The Burning Zone

1. S01E01PilotSeptember 3, 1996—After hibernating for 15,000 years, a malevolent virus is released from an ancient tomb in Costa Rica. A top team of specialists is assembl
2. S01E02The Silent TowerSeptember 10, 1996—Dr. Cassian, the new team leader, sends the biocrisis team to investigate a Chicago high-rise. A mysterious rash of suicides caused by hall
3. S01E03St. Michael's NightmareSeptember 17, 1996—The team travels to Philadelphia to search for the cause of violence and death that have occurred the last two years during the Festival of
4. S01E04Arms of FireSeptember 24, 1996—Cassian's biocrisis team investigates two cases of spontaneous human combustion at a poor urban high school. The team traces the cause to a
5. S01E05Night FlightOctober 1, 1996—During the flight back from a small island country, Marcase, Shiroma and Hailey must fight an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever. Faced with a 5
6. S01E06Lethal InjectionOctober 15, 1996—A sinister government black-project uses death row inmates as guinea pigs to make contact with the afterlife. It nearly costs Marcase his l
7. S01E07Touch of the DeadOctober 29, 1996—Cassian is infected with a bacteria that will kill him in 48 hours. While searching for an antidote, the team uncovers a government conspir
8. S01E08Hall of the SerpentNovember 12, 1996—Cassian's niece falls under the spell of a self-proclaimed healer who claims to be able to cure deadly diseases. He appears to heal people-
9. S01E09Blood CovenantNovember 19, 1996—A doctor, angry with the US government for the death of his wife and for abandoning him in Zaire threatens to infect Orlando's main blood su
10. S01E10Faces in the NightNovember 26, 1996—When Dr. Shiroma is abducted by a serial killer who only kills his victims during the full moon, the team races to discover the killer's ide
11. S01E11Midnight of the CarrierJanuary 7, 1997—The team removes a capsule from the head of an old man. This leads to the shocking discovery of white supremacists in the CIA and occultism
12. S01E12Critical MassJanuary 28, 1997—Dr. Brian Taft, a neuropathologist, is enlisted by Cassian to help investigate the death of a LA fireman. After being exposed to a meteorit
13. S01E13Death SongFebruary 4, 1997—Several recovering Hodgkin's patient's bones are suddenly breaking into multiples fractures. Cassian and Taft investigate the gruesome deat
14. S01E14The Last Endless SummerFebruary 11, 1997—When several surfers come down with a fatal but undetectable disease that causes organ failure overnight, Cassian's team is called in to ass
15. S01E15The Last Five Pounds are the HardestFebruary 18, 1997—Several people across the US are found dead or in a coma. The only connection is Metabathin, a diet pill. While Taft's investigation can f
16. S01E16Elegy For a DreamApril 29, 1997—Taft's football-playing nephew falls victim to a flesh-eating bacterium that may cause him to lose his arm. Contaminated tattoo ink is spre
17. S01E17A Secret in the NeighborhoodMay 6, 1997—When a boy collapses at an amusement park with burns in his mouth and throat, chemical weapons are suspected. The team suspects a governmen
18. S01E18Wild FireMay 13, 1997—A drug-resistant Cholera breaks out in Detroit. Tainted pearls smuggled from the South Pacific are the source of contamination. Cassian's
19. S01E19On Wings of AngelsMay 20, 1997—A secret project goes wrong when a prison escapee, who was exposed to a deadly experimental drug, kidnaps Taft and orders him to save his li

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