# Hunters (2016 TV series)

Hunters is an American drama television series that aired on Syfy, created by Natalie Chaidez and executive produced by Chaidez, Emile Levisetti and Gale Anne Hurd. Based on Whitley Strieber's best-selling novel Alien Hunter, the series premiered on April 11, 2016. It was originally going to air at 10/9c on Monday nights before the final six episodes were abruptly pushed back two hours in the schedule to Tuesdays at midnight due to the series' poor performance in the previous slot.
Syfy announced Hunters' cancellation on July 8, 2016.

## Premise

Hunters centers around the disappearance of a decorated Philadelphia cop's wife when he discovers an organization that hunts down alien terrorists.

## Production

Developed in 2013, Hunters was ordered by Syfy in September 2014 with a straight 13-episode pick up. At the time there were no casting announcements. Production began in Melbourne, Australia. Each episode takes its title from a different song by the British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

## Cast

* Nathan Phillips as Flynn Carroll
* Britne Oldford as Allison Regan
* Mark Coles Smith as Dylan Briggs
* Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Truss Jackson
* Laura Gordon as Abby Carroll
* Shannon Berry as Emme Dawson
* Gareth Davies as Jules Callaway
* Sarah Peirse as Finnerman
* Edwina Wren as Michelle James
* Julian McMahon as Lionel McCarthy
* Alex Menglet as Havi
* Gareth Yuen as Jeff
* Craig Hall as Ted Regan

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Teleplay by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "The Beginning & the End" | Ernest R. Dickerson & Emile Levisetti | Natalie Chaidez | April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11) | 0.54 |
| 2 | "Messages" | Glendyn Ivin | Ron Milbauer & Terri Hughes Burton | April 18, 2016 (2016-04-18) | 0.43 |
| 3 | "Maid of Orleans" | Rowan Woods | Natalie Chaidez | April 25, 2016 (2016-04-25) | 0.40 |
| 4 | "Love and Violence" | Daina Reid | Richard E. Robbins | May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02) | 0.32 |
| 5 | "Her Body in My Soul" | Glendyn Ivin | Sean Tretta | May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09) | 0.37 |
| 6 | "Bunker Soldier" | Daina Reed | Bret VandenBos & Brandon Willer | May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16) | 0.29 |
| 7 | "Kissing the Machine" | Rowan Woods | Natalie Chaidez & Devin Hughes | May 23, 2016 (2016-05-23) | 0.26 |
| 8 | "The More I See You" | Mat King | Tony Elliot | May 30, 2016 (2016-05-30) | 0.17 |
| 9 | "Promise" | Daniel Nettheim | Ron Milbauer & Terri Hughes Burton | June 6, 2016 (2016-06-06) | 0.25 |
| 10 | "Our System" | Mat King | Sean Tretta | June 13, 2016 (2016-06-13) | 0.29 |
| 11 | "Telegraph" | Kriv Stenders | Bret VandenBos & Brandon Willer | June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20) | 0.27 |
| 12 | "Pretending to See the Future" | Kriv Stenders | Tony Elliott | June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27) | 0.21 |
| 13 | "New Holy Ground" | Emile Levisetti | Natalie Chaidez & Devin Hughes | July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) | 0.31 |

## Reception

The series has been panned by many critics. Brian Lowry from Variety called the pilot "utterly generic, conceptually cynical and instantly forgettable." Boston Herald's Mark Perigard criticized the overacting from the cast and felt that the series seems like torture porn.
Hunters sits with a 0% by critics and a 55% by audiences on Rotten Tomatoes in addition to a score of 34 from 12 critics over on Metacritic.