Last Resort

Last Resort is an American military drama television series created by Shawn Ryan for ABC and produced by Sony Pictures Television. It debuted on September 27, 2012.

 

The series revolves around the lives of the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine that make a big decision facing a crisis, they choose not to follow orders, thus avoiding a possible third world war.

In the series Captain Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) of the United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, the fictional USS Colorado, gets suspicious when receives an order to launch nuclear missiles at Pakistan, through the backup communications channel. When he decides to ask for confirmation via official channels, he is relieved of command. 

Assuming command Lt. Commander Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman), who also questioned the orders, sees his submarine being fired upon by the USS Illinois, killing crew members of the Colorado.

The submarine and its crew find themselves crippled on the ocean floor, declared rogue enemies of their Own country. Then Chaplin and Kendal take the sub on the run and bring the men and women of the Colorado to an exotic island. The fugitives seek refuge at an outpost NATO, where, with a warning to the U.S. government, declare themselves the smallest nuclear nation in the world.

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American Dad

American Dad is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company.Since its debut on May 1, 2005, the show has broadcast 133 episodes and seven seasons.

American Dad is a series that portrays the life of Stan Smith and his family. The Smith family resides on 43 Cherry Street, in the fictional community of Langley Falls, Virginia in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The town name is a composite of Langley and Great Falls, two unincorporated communities located in Fairfax County.

Stan is a CIA agent weapons expert and a proud father of family. Due to his great patriotism and being a neo-conservative Republican, Stan is always alert in relation to terrorist activities, and sometimes reaches the hype trying to protect his family and his country. His wife Francine is a hardworking housewife, that tries to compensate for her wild past , which appears to us as a woman subservient to her husband that sometimes tries to make Stan to have more respect for her. 

Then appear to us the children, the teenager Hayle Smith 18 and Steve 13. Hayle is a girl super liberal and therefore always at war with her father, Steve, a nerdy, wimpy high schooler who is always trying to be popular with the girls, but never can. He constantly attempts to live up to Stan's expectations but can never really measure up to the high standards in place for him. He "lives" with his friends Snot, Barry , Toshi in the world of computer games. The Smith family is not complete without the two members "adopted" Roger, a sarcastic alien that Stan rescued from Area 51, , Klaus, a goldfish that the CIA implanted the brain of an east german olympic ski jumper.

Seth MacFarlane voices Stan Smith and Roger. Wendy Schaal voices Francine Smith, Stan's wife. Scott Grimes voices Steve Smith, Stan and Francine's son. Rachael MacFarlane voices Hayley Smith, Stan and Francine's daughter. Dee Bradley Baker voices the Smith's man-in-a-fish's-body Klaus Heissler. Jeff Fischer voices Hayley's stoner boyfriend, and later husband, Jeff Fischer. Patrick Stewart voices Stan's CIA boss Deputy Director Avery Bullock

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Family Guy

Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created and produced by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. MacFarlane pitched a seven-minute pilot to Fox on May 15, 1998. The show was given the green light and started production.

The series shows the hilarious and unusual life of Peter Griffin, an Irish-American Catholic with a prominent Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts accent and his special and peculiar family. He is married to Lois, a stay-at-home mother and piano teacher who, as member of the Pewterschmidt family of wealthy socialites, has a distinct New England accent, who seems to be the only normal person in the family and which struggle to maintain balance in the family. 

On the other hand we have the three children, Meg, a teenager who along the series always seems to be forgotten and somewhat hated by her family. We also have Chris, a 13 year old overweighted and unintelligent boy, who is lazy by nature. He has scared to death of a monkey hiding in his closet room. And there is still the little Stewie, a baby with only one year but with a diabolical mind, where his aim is to exterminate his mother and world domination. Stewie appears to us as a talking baby but that only Brian seems to understand. Brian is a talking dog who prefers his martinis to his dog food and that often goes on adventures with the little Stewie.

Besides these, there are also the neighbors and friends of the family Glen Quagmire, a sex-crazed who has the dream of going to bed with lois. Next door lives a couple Bonnie and Joe Swanson, where Joe paraplegic police man, that struggles to catch criminals. Across the street lives Loretta and Cleveland Brown, a couple where Cleveland due to being a peaceful man and always consistent with what others say, is always mentally abused by his wife.

Seth MacFarlane voices three of the show's main characters: Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Stewie Griffin. MacFarlane also provides the voices for various other recurring and one-time-only characters, most prominently those of the Griffins' neighbor Glenn Quagmire, news anchor Tom Tucker, and Lois' father, Carter Pewterschmidt. Alex Borstein voices Peter's wife Lois Griffin, Asian correspondent Tricia Takanawa, Loretta Brown, and Lois' mother, Barbara Pewterschmidt. Seth Green primarily voices Chris Griffin and Neil Goldman. Mila Kunis and Lacey Chabert have both voiced Meg Griffin. Mike Henry voices Cleveland Brown, Herbert, Bruce the Performance Artist, Consuela and the Greased-up Deaf Guy.

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True Blood

True Blood is an American supernatural drama, romance, horror television series created and produced by Alan Ball and broadcast on the premium cable network HBO. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris. It is produced by HBO in association with Ball's production company, Your Face Goes Here Entertainment. It premiered on September 7, 2008.

