| Forbidden Science | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adult sci-fi series |
| Created by | Doug Brode |
| Starring | Vanessa Broze Joanne Alderson Levi Freeman Colin Sommers Noelle DuBois Austin Ball |
| Composer(s) | Brent Barkman Russ Mackay |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John Quinn |
| Camera setup | Film; Single-camera |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Dangerous Tomorrows |
| Distributor | American Cinema Group |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Cinemax |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Original run | January 9, 2009 – present |
Forbidden Science is a Cinemax "After Dark" series that premiered on January 9, 2009, it is about a world in which people fulfill erotic desires with androids. It is a combination of film noir and sexploitation. Forbidden Science was a 13-episode series which follows the lives of the "4Ever Innovations" staff.
Contents |
| Title | Episode # |
|---|---|
| "4Ever" | 1 |
| Two women have to start their lives over; one after a devastating divorce, the other after having been murdered. | |
| "Adversaries (part 1)" | 2 |
| When 4Ever announces a new cloned-organ lab, someone sets a bomb in the building. Bethany and Julia both try to put the past behind them and begin a new life at 4Ever. | |
| "Adversaries (part 2)" | 3 |
| After Colin is nearly killed in an explosion, he and the 4Ever team set out to discover who’s responsible for the bombing. | |
| "Weekend" | 4 |
| It’s the weekend, but no one seems to be going home. Penny tries to create the perfect lover, while Bethany uncovers a secret project: Level 6. | |
| "Hotzone" | 5 |
| When an employee of 4Ever is found dead, Philip uses the experimental Gold Chip to relive the last few hours of their life. | |
| "Property (part 1)" | 6 |
| Julia falls in love with an android who is about to be destroyed by her company, and she makes a fateful decision that will put her at odds with her friends. | |
| "Property (part 2)" | 7 |
| Julia is on the run with an android she stole from 4Ever. Now, both her friends and the company’s competitors are hunting for them. | |
| "Lonely" | 8 |
| When Laura begins an online virtual-affair, she uncovers secrets about who really created 4Ever Innovations. | |
| "Tarot" | 9 |
| When Bethany is kidnapped by a group of Bio-Terrorists, Colin is forced to ask Julia for help. Julia must use a highly experimental, and dangerous procedure to enter the mind of a dying scientist. | |
| "Virus" | 10 |
| Penny Power to the rescue! When the 4Ever building is taken over by a thinking computer virus, Dr. Penny Serling suits up to save the day. | |
| "Erase" | 11 |
| Julia, a clone of a dead woman, discovers a way to erase all of her programmed memories, and to finally be able to live her own life...but at what cost? | |
| "Secrets" | 12 |
| The answers start here. When the Gold Chip is successfully completed, Colin tries to find a way out of his deal with Adrian, and the Level 6 project. | |
| "Home" | 13 |
| Discover the truth. Live 4Ever. Colin’s missing, and Bethany uncovers the secret of Level 6. (Season finale). | |
Cinemax has also aired the various episodes of the show in compilation format, titled as follows:
| Title | Episode #s |
|---|---|
| "Forbidden Science: Endless Possibilities" | 1/2/3/4 |
| "Forbidden Science 2: Seductive Property" | 5/6/7 |
| "Forbidden Science 3: Synthetic Dreams" | 8/9/10 |
| "Forbidden Science 4: Dark Secrets" | 11/12/13 |
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