# Help me ID this early 1990s SF series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531 "2010-02-26T16:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531/1 "2010-02-26T16:33:43Z")
I have a vague memory of it. All I recall clearly: 1. It was conspiracy-theory-based – there was an Illuminati or something. 2. The main protagonist was a woman. 3. The Kabbalistic [Tree of Life](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life_(Kabbalah)) figured heavily. 4. It was very short-lived. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531/2 "2010-02-26T16:40:24Z")
Could it have been “Millennium” with Lance Henriksen? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531/3 "2010-02-26T16:41:23Z")
> [@hellpaso](#): > > Could it have been “Millennium” with Lance Henriksen? Definitely not. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531/4 "2010-02-26T16:49:31Z")
VR5, perhaps? I don’t remember the tree of life, but it’s a 90s Sci-Fi TV series with a conspiracy, and a female protagonist… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531/5 "2010-02-26T17:42:39Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > VR5, perhaps? I don’t remember the tree of life, but it’s a 90s Sci-Fi TV series with a conspiracy, and a female protagonist… [That’s it!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VR5) Knew it was something Information-Agey and cyberpunky. Thanx! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531/6 "2010-02-26T17:49:16Z")
Dark Skies? It was sort of an X-files ripoff. It was set in the '60s, and about these two people, one man and one woman, had to stop these insect aliens who could take over human bodies. They were behind all sorts of nasty stuff, including the assassination of President Kennedy. The aliens were being helped by this top secret government agency who was hunting the two heroes. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531/7 "2010-02-26T17:50:19Z")
Curse my too late posting of useless information! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531/8 "2010-02-26T17:52:01Z")
😃 Glad to help. I hardly remember the series, but I liked it when it was on. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531/9 "2010-02-26T19:08:20Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Dark Skies? It was sort of an X-files ripoff. It was set in the '60s, and about these two people, one man and one woman, had to stop these insect aliens who could take over human bodies. They were behind all sorts of nasty stuff, including the assassination of President Kennedy. The aliens were being helped by this top secret government agency who was hunting the two heroes. Sounds like it actually ripped off from the '60s series [_The Invaders._](http://davidszondy.com/future/Dystopias/invaders12.htm) Or maybe _X-Files_ did. Of course, when Heinlein wrote [_The Puppet Masters_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puppet_Masters) in 1951, he acknowledged the premise was old hat already. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531/10 "2010-02-26T19:37:09Z")
VR5 was a terrific series, but was hurt because the first episodes were so-so. At the end of episode three, however, something happened that showed this wasn’t going to be an ordinary show, and it went on from there. Plus it had Anthony Head playing Giles. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-early-1990s-sf-series/530531/11 "2010-02-26T20:37:30Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > VR5 was a terrific series, but was hurt because the first episodes were so-so. At the end of episode three, however, something happened that showed this wasn’t going to be an ordinary show, and it went on from there. Plus it had Anthony Head playing Giles. 😉 Makes you wonder **who** make sure it would be canceled . . . [cue _X-Files_ theme]