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* AmbiguousEnding: in the final episode [[spoiler: we see John and Juliet are abducted by the Hive and John is reunited with his son on the alien mothership. We also see Bach apparently murdered by the alien possessed Albano. However from the voiceover we know that Loneguard and his son are somehow able to escape and make it back to Earth, John commenting that the Hive will also release Juliet as they didn't intend to kidnap her. Bach's fate seems sealed but he is condemned to death by the Majestic board whose members suddenly include Robert Kennedy and J Edgar Hoover, men we know Bach has blackmail evidence against. Furthermore Loneguard had previously warned Bach of a Hive agent within Majestic, fans postulating that Bach's apparent death was faked and was in fact a trap to expose Albano]].
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* TheVirus: The Hive acts like this, spreading by infecting humans (and other useful lifeforms like monkeys, or the humanoid alien Greys) with a parasitic larva. They have a hive mind and can even make use of freshly dead bodies as hosts if necessary.
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* FakeGuestStar: Conor O'Farrell (Lt. Commander Phil Albano) appears in 18 of the series' 20 episodes, missing only "Dreamland" and "The Last Wave", but remains a guest star throughout the series. In fact, he is generally quite low in the guest list.
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* AlienAbduction: multiple examples of this throughout the show; the aliens sometimes find humans who are resistant to parasite takeover, and label them as "throwbacks." Loengard actually stages his own alien abduction in the Season Finale so he can [[spoiler: infiltrate the mothership and rescue his son]].
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* AlienAbduction: multiple Multiple examples of this throughout the show; the aliens sometimes find humans who are resistant to parasite takeover, and label them as "throwbacks." Loengard actually stages his own alien abduction in the Season Finale so he can [[spoiler: infiltrate the mothership and rescue his son]].
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* UndressingTheUnconscious: In "The Warren Omission", John is ambushed fresh out of the shower by [[DarkActionGirl Juliet]] while he's only wearing a ModestyTowel. After being beaten up by her as a warning, she gasses him and once he's out, she rips off his towel and leaves him naked on the floor, seemingly just to [[ShamefulStrip humiliate him further]].
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* FlyingSaucer: the ships used by the Hive (which are implied to have been originally built by the Greys) are roughly flying saucer-ish rounded deltas; a human project connected with Majestic uses a different type of vehicle, somewhat more egg-shaped, inspired by the alien technology. The huge mothership is darker and more triangular. An ancient Grey flying saucer from before the Hive took over also appears in one episode, and is more classically saucer-like.
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**The Series Bible reveals that the Hive infestation in a human body actually progresses through stages, "Alpha" to "Gamma". It takes a few months after implantation for the parasite to gain firm control over a human, during which time they show telltale signs of inappropriate emotional responses and nervous breakdowns. "Gamma" is the stage when they take firm control, about a year after implantation. The Series Bible revealed future plans, however, for a "Delta" stage, after about 7-10 years of implantation...by which time the parasite's tendrils have spread throughout the body along the nervous system, compared to "a potted plant whose roots have replaced all the soil". Brief mention is made of an incident in which a "Delta" ''bursts out of'' its human "shell" and starts ''walking around''.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: The Hive parasites are vaguely insect-like masses of thin, constantly swirling tentacles. Looking almost like a nervous system that got up to walk around, they can move blindingly fast. They're nicknamed the "Ganglions" because of the part of the brain they attach to.
**Removing a live Hive parasite from a human will kill the host. It is possible to save the host by injecting them with a combination of toxic chemicals which make their blood pH level intolerable to the parasite, causing it to flee out the mouth and invariably die. Majestic wants live specimens to study, leading to a moral confrontation from Loengard, who wants to save the hosts.
**Whatever planet the original Hive parasites evolved on had a natural predator known as "Buzz Worms", about the size of a large leech. Modern-day Hive still keep these worms around...using them as a particularly gruesome means of execution against their own kind for egregious failures.
**Some humans are "throwbacks", genetically incompatible with takeover by the Hive, but it's unclear why. Injecting a Hive parasite with throwback blood will make it ''literally dissolve''.
**Removing a live Hive parasite from a human will kill the host. It is possible to save the host by injecting them with a combination of toxic chemicals which make their blood pH level intolerable to the parasite, causing it to flee out the mouth and invariably die. Majestic wants live specimens to study, leading to a moral confrontation from Loengard, who wants to save the hosts.
**Whatever planet the original Hive parasites evolved on had a natural predator known as "Buzz Worms", about the size of a large leech. Modern-day Hive still keep these worms around...using them as a particularly gruesome means of execution against their own kind for egregious failures.
**Some humans are "throwbacks", genetically incompatible with takeover by the Hive, but it's unclear why. Injecting a Hive parasite with throwback blood will make it ''literally dissolve''.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Actually had a pretty well thought-out series bible that laid out a 5 year scope for the TV series, intended to bring it up through the 1990s to the present day.
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* FakeGuestStar: Conor O'Farrell (Lt. Commander Phil Albano) appears in 18 of the series' 20 episodes, missing only "Dreamland" and "The Last Wave", but remains a guest star throughout the series. In fact, he is generally quite low in the guest list.
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This series provides examples of:
* AlienAbduction
* AllTheoriesAreTrue: Especially [=UFOlogy=] and other '60s ConspiracyTheory lore.
* BadBoss: Bach, very much so.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: The events of the show are shown to be interconnected with historical events.
* CliffHanger: The series-ending kind.
* DuelingShows: with ''Series/TheXFiles''... for all of one season.
* ETGaveUsWiFi: The show, and the conspiracy folklore it's based on, supposes that modern technology was invented by reverse-engineering material from the famous Roswell incident.
* ExposedExtraterrestrials
* FlyingSaucer
* GovernmentConspiracy: Majestic
* TheGreys: a (presumably) peaceful race that was taken over by the parasitic Hive. They and their technology are used by the Hive to menace Earth.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Many, many, from Music/TheBeatles and [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]], to Carl Sagan and Colin Powell.
* HiveMind: The appropriately named "Hive" aliens have this.
* RoswellThatEndsWell: They landed. They met with the President. They told him to surrender. He refused. They shot the ship down.
* WhoShotJFK
* TheVirus: The Hive acts like this.
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This series provides examples of:
* AlienAbduction
* AllTheoriesAreTrue: Especially [=UFOlogy=] and other '60s ConspiracyTheory lore.
* BadBoss: Bach, very much so.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: The events of the show are shown to be interconnected with historical events.
* CliffHanger: The series-ending kind.
* DuelingShows: with ''Series/TheXFiles''... for all of one season.
* ETGaveUsWiFi: The show, and the conspiracy folklore it's based on, supposes that modern technology was invented by reverse-engineering material from the famous Roswell incident.
* ExposedExtraterrestrials
* FlyingSaucer
* GovernmentConspiracy: Majestic
* TheGreys: a (presumably) peaceful race that was taken over by the parasitic Hive. They and their technology are used by the Hive to menace Earth.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Many, many, from Music/TheBeatles and [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]], to Carl Sagan and Colin Powell.
* HiveMind: The appropriately named "Hive" aliens have this.
* RoswellThatEndsWell: They landed. They met with the President. They told him to surrender. He refused. They shot the ship down.
* WhoShotJFK
* TheVirus: The Hive acts like this.
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