smith ( Nathan Bates ), Blair Tefkin ( Robin Maxwell ), Michael Wright ( Elias Taylor ) Jennifer Cooke ( Elizabeth ) June Chadwick ( Lydia ) Jeff Yagher ( Kyle Bates )..

Guest Starring: Howard K. Smith ( Howard K. Smith ), Aki Aleong ( Mr Chiang ), Mickey Jones ( Chris ), Duncan Regehr ( Charles ), Judson Scott ( Lt. James ), Bruce Davison ( John ), Richard Minchenberg ( Howie ), Robert Dowdell ( Visitor Doctor ), John Allen ( Guard #1 ), Jonah Pearson ( Visitor Guard )..

Additional Guest Stars: Dean Abston, Gary Dubin, Michael Tulin..

Freedom Network Update: In Hawaii, Resistance leader Chi Chi Haspay escapes a sweep of the Big Island.. At Land’s End in southern England the Robin Hood Brigade attempt once again to drive the Visitor Fifth Air Wing from English shores.. In Tennessee there is still no word from the Chatanooga freedom fighters who were driven into hiding when Visitors invaded..

Freedom Network Medal Of Valour: Awarded to Frankie Weatherwax, a mechanic from Chapel Hill, North Caroline.. Frankie single – handedly stopped a Visitor attack on a junior high school by taking over a laser cannon and turning it on the Visitors..

Plot Summary: John, the guy who was almost killed in the last episode, turns out to be a snake working for Diana.. Willie gets himself shot while out on a recon mission.. Ham and Mike kidnap a Visitor medical student.. When the captured lizard can’t fix Willie up, he dies.. There is a brief period of sadness, until Elizabeth restores him to life, and health with her magic half – breed powers..

Plot: As a Visitor shuttle flies over the city, Willie makes his way to an abandoned building to meet with Fifth Columnist Simon, who warns Willie of a secret arms shipment coming into the open city.. Simon’s fears of being followed are warranted, as two troopers arrive and open fire.. Simon is killed, and Willie is shot but manages to escape into the street..

Mr Chiang continues to use the holographic version of Nathan Bates to broadcast bulletins to the people of Los Angeles and to demand the surrender of the Resistance.. Kyle, watching ‘ Nathan’s ‘ latest television broadcast, suspects that something is wrong and that the figure on TV is not his father.. He knows that the extent of Nathan’s injuries were such that he would not be able to appear so healthy.. Kyle leaves to investigate and find out if his father really is alive…

At the Visitor Legation, Lt. John Langley meets with Diana in an attempt to request a transfer.. After narrowly escaping from harm’s way while impersonating a Resistance sympathizer ( See ” The Hero ” ), he is reluctant to continue the charade as he knows that Diana was willing to let him die at the hands of the Disintegrator.. However, Diana has plans for him to impregnate Robin and create another Star Child and demands that John complete his mission or die.. Diana also demands the location of the Resistance Headquarters, but John refuses to tell her on the grounds that she may decide to blow it up with him still inside..

Willie makes his way back to the Resistance.. He has suffered internal injuries; Julie Parrish and Elizabeth Maxwell tend to his wound and try and remove the shrapnel, but Julie doesn’t know much about Visitor physiognomy.. She suggests they need a Visitor doctor, so Mike Donovan and Ham Tyler head out to the Visitor Field Hospital to find one.

Outside of a Visitor field hospital, Ham and Mike kidnap a young doctor, using his armband to identify him..

Aboard the Mothership, Charles manipulates a new video image of Nathan when he is informed by Lydia that various laser weaponry that he had shipped to L.A. in crates marked ” Medical Supplies “ has arrived.. Diana is shocked that Charles and Lydia have so openly broken her agreement with Nathan.. They are interrupted by a trooper bearing a message from Mr Chiang – Nathan has come out of his coma.. Charles heads to L.A. to meet with Mr Chiang..

Robin arrives at John’s house just as he has removed his synthetic ‘ human ‘ eyes .. Hurriedly replacing them, he greets her with a kiss and attempts to force her into a sexual relationship.. Robin leaves in tears, telling him that she loves him but that she is not yet ready to make love..

When John returns to his house, he finds Diana waiting for him.. She expresses curiosity about John’s attractiveness to women, and we are left with Diana and John sharing a kiss..

At the Resistance Headquarters, Willie is in such agony that Julie decides to give him some morphine.. She is interrupted when Mike and Ham return with the kidnapped Visitor doctor, Howie..  Julie is about to administer morphine to Willie but the Visitor, Howie, stops her just in time – morphine is poison o the Visitors.. Howie is actually a medical student and not yet a doctor, but he realizes that Willie needs a blood transfusion while he talks Julie through the procedure that will be necessary to save Willie’s life.. Juliet manages to remove the damaged portions of his internal organs, and Howie gives Willie 24 hours to pull through..

