The Passage Information

The Passage is an American thriller television series based on the trilogy of novels. It spans years in the life of Amy Bellafonte, as she moves from being manipulated in a government conspiracy to protecting humankind in a dystopian vampire future. The series premiered on January 14, 2019. The Passage was cancelled after one season on May 10, 2019.

Synopsis

The Passage focuses on Project Noah, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race. When a young girl, Amy Bellafonte, is chosen to be a test subject, Federal Agent Brad Wolgast is tasked with bringing her to Project Noah. Ultimately, however, Wolgast becomes her surrogate father, as he tries to protect her at any cost. Brad and Amy's journey will force them to confront Project Noah's lead scientist, Major Nichole Sykes, and the hardened ex-CIA operative in charge of operations, Clark Richards, whom Brad trained. It likewise brings them face-to-face with a dangerous new race of beings confined within the walls of Project Noah, including former scientist Tim Fanning and death-row inmate Shauna Babcock. As Project Noah's scientists home in on a cure that could save humanity, these new beings begin to test their own powers, inching one step closer to an escape that could lead to an unimaginable apocalypse.

Cast

• Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Brad Wolgast
• Saniyya Sidney as Amy Bellafonte (changed from 6 years old in the novel to 10 years old in the TV series)
• Jamie McShane as Tim Fanning, a medical doctor and philanthropist
• Caroline Chikezie as Nichole Sykes, a military doctor who heads Project Noah
• Emmanuelle Chriqui as Lila Kyle, a medical doctor
• Brianne Howey as Shauna Babcock (based on male character Giles Babcock in novels)
• McKinley Belcher III as Anthony Carter
• Henry Ian Cusick as Jonas Lear, a doctor
• Vincent Piazza as Clark Richards

Background

In July 2007 Fox 2000 paid $1.75 milllion for the film rights to The Passage by Justin Cronin. In September 2009 John Logan was announced to be writing a screenplay with Ridley Scott attached to direct. In April 2011 Matt Reeves was announced as director. In June 2011 Jason Keller was hired to rewrite Logan's screenplay. The producers decided that the project would work better as a television series and in November 2016 Fox gave a pilot production commitment. In January 2017 Fox ordered the pilot. In August 2017 Fox Entertainment president David Madden told Deadline that there would be potential re-shoots to the pilot. In February 2018 it was revealed that there would be re-shoots of the pilot, to take place in March in Atlanta. In May 2018 Fox ordered the pilot to series.

Episodes

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Reception

Critical reception

The series holds an approval rating of 58% based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 6.89/10 on Rotten Tomatoes. The website's critical consensus reads, "Strong performances from leads Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Saniyya Sidney can't course correct The Passage's wayward plot and feeble tone." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 62 out of 100 based on 17 critics.

Ratings

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| title2 = You Owe Me a Unicorn | date2 = January 21, 2019 | rs2 = 1.0/5 | viewers2 = 4.23 | dvr2 = 0.9 | dvrv2 = 3.25 | total2 = 1.9 | totalv2 = 7.56

| title3 = That Never Should Have Happened To You | date3 = January 28, 2019 | rs3 = 0.9/4 | viewers3 = 3.95 | dvr3 = 0.8 | dvrv3 = 2.80 | total3 = 1.7 | totalv3 = 6.75

| title4 = Whose Blood is That? | date4 = February 4, 2019 | rs4 = 0.9/4 | viewers4 = 3.80 | dvr4 = 0.9 | dvrv4 = 2.99 | total4 = 1.8 | totalv4 = 6.83

| title5 = How You Gonna Outrun The End of The World? | date5 = February 11, 2019 | rs5 = 0.9/4 | viewers5 = 3.66 | dvr5 = 0.8 | dvrv5 = 2.77 | total5 = 1.7 | totalv5 = 6.43

| title6 = I Want To Know What You Taste Like | date6 = February 18, 2019 | rs6 = 0.9/4 | viewers6 = 3.51 | dvr6 = 0.7 | dvrv6 = 2.64 | total6 = 1.6 | totalv6 = 6.15

| title7 = You Are like the Sun | date7 = February 25, 2019 | rs7 = 0.8/4 | viewers7 = 3.30 | dvr7 = 0.8 | dvrv7 = 2.61 | total7 = 1.6 | totalv7 = 5.91

| title8 = You Are Not That Girl Anymore | date8 = March 4, 2019 | rs8 = 0.9/4 | viewers8 = 3.38 | dvr8 = 0.7 | dvrv8 = 2.61 | total8 = 1.5 | totalv8 = 6.00

| title9 = Stay in the Light | date9 = March 11, 2019 | rs9 = 0.8/4 | viewers9 = 3.12 | dvr9 = 0.6 | dvrv9 = 2.17 | total9 = 1.4 | totalv9 = 5.30

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