The series revolves around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a Human-Fairy Hybrid, known as a halfling, who is a waitress at Merlotte's in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, owned by Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell), who is a shapeshifter. Another main character is Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), a handsome 173-year-old vampire who has returned to Bon Temps to take up residence in his former home following the death of his last remaining relative .

Sookie can read people's thoughts and her life changes completely when he meets the vampire Bill, who appears in her workplace two years after vampires prove to the public on national television.

True Blood tells the story of vampires fighting for equal rights accorded to humans because, thanks to the discovery of a synthetic blood called "True Blood," vampires do not need to feed on humans and can live with them. The problem is that there are many who are against this integration, not only humans but also vampires who find themselves superior to the human race.

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Homeland

Homeland is a drama, thriller series developed for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa and based on the Israeli series Hatufim created by Gideon Raff. It premiered on October 2, 2011. The series is broadcast in the United States on the cable channel Showtime, and is produced by Fox 21.

The story presents Carrie Anderson (Claire Danes), a CIA agent who is convinced that the officer Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), recently rescued in Afghanistan, is connected to a plan for a new terrorist attack on the U.S., ten years after September 11. 

This is due to that on a mission in Iraq, Carrie discovers that an American prisoner of war has been converted, and who is now working with Al Qaeda to plan a terrorist attack on the United States. After eight years, the sergeant is found alive and taken to the United States as a national hero who survived the physical and emotional abuse of terrorism. With the information on hand, Carrie connects the dots and concludes that Brody is such the converted prisoner. 

While Brody tries to reintegrate into his old life, Carrie race against the clock to prove that he is a terrorist - however, her attempts are thwarted and who supported it begins to seriously doubt her emotional stability. The CIA however, is on the back foot in relation to the deductions agent due to her last mission in the Middle East have failed.

The cast counts also with Morena Baccarin, David Harewood, Diego Klattenhoff, Jackson Pace, Morgan Saylor, Mandy Patinkin.

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Friends

Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Friends is a series about Ross (David Schwimmer), Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Monica (Courtney Cox), Chandler (Matthew Perry), Joey (Matt LeBlanc) and Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), a group of six friends who strive to excel and advance in competitive city ​​of New York. His intelligent humor and mutual unconditional support make their friendship more and more stronger, thus overcoming all the obstacles that life presents to them.

Monica is the excessively neat and organized "older sister" of the group, and works as a chef while longs to find her ideal love. Ross, Monica's older brother, is a paleontologist with a long passion for Rachel. He has been divorced three times, including one of Rachel. Although Rachel is no longer involved with Ross, the two share the responsibilities to create their newborn daughter, Emma.

Rachel is a beautiful and cheerful girl who runs away from her life of rich girl into a world where she must learn to live and take care of her own needs. Chandler, a data processor that does not care about his work, is Ross school buddy and the guy who always makes jokes and who always gets lost in the words. Phoebe is a lovable and eccentric massage therapist who combines with the hippies of the 60s. 

And Joey, an aspiring actor who most often makes pathetic roles. He is the friend who has an inverse relationship between his good looks and his intelligence

Some famous guests of the series are: George Clooney, Helen Hunt, Brooke Shields, Jean Claude Van-Damme, Tom Selleck, Julia Roberts, Charlie Sheen, Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Charlton Heston, Bruce Willis, Susan Sarandon, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Alec Baldwin and Christina Applegate, among others.

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Lost

Lost is an American television series that was originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost was created by Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof who share story-writing credits for the pilot episode, which Abrams directed.

 

 The plot revolves around a plane crash of the Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 and their survivors. This flight that left Sydney, Australia and was headed to Los Angeles, United States. The survivors ended up on a tropical island harboring with the hope of soon being found by search teams. However, as the difficulties were not enough to live in a wild place, the island presents several mysteries that threaten people, like a large metal hatch buried in the woods, the presence of a creature walking through the jungle and the inhabitants the island, known as "the Others."

Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) wakes up in a forest of bamboos and discovers that the plane he was traveling in crashed on a tropical island. Instantly his medical instincts told him that people were needing help.

The cast consists of Kate (Evangeline Lilly), who, with no medical training, suddenly finds herself suturing the doctor's wounds. Hurley (Jorge Garcia), a man with a warm sense of humor despite the desperate situation, does his best to stay calm and help people around him to survive. Sayid (Naveen Andrews) is a man who will have to fight against racial prejudice shown by some of his fellow survivors.

Sawyer (Josh Holloway) has an air of danger surrounding him, and his intense sense of mistrust for everyone around him could prove to be fatal to his fellow castaways. Locke (Terry O'Quinn) is a mysterious and withdrawn man who keeps a deeper connection to the island. And then there's the young Claire (Emilie de Ravin), a woman who is eight months pregnant and who is not prepared for the difficulties of motherhood.

The rest of the crew consists on Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) and Sun (Yunjin Kim) are a Korean couple. Michael (Harold Perrineau) has just gained custody of his 9 year old son, Walt (Malcolm David Kelley). The selfish Shannon (Maggie Grace), and her remote controller brother Boone (Ian Somerhalder). And also Charlie (Dominic Monaghan), a decadent rock star who harbors a painful secret.

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