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Blackout

S1 : E8

TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 12.12.04

NorBAC discovers a plastic-eating bacterium after a major power blackout on the Eastern Seaboard leads to fears of terrorist activity.

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Geneticist David Sandstrom is the chief scientist at the prestigious NorBAC laboratory, a joint enterprise between the USA, Canada and Mexico that investigates problems of a scientific nature such as bioterrorism and mysterious diseases.

Cast

Peter Outerbridge, Conrad Pla, Dmitry Chepovetsky

full-episodes (13)

Baby Bomb

S1 : E1 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 10.24.04

As a deadly virus spreads rapidly towards Toronto, it’s a race against time to identify patient zero and contain the outbreak.
Spare Parts

S1 : E2 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 10.24.04

NorBAC has finally found the patient zero, a baby girl named Miranda, and must proceed with interrogations at “Hazmat City.”
The Face of God

S1 : E3 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 10.31.04

Caroline suggests that Hira has possible terrorist links and shuts her out of NorBAC. David must bring Hira back but he is confronted with a rally outside NorBAC led by a fanatical reverend.
Prions

S1 : E4 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 11.07.04

NorBAC investigates an outbreak of prion disease (mad cow) in humans. With the victims spread out across North America, how are the cases connected?
The Oldest Virus

S1 : E5 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 11.14.04

As the search continues for the source of the deadly prions, NorBAC zeros in on a large agribusiness they suspect of selling infected chickens.
The Trials

S1 : E6 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 11.21.04

NorBAC reviews an experimental treatment being tested on children with leukemia. Just as they are about to declare the cancer therapy safe, another child dies.
Faint Hope

S1 : E7 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 11.28.04

Carlos Serrano, the senior researcher at NorBAC, wants to help a friend dying of AIDS participate in cutting-edge research. He convinces David to help supply a Houston lab with contraband stem cells.
Blackout

S1 : E8 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 12.12.04

NorBAC discovers a plastic-eating bacterium after a major power blackout on the Eastern Seaboard leads to fears of terrorist activity.
The Secret War

S1 : E9 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 12.19.04

NorBAC’s bioinformatics researcher notifies the team of a case of privately contracted civilians returning from Iraq exhibiting a wide range of mysterious illnesses.
The Source

S1 : E10 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 01.02.05

In the investigation of the “Iraq War Syndrome,” David suspects the water purification system has malfunctioned. Jill and Carlos’ theory of a connection between a hybrid plant and the hemophilia epidemic in Mexico fails.
The Promise

S1 : E11 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 01.09.05

NorBAC is taken over by a joint command to deal with a catastrophic smallpox scenario. Bob tries to find a cure for his dog suffering from histiocytosis and Jill comes clean about taking medication for her panic attacks.
Resurrection

S1 : E12 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 01.16.05

A rampant SARS-like outbreak is occurring in Colorado and David discovers that the virus is the same Spanish flu he dug up in Nunavut.
The Longest Night

S1 : E13 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 01.22.05

Jill goes to Canada to see if the Spanish flu body is still in the ground. David recovers from his coma and returns to the office, where he identifies the vector for the Spanish flu epidemic and tracks it with GPS.
China

S2 : E1 | TV-14 | 47 min | Aired: 03.19.06

Feeling responsible for the Spanish flu outbreak in the U.S., David exiles himself to China, where the People’s Republic Army kidnaps him to investigate a deadly disease.
Escape Mutant

S2 : E2 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 03.26.06

David searches for a drug cocktail to save a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. Induced into labor at 26 weeks, Audrey has progressed to AIDS and exposed her baby to the virus.
The Cocktail

S2 : E3 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 04.02.06

With less than two days to discover a drug cocktail that will prevent a premature baby from becoming HIV positive, David encounters several bureaucratic roadblocks as the drug is unapproved.
Dim & Dimmer

S2 : E4 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 04.09.06

In New York, David discovers an underground community of homeless people living in an abandoned subway tunnel. When some of the inhabitants share symptoms of a mysterious illness, David begins to investigate.
Massive Changes

S2 : E5 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 04.16.06

Protests erupt outside NorBAC when Jill discovers the unsanctioned cells she used may be infected with a retrovirus, compromising her potential cure for juvenile diabetes.
Our Man in Havana

S2 : E6 | TV-14 | 47 min | Aired: 04.23.06

While dealing with his mother’s recent death in British Columbia, David travels to Cuba to investigate the claim of an exiled Cuban millionaire who believes to be a victim of bioterrorism.
Talk to Him

S2 : E7 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 04.30.06

In Cuba, David and Carlos uncover information that points to a possible bioterrorist plot. The president of the U.S. immediately blames Cuba for the damaged orange groves.
Haze

S2 : E8 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 05.07.06

Combined with toxic emissions from a nearby volcano, a menacing brown cloud forms over Mexico City. Bob must convince Mexican officials of the gravity of the situation before catastrophe strikes.
Gene in a Bottle

S2 : E9 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 05.14.06

An investigation into a cluster of suicides in the Southern United States uncovers an unnatural enzyme causing sudden and severe depression.
The Wild and the Innocent

S2 : E10 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 05.21.06

Autopsies on a dead deer suggest that worms from parasitic eggs are responsible for a recent spike in depression-related suicides in the Southern U.S.
Fishy

S2 : E11 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 05.28.06

Several children on the East Coast are becoming ill and NorBAC must unravel a genetic mystery as fish on a fish farm start exhibiting dangerous, unexpected mutations.
Lethargica

