RISE and REVOLT (Season 1)

The first season of RISE and REVOLT, a post-apocalyptic, zombie-horror web serial produced by Pacer1 and written by Zachary Serra, premiered on October 24, 2021 and concluded on December 19, 2021, consisting on nine episodes. The series is a spinoff of Rise, and is the first extension in the original series' extended universe. It was the predecessor to the series' second season.
The season takes place entirely in Los Angeles, California, USA, and features students of an unnamed private school during and immediately after the fall of society as an effect of an originally-covered up infection responsible for killing members of the living and bringing them back as zombies. Though an ensemble cast series, RISE and REVOLT prominently features young adult Lou Jack as the series' protagonist, though places a prominent light on other members of the series throughout the season. Ally Resmin, a fellow high school senior, is in a relationship with Lou Jack. Jennifer "Jenn" DePhant and Wyatt Lachman are students of the same grade level and are in a relationship, though Wyatt is not depicted as a faithful partner. Margaret "Margo" Fink and Peter "Vinny" Vincenzo, musically gifted seniors and also in a relationship planning to attend Julliard after high school, best friends Terry York and Julian "Jules" Hersch that feature prominently as being slightly overlooked by their peers partially being due to being African American, and Halston Walsh, a similarly-aged and lower-grade level student with little backstory and less connection with the main cast than all other series regulars.
The season received praise for differing from the story of the original series, though received criticism for lazy writing in the latter episodes of the season. The season was also praised, however, for its unpredictability in the story and the addition of characters with well-explored stories despite little onscreen time.
== Cast ==
=== Main Cast ===
* Lou Jack: An intelligent and directionless high school senior with no plan for college and plans to adapt to the world as a member of the workforce. Hesitant to make plans about the future and becomes the group's de facto leader after they're cut off from the outside world due to the ease at which he adapts to directing the students. He is also deeply flawed emotionally, and regularly suffers from nightmares and blackouts that leave him seemingly incapable of rational thought.
* Ally Resmin: A bright girl with good grades that also dates Lou. Her parents disagree with her relationship to Lou due to his lack of approach toward the future. She is cunning and smart, but is also capable of being aggressive when pushed into moments of emotional peril. She is deeply understanding and a source of comfort for most characters.
* Wyatt Lachman: A well-built student that is friends with the rest of the cast other than Halston, who is also Jenn's boyfriend despite not being a characteristically faithful boyfriend. He takes temporary leadership over the group during the season once Lou is presumed dead, though is eventually corned in the school's clocktower. There, he cheats on Jenn with Halston before the tower is overrun, where he sacrifices himself to spare Halston collapsing with the structure. His reanimated corpse is eventually put down when Jenn goes out to find his body.
* Jennifer "Jenn" DePhant: A sarcastic and humoured student that dates Wyatt despite being aware of his lack of faithfulness. Upon Wyatt's death, she returns to put down his zombified remains and discovers evidence of his sexual encounter with Halston. Despite this, Jenn does not find frustration against Halston, and eventually begins a relationship with her toward the end of the season.
* Terry York: An African American student that is far more defensive about being disagreed with on the basis of race than his best friend, Jules, is. York is a devoted friend and someone that deeply values family, but he takes to the group as such due to the adversity they faced throughout the events of the first season. He becomes an integral piece of what keeps the group united, and is often depended on by Lou.
* Julian "Jules" Hersch: An African American student that is great friends with Terry and recurringly dropkicks enemies away from friends that they threaten to attack. He is a compassionate and reasonable character that looks for the good in his friends.
* Margaret "Margo" Fink: Is a musically gifted student that, along with her boyfriend Vinny, intends to go to Julliard after high school. She is bitten by a zombie in the first episode of the season and succumbs to the infection in the second. Her reanimated corpse is then put down by Vinny with a fire extinguisher.
* Pete "Vinny" Vincenzo: Is a musically gifted student that, along with his girlfriend Margo, intends to go to Julliard after high school. After Margo's death in the second episode of the season, Vinny becomes emotionally hardened and depressed, though he is incredibly dependable in the eyes of characters like Lou and Wyatt. Despite having great trouble adjusting to the new world with no direction despite having the most well-detailed plan for his future originally, Vinny begins taking to being the right hand man to Lou following Wyatt's death until the school is overrun for a second time, where he leads the overrunning horde to a corner of the school that he rigs to light on fire and collapse, killing him in the process, but saving the rest of the group in the season finale.
* Halston Walsh: A similarly-aged but lower-grade level residing student that has the least connection with the core cast than any other character. Her backstory is left without explanation, but she is shown to be in possession of a handgun in the first episode of the season, saving the group as they try to escape the wrath of the first overrunning horde. Walsh is eventually trapped in a clocktower and has intercourse with Wyatt, who cheats on Jenn in the process. Being spared from being taken along with the collapsing clocktower, Halston's undergarments are discovered by Jenn in a way that eludes to their brief fling. Despite not being the subject of Jenn's anger, Halston takes shame in this discovery and apologises, though she eventually begins a relationship with Jenn toward the end of the season.
== Episodes ==
Episode Code	Title 	Release Date 	Credited Writers	Publisher(s)	Release Platform(s)
1 	"Everlasting Life" 	October 24, 2021 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
2 	"When It's Over" 	October 31, 2021 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
3 	"Where Futures Die" 	November 7, 2021 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
4 	"New Reality" 	November 14, 2021	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
5 	"Lost in Absentia" 	November 21, 2021	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
6 	"Prison" 	November 28, 2021	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
7 	"Divine Intervention" 	December 5, 2021 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
8 	"Looking into a Mirror"	December 12, 2021	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
9 	"Perfect Day" 	December 19, 2021	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire