Stitchers

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Stitchers
Crime drama
Science fiction
Created byJeffrey Alan Schechter
Starring
ComposerKurt Farquhar
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes31 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jeffrey Alan Schechter
  • Jonathan Baruch
  • Rob Wolken
  • Todd Holland
  • John Myrick
  • John Ziffren
ProducerDavid Roessell
Running time43 minutes
Production companies
  • StoryBy Productions
  • Like The Wind Productions
Original release
NetworkFreeform
ReleaseJune 2, 2015 (2015-06-02) –
August 14, 2017 (2017-08-14)

Stitchers is an American

crime drama television series created by Jeffrey Alan Schechter.[1] The show was picked up to series on September 29, 2014,[2] and premiered on June 2, 2015, on ABC Family (now Freeform).[3] In an October 2016 Facebook Live chat, it was announced that the series was renewed for a third season, which aired from June 5 to August 14, 2017.[4] On September 15, 2017, Freeform canceled the series after three seasons.[5]

Plot

Stitchers follows Kirsten Clark, who has been recruited into a government agency to be "stitched" into the memories of people recently deceased to investigate murders and mysteries that otherwise would have gone unsolved. Dr. Cameron Goodkin, a brilliant neuroscientist, assists Kirsten in the secret program headed by Maggie Baptiste, a skilled covert operator. The program also includes Linus Ahluwalia, a bioelectrical engineer and communications technician. Camille, Kirsten's roommate and a computer science grad student, is also recruited to assist Kirsten as a "stitcher". LAPD Detective Quincy Fisher is recruited and added to the team after crossing paths with Kirsten.

Cast

Main

Recurring

  • Hugo Armstrong as Ed Clark, Kirsten's non-biological father. He is found dead from unknown causes at the start of the series, set out in a manner that suggested suicide despite Kirsten's doubts, and left hints for Kirsten to figure out the truth about her condition.
  • Tiffany Hines as Marta Rodriguez, a former member of the Stitchers Program who went into a coma after a stitch gone wrong. She later awakens and then sacrifices herself for Kirsten (season 1).
  • Kaylee Quinn as Young Kirsten Clark
  • Oded Fehr as Leslie Turner, the director of the Stitchers program (seasons 1–2).
  • Sola Bamis as Dr. Ayo, head of the medical department at the Stitchers program.
  • Ross Kurt Le as Alex, part of the Stitchers team and responsible for subject biology (or Sub-Bio).
  • Cameron Britton as Tim, manager of engineering at Stitchers.
  • Jack Turner as Liam Granger, Kirsten's ex-boyfriend. After Kirsten broke up with him, the team began to suspect that he was spying on her, prompting Maggie to arrange for Camille to pretend to date him to try to learn the truth. He was eventually killed by Daniel Stinger when he was about to tell Kirsten the truth.
  • C. Thomas Howell as Daniel Stinger, Kirsten's biological father. He created the Stitchers technology and is now on the run as he tries to determine how to cure Kirsten's mother's condition, certain that the program is too dangerous for the government to be trusted with its full potential.
  • John Billingsley as Mitchell Blair, Turner's superior who promotes Maggie as the new director of the Stitchers program (seasons 2–3).
  • Jasmin Savoy Brown as Nina, Cameron's girlfriend (season 2). She worked at a comic book store and initially believed Cameron designed video games. He eventually admitted the truth to her when he had to constantly interrupt their dates and she found his NSA badge, but she broke up with him while the team were on lockdown in the lab when Kirsten became trapped in her own mind.
  • Sarah Davenport as Ivy Brown, Kirsten's older half-sister (seasons 2–3). She is a computer science teacher at a school, and later assists the team in tracking suspects and cracking complex codes.
  • Anna Akana as Amanda, Camille's love interest (season 3). She was the program's medical examiner, and also moonlights as a DJ at a local club.

Episodes

Stitchers ran for three seasons. The first season was presented as a miniseries of eleven (ten plus one) episodes, which aired weekly from June 2, 2015 to August 4, 2015 for the first ten, plus a Halloween special "When Darkness Falls" on October 20, 2015.

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
111June 2, 2015 (2015-06-02)October 20, 2015 (2015-10-20)
210March 22, 2016 (2016-03-22)May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)
310June 5, 2017 (2017-06-05)August 14, 2017 (2017-08-14)

Broadcast

Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on

SyFy on July 23, 2018, being shown daily Monday-Friday.[9] Season 2 started the day after the end of Season 1. On September 15, 2017, Freeform canceled the series after three seasons.[5]

Reception

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a rating of 25%, based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The site's critical consensus for Season 1 reads, "Confusing and tonally inconsistent, Stitchers is neither campy enough to be fun nor intelligent enough to be compelling."[10] On Metacritic, the first season has a score of 48 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[11]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for Stitchers
Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2016 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV: Breakout Star Emma Ishta Nominated [12]
Choice TV Breakout Show Stitchers Nominated
2017 Choice Summer TV Star: Male Kyle Harris Nominated [13]
2018 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Best Song/Recording Created for Television Allison Scagliotti, Heather Guibert, Dani Buncher, Scott Simons Nominated [14]

References

  1. ^ "ABC Family Begins Production on the New One-Hour Procedural Drama Series "Stitchers"". The Futon Critic. January 14, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  2. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 29, 2014). "The best show ever to grace this network. ABC Family Picks Up 'Stitchers' And 'Young & Hungry', Cancels 'Mystery Girls', Passes On 'Unstrung'". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  3. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (March 26, 2015). "ABC Family Adds 'Covert Affairs' Actor to Summer Crime Procedural 'Stitchers'". Variety. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  4. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (2016-10-06). "'Stitchers' Renewed for Season 3 at Freeform.Freeform cancelled the series on 16th Sep". Variety. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  5. ^ a b Anop, Nirat. "Stitchers - Cancelled by Freeform". Spoilertv.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  6. ^ "Watch Stitchers Season 1 Episode 8 "Fire in the Hole" Online".
  7. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (July 27, 2015). "'Stitchers' Promotes Damon Dayoub to Series Regular (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  8. ^ Purcell, Charles (11 October 2015). "New This Week (Oct 12): The Walking Dead, Great Australian Bake Off, Botched, Enfield Haunting..." The Green Room. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  9. ^ "SYFY Sets UK Premiere Date For 'Stitchers' - TVWise". TVWise. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  10. ^ "Stitchers: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  11. ^ "Stitchers : Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  12. ^ Nordyke, Allison Crist,Kimberly; Crist, Allison; Nordyke, Kimberly (2016-07-31). "Teen Choice Awards: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Teen Choice Awards 2017 Winners: The Complete List". E! Online. 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  14. ^ Waters, Michael (2018-02-09). "Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-02-10.

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