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Colony
Season 3 Premiere - Wednesday, May 2nd at 10pm ET/9pm CT
Colony is an American science-fiction drama television series created by Carlton Cuse and Ryan J. Condal, starring Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies. A 10-episode first season premiered with an online preview release of the first episode on USA Network's website on December 15, 2015, following the launch of a game-like website to promote the show. The series had its broadcast premiere on USA Network on January 14, 2016. In April 2017, Colony was renewed for a third season set to premiere on May 2, 2018.
Setting
In a dystopian near-future Los Angeles, residents live under a regime of military occupation by an organization known as the Transitional Authority. The Authority serves an extraterrestrial group referred to as the "Hosts", about whom little is known. The symbol of the collaborating forces features stylized birds of prey, or raptors, which gives rise to their nickname, the "Raps". The Authority enforces Host policy via militarized police called Homeland Security and nicknamed the "Redhats".
The Hosts took control on a day known simply as the "Arrival". Late that day, massive rectangular blocks descended from the sky, linking together to build walls dividing the city. One of these walls, 20—30 stories tall, many meters thick, and many miles in length, surrounds the central part of Los Angeles, where the series is set. Other similar walls have been constructed around neighbouring urban areas, called "blocs", with the whole referred to as a "colony". Traffic passes through the walls at heavily secured checkpoints, called "gateways", which allow the Authority to strictly control the movement of people and the distribution of consumables, such as food and fuel, which are rationed. The geographical extent of the alien invasion is unclear, but it is presumably worldwide.
A privileged class of elites, drawn by the Hosts from the local population, are denigrated by some bloc residents as collaborators. The ruling forces maintain control through the separation of loved ones, shoot-on-sight curfews, forced disappearances, random checkpoints, frequent electronic identity checks, limitation of motor vehicle usage (most people walk or ride bicycles), pervasive visual propaganda, slave labor in a place called the "Factory", and electronic surveillance with Host-provided drone aircraft that launch from the wall. Some medical problems, such as diabetes, have been "deemed unworthy for treatment" by the Hosts, to cull the population.
A resistance movement is referred to as both the "Resistance" and the "Insurgency". An informal barter-based black market has also sprung up, trading in surplus materials and home-produced goods.
In the second season, it is revealed that a large organization, known as the Global Authority, stands between the Transitional Authorities of the colonies and the Hosts. In flashbacks, it is revealed that before the Arrival an organization called the "Institute for Global Advancement" was collaborating with the Hosts, recruiting suitable people for the Transitional Authority.
Plot
The series begins less than a year after the Arrival. It follows the Bowmans and their extended family. Their son Charlie was on a school sports trip and was separated from them when the walls came down. The father, Will Bowman, is a former FBI Agent who reluctantly joins the Redhats and is tasked with tracking down members of the resistance, after being threatened that he and his family would be sent to the Factory if he did not comply. Unbeknownst to Will, his wife Katie is a Resistance operative. She later reveals this, and they begin to trade information. Their son Bram discovers a way under the wall, and later joins a rival Resistance group.
Cast and characters
MAIN
Josh Holloway as Will Bowman: A former U.S. Army Ranger and FBI Special Agent initially working under the alias Billy "Sully" Sullivan as a truck driver and mechanic. To protect his family from being sent to the Factory, and to find his missing son Charlie, Will starts working for the Redhats hunting down Resistance members.
Sarah Wayne Callies as Katie Bowman: Will's wife and a secret Resistance operative. She owns and operates "The Yonk", a New Orleans-themed bar.
Peter Jacobson as Alan Snyder: The Proxy Governor of the Los Angeles Bloc and an unrepentant Collaborator. Snyder claims to be a former Stanford University provost but is later revealed to be the corrupt purchasing manager of a small community college. Snyder is removed as Proxy and made warden of a labor camp outside the bloc.
Amanda Righetti as Madeline "Maddie" Kenner: Katie's younger sister.
Tory Kittles as Eric Broussard: A former U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon, CIA assassin, and private military contractor. Now a resistance operative, he infiltrates the Redhats and is Katie's main Resistance contact.
Alex Neustaedter as Bram Bowman: Will and Katie's teenaged son.
Isabella Crovetti-Cramp as Grace Kathryn "Gracie" Bowman: Will and Katie's young daughter.
