document_title: The Kissing Booth

question_text: what is elles full name in the kissing booth

text: The Kissing Booth

text: Plot[edit]

text: Born on the same day and time in the same hospital, Elle Evans (Joey King) and Lee Flynn (Joel Courtney) have been best friends all their lives. To protect their special relationship, the pair created a set of friendship rules they are sworn to follow including #9: relatives totally off limits, especially Lee's bad boy older brother Noah (Jacob Elordi).

text: On the first day of school Elle's pants rip forcing her to go to school wearing a skirt that is too small. Tuppen, another student, touches her which almost gets Lee into a fight but Noah intervenes. Elle, having violated the dress code, has to serve detention with Noah and Tuppen.  Tuppen later apologizes to Elle. She later agrees to go out with him however she is stood up. He goes to see her later that night to let her know that he was threatened by Noah not to go out with her.

text: Elle and Lee have to create a booth for the school carnival and decide on a kissing booth. The two have difficulty finding people to participate but get a group of popular girls called the OMG's (Olivia, Mia, and Gwyneth) to participate by lying to them saying that Noah likes one of them and will go if they go.

text: That night, the kissing booth is a success. However, girls including the OMG's become angry when they discover that Noah is not actually working the kissing booth. For payback, the girls send Elle up to the booth to kiss a nerdy kid while blindfolded. The boy switches with Noah having him next in line to kiss Elle. When Elle won't stop talking Noah kisses her, not knowing who it is she takes off her blindfold and Noah goes in for a second kiss. After cleaning up Elle sees Noah flirting with another girl so she runs home while Noah looks at her. While on her way home it starts to rain and Noah offers her a ride on his motorcycle. However, the rain gets too heavy and they have to stop. Elle kisses Noah again and he pulls away. After staring at each other Noah goes in for another kiss. Elle ends up pulling away, telling him she can't be another one of his conquests. He looks hurt but tells Elle why he likes her. They kiss again but are interrupted by a security guard who recognizes Noah and tells him to stop bringing girls there. Elle gets upset that Noah brought her to the place where he brings his other girlfriends and leaves.

text: The next day while at a party Elle is harassed by another student and Noah almost starts a fight with him. This causes her to storm off but Noah requests her to get in his car. Instead of going home he takes her to the Hollywood Sign and they talk about their relationship. They both admit to liking each other and decide to come up with rules for their relationship, one being that Lee never finds out. The two kiss and end up having sex.

text: Elle and Noah start to see each other secretly and are careful that Lee or anyone else don't find out. While in Noah's room his mom almost walks in on them and Elle has to hide. While hiding she overhears her say that he had been accepted to an Ivy League school. Soon after he reveals to her that he is going to Harvard and she starts to realize that he won't be around next year. One day while hanging out with Noah, Lee walks in on him tending to a cut on her face. He become suspicious and asks Elle if it was Noah who hurt her. This infuriates Noah and they are about to get involved in a fight, but Elle stops them and takes Lee away. Lee asks her is there is something going on between the two of them, to which she denies. She ends up feeling guilty about lying to Lee and goes back to Noah and tells him that they need to come clean that night and when Noah agrees he says that way he can take her to prom. They kiss but Lee ends up seeing it. Hurt, Lee attempts to leave his house but Elle tries to get him to talk before Noah intervenes and eventually get into a fight. After backing off, Lee leaves and Elle tells Noah to leave her alone.

text: Lee starts giving Elle the silent treatment and Noah goes missing. While at the arcade one day Lee invites Elle over to play a game and they make up and make plans for their upcoming birthday party. Before prom, Noah finally returns but to talk to Elle's dad who says he does not approve but it is her decision.

text: Elle goes to prom with Lee and his girlfriend Rachel and has a good time until a replica of their kissing booth is revealed. Noah comes out from behind the curtains to tell Elle that he loves her but she responds by saying that she cannot keep on hurting the people she loves because of him and that no one wants them to be together. Noah agrees to this but then asks her what does she want. To this Elle does not seem to have an answer and she runs away sobbing. Rachel chases after her but she gets away before they can say anything.

text: The next day at their costume themed birthday party, Elle begins missing Noah and decides to leave. Lee stops her and Elle tells him that she loves him but she also loves Noah and if he can't accept that then maybe they shouldn't be friends. Lee, finally accepts that Noah makes her happy and agrees to help Elle find him. Elle and Lee get in the car and leave for the airport. She starts sharing her true feelings for Noah to Lee and then it is revealed that all this time in the car it was Noah in Lee's costume. Elle is surprised to see Noah and admits to him that she loves him. They embrace and kiss.

text: During the next few weeks, Elle and Noah spend every day together before he has to leave for college. When it is time to go Elle goes with him to the airport and he leaves. After watching him leave, she drives off on Noah's motorcycle saying that she does not know if they will be together forever but she knows that a part of her heart will always belong to Noah Flynn. The story ends with Elle stating that everything happened just because of the Kissing Booth.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Joey King as Shelley "Elle" Evans
Joel Courtney as Lee Flynn
Jacob Elordi as Noah Flynn
Molly Ringwald as Mrs. Flynn

text: Production[edit]

text: In June 2014, Vince Marcello was hired to write the film adaptation of teenage author Beth Reekles' young adult novel The Kissing Booth, which was originally published on Wattpad.[1] In November 2016, it was announced that Netflix had purchased rights to the film, with Marcello now set to helm his screenplay.[2] In January 2017, Joey King and Molly Ringwald signed on to star in the film.[3]

text: The filming took place in Los Angeles, California, and in Cape Town, South Africa between January and April 2017.[3]

text: Release[edit]

text: The film was released on 11 May 2018 on Netflix.[4] According to Netflix, one in three viewers of the film have re-watched it, "which is 30 percent higher than the average movie re-watch rate on the [streaming service]."[5] Deeming the film a huge success for the service, CCO Ted Sarandos called the film "one of the most-watched movies in the country, and maybe in the world."[6]

text: Reception[edit]

text: On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 13%, based on 8 reviews, and an average rating of 3.7/10.[7]

text: The Kissing Booth was panned by critics.[8] IndieWire's Kate Erbland gave the film a "D" grade, adding that "Unfortunately, the high school-set rom-com is a sexist and regressive look at relationships that highlights the worst impulses of the genre."[9] Ani Bundel of NBCNews criticized the film's "problematic stereotyping of masculinity and relationships" and lack of original ideas. "It feels like it was written by someone who simply digested everything she was told 'romance' was supposed to be by the patriarchy, and vomited back at us. Nearly every cliché in the film feels cribbed from another movie, like a song made completely of samples from better-known hits."[8]

text: Despite being deemed "sexist"[9][10] and "objectively bad"[11][12] by several critics, The Kissing Booth was widely consumed among audiences.  Netflix's Ted Sarandos, CCO affirmed the film's success as a "hugely popular original movie" for the streaming service.[11]

text: The Kissing Booth on Wattpad[edit]

text: The Kissing Booth was written in 2011 by author Beth Reekles. It originated as a story on Wattpad where it won a Watty Award for "Most Popular Teen Fiction" in Wattpad's annual writing contest.[13] By 2012 it had amassed over 19 million reads and, in 2013, was published by Penguin Random House.[14] In an interview with Forbes, Reekles explains what drew her to Wattpad: "I loved the feeling of community on the site, and when I began to share, I liked the anonymity of it because I was so self-conscious about my writing and hadn't shared it with anyone before."[15]


document_title: Characters of Malcolm in the Middle

question_text: is jamie on malcolm in the middle a boy or girl

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text: Characters of Malcolm in the Middle

text: Characters[edit]

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text: Originally there were four brothers (although Malcolm's oldest brother attended a military school away from home, so Malcolm was still the middle sibling left at home). A fifth son was introduced in the show's fourth season, a boy named Jamie. The boys are, from eldest to youngest: Francis, Reese, Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie. In the final episode, Lois discovered she was pregnant with a sixth child. In the third season, Francis travels home (to celebrate his father's birthday) with an Alaskan girl named Piama, and reveals that they are married.

