A human judge travels from earth to a remote alien mining colony to try and establish law and order. The Honorable Judge Joshua Finch (Dennis Haysbert) is an old-style lawman from Earth newly landed on an alien world.

Daniel (Brad Rowe) is a young mover and shaker who has grown tired of the rat race and yearns to trade in his stressed out existence for one more spiritual and simple. He joins an order led by the seemingly benevolent and serene "Father" (Nick Mancuso) and, with his girlfriend Beth (Michelle Beaudoin) and best friend Thomas (Jeremy Sisto) boards the bus to "the promised land," bound for a new life, one that can only be attained, as Father says, "through faith and service.

When Matthew Logan gets out of prison after serving time for spousal abuse, his first stop is a gun show. He buys a strange handgun from a mysterious stranger named Donald Finley and uses it to shoot and kill his wife, Sandra.

Capitol punishment makes it to primetime. Judgment Day has quickly become the hottest show on the Justice Channel and on television - period.

Dr. Larry Chambers (Gregory Harrison) helped build the colony on the Janus Five. He and fellow scientist Amanda Harper (Kimberly Huffman) run computer simulations that show the planet's star will flash over in a matter of days, emitting waves of deadly radiation, so Dr. Chambers urges evacuation. This is not a popular recommendation, especially among the colony's leaders who include council chairman Franklin Murdock (William Atherton), security head Montgomery Bennett (Alan Scarfe) and Amanda's father, Ian Harper (Ken Pogue). They point out that Chambers has been wrong before - - the colony had to be moved at great cost after he warned of deadly volcanic activity - - and suggest that his judgment has been clouded by the death of his wife Elise. When that doesn't stop Chambers, Murdock and Bennett discredit him by falsely accusing him of being one of the aliens who originally inhabited the planet, suggesting that the evacuation plan is a plot to reclaim the planet for his people. Imprisoned and threatened with death, Chamber's only hope is that Amanda will uncover the truth in time to save him and the colony.

Biologist Teresa Janovitch (Melissa Gilbert) is a civilian among military men, traveling on the Resource Survey Vehicle Cortez to Tau Ceti Prime in search of minerals for an Earth that has squandered its own. Initial signs indicate that the planet is both uninhabited and rich in mineral resources, which could mean a million dollar payday for both the crew and the company that owns the Cortez.

With its deadly lasers and hand-to-hand battles, "The Octal" is a combat sport for a new generation of athletes - but Tanner Brooks (Adrian Pasdar) is no longer a young man. Although he's promised his wife Jessica (Claudette Mink) that this will be his final tournament, Tanner is desperate to go out a winner.

Frank Martin (Peter Onorati) can't believe his eyes when his son Danny (Fred Savage) brings home a beautiful new girlfriend from college. The girl, Jade (Sandrine Holt), is a dead ringer for a woman Frank rescued from a top-secret military experiment when he was a private in the army 20 years earlier.

After their four-year-old son Justin (Liam Ranger) dies in a household accident aspiring politician Graham Highfield (Daniel Benzali) and his wife Rebecca (Kim Cattrall) get a second chance at happiness. Dr.

After flashbacks of an alien abduction drives him to the brink of suicide, Eddie Wexler (Michael O'Keefe) finds himself at a mental institute, where Dr. Sherrick (Stephen McHattie) is using a controversial technique to treat those who believe they have been abducted by extraterrestrials.

Reporter Carter Jones (Ally Sheedy) is on her way to work when her cellular phone picks up a suspicious conversation about the "removal" of a controversial author. Her journalistic curiosity piqued, Carter investigates, despite the objections of her boss and the police.

Adam (Jake McKinnon) is a powerful and generally good-natured robot. One evening while his creator, a university professor named Dr.