
This grounded new thriller follows Mara Kint, a former hostage negotiator and expert on human behavior, who became a college professor after facing an unimaginable personal tragedy. But when she's brought in to save ordinary people who have lost themselves in a highly advanced virtual-reality program in which you can literally live your dreams, she finds that in saving others, she may actually have discovered a way to save herself.
Series Overview
Rating
- imDb Rating: 6.6 (3,189 Votes)
- Metascore: N/A
Plot
A former hostage negotiator takes a job retrieving people who are lost in a virtual reality program.
Details
- Rated: TV-14
- Released: 30 May 2018
- Runtime: 60 min
- Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Director: N/A
- Writer: Mickey Fisher
- Actors: Sarah Shahi, Dennis Haysbert, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Jessica Lu
- Language: English
- Country: USA
- Awards: N/A
- Total Seasons: 1
Previous Episode

Point of Origin
Episode 1x10; Aug 08, 2018
The team must race against the clock when one of them is kidnapped, and Onira-Tech is at risk of being destroyed.
Previous Episodes

1x10: Point of Origin

1x9: The Key

1x8: Despedida

1x7: The Black Mandala

1x6: Pas de Deux

1x5: Altum Somnum

1x4: Blue is the Coldest Color

1x3: No More Mr. Nice Guy

1x2: Bond, Jane Bond
Cast

Jessica Lu as Alexis Barrett

Dennis Haysbert as Charlie Ventana

Sarah Shahi as Mara Kint

Sendhil Ramamurthy as Paul Hammond

Kathryn Morris as Monica Shaw
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Season 1
Episode No. | No. Overall | Title | Airdate | Runtime | Summary |
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1 | 1 | Apertus | 2018-05-30 | 60 | Former hostage negotiator Mara Kint is hired by tech company Oniratech to save people who have lost themselves in a sophisticated virtual reality program called Reverie. |
2 | 2 | Bond, Jane Bond | 2018-06-06 | 60 | When a client becomes addicted to a "Jane Bond" adventure, Mara must help her assemble the missing pieces in her life to save her. At the same time, Mara deals with the unanticipated side effects of Reverie. |
3 | 3 | No More Mr. Nice Guy | 2018-06-13 | 60 | A family man robs banks in his Reverie and Mara must uncover the deeper reasons why. Mara's derealizations put her life in danger. |
4 | 4 | Blue is the Coldest Color | 2018-06-20 | 60 | Alexis's former partner Oliver Hill resurfaces and warns Mara that Reverie 2.0 has some dangerous side effects. Back at Onira-Tech, a BCI is stolen and Mara must go into a rogue Reverie. |
5 | 5 | Altum Somnum | 2018-06-27 | 60 | Monica Shaw seeks help from the team after a bombing kills dozens of people. Mara must dive into the mind of a coma victim to try and identify the perpetrator. |
6 | 6 | Pas de Deux | 2018-07-11 | 60 | Mara tries to save a young dancer whose recent tragedy has sent her spiraling into deep despair. The case leads Mara to a surprising reunion with Chris, the love she left when her life fell apart. |
7 | 7 | The Black Mandala | 2018-07-18 | 60 | The team works together to save the life of a wrongly imprisoned boy and Mara is introduced to the dangerous world of Dark Reveries where the normal rules don't apply. |
8 | 8 | Despedida | 2018-07-25 | 60 | Romance is in the air when Mara must track down an elderly woman attempting to relive her lost love, but as Mara dives deeper into her Reverie she realizes she may have a greater mission on her mind. |
9 | 9 | The Key | 2018-08-01 | 60 | Mara's personal tragedy finally comes to a head and she considers whether she has a future with OniraTech. When the client stuck in Reverie is one of their own, they must all band together before it's too late. |
10 | 10 | Point of Origin | 2018-08-08 | 60 | The team must race against the clock when one of them is kidnapped, and Onira-Tech is at risk of being destroyed. |
Series Cast
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Jessica Lu | as Alexis Barrett | ![]() |
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Dennis Haysbert | as Charlie Ventana | ![]() |
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Sarah Shahi | as Mara Kint | ![]() |
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Sendhil Ramamurthy | as Paul Hammond | ![]() |
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Kathryn Morris | as Monica Shaw | ![]() |
Series Crew
Position | Name | |
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Executive Producer | Darryl Frank |
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Executive Producer | Justin Falvey |
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Co-Executive Producer | Ken Woodruff |
Producer | Dylan K. Massin | |
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Co-Executive Producer | Erika Green Swafford |
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Consulting Producer | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
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Executive Producer | Tom Szentgyorgyi |
Co-Producer | Douglas S. Ornstein | |
Creator | Mickey Fisher | |
Executive Producer | Mickey Fisher | |
Executive Producer | Brooklyn Weaver | |
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Editor | Joseph Buttler |
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Executive Producer | Jaume Collet-Serra |
Consulting Producer | David Schulner | |
Casting | Coreen Mayrs | |
Casting | Heike Brandstatter | |
Director Of Photography | Alan Caso | |
Production Designer | Mark Freeborn | |
Editor | Ryan Neatha Johnson | |
Producer | Justis Greene | |
Casting | Camille H. Patton | |
Editor | Alan Cody | |
Casting | Jennifer Lare | |
Re-Recording Mixer | Sherry Klein | |
Re-Recording Mixer | Scott Weber | |
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Music | W.G. Snuffy Walden |
Associate Producer | Jenna Bauer | |
Director Of Photography | Joseph E. Gallagher | |
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Music | A. Patrick Rose |
Production Manager | Heather Meehan | |
First Assistant Director | Pete Whyte | |
Second Assistant Director | Cindy Smith | |
Costume Designer | Monique Prudhomme | |
Music Supervisor | Amanda Krieg Thomas | |
Music Supervisor | PJ Bloom | |
Sound Supervisor | G. Michael Graham | |
Casting Associate | Chandler Patton | |
Production Designer | Kenneth Hardy | |
Editor | Christopher Cibelli | |
Music | Noah Sorota |