Alliance

A team of ex-superheroes is forced to team with their arch-nemesis (who killed their mentor) in order to fight a threat to big for any of them to handle alone .  Ed Harris stars as Ion Garret.

Cast

 * Ed Harris as Ion Garret, a super-powered criminal mastermind who re-forms the team he sought to destroy in order to fight a greater threat.  He was able to manifest illusion into reality.
 * John Barrowman as Neil Adams, the field leader of the team. He can absorb and channel energy.
 * Alan Rickman (flashbacks) as Cyrus O. Krane, the team's mentor who had control over time, but was killed by his nemesis, Ion Garret.
 * Tim Curry as The Surgeon

Premise
In the present day, a select group of humans (called "METAs") had a special gene endowing them with powers. Many kept their powers