The Burning Zone

Original title : Pilot
First Aired : 03.09.1996 (USA) 06.11.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Bradford May
Writing credits : Coleman Luck
Cast : Paul Guilfoyle (Dr. Arthur Glyndon), Peter Frechette (Dr. Frank Matthews), Julie Araskog (Ann Glyndon), Denis Arndt (Dr. Rhinehart), Mika Boorem (Litte Girl), Lucas Dudley (State Trooper), Dwayne Foster (Technician), Kevin Fry (Agent), James Harper (Lt. Colonel), David Jackson (News Anchor), Todd Kimsey (M.P. Guard), Mitchell Longley (Van Driver), Jordan Marder (Communications Specialist), Heather McPhaul (Mother)

The Story : The team is assembled to research an unknown virus released from an ancient tomb in Costa Rica. Those infected get blood-red eyes, a high fever and superhuman strength, and acquire an exceptional interest in deadly diseases.

Original title : The Silent Tower
First Aired : 10.09.1996 (USA) 06.11.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Lange
Writing credits : Coleman Luck
Cast : Damon Whitaker (Unknown), Dena Dietrich (Mrs. White), Julius Harris (Unknown), Edward Evanko (Unknown), Tony Jay (The Chairman), Annie Grindlay (Rachel Marcase), Nicholas Pappone (Young Edward), Brandon Quintin Adams (D-Ray Drummond), Clayton Murray (Security Guard), Raymond Turner (Hazmat Man), Christopher Kirby (Dark Figure)

The Story : Under it's new leader, Dr. Cassian, the team is ordered to a condemned skyscraper that has been the site of 79 suicides since its opening two years ago.

Original title : St. Michael's Nightmare
First Aired : 17.09.1996 (USA) 20.11.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Scott Brazil
Writing credits : Robert Gilmer
Cast : Ray Abruzzo (Father Stephen), Rene Auberjonois (Dr. Dickettes), Theodore Bikel (Old Priest), Jacqueline Obradors (Marion)

The Story : The team is sent to Philadelphia to monitor the religious festival of St. Michaels, a celebration of good's victory over evil. The last two years it has been the site of violent episodes and two unexplainable deaths among the clergy.

Original title : Arms of Fire
First Aired : 24.09.1996 (USA) 20.11.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Katleman
Writing credits : Coleman Luck
Cast : Craig Kirkwood (Unknown), Scott Allan Campbell (Unknown), Michael Bryan French (Unknown), Joel Swetow (Unknown), Markus Flanagan (Unknown), Mitchell Longley (Unknown), Katherine Olsen (Shelley), Patrick Y. Malone (Unknown), De'Aundre Bonds (Unknown), Bernard Hocke (Coroner), Richard Gross (Desk Sergeant), Jane Marshall (Principal Bubeck), Chante Frierson (Keesha Merchant), J.J. Boone (Gym Teacher), Stephen Poletti (Chief of Security)

The Story : The team investigates two cases of spontaneous human combustion in a lower-class neighborhood.

Original title : Night Flight
First Aired : 01.10.1996 (USA) 27.11.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Jesus Salvador Trevino
Writing credits : Carleton Eastlake
Cast : Richard Yniguez (Co-Pilot), Michael Harney (Unknown), Michael Cavanaugh (Unknown), Tom Jourden (Unknown), Rosanna Huffman (Unknown), Barbara Nickell (Unknown), Heidi Lenhart (Arla McKee), Christina Ma (Unknown), Dom Magwili (Military Police), Lance August (Sgt. Robert W. Francis), Mike Terner (Second Skinhead), Donald Nardini (Flight Engineer), Jordan Marder (Duty Officer), Kristina Malota (Katie Davis), Frank Farmer (Flight Surgeon), Grant Mathis (Biohazard Commander)

The Story : Marcase, Shiroma and Hailey are on a flight back to the US when one of the passengers breaks out with a hemorrhaging fever. Not allowed to turn back, they have a 5-hour flight before they can land - assuming the pilot survives.

Original title : Lethal Injection
First Aired : 15.10.1996 (USA) 27.11.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Richard Compton
Writing credits : Coleman Luck & Carel Gage Luck
Cast : Sherman Howard (Dr. Elton Greenleaf), Keith Szarabajka (Gordon Kinnock), Tim deZarn (Unknown), Jim Holmes (Unknown), Barbara Tarbuck (Dr. Boston), Wayne Pere (Unknown), Dennis Christopher (Unknown), Kenny McCabe (Security Specialist), Lawrence McNeal III (Guard), Shae Popovich (Technician)

The Story : Cassian gets a lead on a government black-project that uses criminals sentenced to death as messengers to an alternative dimension - the afterlife, and decides to shut it down...

Original title : Touch of the Dead
First Aired : 29.10.1996 (USA) 04.12.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Oscar L. Costo
Writing credits : Robert Gilmer
Cast : Dennis Boutsikaris (Dr. Steven Rydell), Daphne Ashbrook (Dr. Rachel Robertson), Jennifer Sommerfield (Erica), Grace Zabriskie (Retired CIA Agent)

The Story : Cassian is infected with incurable bacteria that will kill him in 48 hours, bacteria he thought died along with his girlfriend in the Yucatan forest 10 years ago.

