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War of the Worlds: Season 2

20 episodes Premiered Oct 2, 1989 Updated Sep 28, 2026
Previously on War of the Worlds

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of War of the Worlds Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (17): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

The Second Wave

Oct 2, 1989 · 46 min

Almost Tomorrow The world is now a mess. As the environment with its predictable weather patterns and the economy in dire straights, anarchy is now loose and the world as we knew

S2·E2 Core

No Direction Home

Oct 9, 1989 · 46 min

While the Blackwood team picks up the pieces and tries to find a new home, the Morthren, too, have to find a new location as they are aware that the humans have been there once and

S2·E3 Core

Doomsday

Oct 16, 1989 · 46 min

A heat wave, followed by a water shortage, drives everyone to the brink of desperation. When a local church font begins to produce an apparently unlimited supply of water, the team

S2·E4 Core

Terminal Rock

Oct 23, 1989 · 46 min

Rock and roll ruins young minds...especially when the aliens are involved. Loner Kincaid and newly-adolescent Debi experience growing pains while the team tries to deal with a new,

S2·E5 Core

Breeding Ground

Oct 30, 1989 · 46 min

While at the hospital looking for some hard-to-find medicine, Harrison comes across gruesome evidence that the aliens are experimenting on humans. Meanwhile, Malzor and Mana try to

S2·E6 Core

Seft of Emun

Nov 6, 1989 · 46 min

When the Morthren run low on power, they are forced to bring Seft, the High Priestess of Emun, out of stasis. While Seft is searching for the materials she will need to create powe

S2·E7 Core

Loving the Alien

Nov 13, 1989 · 46 min

Suzanne helps her friend Marcus search for his missing daughter, unaware that the girl has been captured by the aliens. Meanwhile, Debi runs away in search of someone who understan

S2·E8 Core

Night Moves

Nov 20, 1989 · 46 min

The harsh life in the city, coupled with a food shortage, lead Suzanne to take Debi out to the country to live with Suzanne's estranged mother. The aliens are also having food shor

S2·E9 Core

Synthetic Love

Jan 15, 1990 · 46 min

Kincaid runs into an old friend named Johnny, only to discover that his friend is dangerously addicted to drugs. Kincaid takes him to one of the well-known Laporte Rehabilitation C

S2·E10 Core

The Defector

Jan 22, 1990 · 46 min

When an attempt to hack into the humans' computers goes awry, a Morthren technician (Kemo) is scarred both physically and mentally by the experience. Facing execution, he flees and

S2·E11 Core

Time to Reap

Jan 29, 1990 · 46 min

The Eternal instructs Malzor on how he can go back in time to 1953 in the aftermath of the failed invasion to ensure victory by inoculating his brethren from Earth's bacteria in or

S2·E12 Core

The Pied Piper

Feb 5, 1990 · 46 min

The first-born Morthren on Earth is now grown to the age of a nine-year-old. The aliens use both his need for emotional comfort and their need for gentic information in one play as

S2·E13 Core

The Deadliest Disease

Feb 12, 1990 · 46 min

Warring factions (including the Blackwood team and the Morthren) fight over a med cell that could save countless lives--including that of a dying Mana.

S2·E14 Core

Path of Lies

Feb 19, 1990 · 46 min

While Ardix bargins with a dying millionare's life for access to a communication's satellite, the aliens are trying to kill nosey reporter Marc Traynor. During an assassination att

S2·E15 Core

Candle in the Night

Apr 9, 1990 · 46 min

While the aliens try to recover a malfunctioning surveillance device, the team plots a surprise birthday party for Debi.

S2·E16 Core

Video Messiah

Apr 16, 1990 · 46 min

The aliens use subliminal messages and a clone of a popular motivational speaker to control the minds of the rich and powerful. Kincaid and the rest of the team get involed when an

S2·E17 Core

Totally Real

Apr 23, 1990 · 46 min

Debi is forced to fight an alien warrior in a duel to the death.

S2·E18 Core

Max

Apr 30, 1990 · 46 min

A year after his brother's death, Kincaid discovers that the aliens have brought Max back to life to kill him.

S2·E19 Mytharc

The True Believer

May 7, 1990 · 46 min

In desperate straits, the aliens gain a piece of valuable information: the identities of Harrison, Suzanne, and Kincaid. Soon the team has been accused of bank robbery and murder,

S2·E20 Mytharc

The Obelisk

May 14, 1990 · 46 min

Continuing Morthren losses force a maddened Malzor to take a drastic step: the release of a spore which will cause the death of every native organism on Earth.

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