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Across the globe, strange happenings, borne out of the oceans, are mystifying and imperiling the world’s population. A group of scientists undertakes a terrifying mission to the depths of the Arctic Ocean to confront a deadly intelligent life force bent on human extinction.
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Episode 1Disturbing events in the world's oceans alarm scientists around the globe, launching an investigation into a mysterious threat to humanity's fragile existence. - 02
Episode 2As bizarre occurrences continue to unfold around the world, scientists scramble to find the source of mysterious deaths and phenomena endangering humanity. - 03
Episode 3While Venice suffers an unprecedented plague of jellyfish, it's discovered that a mutated bacterium is the cause of a growing number of deaths on the coasts.
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- S01E01Season's bestEpisode 1March 6, 2023Disturbing events in the world's oceans alarm scientists around the globe, launching an investigation into a mysterious threat to humanity's
- S01E02Episode 2March 6, 2023As bizarre occurrences continue to unfold around the world, scientists scramble to find the source of mysterious deaths and phenomena endang
- S01E03Episode 3March 7, 2023While Venice suffers an unprecedented plague of jellyfish, it's discovered that a mutated bacterium is the cause of a growing number of deat
- S01E04
Episode 4March 7, 2023Political leaders grow skeptical about the dramatic situation on the French Atlantic coast, while the ice worms on the sea bed continue to s - S01E05
Episode 5March 8, 2023Dr. Cécile Roche detects in crabs that have overrun coasts around the world the same bacterium that entered drinking water on the French coa - S01E06
Episode 6March 8, 2023Johanson suspects that an unknown marine intelligence, which he calls Yrr, is behind the strange happenings, and wants to contact the life f - S01E07
Episode 7March 9, 2023The expedition to study the Yrr sets out for the Arctic, where a large number of Yrr signals were spotted. - S01E08
Episode 8March 9, 2023With humanity's future at stake, the team butts heads on what to do. In a desperate situation, a radical decision is made.
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