Its a doomsday scenario as a routine scientific experiment goes wrong in this American TV drama. When St Louis is rocked by an explosion at a science lab, investigators find themselves confronted by an intergalactic being capable of absorbing vast amounts of electricity and vaporising humans. By morning, with earthquakes ravaging the city, and the appearance of a huge black hole swallowing up whats left, it's up to scientist Eric Bryce (Judd Nelson) and his assistant Shannon Muir (Kristy Swanson) to come up with a plan to save the day before an interfering General ruins it for everyone.