.Original releaseJanuary 14, 2016 ( 2016-01-14) –July 25, 2018 ( 2018-07-25)External linksColony is an American television series created by and Ryan J. Condal, starring. A ten-episode first season premiered with an online preview release of the first episode on USA Network's website on December 15, 2015, following the launch of a game-like website to promote the show.

The series had its broadcast premiere on on January 14, 2016. In April 2017, Colony was renewed for a third season which premiered on May 2, 2018. On July 21, 2018, USA Network announced they had cancelled the series after three seasons. Contents.Setting In a near-future, residents live under a regime of by an organization known as the Transitional Authority. The Authority serves an group referred to as the 'Hosts', about whom little is known. The symbol of the forces features stylized birds of prey, or, which gives rise to their nickname, the 'Raps'. The Authority enforces Host policy via called Homeland Security and nicknamed the 'Redhats'.The Hosts took control on a day known simply as the 'Arrival'.

Late that day, massive rectangular blocks descended from the sky, linking together to build walls dividing the city. One of these walls, 20 to 30 stories tall, many meters thick, and many miles in length, surrounds the central part of Los Angeles, where the series is set. Other similar walls have been constructed around neighbouring urban areas, called 'blocs', with the whole referred to as a 'colony'. Traffic passes through the walls at heavily secured checkpoints, called 'gateways', which allow the Authority to strictly control the movement of people and the distribution of consumables, such as food and fuel, which are rationed. The geographical extent of the alien invasion is unclear, but it is presumably worldwide.A privileged class of elites, drawn by the Hosts from the local population, are denigrated by some bloc residents as collaborators.

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The ruling forces maintain control through the separation of loved ones, shoot-on-sight, frequent electronic identity checks, limitation of motor vehicle usage (most people walk or ride bicycles), pervasive visual, in a place called the 'Factory' (later revealed to be located on the Earth's moon to mine radioactive materials), and electronic with Host-provided that launch from the wall. Some medical problems, such as, have been 'deemed unworthy for treatment' by the Hosts, to the population.A is referred to as both the 'Resistance' and the '. An informal barter-based has also sprung up, trading in surplus materials and home-produced goods.Allusion to historical events In a May 21, 2015, interview with Collider, executive producer Carlton Cuse stated that the show was 'conceived as a metaphor for '. In a separate interview with Entertainment Weekly, co-creator Ryan Condal detailed that the original concept behind Colony was that they 'were actually inspired by Nazi-occupied Paris during WWII, where people went on living their lives, having coffee in street-side cafes while Nazi officers marched along the roads'. Plot The series begins less than a year after the arrival of aliens who occupy Earth. It follows the Bowmans and their extended family in Los Angeles.

Their son, Charlie, was on a school sports trip and was separated from them when alien walls sectioned off part of the city. The father, Will Bowman, is a former FBI agent and retired Army Ranger who reluctantly joins the Redhats (humans collaborating with the aliens) and is tasked with tracking down members of the Resistance, after being threatened that he and his family would be sent to 'the Factory' if he did not comply.

Unbeknownst to Will, his wife, Katie, is an operative in the Resistance. She later reveals this, and they begin to trade information. Their son, Bram, discovers a way under the wall, and later joins a rival resistance group.Cast and characters. The cast at Camp Conival presentation for Colony offsite at Petco Park during San Diego Comic-Con 2016. From left: Adrian Pasdar, Tory Kittles, Sarah Wayne-Callies, Ryan Condal, Peter Jacobson, Amanda Righetti and Josh Holloway Main.

as Will Bowman: A former and initially working under the alias Billy 'Sully' Sullivan as a truck driver and mechanic. To protect his family from being sent to the Factory, and to find his missing son Charlie, Will starts working for the Redhats hunting down Resistance members. as Katie Bowman: Will's wife and a secret Resistance operative. She owns and operates 'The Yonk', a New Orleans-themed bar. as Alan Snyder: The Proxy Governor of the Los Angeles Bloc and an unrepentant Collaborator. Snyder claims to be a former but is later revealed to be the corrupt purchasing manager of a small.

Snyder is removed as Proxy and made warden of a labor camp outside the bloc. as Madeline 'Maddie' Kenner (seasons 1–2): Katie's younger sister. as Eric Broussard: A former officer, assassin,. Now a Resistance operative, he infiltrates the Redhats and is Katie's main Resistance contact. as Bram Bowman: Will and Katie's teenaged son. as Grace Kathryn 'Gracie' Bowman: Will and Katie's young daughter.

