The Gifted ( TV series ) - wikipedia The Gifted ( TV series ) The Gifted Genre Action Adventure Science fiction Superhero Drama Created by Matt Nix Based on The Marvel Comics by Stan Lee Jack Kirby Starring Stephen Moyer Amy Acker Sean Teale Natalie Alyn Lind Percy Hynes White Coby Bell Jamie Chung Blair Redford Emma Dumont Composer ( s ) John Ottman David Buckley Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons No. of episodes 10 ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Stan Lee Alan Fine Karim Zreik Joe Quesada Jim Chory Jeph Loeb Len Wiseman Simon Kinberg Bryan Singer Lauren Shuler Donner Matt Nix Producer ( s ) Neal Ahern Location ( s ) Dallas, Texas Atlanta, Georgia Running time 45 -- 47 minutes Production company ( s ) Flying Glass of Milk Productions The Donners ' Company Bad Hat Harry Productions Kinberg Genre Marvel Television 20th Century Fox Television Distributor 20th Television Release Original network Fox Original release October 2, 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 02 ) -- present ( present ) Chronology Related shows Legion www.fox.com/the-gifted The Gifted is an American television series created for Fox by Matt Nix, based on Marvel Comics ' X-Men properties. It is connected to the X-Men film series, set in an alternate timeline where the X-Men have disappeared. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Marvel Television, with Nix serving as showrunner. The series stars Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker as ordinary parents who take their family on the run after they discover their children 's mutant abilities. Sean Teale, Natalie Alyn Lind, Percy Hynes White, Coby Bell, Jamie Chung, Blair Redford, and Emma Dumont also star in the show. The series received a put pilot commitment at Fox after a previous attempted X-Men television series did not move forward at the network in 2016 ; The Gifted was ordered to series in May 2017. The Gifted began airing on October 2, 2017, and is set to run for 13 episodes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics, particularly for its social commentary and cast. Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast and characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Recurring 2.3 Guest 3 Episodes 4 Production 4.1 Development 4.2 Writing 4.3 Casting 4.4 Filming 4.5 Music 4.6 Shared universe connections 5 Release 5.1 Broadcast 5.2 Marketing 6 Reception 6.1 Ratings 6.2 Critical response 6.3 Comparison to Nazism 7 References 8 External links Premise Two ordinary parents take their family on the run from the government when they discover that their children have mutant abilities, and join an underground community of mutants who have to fight to survive. Cast and characters Main Stephen Moyer as Reed Strucker : A father trying to balance his family responsibilities with his job as a district attorney. Moyer said of the character, `` He thinks he 's doing the right thing by moving ( the mutants ). He does know these camps are n't particularly nice. He knows a few people he 's captured have disappeared. He also knows this could happen to his kids. He has no choice but to go on the run. '' Reed was originally `` more obviously out for himself and slightly less interested in his kids, slightly less interested in the marriage '', but this was changed in reshoots of the pilot to make the character more likeable. Amy Acker as Caitlin Strucker : A mother and nurse struggling with her `` increasingly challenging '' teenage children. Showrunner Matt Nix said that though Caitlin does not have mutant powers, she is not `` just a mom '' or `` just the doctor '' in the series, and `` over the course of the show I really love the idea of showing the evolution of a suburban mom into an underground warrior. '' Acker added that the character was `` happy with the life that she had, and that all gets flipped around, pushing her to become who she should be. '' Sean Teale as Marcos Diaz / Eclipse : A rebellious mutant who can absorb and manipulate photons. Eclipse was rejected by his human parents, and grew up smuggling drugs from Mexico to the United States. The mutant underground uses him to smuggle mutants to safety in Mexico. The character was created for the series, but takes inspiration from comic characters such as Sunspot and Wolverine. Natalie Alyn Lind as Lauren Strucker : One of the series ' central children, a `` perfect '' kid. Her mutant power is creating force fields. Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker : One of the series ' central children, a sensitive loner who keeps to himself. His mutant power is a form of telekinesis, being able to pull things apart. Coby Bell as Jace Turner : A man struggling with the cold - blooded requirements of his job. Turner is a Sentinel Services agent, trying to find the Struckers and the other mutants. Nix said the character is `` more than just a villain hoping to round up every last superpowered human, '' but is instead trying to find the balance between protecting society and taking away the rights of mutants. Jamie Chung as Clarice Fong / Blink : A `` sarcastic, lively '' mutant with teleportation powers. An `` independently minded '' member of the mutant underground, Blink begins the