Plot The show focuses on twins Rachel and Theo Matheson. While on school summer holidays in
Auckland, they are contacted by a man named Mr. Jones, who had met them briefly eight years earlier. This time, Mr. Jones reveals his true identity and mission. He is an
alien—a member of the mysterious race called The People Who Understand and was sent from another world in a battle against another race of aliens. These latter creatures were a family of slimy, slug-like beasts who could take on human form. Led by the evil Mr. Wilberforce, the slug monsters were now bent on destroying Earth and only the twins' emerging
psychic abilities could turn them back. The other major conflict presented by the series is that of Rachel and Theo's emerging abilities. Rachel accepted the truth of their abilities, while Theo was more of a cynic and often challenged Mr. Jones. The psychic abilities in the series increase in effectiveness as the individual grows in trust and acceptance of his or her abilities. In the final episode of the series, the twins are each required to throw a stone and focus their psychic energy into the stone to create a red and blue bridge-like construct that will defeat the Wilberforces. Because Theo's faith in his abilities and his belief in supernatural phenomena in general is lacking, his half of the bridge is insufficient to complete the construct. Mr. Jones uses the last of his life energy to complete the construct and defeat the Wilberforces, and can no longer be with Rachel and Theo as a result.
Episode guide Location Filming for the farm & bush scenes in the first episode took place near
Silverdale, North of
Auckland, at Mt. Pleasant, an historic dairy farm & homestead in Pine Valley Road.
Cast and crew • Kirsty Wilkinson as Rachel Matheson • Lance Warren as Theo Matheson •
Roy Leywood as Mr. Jones •
Bill Johnson as Mr. Wilberforce • Bill Ewens as Ricky • Directed by:
Chris Bailey • Produced by:
Tom Finlayson • Written by:
Maurice Gee • Screenplay by:
Ken Catran • Music by: Bernie Allen ==Broadcast and release==