Jacob Buster as Charlie Bowman (guest season 1; season 2–3): Will and Katie's younger son, who was separated from the rest of his family a year before the start of the series, when the wall went up. He is found by Will at the beginning of season 2 and reunited with his family.Recurring. as Rachel (season 1): A doctor and Resistance cell member. as Alexander Quayle (season 1): A former CIA Berlin and officer turned Los Angeles Resistance leader. Cooper J.

This episode's plot summary may be. Please by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( March 2019) The Bowmans and Snyder have been living in a log cabin for six months. Bram has been tracking a woman broadcasting numbers on a radio and wants to make contact.

Will says it is too dangerous, but Snyder encourages Bram. A huge unrecognized damaged space ship flies overhead followed by flying drones. Will and Snyder go to a lookout point to see the ship. There is a battle ensuing, with drones attacking the ship. Will theorizes that the RAPs are at war and the opposing side is a possible ally. Katie and Bram retrieves the hidden gauntlet.

Will and Snyder encounter a group of Greyhats readying to attack the cabin. Will draws their fire, while Snyder runs to the cabin to warn the family. Snyder leads the two younger kids from the cabin. At rendezvous point, Snyder tells Bram that he is going back to help Will and Katie, but meets with the leader of the Greyhats.

Snyder is told to only activate the beacon when he has located the Resistance. Will and Katie encounter a drone. Will shields Katie and the drone leaves without attacking them. Snyder returns, Will is suspicious, but allows him get into the truck. While Will and Katie investigate a crashed pod, Bram makes contact with a woman on the radio. Bram says who they are and that they have the gauntlet.

She gives them a location and time to meet.252'Puzzle Man'Tim SouthamMay 9, 2018 ( 2018-05-09)0.44The Bowmans and Snyder are put on a cargo train by the woman on the radio. They are met by Vincent from the Resistance. On the way to the camp Vincent tells the Bowmans that the camp can sometimes be political and upon arrival they find out Vincent disobeyed orders to meet them. They give the gauntlet to the camp's leader. Meanwhile in LA, Broussard is running an underground railroad to bring LA survivors to the San Fernando bloc.

One night after delivering a woman and her son to San Fernando, Broussard is working out of the old police station, piecing together documents left behind by the occupation, when a woman arrived. It turns out she is the dispacher he has been talking to as part of his railroad work. She tells him their team was ambushed. Working together on the document puzzles they find out that LA is going to be turned into a bioweapon. They decide to leave LA to find the Resistance camp.263'Sierra Maestra'May 16, 2018 ( 2018-05-16)0.70274'Hospitium'Peter LetoMarcus DalzineMay 23, 2018 ( 2018-05-23)0.70285'End of the Road'Jeremy WebbWes TookeMay 30, 2018 ( 2018-05-30)0.69296'The Emerald City'Sarah BoydRyan J. CondalJune 6, 2018 ( 2018-06-06)0.72307'A Clean, Well-Lighted Place'Lee PattersonJune 13, 2018 ( 2018-06-13)0.79318'Lazarus'Julia CoopermanJune 20, 2018 ( 2018-06-20)0.73329'The Big Empty'Carlos RiosJune 27, 2018 ( 2018-06-27)0.703310'Sea Spray'Lin OedingMike OstrowskiJuly 4, 2018 ( 2018-07-04)0.763411'Disposable Heroes'Tim SouthamCathryn HumphrisJuly 11, 2018 ( 2018-07-11)0.663512'Bonzo'Ryan J.

CondalJuly 18, 2018 ( 2018-07-18)0.603613'What Goes Around'Tim SouthamWes TookeJuly 25, 2018 ( 2018-07-25)0.59Specials No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUS viewers(millions)1'Behind the Wall'Tim GrayTed Averi and Tim GrayDecember 21, 2015 ( 2015-12-21)0.86Reception Critical response The show has received generally positive reviews. Hungry shark evolution game guardian. On it holds a score of 69/100, based on 22 reviews, indicating 'generally favorable reviews.' On, it holds a score of 84%, based on 31 reviews. The critics' consensus reads: ' Colony offers an engaging enough narrative, a few scares, and an overall good time, even if none of it is particularly original.' Praised the series saying: 'In a year of remarkable TV, Colony is really something special: smart, suspenseful, subversive.

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