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In an isolated underground laboratory, the Wildfire team begins their examination of the downed satellite and the two survivors. They retrieve the satellite and rescue a hysterical 60-year-old man and a colicky baby who have survived the Andromeda outbreak. The video footage recorded by the retrieval team and their strange deaths capture the attention of General George Mancheck, the head of the group, who activates "Wildfire," a team of five scientists who are called upon when high-level bioterror threats occur in the United States. A team is sent from the Army's biological defense group to retrieve the satellite, only to die from the disease themselves. The town's inhabitants open it and release a deadly microorganism, which is later codenamed Andromeda by the U.S. ContentsĪ United States government satellite crash lands near Piedmont, Utah, and two teenagers find it and bring it back to town. The mini-series has two episodes for a total of 169 minutes. In addition to updating the setting to the early 21st century, the miniseries makes a great many plot and character changes from its source. The miniseries is a "reimagining" of the original novel rather than an adaptation.
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The Andromeda Strain is a 2008 science fiction miniseries, based on the 1969 novel of the same name written by Michael Crichton about a team of scientists who investigate a deadly disease of extraterrestrial origin. The Andromeda Strainīenjamin Bratt Eric McCormack Christa Miller Daniel Dae Kim Paul Perri Viola Davis Ricky Schroder Andre Braugher Eve Harlow For the 1971 film, see The Andromeda Strain (film).
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This article is about the 2008 miniseries.