# Another 'What SF show am I sort of remembering' queston **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-sf-show-am-i-sort-of-remembering-queston/699865 "2014-09-29T14:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-sf-show-am-i-sort-of-remembering-queston/699865/1 "2014-09-29T14:53:08Z")
This memory semi-emerged a few days ago and has been driving me crazy since. A TV show from about five years ago, pretty sure it was a single season, definitely it was on a broadcast network. There were aliens (naturally) who could pass for humans. There’s a lot of paranoia over that though I don’t remember them doing anything to justify our fearing them. The chief ‘villian’ in charge of … hunting them down? Containing them? was a harsh faced man. At some point a bunch of the aliens have fled/escaped and are living sort of camped out, at least, not living inside of houses. Man, that’s vague. Does anyone have a guess? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-sf-show-am-i-sort-of-remembering-queston/699865/2 "2014-09-29T15:27:00Z")
“The Event”? [The Event - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Event) ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-sf-show-am-i-sort-of-remembering-queston/699865/3 "2014-09-29T16:47:46Z")
“V”? [V (2009 TV series) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_%282009_TV_series%29) ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-sf-show-am-i-sort-of-remembering-queston/699865/4 "2014-09-29T17:09:06Z")
Was it set in Florida after a hurricane? If I remember correctly the aliens come during hurricanes, and there was a hint that a previous hurricane also brought some. There was a group of illegal immigrants with aliens among them living out in a mangrove swap camp. It was on ABC for one or two seasons and was called Invasion I think? YEP: > **[Invasion (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_(TV_series))** > > An invasion is a military action of soldiers entering a foreign land. > Invasion may also refer to: ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-sf-show-am-i-sort-of-remembering-queston/699865/5 "2014-09-29T17:11:33Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > This memory semi-emerged a few days ago and has been driving me crazy since. A TV show from about five years ago, pretty sure it was a single season, definitely it was on a broadcast network. > > There were aliens (naturally) who could pass for humans. There’s a lot of paranoia over that though I don’t remember them doing anything to justify our fearing them. The chief ‘villian’ in charge of … hunting them down? Containing them? was a harsh faced man. At some point a bunch of the aliens have fled/escaped and are living sort of camped out, at least, not living inside of houses. > > Man, that’s vague. Does anyone have a guess? Was the harsh-face man William Fichtner? [https://www.google.com/search?q=william+fichtner&client=firefox-a&hs=kIg&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&biw=1366&bih=601&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=opIpVPPLDdSwogTJhILgAQ&ved=0CAYQ\_AUoAQ](https://www.google.com/search?q=william+fichtner&client=firefox-a&hs=kIg&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&biw=1366&bih=601&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=opIpVPPLDdSwogTJhILgAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-sf-show-am-i-sort-of-remembering-queston/699865/6 "2014-09-29T18:34:35Z")
I think there was another one on NBC called “Surface” about the same time “Invasion” was on ABC? Jeez, for a while there you couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting an alien invasion show. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-sf-show-am-i-sort-of-remembering-queston/699865/7 "2014-09-29T18:39:31Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I think there was another one on NBC called “Surface” about the same time “Invasion” was on ABC? Jeez, for a while there you couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting an alien invasion show. There was Surface, Invasion, and Threshold all in the same season ([http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2005/10/the\_lost.shtml](http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2005/10/the_lost.shtml))