Jacob Buster as Charlie Bowman (guest Season 1; Season 2—): Will and Katie's younger son, who was separated from the rest of his family a year before the start of the series, when the wall went up. He is found by Will at the beginning of season 2 and reunited with his family.
Season 3 Premiere - Wednesday, May 2nd at 10pm ET/9pm CT
Colony is an American science-fiction drama television series created by Carlton Cuse and Ryan J. Condal, starring Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies. A 10-episode first season premiered with an online preview release of the first episode on USA Network's website on December 15, 2015, following the launch of a game-like website to promote the show. The series had its broadcast premiere on USA Network on January 14, 2016. In April 2017, Colony was renewed for a third season set to premiere on May 2, 2018.
Setting
In a dystopian near-future Los Angeles, residents live under a regime of military occupation by an organization known as the Transitional Authority. The Authority serves an extraterrestrial group referred to as the "Hosts", about whom little is known. The symbol of the collaborating forces features stylized birds of prey, or raptors, which gives rise to their nickname, the "Raps". The Authority enforces Host policy via militarized police called Homeland Security and nicknamed the "Redhats".
The Hosts took control on a day known simply as the "Arrival". Late that day, massive rectangular blocks descended from the sky, linking together to build walls dividing the city. One of these walls, 20—30 stories tall, many meters thick, and many miles in length, surrounds the central part of Los Angeles, where the series is set. Other similar walls have been constructed around neighbouring urban areas, called "blocs", with the whole referred to as a "colony". Traffic passes through the walls at heavily secured checkpoints, called "gateways", which allow the Authority to strictly control the movement of people and the distribution of consumables, such as food and fuel, which are rationed. The geographical extent of the alien invasion is unclear, but it is presumably worldwide.
A privileged class of elites, drawn by the Hosts from the local population, are denigrated by some bloc residents as collaborators. The ruling forces maintain control through the separation of loved ones, shoot-on-sight curfews, forced disappearances, random checkpoints, frequent electronic identity checks, limitation of motor vehicle usage (most people walk or ride bicycles), pervasive visual propaganda, slave labor in a place called the "Factory", and electronic surveillance with Host-provided drone aircraft that launch from the wall. Some medical problems, such as diabetes, have been "deemed unworthy for treatment" by the Hosts, to cull the population.
A resistance movement is referred to as both the "Resistance" and the "Insurgency". An informal barter-based black market has also sprung up, trading in surplus materials and home-produced goods.
In the second season, it is revealed that a large organization, known as the Global Authority, stands between the Transitional Authorities of the colonies and the Hosts. In flashbacks, it is revealed that before the Arrival an organization called the "Institute for Global Advancement" was collaborating with the Hosts, recruiting suitable people for the Transitional Authority.
Plot
The series begins less than a year after the Arrival. It follows the Bowmans and their extended family. Their son Charlie was on a school sports trip and was separated from them when the walls came down. The father, Will Bowman, is a former FBI Agent who reluctantly joins the Redhats and is tasked with tracking down members of the resistance, after being threatened that he and his family would be sent to the Factory if he did not comply. Unbeknownst to Will, his wife Katie is a Resistance operative. She later reveals this, and they begin to trade information. Their son Bram discovers a way under the wall, and later joins a rival Resistance group.
Cast and characters
MAIN
Josh Holloway as Will Bowman: A former U.S. Army Ranger and FBI Special Agent initially working under the alias Billy "Sully" Sullivan as a truck driver and mechanic. To protect his family from being sent to the Factory, and to find his missing son Charlie, Will starts working for the Redhats hunting down Resistance members.
Sarah Wayne Callies as Katie Bowman: Will's wife and a secret Resistance operative. She owns and operates "The Yonk", a New Orleans-themed bar.
Peter Jacobson as Alan Snyder: The Proxy Governor of the Los Angeles Bloc and an unrepentant Collaborator. Snyder claims to be a former Stanford University provost but is later revealed to be the corrupt purchasing manager of a small community college. Snyder is removed as Proxy and made warden of a labor camp outside the bloc.
Amanda Righetti as Madeline "Maddie" Kenner: Katie's younger sister.
Tory Kittles as Eric Broussard: A former U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon, CIA assassin, and private military contractor. Now a resistance operative, he infiltrates the Redhats and is Katie's main Resistance contact.
Alex Neustaedter as Bram Bowman: Will and Katie's teenaged son.
