Code Name: Eternity — Season 1, Episode 17: All the News
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Crime • 46 min • 1 season, 26 episodes • ★ 6.3/10
Episode synopsis
Bill Finn is sitting on death row waiting to be executed in two days time. He was given the death sentence for killing his partner, a fellow policeman. A reporter believes he was innocent and claims he has evidence that proves Banning set Finn up. Banning is worried that this reporter may be telling the truth and forces Myroc to hunt down Laura before the reporter manages to contact her. The last thing Banning wants is for the reporter to clear Finn and wants this possibility stopped, permanently!
About Code Name: Eternity
Code Name: Eternity is a Canadian science fiction series broadcast in syndication for 26 episodes starting in 1999. Shot in Toronto, Ontario, it was cancelled after a single season and ended on a cliffhanger. It was later shown on the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States. The plot follows an alien scientist who arrives on Earth and assumes human form in order to perfect technology that will radically change Earth's environment to be suitable for habitation by his own species. Another of the aliens, having discovered the true nature of Banning's plans, abandons him and joins up with a human scientist in an attempt to prevent the destruction of Earth and humanity.