Containment (TV series)

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Containment is an American limited series, based on the Belgian TV series Cordon. The show was officially ordered as a series by The CW on May 7, 2015, and aired from April 19 through July 19, 2016. The series follows an epidemic that breaks out in Atlanta, leaving a section of the city cordoned off under quarantine and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives. Major themes in the series are love, loss, and duty.

On May 12, 2016, The CW announced that Containment would not be renewed and would remain as a limited series.

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Cast and characters

Main characters

• David Gyasi as Major Alex "Lex" Carnahan
• Christina Moses as Jana, Lex's girlfriend
• Chris Wood as Officer Jake Riley, Lex's friend
• Kristen Gutoskie as Katie Frank
• Claudia Black as Dr. Sabine Lommers
• George Young as Dr. Victor Cannerts
• Hanna Mangan-Lawrence as Teresa, a pregnant teenager
• Trevor St. John as Leo Green

Recurring characters

• Zachary Unger as Quentin, Katie's son
• Sandra Ellis Lafferty as Micheline, Teresa's grandmother
• Charles Black as Bert, Teresa's grandfather
• Shawn Parsons as Sam, building maintenance
• Nadine Lewington as Suzy, Jana's friend
• Tiffany Morgan as Leanne, Teresa's mother
• Demetrius Bridges as Xander Paulson, Teresa's boyfriend
• Gregory Alan Williams as police chief Besser
• Jimmy Gonzales as Officer Meese, a controversial cop
• Thom Gossom, Jr. as Mr. Carnahan, Lex's father
• Robin Spriggs as Harley, armed menace within the cordon
• Miles Doleac as Captain Scott, National Guard captain in charge of cordon security

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Production

Containment shot its pilot episode, in February and March 2015, on location in Atlanta, Georgia. Several locals were cast as extras in various scenes. By that October, the show was in regular production in the Atlanta area.

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Broadcast

The series was broadcast on the Global Television Network in Canada, in the UK on E4 and in Germany on ProSieben.

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Reception

On Metacritic, the series holds an average score of 48 (out of 100 points) based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes also reported mixed critical responses, averaging a 53% rating. The site's consensus reads: "Uninspired performances and pedestrian writing make Containment just another in the long line of disaster movie scenarios we've seen played out countless times before." However, Audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes have been largely positive, showing a 78% rating.

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Episodes

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Containment on IMDb

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