Colony is an American science fiction drama television series created by Carlton Cuse and Ryan J. Condal, starring Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies.[3]
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[4] to promote the show. The series had its broadcast premiere on USA Network on January 14, 2016.[5] In April 2017, Colony was renewed for a third season which premiered on May 2, 2018.[6][7] On July 21, 2018, USA Network announced they had cancelled the series after three seasons.
In a dystopian near-future Los Angeles, residents live under a regime of military occupation by an organization known as the Transitional Authority. The Authority serves an extraterrestrial
group referred to as the "Hosts", about whom little is known until
later in the series (an alien robotic race finds themselves hunted, who
came to Earth to use humans as allies and labor in their own battle).
The symbol of the collaborating forces features stylized birds of prey, or raptors, which gives rise to their nickname, the "Raps". The Authority enforces Host policy via militarized police called Homeland Security and nicknamed the "Redhats" for the red helmet cover of their otherwise black tactical attire.
The Hosts took control on a day known simply as the "Arrival".
That day began with massive worldwide communication interference and
jamming, which came after a weeklong hunt for relevant key figures
around the world. 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 later scenes in the series shows Authority members from all
over the world - hence making the invasion scale worldwide.
A privileged class of elites, drawn by the Hosts from the local
population, are denigrated by some bloc residents as collaborators. The
ruling forces maintain control through the separation of family members,
shoot-on-sight curfews, forced disappearances, random checkpoints, frequent electronic identity checks, limitation of motor vehicle usage (most people walk or ride bicycles), pervasive visual propaganda, slave labor
in a place called the "Factory" (later revealed to be located on the
Earth's moon to mine radioactive materials), and massive continuous
electronic surveillance with both hidden cameras as well as Host-provided drone aircraft
that launch from hangar bays inside the wall and capable of killing
humans by extremely lethal high energy weaponry. Some medical problems,
such as diabetes, have been "deemed unworthy for treatment" by the Hosts, to cull the population.
A resistance movement is referred to as both the "Resistance" and the "Insurgency". An informal barter-based black market has also sprung up, trading in surplus materials and home-produced goods.
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.
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