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Taken

★ 7.8 23K votes 2002–2002 1 season · 10 episodes Ended Syfy
Sprawling sagaA many-threaded epic that unfolds across seasons.This show: 8/10Space & sci-fiSpace, aliens and grand-scale science fiction.This show: 8/10Event miniseriesPrestige limited television built as an event.This show: 8/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 8/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Dakota FanningMatt FrewerEmily BerglHeather DonahueJoel GretschAdam Kaufman
Written by
Leslie Bohem
Starring
Dakota FanningMatt FrewerEmily BerglHeather DonahueJoel GretschAdam Kaufman
Written by
Leslie Bohem
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A multi-generational family epic disguised as UFO lore"

A sprawling generational saga tracing three American families across six decades, all entangled with UFO encounters and government cover-ups since the 1940s. Produced by Steven Spielberg, it plays less like a monster-of-the-week alien show and more like a sweeping historical drama that happens to use extraterrestrial visitation as its connective thread. The pace is deliberate, almost novelistic, favoring family drama, secrets, and slow-building mythology over spectacle. It rewards patience with an ambitious scope rarely attempted in genre TV, though some episodes lean melodramatic.

Watch it for

the ambitious decades-spanning structure that treats alien mythology as generational family history.

Maybe skip if

you want fast-paced sci-fi thrills rather than a slow, soapy family saga.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12002
7.74K1013h 33m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Beyond the Sky7.5
53283 min
▶2Jacob and Jesse7.7
42782 min
▶3High Hopes7.8
40882 min
▶4Acid Tests7.5
39879 min
▶5Maintenance7.5
35781 min
▶6Charlie and Lisa7.7
35082 min
▶7God's Equation7.9
33978 min
▶8Dropping the Dishes7.8
32780 min
▶9John7.7
31984 min
▶10Taken7.8
41182 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Dakota Fanning Allie Keys
Matt Frewer Dr. Chet Wakeman
Emily Bergl Lisa Clarke - Adult
Heather Donahue Mary Crawford - Adult
Joel Gretsch Colonel Owen Crawford, Captain, Lt. Colonel Owen Crawford
Adam Kaufman Charlie Keys - Adult
John Hawkes Marty Erickson, Major Marty Erickson
Ryan Hurst Tom Clarke - Adult
Camille Sullivan Nina Toth - Adult
Ben Cotton Denny

Crew

Leslie Bohem

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