Mission Genesis

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

In the future, Earth's entire population is being wiped out by an unstoppable virus. Mankind's only hope for survival is to launch a spaceship stocked with clones in cryogenic freeze, which will return to a devastated planet and re-populate it. Prior to its arrival, however, its crew of 6 is awoken to face a threat to the ship. They must come to terms with the workings of the ship, the dangers faced by their ship, the realization that they are clones, and their ultimate destiny: to save their race.

Production Companies

Sci-Fi Channel

YTV

Episodes

Cast

Awakening

1. Awakening

21st Jul 1997

Six teenagers are awakened from hibernation to discover that they are aboard a spaceship with no knowledge of how they got there and that they are under attack by an alien spacecraft.

Lullaby

2. Lullaby

28th Jul 1997

After becoming adjusted to life aboard Deepwater, the crew learns that they must go back into cryogenic hibernation to complete their maturation process.

Legacy

3. Legacy

4th Aug 1997

The chain of command on the Deepwater is threatened when Bren learns that he has been chosen to be in charge of the ship, instead of the civilian Reb.

Reflections

4. Reflections

11th Aug 1997

The crew encounters a ship exactly like the Deepwater---but piloted by an older Reb, who advises them to abandon their mission.

Plague

5. Plague

18th Aug 1997

The deadly Pandora virus is released aboard the ship, immediately infecting the entire crew.

Cycles

6. Cycles

25th Aug 1997

The ship encounters a spacecraft, apparently adrift, with only one occupant---a female child who has a profound effect on Yuna.

Refugee

7. Refugee

8th Sep 1997

After encountering a lifepod drifting in space, the crew of Deepwater must fight off a "soul vampire."

Hunt

8. Hunt

15th Sep 1997

A message announcing the eradication of the Pandora virus and an invitation to a resort spa are not what they seem to be.

Fugue

9. Fugue

10th Nov 1997

Zak creates a cyber-neural transmitter to induce “prexes”--spacial events with unforseen consequences--but he can't contol it.

Siege

10. Siege

24th Nov 1997

After encountering a huge object drifting in space, the ship is boarded by an alien being that demands to be given one of the crew.

Prime

11. Prime

1st Dec 1997

A computer virus results in a malevolent being called the Mentor, who threatens to destroy nearly all of the gene samples in the Gene Bank.

Infestation

12. Infestation

15th Dec 1997

The ship and crew face trouble when a metal-eating organism attaches itself to Deepwater.

Aurora

13. Aurora

22nd Dec 1997

The crew receives a message from a beacon in space.

First air date

21st Jul 1997

Last air date

22nd Dec 1997

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks