Intruders (TV series) explained

Genre:Drama, mystery, paranormal fiction
Developer:Glen Morgan
Composer:Bear McCreary
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:8
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Camera:Single
Runtime:60 minutes
Company:BBC Worldwide Productions
Channel:BBC America

Intruders is a drama television series based on Michael Marshall Smith's novel The Intruders (2007). An eight-episode season premiered in August 2014 on the American cable television network BBC America and was a joint production between BBC America and British channel BBC Two.[1] [2] Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Stamm share directing duties.[3] On February 27, 2015, it was announced that Intruders was cancelled after one season.[4]

Plot

Jack Whelan is a former Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detective who is asked to investigate strange occurrences related to a string of attempted suicide. Despite his efforts, he is stumped. He concentrates his search on a secret society, Qui Reverti (Latin for 'who return'), whose members chase immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others after their own deaths. Agents of the society, called "Shepherds", find the hosts of the returning souls and show them "triggers"––items important to the returning Qui Reverti members in their past lives––that "awaken" the returning soul. Once awakened, the intruding soul engages in a battle of wills with the host's soul, with the losing soul sent to the afterlife. In Whelan's case, this process destroys his marriage when his wife's body is taken by an intruder.

A serial killer named Marcus Fox comes back to life in the body of a little girl. Both souls fight for control, causing their memories to become confused. The struggle is exacerbated when the little girl becomes aware of the Qui Reverti guidebook for returning souls and begins using the information without truly understanding it.

Main cast

Episodes

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jeffery. Morgan. Mira Sorvino on BBC Two's Intruders: "It's beautiful, but it is brutal". Digital Spy. 24 October 2014. Digital Spy. 24 October 2014.
  2. News: Andreeva. Nellie. Mira Sorvino To Star In BBC America Series 'Intruders'. January 28, 2014. Deadline Hollywood. January 24, 2014.
  3. News: John Simm to star in BBC America drama Intruders. January 28, 2014. BBC News. January 13, 2014.
  4. Web site: Intruders: Cancelled by BBC America, No Season Two. 27 February 2015.