Helix is a strange show. The show is both deadly serious and
deliciously satiric, as exemplified by the title sequence where blood drips to
the tune of elevator music. At times this unique mixture works; at others it becomes
farcical. Helix is about a virus that breaks out in a mysterious science
facility located deep in the Arctic. The virus causes humans to become violent
zombies; a group of scientists (our protagonists) are sent to control the
situation.
The show's modus
operandi is to gradually reveal layer after layer of conspiracy and
intrigue behind the virus, all while people die in variously horrible ways. The
acting is relatively poor; the characters are fairly uninteresting; the
plot-twists can be somewhat ludicrous. And yet, the show's macabre sense of
humor and wonderfully absurd plot are appealing. How many shows gleefully
display the explosion of rats in a microwave oven? Moreover, the facility isolated
in the Arctic provides a perfect stage for violence and horror. As an enjoyable
late-night diversion, Helix succeeds.
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