Killjoys (TV series)
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| Created by | Michelle Lovretta |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 42 minutes |
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| Original network | Space |
| Original release | June 19, 2015 – present |
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| Website at Syfy | |
Killjoys is a Canadian space adventure drama series that airs on Space channel in Canada. The show was officially ordered to series on October 7, 2013, with a 10-episode pick-up.[1] In April 2014, it was announced that Syfy would co-produce the series.[2] The first season premiered June 19, 2015,[3] and concluded on August 21, 2015.[4] The series was renewed for a second season on September 1, 2015.[5]
Premise
Killjoys follows a trio of hard-living bounty hunters – Dutch, John, and D'avin– taking on interplanetary missions, chasing and capturing deadly criminals throughout a distant system named the Quad. They have sworn amongst themselves to remain neutral during a bloody, multi-planetary class war that threatens to destroy the Quad. However, their own pasts and the events around them begin to draw them in deeper to this dangerous vortex of war.
Cast
Main
- Hannah John-Kamen as Dutch / Yalena
- Aaron Ashmore as John Jaqobis
- Luke Macfarlane as D'avin Jaqobis
Recurring
- Tamsen McDonough as the voice of Lucy, the ship computer
- Morgan Kelly as Alvis ("God"), a monk and revolutionary
- Thom Allison as Pree, a bartender
- Rob Stewart as Khlyen, Dutch's mentor
- Sarah Power as Pawter Simms, a disgraced medic
- Mayko Nguyen as Delle Seyah Kendry, a scheming aristocrat
- Nora McLellan as Bellus Haardy, a warrant broker and friend of Dutch
- Sean Baek as Fancy Lee, a competing bounty hunter
Episodes
Season 1 (2015)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Bangarang" | Chris Grismer | Michelle Lovretta | June 19, 2015 | 257149-1 |
| Dutch and John are Killjoys, neutral bounty hunters in a quad-planetary system. After apprehending a dangerous smuggler, John finds a kill warrant for his brother, D'avin, who he takes on in a fighting ring. After John attempts to hide his intentions from Dutch, she captures D'avin and takes him aboard her ship before another Killjoy can kill him. The warrant on D'avin is cancelled in exchange for finding a microchip stolen by a monk from the Company. The monk, a revolutionary, is killed by D'avin in the process. After the mission, Dutch receives a red box containing a weapon, the same type that she received as a child through her training. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Sugar Point Run" | Chris Grismer | Jeremy Boxen | June 26, 2015 | 257149-2 |
| The Killjoys arrest a thief, though soon the situation becomes a hostage situation between the prisoner's sister and the Mayor's daughter. The trio find themselves at Sugar Point, a run-down area where scavengers steal anything of value. While D'avin and Dutch make their way towards the building where the hostage situation is, John finds himself in the ship and surrounded by scavengers, and manages to use the ships resources to get rid of them. The duo get captured by organ harvesters, but manage to escape, and take the Mayor's daughter back by directing the scavengers to the warlord's domain. Dutch recommends that D'avin become a Killjoy. Dutch's old teacher, Khylen has requested her to kill another person for him. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Harvest" | Michael Robison | Aaron Martin | July 3, 2015 | 257149-3 |
| D'avin goes through with his interview to become a Killjoy, and passes, minus his psych test which he needs the pass of a qualified doctor for, which he eventually receives. Dutch kidnaps the man she was ordered to kill with the red box, but he has no idea as to why he's wanted as dead, so she releases him. John requests help from his friends in retrieving a missing man, Vincent, the husband of a woman he's fond of. He takes on the role of a harvester, while Dutch seduces a rich man to get an eye scan for the systems to track Vincent. The authorities are called, and John manages to capture Vincent and arrest him for an expired Visa. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Vessel" | Andy Mikita | Emily Andras | July 10, 2015 | 257149-4 |
| Delle Seyah Kendry, a member of one of the Nine families who run the Company, approaches Dutch with a mission: the Nine use a fertility cult to carry their heirs to term, and the unborn Lehani heir has gone missing. Kendry claims to want to avoid a war over Lehani land should the heir not inherit. The Killjoys track its surrogate mother to a hidden abbey and, despite coming under attack by one of the Nine's house guard in disguise, extract her and deliver her to Kresh. While they talk, Dutch gives it 50/50 odds Kendry was behind the attack and used her to find the heir. After they part ways, Kendry, intrigued by Dutch's concealed refinement, tells her house guard to investigate. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "A Glitch in the System" | Chris Grismer | Adam Barken | July 17, 2015 | 257149-5 |
