On February 15th, car cameras and cellphones captured a blinding streak that flashed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains, followed by an explosion that injured some 1,500 people. The meteor, weighing around 10,000 tons, was the largest object to burst in the atmosphere since 1908. Within days, Nova crews were in Russia following impact scientists as they hunted for debris from the explosion and clues to the meteor's origin.

After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a living nightmare.

Ash and Pikachu, big-time heroes of the Pokm̌on franchise, travel to the futuristic city of Larousse where they meet Tory, who eschews all Pokm̌on and their masters. But Tory must overcome his dread when the city is invaded by the Pokm̌on Deoxys.