The Best Episodes of Threshold Season 1
Every episode of Threshold Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Threshold Season 1!
Threshold was a science fiction drama television series that first aired on CBS in September 2005. Produced by Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer and David Heyman, the series focuses on a secret government project investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Threshold" season 1 is "Trees Made of Glass (1)", rated 7.4/10 from 191 user votes. It was directed by David S. Goyer and written by Bragi F. Schut. "Trees Made of Glass (1)" aired on 9/16/2005 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Trees Made of Glass (2)".
7.4/10 191 votes#1 - Trees Made of Glass (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/2005
A mysterious alien object attacks a Naval ship and crew. Dr. Molly Anne Caffrey, a government contingency analyst, is contacted by the Deputy National Security Advisor, J.T. Baylock, to investigate the incident along with a special scientific team of her choice.
Director: David S. Goyer
Writer: Bragi F. Schut
7.3/10 159 votes#2 - Trees Made of Glass (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2005
Gunneson reappears in Caffrey's house. Meanwhile, Lucas, Nigel and Ramsey try to break down how the alien signals and DNA operate and come up with some interesting theories. Cavennaugh's team tries to locate Gunneson other shipmates.
Director: Peter Hyams
Writer: Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer
7.1/10 157 votes#3 - Blood of the Children
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2005
When a man at a fast-food restaurant is found with his head imploded, Molly and her Red Team investigate and begin to suspect the involvement of a group of military cadets, and the discovery that the infection has spread beyond the original Big Horn crew.
Director: Bill Eagles
Writer: Anne McGrail
7.2/10 136 votes#4 - The Burning
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2005
A patient at an psychiatric hospital in Ohio escapes and Molly believes he may have been infected by the alien signal after paintings of glass trees are found in his cell. After further investigation, it is suspected one of the missing Big Horn crew might be involved.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dan O'Shannon, Brannon Braga
7.0/10 132 votes#5 - Shock
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2005
After a shipyard gang bust, a suspected fugitive Big Horn crewmember kills a police detective. Molly and Cavennaugh go undercover as Homeland Security agents. Unbeknownst to them, the real Homeland Security department is on the case.
Director: Tim Matheson
Writer: André Bormanis
7.0/10 128 votes#6 - Pulse
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2005
As the signal from the Big Horn invades a Miami rave, the team investigates who have been infected, trying to prevent the signal from spreading to the population.
Director: Bill L. Norton
Writer: Michael Sussman
7.3/10 119 votes#7 - The Order
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/2005
Molly and Cavennaugh investigate a newspaper leak regarding the Threshold program which might turn out to be an inside job. The Red Team look into a case of residents of a small town dreaming of trees made of glass.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Anne McGrail
7.2/10 124 votes#8 - Revelations
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/2005
Molly and Cavennaugh discover some strange happenings in a missing Big Horn crew member's hometown when they investigate the disappearance of a Threshold field agent.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Andrew Colville, Amy Berg
7.2/10 122 votes#9 - Progeny
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2005
When three women from completely different walks of life appear to be infected, Molly and the Red Team discover the connection among them and must locate the common cause.
Director: David Jackson
Writer: Barbara Nance
7.3/10 117 votes#10 - The Crossing
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/2006
Molly and Baylock realize the Threshold detainees must be moved immediately to a more secure facility in West Virginia when a prisoner attacks and infects a security guard, then tries to break himself and other infected prisoners out of their cells.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Bragi F. Schut
7.5/10 131 votes#11 - Outbreak (a.k.a. Escalation)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/2006
Lucas is infected with the alien DNA from something he ate. The infectees have harvested crops with the alien DNA. Caffrey must find a way to stop what could be nearly 200 new infectees. Also, one of the aliens approaches her with an interesting revelation.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
7.6/10 130 votes#12 - Vigilante
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/2006
When a number of infectees and seemingly innocent people are killed, it becomes apparent that someone is going after people affected by the alien signal, and is locating them via their heightened brain waves. How is the killer linked to Bighorn crewman Manning, and does his method of finding his victims mean that Molly, Cavennaugh or Lucas could be next on his list?
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Michael Sussman
7.5/10 136 votes#13 - Alienville
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/2006
Molly Caffrey and Cavennaugh go out to a town call Allenville in search of a Doctor who they think is infected and find more then they were looking for. Meanwhile things at threshold get heated with the pregnancy of the infected woman coming to an end.
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: Anne McGrail