Freedom (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Freedom is a short-lived 2000 American
science fiction
television show on the UPN
network. There were 12 episodes filmed, but only 7 were aired. Some episodes were further aired internationally. Ironically, a roughly similar plot would be seen one year later with the 9/11 attacks.
killing the president of the United States
, the US is taken over by United States
military forces. Four soldiers who do not go along with the takeover work with a wider resistance movement against the military government, in order to restore the Constitution
and freedom to the people.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
television show on the UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
network. There were 12 episodes filmed, but only 7 were aired. Some episodes were further aired internationally. Ironically, a roughly similar plot would be seen one year later with the 9/11 attacks.
Plot
After a plane is flown into the White HouseWhite House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
killing the president of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, the US is taken over by United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
military forces. Four soldiers who do not go along with the takeover work with a wider resistance movement against the military government, in order to restore the Constitution
Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...
and freedom to the people.
Cast
- Holt McCallanyHolt McCallanyHolt McCallany is an Irish American actor, writer, and producer working primarily in film and television.-Early life:...
...Owen Decker - Scarlett ChorvatScarlett ChorvatScarlett Chorvat is a Slovak actress. She came to the U.S. at the age of five.She started playing tennis semi-professionally at the age of 15, but moved on to become a model, and finally an actress. Scarlett is best known as a model, counting numerous covers of magazines, advertising and TV...
...Becca Shaw - Bodhi ElfmanBodhi ElfmanBodhi Elfman , also known as Bodhi Pine Elfman, is an American actor.-Career:Elfman has had film roles in Mercury Rising, Collateral, Godzilla and Armageddon, and smaller parts in The Mod Squad, Keeping the Faith and Gone in 60 Seconds.Elfman starred in the UPN television series Freedom, alongside...
...Londo Pearl - Darius McCraryDarius McCraryDarius Creston McCrary is an American film and television actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Eddie Winslow on the ABC/CBS television sitcom Family Matters...
...James Barrett - Georg Stanford BrownGeorg Stanford BrownGeorg Stanford Brown is an Afro-Cuban-American actor and director, perhaps best known as one of the stars of the ABC police television series The Rookies from 1972–76...
...Walter Young - James MorrisonJames Morrison (actor)James Paige Morrison is an American actor. He was born in Bountiful, Utah, the son of an office manager, and was raised in Anchorage, Alaska.-Biography:...
...Colonel Tim Devon - Françoise YipFrançoise YipFrançoise Fong-Wa Yip is a Canadian actress.Yip was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and was raised in Toronto. Her father is Chinese, and her mother is Québécoise. At an early age Yip began studying both piano and dance, but it was piano that she would excel at...
...Jin - Nigel Johnson...Billy
Episode list
| Alpha Dogs | 10/27/2000 | 226-851 |
| The Chase | 11/3/2000 | 226-852 |
| Assassins | 11/10/2000 | 226-855 |
| Enemy | 11/17/2000 | 226-853 |
| Freezone | 11/24/2000 | 226-854 |
| Siege | 12/1/2000 | 226-856 |
| Lone Wolf | 12/22/2000 | 226-857 |
| Thieves | Not Aired | 226-858 |
| Livewire | Not Aired | 226-860 |
| Mind Game | Not Aired | 226-861 |
| Return | Not Aired | 226-859 |
| Ransom | Not Aired | 226-862 |