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text: During the first season, the writers decided to keep the family's last name a mystery. In the fifth season episode "Reese Joins the Army (1)", Reese uses a fake ID by the name of "Jetson" to lie about his age. In the series finale, "Graduation", Francis' employee ID reads "Nolastname" (or "No Last Name", a joke referring to the fact that the family name was never spoken aloud). In the same episode when Malcolm was introduced to give the graduation speech, the speaker announces Malcolm's name, but microphone feedback makes his surname inaudible, even though he does appear to mouth the phrase "No last name".[1]

text: In the pilot episode, the name Wilkerson can be seen on the name badge of the uniform Francis is wearing at Marlin Academy. In the sleeve notes for the season 5 DVD released in Europe, the family is referred to as the Wilkersons in the description for the episode "Block Party". British television advertisements and some Fox promotional material also occasionally referred to the family as the Wilkersons, although this name was never spoken aloud in the series. In an early version of the pilot, Malcolm had an exchange of dialogue with a classmate, who claims to have overheard his parents talking about Malcolm's family and asks him what his last name is. When Malcolm responds, "Wilkerson, why?" the friend replied with the punchline, "Oh...who are the 'Pariahs'?"

text: Out of the show's six leads, Cranston, Muniz, Berfield and Sullivan were the only ones to appear in all 151 episodes.

text: Character Appearances[edit]

text:
Actor
Character
Season

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Main characters

Jane Kaczmarek
Lois
Main

Bryan Cranston
Hal
Main

Frankie Muniz
Malcolm
Main

Justin Berfield
Reese
Main

Erik Per Sullivan
Dewey
Main

Christopher Masterson
Francis
Main
Recurring

James and Lukas Rodriguez
Jamie

Recurring
Main

Catherine Lloyd Burns
Caroline Miller
Main
Recurring

Recurring characters

Craig Lamar Traylor
Stevie Kenarban
Recurring

David Anthony Higgins
Craig Feldspar
Recurring

Gary Anthony Williams
Abe Kenarban
Recurring

Evan Matthew Cohen
Lloyd
Recurring

Kyle Sullivan
Dabney
Recurring

Daniel Von Bargen
Edwin Spangler
Recurring
Flashback

Will Jennings
Kyle
Recurring

Flashback

Drew Powell
Drew Horton
Recurring

Flashback

Arjay Smith
Ken Finley
Recurring

Flashback

Karim Prince
Stanley Winn
Recurring

Eric Nenninger
Eric Hansen
Guest
Recurring
Flashback

Merrin Dungey
Kitty Kenarban
Guest
Recurring
Guest

Guest

Kasan Butcher
Joe
Guest
Recurring

Flashback

Tania Raymonde
Cynthia

Recurring
Guest
Guest

Cloris Leachman
Ida

Guest
Recurring

Emy Coligado
Piama Tananahaakna

Recurring

Chris Eigeman
Lionel Herkabe

Recurring
Guest
Recurring

Victor Z. Isaac
Kevin

Recurring

Brenda Wehle
Lavernia

Recurring

Sandy Ward
Pete

Recurring

John Ennis
Artie

Recurring

Kenneth Mars
Otto Mannkusser

Recurring

Meagen Fay
Gretchen Mannkusser

Recurring

text: The Family[edit]

text: Hal[edit]

text: Hal, played by Bryan Cranston (all 151 episodes), is the father of the family. Though relaxed in his parenting when compared to Lois, Hal has shown that he can slide into a disciplinarian when confronted by the boys' bad behavior. He comes from a wealthy family who resent his choice to marry Lois over Susan (an action also shared by Victor and Ida). Hal has a hard time making good decisions, which he often deferred to Lois. Despite the fact many of the neighbors hate his family, Hal blends in well with them. He loves Lois more than she loves him, never even thinking about other women. He is also very scared of her, even more than the boys are, which is why he often bribes their sons to take the fall for his wrongdoings. He is very neurotic and has a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder, and also enjoys unusual hobbies. Hal is also a sex addict, this was revealed in the episode "Forbidden Girlfriend" when Lois is taking medication and is unable to have sex for an entire week, it is mentioned again in the episode "Poker 2" when Hal tells his friends he has sex 14 times per week. It was also revealed that Hal was a chain smoker before quitting the habit. Hal's best friend is Abe Kenarban.

text: Francis[edit]

text: Francis, played by Christopher Masterson (119 episodes), is the oldest of the brothers, whom Malcolm often looks up to. It is revealed in the episodes "Sleepover" and "The Bots and the Bees" in season one that Francis was a breech birth, and in "Flashback" in season 2, that Lois was in labor with him during her and Hal's wedding. A rebel from birth, showing signs of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Conduct Disorder, he was exiled to Marlin Academy by Lois for his behavior before eventually emancipating himself to run away from the Academy to work in Alaska, incurring his mother's wrath. Upon moving to Alaska, he marries a local woman named Piama, who is about one year older than him, and had previously been married briefly, and whom Lois doesn't like. In the series finale, Hal discovers that Francis has taken a job with Amerysis, and Francis admits he likes sitting at a desk sorting computer data. However, he also admits that he has no intentions of telling Lois about the job and enjoys torturing her by telling her that he's still unemployed.

text: Malcolm[edit]

text: Malcolm, portrayed by Frankie Muniz (all 151 episodes), is the protagonist of the series. He is Three years younger than his oldest brother Francis, one 1/2 years younger than his older brother Reese, five years older than his younger brother Dewey, and about 15 years older than his youngest brother Jamie. In the first episode of the series, he is discovered to be a child prodigy and immediately moved from his regular class into the 'Krelboynes', a class for gifted students. Despite his high intelligence, he still gets into mischief either alongside or working against his brothers (in particular, Reese), although he becomes more self-absorbed and egotistical in the later seasons as he goes through puberty. Malcolm, like Reese, is not very popular. However, he has had a number of girlfriends during the series run. Even though he is very intelligent, Malcolm has a short temper, can be easily manipulated and also has problems containing his opinion about himself. Malcolm also occasionally serves as the voice of reason, and does have a conscience, (for instance, despite emotionally manipulating a grieving Hal to buy him a car in the episode "Hal Grieves," when the time comes to make the purchase he finds he can't go through with it). In the series finale, it is revealed that Lois intended him to have a hard life, knowing that he is destined to assume the role of President of the United States; she wants him to remember where he came from to get there and try to help families like his own when he assumes the office. Malcolm eventually comes to terms with his future, after being unable to tell Lois he can't do it. In the series finale, Malcolm begins taking classes at Harvard University. Throughout the series, Malcolm frequently breaks the fourth wall and talks to the viewer about either the current situation or giving exposition about past events.

