Ring of Fire Part 1
Series 1, Episode 1 PG
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It is a typical busy day for International Rescue, but a powerful underwater seaquake turns it into a perilous one. Gordon works to rescue a research team trapped in an undersea lab, and in doing so discovers a chain of seismic destabilizes positioned along the bottom of the ocean floor. Lady Penelope is contacted to help the Thunderbirds find the person responsible for the seaquake. Suddenly the global airwaves are hijacked, and a shadowy figure announces that he is responsible. The Thunderbirds know immediately that they are dealing with their archenemy...The Hood!
Ring of Fire Part 2
Series 1, Episode 2 PG
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The Hood’s re-emergence reminds the Tracy brothers of the terrible events that lead to their father’s demise, and they form a plan to stop him. Gordon works to find the disruptors and rescue civilians, but run into difficulties when John discovers that the devices are linked. Scott and Virgil have their hands full when one of the massive earthquakes alters a giant solar gathering satellite, but with Brain’s help they are able to save the local town from destruction. In TB3, Kayo and Alan reach the Hood’s relay satellite and reroute it to pinpoint his location. Kayo sneaks into The Hood’s lair and, in a final confrontation, the audience learns that The Hood is in fact Kayo’s uncle. She manages to permanently disable the disruptors. The Hood escapes. In the coda, Kayo gets a new ride – Thunderbird Shadow.
Space Race
Series 1, Episode 3 PG
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Alan is on “space junk” duty. Things take a turn when one of the pieces of debris turns out to be a heat-seeking SAT-MINE, which activates and locks onto Thunderbird Three’s heat signature. Alan pulls some incredible moves in order to dodge the mine, but he can only outfly it for so long before exhaustion kicks in. Meanwhile on Earth, Lady Penelope and Kayo implement a plan to sneak into a top-secret storage facility and find the mine’s deactivation code. They succeed, and the mine powers down before Thunderbird Three is destroyed.
Crosscut
Series 1, Episode 4 PG
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Thunderbird Five picks up an unusual radiation spike from a remote corner of Africa, and Scott rushes in with Thunderbird 1 to check it out. Using specialized equipment, Scott enters the mine and discovers the source to be a leak of unstable uranium. Moments later, he is attacked by a mysterious woman (Marion Van Arkel) who claims that the mine belongs to her family. During their confrontation, the mine begins to crumble. Scott and the woman are trapped inside, and must find a way out before the mine disintegrates. The two work together to stay alive, and are ultimately rescued by Virgil piloting the mole POD.
Fireflash
Series 1, Episode 5 PG
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Kayo is riding aboard Fireflash, a Brains-invented supersonic airliner, unaware that it has been hijacked by The Hood. International Rescue notices the plane has vanished from their monitors, and manage to locate it by following a residual heat signature. Meanwhile, Kayo realizes that the plane is flying in the wrong direction, and manages to avoid a powerful knock-out gas that The Hood releases upon the passengers and crew. She confronts him, and during their fight the landing gear is damaged. The Hood bails out, leaving Kayo to fly the plane with no way to land it. Luckily, Scott and Virgil show up and save the day with a daring emergency rescue using TB1 and TB2.
Unplugged
Series 1, Episode 6 PG
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An anti-technology group calling themselves The Luddites power up an Electro-Magnetic Pulse device beneath London, crippling everything that uses electricity. The results are near catastrophic as the entire city shuts down. It’s up to Virgil and Grandma Tracy to find and disable the device, and they’ll need to descend into the dark, twisting maze of tunnels beneath the city to do it. Meanwhile, Lady Penelope and Parker infiltrate the Luddite operation, and discover that The Hood is behind it all, manipulating the group to gain control of a device that gives him access to every electronic bank in the world. They manage to stop the Luddites, but The Hood gets away just as Virgil uses TB2 in a final daring rescue.
