PANDORA

 

2019-2020, US / Canada / Bulgaria

Episodes 2019 1x13, 2020 1x10

Pc: Starlings Television [Chris Philip & Karen Martin] (Montreal & LA), Vital Signs Entertainment [Thomas P. Vitale] (NY), Radioactive Fishtank [Mark A. Altman & Steven Kriozere], Sony Pictures Television & BUFO TV (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Dist: CW-The CW Network [Brad Schwartz]; CTV-Sci-Fi Channel (2020, Can) & Syfy (UK, 2020)

     PANDORA ran for two seasons on the CW and CTV, and had a total of 23 episodes: 1x13 & 1x10.  It was filmed in Sofia, Bulgaria: on a western  set (when required). The western set was just 30 minutes away from Sofia airport.

     Series syn: 2199, a young woman who has lost everything finds a new life at Earth's Space Training Academy where she learns to defend the galaxy from intergalactic threats.

 Season one had two western episodes: 05: Most Likely to Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) and 11: Knocking on Heaven's Door, while season two had one: 19: Pay in Blood.

D: Brett Simmons; P: Mark A. Altman, Steve Kriozere Thomas P. Vitale, Karine Martin, Chris Philip; T: Darin Scott; St: Steven Kriozere; Ph: Maximilian Schmige; Ed: Devon Greene; M: Sean Fernald

C: Priscilla Quintana (Jacqueline 'Jax' Zhou), Oliver Dench (Xander Duvall), Raechelle Banno (Atria Nine, purplehair), Ben Radcliffe (Ralen), Banita Sandhu (Delaney Pilar), Martin Bobb-Semple (James Ross), Noah Huntley (Donovan Osborn), Richard Blackwood (Billy D.), Tina Casciani (Tierney), Chase Masterson (Computer voice), Davyd Adunbi (Young Thomas) & Ryan Pethrow [Zdravko Petrow] (Teacher)

Syn: Thomas's telepathic father arrives on campus and tries to enlist his estranged son in a dangerous heist in which nothing is as simple as it appears.

     Comm: In this episode the crew members for relaxation play an interactive ‘western’ game and light-up decked out appropriately. Brit actor Martin Bobb-Semple plays ‘James Ross’ & NY’s Tina Casciani gets to dress up as a cowboy and a saloon girl.

 

SEASON ONE:

11: Knocking on Heaven's Door (10/01/19)

D: Buddy Giovinazzo; P: Mark A. Altman, Steve Kriozere, Thomas P. Vitale, Karine Martin, Chris Philip; T: Thomas P. Vitale; Ph: Maximilian Schmige; Ed: Devon Greene; M: Sean Fernald

C: Priscilla Quintana (Jacqueline 'Jax' Zhou), Oliver Dench (Xander Duvall), Raechelle Banno (Atria Nine, purple hair), Ben Radcliffe (Ralen), Banita Sandhu (Delaney Pilar), Martin Bobb-Semple (James Ross), Vikash Bhai (Martin Shral), Noah Huntley (Donovan Osborn), Tina Casciani (Tierney), Elizabeth Hammerton (Princess Aleka), Akshay Kumar (Jett Annamali), Nicole Castillo-Mavromatis (Zazie Nichols), Roxanne McKee (Eve), Noah Huntley (Professor Osborn), John Harlan Kim (Greg Li), Emmanuel Todorov (Gorch), Devora Wilde (Rachel), Adam Othman (Sumi Leader), Steve Kriozere (The Rifleman) & Chase Masterson (Computer voice)

D: Chris LeDoux; P: Mark A. Altman, Steve Kriozere Thomas P. Vitale, Karine Martin, Chris Philip; T: Steven Kriozere; Ph: Maximilian Schmige; Ed: Heather Taylor; M: Sean Fernald

C: Priscilla Quintana (Jacqueline 'Jax' Zhou), Oliver Dench (Xander Duvall), Raechelle Banno (Atria Nine, purple hair), Ben Radcliffe (Ralen), Banita Sandhu (Delaney Pilar), Martin Bobb-Semple (James Ross), Manu Bennett (Leone Vokk), Angelica Celaya (Pandora), Tommie Earl Jenkins (Ellison Pevney), Vikash Bhai (Martin Shral), Tehmina Sunny (Regan Fried), Noah Huntley (Donovan Osborn), Richard Blackwood (Billy D.), Tina Casciani (Tierney), Luke Fetherston (Harlan Fried Jr.), Isabelle Bonfrer (Cordelia Fried), Amy McPherson (Matta), Jonathan Kerrigan (Seeker Creston Hubbell), Phill Langhorne (Elias Wilson), Ivo Arakov (Adam Twelve) & Chase Masterson (Computer voice)

Syn: Jax & Xander have their hands full as a dangerous cat-and-mouse game erupts on campus; Jax encounters a surprising ally who not only protects her but also sheds light on who she really is; Thomas searches for his missing father.

     Comm: Bearded New Zealander Manu Bennett played ‘Leone Vokk’, a bounty hunter. in only one stanza. 

SEASON TWO:

19: Pay in Blood (11/08/20)

D: Buddy Giovinazzo; P: Mark A. Altman, Steve Kriozere, Thomas P. Vitale, Karine Martin, Chris Philip; T: Thomas P. Vitale; Ph: Maximilian Schmige; Ed: Devon Greene; M: Sean Fernald

C: Priscilla Quintana (Jacqueline 'Jax' Zhou), Oliver Dench (Xander Duvall), Raechelle Banno (Atria Nine, purple hair), Ben Radcliffe (Ralen), Banita Sandhu (Delaney Pilar), Martin Bobb-Semple (James Ross), Vikash Bhai (Martin Shral), Noah Huntley (Donovan Osborn), Tina Casciani (Tierney), Elizabeth Hammerton (Princess Aleka), Akshay Kumar (Jett Annamali), Nicole Castillo-Mavromatis (Zazie Nichols), Roxanne McKee (Eve), Noah Huntley (Professor Osborn), John Harlan Kim (Greg Li), Emmanuel Todorov (Gorch), Devora Wilde (Rachel), Adam Othman (Sumi Leader), Steve Kriozere (The Rifleman) & Chase Masterson (Computer voice

Syn: Xander, Ralen & Jett help defend a mining colony from pirates, receiving aid from an expected quarter. Osborn recruits Jax for a secret mission.

     Comm: Episode 19: Pay in Blood (11/08/20) had Ben Radcliffe (Ralen) & Oliver Dench (Xander Duvall) go into the game and wander around the street set and encounter the alien ‘Princess Aleka’. 

     Scripter Steve Kriozere cameos here as a ‘Rifleman’. 

     Nice (Да!).

 By Michael Ferguson