text: Lois[edit]

text: Lois, played by Jane Kaczmarek (146 episodes), is Francis, Reese, Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie's angry and temperamental mother. She is an overbearing control freak despised by the neighbors to the point that they refuse to invite her to their gatherings, revealed in "Mono". Unlike Malcolm, Lois isn't bothered by it and tries her best to blend in with it. She was revealed to be a charming and a nurturing mother while Francis was little, but toughened up. She is also always stubbornly right, to the point of being unable to say that she was wrong. It was also shown that she is overbearing and mad as a result of her children's bad behavior, and not her pure hate. At the series finale, Lois is revealed to be pregnant with a sixth child (actually twins). Her unfairness and behavior also come from her miserable childhood, living with a tough mother and an uncaring father (both of whom favored her younger sister, Susan).

text: Reese[edit]

text: Reese, played by Justin Berfield (all 151 episodes), is the second oldest of the sons. He is two years younger than his older brother Francis, one year older than his younger brother Malcolm, six years older than his younger brother Dewey, and about 16 years older than his youngest brother Jamie. It was revealed in the episode "Flashback", in season 2, that Reese has been vicious from the womb, so vicious in fact that when he kept kicking Lois during labor, she pushed him out by force. A complete moron from birth, Reese is the worst-behaved of the brothers. Reese is inclined to beat up the Krelboynes. He is intimidated by certain students, including Ira, a dumb jock at school. Despite his violent, idiotic nature, Reese is a culinary prodigy, after finding that he has a talent and genuine love for cooking and baking. He is also the favorite grandson of his grandmother Ida, who taught him the importance of having patsies. In the series finale, Reese moves in with Craig Feldspar and is a janitor at his alma mater North High.

text: Dewey[edit]

text: Dewey, played by Erik Per Sullivan (all 151 episodes), is portrayed as being quieter and more inclined to the arts than his brothers. He soon finds he is a musical prodigy, and as the series goes on he becomes more caring and thoughtful especially in regards to his younger brother Jamie, whom he decides not to bully like he was by Malcolm and Reese. Lois remarks at one point that unlike Malcolm, who would have to work hard to achieve success, Dewey would have success handed to him. Dewey joins the Buseys, a class for the emotionally disturbed, by mistake and ends up becoming their unofficial teacher. He ended up caring for his fellow students so much that, when the mistake was uncovered, he feigned severe emotional problems so he could remain. In the final few seasons, Dewey becomes increasingly bitter towards his parents due to them overlooking him throughout his childhood and neglecting his interests. Because of this, he forces them to give Jamie the childhood he never had. In the last episode, he and Jamie (the only other remaining brother living at home) continued the tradition of causing havoc all over the house.

text: Jamie[edit]

text: Jamie was played by identical twin brothers James and Lukas Rodriguez (35 episodes). The youngest brother born who is the only brother to have beaten Lois in her own game, bordering to attacking her (though Reese was mostly responsible for feeding him soda). Like Malcolm and Dewey, Jamie is revealed to be intelligent, evident when he tricked Reese into taking a marker after he colored part of the wall.

text: Recurring characters[edit]

