8.388 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestMichael races to save the world as a huge mass of solar plasma heads toward Earth and government officials give up hope.
When a breakthrough in global defense malfunctions, the result is a fireball four times the size of Earth streaking toward the planet. As fires blaze and panic spreads, a renegade scientist comes to the world’s rescue.
Practical Effects
Charming lo-fi explosions that aged like milk.
Acting
Matthew Modine's weary dad-scientist carry the whole thing.
Creator
Donald Martin
Matthew Modine
Dr. Michael Ranger
Maxim Roy
Dr. Jane Whitlow
Ted Whittall
Secretary Brian Lee
Trevor Hayes
Jack Hillcroft
Kate Drummond
Beverly Hillcroft
Kalinka Pétrie
Karen Ranger
Spiro Malandrakis
Officer Tim Davis
Alain Goulem
President Duncan
Susan Hogan
Vice-President Alice Crane
Francis X. McCarthy
William Danville
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a backdoor pilot for a series that SyFy immediately abandoned, leaving only these two episodes as canonically incomplete.
CAT. 8 exists in the golden age of Canadian-US co-productions where Toronto suburbs stood in for everywhere, forever.
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