Xenozoic

Xenozoic is a 2016 Post Apocalyptic Television Series by 20th Century Fox Television and based on the comic book "Xenozoic Tales" by Mark Schultz. It is also a sequel to the original comic set 20 years after the final issue, it features Jack and Hannah's son Josh as he struggles to uphold the Machinatio Vitai (The Machinery of Life).
Its first season consisting of fifteen episodes debuted on Fox on March 15, 2016 and finished on June 21, on July 16, 2016 it was renewed for a second season. 
== Plot ==
In the storyline, the Earth has been ravaged by pollution and natural disasters of all sorts. To escape this, humanity built vast underground cities in which they lived for approximately 600 years. Upon emerging, the humans found that the world had been reclaimed by previously extinct lifeforms (most spectacularly, dinosaurs). In the new 'Xenozoic' era, technology is extremely limited and those with mechanical skills command a great deal of respect and influence.
The main characters include Jack Tenrec, his wife Hannah, their son Josh and Josh's love interest Sayla who is a member of the stone age style Wenja tribe. Josh is a mechanic who restores vintage cars like his father and like him upholds the Machinatio Vitai, however not as extreme. 
Other characters include various criminals, politicians, scientists, marauders, and poachers who populate the dystopian world of tomorrow. There is also a race of reptilian humanoids called the Grith who cannot speak in a human language but instead communicate by spelling words with Scrabble tiles. These creatures have befriended the Tenrec family, and apparently have the ability to communicate telepathically with the dinosaurs. 
== Cast and Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* Landon Liboiron as Josh Tenrec - The 17 year old son of Jack Tenrec and Hannah Dundee and like his father a mechanic and the main protagonist. Like his father he likes to restore vintage cars, unlike his father he isn't as extreme in maintaining the Machinatio Vitai. 
* Ivana Baquero as Sayla - A beautiful 17 year old girl who is Josh's love interest and a member of the Stone age style Wenja tribe and the second main protagonist. She and her tribe first moved to the lands near the City in the Sea, 
* Leon Thomas III as Tommy Cairo - The son of Mustapha and the best friend of Josh. 
* Jason O'Mara as Jack Tenrec - An old blood mechanic who is the father of Josh and the husband of Hannah Dundee. He operates a garage near the City in the Sea where he restores vintage cars
* Elizabeth Mitchell as Hannah Tenrec - An ambassador to Wasoon who is the wife of Jack Tenrec and the mother of Josh. 
* Giancarlo Esposito as Mustapha Cairo - A mechanic who is the father of Tommy and the best friend of Jack.
* Scarlett Byrne as Governor Allison Terhune - The lead governor of the City in the Sea and the secret main antagonist of the series. At first glace she seems nice to Jack and Hannah, but in truth she despises them and plans to kill them as her father was Jack's old nemesis Hammer Terhunne.
* The Wenja Tribe - A tribe of stone age style nomadic hunter gatherers who are the descendants of humans who remained on the surface during the great cataclysm. They have a deep respect for the land around them and its creatures, the most important member of their tribe is the Beast Master, an individual who has a special connection to the animals. 
** TBA as Takkar - Sayla's father and the Chieftain of the Wenja tribe. He moved his tribe near the sea due to their old home being destroyed by a volcanic eruption
** Tom Rhys Harries as Karoosh - 
** TBA as Tensay - The shaman of the Wenja tribe 
** Carrie Fisher as Jayma - 
** Stephen Lang as Henry Tenrec - Jack's long lost father who disappeared when he was a teenager. He was presumed dead 
=== Recurring Characters ===
* Council of Governors - The ruling council of the City in the Sea. 
** Margot Robbie as Governor Dahlgren - A woman who is the voice of reason to the governors. Her governing styles are said to have been heavily influenced by Jack. Dahlgren also has a bad habit of flirting with any man.
** Seth Gillian as Governor Toulouse - Toulouse is the public relations man of the governors. His concerns all lie on the morale and attitude of the public regarding potential problems. Even though Toulouse means well, he is not used to the outdoor lifestyles of Jack and Josh Tenrec. 
* The Grith - A race of mysterious humanoid lizards who live in underground caverns they cannot speak, however they can communicate in either scrabble titles or hand gestures. They are evolved from an unknown species of dinosaur and had lived in secrecy for millions of years, after the great cataclysm they came out of hiding to become stories among the surviving humans with only a handful of them ever coming into contact with them. They also apparently have the ability to communicate telepathically with the dinosaurs.
** David Tennant as Hobbs - A Grith shaman who is a friend to the Tenrecs. He is able to communicate with Jack with telepathy which makes him Jacks translator to the Grith. 
* Pirates - A group of bandits who stalk the coast from the City in the Sea to Wasoon. 
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== Prehistoric Animals Featured ==
In the Xenozoic universe the humans have developed their own names for prehistoric creatures. Below are names used in the show and the real life creatures they refer to, for example the name Slither is used as a generic term for any dinosaur or prehistoric reptile.
* Cutter - Allosaurus. A mid-sized carnivore, relatively common. Hermes, Jack's half tame dinosaur, is a juvenile.
