The Ark (Fernsehserie)

The Ark ist eine in den USA produzierte Science Fiction-Fernsehserie.

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Einzelnachweise

The Ark is an American science fiction television series created by Dean Devlin, with Devlin and Jonathan Glassner serving as showrunners for the series. It premiered on Syfy on February 1, 2023, with the first season consisting of twelve episodes. The series stars Christie Burke as Lt. Sharon Garnet who becomes the de facto captain of an interstellar spacecraft after a disaster. It also stars Reece Ritchie, Richard Fleeshman, Stacey Michelle Read, Ryan Adams, Pavle Jerinić, Shalini Peiris, Christina Wolfe, and Tiana Upcheva. In April 2023, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on July 17, 2024.

Premise

A hundred years in the future, a spacecraft known as Ark One is shuttling a complement of would-be colonists away from a devastated Earth to a new home, Proxima b. The ship suffers a catastrophic event that kills almost all of the technical crew and all of the ship's senior officers. The survivors must work to reorganize themselves to maintain the ship and stay on course to reach their destination.

Cast and characters

Main

• Christie Burke as Lt. Sharon Garnet, one of the three highest-ranking remaining members of the crew and the de facto captain of the ship after the disaster
• Reece Ritchie as Lt. Spencer Lane , one of the three highest-ranking remaining members of the crew; he is suspicious of Garnet's leadership
  • Ritchie also portrays Ian (season 2), a clone and Spencer's brother
• Richard Fleeshman as Lt. James Brice, one of the three highest-ranking remaining members of the crew and a self-proclaimed "navigation wonk" who now has to take on other duties after the disaster
• Stacey Read as Alicia Nevins, a waste management engineer with coding skills who is promoted to chief of life support
• Ryan Adams as Angus Medford, a farm and 4-H youth from horticulture whose duties include crop development at the prospective colony
• Pavle Jerinić as Felix Strickland, acting head of security enforcement
• Shalini Peiris as Dr. Sanjivni Kabir, the only remaining doctor on the medical staff
• Christina Wolfe as Dr. Catrina "Cat" Brandice Vorlage:Efn, a social media star and "TV relationship specialist" whom Garnet orders to be the head of ship-wide mental health
• Tiana Upcheva as Eva Markovic, acting head of maintenance, engineering and construction

Recurring

• Lisa Brenner as Lieutenant Commander Susan Ingram (season 1), a career military officer, who would have been the superior officer to the surviving crew
• Miles Barrow as Baylor Trent (season 1), an ensign and Ingram's protégé.
• Dominik Čičak as Harris Beckner (season 1), a member of Eva's engineering team and her secret lover.
• Chris Leask as Jasper Dades (season 1), a crew member with a secret.
• Paul Murray as William Trust, the inventor of the Ark program
• Samantha Glassner as Kelly Fowler, an Ark 3 survivor and Evelyn Maddox's daughter
• Jadran Malkovich as Dr. Marsh (season 2; guest season 1), Evelyn Maddox's former chief of medical who defected to Ark 1 after disagreements with her.
• Díana Bermudez as Kimi Joma (season 2), Maddox's former chief of security who defected to Ark 1

Episodes

Season 1 (2023)

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1
1
Everyone Wanted to Be on This Ship
Dean Devlin
Dean Devlin
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578,000
When an accident causes the crew of the Ark to wake up prematurely and with most of the senior staff dead, the remaining crew must establish a leadership committee from the remaining survivors and find a way to get the mission back on track.
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2
2
Like It Touched the Sun
Milan Todorović
Jonathan Glassner
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408,000
A murder leaves the crew divided and suspicions running rampant.
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3
3
Get Out and Push
Milan Todorović
John-Paul Nickel
Vorlage:Start date
310,000
An engine malfunction puts the ship at risk of an approaching comet, but the comet may provide an opportunity to deal with the imminent water shortage.
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4
4
We Weren't Supposed to Be Awake
Sandra Mitrović
Rebecca Rosenberg
Vorlage:Start date
350,000

