Alhague/Gallagher and Beck follow Willis, and a shootout ensues between Beck and Willis, during which Beck is severely wounded. Using Willis' credentials, the alien tries to gain access to Senator Holt (John McCann), a likely presidential candidate, at the hotel where the senator is staying. They are unable to stop the alien from abandoning Masterson's body for that of Beck's partner Willis, who then escapes the station. (When Alhague first came to Earth, he inhabited the body of Robert Stone-a park ranger-then assumed the identity of Lloyd Gallagher after the real Gallagher was killed in a fire.) Though Beck manages to stop Masterson, Alhague/Gallagher reveals that his weapon cannot kill the alien when it is inside a human body as the weapon does not work on human skin, thus requiring him to be present when it is transferring hosts. During the resulting shootout, Masterson confirms that "Gallagher" is an alien law enforcer named Alhague who has been pursuing the alien ever since it murdered his family and his partner on another planet. Convinced of "Gallagher's" story due to Masterson's immunity to excessive bullet wounds, Beck releases him from his cell, and the two confront Masterson. In the morning, Masterson goes to the police station and seizes a number of weapons, sparking a shootout between himself and the station's police officers as he attempts to track down "Gallagher". Beck dismisses the story as insane and leaves "Gallagher" incarcerated in a jail cell at the police station.īack at Masterson's house, the alien leaves the dog's body and enters Masterson. When Beck confronts "Gallagher" with this information, "Gallagher" tells him that he ("Gallagher") is an extraterrestrial lawman and that they are in fact pursuing an alien thrill killer who has the ability to take over human bodies. Beck soon learns that "Gallagher" is an imposter, impersonating the real agent Gallagher, who is dead. As Masterson arrives from his house to take charge of the scene, the alien transfers itself from Brenda's dying body to Masterson's dog.įrustrated by Gallagher's continuing refusal to explain the strange phenomenon of ordinary citizens turning into crazed killers, Beck arrests him and puts him in a jail cell. As Brenda dies, Gallagher points a strangely-shaped, alien weapon at her however, she leaps from the roof. Gallagher and Beck pursue her to a rooftop, where they mortally wound her in a gun battle. They proceed to have vehicular sex in a parking lot which results in his death. Brenda is then propositioned by a cat-caller, she accepts and follows him to his car. Gallagher asks police to track Brenda when he sees her picture next to Miller's body. He then visits a strip club, where the alien leaves Miller's body and takes over the body of a stripper named Brenda ( Claudia Christian). He then goes to a car dealership, where he kills three men and steals a red Ferrari. Miller goes to a record store where he beats the store's owner to death. Gallagher tells Beck to put out an alert on Miller, but Beck refuses, because Miller has no criminal record. Gallagher arrives to find DeVries dead on the floor and Miller's bed abandoned. After DeVries forces Miller's mouth open, a slug-like alien emerges from DeVries' mouth and transfers itself into Miller's body. Disconnecting his life-support equipment, he approaches the comatose man in the next bed, Jonathan P. Meanwhile, at the hospital, DeVries suddenly awakens. When told of DeVries's condition, Gallagher rushes off to the hospital. John Masterson ( Clarence Felder), meet FBI Special Agent Lloyd Gallagher ( Kyle MacLachlan), who informs them that Beck has been assigned to work with Gallagher to track down DeVries. Upon his return to LAPD headquarters, Beck and his supervisor, Lt. Cliff Willis ( Ed O'Ross) that DeVries is not expected to survive the night. DeVries is taken to a hospital, where a doctor informs Beck and his partner, Det. DeVries is shot several times, smashes through the blockade and crashes the Ferrari he is driving. The chase ends when DeVries encounters a police blockade overseen by Detective Thomas Beck ( Michael Nouri). Jack DeVries ( Chris Mulkey), a quiet citizen with no criminal past, robs a Los Angeles Wells Fargo bank, kills all of the security guards inside, and leads the Los Angeles Police Department on a high-speed chase.
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