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Dollhouse: Season 2
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsEcho and company return for a second and final season of this intriguing sci-fi series centered on a group of brainwashed operatives controlled by a shadowy organization. Meanwhile, FBI agent Paul Ballard is obsessed with exposing the Dollhouse.
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Dollhouse: Season 1
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAn organization sends its operatives on missions and then wipes their memories of the assignment when completed. When agent Echo starts having troubling memories, she begins to question who she is and what the organization is doing.
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The X-Files: Season 4
1996 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe conspiracies continue to deepen, with original storylines just as sharp and intriguing as the three previous seasons. Join FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they tackle the mysterious and the paranormal among us. Nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted – sometimes not even each other – when they face the dark mysteries of the universe.
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The X-Files: Season 2
1994 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe search for "the truth" continues in Season 2 of this multiple Emmy Award-winning sci-fi series that has FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigating a host of unique and bizarre phenomena. The second season delves deeper into the psyches of the agents, giving viewers both a glimpse of what's to come and a trickle of insight into why they've chosen to do what they do.
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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsReferencing the popular Halo video game, this futuristic live-action series follows freshman cadet Thomas Lasky through training at the prestigious Corbulo Academy of Military Science -- and a battle to defend the academy from the Covenant.
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The X-Files: Season 1
1993 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe truth is out there ... and the search begins as FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) team up to solve mysterious cases involving the paranormal. From investigations of aliens among us to their own personal demons, the first season of this multiple Emmy Award-winning sci-fi series from Chris Carter shows how it all began.
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The Glades: Season 3
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAs this season of the police procedural unspools, gumshoe Jim Longworth and forensic medical examiner Carlos Sanchez find themselves investigating the death of a millionaire who bequeathed his fortune to an organization of UFO enthusiasts.
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The X-Files: Season 3
1995 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsCover-ups abound as FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) delve deeper into the mysteries of paranormal activity in our midst. From big-time bureaucrats who won't talk to small-town folks who won't even open their doors, Mulder and Scully have their work cut out for them as they attempt to save the world, one thrilling mystery at a time.
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Farscape: Season 3
2001 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsRound three of this innovative sci-fi series continues to follow astronaut John Crichton and his ongoing battle against archnemesis Scorpius, the search for a way home to Earth and Crichton's persistent pursuit of romance with Aeryn Sun.
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Farscape: Season 1
1999 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsWhile on an experimental space voyage, astronaut John Crichton is suddenly propelled into a wormhole that catapults him across the universe and into the middle of a clash between escaped alien inmates and militaristic authorities.
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The X-Files: Season 5
1997 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThroughout this season, Mulder and Scully unravel one dark, paranormal mystery after another -- and reveal more about themselves, their pasts and their fears. Of course, it wouldn't be "The X-Files" without a big dose of conspiracy in each episode.
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The X-Files: Season 6
1998 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIt seems that these two FBI agents have no choice but to fight the future. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) continue to investigate eerie, unexplained phenomena in season six of the landmark Fox Network series. Cover-ups abound as the indomitable duo sleuth their way through conspiratorial webs that lead straight to the top and to people who seem to want the agents to stop succeeding -- at any cost.
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The X-Files: Season 9
2001 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAfter nine seasons, FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) finally decide to call it a day. One of television's biggest hits during its decade-long run, creator Chris Carter's edgy, well-acted series about fantastic (and fantastically foreboding) phenomena expertly blended science fiction with gripping drama in a truly original way. This collection features all Season 9 episodes (including the amazing finale).
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The X-Files: Season 7
1999 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsFBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are at it again as they explore the roots of unexplained paranormal events in this seventh season of the popular Fox television series. The mysteries never seems to end and the conspiracies seem only to deepen as each episode brings them closer to the truth -- or sends them reeling further into confusion, danger and the utterly inexplicable.
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The X-Files: Season 8
2000 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThis season marks a big shift in this hit show's usual tone; instead of focusing on the push-pull relationship between a doubting Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and an insistent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), viewers meet the skeptical John Doggett (Robert Patrick) and the mysterious Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish). Scully, who's pregnant, is the believer now, and she's on a quest to find her former partner, no longer a hunter but an abductee.
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Farscape: Season 4
2002 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn the show's fourth (and final) season, John Crichton's quiet life aboard a dying Leviathan is interrupted by an alien and a band of mercenaries. Later, a group of bounty hunters boards the Moya and imprisons the crew.
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Farscape: Season 2
2000 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAs this season begins, the Moya's crew is forced to abandon the sentient ship's newborn to a Peacekeeper so they can continue their journey. But they must soon deal with the consequences -- and a host of hostile aliens.
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Stargate SG-1: Season 6
2002 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSeason 6 of this intergalactic institution begins with Anubis threatening to destroy the Stargate and Earth along with it. Meanwhile, Jack is accused of assassinating a senator, and a mighty weapon falls into the wrong hands.
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Torchwood: Season 2
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn the second season of this award-winning drama, Capt. Jack Harkness reteams with Gwen, Owen, Toshiko and Ianto to investigate the oddities of Cardiff's alien underworld. An old acquaintance of Jack's shows up with a side order of danger.
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Angel: Season 5
2003 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsArmageddon's just around the corner as everyone's favorite vampire-with-a-soul, Angel (David Boreanaz), winds up the final season of his hit TV series. The broody former bloodsucker is flustered as he contends with his "soulful" rival, Spike (James Marsters), who's materialized in L.A. after closing the Sunnydale hellmouth with the rest of the gang in the final episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Costars Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2
1997 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsBuffy's life is changed forever when two new vampires, Spike and Drusilla, arrive in Sunnydale. As they seek to resurrect a powerful demon, Buffy falls in love with Drusilla's sire, the scrupulous Angel, and Willow meets the werewolf, Oz.
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Rescue Me: Season 1
2004 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsDenis Leary stars as Tommy Gavin, a veteran firefighter whose job requires him to be at the ready to save other people's lives -- even though his is falling apart. When his ex-wife starts dating again, he moves across the street from her.
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Torchwood: Children of Earth
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsCapt. Jack Harkness, officer Gwen Cooper and the rest of the secret organization known as Torchwood return, continuing their efforts to monitor extraterrestrial activity, collect alien technology and head off supernatural threats.
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Rescue Me
2004 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHaunted by ghosts from his past, veteran New York City firefighter Tommy Gavin struggles to keep his anxiety in check, look out for his fellow Engine 99 firefighters and handle the emotional turmoil that surfaces in his personal life.
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Stargate SG-1: Season 7
2003 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn the seventh season of the hit sci-fi series, Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) returns to human form and is discovered by the SG-1 team. Jackson soon returns to duty and helps in a fierce battle against Anubis.
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