Quantico (TV series)

Quantico
Genre
Created by Joshua Safran
Starring
Composer(s) Joel J. Richard
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 30 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s) Barabra D'Alessandro
Cherien Dabis
Location(s) Montreal, and Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
New York City, New York
Cinematography Todd McMullen
Anthony Wolberg
Editor(s) Allyson C. Johnson
Colleen Sharp
Nicholas Erasmus
Bill Henry
Daniel Valverde
Running time 43 minutes
Production company(s)
Distributor Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network ABC
Picture format 1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Original release September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27) – present
External links
Website

Quantico is an American drama thriller series that premiered on ABC on September 27, 2015. The series was created by Joshua Safran and was produced by ABC Studios. Mark Gordon and Safran serve as executive producers.

Priyanka Chopra stars as Alex Parrish, a bright FBI recruit, who after graduating from the FBI Academy, joins the agency and later becomes a prime suspect of a terrorist attack on Grand Central Terminal. The cast includes Priyanka Chopra as Alex Parrish, and Jake McLaughlin, Yasmine Al Massri, Johanna Braddy, Tate Ellington, Graham Rogers, Anabelle Acosta as her fellow recruits, and Josh Hopkins and Aunjanue Ellis as their trainers at the FBI academy, Quantico, Virginia. In season two, Russell Tovey, Pearl Thusi, Aarón Díaz and Blair Underwood were added to the main cast following the CIA plot elements.

ABC originally ordered 13 episodes for the first season, and picked up the show for a full season with subsequent orders in October and November to a total of 22 episodes. On March 3, 2016, ABC renewed Quantico for a second season, which premiered on September 25, 2016. The series has received positive reviews from critics and was watched by 8.05 million viewers in Nielsen ratings the first season.

Overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedNielsen ratings
First airedLast airedRankViewers
(in millions)
122September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)May 15, 2016 (2016-05-15)558.05[1]
222[2]September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25)TBATBDTBD

Season 1

Main article: Quantico (season 1)

Alex Parrish, a promising FBI recruit, becomes a prime suspect following a terrorist attack on Grand Central Terminal. Alex is then taken into custody, where she finds out that she had been charged with the terrorist attack on Grand Central. Her initial escape is orchestrated by Deputy Director Miranda Shaw, her primary instructor at Quantico, who refuses to believe that she is guilty. Flashbacks shows her and fellow agents' training at the Quantico Academy. Alex met Ryan Booth on her way to the Academy. Ryan was later revealed to have been ordered by Liam O'Connor, former partner/friend of Alex's father, to spy on Alex. While living at the Academy, she learnt of her father's double agent identity. She became friends with Shelby Wyatt and other recruits.

Alex is able to prove her innocence in the Grand Central Terminal bombing with the help of her classmates at Quantico and discovers that the bomber is former FBI analyst-trainee Elias Harper who had planted the bomb under the instruction of a mastermind terrorist. Having cleared her name in a congressional hearing, Alex is reinstated as an FBI agent and assigned to the field office in New York, specifically the operations section and now strives to uncover the true mastermind behind the bombings, as the 2016 Presidential election looms ever closer.

Liam is eventually revealed to be the person responsible and killed by both Alex and Ryan. Alex is fired from the FBI due to the events of the bombing and the subsequent publicity. Two months later, Alex is approached by the CIA director Matthew Keyes, who offers her a position at the organization.

Season 2

Main article: Quantico (season 2)

Even after clearing her name, saving millions of lives, and discovering the mastermind behind the Grand Central bombing, Alex has been fired from the FBI but still works undercover. Six months after the events in the first-season finale, Alex is working as an analyst at the CIA, while living with Shelby and is still in a romantic relationship with Ryan. After waiting for months, Alex finds herself at “The Farm” the CIA’s mysterious training facility, where she must go undercover with Ryan for the FBI. In the future, the President of the United States, the First Lady of the United States and several other world-leaders are being held hostage by a group of terrorists, which threatens to kill every person if their demands are not fulfilled.

Cast and characters

Production

Development

Priyanka Chopra plays the lead role as FBI Agent Alex Parrish.

On September 17, 2014, ABC announced the network had bought the original concept for the drama series written by Joshua Safran and produced by Mark Gordon Company, described as Grey's Anatomy meets Homeland.[4] ABC ordered the pilot on January 23, 2015 for the 2015–16 television season.[5] The pilot episode was filmed in Atlanta and directed by Marc Munden.[6] On May 7, 2015, ABC picked up the pilot to series with an order of 13 episodes.[7] ABC picked up the show for a full season on October 13, 2015, with an additional six episodes, increasing the episode count to 19 and in November to 22 episodes.[8][9] On March 3, 2016, ABC announced that Quantico had been renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 25, 2016.[10][11][12]

Filming

The pilot episode was filmed in Atlanta, with the series moving to film episodes after the pilot to Quebec, specifically the Montreal area in late summer 2015, using settings within downtown Montreal and Sherbrooke to stand in for New York and Quantico, respectively.[13] Multiple scenes of the Quantico Academy were taken at the campus of the Université de Sherbrooke.[14] Production of the first 13 episodes began on July 20, 2015 and ended on December 17, 2015.[13] Production on season one continued in Montreal through to the season finale. On April 22, 2016, The New York Times reported that the production of the show would be moving to New York City for the second season. Show-creator Joshua Safran said that the reason for the move was because "Season 2 is going to be very much more a New York story."[15] Filming for the second season started on July 13, 2016, confirmed by Priyanka Chopra.[11][16]