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Stevie Kenarban, played by Craig Lamar Traylor (56 episodes), is Malcolm's best friend and classmate. He is wheelchair-bound and is missing a lung, requiring him to speak slowly and take deep breaths after saying a word. Though Malcolm is initially upset when Lois arranges a "playdate" for him and Stevie in the pilot episode, the boys immediately find common ground, particularly their love of comic books, and become friends. His parents are very overprotective of him, although Stevie displays in many episodes that he lives very comfortably with his disability and even has a dark sense of humor about it.
Craig Feldspar, portrayed by David Anthony Higgins (39 episodes), is Lois' co-worker at the Lucky Aide. He is a hopeless romantic, and has unrequited feelings for Lois. He is very childish and is a coward. He plays the ukulele and the banjo, and he sings in a countertenor voice. By the end of the series, Craig becomes Reese's roommate.
Piama Tananahaakna, played by Emy Coligado (29 episodes), is Francis' wife whom he met and married off-screen during his year in Alaska. Piama is about a year older than Francis, and before him, Piama had previously been married briefly. Primarily due to her being brought home under volatile circumstances, in which Francis (while still a minor, although emancipated) shocked the family with news of the marriage and thus disrupting Hal's birthday party, Lois disliked Piama from her introduction in the third season and into the fourth. However, after an embarrassing encounter with her wealthy in-law's, Lois has been much more respectful of Piama. She originally started off against having children, but by Graduation, Piama got over it after Reese's prank went awry ("We may as well go ahead and have kids now, I'm not afraid of changing diapers any more.")
Victor Welker and Ida Kenzel-Welker, played by Robert Loggia (1 episode) and Cloris Leachman (11 episodes) respectively, are Lois' parents of a Croatian background. Victor dies some time before the events of the season two episode "Christmas", in which Ida is widowed. Ida harbors a strong dislike for both Francis and Lois, evident for the way she has been treated by them. She favors Reese, which allows him to love her. Ida belittles Malcolm for being weak in not standing up against his mother and largely ignores Dewey (although she did, on one occasion, save him from being hit by a car, causing her to lose a leg). Ida harbored resentment towards Victor's secret other family for stealing what was rightfully hers, until Lois discovered that she isn't blood related to Victor (and possibly Susan as well) and abandoned Ida. Ida acknowledged that her life growing up in Croatia under the Ustaše was difficult, possibly due to the Ustaše's policies.
Abraham "Abe" Kenarban, played by Gary Anthony Williams (19 episodes), is Stevie's father and Kitty's husband, and a close family friend of both Lois and particularly Hal. Abe is initially depicted as cowardly and dependent on Kitty's guidance (which he attributes to his upbringing, having been raised by his grandmother and four spinster aunts). However he ultimately becomes more self-reliant after Kitty's departure. Despite this, Abe is more than willing to take Kitty back after her return, going as far as to harbor resentment towards Lois after she criticized Kitty's decision to leave.
Kitty Kenarban, played by Merrin Dungey (5 episodes), is Stevie's mother and Abe's wife. Because of actress Merrin Dungey's commitment to the ABC series Alias, Kitty remains unseen for much of the series before it is revealed that she abandoned her husband and son, briefly throwing Stevie into a deep depression. She returns briefly in the season six episode "Kitty's Back".
Caroline Miller, played by Catherine Lloyd Burns (15 episodes), is the primary teacher of Malcolm's "Krelboyne" class in the first two seasons. She is shown to be overly-earnest as well as to adore Malcolm, who might possibly have been her favorite student. In season 1, she is included as part of the main cast, but in season 2, is a recurring character. In season 2, she is shown to be pregnant until she gives birth to her baby in the parking lot. After her baby was born, she quit teaching. She was never seen or mentioned again after season 2.
Cynthia Sanders, played by Tania Raymonde (4 episodes), is one of Malcolm's classmates. She has a very extensive vocabulary, but has a difficult time making friends. Depicted as relatively cheerful, Cynthia becomes one of Malcolm's earliest crushes on the show, although a relationship never develops. Cynthia is last seen claiming to never have sex with Malcolm again (which never happened in the first place) to snap him out of a recent funk and keep him from pulling a prank meant to get him sent away like Francis.
Lloyd Jensen, played by Evan Matthew Cohen (25 episodes) is one of Malcolm's "Krelboyne" classmates who recurs throughout the series. He frequently worries about random small things, gets hurt, and falls victim to bullies. He also has an effeminate personality.
Dabney Hooper, played by Kyle Sullivan (24 episodes) is one of Malcolm's "Krelboyne" classmates who recurs throughout the series. Often depicted as the weakest and most cowardly of the group, Dabney's life is almost completely controlled by his overbearing mother, although in his last appearance his ability to release his anger towards his mom results in him immediately developing a tougher persona.
Flora Mayesh, played by Kristin Quick (15 episodes), is one of Malcolm's other "Krelboyne" classmates. Flora was mostly just a background character and rarely had dialogue and was therefore not in the credits for 12 of her episodes.
Eraserhead, played by Will Jennings (12 episodes), is one of Malcolm's "Krelboyne" classmates who recurs throughout early episodes of the series.
Kevin, played by Victor Z. Isaac (5 episodes)
Jessica, played by Hayden Panettiere (4 episodes), is a classmate of Malcolm and Reese's. In one instance, she babysat Malcolm and Reese despite being younger than them, embarrassing the brothers.
Mr. Herkabe (first name Lionel), played by Chris Eigeman (8 episodes), is introduced in Season 3 as the Krelboynes' teacher after Caroline leaves. A Krelboyne himself in middle school, he was forced into a teaching career after losing his millions in a failed dot-com company. He is portrayed as an evil and conniving man who thrives on psychological warfare and making children suffer. He is especially threatened by Malcolm and quickly becomes his nemesis at school, even blackmailing North High's principal, Block (before Hodges took over), into hiring him as vice principal when Malcolm enrolls there. For some reason Mr. Herkabe also intensely enjoys humiliating Reese to antagonize Malcolm more. However, Herkabe's arrogance in confessing that he had failed gym and lied about not taking the course, was brought to light that led to his GPA Award being revoked by Mr. Hodges. He was last seen being humiliated by Reese during dodgeball.
Commandant Edwin Spangler, played by Daniel von Bargen (16 episodes), is the military veteran in charge of the cadets at Marlin Academy. He has a contentious relationship with the rebellious Francis throughout his entire stay at the Academy, although the two were shown at times to have a deep sympathy for the other's emotional scarring. After Spangler is fired from Marlin Academy and arrives in Alaska, Francis gets him a job at the Snow Haven Retirement Home where he has free reign to bully the elderly.
Cadet Eric Hansen, played by Eric Nenninger (28 episodes), one of Francis' friends and classmates from Marlin Academy. Francis accompanies Eric in his plan to abandon the Academy to find well-paying labor work in Alaska. At the end of season three, Eric is seen for the final time being left by Francis to hitchhike home, possibly as revenge for even suggesting to find work in Alaska.
Lavernia, played by Brenda Wehle (10 episodes), is Francis and Eric's malevolent boss who owns the logging site in Alaska. She has a debt book and presumably knows every dirty secret about her workers. Lavernia has a personal grudge towards Piama, who blackmailed her to be nice to Francis by holding her pet parakeet hostage.
Otto Mankusser, played by Kenneth Mars (13 episodes), is Francis' friendly and cheerful boss at the dude ranch, albeit a bit naïve at times.
Ed, played by Paul Wilson (5 episodes), is one of the many neighbors who despises Hal and Lois, along with Reese. He has shown some favoritism towards Malcolm for helping him set up his new computer.
Ira Prescott, played by Jonny Acker (3 episodes), is a student of North High School. He is Billy's older brother and Reese's bully. Ira made his first appearance in "Forbidden Girlfriend" in which he owns a car which Reese ruins by using Dewey in pouring cement in it and letting Billy take the blame for the prank. With Dewey's help, Ira got his revenge on Reese for his prank and using Billy by simply beating him up. He returns briefly in Season 5's "Malcolm Films Reese" who is among the students in humiliation and in Reese's Apartment when Malcolm is tutoring Ira and help get him a passing grade in his classes so he can keep his spot on the North High School sports team(which is never specified). Unlike Reese, Ira has more respect for Malcolm.

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document_title: List of Z Nation episodes

question_text: when did z nation season 4 come out

question_tokens: when did z nation season 4 come out

text: List of Z Nation episodes

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
13
September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12)
December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05)

2
15
September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)
December 18, 2015 (2015-12-18)

3
15
September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16)
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

4
13
September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 1 (2014)[edit]

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No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
1
"Puppies and Kittens"
John Hyams
Karl Schaefer
September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12)
1.58[4]

Hammond and Murphy make their way to Camp Blue Sky en route to a high school in Sleepy Hollow, New York, where they expect to be airlifted to Mt. Wilson Laboratory in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Citizen Z is the sole occupant of an NSA outpost in the Arctic after the rest of the crew is killed during a botched evacuation. Hammond and Murphy link up with several other survivors after Blue Sky is overrun. The high school is abandoned, and the only survivors appear to be a baby and a mysterious stranger, Cassandra. The baby unexpectly turns into a zombie and kills Hammond. The group then encounters another mysterious survivor, later revealed to be 10K.

2
2
"Fracking Zombies"
John Hyams
Michael Cassutt
September 19, 2014 (2014-09-19)
1.62[5]

The group attempts to refuel their vehicles at the "Jersey Devil Refinery" in northern New Jersey after being tipped off by a suspicious survivor. They use a music box to distract the zombies. Cassandra is revealed to have run away from a group, with its leader Tobias sending people to find her. Murphy reveals to Doc that he has a phobia of the zombies as a result of being bitten. From the Arctic Circle, Citizen Z is still keeping an eye on everyone, instructing Garnett to bring Murphy to California. The group make a narrow escape from an explosion at the refinery, as 10k runs up to the truck with fuel. Citizen Z finds a dog in the snow outside.

3
3
"Philly Feast"
Luis Prieto
Eric Wallace & Karl Schaefer
September 26, 2014 (2014-09-26)
1.14[6]

In Philadelphia, the team meets the group Cassandra has been trying to escape from. Cassandra reveals that she was previously part of a cannibalistic cult, acting as a prostitute to lure people so the cannibal group could kidnap and eat them. This group, led by a man named Tobias Campbell, wants Cassandra back. As Addy is trying to contact Citizen Z, she is abducted by members of the cult, who take her back to Tobias. The team confronts Tobias and trades Cassandra for Addy. Doc poses as a customer looking for Sunshine, while the team leads a horde of zombies toward the cult, blasting music from their truck with the help of Citizen Z. The team drives off, leaving the cult to fend for themselves.

