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The deadly seismic activities that peaked with a 10.5 earthquake and devastated the West Coast in the first miniseries have altered the core structure of the earth and now threaten to jeopardize North America and the Western hemisphere, causing catastrophic events.
Filmed exclusively on HD, "10.5: Apocalypse" achieves a whole new level of visual affects and style that has not previously been achieved on network television.
In a desperate bid to save lives - and the country - President Hollister (Emmy-Award and Golden Globe winner Beau Bridges, "The Ballad of Jack and Rose") calls once again upon one of the nation's top seismologists, controversial scientist Dr. Samantha Hill (Emmy-Award winner Kim Delaney, "NYPD Blue" and "CSI: Miami") and her supervisor and former boyfriend Dr. Jordan Fisher (David Cubitt, "Medium"), to interpret the latest onslaught of quakes.
At a loss for how to interpret this continued seismic and now volcanic disruption, Hill re-discovers her seismologist father's (Frank Langella, "Superman Returns") much-discredited hypothesis from years past that if correct, predicts even greater ruin and a complete altering of the North American Continent - a Continental Divide of the land mass.
Joining them in their valiant attempt to save lives is FEMA field commander Natalie Warner (Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, "NYPD Blue"), who is eager to once again prove herself in the field after a bad decision a year ago caused the death of some men under her command. Despite the concerns of her mother Stacy (Barbara Eve Harris, "Ignition"), who is the Acting Director of the organization, Natalie is sent to co-run the field operation.
Also called into action is FEMA's untested network of volunteer rescue teams that include firefighters Brad Malloy (Dean Cain, "The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story"), a cocky and charismatic bachelor hungry to join the action and his brother Will (Oliver Hudson, "The Mountain"), who is more level-headed and torn between his obligations to his country, brother and new wife, Laura (Carly Pope, "Popular").
Offering assistance and aid on the front lines is Dr. Miguel Garcia (Carlos Bernard, "24"), a warm and intense field medic and Amy Hollister (Tamara Hope, "Shall We Dance"), a young and idealistic civilian Red Cross volunteer and daughter of the President. Rounding out the cast, Melissa Sue Anderson ("Little House on the Prairie") plays the First Lady of the United States.
