The team has 48 hours to close the acquisition of author John Weller, acquired by the Rifter Hunter Carla. We enter the team's apartment and meet the group, gaining insight into their interpersonal relationships. We see the conflicts that exist among them and within their own minds.
In this episode we get the first look at the opening title sequence narrated by Professor Brodie. Opens in Delta State, and recaps Luna's cliffhanger from episode one. We learn more about the strange effects of being in too long, and Martin's immunity to same. The hunt for Weller's "akasha" continues, while Carla "Hunter Rifter", Sven and the other (female) prepare for the arrival of a powerful Rifter Lord. Phillip emerges as this series' main character.
Luna witnesses the acquisition of a student during class, and the group move to determine the cause. Martin pursues his love of music, but his duties to the team suffer as a result. Investigating the mystery surrounding Professors (Dang and Stork) puts Claire in terrible danger. We also discover in this episode Phillip loves dub reggae and doesn't use tissue.
In this episode, Philip, Martin and Luna are watching TV, and poking fun at a TV psychic. Philip investigates her, and is confused on her psychic powers. Brodie explains that she can pick up "brain signals" and read them. Also, she would be able to defeat the rifters. Brodie also explained that it is dangerous to see the psychic, or Brodie because they would be putting themselves in danger. Despite Brodie's warning, Philip meets her again to learn more about himself, but is knowing his past worth it?
Phillip has a new job in the mailroom of a power corporation. When his trainer dissapears, Phillip stumbles upon an experimental process whereby they are using employees to tap energy for rifter immortality. Phillip's life is endangered and the roommates must go Delta to find the answers to the mysterious experiments at the corporation. A romance between Phillip and Luna seems to be in the making...
Philip has a girlfriend, and he thinks that her father is a rifter. Are Philip's feelings clouding his judgment, or is there something deeper?
After an attempted shooting on a candidate, the candidate goes into a coma. Is the candidate being aquired by the rifters, and can Philip, Martin, Claire and Luna save him?
Claire, Luna, Martin, and Philip are at their wits end, and growing tired of each other's company as relentless rainstorms and other unusual weather patterns force them to remain indoors. But when it's discovered that the Rifters are behind the global chaos, they must put aside their difference and stop them before the ecological balance of the world is jeopardized.
Claire becomes obsessed with an internet video game. But when reports of deaths associated with people who have played this game begin flooding the papers, the others question just how "fun" this game really is.
Martin discovers a photo of a soldier from World War 2 that looks exactly like Brodie. Is it a coincidence, a relative or .has Brodie not aged in sixty years? As they dig deeper into the questions about Brodie it raises some clues about .their own past. The trips to the Delta State take their toll as reality and Delta start to merge.
Claire reunites with David her boyfriend from the past. It causes a rift between her and Martin and raises suspicions among the roomates. Due to some computer error Phillip is told there is no record of his existence. He is technically dead and must cope with re-establishing his place in the world. Meanwhile a mad noble scientist is at risk of a rifter takeover.
Martin befriends an autistic little boy. When he suddenly becomes an extroveted genius, the foursome suspect that it is not a miracle, but rather a rifter influence. The answers to this change can only be found in the Delta State.
Phillip's job as a delivery boy leads him to a romantic involvement with a psychiatrist who seems to have an uncanny understanding about him and his roomates. Claire meets up with her ex-boyfriend David. He provides information about her past. But no one else can see him. Is he real or a figment of Claire's imagination?