RISE and REVOLT (Written Series)

RISE and REVOLT is a post-apocalyptic, zombie-horror written series created by Zachary Serra, produced and published by Pacer1, and released onto the Pacer1 website, Wattpad and StoryFire. The series is a spin-off of the original series Rise, and debuted on October 24, 2021, with its first season having run for nine episodes.
The series follows Lou Jack, a rudderless high school senior from Los Angeles at the start of the apocalypse as he and his high school friends are forced to overcome the initial days of the zombie outbreak that sweeps through society first featured in the parent series, Rise. Suddenly finding themselves in a high school overrun with zombies and no help seemingly able to make it to them, the students are forced to make due with their surroundings in the name of surviving the initial days of the outbreak. As a more ensemble cast of characters throughout the first two seasons, Lou Jack becomes the definitive protagonist beginning with the third season of the series.
As a spin-off of the original, the series had been created upon the announcement of Serra's intentions to depart from UZ Media, an ongoing legal battle over the ownership of Rise forcing Serra to begin production of additional series in the event he lost rights to the series in court. On December 4, 2020, the Pacer1 Instagram account announced the release of four upcoming series, with RISE and REVOLT being one.
On December 7, 2021; RISE and REVOLT was officially renewed for a second season, which debuted on September 11, 2022. On November 11, 2022- with three episodes left in the series' second season- Pacer1 renewed RISE and REVOLT for a third season, which premiered on May 27, 2023 and ended on August 12, 2023. On December 28, 2023, Pacer1 renewed the series for a fourth season, slated to premiere on October 6, 2024- returning to its early winter release slot that it had been rescheduled from in season three. 
== Characters ==
Lou Jack - (Season 1-present) A directionless high school senior, Lou Jack begins serving as the series' protagonist halfway through its first season. Having not planned to attend college out of high school and instead enter the workforce with minimal long-term planning, Lou's refusal to prepare for life after school comes in handy when the apocalypse begins, rendering all of those plans null and void. Having originally planned to take "whatever life put in his lap", Lou's peers view him as the leader of their group due to his willingness to adapt to his surroundings easier than they were able to. Suffering a deep wound in his left arm near the end of the series' first season, Lou's injury becomes infected and is hurriedly amputated during the series' second season. This, in addition to selecting a rebar pipe as his weapon of choice during fights in the series' second season and escaping conflicts by covering himself in the filth of the undead by a process he refers to as a "gorecoat", has led to the character being one of the most easily recognisable in the Rise-related universe. At the end of the second season, Lou is separated from his initial school-based group from Los Angeles and washes ashore alone on a beach in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Ally Resmin - (Season 1-present) Lou's girlfriend at the start of the series' first season, Ally is an adapt survivor of the apocalypse. Proving herself reliable in the face of high tensions, Ally goes out of her way to protect the people she cares for. During the series' second season, Ally begins a friendship with the captain of the S.S Euronam, which eventually leads to her being attacked by the ship's crew and nearly left for dead. With the help of Lou, Ally escapes the Euronam as it begins sinking, but is split off from Lou. At the end of the second season, it is unknown what Ally's fate is.
Wyatt Lachman - (Season 1) The boyfriend of Jennifer "Jenny" DePhant, Wyatt is a main character in the first few episodes of the series' first season. Being depicted as a boyfriend with poor loyalty, Wyatt briefly takes over leadership of the school-based group when Lou is presumed dead by his peers. After a brief fling with Halston whilst trapped in the building's bell tower, Wyatt falls to his death whilst sacrificing himself to get Halston back to safety. Later on, Wyatt is killed by Jenn after he reanimates, where Jenn learns about his affair with Halston.
Halston Walsh - (Season 1-Season 3) A student younger than her peers, Halston is spared from the initial outbreak with the rest of the class before finding herself tasked with helping secure the building to be lived in. In the first season, she has a fling with Wyatt whilst trapped in the school's bell tower once the undead have swarmed the building, despite Wyatt already being in a relationship with Jenn. Though Wyatt sacrifices himself to save Halston, their affair is eventually discovered by Jenn, who appears to be unbothered by the brief relationship. Eventually, Halston and Jenn strike up a relationship with each other, which prevails into the second season of the series. Though taking a lesser role in the series' second season, Halston remains in a relationship with Jenn, and eventually helps uncover the truth about the intentions of the crew aboard the S.S Euronam. Near the end of the season, Halston is forced to leave Ally for dead when the ship begins sinking, though Ally eventually makes it out alive. Halston's fate at the end of the second season is left unknown, as her group is split away from Lou just before the Euronam sinks off the coast of Vancouver Island. When reuniting with Jenn in the finale of the third season, Lou discovers that Halston had been killed in the time that they had been separated. Trapped inside of a building without any ability to escape, Halston surrenders herself to an incoming horde after dying out a torch to spare Jenn from witnessing her death, being torn apart and devoured by the undead mob that had closed in on her. Halston's reanimated body is put down by Jenn after a brief fight alongside Lou and his new, Canadian friends voluntarily, as her reanimated corpse refuses to bite Jenn and, instead, lifts her chin to allow the woman to shoot her without a scuffle. Her death not only ends the season, but begins an arc in the series where the intelligence and remaining humanity of the undead is called into question by survivors.
