Season 1 (Rebirth)

The **first season** of ABC's *Rebirth* premiered on September 21, 2015 and concluded after eighteen episodes on February 22, 2016. The season aired in the Monday at 10 pm timeslot, airing after *Dancing with the Stars* in the fall and *The Bachelor* in the winter. The season averaged 12.38 million viewers and a 4.6 in the demo, making it the 15th most watched and 6th highest rated series of the 2015–16 television season, as well as the highest-rated new series.

## Plot

In Los Angeles, California, on September 30, 2015, hundreds were gathered in a baseball stadium awaiting a game. However, a gas leak causes a major explosion that kills nearly everyone inside, except fifty-five survivors, all who come out unscathed. One of the survivors, FBI Agent Jenna Sullivan is determined to discover why they survived and teams up with fellow Agent Jack Brown to figure out why. Meanwhile, Jack's teenage son Oliver was among the survivors and bonds with fellow survivor Sarah Hall. Molly Thomas, a ten-year-old whose parents were killed in the explosion, is taken in by Sullivan, who has always wanted a child. Other survivors include Marcus Parker, the son of a famous politician, Vicki Newman, a bored housewife, Isaiah Reynolds, a man on the run from drug dealers, Byron Kane, a security guard, and Kyle Morgan, a man previously blind who regained his sight after surviving the incident.

Jenna tests herself and discovers her blood is different than before. Jack and Lindy begin having marital problems, and he temporarily moves in with Jenna, leading to them sleeping together. Jack and Lindy eventually reconcile. Oliver and Sarah begin dating, and she uses her "rebirth" as a chance to resolve her issues with her father. Jack and Jenna soon learn a survivor, Shannon Carlson, is in deep trouble with the government and track her down, but she evades capture.

When the government's research about the survivors is released, the public becomes weary of them. Kyle's family ostracizes him, and eventually his brother tries to kill him, so he moves in with Marcus, who has his own problems with his family as his father, Senator Frank Morgan is trying to keep the survivors in one place. Byron does his own investigating and confirms they should have died, teaming up with Vicki after her husband kicks her out. The two begin a relationship and are kidnapped by Senator Morgan, along with Isaiah, who was arrested after his drug dealers gave him up.

The survivors all go into seizures at the same time and are unable to wake up, except Shannon, so Jack reluctantly works with her and Molly to find out what happened to them. They are able to extract some of Shannon's blood to use as a cure and wake the survivors up. Senator Morgan is arrested for his illegal operations and Byron, Vicki, and Isaiah are released. Jenna reveals to Jack that she is pregnant with his child, just as Molly has a vision of her parents being engulfed in a white light, along with the rest of the "deceased".

## Cast and characters

* Ben McKenzie as Agent Jack Brown
* Morena Baccarin as Agent Jenna Sullivan
* Aaron Ashmore as Kyle Morgan
* Jamie Bell as Marcus Parker
* Corbin Bleu as Isaiah Reynolds
* Cody Christian as Oliver Brown
* Katie Holmes as Vicki Newman
* Madison Iseman as Sarah Hall
* Minka Kelly as Lindy Brown
* Dafne Keen as Molly Thomas
* Goran Visnjic as Byron Kane
* Eva Longoria as Cassidy Morgan