Season 1

1. Limbic Resonance

A woman named Angelica "births" the psychic connection of eight people around the world, before killing herself to avoid capture by a man who has been hunting her. The eight experience the beginnings of their psychic connection, by hearing and seeing what the others do. Riley meets a powerful dealer named Nyx, becoming entangled in London's drug world. Sun faces sexism in her father's company. Capheus' matatu business is failing. Lito turns down the sexual advances of a female co-star of his, telling her he loves someone else. Nomi spends time with her girlfriend Amanita, recalling she fell in love with her when Amanita defended her against transgender discrimination.

Kala prays to Ganesha for guidance on marrying Rajan, a man she does not love. Will brings a young gangster who has been shot to the hospital. Wolfgang and his best friend Felix steal diamonds that Wolfgang's gangster cousin, Steiner, had been planning to steal. In Chicago, Will decides to investigate the church in which Angelica killed herself; Riley appears there too, through her and Will's connection. Back in London, Riley's boyfriend attempts to rob Nyx, and the ensuing fight ends with Riley the only survivor in the room.

2. I Am Also a We

While at the San Francisco Pride with Amanita, Nomi spots Jonas, Angelica's lover, and faints. She awakens in the hospital with her sister and transphobic mother. Dr. Metzger claims that Nomi needs a brain operation and keeps her in the hospital against her will. Jonas visits Nomi telepathically and warns her that the operation will lobotomize her. Will and his partner Diego discover a gap in the CCTV footage while investigating Angelica's suicide. The Department of Homeland Security briefs Will's precinct that Jonas is wanted for murder; Will believes this is linked to a girl from his past named Sara Patrell.

A fellow movie star, Daniela, learns the truth about Lito: he is gay and lives with his boyfriend Hernando. She is happy about the situation and excited to help them as Lito's beard. Kala's parents meet their future in-laws. Wolfgang and Kala begin to see visions of each other. Riley goes on the run when she discovers her purse holds Nyx's money and drugs. Jonas comes to Will in person, telling him that Will is a "sensate" and that Nomi needs his help, just like Sara once did. Will tells Jonas he has to turn him in and crashes into his car.

3. Smart Money's on the Skinny Bitch

Will wakes up from the crash and learns Homeland has captured Jonas. Riley throws the drugs away and gives the money to a piano-playing busker. She takes refuge with Shugs, an old acquaintance of hers, and his girlfriend Bambie. Sun becomes increasingly frustrated by financial problems at her corporation and her inability to reach her father, the CEO. She moonlights as an underground kickboxer, unbeknownst to everyone but her trainer. Will opens Sara's case file and recalls that when she disappeared at the age of 10, he had visions of her.

In them, Sara was being lobotomized by a mysterious man and was asking Will to help her. Amanita lights a fire in Nomi's hospital, delaying her operation. Daniela reveals to Lito that she is hiding from her gangster ex-boyfriend, Joaquin, having cheated on him. Joaquin shows up at Lito's work and intimidates him. Capheus and his partner, Jela, buy AIDS medicine for Capheus' mother, but their matatu is attacked and robbed by bandits. Capheus channels Sun's fighting skills and Will's marksmanship to defeat the bandits.

4. What's Going On?

Silas Kabaka, a high-ranking gangster, offers Capheus quality AIDS medicine in exchange for protecting a bag. Kala encounters religious conservatives at the temple, who are praying for the death of Rajan's father, a prominent atheist politician. Sun confronts her father and brother, Joong-Ki, about Joong-Ki embezzling money. She volunteers to take the blame in order to save the company, as her mother's dying wish was to take care of Joong-Ki. Wolfgang and Felix manage to sell some of the diamonds. Will encounters Jonas in a vision; Jonas explains that the phenomenon is called "visiting", which is something all sensates can do once they have made eye contact, although members of a cluster can do it instinctively.

He further explains that sensates can "share" each other's knowledge, language and skills, but only within their cluster. Jonas says Will's cluster has eight members and that he needs to save Nomi. Nomi shares Will's skills, and with the help of Amanita, escapes the hospital. Riley listens to " What's Up? ", as Wolfgang sings it karaoke. All eight independently sing along to the song, though Kala and Wolfgang share their first visit starting mid-song – sharing an intimate moment.

