Original Air Date: December 7 or 14, 1984
Written By: Paul F. Edwards
Directed By: Walter Grauman
Produced By: Dean O'Brien

Guest Appearances: John McLiam as Jacob.

Freedom Network Update: The Visitors take control of Athens, Greece, and declare martial law; Resistance continues to grow in places like Miami, Tampa, and Key West where the Visitors are fought back; the Medal of Valor is awarded to Janet Weinberg, a computer programmer from Daytona Beach who led a raid on a detention camp to free 250 prisoners.

As Ham Tyler and Kyle Bates prepare to rendezvous with a munitions truck, Diana activates a new force field that surrounds Los Angeles and disintegrates the vehicle. However, the computer controlling the device on the Mother Ship is temporarily overloaded. Apparently, a computer relay within Los Angeles will be needed to enable the force field on a permanent basis.

Diana meets with Nathan Bates and offers him a deal. If he agrees to install a relay at Science Frontiers, she will grant him unrestricted access through a tunnel in the force field. He will use a four-letter personal access code to open the tunnel at will, allowing him to control everything that enters and leaves the city. Bates agrees to the deal.

On the Mother Ship, Diana needs Jacob's help to put the force field in place permanently. However, he is a follower of Xon — a pacifist — and would rather die than be her tool for destruction. That's no problem for Diana, though, and she simply proceeds with the conversion process on him. Jacob enters the necessary code into the computer just as Ham and Mike burst into the control room — guns blazing — and take Jacob. With his help, the trio make their way to the flight deck and take off in a Skyfighter. Diana activates the force field, planning to either shoot the escapees out of the sky or force them into the field. The trio evade their pursuers, but their fighter is damaged and they make a crash landing near the force field.

As Visitor patrols converge on Ham's and Mike's location, Kyle arrives just in time. Elizabeth is with him, having stowed away in his pickup truck, and Jacob recognizes her instantly thanks to her mark of Xon. The group drives away toward the location of the force field opening, hoping Julie will be able to figure out the code to activate the tunnel in time.

Meanwhile at Science Frontiers, Julie sneaks into the computer relay room and tries to guess Bates's secret code. She is discovered by Galen, the Chief Systems Technician who installed the relay. Willie shows up to save Julie, and the diversion enables her to grab Galen's own sidearm and shoot him with it. At the last moment, she figures out that Nathan's secret code is K-Y-L-E and the tunnel in the force field is activated.

Elizabeth takes Jacob through the tunnel to safety, but he stays behind to destroy the force field. First he tells Elizabeth that she is the future and that someday Amon, the high priest of Xon, will find her. Then he uses his special bracelet to focus the energy of the force field and destroy it, sacrificing himself in the process.

Back on the Mother Ship, Diana learns that Lydia has apparently departed in her personal shuttle to reach the Leader and tell him of Diana's incompetence. Diana orders the Mother Ship's weapons to be targeted on Lydia's shuttle, and it is destroyed.

Also in this episode, Kyle flirts with Elizabeth and they share a kiss. Later, Robin confides in her daughter that she's in love with Kyle and eventually she kisses Kyle, too. Elizabeth reveals to Kyle that her mother is in love with him, but Kyle makes it clear that he's only interested in Elizabeth.

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