The Swarm
The global environmental thriller is set in the present day, where anomalies and unnatural behavior in marine animals are causing upheaval all over the world. The Swarm follows a global group of scientists who come together to tackle one of the biggest challenges mankind has ever faced. They make the chilling discovery that deep at the bottom of the sea resides a collective intelligence which has suffered the ravages of civilization on its habitat - and decided to fight back.
- Metascore54
- 2023-2023
- 1 season
- The CW
- Drama, Suspense, Science Fiction
The global environmental thriller is set in the present day, where anomalies and unnatural behavior in marine animals are causing upheaval all over the world. The Swarm follows a global group of scientists who come together to tackle one of the biggest challenges mankind has ever faced. They make the chilling discovery that deep at the bottom of the sea resides a collective intelligence which has suffered the ravages of civilization on its habitat - and decided to fight back.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Tue, Sep 12, 2023 44 mins
Charlie Wagner, a young marine biologist, is assigned to a remote outpost in the Shetland Islands. During a survey, Charlie discovers large amounts of methane ice on the water surface, which is usually only found at great depths on the sea floor. And other strange incidents are happening in different regions of the world. While a fisherman in Peru dies unnoticed by a school of fish, in Canada, off Vancouver Island, the humpback and gray whales are a long time coming. When an orca is found dead on the beach after allegedly attacking a fishing boat, young whale researcher Leon Anawak is concerned. Eventually, the whales return in large numbers. Leon immediately drives his boat out to sea. His good friend Lizzie also starts a trip with her excursion boat full of tourists. But no one suspects what behavior the animals will show.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
Tue, Sep 19, 2023 46 mins
Whales are attacking tourists in Canada and lobsters are suddenly deadly in France. The Swedish scientist Dr. Johanson discovers aggressive ice worms on the seabed that are multiplying at breakneck speed.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
Tue, Sep 26, 2023 47 mins
Venice is experiencing an unprecedented plague of jellyfish. The biologist Cécile Roche has an adventurous assumption about the deaths. Charlie Wagner's best friend has disappeared with her research ship without a trace. In Canada, researcher Anawak is getting to the bottom of whale attacks.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
Tue, Oct 3, 2023 44 mins
Cécile recommends stopping fishing off the coast and warning the population against using tap water. The ice worms are investigated more closely. Charlie returns to Shetland, where she reunites with her boyfriend Douglas.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
Tue, Oct 10, 2023 46 mins
When Rahim and Charlie report a light phenomenon and a sound that Jess has recorded, Johanson travels to Shetland. They receive a warning that a tsunami is heading for the Atlantic coast of Northern Europe and Shetland.
Episode 6
Episode #1.6
Tue, Oct 17, 2023 47 mins
Johanson suspects that an unknown marine intelligence, which he calls Yrr, is behind all the results. He wants to contact the life form with a research mission and therefore asks the billionaire and entrepreneur Aito Mifune for help.
Episode 7
Episode #1.7
Tue, Oct 24, 2023 46 mins
The expedition to study the Yrr sets out for the Arctic, where a large number of Yrr signals were spotted. During a trip by submarine, Charlie Wagner observes a magical sight.
Episode 8
Episode #1.8
Tue, Oct 31, 2023 46 mins
With humanity's future at stake, the team butt heads on what to do. In a desperate situation, Charlie makes a radical decision.
