document_title: Ada (name)

question_text: what does the name ada mean in english

question_tokens: what does the name ada mean in english

text: Ada (name)

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Ada
Ada Lovelace is considered by some as the first computer programmer.Pronunciation
/ˈeɪdə/[1]Gender
femaleLanguage(s)
German, Hebrew,

IgboOriginMeaning
"noble, nobility", "adornment"Other namesSee also
Adelaide, Adeline

text: Ada is a feminine given name. One origin is the Germanic element "adel-" meaning "nobility", for example as part of the names Adelaide and Adeline.[2][3] The name can also trace to a Hebrew origin, sometimes spelt Adah - עָדָה, meaning "adornment". Ada also means "first daughter" in Igbo. Finally, the name occurs in Greek mythology and was in use in Ancient Greece.[3]

text: The name has seen a slight increase in popularity in the United States in recent years, where it was the 646th most common name given to baby girls born there in 2007.[4] It had been among the top 100 names for girls in the United States between 1880 and 1912 and remained in the top 1,000 names for girls until 1985. It first reappeared among the top 1,000 names for girls in 2004, after a 19 year absence.[5] Finnish variant Aada was among the top ten most popular names given to newborn girls in Finland in 2013.  The name is also commonly used in Norway, where it was the 66th most popular name for girls born in 2007.[6]

text: Its increase in popularity has been attributed to the popularity of other "simple, old-fashioned names beginning with a vowel" such as Ava and Ella[2] Some of its popularity might also be attributed to Ada, Countess of Lovelace, the daughter of George Gordon, Lord Byron, who has been called the first computer programmer by some historians.[7] Ada, a computer programming language, was named in her honor. St. Ada was also the name of an early saint and of several medieval queens and princesses.

text: Notable people[edit]

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Ada of Caria (fl. 377–326 BC), satrap deposed by her brother Idrieus and restored by Alexander the Great
St. Ada, 7th-century French abbess
Ada or Adelais, 8th-century sister of Charlemagne, for whom the Ada Gospels at Trier were produced
Ada de Warenne (1120–1178), Anglo-Norman wife of Henry of Scotland, Countess of Northumbria and Huntingdon
Ada of Huntingdon (1146–1206), Scottish noblewoman, Countess of Holland by marriage
Ada of Holland (c.1163–1205), daughter of Floris III, Count of Holland and his wife Ada of Huntingdon
Ada, Countess of Holland (1188–1223), Countess of Holland between 1203 and 1207
Ada, Countess of Atholl (died 1264)

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Ada Adini (1855–1924), American operatic soprano who had an active international career from 1876
Ada Adler (1878–1946), Danish classical scholar and librarian
Ada Albrecht, Argentinian author
Ada Bakker (born 1948), Dutch tennis player
Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903), English novelist
Ada Kouri Barreto (1917–2005), eminent cardiologist
Ada Beveridge (1875–1964), Australian Country Women's Association leader
Ada Blackjack, (1898–1983), Inuit woman who was a castaway for two years on Wrangel Island in northern Siberia
Ada Bolten (1903–1984), Dutch swimmer
Ada Booyens (born 1961), South African race walker
Ada Bromham (1880–1965), Australian feminist and temperance activist
Ada Brown (1890–1950), American blues singer
Ada Cambridge (1844–1926), later known as Ada Cross, English writer
Ada Carrasco (1912–1994), Mexican film and television actress
Ada Cavendish (1839–1895), English actress known for her Shakesperean roles and for popularising the plays of Wilkie Collins in America
Ada Nield Chew (1870–1945), British suffragist
Ada Choi (born 1973), Hong Kong actress best known for her work for TVB television
Ada Clare (1834–1874), born Jane McElhenney, American actress, writer, and feminist
Ada Colau (born 1974), Spanish activist and Mayor of Barcelona
Ada Langworthy Collier (1843-1919), American writer
Ada Comstock (1876–1973), American women's education pioneer
Ada Cornaro (1881–1961), prominent Argentine film and theatre actress, tango dancer and singer of the 1930s and 1940s
Ada Crossley (1874–1929), Australian singer
Ada de la Cruz (born 1986), Miss Dominican Republic 2009 and Miss Universe 2009 first runner-up
Ada Deer (born 1935), Native American advocate and scholar who served as head of the United States' Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1993 to 1997
Ada Dietz (1882–1950), American weaver best known for her 1949 monograph Algebraic Expressions in Handwoven Textiles
Ada Dondini (1883–1958), Italian film actress
Ada Constance Duncan (1896–1970), Australian welfare activist
Ada Dyas (1843–1908), Irish actress
Ada María Elflein (1880–1919), Argentine poet, columnist, translator, feminist and teacher
Ada English (1875–1944), Irish revolutionary politician and psychiatrist
Ada Evans (1872–1947), Australian lawyer, was the first female law graduate in Australia
Ada and Minna Everleigh, sisters who operated the Everleigh Club, a high-priced brothel in the Levee District of Chicago after 1900
Ada Falcón (1905–2002), Argentine tango dancer, singer and film actress of the 1920s and 1930s
Ada Feinberg-Sireni (born 1930), Israeli politician
Ada Ferrer (born 1962), American historian
Ada Fisher (born 1947), American retired physician and frequent Republican candidate for office
Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher (1924–1995), key figure in the Civil Rights movement in Oklahoma
Ada Sawyer Garrett (born 1856), Chicago socialite of the late 19th century
Ada Gentile (born 1947), Italian pianist and composer
Ada Gilmore (1883–1955), American watercolorist and printmaker
Ada den Haan (born 1941), Dutch swimmer
Ada R. Habershon (1861–1918), Christian hymnist, known for her 1907 hymn "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
Ada Hegerberg, Norwegian football striker
Ada Howard (1829–1907), the first president of Wellesley College
Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981), Australian author and poet
Ada Louise Huxtable (1921–2013), architecture critic and writer on architecture
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz (born 1943), professor emerita of ethics and theology at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey
Ada Itúrrez de Cappellini, Argentine politician
Ada J. Graves (1870–1918), British children’s writer
Ada James (1876–1952), suffragist, social worker, and reformer
Ada Jones (1873–1922), popular mezzo-soprano who recorded from 1905 to the early 1920s
Ada Karmi-Melamede (born 1936), Israeli architect
Ada Katz (born 1928), wife and model of Alex Katz
Ada Kepley (1847–1925), the first American woman to graduate from law school
Ada van Keulen (1920–2010), Dutch World War II resistance member
Florence Ada Keynes (née Brown) (1861–1958), British author, social reformer, and Mayor of Cambridge in 1932
Ada Copeland King, the common law wife of American geologist Clarence King
Ada King-Milbanke, 14th Baroness Wentworth (1871–1917), British peeress
Ada Kok (born 1947), Dutch swimmer
Ada Kramm (1899–1981), Norwegian stage and film actress
Ada Kuchařová (born 1958), Czechoslovakian orienteering competitor
Ada Annie Lawson or Cougar Annie (1888–1985), pioneer who settled on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada
Ada Lee, jazz, blues, gospel and soul music singer from Springfield, Ohio since the late 1950s
Ada Leverson (1862–1933), British writer who is now known primarily for her work as a novelist
Ada Limón (born 1976), American poet
Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), born Augusta Ada Byron, English writer, programmed Charles Babbage's mechanical computer, the analytical engine
Ada Maddison (1869–1950), British mathematician best known for her work on differential equations
Ada Maddocks (1927–2007), British trade union official
Ada Madssen (1917–2009), Norwegian sculptor
Ada Maimon (born 1893), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1949 and 1955
Ada Maris (born 1957), Mexican-American actress
Ada Marshania, ethnic Abkhaz and the Deputy of Supreme Council of the de jure Government of Abkhazia in exile since July 2006
Ada Mason or Aida Mason, née Wagstaff (1895–2007), the oldest living person in the UK at 111 years of age
Ada Maza (born 1951), Argentine Justicialist Party politician
Ada Menken or Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), American actress, painter and poet
Ada Milby (born 1983), Filipino rugby player
Ada Miller or Corín Tellado (1927–2009), prolific Spanish writer of romantic novels and photonovels
Ada Mills (1912–2001), Republican political activist in the U.S. state of Arkansas
Ada Moldovan or Adriana Moldovan (born 1983), Romanian handball player
Ada Andy Napaltjarri (born 1954), Warlpiri and Luritja speaking Indigenous artist from Australia's Western Desert region
Ada Negri (1870–1945), Italian poet and writer
Ada Nicodemou (born 1977), Greek Cypriot-born Australian actress, played Leah Patterson-Baker in the soap opera Home and Away
Ada Norris, DCMG, DBE (1901–1989), Australian women's rights activist and community worker
Ada M. Oredigger, pen name of Karl Emil Nygard (1906–1984), American Communist politician and first Communist mayor in the United States
Ada Gertrude Paterson (1880–1937), New Zealand school doctor, child health administrator and community worker
Ada Patterson (1867–1939), American print journalist
Ada Perkins (1959–1980), Puerto Rican beauty queen and contestant in the 1978 Miss Universe beauty pageant
Mary Ada Pickford CBE (1884–1934), British politician, industrialist and historian
Ada Pilgrim (1867–1965), New Zealand healer
Ada Polak (née Andrea Buch) (1914–2010), Norwegian art historian
Florence Ada Mary Lamb Polson (1877–1941), New Zealand rural women's advocate
Ada Pometti (born 1955), Italian actress
Ada Reeve (1874–1966), English actress of both stage and film
Ada Rehan (1859–1916), American actress
Ada Roe (1858–1970), British supercentenarian
Ada Dwyer Russell (1863–1952), Mormon stage actress
Ada Sari (1886–1968), Polish opera singer, actress, and educator
Ada Lewis Sawyer (1892–1985), American lawyer
Caroline Ada Seville (1874–1955), New Zealand nurse, hospital matron and community leader
Ada Holly Shissler, Associate Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish History at the University of Chicago
Ada Škerl (1924 - 2009), Slovene poet, writer and translator
Ada Smith (born 1945), New York State Senator from 1989 to 2006
Ada "Bricktop" Smith (1894–1984), African-American dancer, singer, vaudevillian, and self-described saloon-keeper
Ada Jack Carver Snell (1890–1972), American short story writer
Ada Svedin (1900–1975), German actress
Ada Svetlova, Latvian singer, mezzo-soprano, performer of classical and ethnic repertoire
Ada Udechukwu (born 1960), Nigerian artist and poet associated with the Nsukka group
Ada Mae Vaughn (1905–1943), movie actress
Ada Vélez (born 1970), Puerto Rican female professional boxer
Ada Vojtsik, Russian actress
Ada Overton Walker (1880–1914), African-American vaudeville performer and wife of George Walker
Ada Ward, English actress and singer who became a star in Australia in the 1870s, and later worked in the United States
Ada Wells née Pike (1863–1933), feminist and social worker in New Zealand
Ada Williams (actress) (1913–1975), American film actress
Ada Williams (baby farmer) (1875–1900), baby farmer convicted of killing 21-month-old Selina Ellen Jones in London
Ada Clendenin Williamson (1880–1958), American book illustrator
Ada Yonath (born 1939), Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome
Ada Ehi (gospel musician)  Nigerian Gospel singer