Runaway
Series 1, Episode 7 PG
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A strange malfunction leaves a Superconducting Maglev Train in Japan unable to stop or slow down. Brains comes up with a solution that involves re-configuring the power distribution, but the plan requires putting Brains on board the train. After a thrilling entrance, Scott and Brains land on the train and get to work. They soon discover that the manual controls keep getting overwritten, and determine that a rogue artificial intelligence is the cause of the problem. A tense hacker-battle ends with John giving control back to Brains, who re-configures the power and brings the train to a stop just before they reach a populated city.
EOS
Series 1, Episode 8 PG
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A series of cascading equipment failures leads John to realize that the rogue A.I. known as Eos has gained control of Thunderbird Five. The program sends false monitor images to Tracy Island to avoid suspicion from the other brothers. John finally gets through to Lady Penelope and informs her of the situation. Once the other brothers figure out what’s going on, Alan rescues John using Thunderbird Three. In the end they finally get through to Eos, and John proves that he has the A.I.’s best interest in mind. John and Eos assume co-control of the station, which now runs more effectively than ever.
Slingshot
Series 1, Episode 9 PG
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A mechanical malfunction at a near-Earth mining operation sends an asteroid careening towards the sun with crewman Ned Tedford still aboard. Alan and Kayo deploy Thunderbird 3 for the rescue mission, but a rogue solar flare knocks out their sensors. They crash-land near the mine, and must find a way to alter the asteroid’s trajectory so it slingshots around the sun instead of crashing into it. They solve the problem by detonating an explosive device that repositions the asteroid. After an intense ride around the sun, Alan and Kayo return to Earth with the rescued crewmember.
Tunnels of Time
Series 1, Episode 10 PG
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Lady Penelope, Parker, and Gordon visit an ancient temple in the Amazon desert. They are taken on a tour by the lead scientist (Professor Harold), and as a result become trapped inside the heavily booby-trapped structure. The scientist refuses to call for help, fearing his reputation and future of the project if news of an accident got out. Setting aside their differences, the IR trio uses their wits and survival skills to reach a rescue location inside the temple. With the help of Virgil and the Mole POD, they make it out alive just before the temple collapses.
Skyhook
Series 1, Episode 11 PG
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International Rescue scrambles all flight-capable craft to rescue the crew of CIR.R.U.S., a high-atmospheric weather station that handles predictive climate control. But a perfect storm is keeping them from reaching their target. Despite their best efforts, Thunderbirds 1,2, and 3 can't reach the station. Now the only hope the lead CIR.R.U.S. engineer (Langston Fischler) has is Thunderbird Five, and John will have to mount the most daring rescue he's ever attempted. He'll have mere minutes to manoeuvre TB5 to geosynchronous position and hoist up the station using the Sky Elevator and Gravity Ring. This is a highly difficult procedure that requires help from EOS. Fortunately, Brains incredible over-engineering holds up, and Thunderbird 5 saves the day.
Under Pressure
Series 1, Episode 12 PG
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Lady Penelope goes on a mission with Parker to find out where a Heavy Metal Extraction Platform at the bottom of the ocean is storing its toxic waste. Under the water, Gordon rushes in with Thunderbird 4 when a fire on board the rolling factory damages its steering capabilities. Gordon rescues platform operator Ned Tedford, and prevents the rig from spilling concentrated toxic waste into a deep sea vent. Lady Penelope discovers that the stockpiled sludge is actually a plot by The Hood, and ultimately foils his scheme with the help of Parker and FAB1.
Heavy Metal
Series 1, Episode 13 PG
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Brains and Alan attend a global physics conference at the request of Brain’s old friend Dr. Moffat, who is in charge of the Supreme Hadron Collider. Things heat up when a satellite from the sky falls straight towards them. After an exciting rescue by Virgil in Thunderbird 2, the team determines the cause to be a "gravity well" instigated by the collider. A slight alteration lands Thunderbird 5 right in the pathway of the gravity well with John trapped inside. Alan comes up with a plan to shut down the collider using Thunderbird 4, and Gordon manages to stabilize the gravity whirlpool before Thunderbird 5 and other crafts are pulled out of orbit.
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