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Firefly: The Complete Series
2002 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsSet almost 500 years in the future, this short-lived but much-loved TV series follows the adventures of the ragtag crew of the transport spaceship &NFi;Serenity&NFi_;, who view no job as too small, too dirty or too close to the line of illegality.
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Firefly
2002 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsSet almost 500 years in the future, this short-lived but much-loved sci-fi series follows the adventures of the ragtag crew of the transport spaceship Serenity, who view no job as too small, too dirty or too close to the line of illegality.
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Doctor Who: Season 3
2007 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsThe BBC's hit sci-fi series returns starring David Tennant as the time-traveling Doctor, with Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones, a medical student who joins him on his journeys as they traverse the centuries to solve mysteries and right wrongs.
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Doctor Who
2005 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsAfter more than a decade off the air, the epic sci-fi series returns with an all-new look -- and the ninth (and beyond) incarnation of everybody's favorite time-traveling doctor, who promptly sets about fighting nefarious aliens and other foes.
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Doctor Who: Season 5
2010 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsMatt Smith stars as the regenerated 11th incarnation of Doctor Who in the sci-fi show's fifth season. As the good Doctor journeys through time and space, he's joined by new companion Amy Pond in a battle of wits against a fresh batch of villains.
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Doctor Who: Season 4
2008 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsIn the fourth season of the hit BBC sci-fi series, former runaway bride Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) joins the good Doctor (David Tennant) on his intergalactic adventures, fighting for justice and solving mysteries throughout space and time.
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Doctor Who: Season 1
2005 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsMore than 15 years after "Doctor Who" went off the airwaves, the venerable sci-fi series gets a well-received 21st-century makeover, complete with younger actors, modern editing and vibrant CGI animation.
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Doctor Who: Season 6
2011 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsThe Doctor returns, alongside newlyweds Amy and Rory, to face monsters and mysteries all across time and space. Together they find themselves in 1960s America, aboard a 17th-century pirate ship, and in a bubble universe at the edge of reality.
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Doctor Who: Season 2
2006 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsIn Season 2 of this popular series, the Doctor and Rose bounce back in time to battle a force that threatens 18th-century Versailles, defend Queen Victoria from a creature in the Scottish Highlands and discover a bizarre hospital run by cat people.
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Haven: Season 2
2011 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsAfter settling into the mysteriously cursed town of Haven, Maine, FBI agent Audrey Parker uses her increasing rapport with the residents, including troubled detective Nathan and unrepentant crook Duke, to investigate the puzzle of her dubious past.
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Haven: Season 1
2010 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsDispatched to the seaside community of Haven, Maine, to investigate a suspicious death, FBI Agent Audrey Parker soon discovers the town is a sanctuary for people with paranormal abilities -- and may hold clues to her lost past.
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Haven: Season 3
2012 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsIn the third season of this supernatural series, FBI agent Audrey Parker learns more about her spiritual connection to the town of Haven. Joining Audrey are a detective on the trail of a serial killer and a feisty new waitress.
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Haven
2010 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsInspired by Stephen King's The Colorado Kid, this creepy series is set in Haven, Maine, where residents are plagued by supernatural afflictions. FBI agent Audrey Parker feels connected to this place and delves into her own past to discover the truth.
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Jericho: Season 2
2008 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsBack from cancellation as a result of viewer protests, the sci-fi series kicks off its sophomore year in the wake of the costly battle of New Bern, which left neighboring Jericho scrambling to rebuild -- and the two communities still at loggerheads.
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Jericho: Season 1
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsA small Kansas town finds itself cut off from the rest of the world after a mushroom cloud appears on the horizon. Faced with terrifying uncertainty, the community -- including the mayor and his prodigal son -- begins to come apart at its seams.
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Jericho
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThe wayward son of the mayor of Jericho returns to the rural town to collect an inheritance, only to be stranded by a nuclear blast that cuts off communications to the outside world and makes him a reluctant leader amid chaos.
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The X-Files: Season 1
1993 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe truth is out there ... and the search begins as FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) team up to solve mysterious cases involving the paranormal. From investigations of aliens among us to their own personal demons, the first season of this multiple Emmy Award-winning sci-fi series from Chris Carter shows how it all began.
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The X-Files: Season 4
1996 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe conspiracies continue to deepen, with original storylines just as sharp and intriguing as the three previous seasons. Join FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they tackle the mysterious and the paranormal among us. Nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted – sometimes not even each other – when they face the dark mysteries of the universe.
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The X-Files: Season 3
1995 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsCover-ups abound as FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) delve deeper into the mysteries of paranormal activity in our midst. From big-time bureaucrats who won't talk to small-town folks who won't even open their doors, Mulder and Scully have their work cut out for them as they attempt to save the world, one thrilling mystery at a time.
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Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.0
2005 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThis reimagining of the classic 1970s science fiction series takes its special effects and story lines to a whole new level, with President Roslin (Mary McDonnell), Commander Adama (Edward James Olmos) and their ship full of humans still searching for the mythical planet Earth. In the show's sophomore season, the commander's life hangs in the balance, and a new crisis emerges when Cylon Centurions manage to board the Galactica.
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The X-Files: Season 7
1999 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsFBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are at it again as they explore the roots of unexplained paranormal events in this seventh season of the popular Fox television series. The mysteries never seems to end and the conspiracies seem only to deepen as each episode brings them closer to the truth -- or sends them reeling further into confusion, danger and the utterly inexplicable.
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Roswell: Season 1
1999 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThree alien-human hybrids have been sent to Earth to save the human race. In the meantime, the young outsiders attend school in the desert town of Roswell, N.M., and struggle with everyday teen issues in this sci-fi drama.
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Battlestar Galactica
2003 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsDeep in the universe, cybernetic Cylons have all but wiped out the human race, laying waste to the Twelve Colonies of Man. Cast out, the few survivors aboard the Battlestar Galactica search for a so-called 13th colony: the mythical planet Earth.
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The X-Files: Season 6
1998 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIt seems that these two FBI agents have no choice but to fight the future. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) continue to investigate eerie, unexplained phenomena in season six of the landmark Fox Network series. Cover-ups abound as the indomitable duo sleuth their way through conspiratorial webs that lead straight to the top and to people who seem to want the agents to stop succeeding -- at any cost.
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The X-Files: Season 9
2001 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAfter nine seasons that expertly blended science fiction and gripping drama, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully finally decide to call it a day. Mulder appears only briefly in Season 9, as Scully now works mostly with agents Doggett and Reyes.
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