Infamous Unleashed (season 1)

## *Infamous Unleashed*

The ***first season*** of the American cyberpunk-superhero television drama Infamous Unleashed debuted on Netflix on the 1st June 2016. The series was created by Shane LeKurke who also served as an executive producer alongside Maureen Ohora, Angelo Wilson, Jeffery Reynolds and Susan Jackson.

The first season stars Sean Daniels, Mimi Keene, Sean Lawson, Kedar Stirling, Aimee Wood and Gillian Anderson in starring roles, while. Christy Laughlin, Maximillian Gough and Brenda Song appear in recurring roles. The first season of *Infamous Unleashed* received universal acclaim, particularly for its originality, characterization, style, visuals, humour, and acting (particularly that of Daniels, Laughlin, Keene and Anderson).

## Premise

Season Story

Conduits are trying to fit in more but there are people with Agendas trying to prevent it.

* Aiden Arc - Learning to open up to those around him and gain confidence in his power (Eventually becoming a powerful leader and warrior - Series)
* Ellie Arc - Learning to care for those around her rather than being a bitch (Becoming a mother figure to those around her - Series)
* Grant - Learning to be happy living side by side with humans and getting rid of his god complex about being a conduit. (Eventually becomes very protective of those around him)
* Liam - Stop blaming himself
* Shauna - Learning to be more confident (Eventually will kill her mothers killer and will become a temporary villain - Series)
* Sharon - Becomes disillusioned with the government and learns to care for the conduits (Eventually begins to train them to take down the corrupt government from the inside)

## Plot

### A Day in the Life of a Bio-Terrorist

* Aiden, Grant and Ellie are introduced and are shown to not be normal teenagers. While they attend school in the strange world they live in, they are actually conduits, people with powers based on natural resources.
* Show their powers actually mean they are outcasts in society and they are encouraged to hide their powers by their foster parents.
* The three end up in trouble due to their powers and can no longer stay in the home they are in.
* Grant wants them to run away and Ellie wants them to stay, while Aiden is scared of his power and doesn't take either side. Ellie and Grant are at odds over what to do as they both want to do what is right for the family to stay together. Eventually Grant leaves in the middle of the night but is stopped when a young conduit, Celia, stops him from leaving and brings him back.
* Sharon Stone arrives and explains to them she has a new home for them where they will not be prisoners and will be encouraged to explore their powers, the three end up accepting her offer and leave with her for Curden Cay.

### Episode Two

* The three arrive and struggle to settle in for different reasons.
	+ Aiden does not want to get close to anyone out of fear of hurting them with his power, this is later revealed to be because he accidentally killed their mother when he was younger.
	+ Ellie pushes everyone away as she doesn't like anyone due to everyone in her life constantly letting her and her brothers down.
	+ Grant starts off well but due to his big ego, he ends up being widely disliked after causing an accident.
* As time goes on they wonder if they made the wrong decision by coming here and plan to leave, but, they end up finding reasons to stay.
	+ Aiden ends up growing close to Christy, a conduit who can control Neon, who also seems plagued by her past.
	+ Ellie eventually caves and finds herself growing closer to a boy named Liam, who makes it obvious he likes her.
	+ Grant realised he can slow down and be help to others and finds himself enjoying helping advance the studies on conduits, although this is due to his love of attentiom.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Sean Daniels as Aiden Currie
* Mimi Keene as Ellie Currie
* Sean Lawson as Grant Currie
* Kedar Stirling as Liam Watts
* Aimee Wood as Shauna Parker
* Gillian Anderson as Sharon Stone

### Recurring

* Christy Laughlin as Christy Webber
* Maximillian Gough as Maximus Webber
* Brenda Song as Celia Penderghast
* Donald Carpenter as Louis
* Lisa Kormack as Holly