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Alma Flor Ada (born 1938), Cuban-American author of children’s books, poetry and novels
Francisco Ada (1934–2010), Northern Mariana Islands politician
Gordon Ada (born 1922), Australian microbiologist
Jacquette Ada (born 1991), Cameroonian footballer
Joseph Franklin Ada (born 1943), American politician
Marie-Noëlle Ada (born 1990), beauty queen, Miss Gabon 2012
Patrick Ada (born 1985), Cameroonian footballer

text: Fictional characters[edit]

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Ada McGrath, protagonist of the 1993 film The Piano
Ada Shufflebotham or Sidebottom, on British television in the 1970s and '80s - see Cissie and Ada
Ada Vessalius, from the anime Pandora Hearts
Ada Vinelander, from the novel Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1969
Ada Wong, in the video games Resident Evil 2,Resident Evil 4, and Resident Evil 6
Ada, in the video game Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Ada, an android in the comic book series Alex + Ada
Ada Clover, a non-playable character in the BlazBlue video game series
Ada, in Charles Dickens' novel " bleak house"
Ada Monroe, in Charles Frazier's novel, Cold Mountain
Ada, a non-playable robot companion in the game Fallout 4 Automatron DLC.
Ada Thorne (née Shelby) in Peaky Blinders

text: Notes[edit]

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^ Jump up to: a b Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). Baby Name Bible. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-35220-2

^ Jump up to: a b Ada at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands.

Jump up ^ "Official Social Security Website". Social Security Administration.

Jump up ^ Mike Campbell. "Popularity for Ada". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2010-10-16.

Jump up ^ Mike Campbell. "Popularity for Ada". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2010-10-16.

Jump up ^ "Ada Lovelace - GHN: IEEE Global History Network". Ieeeghn.org. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-16.

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document_title: Urinary system

question_text: in what section of the kidney is urine formed

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text: Urinary system

text: Structure[edit]

text: The urinary system refers to the structures that produce and transport urine to the point of excretion. In the human urinary system there are two kidneys that are located between the dorsal body wall and parietal peritoneum on both the left and right sides.

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text: The formation of urine begins within the functional unit of the kidney, the nephrons. Urine then flows through the nephrons, through a system of converging tubules called collecting ducts. These collecting ducts then join together to form the minor calyces, followed by the major calyces that ultimately join the renal pelvis. From here, urine continues its flow from the renal pelvis into the ureter, transporting urine into the urinary bladder. The anatomy of the human urinary system differs between males and females at the level of the urinary bladder. In males, the urethra begins at the internal urethral orifice in the trigone of the bladder, continues through the external urethral orifice, and then becomes the prostatic, membranous, bulbar, and penile urethra. Urine exits through the external urethral meatus. The female urethra is much shorter, beginning at the bladder neck and terminating in the vaginal vestibule.

text: Development[edit]

text: Microanatomy[edit]

text: Under microscopy, the urinary system is covered in a unique lining called urothelium, a type of transitional epithelium. Unlike the epithelial lining of most organs, transitional epithelium can flatten and distend. Urothelium covers most of the urinary system, including the renal pelvis, ureters, and bladder.

text: Function[edit]

text: The main functions of the urinary system and its components are to

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Regulate blood volume and composition (e.g. sodium, potassium and calcium)
Regulate blood pressure.
Regulate pH homeostasis of the blood.
Contributes to the production of red blood cells by the kidney.
Helps synthesize calcitrol the (active form of Vitamin D).
Stores waste product (mainly urea and uric acid) before it and other products are removed from the body.

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text: Urine formation[edit]

text: Average urine production in adult humans is about 1–2 litres (L) per day, depending on state of hydration, activity level, environmental factors, weight, and the individual's health. Producing too much or too little urine requires medical attention. Polyuria is a condition of excessive urine production (> 2.5 L/day). Oliguria when < 400 mL (millilitres) are produced, and anuria one of < 100 mL per day.

text: The first step in urine formation is the filtration of blood in the kidneys. In a healthy human the kidney receives between 12 and 30% of cardiac output, but it averages about 20% or about 1.25 L/min.

text: The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney is the nephron. Its chief function is to regulate the concentration of water and soluble substances like sodium by filtering the blood, reabsorbing what is needed and excreting the rest as urine.

text: In the first part of the nephron, Bowman's capsule filters blood from the circulatory system into the tubules. Hydrostatic and osmotic pressure gradients facilitate filtration across a semipermeable membrane. The filtrate includes water, small molecules, and ions that easily pass through the filtration membrane. However larger molecules such as proteins and blood cells are prevented from passing through the filtration membrane. The amount of filtrate produced every minute is called the glomerular filtration rate or GFR and amounts to 180 litres per day. About 99% of this filtrate is reabsorbed as it passes through the nephron and the remaining 1% becomes urine.

text: The urinary system is regulated by the endocrine system by hormones such as antidiuretic hormone, aldosterone, and parathyroid hormone.[3]

text: Regulation of concentration and volume[edit]

text: The urinary system is under influence of the circulatory system, nervous system, and endocrine system.

text: Aldosterone plays a central role in regulating blood pressure through its effects on the kidney. It acts on the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the nephron and increases reabsorption of sodium from the glomerular filtrate. Reabsorption of sodium results in retention of water, which increases blood pressure and blood volume. Antidiuretic hormone (ADH), is a neurohypophysial hormone found in most mammals. Its two primary functions are to retain water in the body and vasoconstriction. Vasopressin regulates the body's retention of water by increasing water reabsorption in the collecting ducts of the kidney nephron.[4] Vasopressin increases water permeability of the kidney's collecting duct and distal convoluted tubule by inducing translocation of aquaporin-CD water channels in the kidney nephron collecting duct plasma membrane.[5]

text: Urination[edit]

text: Urination is the ejection of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body. In healthy humans (and many other animals), the process of urination is under voluntary control. In infants, some elderly individuals, and those with neurological injury, urination may occur as an involuntary reflex. Physiologically, micturition involves coordination between the central, autonomic, and somatic nervous systems. Brain centers that regulate urination include the pontine micturition center, periaqueductal gray, and the cerebral cortex. In placental mammals the male ejects urine through the penis, and the female through the vulva.

text: Clinical significance[edit]

text: Urologic disease can involve congenital or acquired dysfunction of the urinary system. A urinary tract obstruction is a urologic disease that can cause urinary retention.

text: Diseases of the kidney tissue are normally treated by nephrologists, while diseases of the urinary tract are treated by urologists. Gynecologists may also treat female urinary incontinence.

text: Diseases of other bodily systems also have a direct effect on urogenital function.  For instance it has been shown that protein released by the kidneys in diabetes mellitus sensitises the kidney to the damaging effects of hypertension.[6]

text: Diabetes also can have a direct effect in urination due to peripheral neuropathies which occur in some individuals with poorly controlled diabetes.[7]

text: Urinary incontinence can result from a weakening of the pelvic floor muscles caused by factors such as pregnancy, childbirth, aging and being overweight. Pelvic floor exercises known as Kegel exercises can help in this condition by strengthening the pelvic floor. There can also be underlying medical reasons for urinary incontinence which are often treatable. In children the condition is called enuresis.

text: Some cancers also target the urinary system, including bladder cancer, kidney cancer, ureteral cancer, and urethral cancer. Due to the role and location of these organs, treatment is often complicated.[citation needed]


document_title: National Lampoon's Vacation (film series)

question_text: what was the first national lampoon vacation movie

text: History[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: After the success of National Lampoon's Animal House in 1978, it was decided that another story from the National Lampoon magazine should be adapted into a film.[1] One of such stories chosen for development was John Hughes' "Vacation '58" that was originally published in the September 1979 issue of National Lampoon. Hughes wrote the screenplay for the first Vacation film as "a fairly straight adaptation of the short story", with the exception of the ending that was rewritten and reshot after being "thoroughly despised by preview audiences".[2] In addition to Hughes, Vacation involved the crew of many people connected to National Lampoon. The film was produced by Lampoon co-founder and Animal House producer, Matty Simmons, and directed by Lampoon alumnus and Animal House co-writer Harold Ramis.

text: Released on July 29, 1983, National Lampoon's Vacation proved to be a financial and critical success. Simmons went on to produce two sequels, with scripts by Hughes. While involved with the early stages of a third sequel, Vegas Vacation, Simmons resigned from production due to creative differences.[3] As a result, the film was made without the "National Lampoon" title.

text: During an interview on the TBS series Dinner and a Movie, Beverly D'Angelo revealed that due to the success of Animal House, the original Vacation was envisioned as a raunchier R-rated comedy targeting young adults.[4] This was principally the reason for nudity such as D'Angelo's shower scene and Chase's profanity-laced tirades and pool scene with Christie Brinkley. However, the movie's success with larger family audiences who identified with Chase's everyman-father character caught the filmmakers by surprise. As a result, subsequent sequels were toned down and family friendly, with PG-13 or PG ratings.

