Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestJust when the FBI and NSA finally catch up to Adam, who is abducted by an alien spaceship right before their eyes. On board, Adam discovers that he was taken by a group of fellow abductees who put him on trial for his actions on Earth. Adam must defend why he disobeyed the ""Elders"" rules on non-intervention and justify his mission to the others.
The Visitor is a science fiction television series created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin which aired on Fox from 1997–1998. It starred John Corbett as Adam McArthur who was abducted by extraterrestrials 50 years earlier and escapes back to Earth to help improve life for humanity.
Acting
John Corbett's gentle alien dad energy is weirdly compelling.
Production
Emmerich-Devlin budget tricks making Fox primetime look cinematic.
Creator
Dean Devlin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emmerich and Devlin created this between Independence Day and Godzilla, essentially as a warm-up for TV-scale destruction.
The Visitor debuted months after The X-Files' peak popularity and was clearly Fox's attempt to clone that success with more heart and less horror.
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