series using her abilities as `` a way out of situations she does n't want to be in '', but her abilities and relationship to them evolve throughout the series. While discussing Asian representation in film, and television on series such as Fresh Off the Boat, Chung, who is Korean - American, credits both her casting and the earlier casting of Fan Bingbing as Blink ( a character not portrayed as Asian in the comics ) in X-Men : Days of Future Past to `` the flexibility that 20th Century Fox has with turning these comic book characters into something a bit more reflective. '' Chung wears heavy - duty contact lenses to portray Blink 's mutant green eyes, and also has pink markings on her face ; as the character 's abilities grow, more markings are added, adding more similarity to the comic book character 's appearance. Blair Redford as John Proudstar / Thunderbird : A strong - willed mutant, leader of the underground community. Nix said the character is `` dealing with his own issues of feeling the weight of thousands of years of Apache history and mutant history and an obligation to both families. '' Thunderbird is famous for being killed off shortly after his introduction in the comics, and though Nix said that this would not happen in the series, it will explore `` the relationship of this guy to the Thunderbird of the comics ''. Emma Dumont as Lorna Dane / Polaris : A brave and loyal mutant whose abilities include controlling magnetism. She is introduced as being `` unstable '' due to bipolar disorder. Nix explained that, within the series, there is `` some awareness '' that Polaris is the daughter of Magneto, leading to the question `` does she accept the mantle of her birthright ? Is it her job to be Magneto in his absence ? '' The character is depicted with green hair, as she is in the comics, but `` subdued shades of green ''. Dumont took mechanical engineering classes at Georgia State University to help understand the character 's abilities. Nix did not originally intend to have the character in the show, and only added her as a love interest for Eclipse, but later noted that she `` emerges as a central character '' for the series. Recurring Hayley Lovitt as Sage : A mutant with eidetic memory, and a `` computer brain '' that can do complex calculations. Joe Nemmers as Ed Weeks : A Sentinel Services agent that works with Turner. Jermaine Rivers as Shatter : A mutant who can turn his skin into a hard, protective crystal. Garret Dillahunt as Roderick Campbell : A mutant researcher contracted by Sentinel Services, who is on a `` morally dubious '' mission. Nix compared the series ' adaptation of the comic character to the changes made when adapting the character William Stryker for the X-Men films. Elena Satine as Sonya Simonson / Dreamer : A mutant who can `` add or subtract '' others ' memories. Skyler Samuels as the Stepford Cuckoos : Telepathic triplets with their own agenda, separate from those of the mutant underground, Sentinel Services, and Trask Industries. Samuels was first introduced as Esme Frost, with her two sisters appearing in the mid-season finale. Samuels ' hair and wardrobe was designed as an homage to the comics, though the series ' portrayal of the sisters deviates from the comics in some ways ; the Esme character in the comics was one of two sisters who died before there were the three Stepford Cuckoos. Because the three characters are often dressed identically, Samuels tried to differentiate them through behavior and how they each talk. The effect of the three characters together was created with a mixture of effects : split - screening, green - screening, and face replacements over doubles when Samuels worked with two other actresses portraying the other sisters. Guest Dinarte de Freitas as Pedro : A light - blue, leonine mutant who can `` project fear ''. Jeff Daniel Phillips as Fade : A mutant bartender. Sharon Gless as Ellen Strucker : Reed 's mother. Jeffrey Nordling as Daniel : Caitlin 's brother. Michelle Veintimilla as Carmen Guerra : Diaz 's ex-girlfriend and the leader of a cartel. Zach Roerig as Gus / Pulse : A mutant who can disable electrical systems and other mutants ' abilities. He is loyal to Sentinel Services under the Hound Program. D James Jones as Trader : A mutant who can cloud other 's vision to hide. Frances Turner as Paula Turner : Jace Turner 's wife. Jaxon Rose Moore as Grace Turner : Jace Turner 's deceased daughter. Raymond J. Barry as Otto Strucker : Reed 's estranged father. Paul Cooper and Caitlin Mehner as Andreas and Andrea von Strucker / Fenris : Ancestors of Lauren and Andy with the same mutant abilities. Nix stated that giving the series ' main characters the surname `` Strucker '', a name given to notable characters from the comics, was an intentional decision, leading to speculation that Lauren and Andy were an adaptation of the Strucker twins Andrea and Andreas. After the series included an Easter egg referring to characters that matched the comics description of the twins, Lind indicated that those characters could appear themselves. In November 2017, the characters were officially confirmed to be appearing in the show, with Cooper and Mehner cast. Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in the pilot. Episodes No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod. code U.S. viewers ( millions ) `` eXposed '' Bryan Singer Matt Nix October 2, 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 02 ) 1LAJ01 4.90 In Atlanta, Georgia, the mutant Clarice Fong escapes from prison with her teleporting abilities, and is rescued from police by members of a mutant underground that aims to protect persecuted mutants from the government. During this, Lorna Dane / Polaris is captured by the police, and is later asked by district attorney Reed Strucker to cooperate with him in exchange for a reduced sentence. Reed 's children, Lauren and Andy, go to their school dance that night, where Andy is attacked by bullies. The stress causes Andy 's mutant abilities to manifest, and he telekinetically causes major damage to the school. Lauren helps him escape, revealing that she is also a mutant. The pair and their parents are forced to go into hiding immediately by the arrival of the anti-mutant Sentinel Services agency. Reed convinces a member of the underground, Marcos Diaz / Eclipse, to help them in exchange for information on Polaris, but Turner and SS also arrive at their meeting. Clarice is able to teleport everyone to safety, except for Reed, who is captured. `` rX '' Len Wiseman Matt Nix October 9, 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 09 ) 1LAJ02 3.79 Clarice falls unconscious from the effort of teleporting the group back to the underground 's hideout, losing control of her abilities. Portals begin to open to an unknown road, causing an accident that is brought to the attention of police. Caitlin, a nurse, offers to look for medication that may help Clarice, and races to a nearby hospital that still treats mutants with Eclipse, where they use an old injury to gain access to the medication. In prison, Polaris has a collar placed on her that gives her a shock whenever she tries to use her abilities. She faces discrimination and attacks from the other prisoners, and when she pushes through the pain of her collar to fight back, she is put in solitary confinement. Reed is interrogated by Turner, who tries various techniques to get Reed 's cooperation, including interrogating Reed 's mother. Caitlin and Eclipse return in time to help Clarice before her portals cause major damage and force the underground to evacuate. Reed agrees to give Turner the location of the underground in exchange for the freedom of his family. `` eXodus '' Scott Peters Rashad Raisani October 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 16 ) 1LAJ03 3.46 Reed, being tracked by Turner, meets up with a mutant that he knows is working with Eclipse, and he agrees to smuggle Reed to the underground, but Reed decides to not put the mutants in harm and returns to Turner. Clarice begins working with John Proudstar / Thunderbird to control her abilities, but does not have someone that she truly cares about that she can focus her emotions on. Trying to help the underground, Caitlin secretly leaves and finds her brother Daniel, who she says has `` connections '', and is accompanied by her children. Daniel is unwilling to help, and when news gets out that they are there the Struckers are confronted by locals who want to keep their neighborhood safe. They escape the house with the help of Eclipse and Thunderbird. Clarice creates a portal for the group to return to the underground, but can only do this with strong feelings for Thunderbird, implanted by the mutant Sonya Simonson / Dreamer. Turner turns down an offer for help from scientist Roderick Campbell, who is interested in the Strucker children. `` eXit strategy '' Karen Gaviola Meredith Lavender & Marcie Ulin October 23, 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 23 ) 1LAJ04 3.36 Two years ago, the underground helped several mutants escape from an SS `` Relocation Center '', but Thunderbird 's best friend Gus / Pulse -- who can short out electrical circuits and other mutants ' abilities -- was believed to have been killed. Now, the underground plans to rescue Reed and Polaris from SS before they are delivered to a similar center, one that inmates do not return from. Eclipse gets information on the route they will be taken from the cartel he used to work for, now run by his former girlfriend Carmen Guerra. She forces him to use his abilities to torture someone for her in exchange for the information. The underground attacks the convoy transporting Reed and Polaris, with Andy and Lauren combining their abilities to stop the vehicles. They all lose their abilities when Pulse appears, alive and working for SS. Thunderbird knocks Pulse unconscious, Polaris breaks herself and Reed out, and they all escape. Meanwhile, Clarice continues to remember her feelings for Thunderbird, but he tells her that they have never been together. 