Treadstone (TV Series)
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- For the fictional black ops program, see Operation Treadstone.
| Treadstone | ||
| Release poster | ||
| Genre | Action Drama | |
| Created by | Tim Kring | |
| Based on | Operation Treadstone from the Bourne series of novels by Robert Ludlum | |
| Starring | Jeremy Irvine Tracy Ifeachor Omar Metwally Han Hyo-joo Brian J. Smith Gabrielle Scharnitzky (fr; de) Emilia Schüle Michelle Forbes | |
| Composers | Jeff Russo Jordan Gagne | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| Original language(s) | English | |
| No. of seasons | 1 | |
| No. of episodes | 10 | |
| Production | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Tim Kring Ramin Bahrani Ben Smith Jeffrey Weiner Justin Levy Bradley Thomas Dan Friedkin | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera | |
| Production company(s) | Universal Content Productions Tailwind Productions Captivate Entertainment Imperative Entertainment | |
| Release | ||
| Original network | USA Network | |
| Original release | September 24 – December 17, 2019 | |
| External links | ||
Treadstone is an American action drama television series, connected to and based on the Bourne film series. A "special preview" of the pilot aired on USA Network on September 24, 2019, ahead of its October 15, 2019 premiere. The series was created by Tim Kring, who is also the executive producer alongside Ramin Bahrani, Ben Smith, Jeffrey Weiner, Justin Levy, Bradley Thomas, and Dan Friedkin. In May 2020, the series was canceled after one season.
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[edit] Premise
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main
- Jeremy Irvine as John Randolph Bentley
- Tracy Ifeachor as Tara Coleman
- Omar Metwally as Matt Edwards
- Han Hyo-joo as SoYun Pak
- Brian J. Smith as Doug McKenna
- Gabrielle Scharnitzky as Petra Andropov
- Emilia Schüle as Young Petra
- Michelle Forbes as Ellen Becker
[edit] Recurring
- Michael Gaston as Dan Levine
- Jung Woo Seo as Dae Pak
- Tess Haubrich as Samantha McKenna
- Patrick Fugit as Stephen Haynes (credited as "Special guest star")
- Lee Jong-hyuk as Colonel Shin
- Oliver Walker as Matheson
- Shruti Haasan as Nira Patel
[edit] Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Cicada Protocol" | Ramin Bahrani | Teleplay by : Tim Kring | September 24, 2019[a] | 0.81 |
| In 1973 East Berlin, captured CIA operative John Randolph Bentley escapes a Soviet behavior modification program named Cicada. One of his captors, Petra Andropov, gives chase. In present day London, North Korean general Kwon tells Tara Coleman, a former journalist, that the "cicadas" are being activated—with these events being linked to the deactivated Treadstone program, and a missing Cold War nuclear missile named Stiletto Six–but piano teacher Soyun Pak is woken up and kills him. In the arctic, oil driller Doug McKenna loses his job and blacks out after receiving a mysterious kill order. An aging Petra is shown to be guarding Stiletto Six in Kursk. | |||||
| 2 | "The Kwon Conspiracy" | Alex Graves | Tim Kring | October 22, 2019 | 0.53 |
| In 1973, Bentley returns to CIA's Berlin station, but flees when they believe he has been turned by his captors. In the present, Coleman locates Kwon's daughter in Paris, and they are pursued by North Korean agents. | |||||
| 3 | "The Berlin Proposal" | Alex Graves | Rebecca Dameron and Dave Kalstein | October 29, 2019 | 0.59 |
| In 1973 East Berlin, Bentley returns to the Cicada facility and finds it empty. In the present, Petra Andropov arrives in Moscow, but her former handlers cut her loose and try to kill her. Agent Matt Edwards, the point of contact between the CIA and Tara, locates a doctor, Martin Wells, who worked on mental conditioning for Treadstone and together they question a suspected asset named Stephen Haynes. Soyun is tasked with finding evidence against her husband's commanding officer. Doug McKenna is visited by a Treadstone cleaner, who is then killed by McKenna's wife Samantha. | |||||
| 4 | "The Kentucky Contract" | Brad Anderson | Teleplay by : Tim Walsh and Dave Kalstein Story by : Tim Walsh | November 5, 2019 | 0.42 |
| Samantha McKenna reveals to Doug that she was a medical officer for Treadstone. At the CIA, mid-level director Becker pursues leads in Langley about the program. Stephen Haynes kills Dr. Wells and tries to escape from Edwards. | |||||
| 5 | "The Bentley Lament" | Brad Anderson | Patrick Aison | November 12, 2019 | 0.52 |