Casting

Casting advertisements began in February 2015. Tate Ellington was the first actor, cast as an FBI trainee on February 9, 2015.[17] On February 9, Graham Rogers joined the series as another FBI trainee.[18] On February 25, it was announced that Aunjanue Ellis would play the leading role of Miranda Shaw, the assistant director of the training academy; Ellis was cast in this role following the success of ABC's How to Get Away with Murder, which also features an African American lead.[19][20] Later, it was announced that Dougray Scott, initially cast as Ellis' character's former partner, had been re-cast as her subordinate.[21] On February 25, Indian actress Priyanka Chopra landed the role of FBI trainee Alex Parrish, the series' young female lead.[22] On March 3, it was announced that Jake McLaughlin would play Alex Parrish's love interest, while Johanna Braddy and Yasmine Al Massri were cast in the final co-starring roles.[23]

After picking up the pilot, ABC began making casting changes. On May 19, 2015, it was announced that Dougray Scott, who played FBI Special Agent Liam O'Connor, had left the show and the role would be recast;[24] Josh Hopkins replaced him in that role on July 17, 2015.[25] On July 15, 2015, it was announced that Anabelle Acosta was cast for a multi-episode arc as a Quantico recruit and former cop.[26][27] On July 20, 2015, Rick Cosnett signed on to play a recurring role as a gay former defense attorney and analyst recruit.[28]

On September 4, 2015, it was announced that Acosta had been promoted to series regular.[29] On September 11, 2015, Jacob Artist was cast in the recurring role of a friendly and confident FBI Agent in Training, who is a former quarterback from a wealthy, prominent family.[30] It was announced on November 6, 2015, that Marcia Cross was cast as Claire Haas, Caleb's mother and wife of FBI Deputy Director Clayton Haas, who is a high-ranking senator and now Vice Presidential candidate.[9] It was also announced in November 2015 that three people were cast for recurring characters, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Lenny Platt, and Li Jun Li, to be added after the first seasons midseason break.[31]

For the second season, the show added several series regulars, including Russell Tovey as Harry Doyle, Blair Underwood as CIA officer Owen Hall and Pearl Thusi as Dayana Mampasi.[32][33][34] Aarón Díaz was announced to have joined the show for the second season in a recurring role as photojournalist León Velez.[35] Díaz was later upgraded as a series regular for the second season of Quantico.[36] On July 19, 2016, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Tracy Ifeachor and David Lim were added as recurring cast, and will be playing Lydia Bates and Sebastian Chen, respectively.[37] Showrunner Joshua Safran revealed in an interview after the first-season finale, that the producers were in discussion of getting Revenge-alum Henry Czerny in the second season as the character he played in the finale is important for the story in season 2.[38] Deadline reported on July 28, 2016, that Czerny had been added as a major recurring role as Matthew Keyes.[39]

Reception

Critical response

Quantico has received positive reviews from television critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 84% approval rating with an average rating of 6.6/10 based on 54 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Obvious copycatting aside, Quantico provides ludicrously entertaining thrills from a well-balanced cast."[40] On Metacritic, the series holds a score of 70 out of 100 based on 25 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[41]

Ratings

Season Timeslot (ET) Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Rank Avg. viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions)
1 Sunday 10:00 p.m. 22 September 27, 2015 7.14[42] May 15, 2016 3.78[43] 2015–16 55 8.05[44]
2 Sunday 10:00 p.m. (1–8)
Monday 10:00 p.m. (9–22)
22 September 25, 2016 3.64[45] TBA TBD 2016–17 TBD TBD

Accolades

Year Awards show Nomination(s) Categories Result(s) Ref
2016 People's Choice Awards Priyanka Chopra Favorite Actress in a New TV Series Won [46]
Quantico Favorite New TV Drama Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Priyanka Chopra Choice TV : Breakout Star Nominated [47]
Quantico Choice Breakout Series Nominated
2017 People's Choice Awards Priyanka Chopra Favorite Dramatic TV Actress Pending [48]
Quantico Favorite Network TV Drama Pending

Broadcast and distribution

Quantico was initially scheduled to air Tuesdays at 10:00 pm, but was moved to Sundays at 10:00 pm, due to Of Kings and Prophets (which was canceled after two late winter airings in that timeslot) being retooled.[49][50] The show premiered on ABC on Sunday September 27, 2015.[51] The episodes are approximately forty-three minutes, and are broadcast in both high-definition and standard. In India, the series premiered on October 3, 2015[52] on Star World Premiere. In Australia, the series premiered on the Seven Network on October 11, 2015.[53] The series was acquired by Alibi in the UK.[54]

The series' episodes are also available for download at the iTunes Store in standard and high-definition version, and Amazon Video. ABC Video on demand also releases recent episodes of the show for temporary viewing. Recent episodes are available at ABC's official Quantico website, and on Hulu and Xfinity. On August 23, 2016, the first season became available to stream instantly on Netflix in various countries.[55]

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