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Falling Skies (season 2)
The second season of the American television drama series ''Falling Skies'' premiered June 17, 2012. It consisted of ten episodes, each running approximately 42 minutes in length. TNT broadcast the second season on Sundays at 9:00 pm ET in the United States. The season's plot focuses on the 2nd Massachusetts' discovery that a large community of survivors has formed in Charleston, their journey there, and their reception once they arrive. It also focusses on the discovery that the Skitters are themselves "harnessed" and mind-controlled by the invaders, but that some of them are resistant to the effects and are rebelling against their Overlords.. Cast and characters Main * Noah Wyle is Tom Mason, a former Boston University history professor who becomes the second-in-command of the 2nd Massachusetts, a group of roughly 250 civilians and fighters fleeing post-apocalyptic Boston. He has three sons: Hal, the oldest, Ben, the middle child who was taken by the Skitters, and Matt, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Wyle
Noah Strausser Speer Wyle (; born June 4, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as John Carter (ER), John Carter in the television series ''ER (TV series), ER'' (1994–2009), which earned him nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and five Primetime Emmy Awards. He is also known for his roles as List of The Librarian characters#Recurring characters, Flynn Carsen in The Librarian (franchise), ''The Librarian'' franchise including three TV movies ''The Librarian: Quest for the Spear'' (2004), ''The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mine'' (2006), and ''The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice'' (2008) then returning for the television series (2013–2018) and Tom Mason (Falling Skies), Tom Mason in the television series ''Falling Skies'' (2011–2015). He has appeared in films such as ''A Few Good Men'' (1992), ''Pirates of Silicon Valley'' (1999), ''Donnie Darko'' (2001), and ''W. (film), W.'' (2008). Wyle was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontiac GTO
The Pontiac GTO is an automobile that was manufactured by American automaker Pontiac from 1963 to 1974 for the 1964 to 1974 model years, and by GM's subsidiary Holden in Australia for the 2004 to 2006 model years. The first generation of the GTO is credited as popularizing the muscle car market segment in the 1960s. The Pontiac GTO is considered by some to have started the trend with all four domestic automakers offering a variety of competing models. For the 1964 and 1965 model years, the GTO was an optional package on the intermediate-sized Pontiac Lemans. The 1964 GTO vehicle identification number (VIN) started with 22, while the 1965 GTO VIN started with 237. The GTO became a separate model from 1966 to 1971 (VIN 242...). It became an optional package again for the 1972 and 1973 intermediate LeMans. For 1974, the GTO was an optional trim package on the compact-sized Ventura. The GTO was selected as the ''Motor Trend'' Car of the Year in 1968. The GTO model was revived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falling Skies (season 1)
The first season of the American television drama series ''Falling Skies'' commenced airing on June 19 and concluded on August 7, 2011. It consisted of ten episodes, each running approximately 40 minutes in length. TNT broadcast the first season on Sundays at 10:00 pm in the United States. The first season picks up six months after the invasion and follows a group of survivors who band together to fight back. The group, known as the Second Massachusetts (an allusion to a historical regiment from the Continental Army), is led by the retired Captain Weaver and Boston University history professor Tom Mason who, while in search of his son Ben, must put his extensive knowledge of military history into practice as one of the leaders of the resistance movement. The first season was met with positive reviews and the two-hour premiere was watched by 5.9 million viewers, making it cable television's biggest series launch of the year, with more than 2.6 million adults 18–49 and 3.2 millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coquitlam
Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the List of cities in British Columbia, sixth-largest city in the province, with a population of 148,625 in 2021, and one of the 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. The mayor is Richard Stewart. Simon Fraser (explorer), Simon Fraser explored the region in 1808, encountering the Indigenous Coast Salish peoples. Europeans started settling in the 1860s. Fraser Mills, a lumber mill on the north bank of the Fraser River was constructed in 1889, and by 1908 there were 20 houses, a store, post office, hospital, office block, barber shop, pool hall, and a Gurdwara, Sikh temple. History The Coast Salish people were the first to live in this area, and archaeology confirms continuous occupation of the territory for at least 9,000 years. The name ''Kwikwetlem First Nation, Kwikwetlem'' is said to be derived from a Coast Salish term "kʷikʷəƛ̓əm" meaning "red fish up th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverview Hospital (Coquitlam)
Riverview Hospital was a Canadian mental health facility located in Coquitlam, British Columbia. It operated under the governance of BC Mental Health & Addiction Services until it closed, in July 2012. In December 2015, the provincial government announced plans to replace the obsolete buildings with new mental health facilities, scheduled to open in about 2019. As of 2019, several unsafe buildings have been torn down, but no new construction has started. At one time, Riverview Hospital was known as Essondale Hospital, for Dr. Henry Esson Young (1862–1939), who played an important role in establishing the facility. The neighbourhood where the hospital is located also became known as the Essondale neighbourhood. History In 1876, Royal Hospital in Victoria was converted to British Columbia's first facility to house mentally ill patients. Due to crowding, Royal Hospital was closed and the patients moved to the new Provincial Asylum for the Insane in 1878. Again facing problems o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Greater Vancouver, Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley Regional District, Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3 million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,700 people per square kilometre, and fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remi Aubuchon
