Season 1

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  8.0/104,153 votes

  Go for Broke

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2018

  An accident at sea cripples a Royal Navy expedition 200 miles from finding the Northwest Passage, forcing its captains to make dire choices.

  Director: Edward Berger

  Writer: David Kajganich

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  8.0/103,615 votes

  Gore

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/26/2018

  After a long winter trapped in the ice, scouting parties are sent out in search of open water. One of the teams makes a frightening discovery.

  Director: Edward Berger

  Writer: Soo Hugh

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  8.4/103,359 votes

  The Ladder

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/2/2018

  With something now stalking the ships, the captains debate their options, testing their loyalty to one another against their duty to their crews.

  Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

  Writer: Gina Welch

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  7.8/103,022 votes

  Punished, as a Boy

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/9/2018

  A cunning attack on the ships proves the men are not battling an ordinary bear and that the region's Inuit culture may hold a key to their survival.

  Director: Edward Berger

  Writer: David Kajganich

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  8.2/102,883 votes

  First Shot a Winner, Lads

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/16/2018

  A strange illness begins to show itself while another more familiar one jeopardizes the expedition's most valuable resource: its captain's judgment.

  Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

  Writer: Josh Parkinson

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  8.2/102,779 votes

  A Mercy

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/23/2018

  With the end of their provisions in sight, officers contemplate a tough, risky strategy while struggling to raise the men's worsening spirits.

  Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

  Writer: Vinnie Wilhelm

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  8.1/102,687 votes

  Horrible from Supper

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/30/2018

  As the men make new attempts to find rescue, a series of shocking events underscores how vulnerable and exposed their situation has become.

  Director: Tim Mielants

  Writer: Andres Fischer-Centeno

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  8.5/102,837 votes

  Terror Camp Clear

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/7/2018

  Deaths under mysterious circumstances create paranoia among the men, and some of the crew may be considering mutiny.

  Director: Tim Mielants

  Writer: David Kajganich

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  8.2/102,642 votes

  The C, the C, the Open C

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/14/2018

  Hope comes in strange forms, and the question of what the men are willing to do to survive begins to be settled in both noble and horrifying ways.

  Director: Tim Mielants

  Writer: Soo Hugh

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  8.5/103,066 votes

  We Are Gone

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/21/2018

  The expedition's epic journey reaches its climax as men find themselves in a final confrontation with the Inuit mythology they've trespassed into.

  Director: Tim Mielants

  Writer: David Kajganich