“On the Other Side” , “Back” , “Countermeasure” , or “Twin” ( English Counterpart ) is an American television series in the genre of thriller and science fiction, created by Justin Marx [1] . The series was ordered immediately for two seasons [1] . The premiere episode, directed by Morten Tildum , was shown on December 10, 2017 on Starz TV channel [2] .
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| Creator | Justin Marx |
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| A country |  USA |
| Original language | English |
| Number of seasons | 2 |
| Number of episodes | 20 |
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| Timing | 56-60 minutes |
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| Tv channel | Starz |
| On the screens | December 10, 2017 - February 17, 2019 |
| Video format | 1080i ( HDTV ) |
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In February 2019, Starz closed the series after two seasons. [3]
Story
Howard Silk ( Johnathan Kimble Simmons ), a modest employee of a bureaucratic agency who lives in Berlin , once discovers that his organization protects the secret of moving into a parallel dimension . Thirty years ago, as a result of a scientific experiment, a parallel world arose, at first completely identical to the existing one. But over time, the worlds began to differ. In the first world (the Alpha world) in Berlin, one can observe a developed liberal society, similar to the modern Western European one. And in Berlin, the second world (the Prime world) - tough authoritarian rule, deserted streets, frequent interspersing of architecture inherent in real Berlin (for example, a copy of the Moscow Evolution tower ) in the historical urban landscape.
In the 1990s, the Prime universe survived the terrible pandemic of swine flu , which claimed the lives of 7% of the world's population (about half a billion people). In the Prime world, people wear protective dressings and do not shake hands to avoid infection. A person can be sent to prison for not reporting a sick family member. Streets, cinemas, shopping centers and other public places are deserted. Despite the rejection of claims and an agreement at the official level, second-world fanatics are convinced that the cause of the pandemic was a targeted attack by Alpha.
A world is separated by a corridor. At the border there are rules, customs , diplomatic relations , illegal immigrants and agents catching them. To visit the “other” side, a visa is required , which is issued mainly for several hours or days. Most agents work in an “office” (Office of Exchange): a gloomy symmetrical building on both sides of the door. Employees on one side of Berlin go to work in plain gray suits with gray ties, and on the other hand, in plain blue suits with blue ties. Special services of both worlds communicate with each other, transmitting encrypted information about their world and dangerous people illegally crossing the border.
Since there used to be one world, people in each of the current worlds have “analogues” - a person with a different life line, but a common past and the same genotype . Once, Howard's double comes to the “office” from the “other side,” and it turns out not to be a petty clerk, but a very skilled operative whose task is to prevent the crimes of the killer girl ...
Cast
Basic composition
- J.K. Simmons - Howard Silk [1]
- Olivia Williams - Emily Burton-Silk, Howard's Wife [4]
- Harry Lloyd - Peter Quile, Director of Alpha World Strategy Division [4]
- Sara Serajoko - Baldwin (Nadia Fiero), the mysterious killer [5]
- Ulrich Thomsen - Aldrich, seasoned director of operations at Alpha Worldwide [6]
- Mido Hamada - Cyrus, an officer on the other side of the agency who is Aldrich’s right hand [7]
- Nazanin Boniadi - Claire, a mysterious young woman with a curious past who becomes a key figure in all events, Peter’s wife [5]
- Nicholas Pinnock - Ian Shaw, the belligerent operative and observer in the Prime world [5]
- Jamie Bamber - Eric, Emily's Brother
Background Composition
- Kenneth Choi - Rob Duire, director of strategy at Prime, who adheres to a system of checks and balances for the operatives he serves [7]
- Guy Burnett - Claude Lambert, Ambassador from the Prime World to the Alpha World
- Stephen Rhee - Alexander Pope, an Englishman and old friend of Howard from "Prime", turning secret machinations on the "other side" [8]
- Richard Schiff - Roland Fancher, director of the diplomatic department in the world Alpha, in charge of negotiations on the exchange of information and prisoners between parallel worlds, father-in-law Peter [8]
- Sarah Bolger - Anna Burton-Silk, daughter of Howard and Emily from the Prime World [8]
- Tina Masafret - Waist [8]
- Liv Lisa Fries - Greta, Barista, Baldwin's girlfriend [9]
- Christina Paul - Mira, Director of the Indigo School [9]
Episodes
Season 1 (2017—2018)
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Producer | written by | Premiere date | US viewers (million) |
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| one | one | "The Crossing" | Morten Tildum | Justin Marx | December 10, 2017 | 0.394 [10] |
