Series creators Bryce Zabel and Brent V. Friedman developed the story for Hostile Convergence which Javier Grillo-Marxauch wrote the teleplay for. It debuted on 7 December, 1996,

John Loengard (Eric Close) ends up in Socorro, New Mexico in April 1964 as he investigates the infamous Lonnie Zamora (Robert Carradine) UFO sighting. The original sighting is adapted to the Dark Skies universe as Zamora witnesses a craft taking off with a strange symbol on its side.

Kim Sayers (Megan Ward) finds time to slip away from John for a much-needed break. Her mother, Joan (Stephanie Faracy) has swallowed the company line about John killing a senator, and wants Kim to leave John, but also insists that she come home, Kim’s sister Andi (Lisa Waltz) is getting married.

The couple are having a tough time together, the pressure, the lack of stability, the constant running, and fear. Kim needs some time away, and no matter how much the pair love each other, they need a bit of a break, and the wedding makes the perfect getaway.

So with Kim gone, Loengard finds himself working, once again with Jesse Marcel (Richard Gilliland) and learns that the Socorro craft was man-made, reverse-engineered from the Roswell craft. Unfortunately, the HIve knows that Kim and John are apart at the moment, and they know where she is going. And who is Andi’s groom? And what is going on in the Sayer household? And what if evidence Marcel and Loengard uncover were placed to simply discredit the pair?

Is there anyone that John and Kim can trust? And will they be able to get to one another before something terrible happens?

At Majestic, Back (J.T. Walsh) is studying files on Jack Ruby (Jack Lindine) following his killing of Oswald, hoping to figure out what the Hive is up to and why Ruby doesn’t seem completely under the Hive’s control. But Steele (Tim Kelleher) cleans up those loose ends and infects Ruby with The Hive’s enemy which will destroy the remnants of the Ganglion inside him, removing any trace of their involvement.

We Shall Overcome was written by Friedman and Zabel and was first broadcast on 14 December, 1966. John and Kim head to Mississippi which is in the middle of a civil rights movement to investigate a Hive breeding program.

It’s June 1964 and in the heart of Mississippi trouble is brewing, and not just between whites and blacks, but the Hive is at work as well, and their plans are increasingly devious. John and Kim were planning on a quick getaway to Mexico, but a phone call home by John reveals that a frined of his, Mark (Raphael Sbarge) may have gone missing in Mississippi during a freedom ride.

The segregation they find in the town they visit is horrifying, and its something the Hive want to continue because a united human race could pose a threat to them. Keeping us fighting amongst ourselves is the perfect distraction.

Once they track down Mark, they try to investigate what is going on, posing as FBI which is also in town investigating the murder of three civil rights workers. Kim and Eda Mae (Lorraine Toussaint) investigate a local church overseen by Reverend Poole (Roger Aaron Brown) and soon find more than they bargained for.

Bach and Majestic are trying to up their action plan to one of confrontation with the Hive instead of playing on defense, and of course, they end up in Mississippi as well, where Bach grills Mark, while Eda Mae and Kim deal with one of the locals, Clayton (Dean Norris) who is as racist as he is terrified of what he’s seen.

Bach burns down the church that houses the breeding program, something that will be tied into the missing civil rights workers and blossom into an iconic moment for America.

1964 has been a very busy year for Majestic, John and Kim and we’re pretty much at the halfway mark for the too-short series. Let’s see what else they’re going to reveal to us before it all comes to an untimely end.