Threshold
From Sci-Fi on TV
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Synopsis
Dr. Molly Caffrey, a government contingency analyst, investigates the arrival of aliens who threaten Earth in this sci-fi thriller.
Broadcast History
"Threshold" aired on the CBS broadcast network. It premiered September 16, 2005. Thirteen episodes were produced, but only nine aired during the original network run. The other four eventually aired on the Sci Fi Channel.
On DVD / Video
| Title | Release Date |
| The Complete Series | August 22, 2006 |
Cast
Main Cast
- Carla Gugino as Dr. Molly Anne Caffrey
- Charles S. Dutton as J.T. Baylock
- Brent Spiner as Dr. Nigel Fenway
- Robert Patrick Benedict as Lucas Pegg
- Brian Van Holt as Sean Cavennaugh
- Peter Dinklage as Arthur Ramsey
Recurring Cast
- Matt Sigloch as Agent Rice
- Mark Berry as Agent Hargrave
- Scott MacDonald as Capt. Manning
- Diane Venora as Andrea Hatten
- Maurice Godin as Ed Whitaker
- Jake Abel as Brian Janklow
Episode List
"Trees Made of Glass Part 1"
Aired: September 16, 2005
Part 1 of two. An alien craft's appearance near a cargo freighter in the Atlantic Ocean seems linked to the deaths of most of the crew. Dr. Molly Caffrey (Carla Gugino), a government contingency analyst, is called in to investigate, and she assembles a team that includes a NASA microbiologist, a physicist, a covert operative, and an expert in languages and mathematics to probe the mystery. Baylock: Charles S. Dutton. Fenway: Brent Spiner. Ramsey: Peter Dinklage. Cavennaugh: Brian Van Holt.
"Trees Made of Glass Part 2"
Aired: September 16, 2005
Conclusion. Gunneson attacks Molly in her home, but he escapes and the Threshold team tracks him to a water-treatment plant, where they encounter another infected person. And Molly fears she may be more affected by the alien signal than she first thought when her blood congeals into the fractal alien pattern. Gunneson: William Mapother.
"Blood of the Children"
Aired: September 23, 2005
Molly and her team fear that cadets at a local military academy have been infected by the aliens after a janitor at the school viciously attacks several people before his head implodes. The investigation leads Molly to suspect that an infected cadet may be attempting to send an alien signal across the Internet that could affect millions of people.
"The Burning"
Aired: September 30, 2005
An inmate at an Ohio psychiatric institute escapes and Molly believes he may have been infected by the aliens after paintings of glass trees, like the ones in her dreams, are found in his cell. The inmate, who has been incarcerated since 1979 for burning down his house with his family inside when he was 13, then breaks into a woman's ground-floor apartment and starts digging through the floor for a mysterious object he buried 26 years ago.
"Shock"
Aired: October 7, 2005
Park, one of the infected crewmen from the Big Horn, kills a detective at a Baltimore port during a shoot-out with an Asian gang that is smuggling highly sophisticated computer microchips. When Molly arrives on the scene, she learns that Park survived being shot at the docks and electrocuted on a nearby fence while he was trying to escape. But what she learns next worries her the most: human technology can create the deadly alien signal.
"Pulse"
Aired: October 14, 2005
Molly and her crew descend on Miami after partygoers there are exposed to the alien signal and begin bleeding and fighting one another. The Threshold team quickly learn that the signal came through a dance-mix recording that was played by the party's female deejay, who is being taken over by the aliens. As the team searches for the missing young woman, they try to trace the signal's origin and fear that it now may be spreading through technology.
"The Order"
Aired: October 21, 2005
While a security leak threatens to put the Threshold plan in jeopardy, Molly fears that residents in a small Rhode Island town may have been infected by the alien signal after several people reported having disturbing dreams about trees made of glass. The leak is brought to Molly's attention when a newspaper article appears that vaguely mentions Threshold. Unfortunately, the article gets a meddling senator's attention and he insists on being included in the project.
"Revelations"
Aired: November 4, 2005
Molly travels to Indiana after a Threshold agent who was watching the boyhood home of an infected Big Horn crewman disappears. While she's there Molly learns that one of the town's ministers may be infected. The pastor claims to have seen visions of a glass sea and is warning his congregation to prepare for the end of the world. Back in Washington, D.C., Baylock leads an effort to locate the sunken Big Horn and raise it to the surface for study.
"Progeny"
Aired: November 22, 2005
Three women in the D.C. area come to the attention of Molly and her team when an artist beheads her husband, an oil billionaire's wife attacks a bank teller, and an attorney mutates and explodes on a street corner. The investigations reveal that all three were infected by the alien signal from a startling and unsettling source. In other events, Molly meets with the new national security advisor, who will oversee the Threshold project.
"The Crossing"
This episode did not air during the original network run. It later aired on the Sci Fi Channel.
Three of the alien prisoners being held at the Threshold command center escape, which leads Molly to formulate a plan to move five infected detainees to a more secure facility in the mountains of West Virginia. Unfortunately, the truck carrying them is ambushed. Back at the lab, Molly's team learns a disturbing new way that people are being infected and a key member of the group shows signs of possible infection.
"Outbreak"
This episode did not air during the original network run. It later aired on the Sci Fi Channel.
Molly fears there will be an alien outbreak in Washington, D.C., after a teen suddenly dies from eating infected food. Her team rushes to discover what foods may be tainted by the aliens and their place of origin. To help with the investigation, Molly brings in a respected botanist. Meanwhile, Fenway tries to find a way to save Lucas's life and keep him from mutating. Later, Molly is shocked when Manning contacts her and tells her the reason why the aliens want to take over the Earth.
"Vigilante"
This episode did not air during the original network run. It later aired on the Sci Fi Channel.
Ramsey is in a seedy motel room with a stripper who is murdered when a man bursts in and severs nerves in her brain stem with a surgical instrument, but the killer doesn't harm Ramsey. The investigation reveals that the victim was an alien infectee and that four other people have been murdered in a similar way. Molly concludes that an alien serial killer is at work.
"Alienville"
This episode did not air during the original network run. It later aired on the Sci Fi Channel.
Molly discovers that the entire population of a small Virginia town has been infected with the alien virus and that a leading astrophysicist is among them. Molly visits the town and learns the aliens are involved in a secret project that could lead to massive exposure of the virus. Back at the lab, the Threshold team prepares for an infected woman to give birth, but they don't know if the baby will be alien or human.