Jennifer "Jenn" DePhant - (Season 1-present) Wyatt's girlfriend, Jenn proves to be a level-headed survivor and someone Lou's puts great trust in earlier during the first season. After discovering Wyatt had an affair with Halston during an overrun of the undead within the school, Jenn dismisses the relationship and takes little interest in it. Eventually, Jenn strikes up a relationship with Halston, which prevails into the second season of the series. During the escape of the school at the end of the first season, she helps Lou escape, and assists in preventing him from entering shock from a deep wound he sustains in the efforts. Into the second season and whilst he is of the assumption that he is going to die, Lou pleads with Jenn to take over as the group's leader in the event that he perishes along their journey. Though separated for a short amount of time on the S.S Euronam, Lou's seclusion from his group leaves Jenn in charge of their decision making throughout the halfway point of the series' second season. Eventually, Jenn finds Lou and uncovers the motivations of the ship's crew before concocting a plan to take the ship down. At the end of the second season, Jenn is left in charge of the group again once they are split off from Lou for the first time since escaping Los Angeles. Though Lou washes up on the shoreline of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada at the end of the second season, the fate of Jenn and the group she disembarked the Euronam with is unknown until the third season's finale. Losing Halston to the horde that had caught up with them, Jenn had eventually lost the group as they departed Vancouver Island for the mainland, leaving herself behind.
Terry York - (Season 1-present) Terry is a survivor of the RISE and REVOLT outbreak, a classmate of Lou, and one of the few black students in the school. He is the best friend of Julian "Jules" Hersch, and is a respected member of the school-based Los Angeles group. Having been influential in both securing the school and escaping it in the first season, Terry- alongside Jules- come in great help multiple times through helping Lou Jack and Pete "Vinny" Vincenzo during times of peril. In the second season, Terry and Jules' roles are reduced, though they remain main cast members. Instead, they become focal points in helping take down the S.S Euronam, and their fates are unknown at the end of the second season.
Julian "Jules" Hersch - (Season 1-present) Jules is the best friend of Terry and one of the few black students in the Los Angeles-based school. During the initial overrun of the undead throughout the building's halls, Jules prevents one of them from attacking Vinny during an integral moment in the school's securing. In the second season, Terry and Jules' roles are reduced, though they remain main cast members. Instead, they become focal points in helping take down the S.S Euronam, and their fates are unknown at the end of the second season.
Pete "Vinny" Vincenzo - (Season 1) Vinny is an artistic and musically-gifted student in the Los Angeles-based school before the start of the apocalypse. Having anticipated attending Julliard with his girlfriend Margo following their senior year, the outbreak puts an end to those plans. During the series' premiere, Margo is bitten and infected by one of the undead in the school, eventually succumbing to the disease and dying before forcing Vinny to kill her with a fire extinguisher when she eventually reanimates. Struggling to come to terms with the new world, Vinny becomes a prized member of the group and a dependable figure for Lou Jack and others despite having an aversion to the struggle of survival. Frequently seen rehearsing a rendition of "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed, Vinny eventually sacrifices himself at the end of the first season after the dead swarm the school for a second time. Filling the water tank of the school's sprinkler system with gasoline and using a cord to allow the undead to trigger it by walking, Vinny plays his rendition of "Perfect Day" to lure the dead toward his area of the school. The fire that is started through his use of a tiki torch eventually causes the building's structural integrity to buckle, and Vinny seemingly dies when the school's supports give in and the roof crushes him to death.
Theo Kingsfield - (Season 2-present) A real life friend of Lou Jack, Theo makes his first appearance by attempting to rob Lou and his group once they've left the school. Alongside Lee and Elsie, Theo becomes a contributing member to the group when they eventually board the S.S Euronam. Throughout the second season, Theo helps uncover the true motivations of the ship's crew, and plays a vital role in sinking the vessel. Near the finale of the second season, Theo is shot and seemingly killed by Matt Elkhouse before plummeting into the waters of the northern Pacific, where he presumably freezes to death or bleeds out. That is until the third season, when it was revealed that Lee had returned for him after departing the Euronam and taken him into the community they'd built upon Vancouver Island following the vessel's sinking.
Elsie June - (Season 2-present) A member of Theo's group, Elsie is introduced when she and her friends attempt to rob Lou without realising their identity at first. Eventually opting to join forces, Elsie becomes a valued member of the group and befriends a woman named Josie Reuter in the series' second season. Helping in sinking the S.S Euronam, Elsie joins the other characters in having their fates as unknown at the end of the second season once they've been split up from Lou Jack.
