“Robert Ludlum’s The Apocalypse Watch”

This fast-paced espionage thriller, based on the novel by master storyteller Robert Ludlum, moves from the Alpine countryside through European capitals, tracing the rise of the powerful and terrifying neo-fascist movement called the Fourth Reich, based in a mansion on the Rhine. Secret agents operating in that shadowy world of sinister plots, duplicitous comrades and moles, are in mortal danger as they work to thwart the neo-fascists in this riveting miniseries. When American undercover agent Harry Latham (John Shea) tries to infiltrate the Fourth Reich, he is captured and a computer chip carrying erroneous information is implanted in his brain. Upon his return to his colleagues, he causes confusion with his false reports. His younger brother, Drew (Patrick Bergin), and a close friend, Karin de Vries (Virginia Madsen), also secret agents, realize something is wrong.When Harry is assassinated, Drew assumes his brother’s identity to continue the investigation. He learns there is treacherous mole in their secret service organization who is passing classified information to the neo-fascists. As Drew and Karin work together, they fall in love. In concert with the CIA and the French intelligence unit, Deuxieme, they uncover the Fourth Reich’s evil plot to poison the water supplies of London, Paris and Washington.Armed forces in the target countries are guarding all major reservoirs. But they are haunted by a sense of helplessness, not knowing how the monstrous scheme will be executed. With time running out, the only hope of preventing the catastrophe is for Drew and Karin somehow to penetrate the very highest echelon of the Fourth Reich.Risking their lives, they uncover the plan’s ingenious details and learn the shocking identity of the scheme’s mastermind, providing a startling climax to this high-geared spellbinder.