4
4
"Full Metal Zombie"
Michael Robison
Eric Bernt
October 3, 2014 (2014-10-03)
1.55[7]

Citizen Z informs the team that General McCandless in McLean, Virginia may be able to give them an airlift directly to California. The survivors fight a large zombie soldier with a metal plate in his head, which renders him immune to head shots. The general is insane and his helicopter is no longer able to fly.

5
5
"Home Sweet Zombie"
Luis Prieto
Dan Merchant
October 10, 2014 (2014-10-10)
1.26[8]

The team goes to Warren's hometown of Castle Point, Missouri (mistakenly listed as in Illinois), as Warren tries to find closure about her husband Antoine. Meanwhile, a zombie tornado threatens the entire mission.

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6
"Resurrection Z"
John Hyams
Craig Engler
October 17, 2014 (2014-10-17)
1.57[10]

The group arrives in Hannibal, Missouri and takes shelter in a base led by Garnett's former squadmate, Joe Williams. A cult led by a man named Jacob has been indoctrinating people to do their deeds. Several cult members infiltrate the base by returning and pretending to renounce the cult. As zombies and Jacob's people overrun the compound, Garnett is killed by Jacob while blocking a bullet for Murphy.[9]

7
7
"Welcome to the FU-Bar"
Abram Cox
Jennifer Derwingson
October 24, 2014 (2014-10-24)
1.34[11]

In western Kansas, the team stops at a saloon called the Fu-Bar, just as a giant zombie herd heads into town. Mack and Addy get separated and head off on their own. Some traveling salesmen they met in episode 1 are in town to hold a zombie shooting contest. 10K enthusiastically enters and wins. The prize is a Barrett M82 rifle, which he decides to give to Brittany, the girl who came in second. Murphy discovers his saliva renders a normal human immune to the zombie virus when he bites a man in a fight who is later killed and does not reanimate.

8
8
"Zunami"
John Hyams
Dan Merchant
October 31, 2014 (2014-10-31)
1.10[12]

The group is forced to hunker down in a Nebraska town as the zombie tsunami comes in. Citizen Z encounters a Russian cosmonaut who seems to be at Northern Lights for a purpose. This cosmonaut is revealed to be a figment of his oxygen-deprived imagination, which is trying to warn Citizen Z about the failing air supply.

9
9
"Die Zombie Die ... Again"
Tim Andrew
Dan Merchant & Karl Schaefer
November 7, 2014 (2014-11-07)
1.30[13]

Mack and Addy debate abandoning the rest of the group and the mission. Mack believes a zombie has killed Addy at their campsite, but he repeatedly awakens from a nightmare in a manner reminiscent of Groundhog Day. All of these repeating episodes turn out to be a dream that Addy is having, and she realizes the flashbacks she has been experiencing are a repressed memory of killing her reanimated mother.

10
10
"Going Nuclear"
Nick Lyon
Craig Engler & Michael Cassutt
November 14, 2014 (2014-11-14)
1.49[14]

The group takes a detour through South Dakota to avoid the zombie tsunami. In Edgemont, a nuclear reactor is about to melt down, an occurrence that Amelia and her father are desperately trying to thwart. When the father is killed, the group's only resort is to turn to another former worker, Homer Stubbins. Homer has isolated himself in his fortress since his son was killed at the onset of the outbreak. Amelia agrees to fly Murphy out of the fallout zone should the reactor melt down. Murphy learns he can influence the zombies' actions.

11
11
"Sisters of Mercy"
Rachel Goldenberg
Jennifer Derwingson
November 21, 2014 (2014-11-21)
1.40[15]

Mack and Addy reunite with the rest of the group. They encounter an all-female commune whose leader, Helen, agrees to shelter only the three women of the group, as she believes all men are evil. The group discovers that the commune's boys are forced to leave when reaching age 13. A man who abused his wife is thrown into a barn to be eaten by a zombie bear.

12
12
"Murphy's Law"
Tim Andrew
Michael Cassutt
November 28, 2014 (2014-11-28)
1.61[16]

Murphy is kidnapped by three survivors: Zimmerman, Janis, and Henry. They drive to a zombie-infested Mesa Pharmaceuticals warehouse, planning to use Murphy's immunity to help them steal drugs. Murphy discovers he has mind control abilities over humans as well as zombies by spitting in his abductors' canteens.

13
13
"Doctor of the Dead"
John Hyams
John Hyams & Karl Schaefer
December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05)
1.44[17]

In a series of pre-apocalypse flashbacks, a man is shown extracting brain matter from a Krokodil addict, a Liberian Ebola patient, a Haitian voodoo zombie and an inspector at the Russian bioweapons facility at Semipalatinsk. The team expects to meet Dr. Merch at a facility in Fort Collins, Colorado, but arrives to find the personnel have been killed. They discover that this lab is where the virus was first transmitted from lab monkeys to humans. The man from the flashback arrives instead of Dr. Merch and explains that he will take Murphy the rest of the way to California. Murphy gives mercy to patient zero, a lab technician who has been an inanimate zombie hybrid for three years. The season ends with a cliffhanger, as Murphy's exit from the containment lab without proper decontamination triggers the launch of tactical nuclear weapons, shown headed for the lab as well as the NSA site from which Citizen Z operates.

text: Season 2 (2015)[edit]

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1
"The Murphy"
John Hyams
Karl Schaefer
September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)
0.94[18]

The team is split up as they try to outrun the impending blast. Citizen Z finds himself battling thawed zombies and unable to communicate with the team. In a desperate attempt to help them out on their quest to get to California and the CDC, Citizen Z issues an on-air bounty for Murphy. Warren nearly dies before reuniting with Doc, 10K, Mack and Addy. They travel to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where they find Murphy and Cassandra. They also encounter several bounty hunters, the most prominent being Vasquez, who engages the group in conflict over who will take Murphy to the CDC. Murphy and Cassandra escape during the ensuing shootout.

15
2
"White Light"
John Hyams
John Hyams
September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18)
0.88[19]

The group is attacked by various bounty hunters and are caught in a shootout. Each member of the group goes through near-death experiences as they are almost killed by anonymous bounty hunters. Vasquez saves Warren from a bounty hunter. Mack is bitten after being caught in a zombie-infested stairwell. Addy shoots Mack in the head immediately after he turns.

16
3
"Zombie Road"
Dan Merchant
Dan Merchant
September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)
0.99[20]

As they escape Cheyenne, the group encounters a convoy heading up to Edmonton, Alberta. They hitch a ride with this convoy, but soon encounter trouble in the form of blasters: radioactive zombies created from the nuclear blast and fallout. Doc, Murphy and Cassandra are introduced to "Z weed" by a convoy member. The leader of the convoy has been affected by radiation poisoning, and the group has to escape as the convoy is overcome by the blasters. Murphy again separates from the rest of the group and, joined by Cassandra and a survivor from the convoy, drive to a lab in Minneapolis.

