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📊 Series Specifications
Network ZDF
Episode Runtime ~45 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 8
Original Language DE
The Swarm (2023)
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 0 (Specials)
5 Episodes
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Season 1 (Miniseries)
8 Episodes E1 Episode 1
Disturbing events in the world's oceans alarm scientists around the globe, launching an investigation into a mysterious threat to humanity's fragile existence.
E2 Episode 2
As bizarre occurrences continue to unfold around the world, scientists scramble to find the source of mysterious deaths and phenomena endangering humanity.
E3 Episode 3
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.
E4 Episode 4
Political leaders grow skeptical about the dramatic situation on the French Atlantic coast, while the ice worms on the sea bed continue to spread.
E5 Episode 5
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.
E6 Episode 6
Johanson suspects that an unknown marine intelligence, which he calls Yrr, is behind the strange happenings, and wants to contact the life form.
E7 Episode 7
The expedition to study the Yrr sets out for the Arctic, where a large number of Yrr signals were spotted.
E8 Episode 8
With humanity's future at stake, the team butts heads on what to do. In a desperate situation, a radical decision is made.