6.7/1011 votesLoading...#1 - Power to the People
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 6/6/2017
The world’s electric grids are aging and vulnerable. Now, engineers are making a dangerous trek to prove there is a better way to bring power to the people.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/107 votesLoading...#2 - Game of Drones
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/23/2017
The military and defense industry are looking for ways to defend against a mass drone attack, and they’ll learn how at the Game of Drones competition.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1022 votesLoading...#3 - Water Apocalypse
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/13/2015
Earth is facing the devastating loss of a vital resource: clean water. Now, innovators across the globe are seeking solutions in emergent technologies to prevent a planet-wide water crisis.
Director: Angela Bassett
Writer: N/A
7.1/1015 votesLoading...#4 - Addiction: A Psychedelic Cure?
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 5/2/2017
Renegade researchers are fighting the medical establishment by exploring a controversial cure for our vices: psychedelic drugs.
Director: David Lowery
Writer: N/A
7.5/1044 votesLoading...#5 - Fighting Pandemics
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/1/2015
Viral outbreaks can become deadly pandemics in a matter of days. To prevent catastrophe, courageous scientists are fighting back with new treatments and vaccines.
Director: Peter Berg
Writer: N/A
7.6/1039 votesLoading...#6 - More Than Human
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/8/2015
Scientific advancements are challenging the concept of what it means to be human. In the near future, enhancing the human body with technology could lead to the next stage of our evolution.
Director: Paul Giamatti
Writer: N/A
7.7/1037 votesLoading...#7 - The Age of Aging
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/29/2015
New discoveries may help us slow or even turn back our biological clocks.
Director: Ron Howard
Writer: N/A
7.7/1016 votesLoading...#8 - Curing Cancer
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 5/16/2017
Using T cells taken from cancer patients and deactivated HIV virus, maverick doctors have created a stunning new therapy for a dreaded disease.
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
Writer: N/A
7.8/1016 votesLoading...#9 - Predicting the Future
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 5/30/2017
By finding hidden patterns in big data, computers powered by a new form of artificial intelligence can predict the future with amazing accuracy.
Director: Shane Carruth
Writer: N/A
8.0/1023 votesLoading...#10 - Energy From the Edge
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/6/2015
Reliance on fossil fuels is leading us into a global energy crisis. If we act now, developments in energy production could avert disaster and usher in a new era of clean, safe energy.
Director: Akiva Goldsman
Writer: N/A
8.1/1029 votesLoading...#11 - Decoding the Brain
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/15/2015
Using powerful new technologies, scientists are seeking solutions to a variety of mental illnesses by exploring unmapped facets of the human brain.
Director: Brett Ratner
Writer: N/A
8.3/1012 votesLoading...#12 - Cyber Terror
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/2017
Inside the hidden world of hackers: “White-hat” hackers stage a risky raid on a bank; a “black-hat” ISIS recruiter organizes a terrorist attack.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Breakthrough
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Providing a thought-provoking and imaginative perspective on scientific discovery as it unfolds, each episode follows scientific explorers working on cutting-edge projects with breakthrough potential, revealing...
Genre:Documentary
Network:National Geographic
Worst Episodes Summary
"Power to the People" is the worst rated episode of "Breakthrough". It scored 6.7/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/6/2017. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Game of Drones".