17
4
"Batch 47"
Alexander Yellen
Michael Cassutt
October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02)
0.90[21]

Murphy and Cassandra arrive at a greenhouse that is infested with zombie-plant hybrids. The source of "Z weed," the greenhouse also contains Batch 47, which the lab's resident leader claims will cure the zombie virus. The leader sends in volunteer after volunteer to attempt to retrieve a sample, but no one has succeeded thus far. Due to his telepathic connection with zombies, Murphy is able to retrieve a sample of Batch 47. Initial test results on a decapitated zombie look promising, but they eventually find out that it also turns humans into zombies. Meanwhile, Citizen Z transmits the coordinates of the CDC lab to Addy, but due to static interference, she copies down the wrong coordinates. Shortly after leaving the greenhouse, the group encounters Serena, a girl who is pregnant with Murphy's unborn child.

18
5
"Zombaby!"
Rachel Goldenberg
Jennifer Derwingson
October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09)
0.88[22]

The group travels to a Mennonite community in time for Serena to give birth to a baby girl. 10K and Addy are infected with anthrax. Despite the Mennonites being helpful and cooperative to the group, Warren is forced to rob the Mennonites of their remaining rations of antibiotics in order to save 10K and Addy. A zombie horde attacks the group shortly after the baby is born, and in the ensuing fight, Serena is bitten and has to be shot by Warren.

19
6
"Zombie Baby Daddy"
Abram Cox
Craig Engler
October 16, 2015 (2015-10-16)
0.84[23]

The group winds up in Springfield, Illinois, where they fight off zombies. Murphy separates from the group out of fear that they may take the baby away and kill it. Vasquez separates from the group, and when he fails to return, Warren tracks him down. The two are injured and wind up at an abandoned hospital, where Vasquez reveals that he was searching for the man who killed his wife and kids. Under orders from Murphy, Cassandra stops the group from looking for Murphy. 10K is forced to kill Cassandra when they wind up in conflict. Murphy finds a couple in an isolated home, bites them and leaves the baby in their care before rejoining the group.

20
7
"Down the Mississippi"
John Hyams
John Hyams
October 23, 2015 (2015-10-23)
0.76[24]

The group travels south by boat along the Mississippi River towards Memphis, Tennessee. They encounter a jam of zombies in the river that attack the boat. The group dive into the river to escape, and 10K is separated. While searching for the group, 10K encounters two men, Sketchy and Skeezy, who convince 10K that they know how to find his group. The trio come upon a settlement and, due to a misunderstanding, are tried for theft and lying and sentenced to death by hanging by the group's leader, known as Escorpion. Luckily, 10K befriended one of the group members earlier, and told her where he was planning to meet his group. She finds and leads them to rescue 10K.

21
8
"The Collector"
Dan Merchant
Dan Merchant
October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30)
0.87[25]

Murphy wanders from the group and falls into a trap set out by a zombie collector. While in captivity, Murphy is forced to recount the entire history of how he came to be the person that he is now. The rest of the group searches for Murphy in a small town. 10K finds him, but is also captured by the zombie collector. The rest of the group arrive to rescue Murphy and 10K.

22
9
"RoZwell"
Jason McKee
Craig Engler
November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)
0.84[26]

The group encounters a community of people near Roswell, New Mexico. It is led by a woman named Bernadette, who claims to be in contact with aliens. 10K believes that there is a hidden underground base, which Warren deduces could contain potentially working radio equipment or transportation to get to the CDC lab faster. They ask Bernadette to lead them to this underground base. Along the way, they encounter and kill what appears to be a zombified alien. Eventually, they confront two alien life forms, one of which attempts to abduct Bernadette. They fatally injure the alien abductor, who turns out to be one of the community members dressed in a special suit. He was also the last test pilot of the hidden base before it was overrun by zombies.

23
10
"We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon"
Juan A. Mas
Eric Bernt
November 13, 2015 (2015-11-13)
0.67[27]

The group is traveling about 100 miles north of Flagstaff. Citizen Z warns them of a zunami horde approaching. The RV that they are driving breaks down and the group is forced to split up to look for more transportation. Murphy, Warren, Vasquez and Addy encounter a group of Native Americans at a casino, led by Danny. 10K and Doc are captured by a different Native American group, led by Danny's estranged son, Gordon. Gordon leads 10K and Doc into a trap and leaves them to die, but they are rescued by Gordon's sister, Ayalla. Meanwhile, Warren advises Citizen Z on how to operate a rocket launcher to kill off the last remaining zombie at the station. Ayalla convinces 10K and Doc to travel with her to warn Danny of the zunami horde. Danny tells his group to join Gordon's group in the cliffs, but decides to stay behind himself to honor his dead wife's memory. The zunami horde destroys the casino and heads towards the group at the cliffs. At Doc's suggestion, the group works with Gordon's group to successfully enact a plan to divert and drive the zunami horde off the cliffs.

24
11
"Corporate Retreat"
Jodi Binstock
Micho Rutare
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)
0.77[28]

The team encounters a group of survivors at a hotel who had been there since the outbreak. Led by Gideon, the group governs itself by group decisions based on facilitating trust and dialogue. The team separates to further investigate the hotel. Both Murphy and one of the other group are shot, bringing everyone to the scene. While unconscious, Murphy has visions. Zombies converge on the hotel, telepathically drawn by Murphy's dreams. The two groups convene to determine who shot Murphy. Gideon decides Iggy is guilty and banishes him. The real shooter is still at large, and attempts to shoot two more people, including Doc. All are trapped in the main lobby as the zombies from the hotel break out of their rooms. In a panic, the shooter identifies himself and attempts to leave with Dana, but is shot by a half-turned zombie. Iggy returns and kills Gideon. Both groups leave the hotel and go their separate ways.

25
12
"Party with the Zeros"
Abram Cox
Lynelle White
November 27, 2015 (2015-11-27)
0.92[29]

The group is near the Mexican border, surrounded by zombies. They are rescued by Escorpion, who leads them to meet "La Reina," the Queen of the Dead. As a bounty for Murphy, La Reina offers the group a choice - leave with a reward or stay and join her group. Vasquez warns Warren that it is a trick and they will be killed if they try to leave. The group accepts the offer to join La Reina's group. During the party held to induct the group as members, Vasquez has recognized Escorpion as the killer of his wife and daughter, and attempts to shoot Escorpion. Warren stops him to save the mission. Kurian claims to have used Murphy's blood to generate a cure for the zombie virus. La Reina picks Vasquez as the test subject to prove whether the cure will work.

26
13
"Adios, Muchachos"
Abram Cox
Jennifer Derwingson
December 4, 2015 (2015-12-04)
0.97[30]

Warren suggests to La Reina that Kurian should be the first test subject and he is forced to inject himself. Kurian is then bitten by a decapitated zombie, but survives. La Reina and her followers are all injected with the cure. Kurian reveals that everyone who was injected with the cure will come under Murphy's control after an incubation time. Escorpion tortures Vasquez to find out Warren's true intentions. Murphy exerts control over La Reina and has her order Escorpion to be seized. Murphy's influence on La Reina's group starts to wear off as the team rescues Vasquez and Kurian attacks Murphy. Warren and the team, pursued by La Reina and her minions, arrives in time to behead Kurian. Murphy frees a mass of imprisoned zombies to stop La Reina's group. The team escape only to be followed by Escorpion. Vasquez and Escorpion fight until Vasquez throws Escorpion down hatch to be eaten by zombies. The team finds five Chevy El Caminos and drive toward California.

