The best episodes of Continuum
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- 01
Kiera realizes that in her time line, today is the day that terrorists bomb a building, killing hundreds of people. As she tries to get help to stop the imminent bombing, Alec is kidnapped by Liber8 when he realizes his step brother, Julian, is under their sway.
- 02
Keira and Carlos stop by a farm on a routine check of fertilizer purchases. They run into someone they know and the situation turns ugly.
- 03
Kiera and Carlos's reunion is a bumpy one as they attempt to thwart Liber8's brazen rescue of Travis during a prison transfer. Meanwhile, Kellog approaches Alec with an enticing partnership proposition. The young genius is tempted, but will it lead him down a dark path?
- 04
Kiera investigates the mysterious disappearance of several deceased time travelers' bodies while Alec is taken hostage by Garza on orders from his future self.
- 05
Kiera must use her knowledge of the future to stop a serial killer while keeping a curious Carlos in the dark about the truth behind her uncanny insights.
- 06
Kiera and Carlos must stop Travis after he gets his hands on a second CPS suit while Alec and Emily try to escape the mysterious Freelancers and deal a revelation about his past that could change everything.
- 07
Kagame's return begins with a re-set of Liber8's agenda, away from violence and towards blending into the community and fostering their revolution through co-opting existing structures. But they have a vulnerability - there is a possibility that if their ancestors, living in this time, are murdered, they might cease to exist. A test of this theory is devised and Kiera and her grandmother are the guinea pigs.
- 08
Kiera resurfaces after the Mayor is killed in a brazen assassination. She reunites with Carlos to solve the murder and also tries to reconnect with Alec, who has changed since reading the message from his future self.
- 09
It appears another time traveler has arrived in 2013 when the CMR network "pings" a brief connection with another CPS suit. Kiera's pursuit of the traveler leads her to her old partner, Elena - but also draws unwanted Liber8 attention, and dangerous scrutiny from Gardiner of Kiera's every move.
- 10
Alec's mother is shot by a bullet meant for Julian while Dillon's new Liber8 task force is put to the test when Kiera must decide how far she will go to stop Julian's murderous future.
- 11
After a surprise attack by the shadowy group posing as Section Six, Kiera is captured by Julian's followers. Alec reactivates Travis' military chip in order to hunt him, but the hunter soon becomes the hunted.
- 12
When Kiera and Carlos investigate two mysterious murder-suicides they quickly realize that both may have been the result of a lethal computer program that turns Video Game Programmers into killers.
- 13
Kiera and Carlos discover that a Juror on Julian's trial has been compromised and must race to protect his family from a Liber8 plot. Alec is torn between telling the truth at his brother's trial or protecting his mother. Emily reveals she is more than just a pretty face.
- 14
Chaos breaks out in Vancouver when a series of cyber attacks turn the city upside down. Kiera and Carlos race to find the perpetrator while Who clues suggest Alec's own technology has something to do with it.
- 15
The high-stakes Union Election gives Kiera her first taste of contemporary political intrigue. But issues of trust and loyalty come up for Kiera as evidence points to Carlos in the death of an investigative reporter. Kiera will learn firsthand the lengths a person will go to get elected.
- 16
Alec is injured in a car accident while joyriding with his friends who are intoxicated on a dangerous new drug sweeping the streets. Kiera recognizes this new poison as a drug from her future and deduces that Liber8 is responsible for putting it on the streets. Julian's mother visits him in prison, awakening his desire to take the fight in a new direction.
- 17
Inspector Kiera Cameron loses everything she has and finds herself on a new mission when she and eight dangerous terrorists are transported from their time in 2077 back to 2012 during the terrorist's attempt to escape execution. She takes on a new identity and joins the Vancouver Police Department in order to stop the terrorists' reign of violence. Along the way, she befriends Alec Sadler, the 17 year old who will one day grow up to create the technology her world is built upon.
- 18
Kagame pursues step one of his new agenda - win the intellectuals and the grass roots dissenters. When the CEO of a major corporation is kidnapped by Liber8, Kiera and Carlos have to a race a literal ticking clock in order to save the CEO from having the public extract their pound of flesh.
- 19
Sam's Birthday puts Kiera on the path to an emotional meltdown which triggers an internal diagnostic within Kiera's CMR that forces her to deal with her loss or lose her tech abilities. Meanwhile, Kiera becomes the target of a department mole hunt, when Dillon is ousted and Escher installs Nora Masters as his puppet.
- 20
Kiera tries to find the members of Liber8 before they do more damage. Her attempts are hindered when her cover is blown and her partner on the VPD, Carlos Fonnegra, arrests her. But when she discovers Liber8's plan to attempt to get back to 2077, she has to escape and possibly ally herself with her sworn enemies to get back home.
- 21
Kyra and Carlos investigate a series of mysterious murders in which victims have been drained of endocrine fluid only to discover that the crimes were committed by Liber8 in an effort to save Travis, their leader. Kellog tries to make a truce with Kiera by delivering her a gift,one that could cost her and Carlos their lives and will lead to Kellog's expulsion from Liber8.
- 22
Kiera and an emotionally unravelling Carlos must stop Liber8 from committing a devastating chemical attack on the city.
- 23
A scientist that is working on developing a source of clean energy is found murdered. The list of suspects leads Kiera on a journey that leads her to a precarious place –deciding between the right thing to do and the preservation of the future.
- 24
Kiera risks everything to stop Alec from altering history in his quest to save Emily, but can the mysterious group Kiera aligned herself with be trusted?
- 25
Kiera confronts uncomfortable truths while paired on an investigation with Dillon. Julian puts himself in the spotlight by exposing a corporation's dirty deeds. Alec deals with the pressures of his new role at Piron and an uncomfortable secret revealed by Carlos.
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