Alien Nation - Pilot - Matt helps Emily at school

One of my favourite scenes from the pilot of the TV show "Alien Nation". Matt and Goerge drive to Roosevelt Elementary, where a "major disturbance" was reported.

It's my favourite scene because I love the way Matt fights for Emily (and all the other Newcomers) because it's just the right thing to do :)

The complete series and the following 5 movies all are available on DVD - so go on and buy them :)

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[aeyana78]

This is, in my humble, sci fi dork opinion, one of the most important scenes in science fiction television. This is WHY people should write sci fi. Not space explosions. This. Poignant and sharp commentary on the current state of society and human interrelation. nearly 20 years later and still COMPLETELY current and present. (aside from the 90's hair and clothes.) We are all people. We are all the same, even in our differences. Why do we fight against each other, instead of work with each other?

[knoxvilleguy2]

This scene was very important. The entire series was a GEM & Fox was foolish & hasty to cancel it. It taught lessons about diversity without having to go to a classroom.

It was good Television, so naturally Fox trashed it, & replaced it with some show that was probably crap.....

[Edymnion]

@ZigZagnut357 Some racist. Probably too busy painting their "We hate Muslims!" and "Show us the birth certificate!" signs to have watched the episode.

[OKFan527]

One of my favorite scenes - it's the moment where Matt loses some of his anti-Newcomer viewpoints when he sees the extremes that some people are taking those views. The look he and George share made a great foundation for their bromance. They were as close as brothers ... and a sci-fi version of the Lethal Weapon duo. Great series.

[remc0s]

@John22133

I hear ya.

Grown men wear pink polo shirts these days(!!!!!!?), while their sons wear shirts with big glitter letters and diamond earrings

Back in the '80s/'90s they'd beat you up if you'd dress that "fashionable"

[John22133]

This series was really good! I preferred the pilot movie though with James Caan and Mandy Patinkin, that was a great film.

[John22133]

I WISH we had those 90's and 80's hair and clothes back. Better then the crap styles they have now by far.

[PumaSweat]

WOW, That made me cry.

When I was a teenager my mom told me about how when she was in high school and went to try on her prom dress, they told her to come back with a white girl about her size because coloreds weren't allowed in the fitting rooms.

[confederatecharlie]

@TheJokpit Because the other ideologies will not accept us and leave us to live our lives as we see fit, they want to change us to the way they believe. They want to take the money I make, take my freedoms, my voice. They want control the way I think, believe, worship, feel. I would be happy to accept other's ideology, if they would accept mine and leave me to live my ideology in peace.

[escottish140]

I was wondering if you could also upload the scene of the George's wife trying to take the daughter out of school and she has a conversation with a black lady about "a coloured woman drinking out of the white fountain." It's my second favourite scene from the pilot episode. Beautifully written as well.