Season 1 • Episode 20
LatestDuring the surveillance of a suspected Synthetic front, Angela and Kurt engage in a firefight which leaves Kurt in the hospital and Angela abducted by the Synthetics. Following a tip from his old friend and Menthor, Leyton Scott, Chuck learns of a rock, brought back from the moon, that is the link between the Cadre and The Sentients.
Odyssey 5 is a Canadian science fiction series that first ran in 2002 on Showtime in the United States and on Space in Canada. Odyssey 5 is the brainchild of Manny Coto, who served as a script-writer and executive producer during the series run. Through his website and in interviews, Coto has expressed his interest in returning to the series at some point, either continuing it or giving it a conclusion.
Acting
Peter Weller's gravelly astronaut dad energy
Writing
Manny Coto's knotty time-travel logic that mostly holds up
Direction
That pilot hook—Earth literally explodes in minute one
Creator
Manny Coto
Peter Weller
Chuck Taggart
Sebastian Roché
Kurt Mendel
Christopher Gorham
Neil Taggart
Leslie Silva
Sarah Forbes
Kenneth Mitchell
Marc Taggart
Phillip Jarrett
Paul Forbes
Lindy Booth
Holly Culverson
Sonja Smits
Cynthia Hodge
Tamara Marie Watson
Angela Perry
Timothy Burd
Jim Codrington
Devon Bostick
Gothic Teen / Joey Grossman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Manny Coto later became 24's showrunner; some Odyssey 5 DNA creeps into that series' paranoid style.
The show pioneered 'serialized mystery box' sci-fi TV before Lost made it mandatory—then got cancelled for being too early.
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