text: Casting[edit]

text: Along with John Belushi, who starred in Animal House, Chevy Chase had previously performed in the National Lampoon Radio Hour and in the stage show National Lampoon Lemmings, both of which were spin-offs from National Lampoon magazine.[5]

text: In each of the main films of the series, the Griswold children are portrayed by different actors. This is usually attributed to the fact that after Anthony Michael Hall declined to reprise his role in European Vacation in order to star in Weird Science, it was decided to recast both children.[6] Chase has indicated that it was his idea to continue recasting the children by explaining, "I always wanted to make the joke, 'Geez, I hardly ever get the chance to see the kids anymore. I hardly know who they are. We should go on a vacation.' That was funny to me: the idea that Clark was such a great family man, but still didn't even recognize his own children."[7]

text: Unproduced scripts[edit]

text: Shortly after making European Vacation, Chase and Eric Idle began to write a script for a follow up called National Lampoon's Australian Vacation.[8] According to Idle, "We spent some time working together on it. It had some nice shark gags, but I can't pretend it was in any way finished."[9] The concept of Australian Vacation resurfaced in the 90s as a potential fifth installment of the series, but nothing ever came of it.[10]

text: Prior to the confirmed plans of New Line Cinema rebooting the series, Chase made note that he has developed another sequel tentatively titled Swiss Family Griswold.[11] In 2011, Chase revealed that he and Beverly D'Angelo have been working on the idea. He explained, "There’s a cruise, there’s a fire on the ship, we think the whole ship’s on fire and we jump —- it’s just a little fire —- and we end up on an island where we meet Randy somewhere who’s been left there from an old Survivor series."[12]

text: Remake turned sequel[edit]

text: In February 2010, it was announced by New Line Cinema (owned by Warner Bros., which released the previous films) that a new Vacation film was being produced.[13] The film, titled simply Vacation, was ultimately released on July 29, 2015, exactly 32 years after the original film was released into theaters.[14] It was produced by David Dobkin and written by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein.

text: The film is a direct sequel to the previous films (picking up years after the events of Vegas Vacation), starring Ed Helms as Rusty Griswold, as he takes his own family to Walley World.[15] Leslie Mann appeared as Audrey Griswold. Original series stars D'Angelo and Chase appeared in cameo roles.[16] The film also starred  Chris Hemsworth, Charlie Day[17] and Christina Applegate.

text: Films[edit]

text: Main series[edit]

text: National Lampoon's Vacation was directed by Harold Ramis and written by John Hughes. The film follows Clark and Ellen Griswold as they take their two children, Rusty and Audrey, on a cross-country trip from their home in Chicago, to the California theme park Walley World. Planned out by Clark, the trip begins to go awry after getting lost in St. Louis. From there, they make it to Coolidge, Kansas, where they spend the night at the home of Ellen's cousin, Catherine, and husband, Eddie. There they are forced to take their Aunt Edna and her dog to Phoenix, Arizona. Along the way to there, Clark accidentally drags the dog from the back of the car and Edna dies during a long day of driving. Dropping her body off at cousin Normy's house in Phoenix, they soon make it to Walley World only to find that it is closed.

text: National Lampoon's European Vacation was directed by Amy Heckerling and written by John Hughes and Robert Klane. After becoming the winning family on a game show called "Pig In A Poke", the Griswolds win a two-week trip to Europe. The vacation begins in London, where they visit sights such as Big Ben, Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace. Having trouble with driving on the left side of the road, Clark ends up in many accidents and unknowingly knocks down Stonehenge. From there they stop in France, where their camcorder gets stolen; in West Germany, where they spend the night at the home of strangers they mistake for their relatives; and in Italy, where they become involved with robbery and kidnapping.

text: This is the first of two Vacation films to not feature the Randy Quaid "Cousin Eddie" character. The second film is the 2015 Vacation.

text: In the opening "Pig in a Poke" sequence as well as the closing credits, the family's name is spelled as "Griswald" as opposed to "Griswold".

text: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and written by John Hughes. The film follows Clark's attempt at delivering "the most fun-filled old-fashioned family Christmas ever". As the Griswolds' dysfunctional relatives begin arriving early, he becomes obsessed with ensuring that everything goes right. Meanwhile, he is also expecting a large Christmas bonus check that will cover a surprise backyard swimming pool that he already ordered. However, when the Christmas bonuses are cut, he instead receives a one-year membership to the Jelly of the Month Club, causing him to snap and go crazy.

text: Vegas Vacation was directed by Stephen Kessler and written by Elisa Bell, based on a story by Bell and Bob Ducsay. After receiving a large bonus check, Clark takes his family on vacation to Las Vegas. Immediately hitting the blackjack tables, he begins to blow all his money, resulting in them breaking off in their own directions. While he tries to regain his money through the help of his cousin-in-law, Eddie, Ellen becomes infatuated with Wayne Newton as Rusty wins big at the dice tables and Audrey turns to go-go dancing with her cousin, Vicki. The film is notable for being the first (and to date, only) installment to receive a PG rating from the MPAA.

text: Vacation is a 2015 theatrical installment of the series written and directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Following in Clark's footsteps, a grown-up Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) surprises his wife, Debbie (Christina Applegate), and their two sons, James (Skyler Gisondo) and Kevin (Steele Stebbins), with a cross-country road trip back to Walley World, in an effort to recreate the family vacations he had with his parents and sister (Leslie Mann).[18]  It is the first entry since the original to receive an R rating.

text: Other films[edit]

text: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure is a made-for-TV spin-off film directed by Nick Marck and written by Matty Simmons. After a workplace accident involving a monkey, Eddie Johnson is given a free vacation for him and his family to an island in the South Pacific. But when he tries to catch a shark during a family boat trip, they become lost and eventually shipwrecked on an isolated island.

text: It can be considered a sequel to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, although it is more of a spin-off than a direct chapter in the Vacation series, because Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo do not appear. It stars Randy Quaid and Miriam Flynn, reprising their roles as Cousin Eddie and Catherine, with Dana Barron returning as Audrey Griswold.

text: Hotel Hell Vacation is a short film directed by Bryan Buckley. On their way to visit Rusty and his family at a vacation rental, Clark and Ellen decide to have a romantic getaway at a hotel before they get there. Everything, however, goes wrong there for them and they hastily make their way to Rusty's rental.

text: The film was a campaign ad for HomeAway that originally aired in part during the broadcast of Super Bowl XLIV and in entirety on Homeaway.com.[19] While it was sanctioned by Warner Bros., it was not sponsored by the National Lampoon label.

text: Continuity and recurring elements[edit]

text: The Griswold children[edit]

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text: Aside from the obvious issues with the characters' physical appearances due to being played by different actors, Rusty and Audrey both age on a floating timeline. It is assumed that each film takes place in the year they are actually filmed, as no other indication of time is mentioned and the characters' clothing, cars, and environment are contemporary to the time of each film's release. In most of the films it is never mentioned which of the two children is older. Rusty and Audrey appear to be in their early teens in Vacation (1983), and in their mid-teens in European Vacation (1985) two years later (at one point in the film, he specifically mentions that he is fifteen years old). However, in Christmas Vacation (1989), while she appears to be in her late teens, he looks younger than he did in the preceding films. Whereas in Vegas Vacation (1997), both are in their late teens to which Clark tells the kids, "I hardly recognize you anymore!" The next shot freezes for a moment on the kids sitting silently, making fun of the discontinuity.

text: Dana Barron, who was then in her late thirties, reprised the role of Audrey in Christmas Vacation 2 (2003). Rusty is also portrayed as an adult with a wife and daughter in Hotel Hell Vacation (2010). However, in Vacation (2015), Rusty is portrayed by Ed Helms and has two sons with no mention of a daughter.

text: Eddie and Catherine Johnson[edit]

text: Eddie and Catherine are seen with the following children in their respective films: Vicky, Dale, Daisy Mable, Eddie Jr, and Junior (Vacation); Rocky and Ruby Sue (Christmas Vacation); Denny (Vegas Vacation); and Clark "Third" Johnson — the namesake of Clark Griswold (Christmas Vacation 2). In addition to those seen, several others are mentioned or alluded to throughout the series. While the Johnsons do not appear in the 2015 Vacation, Eddie is mentioned once. Although Catherine is clearly referred to as Ellen's sister, it is never explained why husband Eddie is called "Cousin Eddie".

text: Walley World[edit]

text: Walley World is mentioned in subsequent films following Vacation:

text:
In European Vacation, Clark tells his wife and children to be open-minded and respectful of other countries' cultures, reminding them, "This isn't Walley World, it's a country." Clark and Rusty also wear Walley World sweaters at certain points in the film.
In Christmas Vacation, Clark and Eddie can be seen drinking eggnog out of glasses shaped like Marty Moose's head (with the cartoonish oversized antlers serving as handles).
In Hotel Hell, Rusty can be seen wearing a Marty Moose T-shirt.
Walley World once again makes an appearance in the 2015 Vacation. In the film, the park appears to be updated with new attractions and modernized signage, including a statue of Marty Moose taking a selfie.

text: Clark's tirades[edit]

text: Clark is usually very easy-going and optimistic, even in the face of adversity and his family's seeming lack of appreciation for his efforts on their behalf. However, when he is pushed beyond the limit of his patience, he tends to lose his temper and go on furious tirades, as seen in the first Vacation, where he scolds his family for not wanting to continue the trip. He also loses his temper in Christmas Vacation where he gets angry at his relatives because of their wanting to leave, and went into a tirade against his boss.

text: The Girl in the Red Ferrari[edit]

text: In the first Vacation film, Clark sees a golden-haired beauty driving a red Ferrari played by model and actress Christie Brinkley. Clark later encounters her at a hotel, with her attempts to seduce him resulting in an embarrassing failure on his behalf. In Vegas Vacation,  Clark once again drives alongside the same woman, reprised by Christie Brinkley, asking "remember me?" After she responds that she does, Clark spots a baby in the backseat of her car, clearly indicating she's now a mom and possibly married — much to Clark's disappointment.

text: A new girl in a red Ferrari played by model Hannah Davis appears in the 2015 Vacation. This time, while driving down the highway, the girl pulls alongside Rusty and makes flirtatious gestures at him before swerving into the other lane, being hit head on and killed by a tractor trailer.[20]

text: Cast and Crew[edit]

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Characters

Main films

Television film

Short film

National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's European Vacation

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Vegas Vacation

Vacation

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2

Hotel Hell Vacation

The Griswolds

Clark Wilhelm Griswold Jr.

Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase

Ellen Griswold

Beverly D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo

Russell "Rusty" Griswold

Anthony Michael Hall

Jason Lively

Johnny Galecki

Ethan Embry

Ed Helms

Travis Greer

Audrey Griswold

Dana Barron

Dana Hill

Juliette Lewis

Marisol Nichols

Leslie Mann

Dana Barron

Debbie Griswold

Christina Applegate

Alina Phelan

Stone Crandall

Chris Hemsworth

James Griswold

Skyler Gisondo

Kevin Griswold

Steele Stebbins

The Johnsons

Edward "Eddie" Johnson

Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid

Catherine Johnson

Miriam Flynn

Miriam Flynn

Miriam Flynn

Cousin Vicki

Jane Krakowski

Shae D'Lyn

Cousin Dale

John P. Navin Jr.

Cousin Daisy Mabel

Violet Ramis

Cousin Ruby Sue

Ellen Hamilton Latzen

Juliette Brewer

Cousin Rocky

Cody Burger

Cousin Denny

Zach Moyes

Cousin Clark "Third" Johnson

Jake Thomas

text: Crew[edit]

text:
Crew/Detail

Main films

Television film

National Lampoon's Vacation(1983)

National Lampoon's European Vacation(1985)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation(1989)

Vegas Vacation(1997)

Vacation(2015)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2(2003)

Director

Harold Ramis

Amy Heckerling

Jeremiah Chechik

Stephen Kessler

John Francis DaleyJonathan Goldstein

Nick Marck

Writer(s)

John Hughes

John HughesRobert Klane

John Hughes

Elisa Bell

John Francis DaleyJonathan Goldstein

Matty Simmons

Producer(s)

Matty Simmons

John HughesTom Jacobson

Jerry Weintraub

David DobkinChris Bender

Elliot Friedgen

Composer

Ralph Burns

Charles Fox

Angelo Badalamenti

Joel McNeely

Mark Mothersbaugh

Nathan Furst

Cinematographer

Victor J. Kemper

Robert Paynter

Thomas E. Ackerman

William A. Fraker

Barry Peterson

Rohn Schmidt

Editor

Pembroke J. Herring

Jerry GreenbergMichael A. Stevenson

Seth Flaum

Jamie Gross

Joel Goodman

Production Companies

N/A

John Hughes Entertainment

Jerry Weintraub Productions

New Line CinemaBenderSpinkBig Kid Pictures

National Lampoon ProductionsElliot Friedgen & Company

Distribution

Warner Bros.

Running time

98 minutes

94 minutes

97 minutes

93 minutes

99 minutes

83 minutes

Release date

July 29, 1983

July 26, 1985

December 1, 1989

February 14, 1997

July 29, 2015

December 20, 2003

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: When released in 1983, National Lampoon's Vacation was a significant box-office hit. The film earned over $61 million in the United States with an estimated budget of $15 million.

text: Without being adjusted for inflation, the profit earned by the individual Vacation films follow behind National Lampoon's Animal House as the highest-grossing films of the National Lampoon brand.[21]

text:
Film

Release date

Box office revenue

Budget

Reference

Domestic

Foreign

Worldwide

National Lampoon's Vacation

July 29, 1983

$61,399,552

$61,399,552

$15,000,000

[22]

National Lampoon's European Vacation

July 26, 1985

$49,364,621

$49,364,621

$15,000,000

[23]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

December 1, 1989

$71,319,526

$71,319,526

$27,000,000

[24]

Vegas Vacation

February 14, 1997

$36,400,360

$36,400,360

$25,000,000

[25]

Vacation

July 29, 2015

$58,884,188

$45,200,000

$104,084,188

$31 million

[26]

Total

$273,504,059

$26,500,000

$299,743,059

$113 million

text: Critical response[edit]

text:
Film

Rotten Tomatoes

Metacritic

National Lampoon's Vacation

93% (43 reviews)[27]

60 (6 reviews)[28]

National Lampoon's European Vacation

39% (23 reviews)[29]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

64% (36 reviews)[30]

Vegas Vacation

13% (30 reviews)[31]

20 (10 reviews)[32]

Vacation

28% (115 reviews)[33]

33 (31 reviews)[34]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2:  Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

12% (36 reviews)[30]

text: Legacy[edit]

text: In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted National Lampoon's Vacation as the 46th greatest comedy film of all time. The film was also nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs list in 2000.[35] Christmas Vacation has additionally become a television staple, especially during the holiday season, as it has often been labeled as a contemporary Christmas classic.[36][37][38]

text: Appearance in popular culture[edit]

text: In the Family Guy episode "Blue Harvest", the Griswold Family is seen driving past the Death Star during the battle at the end. In another episode, there is a scene where a woman is driving next to Peter and gets hit by a truck, which mimics the Christie Brinkley car scene from the first Vacation; Lois responds "Eh, you marry Billy Joel, it's gonna happen one way or another."

text: In 2008, Christie Brinkley spoofed her role as "The girl in the red Ferrari" in a DirecTV commercial that recreated the swimming pool scene from Vacation by inter-splicing footage from the original film.[39]

text: In November and December 2012, series regulars Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo were featured in a set of commercials for Old Navy. Joining them in one commercial were Juliette Lewis (from Christmas Vacation), Dana Barron and Anthony Michael Hall (from Vacation), and Jason Lively (from European Vacation); that spot featured three Rustys and three Audreys (including a "new Rusty" and a "new Audrey", both of whom were children).[40]

text: On December 25, 2014, in Clark, NJ, a prankster altered the Garden State Parkway Exit 135 sign for "Clark and Westfield" to read "Clark Griswold", making national news headlines.[41]

text: In 2015, Christie Brinkley stars as the mom in an Infiniti QX60 TV spot and comments about another blonde beauty driving by in a red convertible. Ethan Embry, who played Rusty in the 1997 Vegas Vacation, plays the dad.[42]


document_title: Wonders of the World

question_text: old 7 wonders of the world name list

question_tokens: old 7 wonders of the world name list

text: Wonders of the World

text: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

text: The historian Herodotus (484 – ca. 425 BC) and the scholar Callimachus of Cyrene (ca. 305–240 BC), at the Museum of Alexandria, made early lists of seven wonders. Their writings have not survived, except as references.

text: The classic seven wonders were:

text:
Colossus of Rhodes
Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

text: The only ancient world wonder that still exists is the Great Pyramid of Giza.

text: Lists from other eras

text: In the 19th and early 20th centuries, some writers wrote their own lists with names such as Wonders of the Middle Ages, Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages, Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind, and Architectural Wonders of the Middle Ages. However, it is unlikely that these lists originated in the Middle Ages, because the word "medieval" was not invented until the Enlightenment-era, and the concept of a Middle Age did not become popular until the 16th century. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable refers to them as "later list[s]",[2] suggesting the lists were created after the Middle Ages.

text: Many of the structures on these lists were built much earlier than the Medieval Ages but were well known.[3][4]

text: Typically representative are:[2][3][5][6]

text:
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Colosseum
Great Wall of China
Hagia Sophia
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
Stonehenge

text: Other sites sometimes included on such lists:

text:
Cairo Citadel[7]
Cluny Abbey[8]
Ely Cathedral[9]
Taj Mahal[10]

text: Recent lists

text: Following in the tradition of the classical list, modern people and organisations have made their own lists of wonderful things ancient and modern. Some of the most notable lists are presented below.

text: American Society of Civil Engineers

text: In 1994, the American Society of Civil Engineers compiled a list of Seven Wonders of the Modern World, paying tribute to the "greatest civil engineering achievements of the 20th century".[11][12]

text:
Wonder
Date started
Date finished
Location
Significance

Channel Tunnel
December 1, 1987
May 6, 1994
Strait of Dover, between the United Kingdom and France
The longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world.

CN Tower
February 6, 1973
June 26, 1976
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1976–2007.

Empire State Building
January 22, 1930
May 1, 1931
New York City, New York, U.S.
Tallest structure in the world 1931–1967. First building with 100+ stories.

Golden Gate Bridge
January 5, 1933
May 27, 1937
Golden Gate Strait, north of San Francisco, California, U.S.
The longest suspension bridge main span in the world from 1937 to 1964.

Itaipu Dam
January 1970
May 5, 1984
Paraná River, between Brazil and Paraguay
The largest operating hydroelectric facility in the world in terms of annual energy generation.

Delta and Zuiderzee Works
1920
May 10, 1997
Zeeland, South Holland, North Holland, Friesland and Flevoland, Netherlands
The largest hydraulic engineering project undertaken by the Netherlands during the twentieth century.

