The national syndication window opens for the 20th episode of the posthumous Gene Roddenberry science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict, the last first season episode to be broadcast, though wildly out of order. Somewhat inexplicably, the show’s distributor, Tribune Entertainment, has held this episode back to air during the July ratings sweeps, despite its storyline being referenced in later episodes that were moved up in the running order. 
The continued study of the alien probe results in the release of a deadly virus which kills a Taelon researcher very quickly, and that death raises the possibility that humankind may be even more vulnerable to the airborne disease. But not everyone can agree on what to do about the crisis – Doors thinks it’s evidence of an accident during Taelon attempts to create agents for use in biological warfare. And a hate group decides that the virus is ideal for their purposes in wiping out an African-American community as their first strike in a new wave of racial terror.
written by Julie G. Beers
directed by Milan Cheylov
music by Micky Erbe & Maribeth SolomonCast: Kevin Kilner (Captain William Boone), Lisa Howard (Captain Lili Marquette), Von Flores (FBI Agent Ronald Sandoval), Leni Parker (Da’an), Richard Chevolleau (Augur), David Hemblen (Doors), Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Dr. Belman), Stavroula Logothettis (Kee’sha), Janet Zenik (Ne’eg), James Kee (Robert Howard), Derwin Jordan (Albert Cooper), Conrad Coates (Reverend Billy Mitchell), James Purcell (Steve Burton), Austin Strungnell (Charles Burton)
Notes: This episode was not broadcast until after the season finale, Joining, even though it was intended to air between Through The Looking Glass and Destruction.
LogBook entry by Earl Green