S2 : E12 | TV-14 | 47 min | Aired: 06.04.06

NorBAC uses innovative scientific methods to track the source of mutating radiation that is affecting fish on the East Coast to radioactive fuel rods dumped into the ocean in the 1950s.
The End

S2 : E13 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 06.11.06

After receiving the lethargica antidote, Jill and the U.S. National Guardsmen seem to be recovering...until the Guardsmen are plagued with a secondary, more deadly infection.
A Spontaneous Moment

S3 : E1 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 04.01.07

Six months after the explosions that incinerated their high-tech lab and several employees, NorBAC continues to rebuild itself.
Dust in the Wind

S3 : E2 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 04.01.07

NorBAC speculates that a dangerous, airborne bacterium is a result of the explosion of the lab in Utah.
Strangers in the Night

S3 : E3 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 04.15.07

A $3 billion U.S. budget cut threatens NorBAC's operation as an abnormal West Nile-like virus breaks out in San Francisco.
I Dream of Genomes

S3 : E4 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 04.15.07

NorBAC scrambles to find the patient zero as a deadly virus continues to ravage San Francisco and Boston.
The God of Commerce

S3 : E5 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 04.22.07

The team traces the Sinatra virus to an organ donor in the Philippines. Washington State's wilderness is contaminated by a massive amount of mercury.
Phantoms

S3 : E6 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 04.29.07

Mayko tries to rid herself from the pain of her phantom limb. The team investigates the high level of mercury contamination found in Lake McGraw.
One Hand Washes the Other

S3 : E7 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 05.06.07

Despite his limited vision, Bob proves to be an asset to the team as they search for the source of a resistant strain of c. difficile.
Sleepers

S3 : E8 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 05.13.07

NorBAC investigates when several firefighters, responding to forest fires in British Columbia, present strange symptoms. They detect deadly toxins, consistent with bioterrorism.
Let It Burn

S3 : E9 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 05.20.07

NorBAC must find the creator of the weaponized biological agent that was released during fires on the West Coast.
Unbearable

S3 : E10 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 05.27.07

David discovers that NorBAC has been tapped by Riddlemeyer. The team must find what caused the bear to attack Craig with no reason as a human being presents the same symptoms.
Adrift

S3 : E11 | TV-14 | 47 min | Aired: 06.03.07

Bob undergoes his eye surgery. In Nova Scotia, a ship's crew goes missing and the captain is the lone survivor, but he can't remember anything from the past two weeks.
Jacobson's Organ

S3 : E12 | TV-14 | 46 min | Aired: 06.10.07

Fears arise that Carlos may have been infected with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Bob becomes hypersensitive to the emotions of others following his successful surgery.
Back to the Future

S3 : E13 | TV-14 | 47 min | Aired: 06.17.07

NorBAC discovers a link between the tantalum contamination and the recent smallpox scam. Meanwhile, a viral activation of dormant genes evolves Bob into a higher consciousness.
TB or Not TB

S4 : E1 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 03.03.08

Bob is put into a medically induced coma to reduce the risk of infection resulting from the brain surgery he received at the end of last season.
La Consecuencia

S4 : E2 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 03.09.08

David returns to Mexico to find Carlos and to deal with the drug-resistant TB strain that has been killing the Zapatista rebels.
Hep Burn and Melinkov

S4 : E3 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 03.16.08

As if being HIV positive wasn't enough, Wes is accidentally scratched by a needle tainted with a genetically engineered, virulent strain of hepatitis C.
The Kiss

S4 : E4 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 03.23.08

Bob is haunted by memories of his time at Roth's secret lab. Wes insists that Rachel inject him with a highly experimental decoy drug to fight the virulent hepatitis C.
Suspicious Minds

S4 : E5 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 03.30.08

After an experimental treatment nearly kills him, Wes quits NorBAC. A racist city councilor claims his daughter was poisoned by Muslim extremists.
Race Fever

S4 : E6 | TV-14 | 46 min | Aired: 04.06.08

When a mysterious outbreak at the Tour Cycle Quebec hospitalizes several cyclists, NorBAC must investigate.
Hearts and Minds

S4 : E7 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 04.13.08

A pharmaceutical company comes under fire when its newly marketed immune-suppressing drug triggers a high incidence of congestive heart failure.
Brood 14

S4 : E8 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 04.20.08

Bob finally tracks down Nina but makes a gruesome discovery at Roth's lab that an experiment on Nina is about to go terribly wrong.
Unbottled

S4 : E9 | TV-14 | 47 min | Aired: 04.27.08

A terrorist cell infiltrates the NorBAC lab and forces the scientists to produce a deadly measles mutation to be used as chemical warfare.
What It Feels Like

S4 : E10 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 05.04.08

Disregarding procedure, David hires his new lover, Enuka. Mayko is contacted by the parents of a sick child who believe she is their last hope.
Bloodless

S4 : E11 | TV-14 | 48 min | Aired: 05.11.08

Forensic evidence in the case of a young boy's murder leads the NorBAC team to investigate the existence of a prehistoric creature believed extinct for 10,000 years.
The Sounds of Science

S4 : E12 | TV-14 | 47 min | Aired: 05.18.08

Roth has given the world's most powerful leaders the stem cell treatment that leads to violent paranoia.
The Truth

S4 : E13 | TV-14 | 47 min | Aired: 05.25.08

David is more determined than ever to stop the birth of the first human clone after he has a chilling glimpse into the future.

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