The Event poster

The Event

★ 7.0 27K votes 2010–2011 1 season · 22 episodes Canceled NBC
Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 8/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Puzzle plotNonlinear timelines, twists and structural games that reward attention.This show: 7/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 7/10
Rate this series
Starring
Jason RitterSarah RoemerIan Anthony DaleZeljko IvanekBlair UnderwoodLaura Innes
Written by
Nick Wauters
Starring
Jason RitterSarah RoemerIan Anthony DaleZeljko IvanekBlair UnderwoodLaura Innes
Written by
Nick Wauters
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0200400600800

The Event Episode Ratings Heatmap

AvgE1E2E3E4E5E6E7E8E9E10E11E12E13E14E15E16E17E18E19E20E21E22
S17.57.37.37.67.47.57.47.37.47.37.47.47.47.37.47.77.37.37.57.57.77.78.0

Download Infographic

The Event episode ratings heatmap infographic

The full episode-rating heatmap as a shareable image.

About

"A conspiracy thriller that ran out of runway"

A man's fiancée vanishes during a cruise, and his search for her spirals into a government conspiracy involving a plane, a secretive detention facility, and people who are not quite human. The show jumps between timelines constantly, doling out puzzle pieces in a Lost-and-FlashForward style thriller. It moves fast and hooks you early with mystery-box momentum, but leans hard on cliffhangers and withheld information rather than deep characterization, and it never got the chance to pay everything off.

Watch it for

the brisk, puzzle-box pacing and constant timeline jumps that keep revealing new pieces.

Maybe skip if

you need a satisfying resolution, since the show was cancelled mid-mystery.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

▼
Season 12010
7.57K2215h 28m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1I Haven't Told You Everything7.3
63843 min
▶2To Keep Us Safe7.3
47344 min
▶3Protect Them from the Truth7.6
42844 min
▶4A Matter of Life and Death7.4
38741 min
▶5Casualties of War7.5
36543 min
▶6Loyalty7.4
35042 min
▶7I Know Who You Are7.3
31843 min
▶8For the Good of Our Country7.4
31643 min
▶9Your World to Take7.3
30542 min
▶10Everything Will Change7.4
30441 min
▶11And Then There Were More7.4
29240 min
▶12Inostranka7.4
28741 min
▶13Turnabout7.3
27141 min
▶14A Message Back7.4
27741 min
▶15Face Off7.7
29643 min
▶16You Bury Other Things Too7.3
28343 min
▶17Cut Off the Head7.3
27642 min
▶18Strain7.5
26842 min
▶19Us or Them7.5
26943 min
▶20One Will Live, One Will Die7.7
27742 min
▶21The Beginning of the End7.7
27241 min
▶22Arrival8.0
34543 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jason Ritter Sean Walker
Sarah Roemer Leila Buchanan
Ian Anthony Dale Simon Lee
Zeljko Ivanek Blake Sterling
Blair Underwood President Elias Martinez
Laura Innes Sophia Maguire
Scott Patterson Michael Buchanan
Taylor Cole Vicky Roberts
Bill Smitrovich Vice President Raymond Jarvis
Lisa Vidal Christina Martinez

Crew

Nick Wauters

Similar Series

Popular picks Shows that people who know this one usually know too. From our AI taste analysis.
Close in taste Nearest neighbors in our taste profile comparison: shared tone, themes and style.