The Origin of Species

Name: The Origin of Species
Director: Jonathan Glassner
Released: 1998-11-27
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Ron Rifkin, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Kirby Morrow, Silvio Pollio, Ryan Reynolds

S4 E23 November 27, 1998 0h 45m ★ 6.5

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Overview

In this sequel to Double Helix, Dr. Ira Nodel (RON RIFKIN) has his body altered to communicate with aliens who have seeded Earth with their genetic material. He is joined on an alien spaceship by son Paul (Ryan Reynolds), Paul's girlfriend Hope (Kathleen Duborg), and six students. But, when Dr. Nodel touches a glowing post in the ship's control room, both he and Paul are consumed by a mysterious light. This leads Hope and the students to believe that they've been lead into a trap, a suspicion that is reinforced when the ship captures two of the students and pulls them through the wall. Desperate to find out what's going on, Hope reads Dr. Nodel's journal and risks her life by touching the glowing post. Her body begins the same transformation, and a strange glowing entity speaks in the voices of Dr. Nodel and Paul, trying to communicate with her. The ship, however, continues to snatch the students two by two.