Cordon Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Episode #1.1

In large port city Antwerp, an illegal stowaway from a diseased tropical country arrives by container and is taken in by a local mixed marriage family. Thus he starts spreading a highly contagious, fatal disease. It's discovered when a patient consults the nearby Belgian national institute for infectious diseases. Their staff quarantines itself and alerts the authorities to track down anyone who may have been infected, which can only happen by physical contact. Police commissioner Lex Faes is put in charge of the 'preventive' medical cordon around the neighborhood.Among those locked-in are his girlfriend, who reneged on moving in with him, and a primary school, which happened to visit the institute that very day. All kids are screened in hospital, except a boy who got detention although actually the victim of bullying.

Episode 2

Episode #1.2

Antwerp commissioner Lex Faes must command the police team, with additional soldiers, to guard and enforce the infected neighborhood's quarantine. Colleague Jokke Deelen is furious to be trapped inside, but has to step up as civilians can't be expected to just get organized. The school kids are presumed safely locked into the institute, but a pupil is left behind with an old woman, whose husband kept her presence quiet. The civil authorities focus on 'preventing panic', but an alert newspaper reporter isn't easily silenced. The disease is apparent a rapidly killing aviary influenza mutation, a cure available nor expected.

Episode 3

Episode #1.3

The authorities stubbornly remained obsessed with 'panic prevention', although the scientific findings are worsening further and contaminations occur. Commissioner Lex Faes even has to order one of his man inside the quarantine after exposure during the sneaky extraction of a boy which goes wrong when panic breaks out. Atypical cases require rethinking the whole pathology, which may even face a rapid mutation. Inside, people's assumptions lead to more conflict and needless risk taking. Prisoners escape during foo distribution and subject a shopkeeper to racketeering after killing a looter.

Episode 4

Episode #1.4

Things get further out of hand. Rogue reporter Leo Gryspeerts has anonymously set up an uncensored blog, which counters the authorities' carefully manipulated communication. Quarantined people grow ever more suspicious and hostile, with painful or worse consequences for many, with escaped prisoners terrorizing those they can find. Dr. Cannaerts works on the assumption the bird flu virus mutation stems from Afghanistan, but can't get reliable information about the situation there.

Episode 5

Episode #1.5

Lommers takes drastic action to control the flow of information out of the restricted zone by blocking phone signals. Meanwhile, Jokke is powerless to prevent black marketeers taking over the food distribution system.

Episode 6

Episode #1.6

Leo and Lex examine the CCTV footage that Jokke has smuggled out of the Institute, does it hold a clue to the source of the outbreak? Meanwhile, inside the cordon one of Katja's pupils comes into contact with a carrier of the virus.

Episode 7

Episode #1.7

Episode 8

Episode #1.8

Episode 9

Episode #1.9

Episode 10

Episode #1.10

Jana's plans to escape the Cordon, things get complicated when others become ill and colleague's discover her plans to escape. Lex, Nald and Jokke discover damaging information against Dr. Cannerts and Lommers, while the Gov't plots to have Lex removed from duty and discredited. Ineke fights desperately to save her daughter Elli life. Tyl is rescued by Jokke who takes him back to the hospital where he and his sister Lien are tested for the virus.This finale episode shocks us with the untimely and unexpected deaths of main characters and leaves me wanting to watch more of this terrific series.