Matthew Sykes

:For the television series version, please see Matthew Sikes.
Matthew Sykes was one of the protagonist in the 1988 buddy cop movie Alien Nation.
Sykes was portrayed by the late James Caan, who played Sonny Corleone in The Godfather. 
After the murder of his partner Bill Tuggle by a Newcomer, Sykes chased the murder suspect until losing track of him. The Newcomer police officer Sam Francisco was one of the officers called to assist him, but Sykes angrily pushed him away. A short time later Francisco was promoted to be the first Newcomer Detective in the LAPD. Captain Warner asked for volunteers to partner with the new detective. Sykes volunteered to be partnered with the Newcomer Detective Francisco. Refused permission to investigate his partner's death, he requested to take over the investigation of the murder of Newcomer Warren Hubley. Sykes hoped Francisco would still be able to use his connections with other Newcomers to help figure out who was responsible for Tuggle's death as he felt there might have been a connection.
Not caring for Francisco's name, he decided to call his new partner George, which his new partner agreed to. When Sykes made fun of George's name, George quickly turned the tables on Sykes by telling him that in Tectonese his name sounded like "ss'ai k'ss," two words in Tectonese which meant "excrement" and "cranium." In other words, George said his name meant Shithead.
George soon had to save Sykes from getting beaten up by a Newcomer who didn't care for the way Sykes was questioning him. He explained to Sykes afterwards that kicks to the groin were ineffective against Newcomers, that aiming for the flank under a Newcomer's left arm would produce the effect similar to kicking a human male in the groin.
Investigating the two men realized that the Newcomer William Harcourt was producing the narcotic jabroka on Earth as a means of taking control of other Newcomers. George and Sykes defeated Harcourt and destroyed the drugs he was producing. Harcourt swallowed the last vial of jabroka, taking a massive dose that altered him. Harcourt finally died when Sykes pushed him into salt water, dissolving Harcourt. George pulled Sykes out of the water into a police helicopter, burning his hand in the process.
A few days later George joined his friend Sykes in a local church as Sykes prepared to give his daughter away in marriage. Because Sykes had a broken arm from his fight with Harcourt, George assisted him with putting on his tie. As they walked towards the nave, Sykes told George he wanted to apologize in advance to his new partner for all the things he would do and say over the years. As Sykes took his daughter's arm, George quipped that it was all right, that Sykes was only human.
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