''The Returned'' is an American supernatural drama television series developed by
Carlton Cuse
Arthur Carlton Cuse (born March 22, 1959) is a screenwriter, showrunner, producer, and director, best known for the American television series ''Lost'', for which he made the '' Time'' list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010 ...
as an adaptation of the 2012 French series ''
Les Revenants'', which was broadcast internationally as ''The Returned''.
The American adapted series follows residents in a small town whose lives are disrupted when people who have been dead for many years begin reappearing. Cuse wrote the pilot episode and executive produced the series alongside
Raelle Tucker Raelle Tucker is an American playwright, television writer, producer, and showrunner, best known for her work on HBO's ''True Blood'', Netflix's ''Jessica Jones'', and for the Facebook Watch series ''Sacred Lies'', which she created based on Steph ...
. The series premiered on March 9, 2015 and was cancelled by A&E after one season, on June 15, 2015.
Cast
Main
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Kevin Alejandro
Kevin Michael Alejandro (born April 7, 1976) is an American actor and film director. He is known for his roles as Nate Moretta in the crime drama '' Southland'', Forklift Mike in '' Parenthood,'' Jesús Velázquez in the supernatural thriller '' ...
as Sheriff Tommy Solano
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Agnes Bruckner
Agnes Bruckner is an American actress and former model. She began acting in television in the late 1990s and has since appeared in several films, including '' The Woods'', '' Blue Car'', '' Murder by Numbers'', '' Blood and Chocolate'', ''The An ...
as Deputy Nikki Banks
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India Ennenga
India Ennenga (born November 16, 1994) is an American actress.
She is known for her roles as Sofia Bernette in the HBO series '' Treme'', Camille Winship in the A&E drama '' The Returned'' and the voice of the titlular character in the Nick Jr. ...
as Camille Winship
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Sandrine Holt as Dr. Julie Han
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Sophie Lowe
Sophie Lowe (born 5 June 1990) is a British-born Australian actress and singer-songwriter. She is known for appearing in films such as '' Beautiful Kate'', '' Autumn Blood'', ''After the Dark'', '' Adore'', '' Road Kill'', '' Above Suspicion, M ...
as Lena Winship
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Mark Pellegrino
Mark Ross Pellegrino (born April 9, 1965) is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for his work as Lucifer in ''Supernatural'', Paul Bennett in ''Dexter'', Jacob in ''Lost'', James Bishop in '' Being Human'', Clayton Haas i ...
as Jack Winship
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Jeremy Sisto
Jeremy Merton Sisto (born October 6, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Billy Chenowith in HBO's '' Six Feet Under'', NYPD Detective Cyrus Lupo in NBC's ''Law & Order'', George Altman in the ABC sitcom '' Suburgatory'', ...
as Peter Lattimore
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Mat Vairo as Simon Moran
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is an American actress and singer. Her first significant role was that of Jessica Bennett on the NBC soap opera ''Passions'' (1999–2000). She went on to appear in series such as ''Tru Calling' ...
as Rowan Blackshaw
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Tandi Wright as Claire Winship
Recurring
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Aaron Douglas as Tony Darrow
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Terry Chen
Terry Chen (born February 3, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actor.
Early life
Chen was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to Taiwanese and Chinese parents originating from Taiwan (father) and mainland China (mother). After primary and secondary ...
as Deputy Mark Bao
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Dylan Kingwell as Victor
*Dakota Guppy as Chloe Blackshaw
*Keenan Tracey as Ben Lowry
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Carl Lumbly
Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dick Hallorann in '' Doctor Sleep'', NYPD detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama ''Cagney & Lacey'', CIA agent Marcus Dixon on the ABC esp ...
as Pastor Leon Wright
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Leah Gibson
Leah Diane Gibson (born January 3, 1985) is a Canadian film and television actress.
Early life
Leah Gibson was born in Victoria, British Columbia. She has a twin sister named Erin. She began dancing at the age of four, which led to training and ...
as Lucy McCabe
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Chelah Horsdal
Chelah Horsdal (born June 19, 1973) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her regular roles in the television series ''Hell on Wheels'', ''When Calls the Heart'', and ''The Man in the High Castle'', recurring roles on ''Stargate SG-1'', '' Lev ...
as Kris
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Michelle Forbes
Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo (born January 8, 1965) is an American actress who has appeared on television and in independent films. Forbes gained attention for her dual role in daytime soap opera ''Guiding Light'', for which she received a D ...
as Helen Goddard
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Rhys Ward
Rhys Ward (born September 6, 1989) is a Canadian male actor. He is best known for his roles as Adam Darrow in '' The Returned'', and Jason Martin in '' And Now a Word From Our Sponsor''. He also played Atom in The 100.
Career
Rhys Ward and Al ...
as Adam Darrow
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Alexander Calvert
Alexander Calvert is a Canadian actor, best known for playing the role of Jack Kline on the CW show '' Supernatural''.
Early life
A native of Vancouver, Calvert studied musical theatre and hip hop dancing until the age of 15, when he became ...
as Hunter
*Giacomo Baessato as Deputy Shane Slater
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Renn Hawkey
Renn McDonnell Hawkey (born March 29, 1974) is an American musician, songwriter, film producer, and occasional actor. He played the synthesizer for the metal band Deadsy, performing on their self-titled debut album (1996) and subsequent relea ...
as Paul Koretsky
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Roger Cross
Roger Cross (born October 19, 1969) is a Jamaican-born Canadian actor who has made numerous appearances in several films and television series, mostly on productions shot in Canada. He is known for his work as CTU Agent Curtis Manning in the ...
as Matt
Episodes
Development
In May 2013, it was revealed that an English-language adaptation of the 2012 series was being developed by
Paul Abbott
Paul Abbott (born 22 February 1960) is an English television screenwriter and producer. Abbott has become one of the most critically and commercially successful television writers working in Britain, following his work on popular series such as ...
and
FremantleMedia
Fremantle (; formerly FremantleMedia) is a British multinational television production and distribution company based in London. Fremantle takes its name from Fremantle International, acquired by predecessor company All American Television i ...
, with the working title ''They Came Back''.
In September 2013, it was revealed that Abbott was no longer involved with the project, which
A&E would develop. In April 2014, A&E ordered 10 episodes for the first season. On March 5, 2015, it was announced
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fi ...
had acquired global rights to the show and would air it internationally each week, via its streaming service, following A&E's airing.
Production
The show, set in the fictional
Cascades Mountains town of Caldwell, in Caldwell County, Washington, is actually filmed in and around
Squamish, British Columbia.
Critical reception
''The Returned'' has received mostly positive responses from critics.
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang ...
gives it a 67% approval rating, with a rating average of 7.4/10, based on reviews from 33 critics. The site's consensus states: "Though overshadowed by its
superior source material, the US version of ''The Returned'' retains enough of the creep factor and character drama to appease fans of the genre."
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc ...
scored it 67 out of 100, based on 24 "generally favorable" reviews.
See also
* ''
Resurrection
Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and is resurrected. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, whic ...
'', a 2014–15 American series with a similar premise.
References
External links
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Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fi ...
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