5. Art is Like Religion

The first visit between Lito and Sun takes place. Wolfgang is questioned about the diamond heist by his uncle, who makes veiled threats. The first visit between Capheus and Riley takes place, interrupted when Capheus is attacked by bandits, grabbing the package he is delivering for Kabaka. Capheus manages to recover the bag and deliver it to Kabaka, who repays him with more medicine, and reveals that it was only a test. Kala is preparing for the wedding and briefly visits with Wolfgang. Nomi tells Amanita about the visions she has been experiencing.

Will discovers that a boy named Clete witnessed what happened inside the church. A local gang protects Clete before Will and Diego can question him. Lito shoots many scenes for his movie, including an action scene while sharing with Will. The first visit between Capheus and Sun occurs, and they converse about their troubles. Sun gives her dog to her trainer as she turns herself in. Nomi and Amanita find their apartment raided. While naked at a spa, Wolfgang visits Kala during her wedding and asks why she is marrying a man she does not love. Kala faints.

6. Demons

Will and Riley visit each other and use their phones to prove to themselves their connection is real. Sun confesses to embezzlement to the press and police detain her; she is denied bail. Nyx, having survived, tracks down Riley and nearly kills her while questioning her about his drugs and money. Riley channels Will's self-defense skills and escapes. Nomi and Amanita move in with Amanita's mother and tell her about Nomi's experiences. Kala wakes up and visits with Wolfgang, trying to resist her growing attraction to him. Rajan tells her that he still wants to marry her.

Kabaka gives Capheus the job of driver and bodyguard to his daughter Amondi, who suffers from leukemia. Will, Lito, Nomi, and Wolfgang share a sexual encounter while visiting. Daniela secretly photographs Lito and Hernando having sex. The first visit between Riley and Sun occurs, with Riley sharing that a voice came to her as a child, which told her she was hexed and that bad things would happen if she stayed in Iceland. When her mother died, Riley believed it was her fault. Sun encourages her to return to Iceland.

7. WWN Double-D?

Nomi acquires hacking tools from Bug, a fellow hacker, to investigate Metzger. Sun is transferred to prison and makes friends and enemies. Riley travels to Iceland to visit her father, Gunnar. Joaquin breaks into Lito's apartment and intimidates Lito and Daniela. He steals Daniela's phone and blackmails her and Lito with the photos she took. Will uncovers the face of the man who hunted Angelica. Nomi visits Nyles Bolger, the only surviving patient of Metzger's, in a nursing home; she finds he has been lobotomized and is virtually catatonic. Kala visits Ganesha's temple to look for answers, but finds herself visiting with Wolfgang again.

Nomi clones Metzger's phone and calls the most recent contact, a Dr. Matheson, who seems to know her. Kabaka shows Capheus he will not show mercy to traitors. Steiner shoots and badly wounds Felix. Nomi and Amanita break into Metzger's apartment. Metzger finds them, and panics when he learns that Nomi has spoken to Matheson. Jonas warns Nomi that someone named "Whispers" is coming. Nyles arrives, murders Metzger, and then kills himself. In a mirror, instead of Nyles, Nomi sees the reflection of the man that hunted Angelica; Whispers.

8. We Will All Be Judged by the Courage of Our Hearts

Kala visits Wolfgang while he is in the hospital at Felix's bedside. Wolfgang recounts how the two met as kids in detention, and of life with his abusive alcoholic father. Daniela promises to marry Joaquin, despite his abuse, to protect Lito. Hernando breaks up with Lito for letting her do so. Sun defeats a gang of prison-yard bullies and is placed in solitary confinement. The bandits tell Capheus they will kill his mother unless he brings Amondi to them. Riley visits with Will, and she tells him of growing up in Iceland, of her famous pianist father, and her deceased mother, before sharing a kiss.

Will finds surveillance footage of Bolger leaving the nursing home with a gun. Will visits Nomi to the bemusement of Amanita. They discover the company behind Metzger and the Angelica and Nyles incidents is the "Biologic Preservation Organization" (BPO). Whispers arrives with police to take Nomi into custody. She escapes with the help of joint visits from Will, Sun, and Capheus. Will is suspended from his job for ignoring orders. Rajan's father meets with Kala at the temple to tell her to cancel the wedding; they are ambushed by religious fundamentalists who stab him repeatedly.

