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Release year: 2016

Storyline

In the wake of a mysterious alien invasion, a family fights to stay together in a new world order.

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Cast

Josh Holloway — Will Bowman
Sarah Wayne Callies — Katie Bowman
Peter Jacobson — Alan Snyder
Tory Kittles — Broussard

Did you know

• In an interview given in June 2020, Josh Holloway revealed what would have happened should the show not had been canceled: He said: "They [the writers] had a plan through Season 5, and we were all, of course, pretty bummed. Artistically, you bring a character to life like that and you want some redemption and some closure with it. So, it was about to be the big war. He [his character] was gonna be shot up to space and altered in a Jason Bourne kind of way, and come back as a bad-ass and have the big war. And then, Wayne Brady's character had a redemption plan for the whole world, so that we would reset the world. It was a great ending. They had it all planned, but they didn't get to do it".

• Bears a lot of resemblance to the video game series Half Life 2 (2005). There are never-seen alien overseers, with co-opted humans who act as a militaristic police force and proxy governers. A resistance in the oppressed population with sympathizers, as well as those who wish they wouldn't interfere. Furthermore there are large alien structures and walls that create blocks to section off populated areas, with drones that observe the civilian population and can inform the authorities. There are also work camps and prison complexes used as torture facilities.

• The wall that surrounds the city is 300 feet high, according to a remark made by Beau toward the end of the season.