Join Morgan Freeman as he walks us through the deepest mysteries of our existence. With a dynamic cast of experts and a new generation of CGI, Through the Wormhole looks under the celestial hood to reveal the questions which have puzzled mankind since the beginning of time. Airing on Discovery Science, This third season is a must-own for enthusiasts of all ages 10 to adult.

3 Disc Set – 10 episodes, over 7 hours of content.

Episode List

• “Will We Survive First Contact?” – Mankind longs for proof that we are not alone in the universe, but the moment of first contact will certainly mean the end of the world as we know it. Whether that is a bad thing for humanity or the start of a great future is uncertain.
• “Is There a Superior Race?” – Are the races different on the inside as well as the outside? Is there even such a thing as race at all? Could advances in technology soon create a superior race of post-humans? Given the incendiary history of the topic of racial superiority, this is a hard question to ask. The answer may tell us where humanity is headed, what our descendants will look like and how they will think.
• “Is The Universe Alive?” – As scientists peer across the galaxy, a new revelation emerges: The universe is shockingly organic. Are the secrets to the life and death of the universe hidden not in physics, but biology? Could it be that the universe is alive?
• “What Makes Us Who We Are?” – What is it that makes you, you? Is it the things we know, the people and places we've experienced? Or is there something deeper, less tangible that captures our essence? Scientists are searching for the core of who we are-some would call it the soul, others, our personal identity. To do so, they are probing the last great frontier of human understanding: the brain. How do we become who we are?
• “What is Nothing?” – Is empty space really empty? Or is it filled with hidden forces? Scientists now regard understanding the true nature of empty space as the deepest and most baffling mystery they face: one that will explain where the universe came from, whether it is fated to expand into oblivion or whether it will undergo another dramatic transformation that could destroy everything we know.
• “Can We Resurrect The Dead?” – The cycle of life carries us all from birth to death. What if we could change all of that? With cloning and genetic engineering, we can bring back extinct animals. But could we also bring back dead humans? Is it possible to keep our brains alive after our bodies have died? Could we rise from the dead in some strange new form? Can we – should we – resurrect the dead?
• “Can We Eliminate Evil?” – What drives some to torture and kill without remorse? Why do seemingly normal people commit acts of cruelty and violence? From where does evil come? Today, researchers are uncovering the hidden forces that inflame our inner demons … looking for ways to isolate and neutralize the source of evil in the brain. Is it really possible to change human nature?
• “Mysteries of the Subconscious” – Are there secret powers locked away inside your mind, waiting to be unleashed? Is it possible that the subconscious mind knows more than you ever will, and that your conscious mind is holding you back? Do thoughts control actions, or the other way around? New research shows that breaking down the walls of the subconscious may make people healthier and more creative. There are also dangers lurking in the dark recesses of the mind.
• “Will Eternity End?” – Many religious traditions have predicted that our world will come to an apocalyptic end. Scientists agree that Earth can't last forever, but disagree on whether the universe and time itself can ever disappear. Some may hope for eternity, but the possibility of never-ending time has mind-bending implications for the present.
• “Did We Invent God?” – Our belief in a God above explains all we can't understand. Where do religious beliefs come from? Some experts believe God may exist only in our brain, that we are wired to worship the supernatural and that faith in a higher power gives us an evolutionary advantage. Is it possible that God is really just a neurological accident? And does that make Him any less real? Did God invent humanity, or did humanity invent God?

Awards for the Through the Wormhole series

• Primetime Emmy Awards 2013 – Nominated for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
• News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2012 – Nominated for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming

Through the Wormhole Season 3 Review

"..Of all the shows that bring this once esoteric knowledge to the public one of the best and most innovative is ‘Through the Wormhole’ hosted by actor and master narrator, Morgan Freedman. The series is extremely well constructed and eminently enlightening but the most intriguing aspect of its presentation is the introduction of each episode and method for tying the topics covered together. At the start of each episode the rich tones of Mr. Morgan’s distin­ctive voice relates a story about his boyhood in Mississippi. He talks about a common relatable event or circumstances making it into the lead in for something in the rarified sphere of science. The series does not restrict itself to a single scholarly discipline; it runs the gamut touching upon not only the leading concepts of how we under the universe but also on the enigmatic, elusive questions that mankind has pondered from the beginning…

"The first two seasons of ‘Wormhole’ focused more on tangible line such as ‘How the Universe Works ‘or ‘Are there more than three dimensions? ‘In this third season the themes have matured quite a bit. This season the topics represent classic Gedankenexperiment, a hypothesis for a thought experiment. Each episode is titled with the theme defining question but at the conclusion of the hour you might just find you have deeper queries in your mind that before the opening credits. This has always been the hallmark of a great teacher, leaving the students with some answers but a thirst to know more. In this sense ‘Wormhole’ provides a greater direction of its content; to expand the audience’s ap­preciation for the universe range from the infinite to the infinitesimal.

Questions that scientists, theologians and philosophers have mulled over for millennium are brought to light here. ‘Can we resurrect the dead’ is an example of something that all facets of human inquiry have tackled is the basis for an episode that will change how you define your core beliefs. Other questions are precisely the kind an inquisitive child might ask where an adult would barely think about. My favorite in this vein is a simple question with amazingly complicated lines of thought present in the investigation; ‘What is nothing’. An adult might just take this at its most simplistic face value; the utter absence of anything. As the episode demonstrates the intersection of cosmology and quantum physics are leading to an understanding that what we once believed to be a void, whether between electrons or the vastness of interstellar space is quite a complicated region. Some issues of moral quagmires including ‘Can we eliminate evil’, or ‘Will eternity end?’ In all this series is unlike anything you are likely to encounter anywhere on your cable line-up." hometheaterinfo.com