Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2004
Geneticist David Sandstrom is the chief scientist at the prestigious North American Biotechnology Advisory Commission. The virology/micro-biology NorBAC laboratory is a joint enterprise between the USA, Canada and Mexico that investigates problems of a scientific nature, such as bio-terrorism, mysterious disease and radical environmental changes.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2004
NorBac has finally found Patient Zero, a baby girl named Miranda, and must proceed with interrogations at "Hazmat City." Was this an act of bioterrorism? Caroline is determined to find out who's responsible as more die and one more is exposed. Mick turns to Lilith, who helps him steal evidence from the scientist who cloned him, his own father.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2004
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 who claims that Christ can be cloned from a blood smear found on a nail from the True Cross at the site of the Crucifixion.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2004
NorBAC investigates an outbreak of prion disease (mad cow) in humans. With the victims spread out across North America, how are the cases connected? In the aftermath of Hiras's death, David is determined to expose the fraudulent Reverend Walsh. David suspects that his old friend Danny, a hockey player, is using a dangerous performance-enhancing steroid.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2004
As the search continues for the source of the deadly prions, NorBAC zeros in on a large agribusiness they suspect of selling infected chickens. David tries to convince Danny to stop gene therapy. Caroline insists that David interview Jill for the vacated virologist position at NorBAC. His reluctance turns to lust when he meets her.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2004
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. David disregards the proper channels and goes to Nunavut to get a sample of what he believes is the Spanish Flu virus from a frozen corpse. Mick and Lilith go whale-watching in Quebec and Lilith begins to realize just how sick he is.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2004
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 so his friend can be the first guinea pig for this radical gene therapy. When another child dies of Leukemia, David is determined to find out why the cancer treatment isn't working.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2004
NorBAC discovers a plastic eating bacterium after a major power blackout on the Eastern Seaboard leads to fears of terrorist activity. David and Lilith's mother rekindle old animosities when she comes to town to help Lilith cope with Mick's death. Caroline is worried about the possibility of having breast cancer. NorBAC's Biochemist tells David he has been approached with another job offer.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2004
NorBAC's bioinformatics researcher notifies the team of a case of privately contracted civilians returning from Iraq, exhibiting a wide range of mysterious illnesses. Carlos asks NorBAC to investigate multiple cases of hemophilia in a small community in Mexico, where a large multi-national laboratory is working on GMOs. When her research paper is refuted, Jill must defend her reputation.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2005
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. David joins them and wonders if genetically modified mosquitoes could be responsible. Bob quits NorBAC to pursue his love of perfume creation. Caroline receives her diagnosis.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2005
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, Jill comes clean about taking medication for her panic attacks. David discovers the "Miranda Virus" outbreak may be linked to the U.S. government's secret bio-chemical lab and fears the manufacturer possesses another biological weapon.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2005
A rampant SARS-like outbreak is occurring in Colorado and David is shocked when he discovers that the virus is the same Spanish Flu he dug up in Nunavut. Racked with guilt, he walks into the path of a car and is sent to hospital in a coma before he tells anybody his fears. Mayko heads to Colorado to try to find Patient Zero.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2005
Jill goes to Canada to see if the Spanish Flu body is still in the ground, while 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. Daisy recognizes the person who infected her baby with the "Miranda Virus."
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Mar 19, 2006
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. They discover an ancient bacterium in the village's water system is causing the outbreak. David is shocked when one scientist tests the antidote on herself. A horrific attack takes place at the International AIDS conference.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2006
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. Carlos is exposed to painful memories of his time in Africa as he attempts to trace the new strain of HIV to Patient Zero. Mayko investigates a link between IQ spikes and Mad Cow disease.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2006
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. Carlos continues to research the new super strain of HIV with former colleagues in Africa. Mayko and Simon's investigation leads them to the United States. Their results are brilliant and devastating.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2006
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. Back at NorBAC, Jill claims to have found a cure for juvenile diabetes from an unsanctioned line of Korean stem cells. Caroline's nephew begins to show some signs of response.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2006
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 Two critically ill homeless people's symptoms remain a mystery. The U.S. Government may be responsible for the devastation of 1500 acres of orange groves in Florida. David gets devastating news from his father in Vancouver.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2006
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 bio-terrorism. David speculates a conspiracy is being concocted by the U.S. to justify the invasion of Cuba. Bob enlists the help of a neuroscientist to determine Glenn's prognosis.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2006
In Cuba, David and Carlos uncover information that points to a possible bio-terrorist plot. The President of the U.S. immediately blames Cuba for the damaged orange groves. Jill confirms that the Korean stem cell line is contaminated with a virus, which she must prove to be harmless before her ground-breaking results can move forward. Glenn fails to respond to surgery but delivers one last message
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: May 7, 2006
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. In the U.S., Homeland Security monitors two scientists believed to be a threat to the president. David feels the investigation unwarranted, though Caroline can't shake the feeling that something is wrong.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: May 14, 2006
An investigation into a cluster of suicides in the southern United States uncovers an unnatural enzyme causing sudden and severe depression. Meanwhile, David attempts to decipher the secret project of a friend who died in a car accident. In Mexico City, Bob must neutralize the Asian Brown Cloud before it rains deadly sulfuric acid. David gives Owen one more chance to clean up his act.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: May 21, 2006
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. But are the parasites are coming from the deer, humans or a third source? Jill becomes contaminated with a retrovirus and is forced into quarantine. Owen is charged with criminal negligence when a young girl dies of a crystal meth overdose.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: May 28, 2006
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. The team works on an anti-parasitic drug after tracing the spike in suicide rates in Arkansas. A new looming crisis appears in Washington, as an entire National Guard unit has fallen unconscious and can't be woken up.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Jun 4, 2006
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. Jill is rushed to the hospital, where her symptoms are found to match those of the deteriorating U.S soldiers. David considers a radical treatment for his father in the early stages of Alzheimer's.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2006
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. Caroline believes her superiors aren't telling her everything about the lethargica outbreak and gets dangerously close to unearthing a conspiracy that may go as deep as the White House.
