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Final Exam

Dr. John Martin (Brett Cullen), a negotiator for the Department of Energy Nuclear Response Team, is called in when a disgruntled grad student takes hostages at a university. The student, Seth Todtman (Peter Stebbings) claims to have invented a cold-fusion bomb and is threatening to detonate it, killing millions, unless the government brings him five people on a list and kills them for him. Martin's colleagues dismiss Todtman as a crank, until a sample device he provides goes off with megaton force, wiping out a DOE team and the top-secret facility where they work. Faced with an impossible choice, Martin meets with Todtman face to face and tries to understand the logic behind his rage at the people he wants killed: cruel foster parents, corrupt professors, a heartless librarian. As the clock ticks, Martin tries to reason with Todtman while the military tries to find a way to disarm the device.

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  • Originally Aired June 5, 1998
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-MA
  • Network SYFY
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Name Type Role
Carleton Eastlake Writer
Chris Nelson Norris Guest Star
Michael St. John Smith Guest Star
Brennan Elliott Guest Star
Andrew McIlroy Guest Star
Brett Cullen Guest Star
Peter Stebbings Guest Star
Garvin Cross Guest Star
Gary Hetherington Guest Star
Stellina Rusich Guest Star
Darcy Kirkpatrick Guest Star
Kevin Tighe Guest Star
Mario Azzopardi Director