Original title : Hall of the Serpent
First Aired : 12.11.1996 (USA) 04.12.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Lange
Writing credits : Coleman Luck & Carel Gage Luck
Cast : Nicholas Lea (Philip Padgett), Kimberly Kates (Unknown), Nicole Nieth (), Jessica Cushman (Unknown), Nick Kusenko (Unknown), Kevin Fry (O'Fallon), Alex Fernandez (Guard)

The Story : A cult leader promises people with lethal diseases a miracle cure courtesy of an ancient Greek god, and surprisingly it works - at least until they defy him. He draws the team's attention when Cassian's niece seeks him out after being diagnosed with leukemia.

Original title : Blood Covenant
First Aired : 19.11.1996 (USA) 11.12.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Oscar L. Costo
Writing credits : Coleman Luck From a Story by Coleman Luck & Kimberly A. Shriner
Cast : Mark Lindsay Chapman (Dr. Henri Lefort), Marisa Coughlan (Chante), Randy Oglesby (Walter Kayge), Kenneth Johnson (Unknown), Diana Castle (Mrs. Kayge), Kenny Johnson (Unknown), Brad Koepenick (Dr. Tucker Welles), Bridget Hoffman (Nurse), Rick Cramer (SWAT Team Member), Richard Retes (SWAT Team Leader), Greg Eagles (Zairian), Gabriel Alexander (Jimmy), Lisa Anne Morrison (Secretary), Lynne Larsen (Michelle Lefort)

The Story : A doctor angry with the US government for abandoning him in Zaire infects Orlando's main blood supply with malaria, and threatens with doing more unless a billion dollars is deposited to a Swiss bank account.

Original title : Faces in the Night
First Aired : 26.11.1996 (USA) 11.12.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Scott Brazil
Writing credits : Carleton Eastlake
Cast : Marc Poppel (Frank Stark), Alicia Coppola (Dana Tierney), Vincent Duvall (Unknown), James McBride (Unknown), Peter Allas (Unknown), Edwina Moore (Nurse), Jean-Luc Martin (Duty Officer Boeck)

The Story : A serial killer abducts Kimberly, and the team has until the full moon is over to find her.

Original title : Midnight of the Carrier
First Aired : 07.01.1997 (USA) 21.12.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Janet Greek
Writing credits : Carleton Eastlake
Cast : Tim O'Connor (William Helderman), Tim Ryan (Unknown), Tomas Arana (Unknown), Alan Scarfe (Unknown), S. Russell Werkman (Unknown), Jordan Marder (Unknown), Magda Harout (Emma Helderman), Lorie Griffin (Receptionist), Craig Schoen (Young Helderman), Wolf Muser (Nazi Doctor), Timothy Dale Agee (Agent Mitchell), Van Quattro (RAD Team Member)

The Story : The team is to operate out a mysterious capsule from the body of an old man. The capsule was placed there by a Nazi doctor to hide it from the allies at the end of WWII, but the man fled to the US and has been concealing his past ever since. But when security on the in the team's HQ is compromised during the operation, it appears that someone else wants it too - badly.

Original title : Critical Mass
First Aired : 28.01.1997 (USA) 21.12.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Richard Compton
Writing credits : Carleton Eastlake & James G. Hirsch
Cast : Cindy Katz (Unknown), Eugene "Doboy" Williams (Unknown), Lance Guest (Unknown), Christine Champion (Unknown), Warren Sweeney (Unknown), Henry Hayashi (Unknown), Persia White (Unknown), William Wellman, Jr. (Unknown), James Lesure (Unknown), Will Schaub (SWAT Team Leader), Kris Iyer (Medical Examiner), Sally Hightower (TV Reporter), Ned Luke (2nd Officer), Wiley Pickett (Downed Man), Don Bruner II (Air Force Officer)

The Story : With Marcase and Shiroma occupied in Zaire, Cassian enlists the help of neuropathologist Brian Taft to investigate the death of a LA fireman. He had grown several large brain tumors and exhibited extremely aggressive behavior after being exposed to a fallen meteor, and Cassian fears the same may be happening to the scientists currently examining it.

Original title : Death Song
First Aired : 04.02.1997 (USA) 25.12.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Miller
Writing credits : Robert Gilmer
Cast : Angela Teek (Tina Wright), Michael Buchman Silver (Freddy), Adrian Sparks (Max Carling), Jeffrey Anderson Gunter (Unknown), Diane DiLascio (Dr. Patricia Billings), David McSwain (Young Man), Wendy Braun (Young Woman), Liz Mamana (Darlene), Scott Alan Cook (Jeter)

The Story : Cassian and Taft look into why several recovering Hodgkin's patients are suddenly collapsing with multiple bone-fractures, while Hailey gets involved with famous singer.