Robin, meanwhile, returns to John’s house and apologizes to him.. She agrees to stay with him..

Diana and Charles meet with Mr Chiang to discuss Nathan’s situation.. Mr Chiang knows that Nathan will react strongly when he learns of the computer image that they have been using of him.. Charles recommends that Mr Chiang kill Nathan, in which case the open city will belong to Chiang..

After an intimate night together, rush back to Resistance Headquarters when they hear about Willie.. John sees Howie and immediately tries to plant seeds of distrust about the Visitor medic and tries to implant doubts in the others of what Howie actually did to Willie.. Howie feels that he recognizes John, but can’t place him.. They’re interrupted by an emergency with Willie, his condition rapidly deteriorates, and he begins convulsing.. Howie attempts to resuscitate him, but fails, and Willie dies.. While the others gather around the stretcher in tears and begin to mourn, Elizabeth panics – she stands over Willie and places her hand on Willie’s chest.. Her power radiates outward and allows his heart to start beating again..

Witnessing Elizabeth’s strange powers, Howie realizes that Elizabeth must be the Starchild, and the Resistance members are left with the decision of what to do with him.  While John continues to attempt to sow doubts about Howie’s intentions, Howie reveals that he is a Fifth Columnist and that not all of them were purged when Diana regained control of the fleet.. He informs the Resistance that Charles is shipping laser canons and Liquid Xenon ( A fuel source for the canons ) into Los Angeles disguised as medical supplies.. Through his Fifth Column network, Howie knows that the illegal munitions are being stored at the field hospital.. The Resistance group makes plans to raid the place and prevent the Visitors from ever using those weapons..

Meanwhile, Nathan Bates has come out of his coma and Mr Chiang fears that his boss will not appreciate what has been done in his name using the hologram broadcasts.. Charles meets with Mr Chiang and suggests that if Bates were dead, the city would belong to Mr Chiang..

Kyle sneaks into Science Frontiers disguised as a nurse and reunites with his father.. A frail Nathan tells his son about the underground storage tanks of Red Dust that will be detonated if the Visitors try to take the city by force.. When Kyle reveals that Mr Chiang does not know that he is there, Nathan realizes that Chiang has betrayed him and warns Kyle to leave.. Kyle attempts to take Nathan away from Science Frontiers..

Howie takes Ham and Mike on a reconnaissance mission to the hospital, where the three see the most recent laser shipments being unloaded.. Howie reveals that the Visitors are also storing liquid xenon at the facility, which is used as fuel for their weapons..

Kyle and Nathan attempt to get out of Science Frontiers.. Nathan is heavily sedated and still hooked up to his IV, but they manage to make it to the elevator – which opens to reveal Mr Chiang.. Chiang pulls a gun, but before he can fire Nathan lunges towards him, taking two bullets in the chest.. Nathan’s last words to Kyle are ” Get out of here “ and Kyle steps backward into the elevator just as Chiang fires another shot at the closing elevator doors..

Aboard the Mothership, Diana receives a partial message from John and prepares to leave for the surface..

In Visitor uniforms, Juliet, Mike, Ham, Robin, John and Howie infiltrate the hospital where the weapons and Liquid Xenon are being kept.. After Ham and Mike knock out the guards, they join Julie and head into the interior of the building.. John and Howie drag the two unconscious guards into a storage room..

At Science Frontiers, Mr Chiang relaxes at Nathan’s desk, when the door opens and Kyle appears.. He lunges at Mr Chiang who pulls a gun.. Kyle manages to knock the gun from Chiang’s hand, where it falls to the floor in front of the desk.. Chiang dives for the gun, and in the ensuing melee the gun goes off, killing Chiang instantly.. Kyle quickly escapes..

Meanwhile, Ham, Julie, and Mike are able to infiltrate the back area of the hospital by bluffing about a maintenance check.. Julie sets the controls so that the Xenon will boil, and Ham uses his gun to blow the other systems so that the coolant will not reactivate..

Howie finally recognizes John as one of Diana’s henchmen.. John knocks out Howie and heads outside and reports the Resistance’s activities to a couple of Visitor Guards.. Waiting at the front of the hospital with the ambulance that they arrived in, Robin overhears John telling a Visitor guard that the Resistance members are in the Xenon control room.. When he comes outside, he reveals to Robin that he is a Visitor.. Learning the true nature of John, and with cries of ” not again!” she struggles with the spy and tears his face mask..

