Sanctuary — Season 1
Some hide. They seek.
About this season
The enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus and her Sanctuary team are on a quest to study and protect the strange and terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world. Along with their newest recruit, forensic psychiatrist Will Zimmerman, the group must face their darkest fears and their worst nightmares in order to provide a safe haven for the monsters that lurk in the shadows.
Episodes (13)
1. Sanctuary for All (1)
6.9Aired 3 October 2008 • 45 min
The enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus recruits insightful forensic psychiatrist Will Zimmerman to join her in the quest to track, study and protect the strange and often terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world.
2. Sanctuary for All (2)
6.6Aired 3 October 2008 • 45 min
As Will attempts to help Alexi cope with his abnormality, Helen gets a visitor from her past.
3. Fata Morgana
6.6Aired 10 October 2008 • 45 min
Dr. Helen Magnus, her daughter Ashley, and new to the Sanctuary, Dr. Will Zimmerman release three women from a mysterious crypt in Scotland, bringing them back to the Sanctuary for refuge. Unbeknown to the team, and the women themselves, they have extraordinary powers. And their disappearance does not go undetected by a powerful cabal, resolute on reclaiming what it determines is theirs.
4. Folding Man
6.6Aired 17 October 2008 • 45 min
An investigation into a string of bizarre robberies leads Magnus and Will to a crime ring of thieves who seem to be able to slip between the cracks of the law… literally.
5. Kush
6.9Aired 24 October 2008 • 45 min
After capturing a particularly elusive abnormal the plane carrying Dr. Magnus and Will crashes while transporting the creature. Dr. Magnus and Will soon discover why this abnormal has never been captured before.
6. Nubbins
7.0Aired 7 November 2008 • 45 min
When a mating pair of cute, furry and seemingly harmless abnormals is brought in for scientific study, the Sanctuary team begins to exhibit some hidden animal attractions for one another.
7. The Five
6.9Aired 14 November 2008 • 45 min
While leading a covert meeting in Rome, Magnus encounters an old friend from her past who confides that the cabal has come to exact revenge on her for the events in "Fata Morgana."
8. Edward
6.8Aired 21 November 2008 • 45 min
A young artist with an uncanny ability to draw remarkably detailed pictures from memory may be the key to solving a case surrounding the suspicious death of his abusive father.
9. Requiem
7.0Aired 5 December 2008 • 45 min
Magnus and Will investigate a distressing call for help deep below the Bermuda Triangle resulting in a deadly battle to save Magnus’s life.
10. Warriors
6.4Aired 12 December 2008 • 45 min
Investigating the disappearance of an old college friend, Will finds himself caught in an underground fight club where the combatants are genetically engineered abnormals who fight to the death like modern day gladiators.
11. Instinct
6.7Aired 19 December 2008 • 45 min
Magnus and the Sanctuary team attempt to capture a rare and deadly creature - all under the watchful eye of a local news crew.
12. Revelations (1)
5.7Aired 2 January 2009 • 45 min
Abnormals in remote regions are subjected to an airborne biological agent that compels them to launch a violent string of murders
13. Revelations (2)
5.9Aired 9 January 2009 • 45 min
The Five, led by Magnus, attempt to find the secret labyrinth in the decimated city of Bhalasaam. Once located, they must complete a series of cryptic tests that can only be achieved using each of their unique powers.