The owners of a small diner are surprised one rainy evening when, just after close, a young woman wearing a wedding dress with three dogs in tow begs to come into their restaurant. What follows is the young woman's retelling of how she arrived at this curious junction in her life and how, through the search for the right man, she ended up as a runaway bride with three new dogs.

Hope is tasked with teaching Manhattan's former "Most Eligible Bachelor" how to dance for his extravagant, society wedding. But as the dance lessons progress, complications ensue when feelings begin to develop between student and instructor.

Lydia, a successful professional organizer, is constantly trying to grow her business, but even her ambition takes a back seat to love when she meets Robert, a frazzled widower with two young children. A toy inventor, Robert is asked to present his new Christmas toy line to a superstore. His challenge is he only has 12 days to get his life and his business in order. Talk about a Christmas rush! Lydia shows Robert that this task goes way deeper than messy junk drawers and encompasses every aspect of his life. While she’s intent on helping him straighten out details he had long ignored, Robert teaches the buttoned-up Lydia that messiness can be a delightful part of life.

When Earth is attacked by a hostile alien force, a small town firefighter and a rogue SETI scientist team up to activate the only technology capable of defeating the invaders.

改编自Michael Crichton的同名畅销小说。 
　　此片是斯科特兄弟重导2008年的电视剧而成的迷你剧。 
　　犹他州的皮德蒙特小镇，一对男女情侣正在山上约会，突然一颗人造卫星掉落。好奇的两人将卫星带回小镇，却不知道也将可怕的遭难带回了小镇。突然间小镇上爆发了可怕的病毒， 人们纷纷不明原因地死去。为防止病毒扩散到其他城市，军队封锁了小镇，并派出了代号为“仙女座”的科学队前去查明病源。队员包括：传染病学家Jeremy（本杰明·布拉特BenjaminBratt 饰）、外空生物学家Angela（克里斯塔·米勒 Christa Miller 饰）、微生物学家Tsi（金大贤 饰）、病理学家Charlene（维奥拉·戴维斯 ViolaDavis 饰）。同时，一个名叫Jack（艾瑞克·麦克马奇EricMcCormack 饰）的记者似乎也在探寻着不可告人的秘密……

    一起飞碟坠落事件，牵起三个家族、四代人绵亘半个世纪的恩怨和悲欢离合。从此，他们的命运被紧紧缠绕在一起： 

    二战期间，美国空军飞行员罗素•凯伊斯上尉（Steve Burton 史蒂夫•波顿 饰）在执行任务的途中遭不明飞行物劫持。战后罗素回到家中，但事隔经年，他依然被劫持的噩梦所困扰。多年后得知，当年一起执行任务被劫持的伙伴相继因同一种病离开人世；1947年一架飞碟坠落罗斯韦尔。美国陆军上尉欧文•克劳福德（Joel Gretsch 乔尔•格莱特斯 饰）与长官坎贝尔的女儿安妮（Tina Holmes 蒂娜•霍尔梅斯 饰）相恋，为求上位他从坎贝尔处接手此案。经调查发现，失事现场可能还有外星生还者，并以人形混入人群；德克萨斯州，单身妈妈塞莉（Catherine Dent 凯瑟琳•登特 饰）救助了受伤的神秘青年约翰（Eric Close艾瑞克•克劳斯 饰）。短暂相处两人建立了感情，在约翰离去后，塞莉发现自己怀有身孕…… 

    本剧集根据美国历史上最著名的外星人事件改编，并荣获2003年金卫星奖最佳迷你剧集奖、2003年美国电视影评人协会年终TCA大奖接触迷你剧集、2003年青年艺术家奖最佳青年男配角（Ryan Merriman）、2003年美国音效剪辑工会金盘奖最佳音效、2003年艾美奖杰出迷你剧集。