[s1e1] Trees Made Of Glass: Part — 1

(Peter Dinklage): An expert in languages and mathematics.

The episode begins with a U.S. Navy cargo freighter, the Big Horn , encountering a mysterious extraterrestrial craft in the Atlantic Ocean. The encounter results in the deaths or disappearances of most of the crew, with survivors exhibiting violent behavior or physical mutations.

Government contingency analyst (Carla Gugino) is activated to lead a top-secret threat-analysis team known as "Red Team". She recruits a group of eccentric experts to investigate the signal emitted by the craft, which appears to be altering human DNA into a "trihelical" structure: Nigel Fenway (Brent Spiner): A cynical NASA microbiologist. Lucas Pegg (Rob Benedict): A brilliant physicist.

(Brian Van Holt): A skilled covert operative. "Threshold" Trees Made of Glass: Part 1 (TV Episode 2005)

is the first half of the pilot episode for the 2005 science fiction series Threshold . Directed by David S. Goyer and written by series creator Bragi F. Schut, the episode establishes a high-stakes investigation into humanity's first contact with an alien presence. Plot Summary