NOVA: Season 28
Season 28 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of NOVA Season 27.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 28 Progress Shield
Lincoln's Secret Weapon
Oct 24, 2000 · 55 min
The film chronicles an expedition to study and retrieve parts of the USS Monitor, the famous Civil War ironclad, which sank off North Carolina only months after its famous battle w
Holocaust on Trial
Oct 31, 2000 · 55 min
The film uses a celebrated recent trial as a springboard to examine and successfully challenge the notion of Holocaust denial
Hitler's Lost Sub
Nov 14, 2000 · 55 min
The film follows a six-year odyssey by a group of divers to identify a mysterious U-boat they discovered in 1991 off the coast of New Jersey
Runaway Universe
Nov 21, 2000 · 55 min
The program follows the efforts of two rival teams of astronomers as they search for exploding stars, map out gigantic cosmic patterns of galaxies, and grapple with the ultimate qu
Garden of Eden
Nov 28, 2000 · 55 min
The film takes a look at the extraordinary natural history of the Seychelles, an ancient archipelago of about 100 islands scattered between India and Madagascar.
Dying to Be Thin
Dec 12, 2000 · 55 min
The film examines a disturbing increase in the prevalence of debilitating and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders, particularly anorexia and bulimia.
Japan's Secret Garden
Dec 18, 2000 · 55 min
The program chronicles a year in the life of wildlife and people around Lake Biwa, Japan, a cycle that has continued unchanged for thousands of years.
Sultan's Lost Treasure
Jan 16, 2001 · 55 min
The program follows a French-led expedition to recover thousands of porcelain and other artifacts from a centuries-old Chinese shipwreck off the coast of Brunei.
Vanished!
Jan 30, 2001 · 55 min
The program investigates the mysterious disappearance -- and, half a century later, reappearance -- of Stardust, a civilian aircraft that crashed in the Andes in 1947.
Nazi Prison Escape
Feb 6, 2001 · 55 min
The program documents a series of spectacular escape attempts made at Colditz Castle, the Nazi's most impregnable prison.
Lost King of the Maya
Feb 13, 2001 · 55 min
The film follows the work of archeologists who are using new excavations and hieroglyphic translations to interpret the early history of Copán, a Classic Maya site in northern Hond
The Cancer Warrior
Feb 27, 2001 · 55 min
For decades Dr. Judah Folkman struggled against the grain of many in the cancer research community in his quest to pioneer a novel form of cancer treatment. In 1960, when he was a
Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor (1)
Mar 27, 2001 · 55 min
In "Tattooed Doctor," the first hour of NOVA's "Survivor M.D." series, emergency-room physician Dr. Tom Tarter eloquently describes some of the challenges and rewards of emergency
Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions (2)
Apr 3, 2001 · 55 min
In 1987 NOVA embarked with seven brilliant, natural-born survivors on the longest-running boot camp in higher education: the nearly decade-long process of training to be a fully qu
Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds (3)
Apr 10, 2001 · 55 min
In 1987 NOVA embarked with seven brilliant, natural-born survivors on the longest-running boot camp in higher education: the nearly decade-long process of training to be a fully qu
Cracking the Code of Life
Apr 17, 2001 · 55 min
This two-hour special, hosted by ABC "Nightline" correspondent Robert Krulwich, chronicles the race to capture one of the biggest prizes in scientific history: the complete letter-
Harvest of Fear
Apr 24, 2001 · 55 min
A gene from a jellyfish is placed in a potato plant, making it light up whenever it needs watering. Rice plants are genetically transformed to produce vitamin A, preventing million