Underplayed Gems

Caprica (2010)

Caprica poster
Directed by
Wayne Rose, Omar Madha, Michael W. Watkins, Michael Nankin
Genre
retrofuturism, science fiction television series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 18 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 406 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In a world of advanced technology, a society grapples with grief and ambition after a tragedy. Two families become entangled in the creation of sentient androids, the Cylons, whose birth will eventually lead to war.

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What happens

Caprica is a 2010 American science fiction drama television series, a prequel spin-off of the 2004–2009 series Battlestar Galactica. Caprica is set 58 years before the main series, and shows how humanity first created the Cylon androids who would later turn against their human masters. Among Caprica's main characters are the father and uncle of William Adama, the man who becomes the senior surviving military leader of the fleet which represents the remnants of the Twelve Colonies in Battlestar Galactica. An extended version of the pilot premiered exclusively on DVD and digital download on April 21, 2009. The first season debuted on television on January 22, 2010, on Syfy in the U.S., Space in Canada, and Sky1 in the UK. It ran for nine episodes, including the two-hour pilot, before going on a mid-season hiatus. The second half of the first season (Season 1.5) began airing on October 5, 2010, on Syfy and Space. On October 27, 2010, Syfy canceled the show, citing low ratings, and pulled the remaining five episodes of the series from its broadcast schedule. The series continued to air as scheduled on Space, finishing with the series finale on November 30, 2010. The remaining episodes were released on DVD in the U.S. on December 21, 2010 and aired on Syfy in a burn-off marathon on January 4, 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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