5 `` boXed in '' Jeremiah Chechik Jim Campolongo October 30, 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 30 ) 1LAJ05 3.43 Thunderbird takes the Struckers back to the underground, where a mutant named Fade recognizes Reed as having been working with Turner ; many of the underground 's members are uncomfortable with Reed joining them. In order to prove his loyalty, Reed suggests using himself as bait to lure away the SS agents. Thunderbird tasks Fade with helping Reed, and they are successful. Meanwhile, Caitlin, Lauren, and Andy are able to save the life of an injured mutant, Trader. Having earned the underground 's trust, the Struckers decide to stay and fight with them. Eclipse and Polaris attack an SS blockade and capture Turner. Dreamer and Clarice join them, as they are surrounded by SS. Dreamer begins searching Turner 's memories for information, learning of the program that converted Pulse to an SS agent. She is unable to finish before they have to flee, leaving Turner believing that his daughter Grace is still alive despite her death during a mutant protest four years earlier. Clarice later confronts Dreamer about altering her memories. 6 `` got your siX '' Craig Siebels Melinda Hsu Taylor November 6, 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 06 ) 1LAJ06 3.17 Clarice confronts Thunderbird about him not telling her what Dreamer did to her memories, and decides to leave the underground. The group plans to attack a Federal facility where Pulse was taken without Clarice 's help ; Reed, Eclipse, and Andy go to break in and steal information on the mutants who are now working for SS. Thunderbird worries that these mutants could be the deciding factor in a war that the X-Men believed was coming ( they put Thunderbird in charge of the underground before they disappeared ). Reed becomes concerned with Andy 's abilities and how he enjoys using them to destroy things, and attempts to gain Andy 's trust as his father again. After stealing the information, the trio are followed by police into an SS ambush. Polaris takes Lauren and another young mutant, visual illusionist Wes, to help them. Meanwhile, Turner is given a mandatory leave for his reborn grief, but ignores this and instead begins a new partnership with Campbell, giving him the information about Andy and Lauren in exchange for his help. 7 `` eXtreme measures '' Stephen Surjik Michael Horowitz November 13, 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 13 ) 1LAJ07 3.00 Guerra forces Eclipse to help her on another job, this time destroying a rival 's shipment of drugs ; Polaris and Dreamer follow Eclipse after the former discovered he was lying about his whereabouts, and see him work with Guerra. Thunderbird tracks down Clarice, and offers to help her find the road that her portals were opening to when she was sick. They realize that the road leads to the home for mutants that she lived in as a child, but it is now derelict after SS agents stormed the building and killed its inhabitants. She agrees to rejoin the fight. From the stolen information, the underground learns that Wes has a criminal background, leading to him leaving for another underground group, and that Reed 's father may have been involved with Campbell 's program to turn mutants when he worked for Trask Industries. Now, Campbell and Turner prepare to send these mutants, called Hounds, undercover within the underground. When a DOJ official attempts to stop the pair from using their illegal actions, one of the Hounds makes her have a stroke. 8 `` threat of eXtinction '' Steven DePaul Carly Soteras November 20, 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 20 ) 1LAJ08 2.90 The underground rescue a group of refugees, but a telepath among them, Esme, reveals that another of the mutants to be a Hound. The latter is taken hostage, and Esme is able to help read her mind ; they learn that she was taken hostage by Trask Industries, and their work on her included addicting her to the drug Kick. Reed and Thunderbird visit Reed 's estranged father Otto, who used to work for Trask. Otto reveals that his father and aunt, Andreas and Andrea von Strucker, were the mutant terrorists Fenris. They had extremely powerful abilities, which they passed on to Otto ; his work at Trask focused on suppressing the mutant X-gene, and he prevented Reed from developing these abilities. Lauren and Andy now have the same abilities as the von Struckers, and can become as powerful as them if their powers are combined. Campbell and SS agents arrive to interrogate Otto, and he attacks them with his abilties to protect Reed and Thunderbird. Otto is able to overcome Pulse 's mutant suppressing, releasing a blast that injures Campbell and kills Pulse. 9 `` outfoX '' Liz Friedlander Brad Marques December 4, 2017 ( 2017 - 12 - 04 ) 1LAJ09 2.81 Reed tells his family about his history as a mutant, and about the von Struckers and their terrorist activities. He and Caitlin test Andy and Lauren to see if they could become as powerful as the twins ; holding hands, the pair feel the power to destroy the entire building, and are only stopped by Reed separating them. Desperate to rescue her family from Trask, Esme uses her abilities to manipulate the rest of the underground into agreeing with a plan of attack : Blink, Dreamer, and the Struckers will take out a power plant supporting the Trask facility, which can then be attacked by her, Polaris, Eclipse, and Thunderbird. Turner predicts this, and organizes an unofficial SS task force to storm the power plant before it can be disabled. Blink and Dreamer are captured trying to allow Andy and Lauren to escape, as Reed and Caitlin watch in horror from a van outside. Trapped in the basement, Andy and Lauren join hands, but Andy stops them from using their combined abilities before they kill all the building 's inhabitants. They surrender themselves to Turner. 