Helix — 2014-2015 · 2 seasons · 26 eps

★ 6.7

Helix

Name: Helix
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Released: 2014
Rating: 6.7

2014-2015 2 seasons 26 episodes

★ 6.7 (31,260 votes) Bottom 21%

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Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation.

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🏆 Top Episodes

#1 7.8

S1E9 Level X

The CDC teams learns the real purpose of the infection and Alan and Julie make a perilous journey to retrieve the canister that has the original source virus.

S1E8 7.6

Bloodline

Alan risks his life to save his brother Peter from Ilaria CEO Constance Sutton, only to see him re-captured by Vectors. Julia Walker deals with the mystery of her "cure" while her half- brother Daniel confronts their father, Dr. Hatake, about being abducted as a child.

S2E1 7.6

San Jose

15 months after the events at Arctic Biosystems, new CDC team with the addition of biotoxicologist Kyle Sommer respond to a potential outbreak on a Windjammer in the Northern Pacific. Their search leads them to an island occupied by a mysterious cult led by the charismatic Michael. Meanwhile, 30 years in the future, Walker arrives at the same island searching for Alan Farragut.

4. S2E7 "Cross-Pollination" 7.6
5. S1E4 "Single Strand" 7.5
6. S1E7 "Survivor Zero" 7.5
7. S1E13 "Dans L'Ombre" 7.5
8. S1E1 "Pilot" 7.4
9. S1E5 "The White Room" 7.4
10. S1E10 "Fushigi" 7.4

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#26

S2E11 7.0

Plan B

The Navy prepare to implement Plan B, a final solution to ensure that the virus and everyone infected with it never make it off the island.

25. S2E10 "Mother" 7.0
24. S2E9 "Ectogenesis" 7.0
23. S2E12 "The Ascendant" 7.1
22. S2E6 "M. Domestica" 7.1

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6 Standouts

7 Infamous

1 Hidden Gems

12 Forgettable

Top Standout: S1E9 Level X

Most Infamous: S1E1 Pilot

Best Hidden Gem: S2E7 Cross-Pollination

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