

8.388 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestMichael races to save the world as a huge mass of solar plasma heads toward Earth and government officials give up hope.
When a breakthrough in global defense malfunctions, the result is a fireball four times the size of Earth streaking toward the planet. As fires blaze and panic spreads, a renegade scientist comes to the world’s rescue.
Practical Effects
Charming lo-fi explosions that aged like milk.
Acting
Matthew Modine's weary dad-scientist carry the whole thing.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a backdoor pilot for a series that SyFy immediately abandoned, leaving only these two episodes as canonically incomplete.
CAT. 8 exists in the golden age of Canadian-US co-productions where Toronto suburbs stood in for everywhere, forever.