Panama Canal
January 1, 1880
January 7, 1914
Isthmus of Panama
One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken.

text: USA Today's New Seven Wonders

text: In November 2006 the American national newspaper USA Today and the American television show Good Morning America revealed a new list of New Seven Wonders as chosen by six judges.[13] An eighth wonder was chosen on November 24, 2006 from viewer feedback.[14]

text:
Number
Wonder
Location

1
Potala Palace
Lhasa, Tibet, China

2
Old City of Jerusalem
Jerusalem[n 1]

3
Polar ice caps
Polar regions

4
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Hawaii, United States

5
Internet
Earth

6
Mayan ruins
Yucatán Peninsula, México

7
Great Migration of Serengeti and Masai Mara
Tanzania and Kenya

8
Grand Canyon (viewer-chosen eighth wonder)
Arizona, United States

text: Seven Natural Wonders of the World

text: Similar to the other lists of wonders, there is no consensus on a list of seven natural wonders of the world, and there has been debate over how large the list should be. One of the many existing lists was compiled by CNN:[15]

text:
Aurora
Grand Canyon
Great Barrier Reef
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Mount Everest
Parícutin volcano
Victoria Falls

text: New7Wonders of the World

text: In 2001 an initiative was started by the Swiss corporation New7Wonders Foundation to choose the New7Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments.[16] Twenty-one finalists were announced January 1, 2006.[17] Egyptians were not happy that the only surviving original wonder, the Great Pyramid of Giza, would have to compete with the likes of the Statue of Liberty, the Sydney Opera House, and other landmarks, calling the project absurd. In response, Giza was named an honorary Candidate.[18] The results were announced on July 7, 2007, in Lisbon, Portugal:[19]

text:
Wonder
Date of construction
Location

Great Wall of China
Since 7th century BC[20]
 China

Petra
c. 100 BC
 Jordan

Christ the Redeemer
Opened October 12, 1931
 Brazil

Machu Picchu
c. AD 1450
 Peru

Chichen Itza
c. AD 600
 Mexico

Colosseum
Completed AD 80
 Italy

Taj Mahal
Completed c. AD 1648
 India

Great Pyramid of Giza (honorary candidate)
Completed c. 2560 BC
 Egypt

text: New7Wonders of Nature

text: New7Wonders of Nature (2007–11), a contemporary effort to create a list of seven natural wonders chosen through a global poll, was organized by the same group as the New7Wonders of the World campaign.

text:
Iguazu Falls
Hạ Long Bay
Jeju Island
Puerto Princesa Underground River
Table Mountain
Komodo
Amazon rainforest

text: New7Wonders Cities

text: New7Wonders Cities is the third global vote organized by New7Wonders.

text:
Durban, South Africa
Vigan, The Philippines
Havana, Cuba
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Beirut, Lebanon
Doha, Qatar
La Paz, Bolivia

text: Seven Wonders of the Underwater World

text: The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World was a list drawn up by CEDAM International, an American-based non-profit group for divers, dedicated to ocean preservation and research.

text: In 1989 CEDAM brought together a panel of marine scientists, including Dr. Eugenie Clark, to pick underwater areas which they considered to be worthy of protection. The results were announced at The National Aquarium in Washington DC by actor Lloyd Bridges, star of TV's Sea Hunt:[21]

text:
Palau
Belize Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef
Deep-Sea Vents
Galápagos Islands
Lake Baikal
Northern Red Sea

text: Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

text: British author Deborah Cadbury wrote Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, a book telling the stories of seven great feats of engineering of the 19th and early 20th centuries.[22] In 2003, the BBC aired a seven-part docudrama exploring the same feats, with Cadbury as a producer. Each episode dramatised the construction of one of the following industrial wonders:[23]

text:
SS Great Eastern
Bell Rock Lighthouse
Brooklyn Bridge
London sewerage system
First Transcontinental Railroad
Panama Canal
Hoover Dam

tag: ol

text: Seven Wonders of the World film

text: Seven Wonders of the World is a 1956 film in which Lowell Thomas searches the world for natural and man made wonders and invites the audience to try to update the ancient Greek Wonders of the World list.

text: Seven Wonders of the Solar System

text: In a 1999 article, Astronomy magazine listed the "Seven Wonders of the Solar System". This article was later made into a video.[24]

text:
Enceladus, a moon of Saturn
The Great red spot of Jupiter
The Asteroid belt
The surface of the Sun
The Oceans of Earth
The Rings of Saturn
Olympus Mons on Mars

text: Other lists of wonders of the world

text: Numerous other authors and organisations have composed lists of the wonders of the world. For example:

text: British biographer, science writer, and novelist Ronald W. Clark published a book of man-made and natural wonders titled Wonders of the World, which lists 52 wonders, one for each week of the year.[25]

text: Travel writer Howard Hillman published two books on the subject, one with 10 man-made wonders,[26] and one with 10 natural wonders.[27]


document_title: Into the Badlands (TV series)

question_text: season 3 into the badlands has how many episodes

text: Into the Badlands (TV series)

text: Premise[edit]

text: Opening introduction, narrated by M.K. (Aramis Knight):

text:
“

The wars were so long ago nobody even remembers. Darkness and fear ruled until the time of the barons, seven men and women who forged order out of chaos. People flocked to them for protection. That protection became servitude. They banished guns and trained armies of lethal fighters they called Clippers. This world is built on blood. Nobody is innocent here. Welcome to the Badlands.

”

text: The series is set in a post-apocalyptic world approximately 500 years after a war that left civilization in ruins. Many elements of technology, such as electricity and ground vehicles, have survived the apocalypse but society now shuns guns, leading to a reliance on melee weaponry and cross-bows.

text: In a territory known as the Badlands, the former state of Oklahoma,[7] a feudal society has developed to fill the power vacuum left by the war. Barons control land and monopolies over commodities like opium and fuel, trading amongst themselves to maintain the peace. Each baron is served by a massive workforce of slaves called cogs, as well as a prostitute class called dolls. A baron maintains power through a corps of young men and women called clippers: highly trained and loyal warriors, clippers are forbidden from marrying and having children lest their loyalties be divided. Each clipper force is captained by a regent.

text: Several groups exist outside the strict hierarchy of the barons. Nomads are the most common, mostly lawless homicidal bandits who subsist on stealing from trade convoys between the baronies but some live in organized clans. The River King and his men control water trade in the Badlands and beyond, and is considered a neutral party in the barons' power struggles. An ascetic religious movement called the Totemists is also shown to exist on the fringes of society, living in isolated communities and practicing a form of idol worship. The Widow leads a revolutionary group of anti-feudal fighters from her late husband's barony; although nominally recognized as a baron by her peers, they do not respect her, and the contempt is mutual.

text: Little is known of the world beyond the Badlands, but it is implied that it is far less politically stable and environmentally sound than the Badlands. The mythical utopian city of Azra is believed to exist outside the Badlands but most dismiss it as a legend.

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Daniel Wu as Sunny, regent (head clipper) to the Badlands' most powerful baron, Quinn. Despite being a man of conviction, he is very loyal to Quinn. Very skilled and proficient in various styles and weapons, he is considered to be one of the deadliest clippers in the Badlands. Based on Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.
Orla Brady as Lydia, Quinn's first wife, who is both his fiercest critic and most devoted follower. She partners with The Widow and becomes her Viceroy and takes over Quinn's mansion. She adopts a horse for her Baronial symbol, shown in white on a green banner, and continues to produce poppies.
Sarah Bolger as Jade, Quinn's new wife-to-be, whose beguiling demeanor hides a core of ambition and tenacity which she uses to manipulate others. She later marries her step-son, Ryder, after Quinn's presumed death. (seasons 1–2)[6]
Aramis Knight as M.K., a seemingly average teenage boy who is anything but. Lurking inside him is a dark energy that the Widow wants to harness into a weapon. Based on Tripitaka, or Tang Sanzang.
Emily Beecham as Minerva, better known as The Widow, the Badlands' newest baron; a brilliant martial artist. She has adopted a blue-winged butterfly as her baronial symbol, shown in yellow on a light blue banner. It represents a transformation from insignificance to beauty and power. Her territory produces crude oil.
Oliver Stark as Ryder, Quinn's only son and presumed heir who later takes over as baron after his father's presumed death along with marrying his step-mother, Jade. (seasons 1–2)[6]
Madeleine Mantock as Veil, a doctor who is in a secret relationship with Sunny (seasons 1–2).[6]
Ally Ioannides as Tilda, a teenage assassin well-trained in the martial arts, she is the Widow's adopted daughter and later becomes her regent.
Marton Csokas as Quinn,[8] the Badlands' preeminent baron and a former clipper. His baronial symbol is an armadillo shown in white on a maroon banner. His territory produces poppy flowers, which are harvested for opium. (seasons 1–2)[6]
Nick Frost as Bajie,[9] a schemer with questionable morals who finds himself allied with Sunny. Based on Zhu Bajie (season 2–present)[6]
Babou Ceesay as Pilgrim, a self-described "Son of Azra". He is the leader of the Totemists, worshipers who are with him to recreate Azra in the Badlands. Can control those with the Gift, including Nix, Castor and M.K. (season 3).[10]
Lorraine Toussaint as Cressida, high priestess of Pilgrim and his followers (season 3).[11]
Ella-Rae Smith as Nix, a member of Pilgrim's followers who has the Gift. She is close friends with Castor (season 3).[10]
Sherman Augustus as Nathaniel Moon, a former clipper who fights with honor, looking for his 1,000th Clip. Battled Sonny; after he lost, wanted to be killed but lost his hand instead. The Widow's regent, he is tasked with tracking down Sunny (guest season 2; main season 3).[10]

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Yohance Myles as Ringo, the tattoo artist of the clippers who inks their kill marks on their bodies. (Season 1).
Benjamin Papac as Bale, a Colt (a Clipper-in-training) and a seemingly benevolent boy who befriends M.K. (Season 1).
Mike Seal as Petri, one of Quinn's clippers. (Season 1)
Stephen Lang as Waldo, a paraplegic former regent serving under Quinn (Season 1) and the Widow (season 2).
Teressa Liane as Angelica, a prostitute/spy loyal to The Widow. (Season 1).
Ellen Hollman as Zypher, a regent of Baron Jacobee who has a history with Sunny. (Season 1).
Edi Gathegi as Baron Jacobee, who has an alliance with Quinn. His baronial colors are a pattern of blue and green plaid. (Season 1).
Lance E. Nichols as the River King, an importer and exporter of goods and cogs (indentured servants) up and down the river through the Badlands. (Season 2–3)
Lance Henriksen as Penrith, Lydia's father and the leader of a Totemist religious commune. (Seasons 1–2).
Cung Le as Cyan, head Abbott who journeys with his fellow Abbotts, Ramona and Dury, searching for those who have abilities. (Season 2).
Eve Connolly as Ava, an fighting instructor who works with M.K. (Season 2).
Stephen Walters as the Engineer, boss of the pickers (miners) in the Bordeaux Mines. (Season 2).
Chipo Chung as the Master, leader of the Abbott who trains M.K., teaching him how to control his abilities (Season 2–present).
Maddison Jaizani as Odessa, a former Doll who becomes one of The Widow's Butterflies, and later is Tilda's lover. (Season 2–present).
Eleanor Matsuura as Baron Juliet Chau, who wants Quinn dead. She has adopted a fox as her baronial symbol, shown in black on a cream colored banner. Her baronial color is mostly white. (Season 2–present).
Alan Wai as Baron Hassan, who voted against The Widow's barony at the conclave. For his baronial symbol, he adopted a peacock shown in yellow gold on a purple banner. His territory produces silk. (Season 2).
Jonathan Ryan as Baron Broadmore, who also voted to exile The Widow during the conclave. His baronial symbol is two narwhals with their tusks crossed shown in white on a navy blue banner. (Season 2).
Ivo Canelas as Baron Rojas, who voted against The Widow's exile at the conclave. For his baronial symbol, he adopted a grasshopper shown in green on a black banner. (Season 2).
Dean-Charles Chapman as Castor, a member of Pilgrim's followers who has the Gift. Is friends with Nix. (Season 3).[10]
Lewis Tan as Gaius Chau, brother of Juliet Chau who has childhood history with Minerva. (Season 3).[10]
Wayne Gordon as Otto, a regent for Baron Chau. (Season 3).
Sophia Di Martino as Lily, a smuggler and Bajie's ex-wife. (Season 3).
Tamsin Topolski as Wren, a former Butterfly of The Widow's army who, after losing her leg, takes charge of other turncoats wanting to end the war between The Widow and Chau. (Season 3).
George Sear as Arthur, a former Bowler of The Widow's soldiers who takes sides with Wren and the turncoats. (Season 3).