Juliet, Ham, and Mike are able to make their way out of the building via an alternate route, and arrive at the ambulance to find that Robin is being held at gun point by John, whose Visitor skin is revealed behind a gouge that Robin has made in his face.. The Resistance members are forced to put away their weapons, but Howie has awakened in the storage room and as John gloats over his performance as the mole, Howie comes up from behind and shoots John.. Lifting Robin up quickly, the freedom fighters jump into the ambulance and quickly escape – Howie, however, decided to stay behind, to continue the cause of the Fifth Column from the inside..  Diana arrives just as the Resistance are making their escape, and Howie points out the fallen John as the only witness to whatever had happened..

At Resistance Headquarters, Robin makes the decision to make a new start in Chicago.. Packing her bags, she bids goodbye to all, including Elizabeth who has decided to stay in L.A., and heads out with Ham and Chris as her escorts and bodyguards..

Blooper Details: During the Freedom Network broadcast: When the map of the south – west of Britain is shown, the sea to the west is labelled ” Atlantic Ocean..” The writers seem to have forgotten about that insignificant little island that us inhabitants like to call Ireland, and in between the not – spoken-of Ireland and the mammoth that is Great Britain, lies the Irish Sea.. The Atlantic is actually off the west coast of Ireland..

Both Willie and Simon have holes in their shirts before they are shot by the Visitor troopers..

When Willie is running back to Resistance Headquarters, his clothes change.. He is first shown wearing black jeans, a blue T – shirt, and a black jacket.. After he is shot, he is seen running  through the streets wearing a long brown coat.. When he arrives back at HQ he is wearing the original clothes.. The scene is reused footage from when Willie is returning from seeing Elias’ killed by the Disintegrator in ” The Hero..”

During Kyle’s fight with Chiang, Kyle has Chiang pinned on the desk.. Chiang double punches Kyle on the chin – there is at least a foot of space between the punch and Kyle’s face! Poorly choreographed..

Mr Chiang is shot in the chest during his struggle with Kyle.. We then see him lying on the  floor moments later – his entire chest is seen and there is neither blood nor a bullet hole to rumple his impeccable vest..

The Resistance doubt that Howie is a Fifth Columnist because they had heard that all the Fifth Columnists had been killed.. Yet Willie had met with a Fifth Columnist earlier that evening – that is why he was lying near death in the very next room, and the reason that they needed Howie in the first place!

Just prior to Robin’s departure, Julie announces ” At least you’re not pregnant..” Since Robin had arrived back at John’s house to apologize and to make love, this leaves us with two possibilities: Either Robin and John were interrupted by the news of Willie’s injuries before they had the chance to get together … or they did have sex and Julie had merely tested Robin to ensure that she didn’t become pregnant as a result of it.. Maybe Robin and John did indeed make love..

When ‘ Nathan ‘ is on TV, he announces ” It’s two hours after curfew and all is well..” That same night we see: Ham and Mike go to the Visitor field hospital, Robin goes twice to John’s house,  and various people on the street outside of John’s house.. This all occurs after curfew!

The same footage of the people outside of John’s house is used twice..

How did John and Robin find out about Willie anyway? No one called them..

Charles seems extraordinarily cavalier about having Bates killed, especially after being told about the red dust bombs in the previous episode.. After Bates is killed, no one seems to have anything to say about red dust not being released.. It seems to have obviously been a bluff, but why does Lydia not mention that Diana was had by a human, as she always enjoys antagonizing her rival..

An inconsistency between this episode and another:  Kyle and Mr Chiang have a nice little knock – down drag – out in which Kyle holds his own and ultimately wins.. But in episode 1.06  ” Visitor’s Choice,” they  established that Chiang is skilled in martial arts, and in that episode, Kyle doesn’t stand a chance against him..

Trivia: A plausible explanation for the inconsistency with the red dust: Bates originally said that if his pulse stopped, the pulsometer was attuned to explosives attached to red dust containers at Science Frontiers.. Isn’t it likely that after Bates went into a coma and Chiang took over, that Chiang dismantled the explosives?

Quotes:

( Howie gives his initial prognosis of Willie’s condition ):
Mike: OK, OK, How’s he doing?
Howie: He’s gonna die..
Ham: ( Cocks pistol ) You don’t seem to understand.. I care about this lizard..

( Kyle reconciles with Nathan ):
Nathan: Kyle, I made my deal with life a long time ago.. I wanted power and reward, and I got it … but I lost you in return.. Now there’s no need to say that I’m sorry, that I was wrong … my gamble … yet I love you, boy..
Kyle: Hang on Dad.  We’re gonna get out of here..
Nathan: Kyle, I want you to do something you’ve never done before – I want you to listen to me.  Get out of here, now..
Kyle: Dad, I love you and I’m not gonna leave you here.. No way..