The essential episodes of Helix
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Helix — each pick states its reason.
- 01
A team of scientists are thrust into a potentially life-or-death situation after being deployed to the Arctic to secretly investigate what could be a disease outbreak.
- 02
Dr. Alan Farragut and his team work to treat the outbreak patients and contain the virus, while at the same time a rebellion erupts at the Arctic Biosystems base.
- 03
The team have every hope that the virus is contained, but unfortunately it continues to spread at an alarming rate; at the same time, some of the secrets the docs are keeping prove to be deadly.
- 04
Alan and the team deal with secrets and suspicion as the crisis heightens and deadly consequences follow. Meanwhile, Walker tries to survive on Level R.
- 05
Members of the CDC team come to the realization that nobody is who they seem to be at the base.
- 06
Alan and Jordan make progress in decoding the virus; Hatake secretly "cures" Walker before the corporation's black helicopters land on the base.
- 07
Daniel makes a discovery; Hatake protects Walker from Sutton's mercenaries.
- 08
The vectors attack and take Peter's body; Walker is held prisoner by Sutton after the true nature of Sutton's relationship with Hatake is revealed.
- 09
Secrets come to the light and unlikely alliances are established; at the same time, Alan and Walker take on a dangerous mission to destroy what's left of the NARVIK virus.
- 10
Alan and Julia travel to an abandoned satellite station in a last-ditch effort to call for help. Once there, they come across the truth behind Hatake's plan and Julia's condition. Meanwhile, Dr. Jordan makes a startling discovery of her own, which could mean a cure for cancer.
- 11
Peter leads the Vectors in a desperate final attempt to spread the virus, while the CDC scientists work together and successfully create a cure just as their lives come under threat from Ilaria Corporation's deadly mercenaries.
- 12
Alan, Walker, Hatake and Daniel set a trap for an assassin who has been sent by Ilaria to retrieve both the virus and the cure.
- 13
In the Season 1 finale, Alan and Walker battle the Scythe to save the world from disaster.
- 14
In the second-season premiere, Drs. Peter Farragut and Sarah Jordan are joined by Kyle Sommer when they battle a new deadly virus on a mysterious wooded island.
- 15
In the Season 2 finale, Alan's relationship with Walker reaches a bloody climax, while his sibling feud with Peter erupts in flames. Elsewhere, Kyle does his best to protect a possible cure for the mycosis.
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