The Volcano Enigma

What would happen if we got a message from space? How would we react? Scientists and sci-fi writers, with cooperation from SETI and Carl Sagan's son, Nick, unravel the impact of this world changing event, forming an intriguing hypothetical scenario

How will humans react when an alien spacecraft is on its way to Earth? Will humans learn from aliens, or become colonial subjects? Scientists and sci-fi writers, with cooperation from SETI and Carl Sagan's son, Nick, unravel the impact.

The Arrival has ended. A swarm of small spacecraft depart their huge mothership, and hover in our atmosphere. The ships open their hatches, and deposit thousands of mysterious pods on the earth’s surface. Are they a message, a gift or a weapon?

A mothership the size of Texas is hovering over Earth and we're tired of waiting. We send a rover to explore, and what we find makes us question the definition of life. On Earth, the pods multiply, making contact with them unavoidable.

In Obscura Antiques & Oddities a collector offers a mummified cat for sale. A playwright with a passion for straitjackets visits and a seller brings in musket balls, only to discover their true origin is much stranger.

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities a model turned mortician makes a bizarre request to display her newest fashion line and a shopper makes a purchase that tests Mike's gag reflex. Ersan thinks he bought fossil dinosaur feces, but the owners don't buy it.

A customer has Evan scrambling to find the perfect gift for his dentist. Mike and Evan get a show by the world's smallest escape artist. Later they trek to see a huge collection of medical oddities from around the world.

In Obscura Antiques & Oddities Ryan is on the hunt for a high-end monkey skull to satisfy a picky customer. Evan attempts to help a customer find the perfect item to prank his girlfriend, and Mike takes a big chance on an ancient medical concoction.

A client tries to sell what he believes is an Ancient Egyptian artifact. Is it real or fake? A woman brings her unique artwork made from human nails, and a seller has a medical bag that Mike can’t wait to dig through.

Mike and Ryan bet a client they can find a rare taxidermy piece: the elusive sloth. A seller brings a Victorian medical device that sparks fear in Cerd, and a pain artist wants a bloodletting kit to use on himself.

Ryan's & Mike's hunt for a vintage human skeleton lands one of them in a hearse. A seller brings in a pickled pig and Mike can't stop salivating. Evan has a shocking experience with a police officer and his Victorian machine.

Ryan tries to create an exploded skull. Evan meets a puppeteer in search of a prosthetic limb. A customer has what appears to be a body in the trunk of his car - is it a good purchase or is this deal dead in the water?

In Obscura Antiques & Oddities a very particular collector stops by the shop with a sizzling request. The Cerd attempts to purchase a 2-bodied duck but Evan has her doubts.

A seller brings a book that she thinks is bound in human skin but Mike decides to have it DNA tested to see if it's real. An intriguing buyer offers to perform a cutting edge stunt with a light bulb for a discount.

A seller stops by with what he says is an authentic shrunken human head. An orchestral black metal composer looks to the dark side for inspiration. Mike & Evan hear sweet music when performance artist Genesis offers to sell human thigh bone trumpets.

Shop regular Laura stumbles upon a mysterious tonic made with real testicles. Meanwhile Ryan is challenged to create something incredible with dead pets, and a man offers to sell an ear still connected to a skull.