Persons Unknown (TV series)
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| Genre |
Serial drama Mystery Psychological thriller |
| Created by | Christopher McQuarrie |
| Starring |
Jason Wiles Daisy Betts Chadwick Boseman Lola Glaudini Tina Holmes Kate Lang Johnson Gerald Kyd Kandyse McClure Sean O'Bryan Alan Ruck |
| Composer(s) | Jeff Rona |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Remi Aubuchon Dee D'Orazio Christopher McQuarrie Heather McQuarrie Remi Aubuchon |
| Producer(s) | Mitch Engel Lorenzo O'Brien Andre Barren Erendira de la Lama Alberto Pando |
| Location(s) | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Cinematography | Jaime Reynoso |
| Editor(s) | Adrian Parisi Raúl Dávalos Michael Stern Andres Riva Saft Julius Ramsay |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Invisible Ink Televisa S.A. de C.V. Fox Television Studios |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | June 7 – August 28, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Persons Unknown is an American mystery drama television series that aired during the summer of 2010. The show revolved around strangers who are imprisoned inside a small ghost town. The thirteen-episode summer series premiered on June 7, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. on NBC. On June 30, NBC moved the show to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday from its Monday time slot. It completed its run on August 28, 2010.
Diverse strangers find themselves stranded in a deserted town with no idea of how they got there. Security cameras are watching their every move, defeating their attempts to leave. Faced with physical, emotional and psychological challenges, the hostages must rely on each other to survive as their abductors sow mistrust and pit them against each other. Meanwhile, an investigative reporter begins to look into the disappearances of the missing people despite intimidation by those who apparently know their every move.
Executive producer Remi Aubuchon promised that the show would “provide all the answers to the questions that we set up”. The series finale was criticized for not following through on this statement.
Seven strangers, Janet Cooper (Daisy Betts), Joe Tucker (Jason Wiles), Moira Doherty (Tina Holmes), Sergeant Graham McNair (Chadwick Boseman), Tori Fairchild (Kate Lang Johnson), Bill Blackham (Sean O'Bryan), and Charlie Morse (Alan Ruck) awaken in a hotel, with little to no knowledge of how they got there or where they are. The hotel and small 1950s-era town nearby are completely filled with cameras and microphones. Over the course of the following weeks, they are subjected to significant psychological and physical stress. Joe is eventually revealed to be a member of "The Program." It is unclear who or what the Program is, or what their motives, resources, or support are. The only indication is that the Program is manipulating them, attempting to influence their behavior, thought patterns, and beliefs.
At the end of the show, despite staging a mass breakout by faking the deaths of everyone in the town except for Joe, all the participants are recaptured, and awaken in an identical hotel built into the hull of a container ship, where the original night manager welcomes them to "Level 2." Joe and Mark Renbe are seen waking in a second hotel, in which Tori Fairchild serves as the hotel manager. Kat Damatto and Ambassador Fairchild are last seen in cages at an undisclosed location.
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