Forbidden Science
| Forbidden Science | |
|---|---|
|
Bethany • Penny • Julia | |
| Genre | Adult sci-fi series |
| Created by | Doug Brode |
| Starring |
Vanessa Broze Joanne Alderson Levi Freeman Mary LeGault Noelle DuBois Austin Ball |
| Composer(s) |
Brent Barkman Russ Mackay |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John Quinn |
| Camera setup | Film; Single-camera |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Dangerous Tomorrows |
| Distributor | American Cinema Group |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Cinemax |
| Picture format | 1080p |
| Original run | 9 January 2009 – 28 March 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Forbidden Science is a Cinemax "After Dark" series that premiered in January 2009. It is set in a near-future world in which people fulfill erotic desires with virtual reality and androids. The 13-episode series is a combination of film noir and erotic thriller, focuses on the lives of the 4Ever Innovations staff.
Cast and characters
- Vanessa Broze as Julia White – A clone of a brain–computer interface researcher Stephanie White; who via a memory chip from the recently deceased researcher, is able to join the staff and continue Stephanie’s work.
- Levi Freeman as Colin Summers – The owner of 4Ever Innovations.
- Joanne Alderson as Bethany Montrose – Joins 4Ever Innovations as the head of sales after her marriage ends. A friend of Colin’s from before the show.
- Noelle DuBois as Dr. Penny Serling – A researcher in android technology and virtual reality. She is a parody of the character Abby Sciuto on NCIS.
- Austin Ball as Dr. Philip Wise – A researcher in android technology and virtual reality. He becomes Penny Serling’s lover.
- Richard Roy Sutton as Adrian Turner – A co-founder of 4Ever Innovations.
- Mary LeGault as Laura Lucas – Colin Sommers Executive Assistant and lover.
Episodes
| Title | Director | Writer(s) | Episode # |
|---|---|---|---|
| “4Ever” | Melanie Orr | Doug Brode | 1 |
| Two women have to start their lives over; one after a devastating divorce, the other after having been murdered. | |||
| “Adversaries” Part 1 | Melanie Orr | Doug Brode | 2 |
| When 4Ever announces a new cloned-organ lab, someone sets a bomb in the building. Bethany and Julia both try to put the past behind them and begin a new life at 4Ever. | |||
| “Adversaries” Part 2 | Melanie Orr | John Quinn & Devon Jacobs-Quinn | 3 |
| After Colin is nearly killed in an explosion, he and the 4Ever team set out to discover who’s responsible for the bombing. | |||
| “Weekend” | Melanie Orr | Doug Brode | 4 |
| It’s the weekend, but no one seems to be going home. Penny tries to create the perfect lover, while Bethany uncovers a secret project: Level 6. | |||
| “Hotzone” | John Quinn | William Burke | 5 |
| When an employee of 4Ever is found dead, Philip uses the experimental Gold Chip to relive the last few hours of their life. | |||
| “Property” Part 1 | Clay Borris | Doug Brode | 6 |
| Julia falls in love with an android who is about to be destroyed by her company, and she makes a fateful decision that will put her at odds with her friends. | |||
| “Property” Part 2 | Clay Borris | Doug Brode | 7 |
| Julia is on the run with an android she stole from 4Ever. Now, both her friends and the company’s competitors are hunting for them. | |||
| “Lonely” | Clay Borris | Doug Brode | 8 |
| When Laura begins an online virtual-affair, she uncovers secrets about who really created 4Ever Innovations. | |||
| “Tarot” | Clay Borris | Doug Brode | 9 |
| When Bethany is kidnapped by a group of Bio-Terrorists, Colin is forced to ask Julia for help. Julia must use a highly experimental, and dangerous procedure to enter the mind of a dying scientist. | |||
| “Virus” | Melanie Orr | Doug Brode | 10 |
| Penny Power to the rescue! When the 4Ever building is taken over by a thinking computer virus, Dr. Penny Serling suits up to save the day. | |||
| “Erase” | — | — | 11 |
| Julia, a clone of a dead woman, discovers a way to erase all of her programmed memories, and to finally be able to live her own life... but at what cost? | |||
| “Secrets” | — | — | 12 |
| The answers start here. When the Gold Chip is successfully completed, Colin tries to find a way out of his deal with Adrian, and the Level 6 project. | |||
| “Home” | — | — | 13 |
| Discover the truth. Live 4Ever. Colin’s missing, and Bethany uncovers the secret of Level 6. (Series finale) | |||
External links
- Forbidden Science at Cinemax.com
- Forbidden Science on Facebook
- Forbidden Science at the Internet Movie Database
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