So, that final episode just made me lower the rating even more. Helix is a generic mix of various clichés from genre fiction but just doesn't come together very well. Despite featuring a plenthora of scientists there isn't much of their brilliance left which results in so many unneeded clusterfucks. Suprisingly for a 13 episode season taking place in a remote research base they manage to fill the runtime but there is still plenty of melodrama to go along with the silliness of the story. Probably the best thing about the show is the music choice which is rather playful but that's about it.
Season 2 has been announced and is probably the reason for the first one ending so unsatisfying. From the looks of it that one is rather disconnected and offers even less reason to have a full season of it.