| After coming across a massive cargo ship floating in an asteroid belt, the Killjoys think they've hit the jackpot in unclaimed treasure. Once they board the ship, they soon realize that they are not alone and all the crew members, except 2, have been killed. D'avin is captured, tortured, and the secret to his nightmares are revealed. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "One Blood" | Michael Nankin | Annmarie Morais | July 24, 2015 | 257149-6 |
| The Killjoys are called in for a Black Warrant, meaning multiple killjoy team compete for the same warrant. The warrant is to find a rogue killjoy who has been stealing Company ships. But, Khylen wants Dutch to go against her team and bring the ship to him or he will kill John and D'avin. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Kiss, Kiss, Bye Bye" | Paolo Barzman | Michelle Lovretta | July 31, 2015 | 257149-7 |
| 8 | 8 | "Come the Rain" | Peter Stebbings | Jeremy Boxen | August 7, 2015 | 257149-8 |
| 9 | 9 | "Enemy Khlyen" | Paolo Barzman | Emily Andras | August 14, 2015 | 257149-9 |
| 10 | 10 | "Escape Velocity" | Ken Girotti | Michelle Lovretta | August 21, 2015 | 257149-10 |
Broadcast
Killjoys premiered June 19, 2015, in both Canada and the United States, and episodes air simultaneously on the two channels each Friday.[6] It will premiere in Australia on January 30, 2016.[7]
Reception
The first episode of the series received 286,000 overnight viewers in Canada.[8] Charlie Jane Anders of io9 gave the show a very positive rating saying, "If wanting to watch fun, quippy characters get into scrapes and survive by the skin of their teeth, on spaceships and alien planets, is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Killjoys has just the right mix of guns, high-tech knives, assassins, cage fights, missions to hostile planets, dark secrets, tiny robot weapons and general space headbutting thrills to be the perfect treat for Friday nights." Addressing the occasional negative review she went on to state "We don’t need every television show to be True Detective or even Battlestar Galactica."[9] Writing for Forbes.com, Merrill Barr gave the first four episodes of the show an average to negative rating in a review titled "Sci-Fi Fun With Nothing Else To Offer", opining that though enjoyable for sci-fi fans, it featured "sci-fi archetypes that aren't bringing anything new to the table", an "overly complicated" fictional universe, and was "extremely light on depth and character intrigue."[10]
On September 1, 2015, Syfy announced it would renew Killjoys for a second season of 10 episodes. Bill McGoldrick, Syfy's executive VP of original content was quoted as saying "With exciting space-based action, deep world building, and a standout cast, Killjoys has struck a nerve with viewers and critics alike. We can't wait to see what adventures Michelle Lovretta and Temple Street take Dutch, John and D'avin on in season two." David Fortier and Ivan Schneeberg, the executive producers of the show, were quoted as saying "We couldn't be more excited to bring back Killjoys and its stellar cast to audiences across the U.S. We look forward to working with the team at Syfy for a thrilling second season."[11]
References
- ↑ Vlessing, Etan (October 7, 2013). "MIPCOM: Canada's Space Orders 'Killjoys' From 'Orphan Black' Producer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ↑ Vlessing, Etan (April 30, 2014). "Syfy to Co-Produce 'Killjoys' Drama With Canada's Space". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Official website". Syfy. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Killjoys: Episode Guide". zap2it. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (September 1, 2015). "'Killjoys' & 'Dark Matter' Renewed For Season 2 By Syfy". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ↑ Cox, Jennifer (May 14, 2015). "Space Original Series Killjoys Premieres June 19th". CraveOnline.com. Evolve Media, LLC. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ↑ Purcell, Charles (21 January 2016). "New This Week (Jan 25): War & Peace, Suits, Black Sails, Bear Grylls and live sport". The Green Room. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ↑ "Space Original Series KILLJOYS Seizes the Day as 286,000 Overnight Viewers Makes it the #1". PR Newswire. June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ↑ Anders, Charlie Jane (June 19, 2015). "Killjoys Really Is A Most Excellent Space Adventure Show". io9. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ↑ Barr, Merrill (June 15, 2015). "'Killjoys' Review: Sci-Fi Fun With Nothing Else To Offer". Forbes. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ↑ Castleman, Tocarra (September 1, 2015). "Good News! Killjoys Season 2 Will Premiere in 2016". Syfy. Retrieved September 2, 2015.