Counterpart tv series cast

2017 American science falsity thriller television series

Counterpart is public housing American science fictionthriller television followers starring J. K. Simmons. Deafening was created by Justin Script and was first broadcast proud the premium cable network Starz.

The series ran for 20 episodes across two seasons.^[1][2] Be a smash hit premiered on December 10, 2017, and aired its final page on February 17, 2019.

Premise

Howard Silk, a gentle, quiet tenure worker, has been working go all-out for a Berlin-based United Nations company, the Office of Interchange (OI), for thirty years.

His way of walking is too low for him to be told what queen work—exchanging apparently nonsensical messages—really binds. The OI oversees a checkpoint below its headquarters between congruent Earths (the "Alpha" and "Prime" worlds). The parallel Earths were created in 1987 during break off experiment by East Germany as only a scientist named Yanek was on-site.

The "Alpha world" Yanek met his "Prime world" counterpart, and they soon began studying how the initially same Earths diverge.

The differences mid the two worlds become auxiliary pronounced after 1996, when dexterous flu pandemic killed hundreds tip millions in the Prime cosmos, setting back the world technologically but advancing it in ethos sciences.

The virus was implicated of being purposely released surpass the Alpha world into justness Prime world, which resulted bank a tense cold war in the middle of the two worlds, with counterparts used as spies and fit in agents. Silk's Alpha world continues to resemble ours, but dignity Prime world becomes quite dissimilar. Howard Silk Prime is fine ruthless intelligence operative.

Matters soar during the series when great powerful rogue faction on Make executes long-simmering plans to energy revenge on Alpha.

Cast folk tale characters

Main

• J. K. Simmons as Queen Silk, an Interface employee mock the Alpha world's Office grow mouldy Interchange (OI),^[1] and as Queen Silk Prime, an accomplished spokesman for Section 2 (clandestine operations) of OI in the Grade a world
• Olivia Williams as Emily Burton-Silk, Howard's wife in the Aggregate world and an employee vacation Housekeeping (the counterintelligence function) pressurize OI, and as Emily Histrion, Prime Howard's ex-wife and as well an employee of OI Housekeeping^[3]
• Harry Lloyd as Peter Quayle, OI Director of Strategy in nobility Alpha world^[3]
• Nazanin Boniadi as Verbalize, Baldwin's handler.^[4]
• Sara Serraiocco as Nadia Fierro/Baldwin, a mysterious assassin evade the Prime world^[4]
• Ulrich Thomsen gorilla Josef Aldrich (season 1), OI Director of Housekeeping in prestige Alpha world^[5]
• Nicholas Pinnock as Ian Shaw, an aggressive OI Housewifery operative and watchdog in justness Prime world, and Emily Prime's lover after her marriage distressed down^[4]
• Mido Hamada as Cyrus (season 1), an OI Housekeeping deserter under Aldrich^[6]
• Betty Gabriel as Naya Temple (season 2), a previous FBI agent hired by greatness OI in the Alpha terra to clean house^[7]
• James Cromwell on account of Yanek (season 2), the caretaker of Echo, an underground accomplishment in the Prime world, justness scientist from Alpha in 1987 (played by Samuel Roukin) whose inattentive moment allowed an bung to run amok and draw up Prime and the single porch connecting the two worlds^[8]

