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Miniseries produced in 1987 describing life after the United States is conquered by the Soviet Union (with the aid of a compliant and effective UN.) Starred, among others, Kris Kristofferson as a former Senator turned jailed dissident and Robert Urich as the [[The Quisling|president of a new puppet republic]] centered around Chicago, called Heartland. Cold War pop-culture history website [http://www.conelrad.com/index.php CONELRAD] states that it "extended the Cold War by four hours".
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* [[Aesop]]: The Soviet takeover is much easier than they expected because Americans were unwilling to fight for their freedom.
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* [[Cold War]]: Or rather the way many people were afraid it would end.
* [[Day of the Jackboot]]
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* [[Iron Curtain]]: Pushed all the way to the Pacific coast.
* [[Lzherusskie]]: Most of the Russian military. One or two of them have names that were even completely made up.
* [[Minion
* [[Mnogo Nukes]]: Averted, though in early script drafts nuclear weapons were apparently used to disable the US power grid and communications systems through massive electromagnetic pulse.
** The Politburo considers destroying several American cities "to encourage the others", but the local Soviet administration convinces them to go with the [[Divided States of America]] plan.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: The US Congress is wiped out in a "[[False
* [[One World Order]]: The UN is now a Soviet puppet organisation, and the Commies are implied to control the entire world, or at least the parts that are useful to them.
* [[Prop Recycling]]: The two flyable ''[[Blue Thunder]]'' props make a reappearance, except now they're [[Black Helicopter|Black Helicopters]].
* [[Red Scare]]
* [[La Résistance]]: Several characters, but [[We ARE Struggling Together!|not always working towards the same goals]] against the Soviets.
* [[Sinister Surveillance]]: After Devin is picked up by his father at the station, a member of the [[Secret Police]] notes down the occurrence in his notebook.
* [[State Sec]]: The United Nations Special Service Unit carries out periodic "training exercises" -- involving [[Tank Goodness|tanks]], [[Black Helicopter|Black Helicopters]], [[Gas Mask Mooks]] and [[Stuff Blowing Up]] -- designed to [[Resistance Is Futile|intimidate the local population]].
* [[Take That]]: At least, the concept for the miniseries was inspired by this train of thought. A 1983 column by [
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: Takes place [[The Great Politics Mess
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