A sci-fi drama following an unlikely trio who set out to save the world after 15 years of darkness.
15 years ago, the world's power shut off. Computers, phones, lights, cars, airplanes - everything suddenly went black without explanation.
Fast forward to present day, where a strong-willed young woman named Charlie, along with her uncle and a rogue band of survivors, set out to rescue her brother, overthrow the militia, and re-establish the United States of America.
Along the way, they explore the mystery of why the power failed, and if it will ever return.
Comments (136)
12/17/12 at 02:54pm
Don't people run on electricity? Shouldn't everyone be dead if the electric is blocked by a dampening field?
Like the show but needs a better cast and more excitement.
Like the show but needs a better cast and more excitement.
12/03/12 at 09:48pm
I'm all for suspension of disbelief, that's what makes good sci-fi and fantasy. The reason so many people struggle with this plot is that they have attempted to combine the post-apocalyptic and sci-fi genres. The post-apocalyptic genre works very well, but almost never requires continuing suspension of disbelief. This show does, and that's its main problem. We're supposed to feel like this could happen to us, but it can't. If we can't buy into the premise, even when voluntarily ignoring logical thought, we can't really enjoy the show.
I like some of the characters on the show and Charlie is stunning to look at. She has to be, though. I personally couldn't watch her on TV if she wasn't so pretty. She just can't act... and she's not the only one with this problem. The talent of a few cast members just isn't enough to hold together a thin premise and otherwise weak and completely derivative storyline.
All of that said, the ratings are high enough that this show may continue in spite of itself.
I like some of the characters on the show and Charlie is stunning to look at. She has to be, though. I personally couldn't watch her on TV if she wasn't so pretty. She just can't act... and she's not the only one with this problem. The talent of a few cast members just isn't enough to hold together a thin premise and otherwise weak and completely derivative storyline.
All of that said, the ratings are high enough that this show may continue in spite of itself.
11/30/12 at 07:30am
You people are NUTS! You have to be able to get lost in your imagination and if you do not like this show you clearly do not have one. SO SICK of the Reality shows. This is a great show and one that was just as good was TERRA NOVA. I guess the bone heads that cancel programming are listening to the fools that do not know how to dream or never played make believe when they were growing up. This is A GREAT SHOW please do not screw up like you did when you cancelled Terra Nova!!!!!!!!!
11/27/12 at 09:18am
To those folks sending negative comments it sounds more like waa waa waaaaa waa. What is compelling about this show is the same sort of thing that made Lost so good. In the beginning I wasn't a fan of that show but as time went on the characters and story fleshed out and grew more interesting, blanks were tanalizingly filled in and new characters emerged. If the final season plot points were revealed any earlier, it wouldn't have been as fun or believable. Look at the cast that has been assembled: Billy Burke, Elizabeth Mitchell, Giancarlo Esposito, Daniella Alonso, I even like Tracy Spiridakos and how they are writing her character. Uncertainty and mistakes lead to interesting twists. The season has been progressing and the next part should be even more interesting. FTHM.
11/20/12 at 03:07pm
Bad acting, bad story, really nowhere to go with it. I really tried to like this show but it's corny. Charlie needs some acting lessons especially being the main character and all. Sorry Charlie.
11/20/12 at 02:47pm
About the show - the problem i have is consistency and science
Warning: Here be spoilers - so do not read if you want to keep your suspension of disbelief.
#1) all cars. modern cars run on computers - an EMP would fry the components, yes. What about older cars without computers? the only electrical part is the spark plug circuit. Did that get fried too? What about older diesel cars? no spark plug needed. 100% mechanical. why would it die? Are all mechanical devices fried too? Aparently not, because steam still works. Jet engines can be built without electrical components - pulse jet - etc.
#2) batteries. Batteries are a chemical reaction. If there were a technology invented that stopped all chemical reactions, why would wood burn? Why would people digest food? Why would gunpowder work?
#3) batteries, part 2. So, say it isn't in the battery itself, it is in the conductor. ok, that's better, but what else uses conductors of charge? how about nerves in a body. If charges can't move through wires, how can charges move through a body to make it work? Electricity uses electrons, while the body uses ions, sodium, potassium, calcium, but still these are electrically charged moving particles...
#4) special electromagnetic technology. This one is the most plausible, but it has to be specifically controlled, because what else is electromgnetic? LIGHT! Light is an electromagnetic wave, much like the combined parts of electricity, the moving electrons (solar, batteries) and the magnets (for generators and wind, hydro, etc). If one of these parts can be eliminated, that would also impact light, and photosynthesis, and even people and animals, since every light photon has an electric field and a magnetic field.
I would really like this show to be plausible, and i do watch it, but the science questions turn it into nothing more than a soap opera for me.
and yes, it is just a show. But JJ Abrams, the guy that has a hardon for shakey cam, is losing it. He needs to let go and listen to his critics and fix it.
AND STOP THE SHAKY CAM!!
Warning: Here be spoilers - so do not read if you want to keep your suspension of disbelief.
#1) all cars. modern cars run on computers - an EMP would fry the components, yes. What about older cars without computers? the only electrical part is the spark plug circuit. Did that get fried too? What about older diesel cars? no spark plug needed. 100% mechanical. why would it die? Are all mechanical devices fried too? Aparently not, because steam still works. Jet engines can be built without electrical components - pulse jet - etc.
#2) batteries. Batteries are a chemical reaction. If there were a technology invented that stopped all chemical reactions, why would wood burn? Why would people digest food? Why would gunpowder work?
#3) batteries, part 2. So, say it isn't in the battery itself, it is in the conductor. ok, that's better, but what else uses conductors of charge? how about nerves in a body. If charges can't move through wires, how can charges move through a body to make it work? Electricity uses electrons, while the body uses ions, sodium, potassium, calcium, but still these are electrically charged moving particles...
#4) special electromagnetic technology. This one is the most plausible, but it has to be specifically controlled, because what else is electromgnetic? LIGHT! Light is an electromagnetic wave, much like the combined parts of electricity, the moving electrons (solar, batteries) and the magnets (for generators and wind, hydro, etc). If one of these parts can be eliminated, that would also impact light, and photosynthesis, and even people and animals, since every light photon has an electric field and a magnetic field.
I would really like this show to be plausible, and i do watch it, but the science questions turn it into nothing more than a soap opera for me.
and yes, it is just a show. But JJ Abrams, the guy that has a hardon for shakey cam, is losing it. He needs to let go and listen to his critics and fix it.
AND STOP THE SHAKY CAM!!
11/20/12 at 04:19am
For people asking about generators... watch the show and you'll understand. The power is being kept off by something. Before you rant, watch the damn show.
11/19/12 at 03:30pm
What about the wheel? What about windmills? Solar anyone?
11/09/12 at 12:28pm
I hear NBC is going to shelf the show!!!!!!!!!!!!
10/19/12 at 11:21pm
I had such hopes for this show. The acting is poor, the plot line is silly, I really would like this to be better, but it does look a lot like Terra Nova and that isn't good.
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