About this season
Scientists and sci-fi writers explore a hypothetical first-contact event between aliens and humans.
Episodes (2)
E1
1. The Invasion
Aired 5 March 2013 • 45 min
The Arrival has ended. A swarm of small spacecraft depart their huge mothership, and hover in our atmosphere. The ships open their hatches, and deposit thousands of mysterious pods on the earth's surface. Are they are message, a gift or a weapon?
E2
2. The Offspring
Aired 12 March 2013 • 45 min
A mothership the size of Texas is hovering over Earth and we are tired of waiting. We send a rover to explore, and what we find makes us question the definition of life. On Earth, the pods multiply and get smaller, making contact with them unavoidabe.