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Afterworld
Genre	Drama Science fiction Mystery
Created by	Brent V. Friedman & Michael DeCourcey
Developed by	Based on a Concept Developed by Brent V. Friedman & Michael DeCourcey
Directed by	Stan Rogow
Starring	see below
Narrated by	Roark Critchlow
Theme music composer	Sam Winans
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	130 (present - unknown no. of future episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stan Rogow Brent V. Friedman
Producer(s)	John Alexander Reed, Adam Sigel and Marlin Davis
Running time	approx. 3 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original airing	February 28, 2007
External links
Official website

Afterworld is a computer-animated American science fiction television series^[1] created by writer Brent V. Friedman and artist/filmmaker Michael DeCourcey. Its naturalistic future setting, modeled after traditional Western movie motifs, presents an atypical science fiction backdrop for the narrative. Friedman served as executive producer, along with Stan Rogow.

Afterworld premiered in the United States on YouTube and Bud.tv on February 28, 2007 with the production website being launched in May, 2007. The series quickly built a loyal fanbase but did not really take off until August, 2007 when it was 're-released' on MySpace. In conjunction with that release the series was also released in Australia on the Sci Fi Channel, as a mobile pod-cast, and as web series on US based Crackle. In addition Afterworld featured its own website at afterworld.tv.

While originally planned to have 130 episodes in the series; the series' high ratings and large fanbase and lead to it being extended - as well as it being renewed for a second season, to be aired at an unknown date in 2009.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Main Characters 3 Broadcast history 4 Season 1 5 Afterworld: Global Contact 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Plot

After travelling to New York City on a business trip, Russell Shoemaker wakes to find all electronic technology dead and more than 99% of the human race missing. Driven by a need to discover the truth and determined to return to his family, he embarks on a journey to his home in Seattle, while recording and telling all of the events in his journal. Afterworld is the story of Russell's 3,000-mile (4,800 km) trek across a post-apocalyptic America as he encounters the strange new societies rebuilding themselves. Along the way, he also attempts to solve the mystery of what caused this global event, which survivors refer to as "the Fall."

In addition to new forms of government, Russell discovers that technology has failed due to a persistent electromagnetic pulse, a product of a collection of satellites that was activated almost simultaneously to the Fall. An additional side effect of the EMP is the rapid mutation of many forms of life, including Shoemaker himself. He describes that his night-vision has improved dramatically, along with his endurance. Other examples are seen in cattle Russell happens across, who're dying of a previously unheard form of necrotizing fasciitis.

Russell's journey eventually brings him to a nearly deserted San Francisco, and the headquarters of an organization known as the Parthia Group, who had developed a form of nano-technology, which identified humans with a particular genetic makeup.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main Characters