* Cave Bear - Same name. Large and mostly peaceful bear, dangerous if threatened.
* Harvestman / Cogspider - Giant opilione. Lives deep underground in huge colonies. If exposed to pressure at sea level, it will slowly die.
* Hornbill - Parasaurolophus. A peaceful and gentle animal, travels in herds.
* Horses - Same name. One of the few modern animals still existing in the Xenozoic Era, they are used as mounts by many of the surviving humans.
* Leviathan - Livyatan mevillei. A large and mostly peaceful whale, dangerous only if threatened. A large albino and dangerous specimen sank ships and terrorized sailors.
* Mack - A general term for ceratopsians, generally used for Triceratops, Styracosaurus or Pachyrhinosaurus. Easily startled herd animal.
* Mammoth / Big Woolly / Tusker - Woolly Mammoth. Ill-tempered elephants. Hannah tried to catch one, and in a rage it followed them back to Jack's garage, before being killed in a run-in with a mack herd.
* Packer - Glyptodon. A medium sized shelled mammal. They are peaceful and gentle beasts who are easy to domesticate. The Wenja use several to them as pack animals.
* Sambuck - Apatosaurus. Large sauropod, lives in herds and startles easily.
* Sailback - A general term used for sailed synapsids such as Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus. The carnivorous sailback has the bite of a komodo dragon
* Shark - Cretoxyrhina. A species of shark that are mostly found in the waters surrounding the City in the Sea.
* Shivat - Tyrannosaurus Rex. The largest carnivore in the world, sticks to the higher regions. Mates for life. A mutated specimen possessed chameleonic abilities and an ultra tough hide. Genitals are highly prized on the black market.
* Shrike - Deinonychus. Small pack animal.
* Slasher - Acceraptor. A (fictitious) species of theropod that has colorful feathers, and a whip-like bladed tail capable of cutting a man in half. Members of the species are usually dormant during the day, but are vicious pack hunters at night.
* Terror Bird - Titanis. A large flightless predatory bird. They are extremely dangerous.
* Thresher - Mosasaur. Large sea hunter, possesses sonar.
* Triton - Trilobite. An early arthropod, in real life they were usually 3–6 cm long, but in the comic they can grow as long as 2 metres.
* Wahochuck - Stegosaurus. A fairly common animal.
* Zeke - Pteranodon. Scavenger which is sensitive to underwater predators. A flock was drawn to the city to warn of attacks on fishing boats by Threshers.
== Locations ==
Xenozoic is set in the East Coast of the United States in the 28th Century. 
* The City in the Sea - The flooded remains of New York City in the 28th Century. It is where the Council of Governors live and where Hannah's delegation from Wasoon landed. The City in the Sea consists of a dozen tall buildings that stick out of the waters along with a few walkways.
** Jack's Garage - A large building located near the City in the Sea and is the home of Jack, Hannah and their son Josh. It is where Jack and Josh restore old vintage cars like 1950's Cadillac's.
** The Vaults - An underground trove located under the City in the Sea. It contains old, books and technology from before the cataclysm, it is where Jack got most of his cars from. It is worked by a group of people known as the Moles. 
** Governors Chamber - The meeting chambers where the Council of Governors meet. 
* The Interior - The lands located outside of the City in the Sea. It is mainly fertile land with several small farms and settlements, however they often at the mercy of the elements, packs of carnivorous dinosaurs, and bands of marauders. The Interior is wedged between the great glaciers to the north, the great Carboniferous swamp to the south and the great desert to the west.
** Calhoon Mines - A copper mine located two days west from the City in the Sea. It is where copper is mined to supply the City in the Sea, 
** The Great Carboniferous Swamp - A vast swamp located four days south of the City in the Sea. As its name implies it a large swamp inhabited by mostly sambucks and hornbills, 
** Mack Plains - A large grassland located just outside the City in the Sea. As it's name implies, it is where herds of macks graze. 
** Inland Sea (Mentioned Only) - A large shallow sea located four days west of the City in the Sea. It is mentioned several times but never shown. 
** Bone Town - A settlement located three days north of the City in the Sea. 
* Wasoon - The remains of Washington DC in the 28th century, It's the people the Wasoon are a tribe of scholars, however their knowledge of life before the great cataclysm is quite inaccurate as it was passed down from mouth to mouth. 
** The Great Salt Marsh - A vast salt marsh located just outside of Wasoon. 
== List of Episodes ==
=== Season 1 ===
# Genesis part. 1 - 20 years after defeating 
# Genesis part. 2 - 
=== Season 2 ===
# Moby Dick part. 1 -
# Moby Dick part. 2 - 
=== Season 3 ===
#Category:Dinosaurs
== Trivia ==
* The show features several cast and crew members from Fox's Terra Nova.
* The (fictitious) theropod dinosaur from Terra Nova, Acceraptor or Slasher was reused for the series.
* The Wenja and the characters Takkar, Koorsh, Tensay and Jayma were taken from Far Cry Primal.
* This was one of the last acting roles for Carrie Fisher before her death on December 27, 2016.
Category:Science Fiction
Category:Romance
Category:Comedy-Drama
Category:Action/Adventure
Category:Post Apocalyptic