| Back in 1973, Bentley traces his own footsteps to Budapest. There he finds out that, while under the influence of the Cicada program, he has taken major roles in tortures and killings sanctioned by the KGB, of which he has no memories. In the present day, Doug reluctantly takes the assignment he was ordered to undertake by Treadstone and assassinates a pharmaceutical executive, despite initial resistance to give into his pre-programmed mind control. In North Korea, Soyun is tasked with delivering Stiletto Six documents to another Treadstone assassin, Nira Patel. Tara travels to Ghana and breaks one of her past sources out of prison in order to learn more about Treadstone. | |||||
| 6 | "Treadstone" | Wayne Yip | Dave Kalstein and Michael Brandon Guercio | November 19, 2019 | 0.41 |
| In 1973, Bentley finds himself in an underground hippie joint in Budapest and is given a drug to help calm his stress. He then starts to recollect his memories of being caught by the KGB and being brainwashed into becoming a subject to the Cicada program, along with his memories of killing fellow CIA agents, while under the influence. Just as he remembers everything, the KGB raids the joint and Petra captures him again. In the present day, Doug evades corrupt government forces while Edwards contemplates fighting off Treadstone with the help of Haynes. | |||||
| 7 | "The Paradox Andropov" | Wayne Yip | Teleplay by : Marc Bernardin and Dave Kalstein Story by : Marc Bernardin | November 26, 2019 | 0.50 |
| As part of her scheme, Petra appears to help Bentley evade KGB forces, manipulating him to believe that his old friend Matheson is still alive and being held in another Cicada program prison. In the present day, Soyun goes undercover to sabotage a colonel who is blackmailing her, while Petra tracks her former boss Yuri Leniov down to Greece and discovers he is selling the Stiletto Six nuclear missile to North Korea. Yuri's men track down Tara's friends and kill one of them to dissuade the others from investigating further. | |||||
| 8 | "The McKenna Erasure" | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Tyler Hisel and Dave Kalstein | December 3, 2019 | 0.53 |
| In a failed attempt to rescue a man assassinated by Treadstone, Doug manages to kill the asset and takes over his identity to pursue the truth with the help of his wife, Sam. Tara infiltrates the Russian State Military Archive to obtain information on the Stiletto Six project and the Cicada program. Soyun discovers a coup is planned in North Korea with her husband set to be the scapegoat, thus handing herself over to the Americans. Becker authorizes her team to eliminate Haynes and Edwards but Haynes sacrifices himself to increase the likelihood that they will leave Edwards alive. | |||||
| 9 | "The Seoul Asylum" | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Teleplay by : Dave Kalstein Story by : Nneka Gerstle | December 10, 2019 | 0.50 |
| After Bentley is recaptured, he and Matheson devise a plan to escape along with a British operative. Matheson kills Meisner who gloats that everything transpiring, even his own death, is part of the KGB's plan. In the present day, Soyun makes a deal with the CIA to help them locate Colonel Shin—the man who was blackmailing her—in exchange for the protection of her family. Ellen Becker is extorted to work for the reactivated Treadstone faction within the agency, while Tara approaches Petra for help to disband Stiletto Six, only for the nursery rhyme ringtone on her phone to awaken and unveil her as a Cicada. | |||||
| 10 | "The Cicada Covenant" | Jeremy Webb | Teleplay by : Dave Kalstein Story by : Jill Snyder | December 17, 2019 | 0.37 |
| With Becker's help, the Treadstone unit manages to secure the nuclear warhead. Tara is sent to assassinate Yuri Leniov, but fails. While Edwards is on the trail of an active mission Treadstone was to undertake, an attempt is made on his life, only for him to be rescued by Tara. They disappear together. The director of the operations, Dan Levine, is killed by Nira Patel when too many assets go rogue, leading Treadstone to divert its focus on Russia due to Leniov's failure to fulfill his deal. Doug fakes the death of a target in Colombia to buy himself some time to figure out how to tackle his next move while Petra seeks the help of an aged John Randolph Bentley to take down Treadstone. | |||||
[edit] Production
[edit] Development
[edit] Casting
[edit] Filming
[edit] Reception
[edit] Broadcast
Outside the United States, the series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on January 10, 2020.
[edit] Home media
The series was released on DVD for Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on March 24, 2020.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
^ The pilot episode of Treadstone aired as a "special preview" three weeks before its formal television premiere on October 15, 2019.