Lee Barrett - (Season 2-present) A member of Theo's group, Lee is introduced when he and his friends attempt to rob Lou without realising their identity at first. Eventually opting to join forces, Lee becomes a valued member of the group leading into the series' second season finale. Choosing to split away from his friends and assist the other passengers of the S.S Euronam in escaping before the vessel sinks, Lee's fate is left unknown at the end of the second season alongside the various passengers he'd attempted to lead to safety. In the third season, it is revealed that he had survived and saved Theo, setting up a camp in the forest of Vancouver Island with the survivors following the Euronam's sinking.
== Production ==
Though a specific starting date has not been revealed, the first instances of RISE and REVOLT beginning production date to the spring of 2020, as to have been the start of the series' creation. The announcement for RISE and REVOLT's first season announcement reads, "The undead challenge the youth for control of the future - Nine episodes - A new spin."
Following a successful second season, the series was renewed for a third season by Pacer1 on November 11, 2022- with three episodes still left to premiere in the series' second season.
== Release ==
On December 4, 2020, Pacer1's Instagram account announced that the first season order of RISE and REVOLT would feature nine episodes, running from October 24-December 19, 2021.
The second season of the series premiered on September 11, 2022 and ran until November 27, 2022. Having run for a length of twelve episodes in the series, RISE and REVOLT's second season set the precedent for other Rise-related works to follow in future years. In 2023, both RISE and REVOLT and it's parent series Rise were renewed for seasons containing twelve episodes- continuing on from the release model that the spin-off series had taken the year prior. RISE and REVOLT's third season premiered on May 27, 2023 and finished its run on August 12, 2023.
== Episodes ==
Season	Episodes	First Aired 	Last Aired
1 	9 	October 24, 2021 	December 19, 2021
2 	12 	September 11, 2022	November 27, 2022
3 	12 	May 27, 2023 	August 12, 2023
4 	12 	October 6, 2024 	December 22, 2024
=== Season 1 (2021) ===
Episode Code	Title 	Release Date 	Credited Writers	Publisher(s)	Release Platform(s)
S1, E1 (101)	"Everlasting Life" 	October 24, 2021 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
S1, E2 (102)	"When It's Over" 	October 31, 2021 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
S1, E3 (103)	"Where Futures Die" 	November 7, 2021 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
S1, E4 (104)	"New Reality" 	November 14, 2021	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
S1, E5 (105)	"Lost in Absentia" 	November 21, 2021	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
S1, E6 (106)	"Prison" 	November 28, 2021	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
S1, E7 (107)	"Divine Intervention" 	December 5, 2021 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
S1, E8 (108)	"Looking into a Mirror"	December 12, 2021	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
S1, E9 (109)	"Perfect Day" 	December 19, 2021	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
Wattpad
StoryFire
=== Season 2 (2022) ===
Ep.	Title 	Release Date 	Credited Writers	Publisher(s)	Release Platform(s)
1 	"Congratulations" 	September 11, 2022	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
2 	"Divide and Conquer" 	September 18, 2022	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
3 	"A Brush With New People"	September 25, 2022	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
4 	"S.S. Euronam" 	October 2, 2022 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
5 	"Wide Eyes" 	October 9, 2022 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
6 	"Lockdown" 	October 16, 2022 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
7 	"The Pit" 	October 23, 2022 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
8 	"You're a Star, Lou" 	October 30, 2022 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
9 	"I'm the Captain" 	November 6, 2022 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
10 	"Desperate" 	November 13, 2022 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
11 	"A Way Out" 	November 20, 2022 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
12 	"A New Sun" 	November 27, 2022 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
=== Season 3 (2023) ===
Ep.	Title 	Release Date 	Credited Writers	Publisher(s)	Release Platform(s)
1 	It's Lou 	May 27, 2023 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
2 	Everything's Going to be Okay	June 3, 2023 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
3 	Trying Not to Get Attached 	June 10, 2023 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
4 	Acceptance 	June 17, 2023 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
5 	Old Friend 	June 24, 2023 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
6 	Mercy, Necessity, Choice 	July 1, 2023 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
7 	Move On 	July 8, 2023 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
8 	The Black Trenchcoats 	July 15, 2023 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
9 	Home 	July 22, 2023 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
10 	A House Off the Coast 	July 29, 2023 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
11 	Destinations 	August 5, 2023 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
12 	Making Our Bones 	August 12, 2023	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
=== Season 4 (2024) ===
Ep.	Title 	Release Date 	Credited Writers	Publisher(s)	Release Platform(s)
1 	Call To Vancouver 	October 6, 2024 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
2 	The Enclave 	October 13, 2024 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
3 	Flying the Nest 	October 20, 2024 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
4 	After They Reached Vancouver 	October 27, 2024 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
5 	Blood Will Be Spilled 	November 3, 2024 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
6 	Choice 	November 10, 2024	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
7 	East 	November 17, 2024	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
8 	The Baby Problem 	November 24, 2024	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
9 	Souvenirs 	December 1, 2024 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
10 	Choosing to Live 	December 8, 2024 	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
11 	Right Now 	December 15, 2024	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1
12 	Everything's Still Gonna Be Okay	December 22, 2024	Zachary Serra 	Pacer1 	Pacer1