20 YEARS AGO, HELIO-ANTHROPOLIGIST GEORGE PORTER STUMBLED UPON AN ANCIENT MAYAN TEXT IN SOME NEWLY DISCOVERED RUINS. AFTER YEARS OF EXHAUSTING RESEARCH, HE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE ANCIENT TEXT PREDICTED A SUPER-MASSIVE SOLAR FLARE THAT COULD BE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE LARGER THAN ANYTHING TO HIT…
With the ranch 100% ready, his children as prepared as he could make them, George begins his most difficult endeavor to date: Waiting for what he and he alone knows is coming.
George embarks on a plan to let the people of Twin Pines know that if something bad happens, their children could be safe at his ranch.
With preparations at the ranch almost complete, George and Ernie contemplate the next steps.
George is thrown for a loop by a simple question asked by Jake's best friend, Peter.
Grant Turk, a convicted rapist, gets out of prison and makes his way towards Twin Pines.
Izzy shows herself to be a freak of nature when it comes to military tactics and strategies--much to the chagrin of her family.
George reflects on how his transformation of the ranch came together rather easily.
An infamous Civil War fort serves as the inspiration for George's preparations at the ranch.
On his first day in public school, Jake tries to maintain a low profile, but his plan is derailed by the school bully.
While showing Jake some of the preparations that their father was making to secure the ranch for the coming apocalypse, Izzy poses a question that rocks Jake's world: What if he's right?"
Jake spends his first day at a public school taking standardized tests. The results are surprising to everyone.
George has always home-schooled Jake and Izzy. But when he reaches a conclusion about Jake, he must rethink things--it doesn't help that 15-year-old Jake is making things difficult.
On a hunt with her father and her brother, Izzy surprises everyone by bagging an elk. Her first kill.
Stanley Parker endures a horriffic tragedy which leads him to the small California town of Twin Pines, where he eventually becomes Sheriff.
Young George Porter approaches his mentor about a new academic discipline - Helio-Anthropology.
Izzy Porter makes a difficult decision and carries out a grisly plan.