If you've been trying to fill that X-Files-shaped hole in your life, NBC might just have you covered with their new sci-fi series Debris. And to help you gauge whether this series is right for you, IGN can exclusively debut a lengthy clip from the first episode.
Check out the video player above or embedded below to watch the full first 12 minutes of Debris Episode 1:
Debris is created, written and co-executive produced by JH Wyman (Fringe) through Frequency Films and Legendary Television in association with Universal Television. The series is set in a world where a mysterious alien spacecraft has exploded in Earth's atmosphere, showering the world in broken shards of highly advanced technology. Naturally, every government and criminal organization in the world would like a piece of that extraterrestrial pie. That's where CIA operative Bryan Beneventi (Jonathan Tucker) and MI6 agent Finola Jones (Riann Steele) come in. This unlikely duo have been tasked with working together to safeguard the alien wreckage. But is the debris a boon to mankind or a weapon just waiting to fall into the wrong hands?
Debris also stars Norbert Leo Butz as Beneventi's CIA handler Craig Maddox, Anjali Jay as Jones' MI6 handler Priya Ferris, and Scroobius Pip as Anson Ash. The series will premiere on Monday, March 1 at 10pm ET/PT.
Let us know in the comments if you think Debris is shaping up to be the next X-Files or Fringe.
The X-Files ended its long run on Fox in 2018, with the network reviving the series for two additional seasons after it originally concluded in 2002. Here are IGN's picks for the best standalone X-Files episodes. There's no sign of an X-Files reboot yet, but there is an animated comedy spinoff in the works.
Debris may be fictional, but Earth's atmosphere being clogged with debris is a very real problem. In December we learned the European Space Agency is sending a giant claw into orbit to clean up that mess.
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