John Loengard (Eric Close) and Kim Sayers (Megan Ward) are back in California for the funeral of a friend, but find out that there was more to his death and the surfer scene than initially thought, because the Hive are involved.

Written by Melissa Rosenberg, this episode first debuted on 4 January, 1997.

Kim investigates a call from the coroner’s office because it seems Majestic has come in and taken their friend’s body once they got their hands on the toxicology report. Along the way, she teams up with a young film student, Jim Morrison (Brent David Fraser).

John hits some waves but also tries to get some answers about his friend’s death, and John’s pal, Nat’s (Christopher Wiehl) sudden change in career to Lifeguard from a marine biologist.

When dead fish wash up on shore caused by toxic offshore dumping they discover a dangerous Hive plot. There’s something in the water, some microscopic organism that the Hive has created to change human blood chemistry to make it easier to infect them.

Majestic already claims to have it covered and pushes John and Kim on their way.

It’s an interesting episode, with a huge eco theme about saving and protecting our planet as a way to ensure humanity’s own safety, something we still haven’t clued in on enough, and the episode makes sure that before the story ends Jim Morrison will give up film, and move into something else (I wonder what) and John gets one last wave to say goodbye to their friend.

The Enemy Within builds into the character mythology of the series which until now has spent a lot of time tying in with historical events and interpreting them in a new through an alien invasion lens. History ties in, of course, with the episode as the Warren Commission (influenced by Majestic) continues its investigation into JFK’s assassination.

It seems there’s a mole inside Majestic, Steele (Tim Kelleher) is able to infiltrate it for Loengard’s and JFK’s file, and Loengard’s brother, Ray (Sean O’Bryan) has been infected by the Hive. Ray is also haunted by a childhood trauma that has kept and John estranged.

Written by Brad Markowitz from a story by series creators and showrunners Brent V. Friedman and Bryce Zabel, this episode was first broadcast on 11 January, 1997.

This episode is a little bothersome considering how John didn’t want Kim to go home for her sister’s wedding, but it’s now okay for them to go to John’s family. Kent McCord plays John’s dad, Dick, who seems less than thrilled by his son’s appearance at the farm.

Bach (J.T. Walsh) and his team are hunting Steele inside the complex, they know he’s still on site. Will he and his team be able to stop Steele once and for all or will the Hive continue to have this dangerous operative on the board?

Steele escapes, of course, and goes to confront Ray, and see why his infection, and his assignment to kill John is taking so long. This reveals the truth to John’s family, and though it costs them Ray, reunites the family as they see what John and Kim are really involved in.

The fight for the future continues next week!