Original title : The Last Endless Summer
First Aired : 11.02.1997 (USA) 25.12.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Stephen L. Posey
Writing credits : James G. Hirsch
Cast : Judith Hoag (Unknown), Andrew Kavovit (Dr. Joseph Wetherall), Nancy Everhard (Unknown), Obba Babatunde (Unknown), Todd Susman (Steven MacArthur), Rikki Dale (Unknown), Duke Moosekian (Unknown), Radmar Agana Jao (Technician), Caron Strong (Nurse), David Chisum (Mac), Dennis Howard (Clergyman), Trevor Jackson (Paramedic), Kristin Steese (Renee Cassian), Endre Hules (Sailor), Eddie Wilde (Killer), Bobbie Norman (Mrs. Bartholomew), Christine Moore (Tracy)

The Story : A Californian hospital receives several cases of perfectly healthy people developing organ failure overnight with seemingly no connection. Cassian is called in to assist, but is not happy about the way his new overseer wants to run things.

Original title : The Last Five Pounds are the Hardest
First Aired : 18.02.1997 (USA) 08.01.2003 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Miller
Writing credits : Carleton Eastlake
Cast : Judith Hoag (Dr. Meredith Schrager), Thomas Kopache (Unknown), David Purdham (Unknown), Carol Potter (Mrs. Mason), J. Madison Wright (Cathy Mason), Mark Bramhall (Unknown), Michael Paul Chan (Mr. Chan), Randy Irwin (Unknown), Kelly Rowan (Stacy), Kevin Westin (Jerry), William Jones (Mr. Purvis), Paul Messinger (Dr. Leeman), Michael H. Moss (Art Mason), Frantz Turner (Policeman)

The Story : Several people all over the US are found either dead or in a coma, and the only thing they have in common is the diet pill Metabathin. While Taft can find nothing wrong with it, someone is leaking information to the press causing the public to panic.

Original title : Elegy For a Dream
First Aired : 29.04.1997 (USA) 08.01.2003 (FRANCE)
Director : Nancy Malone
Writing credits : Michael Gleason
Cast : Dawnn Lewis (Janice Rhodes), Christine Healy (Unknown), Ladd York (Jesse Sommers), Julianne Christie (Unknown), Seth Isler (Unknown), Al Sapienza (Unknown), Ted W. Henning (Unknown), Dawn Lewis (Unknown), Nick Spano (Bobby), Scott Hamm (Mark), Rocco Vienhage (Director), Victor Wilson (Coach Darryl Wilson), Kerian Jorgensen (Dana Whitman), Dawn Zeek (Tiffany), Ilia Volok (Janos), Jason Van (Sailor), Joe Rose (Customer)

The Story : An aggressive flesh-eating bacterium hits Chicago, spreading through infected tattoo ink. Taft's football playing nephew is one of the victims, and may end up losing his arm.

Original title : A Secret in the Neighborhood
First Aired : 06.05.1997 (USA) 15.01.2003 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Miller
Writing credits : Burt Baker
Cast : Lara Steinick (Dr. Patricia Baylock), Nancy Everhard (Unknown), Todd Susman (Newland), Kristin Steese (Renee Cassian), David Cromwell (Unknown), Larry Williams (Unknown), Terence Knox (Major Reed), Robert Ayers (Dr. Vashon), Kirk Fox (Carny), Rick Cramer (Military Driver), Edward Rote (Corporal), Kevin Downes (Young Man), Terry Markwell (Gina), Sarah Carson (Suzette)

The Story : A boy collapses at amusement park with burns in the mouth and throat. The preliminary examination points to the use of chemical weapons.

Original title : Wild Fire
First Aired : 13.05.1997 (USA) 15.01.2003 (FRANCE)
Director : Stephen L. Posey
Writing credits : David Kemper
Cast : Shannon O'Hurley (Unknown), Donza Leigh Abernathy (Unknown), Walter Jones (Marcus Dawson), Duane Davis (Unknown), Wes Charles Jr. (Unknown), V.P. Oliver (Unknown), Anne Betancourt (Head Nurse), Peter Suarez (Donnie Silkiss), Bjorn Johnson (Restaurant Owner), Vachik Mangassarian (Jeweler), Noelle Neal (Kelli Niles), Skip O'Brien (Foreman), Carlease Burke (Mrs. Hailey), Mark DeAlessandro (Headwaiter), David Lea (Vagrant Man)

The Story : A Detroit restaurant has an outbreak of new cure resistant cholera with an impossibly short onset time.

Original title : On Wings of Angels
First Aired : 20.05.1997 (USA) 22.01.2003 (FRANCE)
Director : Richard Compton
Writing credits : James G. Hirsch
Cast : Dwayne L. Barnes (Jimmy), Mongo Brownlee (Mongo), John Lafayette (Unknown), Joe Cortese (Unknown), John Prosky (Unknown), Tommy Morgan Jr. (Unknown), Hellena Schmeid (Unknown), Tracy Grant (Unknown), Kristopher Logan (Unknown), Jimmy Ray Jr. (Unknown), Michael Ryan Way (Starkey), D.K. Kelly (Lt. Mays), Angel Vargas (Cain), Chariesse Lavelle (Lynette), Jerry Rector (Guard)

The Story : A secret project attempting to pacify prison inmates with experimental drugs goes wrong when the subjects start collapsing with horrible seizures.