• Russell "The Walker" Shoemaker - Russell was an Russian-American advertising executive and the husband of Janelle and father of Kizzy, from Seattle, Washington. In hope of scoring big by spreading his campaign, he travels to New York City. The next morning he wakes up and finds all technology disabled and most of humanity has vanished. Russell resolves to start travelling home to Seattle to find out what happened to his family. During his journey he comes across many people, creating friends and enemies, as well as does his own investigative efforts into the cause of "The Fall", from what he can find, the theories he hears and also from various factions and individuals during his journey. As time goes by, Russell gradually uncovers the truth and has an increasing effect on the beginnings of the new world. In the Season 1 finale, Russell finally reaches his home and, upon learning Janelle did not survive, but Kizzy did and is in Parthia's custody, now resolves to get his daughter back. He is the protagonist and narrator of Afterworld.
• Janelle "Jan" Shoemaker - Janelle was a social work supervisor and the wife of Russell and mother to his daughter, Kizzy. In the Season 1 finale, Russell learns Janelle was among the 99% of the human race disappeared by "The Fall".
• Kizzy "Kiz" Shoemaker - Kizzy was a student, specifically a 5th grader, and the daughter of Russell and Janelle Shoemaker. She is mentioned as being close to her parents and having high intelligence (as she was in accelerated classes). She is older and wiser then her years imply. In the Season 1 finale, Russell learns that while Janelle did not survive "The Fall", Kizzy did, and Gwen saved her from the Seattle Labor Camp. Currently, Kizzy is in the custody of the Parthia Group.
• Officer Delondre Baines - Delondre was an no-nonsense but fair NYPD mounted police officer with the NYPD Mounted Patrol Division. Delondre witnessed "The Fall" firsthand during her night beat - the event had a profound impact on her. Delondre resolved to help keep the peace in the aftermath that followed, and soon became friends with Russell. After Russell leaves, however, the New York community collapses and disbands and, dissilusioned, Delondre wanders the country until she is contacted by the missionaries of New Eden. Converted to their belief system, Delondre is sent to kill Russell Shoemaker (or more commonly known to as "The Walker") as one of the Horseman, but is convinced by Russell her belief system is false. After foiling the New World Historians plan to ship false information worldwide, and replace it with the truth (from Russell's diary), Delondre leaves the United States to ensure the book reach their destinations, resolving to make spreading the actual truth her purpose in the new world.
• Eli - Eli was originally a wealthy jeweller in New York, but, in 1999, had a break down after a paranoid Eli shot and killed an innocent man who he thought was trying to kill him (in actuality he wanted a cigarette). Eli lost everything and became homeless on New York's streets. After "The Fall", Eli rescues Russell when he is severely injured in a bicycle accident. While Eli does not disclose the reasons behind his homelessness, he gives Russell the idea that carrying a gun will only cause more violence and problems, so Russell takes Eli's advice to heart and discards his firearm that Delondre gave him. Eli would appear several more times in the course of Russell's journey, always giving him sound advice when he needed it, and then moving on. It is implied Eli is actually a ghost, as in the dream Eli appeared to Russell, he explained he tried (and possibly succeeded) in killing himself via. overdose.
• Jack Hastings - Jack was a United States Congressman who ascended to the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives, making him the third most powerful man in the United States. After "The Fall", Russell, while raiding Hastings's mansion for vital supplies and information, discovers from reading several documents in Hastings' office, that he could be a possible terrorist and key figure involved in "The Fall". Later on, however, it is revealed that, while he is a member of the Parthia Group, "The Fall" itself was an accident. For reasons unknown, Hastings and Parthia have been monitoring Russell's journey and took Kizzy into custody after her liberation by Gwen. Russell is now demanding a meeting with Hastings.
• John "J.D." Daggert - J.D. was an insurance salesman who experienced a life-changing awakening when he witnessed his beloved son Jonah's disappearance during "The Fall" (even getting a picture of the exact moment he vanished). Sinking into depression, J.D. soon gained the belief God had caused the Fall and spared J.D. for the purpose of re-building society in a more religious fashion. To this end, J.D. created a religious cult in New Eden, PA, with J.D. it's self-appointed leader and prophet. In truth, J.D. is a psychotic self-deluded madman who sought total control over his followers and total destruction of anything contradicting his beliefs. Russell took away J.D.'s proof - the picture - thus robbing him of the ability to grow his movement, and so J.D. has made many efforts to hunt down and kill Russell, all of which have failed.
• Arnold Shafer Ph.D. - Arnold was originally a Maryland university teacher as the Department Chair of Anthropology, with a Ph.D. in political evolution. Following "The Fall", and having always been a steam train enthusiast due to it being a safer energy and fuel source, fully restored an old locomotive steam train and brought together a group of teachers and scholars named "The New World Historians", travelling the country, operating out of the steam train, spreading the word and reporting news on different areas of the United States. Arnold sought not only to make their point of view, among the many circulating among the survivors, the most known and accepted, but to write a new history of the world itself. Arnold initially approached Russell as a friend and offered him the chance to make history - to join his group, and in so doing get back to Seattle in a month. Russell, taken in and impressed by the group, accepted, only to learn the actual truth from Paul "The Contrarian" Krantz - a conspiracy theorist who was killed by the New World Historians for the secret memo that revealed who The New World Historians really were - Field Operatives of the Parthia Group, seeking to spread their version of the truth instead of what actually happened. After Russell shirked off Arnolds' efforts to have him hunted down by bounty hunters, conflicts seemed to subside. Proving to be a force to be reckoned with, Russell was forced to defeat a smear campaign launched by Arnold, who tried to label him as a criminal and terrorist. Later they battled again when Arnold was tasked with destroying all evidence of Parthia's links to "The Fall" and spread their version of the truth worldwide. Arnold, his violent nature out of control, was driven to execute his own men after destroying the headquarters of the company that manufactured the nanomachines used in "The Fall", and so was subdued and held at gunpoint by Russell - who gloated that Arnold's efforts to spread their lies had failed and instead replaced by the truth by Russell and his allies. Arnold was then executed by Subu.
• Charles & Subu - A pair of Army soldiers who became professional mercenaries following "The Fall". The men came into employment of the New World Historians, and were tasked with hunting down and kill Russell and retrieve the incriminating Parthia Group memo he stole by whatever means necessary. Russell evaded pursuit, and much later killed Charles in a brutal fistfight with a knife to the chest, and, when Arnold and the New World Historians attacked the company that manufactured the nanomachines used in "The Fall" to destroy all evidence, Subu, having witnessed Arnold executing his own men to eliminate all witnesses, makes peace with Russell and, after escaping the building before it is destroyed, Subu executes Arnold and walks away from Russell.

