DARIEN Lambert (Dale Midkiff) is aw akened suddenly by his lioiographk computer companion, Selma (Elizabeth Alexander), w ho detects a distress signal from an alien spaceship crashing into Smith Mountain. North Carolina. Selma determines that the spaceship belongs to the peaceful population of Proeardians from a nearby solar system. This confuses Darien because, historically, the Proeardians dou t communicate with the Earth for anudier 150 years. Darien and Selma leave lor North (arolina.

Meanwhile, Jake (Jeff Truman), dx- kxal sheriff and his brother. Keith (Christopher Lee), witness the crash. They are startled when a nude Procardian boy. Young Bill (Jesse Spencer), surrounded by an amber jura, emerges from the wreckage. Keith threatens to shoot the boy, w ho throws a hot while ball of energv

M Keith, then runs away.

Vi hile Keith lies comatose in a ho-pital. Darien and Selina arrive at Smith Mountain. Darien joins Jake's search party to hunt for the alien. In the woods, Darien separates from the group and Selma locates the terrified Procardian boy. Using Selma as a translator, Darien learns that the boy came to Smith Mountain in search of his mate who was accidentally left behind during a previous expedition I nabie to pronounce the boy s name. Darien calls him "bill" He gives Bill clothes to wear and hides him in a motel, promising to help find his mate. I nfortunately, Bill doesn't know what she looks like anymore. Instead of aging gradually as humans do. Proeardians develop in spurts, looking entirely different at each stage. She also would be unable to communicate with humans. Darien remembers a mute waitress named Rachel (Dana Tenen I, whom he en-

countered earlier at Ralph's Coffee Sliop. He returns there and speaks to Rachel's parents. Vivienne (Beth Child) and Ralph (George Mallaby), the owners of the coffee shop. They adopted her about the same time that Bill reported losing his mate.

Darien returns to the moteL warn ing Bill that he must wail until night