Remi Aubuchon is an American television writer and producer. He is well known for his work on the Fox thriller '' 24'' and the TNT alien-drama '' Falling Skies''. He is the son of the late US actor Jacques Aubuchon. Career A theater director who trained under an American Film Institute Directors Fellowship, he has found himself in demand as a screenwriter. He wrote segments for HBO's miniseries ''From the Earth to the Moon'', in which he appeared playing a small part as a Grumman engineer. He created, wrote, and produced the short-lived television series ''The Lyon's Den''. He served as an executive producer on '' Summerland'', a co-executive producer and writer for the second season of '' 24'', and is co-creator of the '' Battlestar Galactica'' prequel series '' Caprica''. He wrote the pilot episode of ''Caprica'', but left the series to become the showrunner of '' Persons Unknown''. In March 2010, he joined the writing staff of ''Stargate Universe'', for its second sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry O'Quinn
Terrance Quinn (born July 15, 1952), known professionally as Terry O'Quinn, is an American actor. He played John Locke on the TV series ''Lost'', the title role in '' The Stepfather'' and ''Stepfather II'', and Peter Watts in ''Millennium'', which ran for three seasons (1996–1999). He has also hosted ''Mysteries of the Missing'' on The Science Channel. For his role in ''Lost'', he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Early life O'Quinn was born at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, one of 11 siblings, and grew up in nearby Newberry, Michigan. He is of Irish descent, and was raised Catholic. He attended Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He changed his surname from Quinn to O'Quinn as another registered actor already had the name Terrance Quinn. In the 1970s, he went to Baltimore to act in the Center Stage production of ''Tartuffe''. He remained at Center Stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Frewer
Matthew George Frewer (born January 4, 1958) is an American-Canadian actor, singer and comedian. He portrayed the 1980s icon Max Headroom in the 1985 TV movie and 1987 television series of the same names. He became prominent when playing roles in films, like Russell Thompson, Sr. in ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' (1989), Jobe Smith in '' Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace'' (1996), Frank in '' Dawn of the Dead'' (2004), Moloch in ''Watchmen'' (2009), Mitch in '' 50/50'' (2011) and Archibald Stanley in '' Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb'' (2014). His television credits include Dr. Mike Stratford in '' Doctor Doctor'' (1989–1991), Bob in ''Shaky Ground'' (1992–1993), Matt Prager in '' Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal'' (1997–1999), Dr. Jim Taggart in ''Eureka'' (2006–2012) and Doctor Leekie in the Canadian science fiction drama ''Orphan Black'' (2013–2017). Frewer's more recent performances include a portrayal of "General #2" in the Steven Spielberg pictu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessy Schram
Jessica Schram (born January 15, 1986) is an American actress, model and singer. Her most notable roles include Hannah Griffith in ''Veronica Mars'', Rachel Seybolt in ''Life'', Karen Nadler in '' Falling Skies'' and Cinderella/Ashley Boyd in ''Once Upon a Time''. Early life Jessica Schram was born in Skokie, Illinois to John and Kristie Schram. She was raised in Buffalo Grove, Illinois and graduated from Buffalo Grove High School in 2004. Schram modeled and appeared in television commercials as a child, and began performing in musical theatre at age 12. Schram moved to Los Angeles after graduation to pursue a career in acting. Career Early in her career, she appeared in television commercials for Retin-A Micro and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Her first on-screen appearance was a role as Larissa in the episode "Number One Fan" of Nickelodeon's sitcom '' Drake & Josh.'' In 2005, she played Susan Davis on Hallmark Channel's ''Jane Doe'' series of television movies. She also appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Jay McLaren
Brandon Jay McLaren (born October 15, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He made his first screen appearance in the television series ''Just Cause'' (2002). He has been known for his main and supporting roles in shows such as ''Graceland'', ''Power Rangers S.P.D.'', ''Ransom'', ''Harper's Island'', and ''Slasher''. He has also had roles in the feature films ''She's the Man'', '' Tucker & Dale vs. Evil'', and ''Dead Before Dawn''. In 2005, he gained prominence with the main role of Jack Landors a.k.a. Red SPD Ranger in ''Power Rangers S.P.D.''. Since then, he has had a variety of roles in several films and television series. Early life McLaren was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to Ira and Denise McLaren. He graduated from Johnston Heights Secondary School in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, and received a bachelor's degree in Human Biology from the University at Albany, SUNY. Career McLaren was a guest star in the episode " Bloodlines" of '' Blade: The Series'' and was fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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