[edit] Broadcast history

Bud.tv : February 28, 2007 - present

Youtube.com : February 28, 2007 - present

Myspace.com : August 2007 - present

Sci-Fi Channel : August 2007 - present

Vuze.com : March 2008 - present

Channel 4 : April 12, 2008 - present

AXN East Asia : May, 2008 - present (Daily) 7.00pm SIN/PHIL/HK

AXN Beyond (Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong) : May 2008 - present (Daily) 9.00pm SIN/PHIL/HK

ProSieben (German TV) : July 1, 2008 - August 31, 2008 (Daily)

AXN Bulgaria : August 9, 2008 - present Mon-Fri at 7.00pm

AXN Czech & Hungary : ? - present Every day at 6.00pm

GO TV South Africa May 2009 - Present Mon-Fri 10.30pm

[edit] Season 1

 Location 1:  New York City, NY  Episode 1: 	The Big Day  Episode 2:	Detritus  Episode 3: 	Purgatory  Episode 4:	Delondre  Episode 5:	Central Park  Episode 6:	Hibakusha  Episode 7:	Homeland Insecurity  Episode 8:	Darwin’s Ghost  Episode 9:	Man Of The House  Episode 10:	3000 Miles  Location 2:  Philadelphia, PA  Episode 11: 	Call Me Eli  Episode 12:	Terror Within  Episode 13: 	House Of The Speaker  Episode 14:	Detour  Episode 15:	Revelations  Location 3:  New Eden, PA  Episode 16:	New Eden  Episode 17:	Divine Intervention  Episode 18:	Polaroid  Episode 19:	Devil Among Us  Episode 20:	Battle Lines  Location 4:  Aurora, OH  Episode 21:	Aurora  Episode 22:	In Short Supply  Episode 23:	Messenger  Episode 24: 	Mr. Shoemaker Goes To Ohio  Episode 25:	The First Horseman  Location 5:  Peebles, OH  Episode 26:	47 Minutes  Episode 27:	Subterranean  Episode 28:	Looking Glass  Episode 29:	A Quiet Place  Episode 30:	An Offering To Uktena  Location 6:  Louisville, KY (Official site says "Southern Ohio" which is actually part of the previous location)  Episode 31: 	The New World Historians  Episode 32:	Fail Safe  Episode 33:	Conflicting Reports  Episode 34:	The River  Episode 35:	Conspiracies Can Come True  Location 7:  Nashville, TN  Episode 36:	Rose Mansion  Episode 37:	Nashville  Episode 38:	Spontaneous Combustion  Episode 39:	Temptations  Episode 40:	The Second Horseman  Location 8:  Memphis, TN  Episode 41:	Graceland  Episode 42:	The Virus  Episode 43:	Control Group  Episode 44:	Do No Harm  Episode 45:	A Good Lie  Location 9:  Ozarks  Episode 46:	Truth Or Consequences  Episode 47:	Off The Grid  Episode 48:	The Hunter  Episode 49:	Wanted  Episode 50:	R.I.P.  Location 10: Salina, OK  Episode 51:	Oklahoma  Episode 52:	Electricity  Episode 53:	Who Are You  Episode 54:	Parthia  Episode 55:	Gone, Baby, Gone  Location 11: Wichita, KS  Episode 56:	The Cobalt Clock  Episode 57:	Team Alpha  Episode 58:	Faith In Science  Episode 59:	Eve Of Destruction  Episode 60:	Holiday Spirit  Location 12: Amarillo, TX  Episode 61: 	Morning Star  Episode 62: 	Warning Signs  Episode 63: 	Complications  Episode 64: 	What Child Is This?  Episode 65: 	The Brother  Location 13: Santa Fe, NM  Episode 66:	Manhunt  Episode 67:	The Settlement  Episode 68:	Sanctuary  Episode 69:	Fight Or Flight  Episode 70:	Change Of Heart  Location 14: Sedona, AZ  Episode 71:	Welcome To The Jungle  Episode 72:	Something In The Air  Episode 73:	Burden Of Guilt  Episode 74:	Prey  Episode 75:	Déjà vu  Location 15: Ghana  Episode 76:	Helpless  Episode 77:	Gone To Ghana  Episode 78:	Solitary  Episode 79:	Almost Home  Episode 80:	The Remedy  Location 16: Flagstaff, AZ  Episode 81:	The Walker  Episode 82:	Bad Reputation  Episode 83:	Ultimatum  Episode 84:	Hidden Agenda  Episode 85:	The Ever-Changing Truth  Location 17: Needles, CA  Episode 86:	The Cartel  Episode 87:	A Window Of Opportunity  Episode 88:	The Berserker  Episode 89:	Like Clockwork  Episode 90:	Fair Trade  Location 18: Las Vegas, NV  Episode 91:	The Suicide Squad  Episode 92:	Debt to Society  Episode 93:	Showtime!  