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Series overview[edit]

text: SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired16November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15)December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)210March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)316[12]April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)TBA

text: Season 1 (2015)[edit]

text:
No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers(millions)11"The Fort"David DobkinAlfred Gough & Miles MillarNovember 15, 2015 (2015-11-15)6.39[13]
Regent Sunny, a highly-skilled fighter and the deadliest "Head Clipper" for Baron Quinn battles the Nomads to rescue a mysterious boy named M.K. who harbors a dark secret about his past. But when he brings him back to The Fort to train as a "Colt", a Clipper-in-training, things quickly get out of hand with another trainee. When first blood is drawn, M.K. loses control of himself as if something takes over his body, making the boy valuable to an opposing baron, The Widow. Meanwhile, Sunny discovers M.K.'s pendant has the same image as the one on his childhood compass of a place called Azra, the boy's home. In order to seek out the truth about his own past, Sunny wants to know more of this city beyond the Badlands, and must find a way out, especially now that his lover Veil is illegally pregnant with his child.
22"Fist Like a Bullet"David DobkinAlfred Gough & Miles MillarNovember 22, 2015 (2015-11-22)4.83[14]
After wandering into The Widow's territory, M.K. meets the Widow's daughter Tilda, whom he follows for refuge in her mother's mansion. But it turns out to be a dangerous place since she wants to use his dark power to overthrow the other barons. Meanwhile, after Quinn's headaches are diagnosed by his long-time doctor as a tumor, he doesn't have long to live. He wants to keep the news a secret, so he orders Sunny to "clip" the doctor and his wife, Veil's parents, who know about their unborn baby. However, Sunny refuses and Quinn has to murder them himself, and gives him a second chance to test his loyalty. Later, when Sunny and Ryder are attacked by The Widow's nomads, M.K. saves Sunny's life and agrees to show him the way out of the Badlands. But Sunny has a condition; he will bring M.K. back to The Fort for training so he can be strong enough to smuggle Veil and the baby out.
33"White Stork Spreads Wings"David DobkinAlfred Gough & Miles Millar & Justine Juel GillmerNovember 29, 2015 (2015-11-29)5.17[15]
Quinn seeks retribution against The Widow and pays the price with losing many Clippers in his surprise attack. M.K. breaks away from the Colts to steal the book about Azra in The Widow's study, where Tilda sees him. Sunny begins to train M.K., but he must first learn discipline, especially when he underestimates Waldo during their fight because Waldo uses a wheelchair. As Ryder's life slowly fades, Jade desperately seeks help from Veil who reluctantly yet successfully treats him. But it results in Quinn knowing about her and Sunny's relationship. In order for Quinn to form an alliance with Jacobee, the one baron who doesn't hate him as much, Sunny must reunite with Zypher, Jacobee's regent to arrange a meeting. M.K. brings the book to Veil to be translated, but it's in a language she doesn't recognize. As M.K. hides, Veil is interrupted by Quinn who wants her to save him from his deadly illness.
44"Two Tigers Subdue Dragons"Guy FerlandAlfred Gough & Miles Millar & Michael Jones-MoralesDecember 6, 2015 (2015-12-06)2.42[16]
Sunny has to figure out how to control M.K.'s power, especially when he gets knocked out by a single punch. Jade prepares for her wedding, and taking Lydia's advice, she stops her relationship with Ryder, who feels broken and betrayed. Sunny finds out Veil has been helping M.K. translate the Azra book and treating Quinn for his tumor. Later, Quinn sets a parlay with Baron Jacobee to help him defeat The Widow after she beheads one of his Clippers. Both barons meet in the City of the Dead at Cross Bend where problems arise. M.K. spies a disguised Tilda and gives pursuit and they fight. Tilda cuts him, unleashing his darkness that only she can stop. Ryder is enlisted by Zypher who is secretly working for The Widow to join their cause to start a war. Waldo grants Sunny an audience with the River King, importer of goods and cogs, to reserve a passage out of the Badlands. However, the River King demands M.K.'s head as payment due to M.K. having previously killed some of his Cogs.
55"Snake Creeps Down"Guy FerlandAlfred Gough & Miles Millar & Justin DobleDecember 13, 2015 (2015-12-13)2.21[17]
Sunny finds a direction when he uses his broken compass in the Azra book's cutout. After the poppy fields are abandoned, Quinn has a migraine and puts Jade in charge to train Clippers how to harvest. In order to look for "the boy at the Fort", The Widow takes in Quinn's cogs, promising them freedom in return for loyalty. Waldo tells Ryder to take M.K.'s pendant to Ryder's grandfather Penrith, a preacher, who says Azra is just a made-up story. Veil asks Quinn if he killed her parents and says it was Sunny's blade that ended their lives, not his. When Sunny brings Petri and his Colt, Bale, to track The Widow and her Butterflies, Tilda warns M.K. every time he is cut, his life force gets weaker, and gets captured. A fight ensues between her mother and Sunny, while Bale, wanting to make his first kill, fights Tilda, but meets a deadly end when M.K. cuts himself to save her.
66"Hand of Five Poisons"Guy FerlandAlfred Gough & Miles Millar & Michael R. PerryDecember 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)2.16[18]
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) After his failure to finish off The Widow, Quinn suspects that Sunny is a traitor and imprisons him. Meanwhile, Jade frames Lydia for trying to poison her, resulting in Quinn exiling her. With no other choice, Lydia returns to Penrith and rejoins her father's congregation. Later, Tilda kidnaps Veil, asking her to treat The Widow's wounds. Veil warns Tilda that her mother does not truly love her. She leaves two bottles of poison and the tincture, making it Tilda's choice whether to kill her or not. Instead, Tilda confronts The Widow who insists she's trying to save M.K. and explains she was once special like him. When M.K. escapes, Quinn convinces him to join his ranks in return for sparing Tilda and Sunny's lives; he agrees. Sunny is freed by Waldo, who reveals himself as the true traitor, and urges him to leave the Badlands, but he goes in search of M.K. At the Dollhouse, Quinn is ambushed by Ryder who teamed up with Jacobee and Zypher. Quinn triggers M.K.'s abilities and he quickly disposes of them all. Sunny shows up, impales Quinn with his sword, and attempts to subdue M.K. However, three Abbotts arrive and easily defeat them, revealing they have the same abilities as M.K., and take him away. In order to secure transportation out of the Badlands, Sunny had presented Bale's head to the River King, to pass off as M.K.'s. But the River King finds out and knows Sunny tried to cheat him. The River King captures him, intending to sell Sunny to the highest bidder.