Isabella Crovetti-Cramp as Grace Kathryn "Gracie" Bowman: Will and Katie's young daughter.
Jacob Buster as Charlie Bowman (guest Season 1; Season 2—): Will and Katie's younger son, who was separated from the rest of his family a year before the start of the series, when the wall went up. He is found by Will at the beginning of season 2 and reunited with his family.
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Kim Rhodes as Rachel: A doctor and Resistance cell member.
Paul Guilfoyle as Alexander Quayle: A former CIA Berlin station chief and Defense Intelligence Agency officer turned Los Angeles Resistance leader.
Carl Weathers as Bolton "Beau" Miller: A former San Francisco Police Department officer turned Homeland Security officer and Will Bowman's partner.
Ally Walker as Helena Goldwyn chief of staff (Season 1) and Governor-General (Season 2) of the Los Angeles Colony of which the Bloc is a part.
Kathy Baker as Phyllis (Season 1): Will's boss at Homeland Security whom he suspects (and she implies) is a former CIA agent.
Kathleen Rose Perkins as Jennifer McMahon: A former online dating service database administrator turned Homeland Security agent, below Phyllis and above Will and Beau.
Gonzalo Menendez as Captain Lagarza: A Redhat officer.
Erin Way as Lindsey: The Proxy government-provided tutor for Gracie Bowman.
Kathryn Morris as Charlotte Burgess: A cultural director in the Green Zone who becomes Maddie's boss.
Adrian Pasdar as Nolan Burgess: Charlotte's husband and an important player in the politics of the occupational government.
Bethany Joy Lenz as Morgan: a. A software engineer and Los Angeles Resistance member.
Mac Brandt as Sgt. Jenkins (Season 2): A labor camp guard.
William Russ as Hennessey: An ex-spy.
Keiko Agena as Betsy: A co-worker of Will Bowman and Jennifer at Homeland Security.
Paolo Andino as Howard: A Redhat.
Meta Golding as Noa: A member of a resistance cell from outside the walls.
Wayne Brady as Everett Kynes.
a. Guest star Thora Birch played Morgan in Season 1.
Kim Rhodes as Rachel: A doctor and Resistance cell member.
Paul Guilfoyle as Alexander Quayle: A former CIA Berlin station chief and Defense Intelligence Agency officer turned Los Angeles Resistance leader.
Carl Weathers as Bolton "Beau" Miller: A former San Francisco Police Department officer turned Homeland Security officer and Will Bowman's partner.
Ally Walker as Helena Goldwyn chief of staff (Season 1) and Governor-General (Season 2) of the Los Angeles Colony of which the Bloc is a part.
Kathy Baker as Phyllis (Season 1): Will's boss at Homeland Security whom he suspects (and she implies) is a former CIA agent.
Kathleen Rose Perkins as Jennifer McMahon: A former online dating service database administrator turned Homeland Security agent, below Phyllis and above Will and Beau.
Gonzalo Menendez as Captain Lagarza: A Redhat officer.
Erin Way as Lindsey: The Proxy government-provided tutor for Gracie Bowman.
Kathryn Morris as Charlotte Burgess: A cultural director in the Green Zone who becomes Maddie's boss.
Adrian Pasdar as Nolan Burgess: Charlotte's husband and an important player in the politics of the occupational government.
Bethany Joy Lenz as Morgan: a. A software engineer and Los Angeles Resistance member.
Mac Brandt as Sgt. Jenkins (Season 2): A labor camp guard.
William Russ as Hennessey: An ex-spy.
Keiko Agena as Betsy: A co-worker of Will Bowman and Jennifer at Homeland Security.
Paolo Andino as Howard: A Redhat.
Meta Golding as Noa: A member of a resistance cell from outside the walls.
Wayne Brady as Everett Kynes.
a. Guest star Thora Birch played Morgan in Season 1.
Colony
"MAQUIS"
Wednesday, May 2nd at 10pm ET/9pm CT on USA Network
FYI: this episode runs 1hr 1min
Six months after escaping Los Angeles, the Bowmans and Snyder enjoy a simple life in the mountains until a sudden arrival changes everything.
"MAQUIS"
Wednesday, May 2nd at 10pm ET/9pm CT on USA Network
FYI: this episode runs 1hr 1min
Six months after escaping Los Angeles, the Bowmans and Snyder enjoy a simple life in the mountains until a sudden arrival changes everything.