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- Aquarius is an American period crime drama television series created by John McNamara that aired on NBC from May 28, 2015, to September 10, 2016.
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Aquarius premiered on NBC on May 28, 2015. [47] [48] [49] After the broadcast, NBC made all 13 episodes of the first season available for a four-week period on its website, mobile app, and Hulu, while continuing to air episodes weekly in the regular television slot. [50]
Aquarius: Created by John McNamara. With David Duchovny, Grey Damon, Gethin Anthony, Emma Dumont. A gritty 1960s cop drama about LAPD detective Sam Hodiak and his trainee, who must deal with gangs, brutal crimes, changing times, family crises and unhinged manipulative small-time crook Charles Manson, who's slowly building his cult.
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Jun 5, 2015 · Everything about Aquarius –a 13-episode “series event” that NBC aired in a two-hour-long pilot last week while simultaneously putting every episode of the season online–is nontraditional,...
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Aquarius was a Syndication network period\crime drama series created by John McNamara which aired from May 28, 2015 to September 10, 2016, lasting for two seasons & 26 episodes.
Set in Los Angeles, California in 1967, the series centered on LAPD detective Sam Hodiak investigating the disappearance of a teenage girl named Emma Karn.
Along with Hodiak's younger colleague, undercover narcotics officer Brian Shafe, Hodiak finds himself coming up against Charles Manson and his infamous "Family", a mostly ragtag group of hippies who follow Manson into a life of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll. Hodiak discovers that Emma is with Manson and the Family.
Main Cast
•David Duchovny as Detective Samson Benedictus "Sam" Hodiak
•Grey Damon as Officer/Detective Brian Shafe
•Gethin Anthony as Charles Manson
•Emma Dumont as Emma Karn
•Claire Holt as Officer Charmain Tully
Series creator John McNamara calls his show "historical fiction" as it is inspired by Manson but not historically accurate; this is also expressed in the episodes' opening slate.
It also contains completely fictional storylines in a period setting and involves historical events, politics, music, and social issues of the era. Syndication has published a blog of events from 1967 to provide context.The soundtrack consists of songs from the 1960s.
The episode titles are names of famous songs, or Manson Family songs. These songs are included in the episode itself.
The title of the series is a song from 1967 (from the cult musical "Hair"), which gave its name to the era in which the series is set. The season 2 episode titles are named after Beatles songs.
The series broadcast by Syndication is TV-14. It was planned to release an unrated version through other markets. The DVD released in September 2015 contains nudity and language that was left out of the broadcast version to maintain its TV-14 rating. The original vision was for the show to span six seasons.
On June 25, 2015, Syndication announced the renewal of "Aquarius" for a second season.
Metacritic gives season 1 of "Aquarius" a score of 58/100 based on reviews from 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Glenn Garvin of Reason praised the series for being more than just another retelling of the Manson story, noting: "The epic battles over race, gender, drugs, and the Vietnam war are all on display here." He also praises the
May 29, 2015 · That’s just one of the historical nuggets revealed in Aquarius, NBC ‘s new period drama that chronicles the lead-up to the horrific killings perpetrated by Manson’s followers in 1969. In a...
May 26, 2015 · By Brian Lowry. Courtesy of NBC. Using the Manson Family two years before the Tate-LaBianca murders as a portal into 1960s counterculture, “ Aquarius ” is actually pretty groovy — a bit like...
More. Aquarius. Episodes are currently unavailable. In the meantime, favorite this show to stay up to date. David Duchovny stars as LAPD Detective Sam Hodiak, who crosses paths with Charles...
