brilliant actors, brilliant editing

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This isn't a review per say, I just wonder where this show went? I watched it avidly when it was out and then it just disappeared off TV here in Ireland, I presumed whatever channel just didn't get the rights again. Its not like now when you can find anything online etc.It only just popped into my head when I clicked on Dark Skies on my TV and it was some movie, not the series I had loved. This series really was good, it rivalled X_files at the same time it was out.Can't believe they only made so few.

I saw Dark Skies when I was about 13 years old on German television (channel PRO-7). As far as I can remember it was aired in summer 1997 while X-Files had a rest for some reason and was replaced by this series.I was upset, because I am a huge X-Files fan and was watching it all the time. But it turned out to be a good choice and thanks to Dark Skies a great summer. I liked Dark Skies a lot, because it had a continuous plot, great actors (especially J.T. Walsh and Tim Kelleher as the bad guys, and Eric Close, Jeri Ryan and Megan Ward as the good guys) and was even more mysterious and scarier than X-Files at some point. This UFO theme has always caught me and Dark Skies was no exception.(SPOILERS) It featured very bad and scary alien creatures that can possess and control human bodies. I always liked these possession kind of movies like: The Thing and The Hidden. They don't enable you to know who is good or bad at first sight. (/SPOILERS)I read that Dark Skies should have had 5 seasons arriving at the year 2000 in the plot by the end. Unfortunately the other seasons were canceled due to low ratings. I am very sad, since I loved this series so much by the end of summer 1997 that I wanted to see it continue instead of watching X-Files again.Too bad that the one and only season 1 was never aired again and I've never again saw it on any television channel here in Europe. I would definitely buy the DVD if it would finally be released. 10 / 10 from me. Awesome series! Good job!

My co-creator Brent Friedman and I have worked on a lot of TV series, and written plenty of screenplays, including a bunch which have been filmed, but we never had a better time than when we were writing and producing "Dark Skies." We appreciate your positive feedback. It means a lot. Thanks.

Like someone comments, Dark Skies is an excellent sci-fi type series, I couldn't agree more. It was exciting how the show so seamlessly put together sci-fi and past political events and social issues that took place during the 50's and late 60's. You could easily imagine and play with thoughts that that was exactly what _could have actually happened_ back in those days. ;) And while I was getting a bit bored with the current episodes in 'the files' in that time, Dark Skies gave me what I needed the most: the never ending discussions of UFO and alien conspiracy! For this series was truly just that and nothing else. About UFOs and alien life forms. No soapy relationships, no pathetic vampire stories etc. if you know what I'm getting at. ;) It is unfortunate however that they decided to cancel the show, just when it was getting really interesting. It would have had great potential in becoming the next generation X-Files, if it had only been given that chance to prove itself. Once again for the lack of viewers apparently. Shame on you! ;( Yup, in the end it all comes down to (not to providing some great entertaining experiences but...) MONEY. In any case, Dark Skies is a must see for all the UFO freaks out there! And I know there's lots of ya ppl!