Episode 94:	Double Bill  Episode 95:	Convergence  Location 19: Red Rock, NV  Episode 96:	The Third Horseman  Episode 97:	Change Of Plans  Episode 98:	End Of The Road  Episode 99:	The Grim Reaper  Episode 100:	Monumental  Location 20: Mount Charleston, NV  Episode 101:	Road To Redemption  Episode 102:	NORAD  Episode 103:	Prisoners Of Fate  Episode 104:	Pushing Buttons  Episode 105:	Simple Pleasures  Location 21: Lake City  Episode 106:	Lake City  Episode 107:	What Lies Beneath  Episode 108:	The Devil Inside  Episode 109:	Bottom Line  Episode 110:	Pathological  Location 22: Sierra Forest  Episode 111:	The Fourth Horseman  Episode 112:	Bitter Pill  Episode 113:	Story Of The Gun  Episode 114:	A Little Help From My Friends  Episode 115:	Treasure Island  Location 23: San Francisco, CA  Episode 116:	The Shipment  Episode 117:	First Edition  Episode 118:	On The Record  Episode 119:	The Sting – Part One  Episode 120:	The Sting – Part Two  Location 24: San Rafael, CA  Episode 121:	A New Chapter  Episode 122:	Project: Continuum  Episode 123:	Truth In The Clouds  Episode 124:	Matter Of Time  Episode 125:	Unholy Alliance  Location 25: Seattle, WA  Episode 126:	North By Northwest  Episode 127:	The Emerald City  Episode 128:	Shoemaker & Associates  Episode 129:	809 W. Blaine St.  Episode 130:	When The Levee Breaks 

[edit] Afterworld: Global Contact

Sony published a mobile game based before the events of Season 2, but after the catastrophic planetary event known as "The Fall" caused 99% of the world's population to disappear, along with almost all technology. This is a mobile adventure game where different survivors journey the world in search of their families, going from continent to continent, encountering daring adventures in cities such as Paris, Seoul, Sydney and Rio de Janeiro. The players confront each challenge and battle their enemies as they struggle to create communication towers to allow the world to regain global contact. It was launched in September 2008.

The narrative of the game offers a preview of Season 2.

[edit] See also

• Midnight Nation

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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• Afterworld.tv - The US Afterworld Production Site (only available in selected countries)
• Broadcast Quality Afterworld Episodes: - Released on March 28, 2008 all AW episodes are now available to view in broadcast quality on Vuze (only available in selected countries)
• Afterworld Word Wall - The US Afterworld Discussion Forum (only available in selected countries)
• Afterworld Theories.com - US Afterworld fan site with a plethora of afterworld resources including original scripts from the show, a record of all major theories about the show, research links, and a section where the Afterworld Production Team answers fan questions.
• SciFi Channel Australia: Afterworld
• Afterworld Blog - a blog about "that" aussie season ... (available everywhere)
• Afterworld MMO - Afterworld themed MMO game
• Afterworld at the Internet Movie Database