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Mission Genesis

Mission Genesis

199710.01 Season13 EpisodesEndedTV-G

Overview

In the future, Earth's entire population is being wiped out by an unstoppable virus. Mankind's only hope for survival is to launch a spaceship stocked with clones in cryogenic freeze, which will return to a devastated planet and re-populate it. Prior to its arrival, however, its crew of 6 is awoken to face a threat to the ship. They must come to terms with the workings of the ship, the dangers faced by their ship, the realization that they are clones, and their ultimate destiny: to save their race.

Created by Jeff Copeland
Written by Jeff Copeland, Dennis Foon, Jeremy Hole
Produced by Jeff Copeland, Barry Pearson
NetworksYTVSyfy

Top Cast

Gordon Michael Woolvett

Gordon Michael Woolvett

Reb Andersen

Nicole De Boer

Nicole De Boer

Yuna

Jason Cadieux

Jason Cadieux

Bren

Kelli Taylor

Kelli Taylor

Gret

Julie Khaner

Julie Khaner

Gen

Craig Kirkwood

Craig Kirkwood

Zak

S

Sara Sahr

Lise

Themes & Keywords

spacecraftpost-apocalyptic futurespacealiensurvivalapocalypsegenetic engineeringdeep spacehuman duplication

About Mission Genesis

Mission Genesis is a sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 1997 exploring themes of spacecraft, post-apocalyptic future, space, alien, survival, apocalypse. Created by Jeff Copeland, it stars Gordon Michael Woolvett, Nicole De Boer, Jason Cadieux. In the future, Earth's entire population is being wiped out by an unstoppable virus. Mankind's only hope for survival is to launch a spaceship stocked with clones in cryogenic freeze, which will return to a devastated planet and re-populate it. Prior to its arrival, however, its crew of 6 is awoken to face a threat to the ship. They must come to terms with the workings of the ship, the dangers faced by their ship, the realization that they are clones, and their ultimate destiny: to save their race.

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