A Short-Lived American Sci-Fi Drama that has a man (John Corbett) returning from Earth after being away for years due to him being abducted by aliens and tries to use his new powers to save the world.
The show also features Grand L Bush, Leon Rippy, John Storey, Steve Railsback, Greg Callahan, Granville Ames, and Adam Baldwin.
It aired on Fox for one season.
Tropes for the series:
- Antimatter: One episode has a farmer and a group of scientists working on a secret experiment for generating sizable quantities of antimatter. Their main problem appears to be maintaining a perfect vacuum in the containment vessel. In the end, Adam explains that there are other applications of their research that can be used to quickly grow large quantities of food. Basically, they can solve world hunger.
- Enlightenment Superpowers: Adam has learned a lot during his time in alien custody. Once an Episode, he teaches one of his Englightenment Superpowers to someone.
- One-Word Title:
- Pilot.
- Dreams.
- Remember.
- Teufelsnacht.
- Reunion.
- Caged.
- Miracles.
- Reed Richards Is Useless: Averting this is the whole point of the show, as Adam fled back to Earth from the aliens, who had abducted him, in order to find inventors and help them spread their knowledge for the betterment of humankind. Unfortunately, not everyone is of the same mind, which includes his fellow abductees and the US military. For instance, the guy who invents anti-gravity is put in a secret military prison, as the military claims his discovery is too dangerous, as it can be used to make black holes. Meanwhile, a scientist-farmer attempting to produce anti-matter instead figures out a way to grow crops incredibly quickly. Adam tells the man that he can single-handedly solve world hunger.
- Super-Speed Reading: Adam McArthur is shown doing it.
- Unflinching Walk: In the pilot episode, Adam does this after self-destructing his crashed stolen spaceship.
