Swamp Thing (2019 TV Series)
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| Swamp Thing' | ||
| Genre | Superhero Horror Drama | |
| Based on | Swamp Thing by | |
| Developed by | Gary Dauberman Mark Verheiden | |
| Starring | Crystal Reed Virginia Madsen Andy Bean Derek Mears Henderson Wade Maria Sten Jeryl Prescott Will Patton Jennifer Beals Kevin Durand | |
| Composer(s) | Brian Tyler | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| Original language(s) | English | |
| No. of seasons | 1 | |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) | |
| Production | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Len Wiseman Gary Dauberman Mark Verheiden James Wan Michael Clear | |
| Production location(s) | Wilmington, North Carolina | |
| Cinematography | Pedro Luque Fernando Argüelles Nathaniel Goodman Peter Kowalski | |
| Editor(s) | Mark Stevens Scott Draper Tim Mirkovich Hector Carrillo | |
| Running time | 42–60 minutes | |
| Production company(s) | Big Shoe Productions, Inc. Atomic Monster Productions DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Television | |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution | |
| Release | ||
| Original network | DC Universe | |
| Original release | May 31 – August 2, 2019 | |
Swamp Thing is an American superhero horror web television series created by Gary Dauberman and Mark Verheiden for DC Universe and based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Derek Mears portrays the eponymous Swamp Thing, a plant-elemental creature who fights malevolent forces around a Louisiana swamp with the help of medical doctor Abby Arcane (Crystal Reed).
The series premiered on May 31, 2019, and consisted of 10 episodes. Shortly after its premiere, DC Universe announced that Swamp Thing had been canceled. The remaining episodes were released on DC Universe until the series' conclusion on August 2, 2019. The rights to Swamp Thing were subsequently picked up by The CW, which will air reruns of the series in the fourth quarter of 2020. Swamp Thing was featured in the Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths", establishing Swamp Thing as existing on a parallel Earth to the Arrowverse series.
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Premise
Cast and characters
Main
- Crystal Reed as Abigail "Abby" Arcane:
A CDC doctor investigating a horrific life-threatening epidemic in her hometown while facing her past again. Melissa Collazo portrays teenage Abby. - Virginia Madsen as Maria Sunderland:
The wife of Avery Sunderland, whose grief over the loss of her daughter, Shawna, resurfaces when Abby returns home, and draws Maria into the supernatural mysteries of the swamp. - Andy Bean as Alec Holland:
A disgraced biologist working for Avery. Murdered when he starts to uncover an illegal operation in the swamp, his memories survive inside of Swamp Thing. - Derek Mears as Swamp Thing:
A plant-based entity created from the memories of Alec Holland. Possessing elemental control of vegetation and regenerative abilities, he attempts to defend the swamp, the town, and the natural world at large. - Henderson Wade as Matt Cable:
A police officer along with his mother, Lucilia, who finds himself in dire straits when supernatural events begin to threaten the town. He is also a childhood friend of Abby. - Maria Sten as Liz Tremayne:
A local newspaper reporter and bartender who is a close childhood friend of Abby Arcane. - Jeryl Prescott as Nimue Inwudu / Xanadu:
A blind fortune teller whose psychic abilities can reveal the future. - Will Patton as Avery Sunderland:
A prominent businessman in Marais, who, while publicly giving back to the community, is determined to harness the power of the swamp for profit as a pharmaceutical cornucopia. He was also the adoptive parent to Abby Arcane after her mother died. - Jennifer Beals as Lucilia Cable:
The "tough as nails and pragmatic" sheriff of Marais with a strong devotion to her son, Matt. - Kevin Durand as Jason Woodrue:
A biogeneticist, brought in to study the properties of the swamp, leading him to become fixated on unlocking its potential, which has tragic and monstrous consequences for him.
Recurring
- Ian Ziering as Daniel Cassidy / Blue Devil: A former stuntman who, after becoming semi-famous after playing the demonic Blue Devil in a film, looks to regain his former fame
- Elle Graham as Susie Coyle: A young girl who is diagnosed with "Green Flu", appears to have a mysterious connection to Swamp Thing, and befriends Abby
- Leonardo Nam as Harlan Edwards: A gay CDC specialist who is Abby's second-in-command
- Selena Anduze as Caroline Woodrue: A scientist and Jason Woodrue's wife who has Alzheimer's disease
- Given Sharp as Shawna Sunderland: Abby's childhood friend and Maria and Avery's deceased daughter, who appears in both flashbacks and as a ghost to her mother Maria
- Macon Blair as Phantom Stranger
- Al Mitchell as Delroy Tremayne: Liz's father
- Michael Beach as Nathan Ellery
- Steve Wilcox as Burritt Sunderland: Avery's father
Guest
- RJ Cyler as Jones
- Micah Fitzgerald as Munson / the Rot
- Adrienne Barbeau as Dr. Palomar, the assistant director of the CDC. Barbeau previously appeared in the 1982 film adaptation of Swamp Thing as Alice Cable, an amalgamation of Abby Arcane and Matt Cable.
