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On this day in 2001 (in the U.S.), Earth: Final Conflict aired "Termination." Officially, this served as the sixth episode of the program's fifth (and final) season. According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"Renee breaks a serial killer who also happens to be a pathologist out of prison to help her determine a way to kill the Atavus. Street has difficulty agreeing with Renee's plan."
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From Google.com:
"Termination" is the 6th episode of the 5th season of the SciFi television series Earth: Final Conflict. It originally aired on November 5, 2001.
Overview
- Air Date: November 5, 2001
- Director: David Winning (won a gold award at Worldfest Houston and a gold plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival for his direction)
- Writers: David Ransil, Mark Amato, Harold Apter
- Episode Order: 94th in the series overall, 6th in Season 5
Plot
- Renee Palmer (played by Jayne Heitmeyer) breaks Dr. Josephine Mataros (played by Margot Kidder)—a convicted serial killer and pathologist on death row—out of prison.
- Renee’s desperate goal is to use Mataros’s dark expertise to find a biological or clinical way to kill the Atavus, the new hostile alien race that replaced the Taelons in Season 5.
- Juliet Street (played by Melinda Deines) strongly disagrees with Renee's risky plan to work with a murderous psychopath.
- Ronald Sandoval (played by Von Flores) also features in the episode's complex web of character tension and power dynamics.