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While transporting a usually docile abnormal, Magnus's helicopter crashes, leaving her and Will stranded in the shaft of an abandoned oil rig. They soon find they are not alone in the water.

In the Sanctuary world the Vampire race was far more intelligent than humans. Helen says the vampire squid is so named because it is very intelligent for a squid. Actually it was so named because of its dark color, the hood-like membrane between its tentacles, and its red eyes.

The tail number on the helicopter is NOX17J. The 'Nox' are a race of beings that were encountered on Stargate SG-1, Amanda Tapping, Daiman Kindler, and Martin Woods all were heavily involved in. The tail number is probably a nod to this association.

While treading water after the chopper crash, Helen says she a had only once before been stranded at sea, on April 14, 1912. That was the date the Titanic hit an iceberg.

In the Mayday call Magnus gives their location in degrees of longitude and latitude, no minutes or seconds. In the Gulf degrees of longitude ( and latitude) are about 60 miles apart. Not being more precise leaves rescue parties with about 3000 square miles to search.

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    • Author: Vertokini
    The first episodes of this series were wonderful - smart, funny, character-driven, plot-twisty, and just all-round quality drama.

    Now, however, it's devolved into "Will and Magnus battle the monster of the week." There are occasional flashes of the show's former quality ("Veritas," for example), but they're more the exception than the rule nowadays.

    Maybe it's money. It's certainly cheaper to pay two principals and a bunch of CGI artists than it is to pay a balanced, quality cast. And it's a whole lot easier (and cheaper) for a script writer to say "5 minutes of mayhem ensues" than to do the work to craft a clever scene - let alone a great episode.

    Whatever it is, I hope the producers realize their problems and fix them, soon. I love(d) the earlier episodes; I'm bored by most of the current ones. If I wanted a "monster of the week" show, I'd watch one of those insipid made-for-TV movies that SyFy cranks out in such profusion. THIS SERIES IS - OR CAN BE - ABOVE THAT LEVEL.

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    OK: it's a year later, and the people in charge of the show SEEM to have learned their lesson. There's more character and less monster, and the series has (IMHO) climbed back out of the slough of despond and into real drama. I've even raised my original rating by 2 stars.

    Three cheers!
  • Episode complete credited cast:
    Amanda Tapping Amanda Tapping - Dr. Helen Magnus
    Robin Dunne Robin Dunne - Dr. Will Zimmerman
    Ryan Robbins Ryan Robbins - Henry Foss (credit only)
    Agam Darshi Agam Darshi - Kate Freelander (credit only)
    Christopher Heyerdahl Christopher Heyerdahl - Bigfoot (credit only)
    Richard Zeman Richard Zeman - Olaf von Ausburg
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