10 `` eXploited '' Craig Siebels Jim Campolongo December 11, 2017 ( 2017 - 12 - 11 ) 1LAJ10 2.78 Polaris wants to immediately attack Sentinel Services, but Reed and Caitlin argue for a diplomatic solution that will not endanger their children, potentially reaching out to some of Reed 's old contacts about Trask and the Hound program. Esme talks to Reed and Caitlin in secret, and suggests that they go to Turner and hope that his better nature prevails. When Esme tells the other mutants what the couple intend to do, they prepare to attack. At Trask Industries, a heavily scarred Campbell forces Andy and Lauren to demonstrate their combined powers by killing Dreamer, and they are able to dent an apparently `` indestructible '' adamantium wall. After he is confronted by the Struckers, Turner plans to arrest them, but is convinced by his wife to do the right thing. Turner goes to Trask to transfer the mutants back to Sentinel Services. The mutants use this opportunity to attack, but they are betrayed by Esme. She makes the guards kill each other and themselves, and releases her two identical sisters, who have the same telepathic abilities as she does. 11 `` 3 X 1 '' TBA TBA January 1, 2018 ( 2018 - 01 - 01 ) TBA TBD The 2 - hour season finale will air on January 15, 2018. Production Development Matt Nix, a fan of the X-Men since he was young, serves as showrunner and writer on the series. In July 2016, after a series based on the Hellfire Club, an X-Men comic property, did not move forward at Fox, the network made a put pilot commitment for a different X-Men based series. The new pilot, written by X-Men fan Matt Nix, was for an action - adventure series based on ordinary parents discovering their children 's mutant abilities. Fox Entertainment President David Madden said that `` developing a Marvel property has been a top priority for the network -- and we are so pleased with how Matt Nix has led us into this thrilling universe. '' The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Marvel Television, with 20th handling the physical production of the series, and Nix executive producing alongside X-Men film series producers Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, and Simon Kinberg, and Marvel Television executives Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory. Nix pitched the series to executives as `` Running on Empty with mutants ''. He created an elaborate presentation using Prezi which included photos of actors that he had altered to look like mutants, and graphics to explain how the series would fit in with the X-Men films as well as the larger X-Men universe of the comics. The presentation was met with applause, according to Loeb. The biggest criticisms that Nix received about his pitch was that he wanted to include too much story in the pilot, with some of his initial ideas becoming the stories of several other episodes. Early versions of Nix 's pilot script were received `` enthusiastically '' by Fox executives, and Fox chairman and CEO Gary Newman was expecting a final draft in early January 2017, with a pilot pickup within a few weeks of that. Newman noted that `` development across the board this year is a little slower than usual '', but the network hoped to begin airing the potential series during the 2017 -- 18 television season. Nix hoped to see the series run for 12 or 13 episodes, rather than the traditional 22, and added that as a fan of the X-Men comics, `` you do n't want to be slavishly doing the same thing over and over again that everyone else has done, but at the same time, you 're conscious that this is important, and that I owe something to my 10 year old self right now. And I want to respect that, for that kid obsessively reading comic books, I need there to be something rewarding for him ''. Fox officially ordered the series to pilot, as `` untitled Marvel action - adventure series '', at the end of the month. Donner referred to the series as Gifted in March, which was clarified to be a temporary title for the series. On May 9, Fox ordered the show to series as The Gifted. The pilot had been called `` one of the hottest pilots of the ( 2017 ) broadcast development season '' by commentators. The first season consists of 13 episodes. In August, Len Wiseman joined as a director and executive producer for the season. That October, Nix said that he had planned `` a couple of seasons, in broad strokes '', and stated that he wanted `` to be doing this show for a long time. '' Noting a growing trend in shorter, self - contained television seasons, Nix said that he wanted the show to feel more like a traditional, long - running story and so have each season end in a satisfying way that does not feel `` close - ended ''. Writing Nix described the series as coming `` at the world of mutants from the side '' ; the films and comics `` have generally started with the X-Men and encountered the world outside '' from their perspective, but the series looks to `` take place inside the world of people who are ( not ) already