This unaired pilot, a full 72 minutes as shown at Comic-Con in 2006, was later cut to a shorter version, simply titled In His Own Image. That version would eventually be trimmed to become what is now Genesis.

The original intent of the unaired pilot was to have multiple chapters per episode, hence the actual episode itself does not have a formal name.

Alors qu'une éclipse vient assombrir la surface de la Terre, des individus vont découvrir qu'ils possèdent des aptitudes "hors du commun" qu'ils ne parviennent pas à expliquer, ni à maîtriser.