text: Season 2 (2017)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers(millions)71"Tiger Pushes Mountain"Nick CopusAlfred Gough & Miles MillarMarch 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)3.44[19]
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Six months later, Sunny, now a "Picker", a miner used for slave labor, excavates coal in the Bordeaux Mines far from the Badlands. He befriends Bajie, a smuggler who is shackled to him. After watching an arena fight in which under-performing Pickers are executed for not making their quota, Sunny plans to escape. Bajie acquires a map and wants to go with him. When Sunny refuses, Bajie betrays his true identity to the mine boss, The Engineer. Meanwhile, M.K. undergoes training from the Abbotts under the tutelage of Ava. Later, M.K. meets The Master, who promises his freedom if he can learn to control his abilities, and  oversees his training. In the Badlands, Ryder, who as Baron following his father's presumed death controls Quinn, Jacobee, and The Widow's territories, alongside his love, Jade. During an inspection of the oil fields, The Widow and Tilda, now a regent, return. In a surprise attack they reclaim them, kill most of Ryder's Clippers and force him to retreat. They preside over a growing army of former Cogs and Dolls, promising to end the Badlands feudal system and replace it with a democratic society. Tilda recruits Odessa, a former doll, and has the clippers who abused the dolls killed. While stationed in an abandoned train station, Veil gives birth to a boy and is in the company of Quinn, who survived his impalement.
82"Force of Eagle's Claw"Nick CopusMatt LambertMarch 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)3.41[20]
After Bajie betrays Sunny, The Engineer decides he doesn't like a "rat" for a Picker so he sends them to the fighting pit to battle his champion Mouse. Fortunately, the arena is unguarded. They defeat their foe, make it to the exit and escape through the mine's ventilation system. They find themselves in the Outlying Territories with a wall separating them from the Badlands. Meanwhile, Tilda learns how to be a proper Regent from Waldo who is working for The Widow. Lydia is living with Penrith and his Totemists. All is peaceful until Nomads interrupt a wedding, looking for goods. Lydia takes it upon herself to save the religious group by killing all the bandits herself, resulting in her father's disapproval due to his non-violent beliefs. She is once again cast out and returns to Ryder, who doesn't receive her kindly. Also, The Master sends M.K. to her room of mirrors in order to conquer his inner demon; himself. Later, while hiding out in the abandoned West Avalon transit station, Quinn performs a bloody baptism on Veil's son, Henry, who he proclaims is the Badlands newest heir.
93"Red Sun, Silver Moon"Toa FraserMichael TaylorApril 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)3.11[21]
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) While wandering the Outlying Territories, Sunny and Bajie find a bridge that leads into the Badlands, but it is guarded by a stranger and they've been followed by bounty hunters. The stranger lends them a helping hand defeating the bounty hunters and gives them shelter. They learn that he's the legendary Clipper Regent Nathaniel Moon, "Silver Moon" who, like Sunny, left the Badlands to live a violence-free life. After he fell in love with a warlord's daughter, he started a family, but they were murdered. Now he hunts fugitives, returning to his violent ways. He tries to convince Sunny that men like them never change. Meanwhile, The Widow asks Waldo to be her Second at the Baron conclave instead of Tilda, but she is in charge if she doesn't return. Veil lies to Quinn about his prognoses by switching out his x-rays with healthy ones. M.K. discovers that the Abbotts are up to something when his friend Tate is experimented on, draining his abilities. Later Silver Moon, still searching for his 1,000th kill mark, sees Sunny as a worthy opponent. He challenges Sunny to a fight to the death or to put him out of his misery by ending his life. Sunny continues on his quest to find his family and does not want to be his executioner; Bajie comes to his aid.
104"Palm of the Iron Fox"Toa FraserDaniel C. ConnollyApril 9, 2017 (2017-04-09)1.57[22]
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Quinn puts his plan in motion to start anew and sets off with his Clippers. Meanwhile before the conclave voting ceremony, The Widow tries to get Baron Chau on her side and thinks about her condition of pledging not to shelter any more runaway Cogs at her Sanctuary. Later, M.K. takes one of The Master's opium-infused origami and returns to the room of mirrors, this time to find out what happened to his mother, but learns that her blood is on his hands. When Quinn is off on his mission, Veil, trapped at the transit station with lone Clipper Edgar, tries to escape with Henry in her arms by drugging him, however he blocks her only way out. During the conclave, the five remaining Barons vote The Widow in breach of the Foundation Treaty, stripped of her baron title, and her lands and privileges are revoked. They give her 48 hours to vacate the Badlands, but she has no intention of giving it up and a baronial showdown is about to begin. Just then, Quinn makes a dramatic entrance first and goes after Ryder, killing his son in the middle of his hedge maze. In the end, Tilda shows up at the melee and helps Waldo and her mother in their fight for a Cog-free world.
115"Monkey Leaps Through Mist"Paco CabezasLaToya MorganApril 16, 2017 (2017-04-16)1.42[23]
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) With Ryder dead, the other surviving Barons have fled, going to ground. Jade, the only successor, is sworn in as Baron by her Regent, Merrick, and declares war. She then turns to Lydia for help in finding Quinn. However, Lydia has one condition; she gets to kill Quinn herself. Meanwhile, Bajie takes Sunny to Nos, the Commandant of the Mechs, or metal traders, to trade Silver Moon's sword for a shortcut back into the Badlands. Sunny learns from the leader that Quinn's still alive. During their overnight stay, a Doll named Portia visits Sunny asking him to kill Nos so her young daughter Amelia will not lead a life of prostitution. He refuses at first, but after seeing Portia's face mutilated and her stabbed, he and Bajie steal their ride, bringing mother and daughter with them. Also, while training, M.K. escapes the Abbotts and disguises himself with clothes from a corpse that was hanged nearby. Later, The Widow ignores Waldo's advice, to either align with the other Barons who tried to kill her or lose everything she built, instead aligning herself with Quinn. Lydia and the Clippers seek out Quinn, but the bunker doors are booby trapped, and she loses most of her men. In the commotion, Veil finds her way out of the transit station and flees from Quinn, who is having hallucinations of his dead son.
126"Leopard Stalks in Snow"Paco CabezasMatt LambertApril 23, 2017 (2017-04-23)1.31[24]
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) In the aftermath of the transit station explosion, Lydia loses all her men and is captured by Quinn who offers her a chance to avenge their son with a dagger to his heart. Unlike Ryder, she doesn't hesitate, but Quinn stops her hand from the killing blow, then has an intimate moment. Meanwhile, after their escape from the Mechs; Bajie and Sunny go to Portia's healer friend, located in a Gasper addicts opium den. Veil finds temporary solace at the Widow's Sanctuary, but the Widow makes an unholy alliance with Quinn and hands her and baby Henry over to him. Also, Tilda gets closer to Odessa by telling her why she calls Minerva "mother" and they share an intimate moment witnessed by Waldo. Later, Ava finds M.K., who seemed to have lost his power after a skirmish with a Nomad, leaving him bloody. They make camp at an Old World hotel left abandoned during Christmas 2024. Sunny and M.K. reunite, but he's followed by the three Abbotts; Cyan, Ramona, and Dury, seeking out M.K's darkness with an Azraian device. A melee ensues and they're quickly defeated until Bajie shows up, revealing his secret of being an Abbott in another life. Ava dies from her injuries after saving M.K. while Sunny suddenly collapses from a mysterious blow to the chest.
137"Black Heart, White Mountain"Stephen FungMichael TaylorApril 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)1.42[25]
After a dying Cyan attacked him with the hand of the Five Poisons, a poisoned and comatose Sunny is trapped in a nightmare in which he must confront his inner demons. In the dream, he is living a simple life as a farmer with Veil and Henry who has grown into a boy. Things quickly escalate as the poison seeps through his body, causing all the victims he clipped, including a girl named Artemis, to kill him. Bajie and M.K. infiltrate the Abbott monastery to gather medical supplies and special needles in order to revive Sunny, along with Sunny's Azra compass that Bajie secretly steals. Later, Bajie explains his departure from the monastery. He had a loving relationship with his novice Flea, who had dark abilities similar to M.K. and wishes to find her. Meanwhile, Quinn and the Widow assault Jade's palace in order to exile her from the Badlands.
148"Sting of the Scorpion's Tail"Stephen FungLaToya MorganMay 7, 2017 (2017-05-07)1.29[26]
Quinn and the Widow prove their alliance by presenting their gifts: Baron Hassan and Baron Broadmore's heads. Meanwhile, Bajie gets Sunny and M.K. out of the Outlying Territories and through the wall into the Badlands. But it comes at a price when they're captured by Baron Chau's Clippers. However, Sunny devises a plan to get them out by proposing to Chau he knows how to lure The Widow out. He becomes Chau's Regent, slips Bajie the cell key to his freedom, and delivers M.K. to The Widow in order to find Quinn's hideout. Sunny and The Widow's reunion is a bloody one as they work together, alongside M.K. and Tilda, fighting the Clippers. Later, Veil is forced to marry Quinn so he can help raise Henry, grooming him as his heir to the baroncy. Their consummation is interrupted by a report that Sunny is alive, and has joined forces  with the Widow and is coming to find Quinn.
159"Nightingale Sings No More"Paco CabezasJustin Britt-GibsonMay 14, 2017 (2017-05-14)1.56[27]
Twenty years ago, Bajie, an Abbott is tasked with training a new novice who, due to her powerful "Gift", is brought to the monastery in a large chest. She breaks free and Bajie has to subdue her, and because of her small size, he nicknames her Flea. However, her name is Minerva and she carries the book of Azra that's been in her family for generations. Back to the present, Sunny aligns with the Widow who offers him and M.K., now without his abilities, sanctuary. The Widow plans to attack Quinn's bunker, but Quinn sends his young Clipper Gabriel strapped with a suicide bomb to deliver Sunny a message about Veil, and learns that the Widow traded her to Quinn. In the chaos of the explosion, Sunny escapes and runs into Bajie, telling him to get M.K. out and meet him at the bunker. Bajie reunites with Minerva, but it's not the reunion he wanted, as he and M.K. are captured trying to steal the Azra book. Later, Tilda confronts the Widow about how she's become like the rest of the barons: power-hungry and sacrificing innocent lives. The two fight, and Tilda is defeated.
1610"Wolf's Breath, Dragon Fire"Paco CabezasAlfred Gough, Miles Millar & Matt LambertMay 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)1.37[28]
While M.K. remains in the Widow's clutches forcing him to get his Gift back, Odessa frees Bajie and a crippled Tilda from captivity with the aid of Waldo. Bajie helps Sunny in his assault on Quinn's bunker.  During the assault, Bajie is wounded by one of Quinn's lieutenants before disappearing, and Lydia is saved from execution. Meanwhile, Sunny is reunited with Veil and fights a final battle with Quinn. Badly wounded, Quinn grabs Veil and tries to take her hostage and gives him an ultimatum; either Sunny gives him Henry or he will kill Veil. Refusing to let Quinn have the upper hand, Veil fatally impales both herself and Quinn with his own sai. With her dying breath, Veil implores Sunny to raise their son to be good. Later, an injured Bajie rides Sunny's motorcycle to a derelict communications tower and reactivates it with the Azra compass, sending out a Morse code before collapsing from his stab wound.