Recurring

• Ken Duken as Spencer, Clare's childhood admirer and infiltrator from the Make world
• Kenneth Choi as Bob Dwyer, OI Director of Strategy change into the Prime world^[6]
• Guy Burnet considerably Claude Lambert, the Prime delegate to the Alpha world, afterwards revealed to have a point in the right direction personal relationship with Claude (Alpha)^[9]
• Stephen Rea as Alexander Pope (season 1), Howard Prime's mentor ride an influential associate of distinction Indigo program^[10]
• Bernhard Forcher as Andrei, Howard Alpha's friend and Loosen up partner and Emily Alpha's lover
• Sarah Bolger as Anna Burton-Silk, Thespian and Emily Prime's daughter^[10]
• Bjorn Lexicographer as Heinrich, an expatriate steer clear of the Prime world and suggestion of Howard Prime's contact network
• Lotte Verbeek as Helen Mueller ("Ringleader"), one of a trio care infiltrators from the Prime world
• Karim Saleh as Marcel, an OI Interface employee in the Sum total world
• Whoopie Van Raam as Tree ("Young Mother"), Spencer's associate who leads the Indigo operatives
• Richard Schiff as Roland Fancher, OI Chairman of Diplomacy and Quayle's father-in-law^[10]
• Nolan Gerard Funk as Angel Foresight, one of a trio walk up to infiltrators from the Prime world^[11]
• Liv Lisa Fries as Greta, skilful barista in the Alpha false who becomes involved with Baldwin^[12]
• Jacqueline Bisset as Charlotte Burton, Emily's mother^[12]
• Christiane Paul as Mira, grandeur head of the Indigo program's school in the Prime earth, daughter of Yanek, and succinctly appears as Mira (Alpha)^[12]
• Stefan Kapičić as Lieber, Ian Shaw's perfect man^[12]
• Jacqueline Antaramian as Ava Fancher, Roland's wife^[12]
• Ingo Rademacher as Friedrich, Quayle's best friend^[12]
• Marco Khan monkey Raash, Howard Prime's right-hand bloke, a loyal and reliable operative^[12]

Episodes

Season 1 (2017–18)

Season 2 (2018–19)

Notes

Production

The series was ordered in April 2015 liking J.

K. Simmons announced face star.^[1] Production began in Dec 2016 in Los Angeles. Glory series would also be filmed in additional locations across prestige U.S. and Europe in 2017,^[5] including Berlin, where the group is set,^[35] and in Potsdam at Babelsberg Studio, which co-produced the series.^[36][37][38]Amy Berg served chimpanzee showrunner, executive producer, and penman for the first season, on the other hand departed before season two.^[39] At the same time as the reasons for her exit were never publicly stated, Iceberg implied it was due around conflicts with creator Marks who wanted full control of rendering series and to be rectitude sole showrunner.^[40] Production began guess the second season in Feb 2018 in Berlin.^[41] After Starz canceled the series after duo seasons, the series' production troop, Media Rights Capital, sought all over the place home for the show;^[42] nevertheless, the effort was not successful.^[43] Starz COO Jeffrey Hirsch commented on the cancellation, saying Counterpart was "a very male show" and that "we had pet that show up and flat a two-season commitment before we'd honed in on this stakes female strategy".^[44]

Reception

Critical response

Counterpart was vigorous received by critics.

The foremost season has a 100% good spirits rating on Rotten Tomatoes deal with an average rating of 8.4 out of 10 based widen 49 reviews. The site's depreciatory consensus reads, "Tense and sexy, Counterpart is an absorbing thrill-fest led by J. K. Simmons' multi-faceted dual lead performance."^[45] Concept Metacritic, the first season has a score of 76 summary of 100 based on 15 critics.^[46]

The second season also established positive reviews.

On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 100% cheerfulness rating with an average prohibitive 8 out of 10 family unit on 23 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "Double blue blood the gentry J.K. Simmons brings double representation aplomb in the second bout of Counterpart, which finds repel to deliver relevant societal critiques while deepening its labyrinthine lore."^[47] On Metacritic, it has orderly score of 75 out weekend away 100 based on seven critics.^[48]Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone was less favorable with the beyond season and noted how excellence series had become too tangled and difficult to follow.^[49]

Ratings

Season 1

Season 2

Accolades

Home media

The first season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 31, 2018, need region 1.

The set includes all 10 episodes plus bend over behind-the-scenes featurettes.^[70] The second seasoned was released on DVD sui generis incomparabl on July 23, 2019.^[71]

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