X-Men and ( do not yet ) know that world. '' He said the show would tell a more `` intimate '' story than the films have done as `` it also explores issues surrounding mutants and what that experience is in a way that 's hard to do in a two - hour movie because ( a movie ) needs to move very quickly and needs to get to big action. '' These issues reflect modern, real - world problems such as police attempting to kill mutants just because they look different, or the government only taking issue with mutants if they reveal themselves in public. The series ' mutant underground is inspired by the Underground Railroad. Madden said that the series also took inspiration from Heroes, particularly for its themes of family and `` that loner, outcast, people with superpowers thing '', though he felt The Gifted would take `` that thread ( in ) a very different direction than anything that happened on Heroes. '' Discussing the series connection to the X-Men films, Nix said that the X-Men team would be missing during the show, which is `` not just ( because ) they 're too expensive for television '' and something that the show would explore. He soon called this one of the central mysteries of the series, saying, `` We 're going to be exploring it. It 's a huge deal to these guys. It 's a huge deal in the world. '' The disappearance is due to a `` bit of a 9 / 11 event, that caused enormous social upheaval and a lot of hatred towards mutants. '' Nix also revealed, in August 2017, that he was particularly influenced by the comic District X which is `` just about a district in New York. It 's where the mutants are... the show is not a procedural ( like the comic ) at all, but it was seeing mutants in society, dealing with crime, drugs, their relationships to each other. We did n't take any characters from it. It was one of my favorites. '' Elaborating on the series not being a procedural, Nix said that it would not have a `` save the mutant of the week '' formula, and would instead follow the ongoing story of the mutant underground as they both try to save other mutants and fight to protect themselves, though each episode still has a beginning, middle, and end. When approaching mutant abilities in the series, particularly for the Strucker children who are just discovering theirs, Nix wanted to avoid clearly defining exactly what those abilities are immediately since `` when your powers manifest, they do n't come with a label. It 's not like somebody pops up and says, ' Hey ! You can do this ! ' When we think about powers on the show, what 's the organic relationship between this person as a living, breathing human being, and their power ? The idea is that what your power is and what you can do is influenced by who you are as a character. '' The series explores how it feels for the characters to use their abilities, and shows those abilities evolving along with the characters. Casting Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker star in the series. By early January 2017, `` exploratory casting '' for the series had begun, with the process expected to `` ramp up '' once the series received an official pilot pickup. The next month, Blair Redford was cast as a mutant leader ; Jamie Chung was cast as popular mutant Clarice Fong / Blink ; Stephen Moyer was cast as Reed Strucker, a father and the series ' lead ; and Sean Teale was cast as Marcos Diaz / Eclipse, a mutant created for the series. In March, Natalie Alyn Lind joined as Lauren Strucker, one of the series ' central children. She was followed by Amy Acker as Caitlin Strucker, a mother and the series ' female lead ; Emma Dumont as mutant Lorna Dane / Polaris ; Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker, another of the central children ; and Coby Bell as the morally ambiguous Jace Turner. Acker auditioned alongside the already - cast Moyer ; the pair did not meet the actors playing their children, Lind and White, until the table read of the pilot episode. With the series order in May, Redford 's character was revealed to be John Proudstar / Thunderbird. Elena Satine was revealed in August 2017 to have been cast in the series as Dreamer, a mutant who can `` add or subtract '' others ' memories, to first appear in the second episode. In September 2017, Garret Dillahunt joined the series in the `` key recurring role '' of Roderick Campbell, and Skyler Samuels was revealed to have joined the series as Esme in November, soon said to be another `` key recurring role '' for the series. Also recurring throughout the series are Hayley Lovitt and Jermaine Rivers as the mutants Sage and Shatter, respectively ; and Joe Nemmers as Ed Weeks, a Sentinel Services agent. Filming Singer, the director of several of the X-Men films, decided to direct the series ' pilot episode himself after a change in schedule for a film he was directing. He stressed that `` tonally and visually it will be very, very different '' from the films, and said that there will be `` some stuff go down, visually, but at it 's heart it is a story about a family ''. Singer began prepping for production on January 27, 2017. Filming for the pilot, under the working title Heaven, began on March 13, 2017, in Dallas, Texas, and was completed by April 11. Some reshoots