| Howard Silk is a lower-level bureaucrat in a UN agency in Berlin called the Office of Exchange, where he works in the Transmission Division, exchanging encoded question-and-answer messages with another agent. Despite his long tenure, Howard does not know the purpose of the department and nothing about Peter Quile, the director of strategy for the Office of Exchange, who blocks Howard’s promotion, citing Howard’s lackluster career. Every day after work, Howard visits his wife Emily, who is in a coma after being hit by a car. The next day, Howard is introduced to a person who is one-on-one similar to him and who is presented as Howard Prime. Quayle explains that in the last years of the Cold War, East Germans accidentally created a portal into a parallel universe , which is located in the basement of the Office building. Howard Prime explains that the killer, on the other hand, code-named Baldwin, finds his victims according to a list that also includes Howard’s wife. That same night, Howard Prime introduces himself to Howard Alpha in Emily’s hospital and lures Baldwin, but she runs away. Howard Prime returns to his side and stops at the bar where he meets Emily Prime, who, according to him, told Alpha to Howard, supposedly died of cancer. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Birds of a Feather" | Steven williams | Justin Marx | January 28, 2018 | 0.506 [11] |
| 3 | 3 | "The Lost Art of Diplomacy" | Jennifer getzinger | Amy berg | February 4, 2018 | 0.299 [12] |
| four | four | "Both Sides Now" | Alik Sakharov | Erin Levy | February 11, 2018 | 0.360 [13] |
| five | five | "Shaking the Tree" | Steven williams | Zach Schwartz | February 18, 2018 | 0.416 [14] |
| 6 | 6 | "Act Like You've Been Here Before" | Jennifer getzinger | Justin Britt-Gibson | February 25, 2018 | 0.429 [15] |
| 7 | 7 | "The Sincerest Form of Flattery" | Alik Sakharov | Gina Sable | March 4, 2018 | 0.268 [16] |
| eight | eight | "Love the Lie" | Alik Sakharov | Amy Berg, Gary Gilbert and Jordan Horowitz | March 11, 2018 | 0.310 [17] |
| 9 | 9 | "No Man's Land - Part One" | Steven williams | Erin Levy | March 18, 2018 | 0.342 [18] |
| ten | ten | "No Man's Land - Part Two" | Jennifer getzinger | Gina Sable and Justin Britt-Gibson | April 1, 2018 | 0.383 [19] |
Season 2 (2019)
Production
The decision to start filming with J.K. Simmons [1] in the lead role was made in April 2015. Filming began in December 2016 in Los Angeles , in 2017 it became known that the filming will also take place in the United States and Europe, including Berlin , where the main events of the series take place according to the script [20] , as well as Potsdam , in the studio Babelsberg, who participated in the creation of the series.
The main building of the Exchange Office was the terminal building of the former Berlin-Tempelhof airport .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 JK Simmons to Star in Starz Drama Series From The Imitation Game Director , Deadline.com (April 22, 2015). Date of treatment April 22, 2015.
- ↑ Starz Sets JK Simmons Starrer Counterpart Premiere for Early 2018; Drops 1st Trailer . Deadline.com (November 2, 2017). Date of treatment November 2, 2017.
- ↑ Mitovich, Matt Webb Counterpart Canceled at Starz, EP Says Season 3 Is Being Shopped Elsewhere unopened . TVLine (February 11, 2019). Date of treatment February 11, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie . 'Counterpart': Olivia Williams & Harry Lloyd To Co-Star In Starz Drama Series (English) , Deadline (September 30, 2016). Date of treatment December 8, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Pedersen, Erik . 'Counterpart': Michael Nyqvist, Nazanin Boniadi, 2 Others Join Starz Spy Series , Deadline (October 26, 2016). Date of treatment October 29, 2016.
- ↑ Petski, Denise . 'Counterpart': Ulrich Thomsen Joins In Recasting As Production Begins On Starz Spy Series (English) , Deadline (December 1, 2016). Date of treatment December 8, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Petski, Denise . 'Counterpart': Mido Hamada & Kenneth Choi Join Starz Spy Series (English) , Deadline (December 7, 2016). Date of treatment December 8, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 'Counterpart': Stephen Rea, Richard Schiff & Sarah Bolger Set To Recur On Starz Spy Thriller , Deadline (January 19, 2017). Date of treatment February 21, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Petski, Denise . 'Counterpart': Jacqueline Bisset, Stefan Kapicic, Five More Set To Recur On Starz Spy Thriller (Eng.) , Deadline (March 30, 2017). Date of appeal October 19, 2018.
- ↑ UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10/12/2017 , ShowBuzz Daily (December 12, 2017). Date of treatment December 14, 2017.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.28.2018 . Showbuzz Daily (January 30, 2018). Date of treatment January 30, 2018.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.4.2018 . Showbuzz Daily (February 6, 2018). Date of treatment February 7, 2018.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11/2/2018 . Showbuzz Daily (February 13, 2018). Date of treatment February 13, 2018.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.18.2018 . Showbuzz Daily (February 21, 2018). Date of treatment February 21, 2018.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.25.2018 . Showbuzz Daily (February 27, 2018). Date of treatment February 28, 2018.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.4.2018 . Showbuzz Daily (March 6, 2018). Date of treatment March 6, 2018.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11/3/2018 . Showbuzz Daily (March 13, 2018). Date of treatment March 13, 2018.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.18.2018 . Showbuzz Daily (March 20, 2018). Date of treatment March 20, 2018.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.1.2018 . Showbuzz Daily (April 3, 2018). Date of treatment April 3, 2018.
- ↑ Video: Starz Releases Official Trailer and Premiere Date for New Spy Thriller "Counterpart" | TheFutonCritic.com . www.thefutoncritic.com. Date of treatment February 24, 2019.