真相就在眼前！尼可莱是全球172个国家领袖共同推选出来的世界领袖，其中当然也包括美国总统费兹修。不过有些人对魅力十足的尼可莱心存疑虑，他们认为他就是圣经中的假基督。费兹修遇刺但安然脱险，于是决定找巴克和卡洛琳来调查这起神秘的行刺事件。此时，美国的地下教会却爆发了瘟疫……

故事发生在美国新奥尔良市，一年一度的狂欢节正在如火如荼的进行之中。就在节日热烈的气氛被炒到顶峰之时，德沃公园突然发生了塌陷事故，市长助理艾莉森（杰西卡·斯汀 Jessica Steen 饰）很快就赶到了现场。可怕的事情并没有就此结束，入夜，塌陷事故接连发生，整个城市岌岌可危。
万分危急之中，艾莉森只得向自己的男友马特（约翰·考伯特 John Corbett 饰）发出求助信号，马特是一名地质学家，因为曾经的一场矿坑塌陷事故而患上了创伤症，从此再也不问世事。马特经过专业的调查震惊的发现，这座城市即将整个陷入地下，为了将伤亡人数控制到最小，政府必须立刻疏散正在狂欢的人群。

　　高中生科学天才本-库珀在网上赢得了一套由电脑控制的智能住宅，可以让生活变得更加简洁方便，但住进去之后他才发现生活变得比以往任何时候都更麻烦。

Two centuries in the future, when pollution has forced humans to abandon Earth in favor of cramped space stations, scientist Devon Adair hijacks a spacecraft and sets out with a band of followers in search of another planet that will offer a brighter, more normal future to children like her son, Ulysses. Joining Devon and Ulysses are mechanic John Danziger and his daughter, True; team physician Julia Heller, who has her own secret agenda; Alonzo Solace, a pilot; Yale, a cyborg; and Morgan, a craven government agent, and his wife, Bess. The voyagers find their planet, but their ship crash-lands on the wrong side of the globe, forcing them to attempt an arduous and dangerous trek to their ultimate destination, New Pacifica.