The Event
Episodes

The Event

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No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)

1	"I Haven't Told You Everything"	Jeffrey Reiner	Nick Wauters	September 20, 2010 (NBC)	10.88

Sean Walker (Jason Ritter) unwittingly becomes involved in a mysterious conspiracy after his girlfriend Leila (Sarah Roemer) is abducted while they are on a cruise ship.

2	"To Keep Us Safe"	Jeffrey Reiner	Evan Katz & Nick Wauters	September 27, 2010 (NBC)	9.06

The plane flies out of the vortex and crashes into a desert in Arizona. As a fleet of helicopters approaches the area, Michael urges Sean to run.

3	"Protect Them from the Truth"	Jeffrey Reiner	David H. Goodman & James Wong	October 4, 2010 (NBC)	7.56

Sean is taken into custody by FBI agents Hobbs and Collier in Yuma, while trying to convince them his story about Leila's abduction and of the plane flying into a vortex is true.

4	"A Matter of Life and Death"	John Badham	David Schulner & Lisa Zwerling	October 11, 2010 (NBC)	6.50

Sean and Agent Collier escape from a shootout at the Yuma office. Their search for Leila leads them to Texas, where they find Vicky Roberts' mother but not Leila.

5	"Casualties of War"	Milan Cheylov	Dan Dworkin & Jay Beattie	October 18, 2010 (NBC)	6.42

Thomas contacts President Martinez again to offer an ultimatum. Thomas will provide an antidote for the passengers of Avias 514, who are slowly dying from a mysterious illness.

6	"Loyalty"	Jonas Pate	Leyani Diaz & Vanessa Rojas	October 25, 2010 (NBC)	5.97

Lee's cover within the Government is blown as he helps Sophia escape. Meanwhile, Sean tries to explain the plane and conspiracy to Leila, who learns that her mother is dead and her little sister is still missing.

7	"I Know Who You Are"	Milan Cheylov	Evan Katz & Lisa Zwerling	November 8, 2010 (NBC)	5.54

Thomas reveals himself as Sophia's son as he apologizes for failing to do what Sophia had wanted. Sterling begins to question whether Lee is trustworthy when Agent Murphy claims that Lee is working with Sophia and Thomas.

8	"For the Good of Our Country"	Jeffrey Reiner	David H. Goodman & James Wong	November 15, 2010 (NBC)	5.64

Martinez interrogates Michael as he reveals the people who wanted him to do the assassination attempt were going to call it off, but a call from someone told them to go through with it.

9	"Your World to Take"	Michelle MacLaren	Dan Dworkin & Jay Beattie	November 22, 2010 (NBC)	5.19

Sophia and Thomas move ahead with their plans getting all of their people back to their home planet, they are all assembled at a hotel meeting room.

10	"Everything Will Change"	Norberto Barba	David Schulner & Nick Wauters	November 29, 2010 (NBC)	5.83

Sean and Leila find the hospital that Samantha and the other girls were held captive, but everyone seems to have left.

11	"And Then There Were More"	Jeffrey Reiner	Teleplay by: David H. Goodman Story by: Leyani Diaz & Vanessa Rojas	March 6, 2011 (Citytv) March 7, 2011 (NBC)	5.23

Thomas and an assault team of aliens set up a portal and plan to attack Inostranka to free the detainees. Meanwhile, a late Alaskan senator's wife (Virginia Madsen) succeeds her husband's Senate seat, and accidentally finds a classified file about Inostranka.

12	"Inostranka"	Jeffrey Reiner	Teleplay by: Dan Dworkin & Jay Beattie Story by: David Schulner	March 6, 2011 (Citytv) March 7, 2011 (NBC)	5.23

At Inostranka, Sterling interrogates Maya, who insists that her people never intended to interfere with Earth's civilization. Sterling is not convinced by her argument and presses the interrogation.

13	"Turnabout"	Michael Waxman	James Wong	March 14, 2011 (NBC)	4.26

President Martinez gets tougher with dealing with the cleanup of Thomas's breakout of the 51 Inostranka detainees. Michael drops Lelia and Samantha off with a fellow alien family before he goes off to help Sophia stop Thomas.

14	"A Message Back"	Norberto Barba	David H. Goodman & Nick Wauters	March 21, 2011 (NBC)	4.11

Vicky tells Sean about Dempsey, a powerful billionaire who has now mysteriously disappeared and is the one behind the whole conspiracy.

15	"Face Off"	Janusz Kamiński	David Schulner & Lisa Zwerling	March 28, 2011 (NBC)	4.53

Vicky and Sean escape the Secret Service and fly to France to try and catch Dempsey. In France, Dempsey has been funding a very expensive archaeology project.

16	"You Bury Other Things Too"	Michael Waxman	Dan Dworkin & Jay Beattie	April 4, 2011 (NBC)	4.14

Sophia, Michael, Leila, and the other remaining sleeper aliens on their bus are transported to the same gated community Thomas once hid with his group.

17	"Cut Off the Head"	Norberto Barba	Evan Katz & James Wong	April 18, 2011 (NBC)	3.85

Sophia sends some of her people to other parts of the globe to locate pieces of a weapon she would need in her plans.

18	"Strain"	Michael Watkins	Dan Dworkin & Jay Beattie	April 25, 2011 (NBC)	4.62

Vice President Jarvis proceeds with Sophia's plan to make him President. Jarvis replaces President Martinez's sweetener with poison.

19	"Us or Them"	Milan Cheylov	David H. Goodman	May 2, 2011 (NBC)	4.14

Vice President Jarvis has just been sworn in as acting president as Martinez lapses into a coma and his condition worsens.

20	"One Will Live, One Will Die"	Alex Zakrzewski	David Schulner	May 9, 2011 (NBC)	3.85

Sean and Vicky are able to prevent the sleepers from releasing the virus into the air circulation system of a mall.

21	"The Beginning of the End"	Jonas Pate	Teleplay by: Nick Wauters Story by: Leyani Diaz & Vanessa Rojas	May 16, 2011 (NBC)	4.07

Sean and Vicky follow the address on the identification of the sleeper they had killed. It ultimately leads them to a warehouse, where they come across both Sterling and Lee.

22	"Arrival"	James Wong	Evan Katz	May 23, 2011 (NBC)	4.89

Sean tells a weakened Leila that Sterling has called someone at the CDC who will be able to help her recover.

Sentence(s)

The Event series had since gone as low as 3.85 million viewers, first on April 18 and again on May 9.

final_sentence: The Event series had since gone as low as 3.85 million viewers, first on April 18 and again on May 9.