27
14
"Day One"
Dan Merchant
Michael Cassutt
December 11, 2015 (2015-12-11)
0.83[31]

In a flashback prologue, Simon Cruller (Citizen Z) recalls how he wound up at the North Pole. As the group makes their way across California, each member has a flashback about what they were doing on day 1 of the zombie outbreak. Meanwhile, someone has hacked the system at the North Pole, and while tracking down the hacker, Citizen Z discovers that he is being used to find Murphy. The group arrives at the coordinates of the CDC lab to find a decrepit house. Warren and Vasquez enter the house, to be greeted by a lady who is hiding some weapons.

28
15
"All Good Things Must Come to an End"
John Hyams
Karl Schaefer & Daniel Schaefer
December 18, 2015 (2015-12-18)
1.10[32]

Citizen Z tries to warn the group to abort the mission because the location has been compromised, but is unsuccessful. Meanwhile, another group arrives at the house and tries to claim the bounty for finding Murphy. In the ensuing conflict, 10K is shot. The woman signals for Dr. Merch to come to the house. A group of armed men led by the captain of the submarine and Dr. Merch arrives to escort Murphy (and 10K) away. After they leave, a group of armed men led by La Reina arrives, looking for Murphy. Warren's group retreats back into the house, where the woman provides them with a stash of hidden weapons. Meanwhile, the captain reveals to Murphy his intentions to take them to Zona, which is an island that is free of zombies. Dr. Merch reveals that they attempted to develop a zombie cure but had mixed results, but now Murphy's blood will help them to achieve success. La Reina confronts Warren, demanding to know where Murphy is. In the ensuing conflict, La Reina is about to kill Warren, only to be killed by Escorpion. Vasquez disarms Escorpion, and threatens to kill him. In the end, Vasquez spares the repentant Escorpion's life but decides to leave the group. Escorpion joins Doc, Addy and Warren as they arrive at a beach to see the submarine on fire. They also see Murphy leaving in a boat with Dr. Merch, the captain and three of the crew, just before they are captured by some foreign guards. 10K is nowhere to be seen. The final scene shows Murphy's daughter having a tea party with some zombies. On Netflix, this episode is called "End Times".

text: Season 3 (2016)[edit]

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30
1

2
"No Mercy"
Abram Cox
Karl Schaefer & Daniel Schaefer
September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16)
1.06[33]

31
3
"A New Mission"
Dan Merchant
Dan Merchant
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)
1.03[34]

32
4
"Murphy's Miracle"
Alexander Yellen
Michael Cassutt
September 30, 2016 (2016-09-30)
0.86[35]

33
5
"Escorpion and the Red Hand"
Jason McKee
Steve Graham
October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)
0.85[36]

34
6
"Little Red and the WolfZ"
Juan A. Mas
Jennifer Derwingson
October 14, 2016 (2016-10-14)
0.80[37]

35
7
"Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Dan Merchant
Tye Lombardi
October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21)
0.77[38]

36
8
"Welcome to Murphytown"
Jodi Binstock
Jodi Binstock
October 28, 2016 (2016-10-28)
0.72[39]

37
9
"Election Day"
Andrew Drazek
Delondra Williams
November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)
0.87[40]

38
10
"Heart of Darkness"
Abram Cox
Michael Cassutt
November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11)
0.92[41]

39
11
"They Grow Up So Quickly"
Alexander Yellen
Craig Engler
November 18, 2016 (2016-11-18)
0.77[42]

40
12
"Doc's Angels"
Youssef Delara
Natalia Fernandez
November 25, 2016 (2016-11-25)
1.01[43]

41
13
"The Siege of Murphytown"
Dan Merchant
Dan Merchant
December 2, 2016 (2016-12-02)
0.74[44]

42
14
"Duel"
Jennifer Derwingson
Jennifer Derwingson
December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)
0.76[45]

43
15
"Everybody Dies in the End"
Abram Cox
Abram Cox
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)
0.87[46]

text: Season 4 (2017)[edit]

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1
"Warren's Dream"
Abram Cox
Karl Schaefer
September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
0.58[47]

Two years later, things have gotten worse. Warren awakens from a coma to find herself in ZONA with Murphy apparently cured. As she is introduced to this seemingly utopian and affluent society, she's plagued by visions of a black rainbow. Meanwhile, the rest of the group is still struggling to survive amid the arrival of a new threat; unkillable "MAD-Z's" caused by a mutation of the Zombie Virus. Each of them faces the choice of whether to stay put, or to head for Newmerica: a rumoured safe haven from the apocalypse.

45
2
"Escape from Zona"
Abram Cox
John Hyams
October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06)
0.55[48]

Driven by her dream of a Black Rainbow and flesh eating rain, Warren and Murphy escape Zona; Doc, 10K and Sarge are pinned down by snipers.

46
3
"The Vanishing"
Alexander Yellen
John Hyams
October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13)
0.58[49]

By the time Warren and the others make it to the refugee camp, Red and Sun Mei have mysteriously vanished along with everyone else. After convincing 10K to give up the search for Red, Murphy and the others decide to head to Numerica with Sarge -- but Warren has her own plan. Driven by her dream, Warren is compelled to head east instead of north.

47
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"A New Mission: Keep Moving"
Keith Allan
Delondra Williams
October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)
0.62[50]

Following Warren's dream, the team doesn't stop while crossing The Great Pile, a seemingly endless landscape of rubble and destruction.

48
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"The Unknowns"
J.D. McKee
Craig Engler
October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
0.60[51]

The team is captured by an Unseen Force and enslaved in an elaborate underground facility, forced by their mysterious captors to perform a series of bizarre, dangerous tasks.

49
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"Back From the Undead"
Alexander Yellen
Michael Cassutt
November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)
0.58[52]

Lucy fights to save Murphy's life; Warren and the others battle a biologically modified Franken-Zombie guarding a clue to Warren's dream.

50
7
"Warren's Wedding"
Steve Graham
Steve Graham
November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)
0.65[53]

Shaken by the death of one of the team, something snaps in Murphy, and Warren is unable to stop him and the others from committing an atrocity as misplaced revenge.

51
8
"Crisis of Faith"
Jennifer Derwingson
Jennifer Derwingson
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)
0.64[54]

Warren and the others encounter a mysterious stranger who they think is a grave robber, but they're something much more.

52
9
"We Interrupt This Program"
Dan Merchant
Dan Merchant
November 24, 2017 (2017-11-24)
0.62[55]

Back at the dawn of the apocalypse, newly promoted news anchor Carly McFadden struggles with office politics and office zombies as unsettling reports start to come though to the news desk. Eight years later, the group explores the abandoned TV station as they look for a way to contact Kaya at camp Northern Light as she attempts to hide from an invasion of ZONA forces. Fearing the worst when her hideout is breached, she takes a last stand, only to find that Citizen Z has returned home after two years.

