The Swarm: Season 1

Miniseries 2023
TV-14

  • 2023-03-06T19:15:00Z on ZDF
  • 45m
  • 6h 1m (8 episodes)
  • Germany
  • Dutch; Flemish, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese
  • Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery
Across the globe, strange happenings, borne out of the oceans, are mystifying and imperiling the world’s population. A group of scientists undertakes a terrifying mission to the depths of the Arctic Ocean to confront a deadly intelligent life force bent on human extinction.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2023-03-06T19:15:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2023-03-06T19:15:00Z45m

Disturbing events in the world's oceans alarm scientists around the globe, launching an investigation into a mysterious threat to humanity's fragile existence.

2023-03-06T19:15:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2023-03-06T19:15:00Z45m

As bizarre occurrences continue to unfold around the world, scientists scramble to find the source of mysterious deaths and phenomena endangering humanity.

2023-03-07T19:15:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 2023-03-07T19:15:00Z46m

While Venice suffers an unprecedented plague of jellyfish, it's discovered that a mutated bacterium is the cause of a growing number of deaths on the coasts.

2023-03-07T19:15:00Z

1x04 Episode 4

1x04 Episode 4

  • 2023-03-07T19:15:00Z43m

Political leaders grow skeptical about the dramatic situation on the French Atlantic coast, while the ice worms on the sea bed continue to spread.

2023-03-08T19:15:00Z

1x05 Episode 5

1x05 Episode 5

  • 2023-03-08T19:15:00Z45m

Dr. Cécile Roche detects in crabs that have overrun coasts around the world the same bacterium that entered drinking water on the French coast via infected lobsters.

2023-03-08T19:15:00Z

1x06 Episode 6

1x06 Episode 6

  • 2023-03-08T19:15:00Z46m

Johanson suspects that an unknown marine intelligence, which he calls Yrr, is behind the strange happenings, and wants to contact the life form.

2023-03-09T19:15:00Z

1x07 Episode 7

1x07 Episode 7

  • 2023-03-09T19:15:00Z46m

The expedition to study the Yrr sets out for the Arctic, where a large number of Yrr signals were spotted.

Season Finale

2023-03-09T19:15:00Z

1x08 Episode 8

Season Finale

1x08 Episode 8

  • 2023-03-09T19:15:00Z45m

With humanity's future at stake, the team butts heads on what to do. In a desperate situation, a radical decision is made.

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