Its 1964, and the British Invasion is underway, and The Beatles are days away from their iconic appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, and The Hive are planning on using that opportunity to induce mass suicide by the show’s viewers by using hypnotic suggestion, and subliminal messaging in the television image.

Dark Days Night was written by Brad Markowitz and series co-creator, Brent Friedman from a story by the other series creator Bryce Zabel. It was first broadcast on 26 October, 1996.

When Loengard (Eric Close) and Kim (Megan Ward) intercept a HAM radio message with an address in New York City, the pair head to investigate only to run into Steele (Tim Kelleher). The address leads them to the theatre Ed Sullivan (Jerome Patrick Hoban) broadcasts from, and Loengard has a quick run in with John Lennon (Joe Stefanelli).

They aren’t able to figure out the entire plan, but they know The Hive are obviously up to something, but they do have the HAM radio operator’s log book, and that operator is, or was, a member of The Hive. This leads them to Burnside (Stanley Kamel) and his subliminal programming through advertisements, in this case, created by The Hive, and not ad executives.

Amongst the volunteers is a young woman, Marnie (Gina Philips) who has also had an abduction, and was specifically contacted to come to the experiment. Slowly, the pair put together The Hive plan even as Kim almost falls victim to it.

At Majestic, Bach (J.T. Walsh) is overseeing the results and testing of the Hive creature that was in the astronaut from the Midnight Wing program as seen in the previous episode.

Steele makes a mistake and gets caught by Loengard and Kim, but will they be able to get anything out of him? Or will Loengard barter a deal with Bach for Steele? As they discover the plan will they be able to save countless lives of abductee throwbacks (those The Hive couldn’t infect) and remove the subliminal trigger, or will the biggest broadcast in television history (at the time) cause massive suicides?

Steele escapes, the broadcast goes without much of a hitch, and Loengard and Kim get a backstage watch of the Big Show!

Lots go on in those stories and episodes, it’s hard to keep things short, because there is so much to document, so many tie-ins with actual events, and UFO lore.

Dreamland was written by Steve Aspis and first aired on 2 November, 1996.

In March 1964, John Loengard and Kim Sayers find themselves in Las Vegas investigating what The Hive may be up to when they encounter Howard Hughes (Madison Mason) who has also learned that there is something strange going on in Vegas.

It looks like The Hive is winning all kinds of money at Hughes’ casino, The Desert Inn and vanishing into the desert. Are they using it to finance something?

Kim initially works at the casino, and then sits in on a number of games with the infected who are seeking Dreamland, aka Area 51. Her now latent abilites, thanks to being a throwback from The Hive, lets her sense and get almost a feel for what they are communicating between one another.

The HIve is buying and using mining and drilling equipment to carve an underground tunnel into Area 51.

Hughes is still under the delusion that The Hive are actually just communists, and ends up getting in the way of Loengard, leaving Kim in danger as she masquerades with The Hive, only be rumbled and caught by Steele (Tim Kelleher) who escaped from Loengard and Kim last week.

Can Loengard find their way into The Hive’s tunnel and get to Kim before Steele is able to burn the remnants of the Ganglion out of her.

Bach doesn’t show up in this one in at all, but that may be because Hughes is on the outs with Majestic for all of his eccentric behavior.

We learn that the Hive have a natual enemy, perhaps from their own planet, that are slug like in comparison to the tendril nature of The Hive. History rolls on next week as the Hive continues their assault on humanity, and John Loengard and Kim Sayer work to find out the truth and reveal it to the world.