53
10
"Frenemies"
Juan A. Mas
Abram Cox
December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)
0.52[56]

54
11
"Return to Mercy Labs"
Jodi Binstock
Jodi Binstock
December 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)
0.57[57]

55
12
"Mt. Weather"
Dan Merchant
Craig Engler
December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)
0.61[58]

56
13
"The Black Rainbow"
Abram Cox
Karl Schaefer & Daniel Schaefer
December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)
0.56[58]


document_title: Samson (2018 film)

question_text: who plays samson's mom in the movie samson

question_tokens: who plays samson 's mom in the movie samson

text: Samson (2018 film)

text: Plot[edit]

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text: A narration tells us how the Hebrews had done wrong and were thus put in the hands of the brutal Philistines.

text: The Philistines are collecting food from Hebrews. In the back, Samson, a Hebrew from the tribe of Dan and his brother Caleb are attempting to steal food while Samson is telling riddles. However, they get caught and get chased through a city by Philistine soldiers.

text: In the meantime, Prince Rallah of the Philistines kills a Hebrew named Tobias for asking for more food.

text: When Samson and Caleb come back, his parents urge Samson to fight back against the Philistines since he was chosen to do so from birth. However, Samson prefers peace and is reluctant to do so.

text: King Balek orders his son Rallah to investigate a Hebrew with great strength but Rallah is reluctant.

text: While away, Samson and Caleb hear of fights going on between a strong Philistine and multiple Hebrews. While Caleb sees this as a trap, Samson jumps in and defeats the strong Philistine. While doing so, he falls in love with a Philistine woman named Taren.

text: The man Samson beat turned out to be Taren's brother. Rallah kills him and imprisons Taren along with her father.

text: Caleb returns to present the money Samson won in his fight to their father Menoah, but he refuses to take it all to himself and asks Caleb to share with the entire tribe.

text: Meanwhile, Samson tracks down Taren and offers her to meet at a sea a later time. Rallah argues with his father Balek and with his partner Delilah. Samson and Taren share a number of meetings and fall in love with each other.

text: Samson goes to his parents to tell them about marrying Taren, but they advise him not to since she's a daughter of the enemy. Frustrated, Samson goes to a forest to find help and a sign from God. He finds a lion who he battles with his bare hands. Delilah hears of this potential marriage from Taren and advises Rallah to permit it, so that he'd get control of Samson.

text: Samson finds honey in the lion he slew a bit later. Finally, he organizes a wedding feast which Rallah attends. Rallah lies to Samson and makes him drink wine, which is against one of Samson's three Nazirite vows. Rallah offers riddles to Samson which he can't answer. Samson offers him a riddle in reply with a wager of 30 tunics. Rallah agrees. The riddle goes "Out of the eater, something to eat. Out of the strong, something sweet."

text: Rallah urges Taren to find the answer to the riddle (What is sweeter than honey and stronger than a lion) or face her and her father's death. She gets it out of Samson while Delilah is listening. Rallah eventually solves the riddle in front of Samson. Upset, he goes to a nearby village where the Philistines were holding three Hebrew girls.

text: The Philistines of the village prohibit Samson to drink water. When he continues to, one Philistine soldier puts a sword onto him and Samson kills him along with 29 other soldiers. The Hebrew girls run away and Samson takes the tunics of the soldier, reluctantly since this is breaking one of his three Nazirite vows of not touching the dead. Samson brings the tunics to Rallah only to find that Rallah had cancelled the marriage. Furious about not finding Taren and of Rallah's other actions, Samson runs away and puts fire onto foxes who burn the Philistine city in front of Rallah's eyes.

text: Rallah then takes Taren and her father and throws them into the fire from a large building in front of Samson's eyes.

text: Samson then runs away into a cave. Caleb finds him and offers him to fight back against the Philistines, who were waiting outside. Samson refuses and offers to be taken as a prisoner instead. When Rallah takes Samson prisoner, he also kills Menoah in front of his eyes before moving over to kill Samson. Samson then kills Rallah's entire army of 1000 with the jawbone of a donkey. Samson returns to his Danite village and gets sworn in as a Judge.

text: Some time passes. The Philistines are starving the Hebrews. Caleb wants Samson to fight back along with other Hebrews, but Samson instead offers to negotiate peace. He goes down to King Balek's palace, but the two come to no solution. Rallah gets the idea of using Delilah as a temptress to get to Samson. Samson goes to a partyhouse upon invitation of a Philistine lady. There, Delilah meets him and tells him of her admiration for Taren. The Philistine town found out about Samson being there and attempts to kill him. He uses God's strength and escaped from the town. Samson returns to his Danite village and bonds with his mother and asks her to pray for him.

text: Delilah offers Samson her shelter. They form a bond and eventually a relationship. Two Hebrews warn King Balek of a rebellion which has been planned by the Danites. Rallah cuts their heads and sends them to Caleb which makes Caleb go to the Philistines to attempt to attack. Delilah cuts Samson's hair after hearing that it was his final vow which he hadn't yet broken. She does so when he sleeps and he gets captured by the Philistines along with Caleb as Samson is blinded by Rallah. After a disagreement, Rallah kills his father and takes his crown. In a Philistine prison, Delilah appears after regretting her action and offers to bail Samson out. However, he urges her to bail Caleb out instead which she does. Samson prays to God for his forgiveness and to be his eyes.

text: Samson then gets brought before a Philistine crowd where Rallah is now sitting as King as Samson's hair has grown back. He asks God to lend him his strength one more time and brings the entire Philistine building to fall along with their idol.

text: We see a montage with Caleb narrating, showing Hebrews now fighting back against the Philistines. In the end, we see a young David who would take up against the Philistines' warrior Goliath and become Israel's king.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Taylor James as Samson, a Nazarite with super-strength.
Jackson Rathbone as Rallah, the prince of the Philistines.
Billy Zane as King Balek, the king of the Philistines and Rallah's father.
Caitlin Leahy as Delilah, the partner of Rallah who seduces Samson.
Rutger Hauer as Manoah, Samson's father.
Lindsay Wagner as Zealphonis, Samson's mother.
Frances Sholto-Douglas as Taren, a Philistine woman who Samson falls in love with.
Greg Kriek as Caleb, Samson's brother.
James Ryan as Tobias, a Hebrew who is killed by Prince Rallah.

text: Release[edit]

text: Prior to its release, Pure Flix Entertainment sold Samson to various distributors around the globe such as California Films in Latin America, Pioneer in Philippines, Scene Poong in South Korea, Sahamongkolfilm in Thailand, Ozen in Turkey and others throughout Indonesia and Malaysia.[7]

text: It was released in the United States on February 16, 2018, and made $1.9 million from 1,249 theaters in its opening weekend (an average of $1,556 per venue).[8]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 25% based on 16 reviews, and an average rating of 5.1/10.[9] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 17 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike."[10]

text: Inkoo Kang of TheWrap criticized the acting and direction, writing "the film is just plain bad, with an amateur cast (led by Taylor James), cut-rate special effects, who-cares storylines, and confusing details shoehorned in from the Bible."[11] Writing for RogerEbert.com, Peter Sobczynski gave the film 1.5/4 stars, stating, "The problem with Samson is that while it cannot be faulted for its sincerity, it can be faulted for its sluggish pacing, inconsistent performances and lack of cinematic style".[12]

text: Forbes contributor Luke Y. Thompson, while knocking the cheap-looking special effects and props, noted that Samson was "rarely boring" and that he did applaud Pure Flix "for actually trying to go big and stretch into biblical epics".[13]