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2007
Six months after the explosions that incinerated their high-tech lab and several employees, NorBac continues to rebuild itself. The team must deal with the deaths of several of their friends and colleagues as they welcome new people for the team. New virologist Rachel Woods studies the DNA of a gay-basher suspected of killing a fellow student.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2007
NorBAC speculates a dangerous, airborne bacterium is a result of the explosion of the lab in Utah. The team must engineer a cure to eradicate it before it proves fatal for David and Bob.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2007
A $3 billion U.S. budget cut threatens NorBAC's operation as an abnormal West Nile-like virus breaks out in San Francisco. A scientist at the University of Toronto offers to help Owen overcome his addiction.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2007
NorBAC scrambles to find Patient Zero as a deadly virus continues to ravage San Francisco and Boston. Owen tries to commit suicide while David and Angelica argue over his treatment options.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2007
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. David feels responsible for allowing Owen to try experimental gene therapy to cure his drug addiction.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2007
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.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: May 6, 2007
Despite his limited vision, Bob proves to be an asset to the tea as they search for the source of a resistant strain of c. difficile.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: May 13, 2007
NorBAC investigates when several firefighters, responding to forest fires in British Columbia, present strange symptoms. The team detects deadly toxins, consistent with bio-terrorism.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: May 20, 2007
NorBAC must find the creator of the weaponized biological agent that was released during fires on the West Coast. Rachel's son is attacked by a bear while researching a sudden change in their behavior.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: May 27, 2007
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. David decides on a peculiar procedure to save Bob's eyesight.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2007
Bob undergoes his eye surgery in the hope he won't go totally blind in the process but his prognosis is uncertain. 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.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Jun 10, 2007
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. A magnetobacteria threatens the country's electronic infrastructure and Carlton is held accountable.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2007
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.
Season 4
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2008
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. David and Carlos investigate a drug-resistant strain of TB that is killing Mexico's Zapatista Revolutionaries. Rachel and Mayko travel to a farming community where citizens are suffering a rash of horrific injuries due to an inability to feel pain.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Mar 9, 2008
David returns to Mexico to find Carlos and to deal with the drug-resistant TB strain that has been killing the Zapatista rebels Mayko and Rachel get a lead in the mysterious outbreak in Hudson and Bob comes out of a medically-induced coma with little memory of what happened to him.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2008
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.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2008
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. A contagious disease appears in a small town, resulting in mysterious brain inflammation.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2008
After an experimental treatment for Hep C nearly kills him, Wes quits NorBAC to enroll in a revolutionary HCV program in Stockholm. A racist city councilor claims his daughter was poisoned by Muslim extremists. The FDA is willing to expedite some drugs to save an immune-deficient woman infected with smallpox.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2008
When a mysterious outbreak at the Tour Cycle Quebec hospitalizes several cyclists, NorBAC must investigate. Meanwhile, a controversial hyperbaric chamber treatment may help Bob manage his brain infection.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2008
A pharmaceutical company comes under fire when its newly-marketed immune suppressing drug triggers a high incidence of congestive heart failure. David must find a replacement for Wes. Bob recalls romantic memories of a girl named Nina after suffering a stroke.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2008
Bob finally tracks down Nina but makes a gruesome discovery at Roth's lab that suggests an experiment on Nina is about to go terribly wrong. The team investigates unusual crow attacks that appear to target military airports.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Apr 27, 2008
A terrorist cell infiltrates the NorBAC lab and forces the scientists to produce a deadly measles mutation to be used as chemical warfare.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: May 4, 2008
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. Scientists must discover how to deactivate Nina's Jacobson's Organ as her behavior becomes increasingly erratic and violent.
Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: May 11, 2008
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. A dramatic development complicates NorBAC.s plans to deactivate Nina's Jacobson's Organ.
Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: May 18, 2008
Roth has given the world's most powerful leaders the stem cell treatment that Bob has discovered leads to violent paranoia. A horrific atrocity is uncovered as Carlos investigates a mysterious outbreak in Moldova.
Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: May 25, 2008
David is more determined than ever to stop the birth of the first human clone after he has a chilling glimpse into the future.