Extinct (2017–2017)

TV ShowEndedBYUtv.orgScience-Fiction, Thriller1 season, 10 episodes
Extinct posterReview score: 64%

Plot

Extinct takes place 400 years after the extinction of the human race and follows a small group of humans who are revived by an alien civilization. Over the course of the season, the series carries the colony of revived humans through struggles with the aliens who extinguished humankind centuries before, while trying to understand and get along with the mysterious aliens who revived them.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Extinct S01E07Of Two MindsS01E07 · 8.0The Skin Riders attempt to penetrate the settlement, and Jax returns from the ancestor.
  2. 02Extinct S01E08Death Did Us PartS01E08 · 8.0Ezra and Lynn are captured by the previous settlers, and Silas attempts to strengthen his parasite.
  3. 03Extinct S01E10The AncestorS01E10 · 8.0The final battle between the Skin Riders and the Reborns begins.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2017Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Extinct S01E01PilotOctober 1, 2017 6.5Four hundred years after the extinction of the human race, a seemingly benevolent alien species regenerates three humans. Confused about the
  2. S01E02Extinct S01E02Brother's KeeperOctober 1, 2017 7.0The Reborns explore the abandoned human settlement, and Ezra and Abram must travel to a nearby lake to save an ailing Feena. In the forest,
  3. S01E03Extinct S01E03The ContractJanuary 1, 2017 7.0Abram discovers an alien structure and attempts to learn more about it, while Ezra seeks to recover an object that may bring back more human
  4. S01E04Extinct S01E04ReunionJanuary 1, 2017 7.0The obelisk agrees to bring back more humans, so Feena travels to the lake to escort the new Reborns back to the settlement. A mysterious gi
  5. S01E05Extinct S01E05BrokenJanuary 1, 2017 7.0Silas tries to persuade Lynn to join the Skin Riders. Ezra and Feena set out to rescue Lynn but discover someone else in the process. Meanwh
  6. S01E06Extinct S01E06True or FalseJanuary 1, 2017 7.0Ezra learns more about the powers and abilities of Skin Riders, Duncan reveals his true intentions, and the Reborns discover information abo
  7. S01E07Extinct S01E07Season's bestOf Two MindsJanuary 1, 2017 8.0The Skin Riders attempt to penetrate the settlement, and Jax returns from the ancestor.
  8. S01E08Extinct S01E08Death Did Us PartJanuary 1, 2017 8.0Ezra and Lynn are captured by the previous settlers, and Silas attempts to strengthen his parasite.
  9. S01E09Extinct S01E09WoundsJanuary 1, 2017 7.0Ezra and Lynn try to escape the Skin Riders, and Abram attempts to find the Ancestor.
  10. S01E10Extinct S01E10The AncestorJanuary 1, 2017 8.0The final battle between the Skin Riders and the Reborns begins.

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Cast

Victoria AtkinVictoria AtkinFeenaChad Michael CollinsChad Michael CollinsEzraMatthew BellowsMatthew BellowsJaxYorke FryerYorke FryerAbram

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