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5
5
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Sandra Mitrović
Kendall Lampkin
Vorlage:Start date
340,000

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6
6
Two by Two
Milan Todorović
Jonathan Glassner
Vorlage:Start date
361,000

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7
7
A Slow Death Is Worse
Milan Todorović
John-Paul Nickel
Vorlage:Start date
426,000

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8
8
Every Single Person Matters
Orsi Nagypal
Kendall Lampkin
Vorlage:Start date
403,000

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9
9
The Painful Way
Orsi Nagypal
John-Paul Nickel
Vorlage:Start date
339,000

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10
10
Hoping for Forever
Sandra Mitrović
Jonathan Glassner
Vorlage:Start date
357,000

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11
11
The Last Thing You Ever Do
Milan Todorović
Rebecca Rosenberg
Vorlage:Start date
437,000

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12
12
Everybody Wins
Jonathan Glassner
John-Paul Nickel
Vorlage:Start date
463,000

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Season 2 (2024)

1. 65BEE1U.S.Episode list

13
1
Failed Experiment
Marc Roskin
Jonathan Glassner
Vorlage:Start date
240,000

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14
2
Kill or Be Killed
Milan Todorović
John-Paul Nickel and Jonathan Glassner
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15
3
Anomaly
Milan Todorović
John-Paul Nickel and Jonathan Glassner
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16
4
The Other You
Milan Todorović
Madeline Hendricks Lewen
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17
5
Museum of Death
Sandra Mitrović
India Sage Wilson
Vorlage:Start date
285,000

65BEE1

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18
6
Pretty Big Deal
Milan Konjević
John-Paul Nickel
Vorlage:Start date


65BEE1

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19
7
It Can't Be True
Milena Grujić
Madeline Hendricks Lewen
Vorlage:Start date
282,000

65BEE1

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20
8
We Don't Kill Our Own
Marc Roskin
India Sage Wilson
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65BEE1

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21
9
Cycle of Violence
Hannah Espia-Farbová
James DeLorean
Vorlage:Start date
239,000

65BEE1

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22
10
It Should Have Been You
Sandra Mitrović
Madeline Hendricks Lewen
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65BEE1

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23
11
It Will Be Over Soon
Orsi Nagypál
India Sage Wilson
Vorlage:Start date
201,000

65BEE1

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24
12
Fortunate
Jonathan Glassner
John-Paul Nickel
Vorlage:Start date
281,000

65BEE1

Production

The premise is very similar to the 1970s series The Starlost, in which a multi-generational starship called Earthship Ark was launched to allow the passengers to escape a dying Earth. More than 100 years into the voyage, an unexplained accident occurs, and the ship goes into emergency mode. The survivors have to figure out how to safely pilot the starship.

The Ark went straight-to-series in late January 2022 with a 12-episode order from SyFy. Principal photography began at PFI Studios in Belgrade, Serbia in March of that year. Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner serve as showrunners and producers.

In March 2022, it was announced that the regular cast of the series had been set, with Christie Burke starring as Lt. Sharon Garnet, along with Richard Fleeshman, Reece Ritchie, Stacey Read, and newcomer Ryan Adams. In April 2022, it was announced that Lisa Brenner would be a recurring guest star, playing Commander Susan Ingram, with Christina Wolfe, Shalini Peiris, Miles Barrow, Pavle Jerinić, and Tiana Upcheva also recurring.

On April 12, 2023, Syfy renewed the series for a second season.

Broadcast and release

The series trailer was released in December 2022. It premiered on Syfy on February 1, 2023, with episodes to be streamed the next day on Peacock.

Reception

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported a 50% approval rating based on 14 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "The core concept of The Ark ought to be alluring enough for the sci-fi faithful, but blasé writing and chintzy production values call into question whether this particular world is worth preserving." Metacritic assigned a score of 50 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

External links

• Vorlage:Official website
• Vorlage:IMDb title
• After The Ark (The Ark aftershow)