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The Vaccine

  • Episode aired Apr 3, 1998
  • TV-PG
  • 45m
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7.3/10
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Michael Buie in The Vaccine (1998)
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After a doomsday cult releases a genetically engineered virus, a nurse named Marie must decide which patients under quarantine get a vaccine that may cure the plague.After a doomsday cult releases a genetically engineered virus, a nurse named Marie must decide which patients under quarantine get a vaccine that may cure the plague.After a doomsday cult releases a genetically engineered virus, a nurse named Marie must decide which patients under quarantine get a vaccine that may cure the plague.

  • Director
    • Neill Fearnley
  • Writers
    • Brad Wright
    • Victoria James
    • Leslie Stevens
  • Stars
    • Maria Conchita Alonso
    • Lane Gates
    • Brent David Fraser
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    305
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Neill Fearnley
    • Writers
      • Brad Wright
      • Victoria James
      • Leslie Stevens
    • Stars
      • Maria Conchita Alonso
      • Lane Gates
      • Brent David Fraser
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    Maria Conchita Alonso
    Maria Conchita Alonso
    • Marie Alexander
    Lane Gates
    • Harry Andrews
    Brent David Fraser
    Brent David Fraser
    • Graham
    Biski Gugushe
    Biski Gugushe
    • James
    Eric Keenleyside
    Eric Keenleyside
    • Major Ford
    Jay Brazeau
    Jay Brazeau
    • Bernard Katz
    Megan Leitch
    Megan Leitch
    • Barb
    Joy Coghill
    Joy Coghill
    • Jean
    Jason Gaffney
    Jason Gaffney
    • Kirk
    Laurie Murdoch
    Laurie Murdoch
    • Lawrence
    Michael Buie
    Michael Buie
    • Private John Stanhope
    Joanna Piros
    • News Anchor
    Claire Riley
    • Dr. Egan
    Kevin Conway
    Kevin Conway
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    Benjamin B. Smith
    Benjamin B. Smith
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      • Neill Fearnley
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      • Brad Wright
      • Victoria James
      • Leslie Stevens
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    8Hitchcoc

    What a Horrible Responsibility!

    A group of doctors and patients are holed up in a hospital, while the world around them has fallen prey to a terrorist group that has launched a plague. They have an air filtration system that will run as long as a diesel generator continues to work. A young female doctor has taken on the role of the caregiver and overseer for the group. Several are harsh and resentful of her. They don't like her bossing them around, even though their survival has depended on it. One day, a soldier arrives with a package with a vaccine. It is enough for three people. She now carries the weight of that decision on her shoulders. At some point, she faints from exhaustion, and the evil characters find out what she knows. They have resented her care for an old cancer patient and a little orphaned boy. See how this all plays out. Once again, the conclusion is pretty simplistic, but the story itself holds us in its grasp.

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      Laurie Murdoch (Lawrence) later played Quisling in Patient Zero (2001), another episode involving a plague which wiped out billions of people worldwide.
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      Control Voice: Along with futures we dare not imagine, there come choices we dare not make.

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    • Release date
      • April 3, 1998 (United States)
    • Production company
      • Atlantis Films
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      • 45m
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