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The Event
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The Event (typographically stylized THE EVƎNT is an
American television series containing elements of sci-
ence fiction, action/adventure and political allegory. The
show was created by Nick Wauters, and premiered on
NBC on September 20, 2010. The plot centers on a group
of extraterrestrials, some of whom have been detained
by the United States Government for sixty-six years since
their ship crashed in Alaska, while others have secretly
assimilated among the general populace. The series was
Genre • Serial drama
• Thriller picked up for a full first season of 22 episodes on October
• Mystery 18, 2010.[1] NBC canceled the series on May 13, 2011.[2]
• Science fiction
Created by Nick Wauters Synopsis
Starring • Jason Ritter
• Sarah Roemer Overview
• Laura Innes
Main article: List of The Event episodes
• Ian Anthony Dale
• Scott Patterson Near the end of World War II, a craft of undetermined
• Taylor Cole origin crashed in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska. It
• Lisa Vidal carried passengers who appeared outwardly human, but
• Bill Smitrovich were eventually determined to be of extraterrestrial ori-
• Clifton Collins, Jr.
gin. Their DNA is slightly less than one percent differ-
• Željko Ivanek
• Blair Underwood ent from humans, and they age at a much slower rate.
Ninety-seven of the survivors were captured by the U.S.
Composer(s) Scott Starrett government and held in a secret facility nearby, Mount
Country of United States Inostranka, run by intelligence agencies, since they have
origin refused to disclose much about their origin. The remain-
ing survivors, also known as the Sleepers, who only sus-
Language(s) English
tained minor injuries, were able to escape the crash scene
No. of seasons 1 and currently live among the population.
No. of episodes 22 (List of episodes) President Martinez learns of the facility’s existence
shortly after his inauguration and decides, after meeting
Production the leader of the detainees, to release them and disclose
Executive • Evan Katz their existence to the world over the objections of the in-
producer(s) • Steve Stark telligence agencies. His plans are put on hold when an as-
• Jeffrey Reiner sassination attempt on him is foiled by means beyond hu-
Running time 43 minutes man technology. The CIA realizes there are other aliens
and secretly plans to find and detain them. Unknown to
Production • Universal Media Studios the agency, the agent chosen to head the effort is himself
company(s) • Steve Stark Productions
an alien. The aliens are divided internally on how to re-
Broadcast spond to this.
Caught in the middle of these events is Sean Walker,
Original NBC
channel whose plans to propose to his girlfriend Leila on a
Caribbean cruise are cut short when she mysteriously
Original run September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20) – disappears from the ship. His investigation eventually
May 23, 2011 (2011-05-23)
leads him to uncover the assassination plot.
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Narrative technique through great lengths to protect his family. He is
The show’s pilot episode is told almost entirely in retro- later revealed to be one of the non-terrestrials that
versions to three different time frames. According to survived the 1944 crash. He is shot and killed by a
Nick Wauters, the show’s creator, later episodes will use number of Sophia’s people while trying to help Leila
flashbacks more to develop the characters. "There will and Simon escape.[12]
be big reveals and big clues in each episode," he said, • Lisa Vidal as Christina Martinez – the First Lady of
promising that viewers will not have to wait too long for the United States.[13] In the final episode, it is
answers to questions raised.[3] After the pilot aired, he revealed that the First Lady is one of the "sleepers"
and executive producer Steve Stark answered some view- as she calls the planet entering Earth’s orbit "Home".
er questions on their Twitter feeds, for example explain- • Bill Smitrovich as Raymond Jarvis – the opposition
ing that the fate of the plane will be disclosed early in the party Vice President of the United States who is
next episode.[4] The characters also have Twitter feeds, revealed to be involved in the conspiracy. He was
and one has a blog, truthseeker5314.com, which may re- later named acting president while Martinez was
veal additional information.[3] The last two episodes be- incapacitated in hospital.[14]
fore[5] and all episodes following its hiatus no longer fea- • Clifton Collins, Jr. as Thomas – a member of the non-
ture flashbacks. Cast member Blair Underwood said re- terrestrials who escaped capture, but now is in
garding the removal of the flashbacks, "We had been contact with the other "sleepers" who are not
jumping around a lot and doing flashbacks and that was imprisoned.[15] He is Sophia’s son, and is much more
confusing to people," and "So when we come back, that militant than she. He is killed by a Hellfire missile
device is done with! We are now telling the story straight launched from an Apache helicopter in a strike
through so people can track it and follow it easier." [6] ordered by President Martinez.[16]
• Željko Ivanek as Blake Sterling – the Director of
National Intelligence, who has long kept secrets from
Cast the President. He was fired by Jarvis when he
questioned Jarvis’ involvement in Martinez’s
Main cast poisoning, but later reinstated.[17]
• Jason Ritter as Sean Walker – a software engineer • Taylor Cole as Vicky Roberts – a woman who Sean
who becomes involved in a government conspiracy and Leila meet while on a cruise.[18] She is later
when his girlfriend and would-be fiancée revealed to be an assassin who formerly worked for
mysteriously disappears during their Caribbean the CIA. Vicky kidnaps Leila in an attempt to draw
cruise.[7] Sean later finds Leila and the two begin to Sean out. She fosters a child she orphaned after
uncover the conspiracy. participating in a mission where she assassinated the
• Sarah Roemer as Leila Buchanan – Sean’s girlfriend, child’s family.
who is kidnapped. After being rescued, she tries to
find her younger sister who has also been Recurring cast
kidnapped.[8] It is revealed that she and her little • Heather McComb as Agent Angela Collier – an FBI
sister are half non-terrestrial as their father, Michael agent that was involved in the arrest of Sean Walker.
