Sinbad
A Persian prisoner sets out to find his dead brother with help from his misfit group.
- Metascore60
- 2012-2013
- 1 season
- Syfy
- Action & Adventure, Fantasy
- TV-14
A Persian prisoner sets out to find his dead brother with help from his misfit group.
Season 1 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
Pilot
Sun, Jul 8, 2012 42 mins
When the charismatic trickster Sinbad and his brother Jamil get unintentionally involved in the death of the powerful Lord Akbari's son, unexpected, tragical events get set in motion and lead to the beginning of an amazing adventure.
Episode 2
Queen of the Water-Thieves
Sun, Jul 1, 2012 45 mins
The crew is captured by Water-Thieves. Sinbad tries to seduce their fierce leader Razia to save himself, but learns she will kill him that night. Sinbad escapes with the help of Razia's chained Roc, a giant mythical bird, and creates a diversion allowing his friends to escape. As his curse kicks in and is about to destroy him, the Roc swoops in and rescues Sinbad.
Episode 3
House of Games
Sun, Jul 1, 2012 43 mins
When Anwar loses The Providence in a bet to merchant Abdul-Fahim, Sinbad confides about the curse- he will die unless they get the ship back. The gang follows Abdul-Fahim to a gaming-house and Sinbad wins back the ship. But the twisted gaming-house owners, twins Faris and Essam, challenge Sinbad to free his friends from a series of enchanted rooms before his curse kills him.
Episode 4
Old Man of the Sea
44 mins
When the Providence finds an abandoned ship in the middle of the sea, they rescue a mysterious old man. He seems to be linked to Nala and might be able to throw some light on her past somehow.
Episode 5
Hunted
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 43 mins
Gunnar and Sinbad are ambushed by the Khaima, a band of warriors, who avenge injustice. Their leader, Obsidian, sentences Gunnar to death for his brutal Viking past. Taryn creates a magical Stalker, which hunts down Sinbad at the Khaima camp just as Obsidian is about to kill Sinbad and Gunnar. At Gunnar's urging, Sinbad defeats the Stalker by mastering his anger.
Episode 6
The Siren
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 42 mins
Attacked by a sea creature, Sinbad wakes, rescued by mysterious Roisin. Sinbad falls for her, unaware she is stealing his memories. Rina finds Roisin as she is about to kill Sinbad and offers her own memories for his life. Rina's bad memory of how her mother sold her into slavery destroys Roisin, returning Sinbad's memories.
Episode 7
Homecoming
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 45 mins
Sinbad returns to Basra to rescue his grandmother, but it is a trap set by Akbari and Taryn. Akbari duels Sinbad, who spares Akbari and apologizes for the death of Akbari's son, breaking the curse. To Sinbad's shock Taryn kills Akbari, telling Sinbad she can lead him to his brother in the Land of the Dead, but Safia disrupts Taryn's magic. Before she dies Safia hints that Sinbad is special.
Episode 8
Kuji
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 46 mins
The crew meets Kuji, a teen who says she's a God. Anwar falls for her, confiding that he doesn't belong as he's not brave like the others. An army demands her back, but Anwar refuses to abandon Kuji. She makes the troops vanish, saying she was sent to convince him he is as brave as the others and Sinbad needs him for a journey ahead. She revives the gang, kisses Anwar then disappears.
Episode 9
Eye of the Tiger
Sat, Sep 1, 2012 44 mins
Sinbad and friends try to gain access to a labyrinth containing a stone that reveals your future. However, they are caught and Sinbad is sentenced to death. He is rescued by attractive female bounty hunter Tiger - who has been sent by Taryn to capture Sinbad. When Sinbad saves Tiger's life Tiger decides she won't deliver Sinbad to Taryn. Instead, she accepts Sinbad's invite to join the crew.
Episode 10
For Whom the Egg Shatters
Sat, Sep 1, 2012 44 mins
The crew is hired to transport a Professor and her mysterious, giant egg, which hatches a snake-demon. The gang decides to kill it, but the Professor merges with it creating an intelligent monster. The gang is trapped on the ship out at sea and is forced to be ingenious to defeat the Snake-Demon. They then set sail to see Tiger's monk friend who may know the way to the Land of the Dead.
Episode 11
Fiend or Friend?
46 mins
Following Tiger's advice, the crew of the Providence reach the island of Malta, where they can find a map to the Land of the Dead. Dangers awaits them in the shape of a mysterious creature.
Episode 12
Land of the Dead
Sat, Sep 1, 2012 44 mins
A Land of the Dead Guardian confronts Sinbad with the truth: his mother died while pregnant with him. After rescuing her, Taryn's daughter Alehna tells Sinbad that his father rescued his mother and him, making him a child of the land of the dead and of the living. Jamil sacrifices himself to save Sinbad, allowing the crew to sail on.