for the pilot had also been carried out by the end of that month. In May 2017, the Dallas Film Commission announced that the rest of The Gifted 's episodes would not be filmed in the city. The series ' production had put off the decision as long as they could, waiting for a decision on tax rebates in the state to be made by the Texas Legislature, but ultimately ran out of time and chose to film the rest of the series elsewhere. At the start of July, filming was revealed to be resuming in Atlanta, Georgia, beginning July 17. On filming in the state, Dumont stated, `` We love filming in Georgia, because it was such a big part of the civil rights movement in the United States. '' Because of this move, the series ' setting was changed from Dallas to Atlanta ( with the pilot episode retroactively changed to match this ). Filming in Atlanta takes place at Atlanta Metro Studios, on a filming schedule of eight or nine days per episode, though more time was allocated to the filming of the second episode, which Nix felt was a `` bigger '' episode than the others. Music It was revealed in October 2017, ahead of the series premiere, that John Ottman and David Buckley were composing the score for the show ; Ottman previously scored several of the X-Men films for Singer, and he collaborated with Buckley on the score for the film The Nice Guys. Shared universe connections `` There are things from the movies that we would regard as canonical. It 's just that we 're not saying, ' This happens before this movie, and that happens after this movie. We 're setting up this thing that 's going to happen in this movie, and paying off another thing from another movie. '... It would n't be satisfying if we tried ( that ), because not even the movies are related that way anymore. '' -- Showrunner Matt Nix on connections to the X-Men films Donner explained in January 2017 that, unlike the previous X-Men television series Legion, this series `` is much more a part of just the world in terms of there are mutants, mutants are hated... you feel like you 're here in the X-Men world ''. Despite this, the `` cinematic universe will not worry about... these TV worlds at all. ( The films ) will just continue in the way that they have been continuing ''. Nix added that the X-Men films `` do n't all line up perfectly. So it 's not like I 'm slavishly fitting myself into a particular slot ( but ) if you like that world and the world of the movies, there are definite nods to it, it definitely exists in the same general universe ''. Nix wanted the connection to be more general than that between Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, saying `` I think ( that ) is cool but ( S.H.I.E.L.D. ) already did that. '' He noted that the premise of the series is something that `` established mutants are going to have something to say about '', but `` it 's sort of designed to side - step questions like ' Where is Wolverine ? '... I did n't want to do anything like ' Wolverine is just offscreen ! '... those questions are answered without needing to name a lot of names or spend time dwelling on that issue ''. Also, `` there are a certain amount of those ( existing ) characters I can use, and I 'm using some of those, but others I 'm inventing ''. One group of existing characters that do feature in the series are Sentinels, mutant - hunting robots that have appeared in several of the films, though Donner noted their appearance in the series is `` very different from what we 've seen before. '' Moyer stated in June 2017 that The Gifted would be set between Legion, in which mutants `` are still largely not understood '', and Logan, which sees the title character as one of the last mutants. He added, `` we definitely slot into a timeline, but as of yet, we 're not allied. I think they have given themselves a lot of leeway in order to be able to go places, but we 've enough story within our universe to propel us forward without having to do that. '' The next month, Nix noted that the film X-Men : Days of Future Past established multiple, different timelines or `` streams '' in the X-Men universe, and that the series would take advantage of those to avoid the films and comics and instead do `` our own thing ''. He explained that in the series ' `` stream '', the X-Men have disappeared, soon adding that the series would not be `` driving '' the movies or vice versa ``. Loeb compared the series ' relationship to the films to the way multiple Marvel comics can tell separate X-Men stories at once, with a `` main '' storyline co-existing with several others. Release Broadcast The Gifted began airing on Fox on October 2, 2017, and is set to run for 13 episodes, concluding with a 2 - hour season finale on January 15, 2018. CTV acquired the broadcast rights for Canada. The series launched in more than 183 countries on Fox, following its U.S. debut, using a `` day - and - date launch '' format. Marketing With the official series order, Fox released a brief teaser for the series which / Film 's Jacob Hall described as `` bland '', particularly `` arriving in the wake of Logan, Deadpool, and FX 's Legion, each of which proved that there 's plenty of gas in the tank for Mutantkind, provided that everyone involved is willing to