科幻重口喜剧《紧要关头(Crunch Time)》的故事从四个研究生不小心打开一个可以导致世界末日的黑洞开始。一群废柴极客在学校的实验室里鲁莽地处理最尖端的人脑入侵科技，而不小心制造了一个有可能粉碎地球的黑洞，他们的所作所为引起了政府工作人员的注意。由于他们自己无法找出实验到底哪里出了问题，所以必须与政府秘密机构合作，从头梳理分析他们实验的每一个环节，找出问题所在，拯救地球。
紧要关头 (季节 1)
The Beginning 1.0
播出日期: 2016-09-11
运行时间: 30 min
概述: In a highly classified location, a gang of brilliant, misfit grad students are interrogated by government operatives. The question: How did it all begin? The answer: With a last ditch effort to win back love… by way of an extremely dangerous, untested, lucid dreaming machine.
The Brain Frame 1.0
播出日期: 2016-09-11
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Welcome to the Brain Frame - A home-brewed lucid dreaming machine, housed in a university basement lab. Dreams lead to nightmares. Nightmares lead to danger. Danger leads to a puzzling mystery that the government struggles to comprehend.
The Business 1.0
播出日期: 2016-09-18
运行时间: 30 min
概述: As government agents learn more about the heightened danger coming from the lab, the gang reveals how the Brain Frame business began. And Hannah’s idea to charge money for lucid dreaming goes awry with their first paying customer.
The Big Sleep 1.0
播出日期: 2016-09-25
运行时间: 30 min
概述: The agents develop a new lead with a missing persons case that ties directly into the Brain Frame. Meanwhile, with the pressure mounting and Larry still missing, Sam begins to crack.
The Party of the Century 1.0
播出日期: 2016-10-02
运行时间: 30 min
概述: New revelations of Larry’s location point to signs of a larger conspiracy. With time running out, the government agents threaten enhanced interrogation. Will Sam, Connor, Berkman and Hannah tell the truth about the Party of the Century and how it connects to “the rift?” Mark Moses guest stars as Sam's father, the great Montgomery Wittington.
The Moruga 1.0
播出日期: 2016-10-16
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Time’s up. Party’s over. Truth finally comes to light.
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