Sanctuary: Season 1

2008 · 13 episodes · ★ 6.6

What Season 1 of Sanctuary

The enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus and her Sanctuary team are on a quest to study and protect the strange and terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world. Along with their newest recruit, forensic psychiatrist Will Zimmerman, the group must face their darkest fears and their worst nightmares in order to provide a safe haven for the monsters that lurk in the shadows.

13episodes

Oct 3, 2008aired

Jan 9, 2009Latest episode

9.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Sanctuary for All (1)
Oct 3, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
The enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus recruits insightful forensic psychiatrist Will Zimmerman to join her in the quest to track, study and protect the strange and often terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world.
Directing: Martin Wood · Writing: Damian Kindler, Sam Egan · Starring: Amanda May, Kavan Smith, Kandyse McClure, Cainan Wiebe
1x02 Sanctuary for All (2)
Oct 3, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 6.6
As Will attempts to help Alexi cope with his abnormality, Helen gets a visitor from her past.
Directing: Martin Wood · Writing: Damian Kindler, Sam Egan · Starring: Kavan Smith, Kandyse McClure, Cainan Wiebe, Peter Shinkoda
1x03 Fata Morgana
Oct 10, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 6.6
Dr. Helen Magnus, her daughter Ashley, and new to the Sanctuary, Dr. Will Zimmerman release three women from a mysterious crypt in Scotland, bringing them back to the Sanctuary for refuge. Unbeknown to the team, and the women themselves, they have extraordinary powers. And their disappearance does not go undetected by a powerful cabal, resolute on reclaiming what it determines is theirs.
Directing: Martin Wood · Writing: Damian Kindler · Starring: Leah Cairns, Laura Mennell, Kandyse McClure, Miranda Frigon
1x04 Folding Man
Oct 17, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 6.6
An investigation into a string of bizarre robberies leads Magnus and Will to a crime ring of thieves who seem to be able to slip between the cracks of the law… literally.
Directing: James Head · Writing: Sam Egan · Starring: Peter Outerbridge, Alex Zahara, Mackenzie Gray, Matthew Walker
1x05 Kush
Oct 24, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 6.9
After capturing a particularly elusive abnormal the plane carrying Dr. Magnus and Will crashes while transporting the creature. Dr. Magnus and Will soon discover why this abnormal has never been captured before.
Directing: Martin Wood · Writing: Damian Kindler · Starring: Sarah Strange, Panou, Adrien Dorval, Thia Hoa Le
1x06 Nubbins
Nov 7, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
When a mating pair of cute, furry and seemingly harmless abnormals is brought in for scientific study, the Sanctuary team begins to exhibit some hidden animal attractions for one another.
Directing: Peter DeLuise · Writing: Sam Egan · Starring: Katharine Isabelle, Stephanie Courtney
1x07 The Five
Nov 14, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 6.9
While leading a covert meeting in Rome, Magnus encounters an old friend from her past who confides that the cabal has come to exact revenge on her for the events in "Fata Morgana."
Directing: Martin Wood · Writing: Damian Kindler · Starring: Jonathon Young, Brad Proctor, Peter Bryant, Chuck Campbell
1x08 Edward
Nov 21, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 6.8
A young artist with an uncanny ability to draw remarkably detailed pictures from memory may be the key to solving a case surrounding the suspicious death of his abusive father.
Directing: Brenton Spencer · Writing: Sam Egan · Starring: Kavan Smith, Gabrielle Rose, Michael Eisner, Chris Nelson Norris
1x09 Requiem
Dec 5, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
Magnus and Will investigate a distressing call for help deep below the Bermuda Triangle resulting in a deadly battle to save Magnus’s life.
Directing: Martin Wood · Writing: Damian Kindler · Cast: Leah Cairns
1x10 Warriors
Dec 12, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 6.4
Investigating the disappearance of an old college friend, Will finds himself caught in an underground fight club where the combatants are genetically engineered abnormals who fight to the death like modern day gladiators.
Directing: Brenton Spencer · Writing: Peter Mohan, Sam Egan · Starring: Jim Byrnes, Byron Lawson, Rukiya Bernard, Darren Shahlavi
1x11 Instinct
Dec 19, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 6.7
Magnus and the Sanctuary team attempt to capture a rare and deadly creature - all under the watchful eye of a local news crew.
Directing: Steven A. Adelson · Writing: Damian Kindler · Starring: Rekha Sharma, Matty Finochio, John Tench, Jason Benson
1x12 Revelations (1)
Jan 2, 2009 · 45 min · ★ 5.7
Abnormals in remote regions are subjected to an airborne biological agent that compels them to launch a violent string of murders
Directing: Martin Wood · Writing: Damian Kindler, Sam Egan · Starring: David Lyle, Mark Gibbon, Alex Diakun, Lynda Boyd
1x13 Revelations (2) Season Finale
Jan 9, 2009 · 45 min · ★ 5.9
The Five, led by Magnus, attempt to find the secret labyrinth in the decimated city of Bhalasaam. Once located, they must complete a series of cryptic tests that can only be achieved using each of their unique powers.
Directing: Martin Wood · Writing: Damian Kindler · Starring: Jonathon Young, Alex Diakun, Lynda Boyd, Christine Chatelain