Episodes (13)

Pilot
S01E01 · Pilot

Jun 07, 2010

Admirably unselfish fireman Joe Tucker takes charge when he and six others, none of which knows another, find themselves waking up in an apparently locked-up hotel room far from their respective home towns. cameras abound in the hotel. Once out, they find it's in a virtual ghost town, although all amenities are in working order, but dangers lurk, perhaps as much for the local Chinese restaurant staff and the hotel's night manager, who claims to be used to waking up in surprise town hotels from time to time but ignores his spook-secretive employer's identity. They must...

The Edge
S01E02 · The Edge

Jun 14, 2010

After the agony of having the leg implants cut out by nurse Moira Doherty, who later admits really being just a 'recovered' mental patient, the seven find themselves still restrained to a perimeter by a pain weapon. Their lucky chance to break trough once proves futile as the only road leads them straight back. Meanwhile San Francisco newspaper investigative reporter Mark Renbe starts on the case, not supported by his bitching editor and attacked by a mystery man who steals the envelop an informant finally provided.

The Way Through
S01E03 · The Way Through

Jun 21, 2010

The group toils together for a week on a tunnel, only to find it useless due to a subterranean steel ring fitted with gas, so the hostile mood returns even worse. A helicopter proves neither rescue nor passerby, but drops a box with only three gas masks. Fierce rivalry for them emerges, cause to question claim-supporting family sob stories, but the winners are in for a gripping surprise. Bill and Charlie bonds strangely over their found-out secrets. We learn the reason San Francisco newspaper reporter Renbe takes such risks for the case that he fathered Janet' ...

Exit One
S01E04 · Exit One

Jun 28, 2010

Not everyone is who they say they are.

Incoming
S01E05 · Incoming

Jul 05, 2010

The gang is horrified by the arrival of a colored new woman, who proves viciously and physically aggressive. Joe Tucker, secretly in league with the mastermind, visits his colleague behind the screens, Chinese restaurant undercover Tom, who barely restrains him from pulling the plug just because Janet is in multiple danger. Reporter Mark Renbe is nearly fired but can convince his ex, the editor, his story is worth waiting for, despite his personal interest.

The Truth
S01E06 · The Truth

Jul 17, 2010

Mark Renbe drags his unamused lover, yet interested editor, along to Rome, where ambassador Franklin Fairchild buries his suspiciously killed wife. Joe Tucker's crush on Janet leads to the others suspecting him of being in cahoots with the mastermind. Poisoned, he's forced by newcomer Erica to 'confess', apparently frustrating program-dedicated Tom's efforts to save Joe. Bill is the easy bullying prey, cruelly abused by Erica and her new cahoot, Janet.

Smoke and Steel
S01E07 · Smoke and Steel

Jul 24, 2010

Now Joe is unmasked as one of the manipulators, Bill and Erica see that the gang abuses him horribly, despite his claim to have been 'promoted' years after his own abduction. Colleague Tom is ordered to extract him at gunpoint, but ends up fatally shot himself. Next the survivors find their elaborate personal files planted in Joe's room, and shortly after removed again. Stefano D'Angelo promises his organization will get Renbe and his lover-editor back safely, but it's Franklin Fairchild's connections who arrest them and the ambassador explains he's member of an ...

Saved
S01E08 · Saved

Jul 31, 2010

Joe finds himself strapped towel-only on a surgery table for equally painful physical healing and attitude adjustment, to be either reintegrated in the program or die, contending withs visions of people he cares for. The others are ever more confused, Bill so badly he doesn't even try running when he stumbles into an apparent way out of town. In South America, Mark Renbe visits in a mental institution Angela Barragan, their lead to the missing persons and the program masters.

Static
S01E09 · Static

Aug 07, 2010

A desperate, physically healed Joe is returned to the gang, stark naked and suffering from amnesia, which the others doubt, arguing whether he's now a friend, asset or liability. The night manager fails to regain control and is beaten to pulp. The program's mean female director sends reluctant staffer Liam Ulrich to take over. In South America, Renbe and his lover-editor run broke but are bailed out of jail by a local clergyman, who gets killed during an escape into the wild.

Identity
S01E10 · Identity

Aug 21, 2010

Mark Renbe and his lover are caught with Stefano, who tells about his darker former part, by the border guards, but escape again and reach a town. The night manager is ordered to take control and coaxes the gang, especially Bill, yet the director isn't satisfied. Joe is more mistrusted then ever, completely dumped by Janet, who again sides with Erica, who in turn hides her real identity, as rogue program player.

Seven Sacrifices
S01E11 · Seven Sacrifices

Aug 21, 2010

Mark Renbe has escaped from South America with six hidden severed thumbs to San Francisco, only to be arrested by detective Robert Gomez, who helps him escape when the case is take out of his hand by unspecified 'government agents', while his editor is fired like most colleagues, the newspaper being bought. The night manager does a great job befriending Bill, but Charlie warns it's all another manipulative ploy. Joe remains excluded due to female scheming, which tears the group even further apart. The projected director decides to abandon town 27 altogether.

And Then There Was One
S01E12 · And Then There Was One

Aug 28, 2010

After forensic analysis of a thumb traces it to the surviving owner, a naive aid doctor, Renbe finally pieces together which 'foundation' is the manipulative organization and intrudes its HQ, only to be thrown out instantly. In town 28, the director toys with night manager Ulrich's request to return to office duty while body bags are delivered and he must tells the others they'll kill each-other. He's seen on cameras starting a frenzy of suicide and killings which leaves only Joe alive, but dead angles allow preventing actual deaths.

Shadows in the Cave
S01E13 · Shadows in the Cave

Aug 28, 2010

Free at last. Those who escaped try to return to their outside lives.

About

Persons Unknown Season 1 (2010) is released on Jun 07, 2010. Watch Persons Unknown online - the English Drama TV series from United States. Persons Unknown is directed by Bill Eagles,Jonathan Frakes,Michael Rymer,Rod Hardy and created by Christopher McQuarrie with Jason Wiles and Daisy Betts. Persons Unknown is available online on Apple iTunes and Amazon Video.

Several strangers awaken and find themselves imprisoned inside a small ghost town. They quickly search for answers and along the way start to question each other's motives.

As know as:

Неизвестные лица, Tundmatud isikud, Desconocidos, Особи невідомі, Persona sconosciuta

Countries:

United States, Mexico

Language:

English

Stream Service:

NBC

Production Companies:

Invisible Ink, Televisa S.A. de C.V., Fox Television Studios

Official Site:

NBC (United States)

Taglines:

Someone is watching you.

Reviews

Lucy Mangan
Guardian
Truly, this is the show that keeps on giving (and taking, from The Prisoner, Lost, The Twilight Zone and that Doctor Who episode a few weeks ago, but one is having too much fun to quibble).
by rottentomatoes, Jun 05, 2020
Rachel Ray
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Persons Unknown, far from being a copy cat, takes a fresh approach on the long red herring road - making us really want to know the fortunes in those cookies.
by rottentomatoes, Jun 05, 2020
Randee Dawn
Hollywood Reporter
For now, "Persons" is delightfully weird and foreboding.
by rottentomatoes, Jun 05, 2020

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