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Sanctuary: Season 1

13 episodes Premiered Oct 3, 2008 Updated Jul 27, 2026

Sanctuary is a Canadian science fiction-fantasy television series created by Damian Kindler. The show is centered around Dr. Helen Magnus and her team, who study and protect strange and terrifying creatures that secretly inhabit the world. The team is joined by forensic psychiatrist Will Zimmerman, who assists them in their mission. The series explores the darker aspects of human nature and the creatures that exist i

Season overview

Sanctuary is a Canadian science fiction-fantasy television series created by Damian Kindler. The show is centered around Dr. Helen Magnus and her team, who study and protect strange and terrifying creatures that secretly inhabit the world. The team is joined by forensic psychiatrist Will Zimmerman, who assists them in their mission. The series explores the darker aspects of human nature and the creatures that exist in the shadows.

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Sanctuary for All (1)

Oct 3, 2008 · 45 min

The enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus recruits insightful forensic psychiatrist Will Zimmerman to join her in the quest to track, study and protect the strange and often terrifying creatu

S1·E2 Core

Sanctuary for All (2)

Oct 3, 2008 · 45 min

As Will attempts to help Alexi cope with his abnormality, Helen gets a visitor from her past.

S1·E3 Core

Fata Morgana

Oct 10, 2008 · 45 min

Dr. Helen Magnus, her daughter Ashley, and new to the Sanctuary, Dr. Will Zimmerman release three women from a mysterious crypt in Scotland, bringing them back to the Sanctuary for

S1·E4 Core

Folding Man

Oct 17, 2008 · 45 min

An investigation into a string of bizarre robberies leads Magnus and Will to a crime ring of thieves who seem to be able to slip between the cracks of the law… literally.

S1·E5 Core

Kush

Oct 24, 2008 · 45 min

After capturing a particularly elusive abnormal the plane carrying Dr. Magnus and Will crashes while transporting the creature. Dr. Magnus and Will soon discover why this abnormal

S1·E6 Core

Nubbins

Nov 7, 2008 · 45 min

When a mating pair of cute, furry and seemingly harmless abnormals is brought in for scientific study, the Sanctuary team begins to exhibit some hidden animal attractions for one a

S1·E7 Core

The Five

Nov 14, 2008 · 45 min

While leading a covert meeting in Rome, Magnus encounters an old friend from her past who confides that the cabal has come to exact revenge on her for the events in "Fata Morgana."

S1·E8 Core

Edward

Nov 21, 2008 · 45 min

A young artist with an uncanny ability to draw remarkably detailed pictures from memory may be the key to solving a case surrounding the suspicious death of his abusive father.

S1·E9 Core

Requiem

Dec 5, 2008 · 45 min

Magnus and Will investigate a distressing call for help deep below the Bermuda Triangle resulting in a deadly battle to save Magnus’s life.

S1·E10 Core

Warriors

Dec 12, 2008 · 45 min

Investigating the disappearance of an old college friend, Will finds himself caught in an underground fight club where the combatants are genetically engineered abnormals who fight

S1·E11 Core

Instinct

Dec 19, 2008 · 45 min

Magnus and the Sanctuary team attempt to capture a rare and deadly creature - all under the watchful eye of a local news crew.

S1·E12 Mytharc

Revelations (1)

Jan 2, 2009 · 45 min

Abnormals in remote regions are subjected to an airborne biological agent that compels them to launch a violent string of murders

S1·E13 Mytharc

Revelations (2)

Jan 9, 2009 · 45 min

The Five, led by Magnus, attempt to find the secret labyrinth in the decimated city of Bhalasaam. Once located, they must complete a series of cryptic tests that can only be achiev

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