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The Event

2010 – 2011Show1 season · 22 episodesTV-14Canceled

Action & AdventureDrama
65
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IMDb7.0Metacritic676.3Rotten Tomatoes67%60%
65
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.0Metacritic676.3Rotten Tomatoes67%60%

Summary

The Event is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker, an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiancée Leila, and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history.

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  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Binge-friendly

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  • You want something quiet and calm

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  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Keeps you guessing.
  • Draws you into power games.
  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Puts you inside a crime.

Not for laughs, comfort or warmth.

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Tropes

Grey-and-Gray Moralityin 123 titlesThe US Government built a secret prison to detain the aliens until they gave the whole story, but the aliens themselves are no paragons of morality either, especially Thomas's faction which has appar…CIA Evil, FBI Goodin 117 titlesSubverted in agent Simon Lee (played by Ian Anthony Dale), who seems genuinely interested in saving lives and is implied to be the person who leaked the files about the secret prison to President Mar…All 112 tropes

The Event episodes

1 season · 22 episodes

  1. S1 E1 I Haven't Told You Everything, 7.3
  2. S1 E2 To Keep Us Safe, 7.3
  3. S1 E3 Protect Them from the Truth, 7.6
  4. S1 E4 A Matter of Life and Death, 7.4
  5. S1 E5 Casualties of War, 7.5
  6. S1 E6 Loyalty, 7.4
  7. S1 E7 I Know Who You Are, 7.3
  8. S1 E8 For the Good of Our Country, 7.4
  9. S1 E9 Your World to Take, 7.3
  10. S1 E10 Everything Will Change, 7.4
  11. S1 E11 And Then There Were More, 7.4
  12. S1 E12 Inostranka, 7.4
  13. S1 E13 Turnabout, 7.3
  14. S1 E14 A Message Back, 7.4
  15. S1 E15 Face Off, 7.7
  16. S1 E16 You Bury Other Things Too, 7.3
  17. S1 E17 Cut Off the Head, 7.3
  18. S1 E18 Strain, 7.5
  19. S1 E19 Us or Them, 7.5
  20. S1 E20 One Will Live, One Will Die, 7.7
  21. S1 E21 The Beginning of the End, 7.7
  22. S1 E22 Arrival, 8.0

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