- Jake Busey as Shaw
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | Len Wiseman | Teleplay by : Gary Dauberman & Mark Verheiden | May 31, 2019 | T33.01008 |
| In a swamp outside of Marais, Louisiana, three men hired to drop cases of mutagen accelerator into Bayou Swamp are attacked by plants; with only one of them surviving. Days later, the survivor's daughter, Susie, comes down with a mysterious illness that has been spreading throughout town. CDC doctor and former resident Abby Arcane, is sent to help. She reunites with childhood friend turned policeman, Matthew Cable, before meeting with Alec Holland, a disgraced scientist hired by businessman Avery Sunderland, to investigate further. The pair find the survivor's body overrun with a plant creature, though Alec kills it. After meeting up with Abby's reporter friend, Liz Tremayne, and being accosted by Maria Sunderland, the pair find the mutagen cases. While waiting for the results, Alec and Abby bond, revealing he had manipulated test results to prove himself right and she was responsible for killing Sunderland's daughter, Shawna. After getting the results, Alec departs alone to find more of the cases, only to be violently killed and taken by the swamp. Abby rushes to find him, only to be scared off by a mossy creature. | |||||
| 2 | "Worlds Apart" | Len Wiseman | Mark Verheiden & Doris Egan | June 7, 2019 | T33.10352 |
| The police investigate Alec's death, but disregard Abby's claims. Maria meets with Madame Xanadu, who advises her against finding her daughter's spirit and that she should put her regrets to rest. She refuses to however, later resting on Shawna's bed next to her daughter's corpse. Not long after biogeneticist Jason Woodrue and his wife, Caroline, arrive in Marais, the former meets with Avery, who berates him for the mutagen spreading disease instead of cultivating the swamp for land development like he wanted. Jason disagrees, claiming it is incapable of doing so, but Avery forces him to investigate the disease regardless. Susie dreams of a plant-like creature clawing at its body and feeling how scared it was. She later escapes the hospital and into the swamp, where she sees two men dumping more mutagen and killing an officer. One of the men, Munson, spots her and gives chase when she flees, only to be killed by the creature. Abby catches up to them while looking for Susie, who says the creature is Alec and he is confused as to what is happening. | |||||
| 3 | "He Speaks" | Deran Sarafian | Rob Fresco | June 17, 2019 | T33.10353 |
| Munson's body is resurrected by killer insects. Abby confides in Liz that the "Swamp Thing" is Alec. Abby later breaks into Alec's lab and finds what he was working on. Munson attacks her, but is she saved by the Swamp Thing, who orders the insects to release Munson. Abby tries to reason with Alec, but when he says the disease is fighting to protect itself, she realizes that antibiotics make it stronger and uses immuno-suppressants to temporarily save the infected. Liz confronts loan officer Gordon about him secret paying Avery, but he denies this. He later demands Avery return the payments or else he will talk. Matt's mother, Lucilia, interviews Avery about Alec's death; hinting at their past relationship. Shawna's ghost confronts Maria about Avery's infidelity. Avery attempts to procure funds from Maria's inheritance, but she denies him. Meanwhile, Daniel Cassidy expresses his desire to leave Marais, learning from Xanadu that change is coming. Liz's girlfriend discovers a piece of Alec's boat. When Gordon threatens to expose the Conclave, Avery kills him. | |||||
| 4 | "Darkness on the Edge of Town" | Carol Banker | Erin Maher & Kay Reindl | June 21, 2019 | T33.10354 |
| A young man named Todd discovers a corpse hidden in a tree and unknowingly becomes infected. While working for Liz's father's, Delroy, Todd hallucinates and kills himself in the resulting panic, though not before scratching Delroy. Abby meets with Alec and obtains a sample of his tissue to study, with Jason's assistance. Delroy begins to hallucinate a mysterious man and panics. While Lucilia, Liz, and Abby restrain him, Lucilia gets scratched. While Avery holds a celebration for the "plant flu's" end, Maria attempts to get closer to the recovering Susie. Abby investigates the area where Todd was infected, finding the corpse and a hotel key. Liz looks up the hotel and learns of a similar incident in the past wherein the final victim vanished into the swamp. Abby theorizes they did this knowing they were infected. At the party, Lucilia sees a vision of Matt dying and attempts to shoot his "attacker" before Daniel disarms her. She scratches Abby, who rushes into the swamp. As she hallucinates a tall, faceless man trying to kidnap her, Alec arrives and cures her before returning the disease to the corpse before confirming Abby's theory. Avery and Maria decide to take care of Susie instead of her uncle | |||||
| 5 | "Drive All Night" | Greg Beeman | Franklin Rho | June 28, 2019 | T33.10355 |
| Swamp Thing meets a mysterious being, who tells him that the ghosts he has been seeing were events witnessed by past trees. Susie is possessed by Shawna's ghost and lures Maria to the swamp. Abby follows Maria and tries to save her, but Maria nearly drowns Abby, who manages to swim away. Shawna's ghost tries to drown Maria in turn, but Swamp Thing saves her. With Swamp Thing's help, Abby discovers that Shawna was killed by an evil force that pulled her underwater. Avery threatens Liz to stop investigating Alec's death, but she refuses. Daniel tries to leave Marais, but his arm bursts into blue flames at the border. Jason searches Alec's lab and finds giant footprints that lead to a piece of vegetation. After analyzing it, he concludes that it has the same genetic material as Abby's sample. Jason later tells Avery that a large creature is living in the swamp and that he needs it alive so he can study it. Avery obliges, offering the name of someone who can help him. | |||||
Production
Development
Casting
Filming
Release
Reception
Critical response
Accolades
| Year | Association | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Cancellation
Arrowverse
- Main article: Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)
References
External links
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