Helix Review: "Pilot"/"Vector" (Episodes 1.01/1.02)

Look, if the theme song to Helix is going to be some upbeat Burt Bacharach-style elevator jam, then obviously the team behind Syfy's new horror-thriller Helix aren't taking the show entirely too seriously and recognize their show can also be fun. The

Helix | Friday, Syfy, 10 ET/PT. Fans of sci-fi horror, and of Billy Campbell, should enjoy Helix, a mash-up of The Thing and The Andromeda Strain that sends a team of CDC scientists led by Campbell's Dr. Farragut to a remote Arctic research facility

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There's something about Helix that I immediately like. I don't know if I can precisely locate it—certainly, the more times I rewatch this episode, the more I can find things to criticize. But it has a feel that makes me want to keep watching. Helix

"Helix," which begins Friday on Syfy, arrives under the flag of executive producer Ronald D. Moore, the re-creator of "Battlestar Galactica." It's a step back for the network toward Moore's dark and deep drama from the semi-comical fantasies, C-movies