Stitchers | |
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Genre | Crime drama Science fiction |
Created by | Jeffrey Alan Schechter |
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Composer(s) | Kurt Farquhar |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 21 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) |
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Producer(s) | David Roessell |
Running time | 43 minutes |
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Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
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Original network | Freeform |
Original release | June 2, 2015 | – present
External links | |
Official website |
Stitchers is an American science fiction crime drama series created by Jeffrey Alan Schechter. The show was picked up to series on September 29, 2014, and premiered on June 2, 2015, on ABC Family (now Freeform). On July 14, 2015, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered March 22, 2016. In October 2016, the series' official Facebook page announced in a Facebook Live chat that the series was renewed for a third season. The third season is set to premiere on June 5, 2017.
Stitchers follows Kirsten Clark, who has been recruited into a government agency to be "stitched" into the memories of people recently deceased to investigate murders and mysteries that otherwise would have gone unsolved. Dr. Cameron Goodkin, a brilliant neuroscientist, assists Kirsten in the secret program headed by Maggie Baptiste, a skilled covert operator. The program also includes Linus Ahluwalia, a bioelectrical engineer and communications technician. Camille, Kirsten's roommate and a computer science grad student, is also recruited to assist Kirsten as a "stitcher". LAPD Detective Quincy Fisher is recruited and added to the team after crossing paths with Kirsten.
Stitchers has received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a rating of 29%, based on 14 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "Confusing and tonally inconsistent, Stitchers is neither campy enough to be fun nor intelligent enough to be compelling." On Metacritic, the first season has a score of 48 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on FOX8 on October 14, 2015.