The worst episodes of ReGenesis
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
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.
- 02
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.
- 03
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.
- 04
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.
- 05
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.
- 06
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.
- 07
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.
- 08
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.
- 09
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.
- 10
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.
- 11
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.
- 12
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.
- 13
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."
- 14
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.
- 15
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.
- 16
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.
- 17
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.
- 18
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.
- 19
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.
- 20
David is more determined than ever to stop the birth of the first human clone after he has a chilling glimpse into the future.
- 21
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.
- 22
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.
- 23
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.
- 24
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.
- 25
NorBAC investigates when several firefighters, responding to forest fires in British Columbia, present strange symptoms. The team detects deadly toxins, consistent with bio-terrorism.
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