Dr. Caroline Jaffe (played by Jane Kaczmarek) is a protagonist in Without Warning.
Co-anchor of the emergency news broadcast covering the worldwide asteroid impact event. She works alongside Vanocur to report on the crisis and reacts in shock as reports of worldwide city destruction flood in. Kimberly Hastings (played by Ashley Peldon) appears in Without Warning.
A young girl and sole survivor found at the Wyoming impact site. She suffers severe burns and initially delivers unintelligible speech, which is later broadcast as part of a combined message containing the UN Secretary General's recital from the Voyager Golden Record. She ultimately succumbs to her wounds. Dr. Avram Mandel (played by Kario Salem) appears in Without Warning.
Lead NASA scientist who studies the asteroid impacts. He concludes they are an extraterrestrial first contact attempt and that Earth's destruction of a follow-up asteroid declares war. He resigns to warn the public that three massive asteroids are targeting Washington, Moscow, and Beijing.
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Characters
Dr. Caroline Jaffe
(played by Jane Kaczmarek) — protagonist
Co-anchor of the emergency news broadcast covering the worldwide asteroid impact event. She works alongside Vanocur to report on the crisis and reacts in shock as reports of worldwide city destruction...
Kimberly Hastings
(played by Ashley Peldon) — supporting
A young girl and sole survivor found at the Wyoming impact site. She suffers severe burns and initially delivers unintelligible speech, which is later broadcast as part of a combined message containin...
Dr. Avram Mandel
(played by Kario Salem) — supporting
Lead NASA scientist who studies the asteroid impacts. He concludes they are an extraterrestrial first contact attempt and that Earth's destruction of a follow-up asteroid declares war. He resigns to w...
Key Relationships
Dr. Avram Mandel → Dr. Caroline Jaffe
(Professional Expert)
Dr. Caroline Jaffe → Kimberly Hastings
(Professional Broadcaster)
Dr. Avram Mandel → Kimberly Hastings
(Professional Researcher)
Story Analysis
A global crisis unfolds when humanity misinterprets an alien first contact attempt as a hostile attack, leading to catastrophic retaliation.
Plot Progression
Signal from the Stars
War by Mistake
The Voyager Message
Silence Falls
Directed by Robert Iscove
Without Warning (1994) · 6.9/10 · drama, science-fiction, tv-movie
