The Best Episodes of Helix Season 1
Every episode of Helix Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Helix Season 1!
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Helix" season 1 is "Pilot", rated 7.4/10 from 923 user votes. It was directed by Jeffrey Reiner and written by Cameron Porsandeh. "Pilot" aired on 1/10/2014 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Vector".
7.4/10 923 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2014
A Center for Disease Control medical team's investigation of a disease outbreak at a high tech arctic research lab uncovers the truth about a secretive research project that could threaten the future of humankind.
Director: Jeffrey Reiner
Writer: Cameron Porsandeh
7.3/10 782 votes#2 - Vector
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2014
As Dr. Alan Farragut accelerates the hunt for his infected brother Peter, the quarantine of three scientists threatens to create panic at the lab. Doreen finds evidence that Dr. Hatake is lying about his research.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Keith Huff
7.3/10 664 votes#3 - 274
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2014
As Alan sets up an isolation unit to quarantine the infected lab workers, Walker and Jordan each face the possibility that they have the deadly virus, too.
Director: Steven A. Adelson
Writer: Misha Green
7.5/10 612 votes#4 - Single Strand
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/2014
As Alan risks killing Peter in a desperate effort to cure him, Walker teams with a mysterious young researcher to survive their quarantine. Jordan discovers her Rapid Response test is flawed.
Director: Duane Clark
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 596 votes#5 - The White Room
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/2014
As Alan's controversial cure leaves Peter clinging to life, the unchecked virus forces Jordan to make a devastating decision. Walker discovers the surprising truth about her new ally, while Daniel squares off against Balleseros.
Director: Duane Clark
Writer: Misha Green
7.2/10 519 votes#6 - Aniqatiga
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/2014
After Daniel leaves Balleseros to die, the mystery surrounding his connection to Hatake is revealed. As he works to save Peter, Alan struggles with his feelings for both Walker and Jordan.
Director: Mike Rohl, Duane Clark
Writer: Adam Lash
7.5/10 541 votes#7 - Survivor Zero
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/2014
As Ilaria CEO Constance Sutton arrives to collect the virus and its cure, Alan finds Walker seemingly symptom-free. Daniel learns the truth about his "adoption" by Hatake.
Director: Mike Rohl
Writer: Sean Crouch
7.6/10 507 votes#8 - Bloodline
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/2014
Alan risks his life to save his brother Peter from Ilaria CEO Constance Sutton, only to see him re-captured by Vectors. Julia Walker deals with the mystery of her "cure" while her half- brother Daniel confronts their father, Dr. Hatake, about being abducted as a child.
Director: Bradley Walsh
Writer: Mark Haslett
7.8/10 512 votes#9 - Level X
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/2014
The CDC teams learns the real purpose of the infection and Alan and Julie make a perilous journey to retrieve the canister that has the original source virus.
Director: Bradley Walsh
Writer: Sean Crouch
7.4/10 485 votes#10 - Fushigi
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2014
In a last ditch effort to find help and a cure, Alan and Julia go to an abandoned satellite station discover a shocking secret that reveals Hatake's ultimate goal and the reason why he has developed the deadly virus.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Misha Green
7.4/10 479 votes#11 - Black Rain
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/14/2014
The Vectors start working together to hunt down the uninfected as the CDC develops a risky cure and a band of assassins from Ilaria secretly infiltrate the base.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Tiffany Greshler
7.4/10 490 votes#12 - The Reaping
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/21/2014
The uninfected are hiding in a secret bunker on the base as the CDC attempt to retrieve the canisters with the virus and the cure while the Ilaria assassins capture Hatake and force him to chose between which one of his children they will kill first.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Adam Lash
7.5/10 488 votes#13 - Dans L'Ombre
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/28/2014
Alan and Peter capture the assassin Scythe and demand to know the whereabouts of Julia's mother. Balleseros confronts Hatake about the missing Inuit children, while Anana and her brother learn of Daniel's fate. Concerns that the virus is in Ilaria's possession again forces Alan and the team off the base to search the world in order to retrieve it.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Steven Maeda