9. Death Doesn't Let You Say Goodbye

Riley discovers the voice from her childhood belongs to Yrsa, who is sensate like her. Yrsa explains that Riley was not safe in Iceland because BPO have a facility there. She also says she will go into hiding, as BPO have the technology to trace connected sensates and they will find her if Riley is captured. Will is visited by Jonas, who is being held prisoner by BPO. Will visits Riley, while she continues to visit Yrsa. Jonas and Yrsa reveal that all members of a cluster are born at the same time, taking their first breath as one.

Yrsa becomes agitated when she finds out that Jonas is present. She tells Riley that Jonas and Angelica were collaborators, with Angelica birthing clusters in order to help Whispers hunt sensates. Wolfgang's uncle visits the hospital to warn him not to seek revenge on Steiner. Sun's father comes to visit her and says he has decided to confess the truth. When Lito struggles with the loss of Hernando, Nomi visits him: they share intimate stories of their past. Riley visits the graves of her husband and infant daughter; Capheus visits and tells of his infant sister who was given up for adoption.

10. What is Human?

Wolfgang visits the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe to think. Sun reluctantly signs the papers that will free her, knowing the consequences for her brother. Steiner threatens to have Felix killed if Wolfgang does not hand over the diamonds. Jonas and Will visit, and Jonas explains sensates have existed since the beginning of humankind. He also tells Will that Whispers will use Jonas to get to Will's cluster. Wolfgang meets Steiner to hand over the diamonds. As Steiner beats Wolfgang and prepares to kill him, Lito visits and concocts a story that distracts Steiner long enough for Wolfgang to kill Steiner and his men.

Will and Riley visit, and she reveals to him Yrsa's warning about Jonas. Lito arrives at Joaquin's house to take back Daniela. Lito and Joaquin fight, but he eventually wins with the help of Daniela and Wolfgang. Lito and Daniela joyfully reunite with Hernando. Riley goes to see her father play Beethoven 's " Emperor Concerto ". The music causes her to remember her birth. The cluster join her and remember their births as well. Riley passes out, bleeding from the nose.

11. Just Turn the Wheel and the Future Changes

Riley wakes up in a hospital. Yrsa visits and tells Riley that BPO will find and kill her. Will and Nomi realize that BPO will turn Riley into a puppet, like Bolger. Bug provides Nomi with the confiscated hacking equipment. Capheus chooses not to sacrifice Amondi and arrives at the bandits' location empty-handed. The bandits reveal that they have kidnapped Kabaka, and order Capheus to kill him. With the help of Sun and Will, Capheus defeats them and reunites Kabaka with his daughter. Kala informs Rajan about his father's wish to call off the wedding, but Rajan will not change his mind.

Joong-Ki visits Sun in prison to tell her their father committed suicide, but Sun deduces he murdered him. Wolfgang smuggles Felix out of the hospital. Kala finds out that Guru Yash and his followers are the ones who tried to kill Rajan's father. Riley has flashbacks to the car accident that killed her husband and baby. Jonas visits Will and Nomi, telling them that Whispers knows about Riley. Whispers uses Jonas to lure Will to Iceland. Kala is afraid of Wolfgang's plan to kill his uncle; the two finally kiss.

12. I Can't Leave Her

Wolfgang reveals to his uncle that as a boy he killed his father, and now Steiner, before finally killing him. Will and Kala help him escape. Kala is horrified by the violence and Wolfgang realizes that they have no future together. Riley is transported to the BPO facility. She relives the car accident that killed her husband and newborn daughter. Will races to the facility in Iceland. Yrsa visits Riley, telling her to kill herself to save her cluster. Riley grabs a guard's gun, but Will convinces her to stop.

The whole cluster bands together to help Will rescue Riley. As they escape, Whispers makes eye contact with Will and gets inside his head, while continuing to pursue them. Riley panics when they drive by the car accident location. Jonas tells Will he needs to kill himself in order to save his cluster. Instead, Will takes enough sedatives to knock himself out, and talks to Riley about their feelings for each other, convincing her to find the strength as the cluster's only chance. Riley escapes with an unconscious Will on a boat, as all eight sensates see each other together for the first time.