Helix 

A team of scientists are thrust into a potentially life-or-death situation when they arrive in the Arctic to secretly investigate what could be an outbreak of a strange disease in a secluded international research facility.

Creator:

Cameron Porsandeh

Stars:

Billy Campbell, Kyra Zagorsky, Mark Ghanimé

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Billy Campbell	...	Dr. Alan Farragut 26 episodes, 2014-2015
Kyra Zagorsky	...	Dr. Julia Walker 26 episodes, 2014-2015
Mark Ghanimé	...	Major Sergio Balleseros 26 episodes, 2014-2015
Jordan Hayes	...	Dr. Sarah Jordan 26 episodes, 2014-2015
Neil Napier	...	Dr. Peter Farragut 26 episodes, 2014-2015
Sue Beattie	...	Computer 26 episodes, 2014-2015
Hiroyuki Sanada	...	Dr. Hiroshi Hatake 15 episodes, 2014-2015
Meegwun Fairbrother	...	Daniel Aerov / ... 15 episodes, 2014-2015
Matt Long	...	Dr. Kyle Sommer 13 episodes, 2015
Severn Thompson	...	Sister Anne 13 episodes, 2015
Alison Louder	...	Sister Amy 12 episodes, 2015
Sean Tucker	...	Landry 11 episodes, 2015

Storyline

Helix is a science fiction thriller that focuses on a CDC expedition into the arctic. They go there to investigate the potential outbreak of a disease with no idea what they are getting themselves into. They encounter an almost zombie-like threat that could threaten mankind itself whilst the operator of the facility seems to know more than what he is saying.

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | cdc | outbreak | arctic | rage zombie | 

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Taglines:

From "Battlestar Galactica"'s Ronald D. Moore. (Season 1)

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official Twitter

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 January 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dai Dich

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tall Ship Productions, Kaji Productions, Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

40 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Repurposed from Moore's take on "The Thing" which was planned as a 6 to 8 hour mini-series on SyFy with participation from Frank Darabont at one point.

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Goofs

The series depicts day as bright and night as dark in the Arctic. However, north of the Arctic circle (which is the implied location), because of the tilt of the earth, they would have 24 hours of daylight in the summer, and 24 hours of dark in the winter.

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Connections

Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #19.15 (2014)

User Reviews

Mediocre

While the writing had its moments, the scripts were predictable for the most part. By about Episode 5, I found myself watching mainly because I had already seen that many episodes that I might as well give it the benefit of the doubt.

Without exception, the cast was unable to make me believe that they believed what they were saying was spontaneous and emotive.

Don't get me wrong, it's not 'bad'....if you enjoy a lot of the fare coming out of the entertainment mill these days you'll probably enjoy it. If you don't watch a lot of TV because you have a hard time finding programming that's well written and assembled by artists, don't waste your time. If I didn't know better, I'd say the writers gave up and just wanted to get it done after about episode 8. The season finale was silly, inconsistent and tedious to watch.

It's hilarious (well, more like ludicrous) that they expect anyone to still be interested when season 2 airs in almost two years (winter 2015).

This show is one of the shining examples of that well-worn Ernie Kovacs saying: "TV is a medium: it's neither rare nor well done"