Pantheon - General Discussion

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Pantheon is an 8 episode animated series airing on September 1 on AMC+ and  HIDIVE (AMC's anime streaming service). This TV Series is based on a collection of short stories from Ken Liu about Uploaded Intelligence, i.e. human consciousness uploaded to the "Cloud". The show has already been renewed for an 8 episode Second Season.

The show follows Maddie, a bullied teen who receives mysterious help from a stranger online, soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David. Following an experimental destructive brain scan, David’s consciousness was uploaded to the Cloud. Now he is the first of a new kind of being – an “Uploaded Intelligence” or “UI” – but he will not be the last, as a global conspiracy unfolds that threatens to trigger a new kind of world war.

Voice Cast:

Daniel Dae Kim as David, recently deceased father of Maddie 

Rosemarie DeWitt as Ellen, Maddie’s mother who attempts to connect with her detached daughter and soon discovers Maddie is communicating with someone on the web whom she believes may be impersonating her deceased husband.

Katie Chang as Maddie, a bullied teen 

Paul Dano as Caspian, a brilliant computer science teen who comes to Maddie’s aid as they search for the truth. 

Aaron Eckhart as Cary, Caspian’s demanding father with rigid ways

Taylor Schilling as Renee, Caspian’s doting mother.

Maude Apatow as Justine, Maddie’s new friend

William Hurt as Stephen Holstrom, a genius billionaire

Raza Jaffrey as Chanda, a prized engineer who is considered a prophet in his field.

Scoot McNairy as Cody

Corey Stoll have various roles

Lara Pulver  have various roles

Ron Livingston as Waxmant 

Anika Noni Rose as Nicole

Chris Diamantopoulos as Pope

Grey Griffin as Samara

SungWon Cho as teacher

Kevin Durand as Anssi

Samuel Roukin as Gabe

Krystina Alabado as Hannah.

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David

Julius Pope

Chanda

Caspian and Hannah

Ajay Mehta as Prasad

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S01.E01: Pantheon

Maddie, a bullied teen, receives help from a stranger online; Caspian, a teen loner and math genius struggles with his parents’ toxic relationship; Chanda, a computer engineer, secretly meets with a rival tech giant.

Original Airdate: September 1, 2022     AMC+ / HIDIVE 

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S01.E02: Cycles

Ellen fights with Logorhythms over control of David’s consciousness; Maddie learns the truth about her father’s death and meets a stranger who wants to help; Caspian stumbles on Maddie’s crisis on the dark web; A new consciousness is uploaded.

Original Airdate: September 8, 2022     AMC+ / HIDIVE 

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S01.E03: Reign of Winter

Chanda’s life is on a loop; Maddie and David make up for time lost; Ellen tries to move on from her dead husband; Caspian watches his parents’ marriage disintegrate while trying to start a romance of his own.

Original Airdate: September 15, 2022     AMC+ / HIDIVE 

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S01.E04: The Gods Will Not Be Chained

David learns how to maximize his power from an unlikely source; Maddie and Ellen find out they aren’t alone; Cary questions the plan; Caspian gets closer to Hannah and the truth; Chanda seeks revenge.

Original Airdate: September 22, 2022     AMC+ / HIDIVE 

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Whoops, they showed two episodes on the release date, so my posts have been a week late.

S01.E05: Zero Daze

Caspian fights to learn the truth about his identity; an unlikely team builds David a new home in a familiar place; David and Laurie fight to evade those who are trying to delete them.

Original Airdate: September 22, 2022     AMC+ / HIDIVE 

S01.E06: You Must Be Caspian

The flaw takes its toll on Laurie; Caspian's and Maddie's worlds finally collide; Chanda builds his own reality.

Original Airdate: September 29, 2022     AMC+ / HIDIVE 

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S01.E07: We Are You

Caspian searches for a new life; the superpowers catch up; Laurie and Chanda consider moves that could change the world forever.

Original Airdate: October 6, 2022     AMC+ / HIDIVE 

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S01.E08: The Gods Will Not Be Slain

(Season Finale)

America enters the cloud; Caspian takes over; Chanda forms a new rebellion; Cody continues the fight; David enters the battle; Waxman gets off the fence.

Original Airdate: October 13, 2022     AMC+ / HIDIVE 

[DanaK]

Canceled after 1 season despite a 2-season order and pulled from streaming service AMC+ as part of AMC Networks' cost-cutting drive

https://deadline.com/2023/01/pantheon-scrapped-amc-1235214158/

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This will be on Amazon Prime, both seasons, starting October 15

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2023/09/19/pantheon-season-1-and-2-are-coming-october-15th-to-prime-video-44410/20230919amazon02/

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Critically Acclaimed AMC Series ‘Pantheon’ Next to Join Netflix