text: Season 3 (2018)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers(millions)171"Enter the Phoenix"Paco CabezasMatt LambertApril 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)1.35[29]
It's been six months since Sunny returned to the Badlands, which is now ravaged by a civil war between the only two barons left: The Widow and Chau. He reunites with Bajie to seek a cure for his infant son Henry, who has The Gift. Tilda, known as the "Iron Rabbit", and her band of thieves are stealing from The Widow and protecting Lydia in a Totemist camp. Meanwhile, M.K. is being held captive by The Widow who is trying to help him get back his power. She also recuits Moon who is in hiding after his fight with Sunny left him with one hand. Later, a new threat emerges.
182"Moon Rises, Raven Seeks"Paco GonzalezMatt LambertApril 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)1.27[30]
After receiving Bajie's signal, Pilgrim, the son of Azra, along with his Acolytes travel a long way in search for a new kingdom in the Badlands. They find one in a ruined castle on an island, once a natural history museum. Moon joins The Widow as her Regent. He's tasked with finding Bajie, who is vital in the war effort. Sunny learns he passed The Gift to Henry. He and Bajie seek help from Lydia who tell them about Ankara, the Mad Witch who processes knowledge about The Dark Ones. Wanting answers, they set out north to Vulture's Peak where she can be found. Later, The Widow struggles to control M.K. who tries to kill himself with opium. She wants the Iron Rabbit's head, unbeknownst the thief is Tilda.
193"Leopard Snares Rabbit"Toa FraserMichael TaylorMay 6, 2018 (2018-05-06)0.97[31]
On orders to capture the Iron Rabbit, Moon raids Tilda's refugee camp and takes Odessa to lure her out. Lydia decides to play both sides and partners with The Widow as her Viceroy and she takes over Quinn's mansion. Disguised as The Widow's Clippers, Sunny and Bajie make their way to the frontlines and leave Henry with a healer while they find a way out of the war zone for a cure. Tilda confronts her mother and makes a deal that she'll come back for M.K.'s freedom. M.K. gets his Gift back.
204"Blind Cannibal Assassins"Toa FraserMichael TaylorMay 13, 2018 (2018-05-13)1.20[32]
While traveling through the Wasteland, Sunny and Bajie face-off against a band of blind cannibals who were once renegade Clippers tracked down and blinded by Quinn's forces, including Sunny when he was a Colt. They join forces with Moon who was also captured by the assassins, and his honor is satisfied after sparing Henry a father. Baron Chau enlists her imprisoned brother, Gaius to clip Pilgrim who is recruiting Cogs from her territory, while The Widow and Lydia try to befriend Pilgrim, and save his life in the process during Chau's attack. Later, M.K. is on the run, deciding he must find Sunny and kill him, believing he murdered his mother.
215"Carry Tiger to Mountain"James MarshallLaToya MorganMay 20, 2018 (2018-05-20)1.08[33]
Sunny and Bajie reach Vulture's Peak and seeks help from Ankara, a reclusive witch, who temporally heals Henry's darkness. She tells Sunny someone powerful dispelled his Gift as a child, and in doing so, made him a Catalyst, from where the dark gift flows through him. She also declared that Sunny may be the most powerful of them all.  After Nix saves him in the forest, M.K. meets Pilgrim, who wants to use his powers for his cause in ushering in a new era of blood and chaos in the name of Azra. The Widow confronts Gaius, Chau's brother and a ghost from her past from when she served his father as Chau's Cog. He agrees to help fight his sister's Clippers who, along with Castor, ransacked Tilda's refugee camp.
226"Black Wind Howls"James MarshallEvan Endicott & Josh StoddardJune 3, 2018 (2018-06-03)0.92[34]
While making their way through an unsavory part of the Badlands full of pirates and thieves, Sunny and Bajie asks a favor from Lily,  Bajie's ex-wife turned smuggler. With her boat, she decides to help them find the new Azra. However, Sunny has visions of himself as a boy on board Lily's boat which once belonged to the River King. And its not long he comes seeking out their bounties. Later, Tilda forms an alliance with her mother after Chau took some refugees. The two meet up with Pilgrim and The Widow brings an injured Castor who was her captive, not wanting to break the peace with him. But Pilgrim has M.K. on his side and kills Castor.
237"Dragonfly's Last Dance"Paco CabezasLaToya MorganJune 10, 2018 (2018-06-10)1.06[35]
Sunny and Bajie work with the River King to secure passage to Pilgrim's Fortress. However, Sunny learns that as a child he was on a boat that was attacked by the Black Lotus, a group of fearsome warriors looking for him. Sunny seeks out Captain Udo, the last survivor who tells him more about the massacre and that he had a sister who protected him. The Widow faces a mutiny from her Butterflies and Bowlers who are sick losing life and limb from the war with Baron Chau. Under the leadership of Wren, a former fighter, they hold her and Gaius captive. However, Lydia negotiates an armistice with the turncoats and flees to Moon and Tilda to rescue them. With the River King dead, Lily takes over to become the River Queen.
248"Leopard Catches Cloud"Paco CabezasMatt LambertJune 17, 2018 (2018-06-17)0.89[36]
Sunny and Bajie arrive at Pilgrim's Fortress, but they do not receive a warm welcome. Sunny fights an angry M.K. who makes him remember he killed his mother as a Clipper. After surviving the melee, Sunny meets Pilgrim and learns that his real name is Sanzo and in order to cure his son, they must open the Meridian Chamber, an ancient underground vault from the Old World Pilgrim's acolytes recently unearthed. Bajie discovers they want to make an army of Dark Ones for a new Azra. But Sunny has no choice as long as Henry is cured. Pilgrim tells Sunny that Sunny is the key and Pilgrim is the focus to cure Henry and transfers Henry's gift to himself. Later, The Widow, Gaius and Tilda storm White Bone, Chau's mansion while Moon battles her troops and Lydia holds the line.

text: Episode eleven is written by Stephanie Hicks & Matt Lambert, and directed by Tricia Brock.[37]

text: Production[edit]

text: Described as a "genre-bending martial arts series".  AMC ordered 6 one-hour-long episodes of the action-drama developed by AMC Studios for a premiere in late 2015.[38] Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park composed the title theme.[39] Executive producer Stephen Fung also serves as the series' action director alongside veteran Hong Kong choreographer, Ku Huen-chiu.[40]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on November 17, 2015, on Showcase.[41] In Germany, Austria, Italy, and the UK, the series is available through Amazon Prime Instant Video with each episode accessible the day after the U.S. air date.[42] BBC America began airing double episodes on August 20, 2016, at 10pm ET.[43]

text: Home media[edit]

text:
Complete Season

DVD/Blu-ray Release dates

Additional info

Region 1/A

Region 2/B

Region 4/C

1

November 8, 2016[44]

n/a

n/a

The Blu-ray/DVD box-sets include featurettes, making of the fight scenes, the characters of the series, and digital comic.

2

March 13, 2018[45]

n/a

n/a

Deleted scenes.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The first season received mixed reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 54% approval rating with an average rating of 4.72/10 based on 39 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Into the Badlands is loaded with off-kilter potential that's left largely unfulfilled -- although its well-choreographed action sequences should satisfy martial arts fans."[46] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 54 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[47]

text: The second season received positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 7.53/10 based on 5 reviews.[48]

text: Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter gave a generally positive review and wrote, "AMC finds a bloody, fun and entertaining non-zombie counterpart to The Walking Dead and turns Sundays into an escapist red zone."[49] Maureen Ryan of Variety wrote, "The action scenes scattered throughout Into the Badlands are not just stirringly presented, they represent a test passed with flying, and bloody, colors. This efficient AMC series is an homage to classic Samurai films and kinetic action fare churned out by Hong Kong maestros of furious fists, and if the TV drama had failed to meet the standards set by the sturdiest examples of those genres, it would have seemed superfluous at best. Fortunately, star Daniel Wu is more than up to the task of occupying the center of this streamlined story of vengeance, tyranny and roundhouse kicks."[50]

text: Ratings[edit]

text: Season 1 (2015)[edit]

text:
No.

Title

Air date
Rating(18–49)
Viewers(millions)
DVR(18–49)
DVR viewers(millions)
Total(18–49)
Total viewers(millions)

1

"The Fort"

November 15, 2015
3.2
6.39[13]
0.8
1.83
4.0
8.22† [51]

2

"Fist Like a Bullet"

November 22, 2015
2.3
4.83[14]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

3

"White Stork Spreads Wings"

November 29, 2015
2.5
5.17[15]
0.7
1.52
3.2
6.69† [52]

4

"Two Tigers Subdue Dragons"

December 6, 2015
1.1
2.42[16]
0.6
N/A
1.7† [53]
N/A

5

"Snake Creeps Down"

December 13, 2015
1.0
2.21[17]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

6

"Hand of Five Poisons"

December 20, 2015
1.0
2.16[18]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

text: †  Live +7 ratings were not available, so Live +3 ratings have been used instead.

text: Season 2 (2017)[edit]

text:
No.

Title

Air date
Rating(18–49)
Viewers(millions)
DVR(18–49)
DVR viewers(millions)
Total(18–49)
Total viewers(millions)

1

"Tiger Pushes Mountain"

March 19, 2017
1.4
3.44[19]
0.6
1.28
2.0
4.71[54]

2

"Force of Eagle's Claw"

March 26, 2017
1.5
3.41[20]
N/A
1.23
N/A
4.64[55]

3

"Red Sun, Silver Moon"

April 2, 2017
1.4
3.11[21]
0.6
1.38
2.0
4.50[56]

4

"Palm of the Iron Fox"

April 9, 2017
0.6
1.57[22]
0.5
1.12
1.1
2.69[57]

5

"Monkey Leaps Through Mist"

April 16, 2017
0.5
1.42[23]
0.6
1.25
1.1
2.67[58]

6

"Leopard Stalks in Snow"

April 23, 2017
0.5
1.31[24]
0.5
1.22
1.0
2.53[59]

7

"Black Heart, White Mountain"

April 30, 2017
0.5
1.42[25]
0.4
N/A
0.9†[60]
N/A

8

"Sting of the Scorpion's Tail"

May 7, 2017
0.5
1.29[26]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

9

"Nightingale Sings No More"

May 14, 2017
0.6
1.56[27]
0.4
1.15
1.0
2.71[61]

10

"Wolf's Breath, Dragon Fire"

May 21, 2017
0.5
1.37[28]
0.4
1.07
0.9
2.44[62]

text: Season 3 (2018)[edit]

text:
No.

Title

Air date
Rating(18–49)
Viewers(millions)
DVR(18–49)
DVR viewers(millions)
Total(18–49)
Total viewers(millions)

1

"Enter the Phoenix"

April 22, 2018
0.5
1.35[29]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

2

"Moon Rises, Raven Seeks"

April 29, 2018
0.4
1.27[30]
0.3
N/A
0.7[63]
N/A

3

"Leopard Snares Rabbit"

May 6, 2018
0.3
0.97[31]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

4

"Blind Cannibal Assassins"

May 13, 2018
0.4
1.20[32]
0.3
0.82
0.7
2.02[64]

5

"Carry Tiger to Mountain"

May 20, 2018
0.4
1.08[33]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

6

"Black Wind Howls"

June 3, 2018
0.3
0.92[34]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

7

"Dragonfly's Last Dance"

June 10, 2018
0.3
1.06[35]
0.4
0.87
0.7
1.93[65]

8

"Leopard Catches Cloud"

June 17, 2018
0.3
0.89[36]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year

Award

Category

Recipient(s) and nominee(s)

Result

Ref.

2018

Saturn Awards

Best Action-Thriller Television Series

Into the Badlands

Nominated

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