Alienated (TV series)
Alienated (2003-2004) is a Canadian science fiction sitcom that ran for two seasons, for a total of 22 episodes.
It follows the life of a suburban family, the Blundells, living in Victoria (British Columbia, Canada), whose members keep getting abducted by aliens. The aliens' interference seems primarily focused on altering the Blundells' sexuality.
The series used deadpan humour and explored some very uncomfortable themes, from the sexuality of seniors, to sex between a fourteen-year-old boy and his thirty year old female teacher, bodily invasions, uncontrollable libido, non-consensual aphrodisiacs, and interference with a character's sexual orientation.
Characters
The Blundell Family
- Sarah Blundell (played by Sarah-Jane Redmond): the mother and head of the family
- Roger Blundell(played by Jonathan Whittaker): the father and breadwinner
- Isabelle Blundell (played by Iris Graham): the sixteen-year-old daughter
- Cameron Blundell (played by Andrew Robb): the fourteen-year-old son
- George Crickmore (played by Campbell Lane): Sarah's elderly father, who lives with them
Supporting Characters
- Carter Treehorn (played by Robert Clarke): a UFOlogist
- Roxanne Carson (played by Linda Darlow): a neighbour
- Rebecca Myers (played by Gabrielle Miller): Cameron's English teacher
- Nina Valdez (played by Mercedes de la Zerda): Isabelle's first girlfriend
- Charlie Delgado (played by Michaela Mann): Isabelle's second girlfriend
Notable Guest Star
- George Takei as himself (in a self-parodic role).
Storyline
- Episodes in bold were written, co-written and/or directed by women.
Season 1
The Blundells start being abducted by aliens, and feeling the strange after-effects of these abductions.
- Meatloaf Lunch (8 July 2003)
- Officially Crazy (15 July 2003)
- Pass the Saltpeter (15 July 2003)
- Something has to be Something (22 July 2003)
- Good Advice (22 July 2003)
- Hard to Keep a Good Man Down (29 July 2003)
- Nine One One (29 July 2003)
- The Wet Spot (5 August 2003)
- Foiled Again (5 August 2003)
- Separation Anxiety (12 August 2003)
- Unfit Parents (2 August 2003)
Season 2
The Blundells' secret is outed to the public, and the aliens' interference in their lives increases.
- Paul's Motor Inn (6 April 2004)
- Sexual People (13 April 2004)
- The Weekly Inquisitor (20 April 2004)
- Binge (27 April 2004)
- Human Gas (4 May 2004)
- Coming Out (11 May 2004)
- The Arrival (18 May 2004)
- Alien Man (25 May 2004)
- Caught (2 June 2004)
- Where's the Vagina? (8 June 2004)
- Everything's Fine (15 June 2004)