Buchanan, was one of the survivors of the 1944 Initially, Walker’s claims of the series of events that
crash. lead to Leila’s disappearance seem delusional to
• Laura Innes as Sophia Maguire – the leader of a Collier, but after witnessing her coworkers and
mysterious alien group of detainees being held at a friends get killed by the same people after Sean, she
top-secret facility. She becomes a critical liaison to becomes entangled with Walker as the truth
the President of the United States amidst the cover- unravels.
up.[9] • D. B. Sweeney as Carter – a man who worked
• Blair Underwood as Elias Martinez – the recently alongside Vicky to hold Leila.
elected President of the United States, who is • Hal Holbrook as James Dempsey – he gives orders to
stunned to learn that his own government is keeping Vicky and Carter and is the head of the conspiracy.
secrets from him. As he tries to do right by the Revealed to have the ability to shift to a younger
public, he soon finds himself in the midst of the version of himself. He is a part of an ancient race
cover-up, and the target of a spectacular that has been fighting the aliens for three millennia.
assassination attempt.[10] He kills himself to motivate Sean to take on Sophia.
• Ian Anthony Dale as Simon Lee – a CIA operative and • Scott Michael Campbell as Justin Murphy – an agent
an alien who was stationed at Mount Inostranka.[11] working for the Office of Director of National
• Scott Patterson as Michael Buchanan – Leila’s father, Intelligence who is set up by undercover agents to
who is thrown into the conspiracy and must go
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appear as the traitor in the government who helped In mid-July 2010 Clifton Collins, Jr. was cast as
Sophia escape. Thomas, a character described as "a key player in the
• Necar Zadegan as Isabel – an alien who is in a show’s secret conspiracy".[36][37]
relationship with Thomas and supports his own The series is a thriller, love story, and mystery with
agenda against Sophia. She is killed along with an element of science fiction.[38] Unlike other well
Thomas when Martinez fires a missile on the bus she known series of the same genre, producers have
and Thomas were on. promised timely answers to mysteries, with some an-
• Clea DuVall as Maya – an alien who killed her swers provided as early as the upcoming episode.[38][39]
boyfriend William for telling Sterling secrets about Executive producer Evan Katz stated that "everything is
the detainees. She was later shot and killed by designed to answer questions so you’re not frustrated or
Thomas while trying to protect Sterling. feeling like we’re making it up as we go along" and the
• Roger Bart as Richard Peel – the White House Chief writers intend to keep the viewers guessing in a "fair
of Staff. way."[39]
Development and production Reception
Producer Steve Stark brought the original script to NBC
in 2009, after hearing that the network was looking for Reviews
"event-type" series to add to its television lineup.[19] The
script was written by Nick Wauters in 2006.[19] The show
appeared on NBC’s development slate in early January
2010, when the network announced at the Television
Critics Association presentation that it had green-lit pro-
duction of a pilot episode.[20][21]
Casting announcements began in early February,
with Jason Ritter landing the lead role of Sean Walker.[22]
In late February, Željko Ivanek was cast as Blake Sterling,
a director at the CIA, and Ian Anthony Dale signed on as
Simon Lee, a government operative.[23] This was followed
a few days later by the addition of Scott Patterson and Ratings trend
Sarah Roemer to the cast.[24] Roemer was cast as Sean’s
girlfriend, Leila Buchanan, with Patterson portraying her The Event was one of four new series screened at San
father, Michael. In late February, Laura Innes was cast Diego Comic-Con in July 2010, with The Hollywood Reporter
as Sophia Maguire, the inmate leader at a mysterious saying the crowd response suggested "NBC’s fall drama
prison facility, a role which was originally envisioned The Event came up a big winner."[40][41]
as male.[25][26] Blair Underwood came on board in early Reviews of the pilot episode were generally favorable,
March in the role of President Eli Martinez, a role which scoring 67 out of 100 on Metacritic[42] many invoking
was originally planned for a Hispanic actor.[27][28] Final- comparisons to Lost and 24, each of which had ended its
ly, the addition of Taylor Cole completed the main run the preceding spring. Mary McNamara of the Los An-
cast.[29] geles Times called it "as big, brash and promising as Heroes
Jeffrey Reiner signed on to direct, after having agreed was a few years back".[43] Variety’s Brian Lowry called it
to a deal with Universal Media Studios to work on new "an enticing start".[44] Linda Stasi of the New York Post
projects.[30] He will also serve as an executive producer. stated that "if 24, Lost, and The 4400 had a baby, it would
After having read the pilot script, he called it a "page be The Event".[45]
turner."[30] Lisa Zwerling, who also signed a deal with More cautious commentators said the show had
UMS, will serve as a consulting producer.[31] promise but could not go on tantalizing the audience
On May 7, 2010, NBC announced that it had given a with a proliferation of mysteries. "The effort required to
series order for The Event,[32] followed by the announce- follow the story" said Barry Garron of The Hollywood Re-
ment that Evan Katz was signed as showrunner and ex- porter, "goes well beyond what most viewers might be
ecutive producer.[33][34] A week later the network an- willing to give."[46] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly
nounced that the series would appear on the Fall 2010 called the pilot "an irritating tease" and hoped the sec-
television schedule, airing on Mondays at 9 pm.[35] On ond episode would answer some of the questions the pi-
October 18, 2010, NBC announced it ordered nine more lot asked.[47]
episodes, adding to the original thirteen.[1]
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