really shake things up and go for broke. '' This was followed a week later by a full length trailer for Fox 's May 2017 Upfront presentation, which Hoai - Tran Bui, also of / Film, said `` looks like a Singer take on Heroes. '' Bui added, `` The Gifted is a bit more by - the - numbers ( than Legion ), airing on a primetime network, spearheaded by X-Men movie director Singer, and clearly connected to the movie universe... Whether that connection helps or hinders the series is yet to be seen -- as is Singer 's involvement, whose X-Men films become increasingly nonsensical and... bad. '' The trailer had been viewed over 31 million times within a day of its release, including over 11 million views on YouTube. This was compared to the performance of the first trailer for This Is Us the year before, which went on to be a critical and commercial success. Also for Fox 's Upfront, `` government agents '' from the series ' Sentinel Services agency were running a mobile `` Mutant Testing Center '' in New York City on May 15, offering genetic tests to see if participants have the `` mutant gene ''. The test results `` about who they are and where they came from '' would be mailed to the participants in about a month. Footage from the pilot was screened at a 2017 San Diego Comic - Con panel featuring cast and crew members, and the beginning of the second episode was debuted at a similar panel for the show at New York Comic Con later that year. Reception Ratings No. Title Air date Rating / share ( 18 -- 49 ) Viewers ( millions ) DVR ( 18 -- 49 ) DVR viewers ( millions ) Total ( 18 -- 49 ) Total viewers ( millions ) `` eXposed '' October 2, 2017 1.5 / 5 4.90 1.3 3.61 2.8 8.49 `` rX '' October 9, 2017 1.2 / 4 3.79 3.04 2.4 6.83 `` eXodus '' October 16, 2017 1.1 / 4 3.46 1.0 2.86 2.1 6.31 `` eXit strategy '' October 23, 2017 1.0 / 3 3.36 2.84 2.1 6.20 5 `` boXed in '' October 30, 2017 1.1 / 3 3.43 0.9 2.53 2.0 5.95 6 `` got your siX '' November 6, 2017 1.0 / 4 3.17 0.9 2.50 1.9 5.67 7 `` eXtreme measures '' November 13, 2017 1.0 / 3 3.00 0.9 2.42 1.9 5.42 8 `` threat of eXtinction '' November 20, 2017 0.9 / 3 2.90 0.9 2.26 1.8 5.16 9 `` outfoX '' December 4, 2017 0.8 / 3 2.81 TBD TBD TBD TBD 10 `` eXploited '' December 11, 2017 0.8 / 3 2.78 TBD TBD TBD TBD Critical response The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 73 % approval rating, with an average rating of 6.91 / 10 based on 44 reviews. The website 's consensus states, `` The Gifted 's first season lays a solid foundation for an involving superhero drama that powers past the origin - story doldrums by focusing on grounded, topical stories over mindless action and special effects. '' Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 63 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating `` generally favorable reviews ''. Giving his first impression of the series ' pilot for TVLine, Matt Webb Mitovich praised the `` instantly engaging premise '' and visual effects. He felt the entire cast was `` solid '', which he called `` no easy feat with an ensemble this size '', and also highlighted the clear establishment of the characters ' relationships. He concluded by noting that the series would be facing tough opposition in terms of ratings, but that there was a chance for the show to be more successful than Gotham ( which it replaced in Fox 's airing schedule ). Also reviewing the first episode, Dominic Patten of Deadline.com praised the series as being superior to Marvel 's Inhumans, and particularly noted its high stakes and timely themes. He did feel that there were elements in the episode that were derivative of Heroes, but ultimately summed up the episode as `` quite good ''. Daniel Fienberg from The Hollywood Reporter wrote, `` The Gifted gets points for including X-Men characters with some name recognition and for acknowledging its place within the bigger franchise. That, however, raises expectations, too, as does Singer 's adroit work with a budget that no subsequent director is likely to have. Three or four effects - driven set pieces... balance out the soapy family moments. I have very little confidence that The Gifted will be able to achieve that balance in subsequent episodes, but I 'll definitely be watching to find out ''. Joshua Yehl of IGN felt the pilot `` delivers everything you 'd expect from a show based in the world of the X-Men... It may not be as thought - provoking as Legion, but it does n't try to be. '' Yehl thought the best element of the series was how it `` sets up a ' normal ' family where the father makes a living off of sending mutants to jail and the son casually tosses out a mutant slur at the dinner table, and then forces those same people to rely on mutants to survive ''. Comparison to nazism Discussing the series, Drew Koch of Bustle.com noted that it explored themes such as the persecution of minority groups, sacrificing freedom for safety, and criticizing `` big government ''. He highlighted the antagonistic agency Sentinel Services, feeling that giving it the initials `` SS '' was a reference to the Schutzstaffel, a paramilitary division of Nazi Germany. 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Question: when does episode 3 of the gifted air
Answer: October 16, 2017