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65-777: The two characters appear in The Gifted . Created by Chris Claremont and John Romita Jr. , the von Strucker twins first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #194 (June 1985) in their civilian identity and in Uncanny X-Men #200 (December 1985) as Fenris. Andrea and Andreas are the children of the terrorist organization HYDRA leader Baron Wolfgang von Strucker . While the two were still in their mother's uterus, they were genetically modified, which gave them bio-energy powers which they can use when in physical contact with one another (usually when holding hands). Strucker indoctrinated his children in

130-552: A "save the mutant of the week" formula, and would instead follow the ongoing story of the mutant underground as they both try to save other mutants and fight to protect themselves, though each episode still has a beginning, middle, and end. When approaching mutant abilities in the series, particularly for the Strucker children who are just discovering theirs, Nix wanted to avoid clearly defining exactly what those abilities are immediately since "when your powers manifest, they don't come with

195-484: A Marvel property has been a top priority for the network—and we are so pleased with how Matt Nix has led us into this thrilling universe." The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Marvel Television , with 20th handling the physical production of the series, and Nix executive producing alongside X-Men film series producers Bryan Singer , Lauren Shuler Donner , and Simon Kinberg , and Marvel Television executives Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory. Nix pitched

260-598: A citizen's patrol group in their hometown Sandhaven, Arizona . Several criminals attacked Drake; the attack left him unable to use his legs. After the attack, Jack and Drake discovered that the Serpent Society had infiltrated their hometown and they had attempted to contact the local authorities. They found that law enforcement had been bribed by the Serpent Society. Jack, unhappy with this information, began training in martial arts and weight lifting so that he could fight

325-459: A director and executive producer for the season. That October, Nix said that he had planned "a couple of seasons, in broad strokes", and stated that he wanted "to be doing this show for a long time." Noting a growing trend in shorter, self-contained television seasons, Nix said that he wanted the show to feel more like a traditional, long-running story and so have each season end in a satisfying way that does not feel "close-ended". On January 4, 2018,

390-648: A free man. To protect Andrea while on missions, Andreas skins his arm, giving the flesh to his sister's clone to hold and allowing her to use their shared powers. Andrea accompanies her brother and the Thunderbolts during the battle against the Skrulls and witnesses as Moonstone incapacitates Andreas and attempts to make a deal with the Skrulls. Andrea then attacks Moonstone. While she is preoccupied with Moonstone, Bullseye kills her from behind. Osborn later convinces Andreas that

455-670: A fugitive). He later joins the Guardians as part of 'The Kree Team' during the crossover event War of Kings . He is part of a diplomatic team sent to the Inhumans as the Guardians believe the Inhumans are naively endangering the galaxy with their war. Jack is still an active member of the team in The Thanos Imperative . During the War of Kings storyline, one of many alternate future iterations of

520-442: A label. It's not like somebody pops up and says, 'Hey! You can do this!' When we think about powers on the show, what's the organic relationship between this person as a living, breathing human being, and their power? The idea is that what your power is and what you can do is influenced by who you are as a character." The series explores how it feels for the characters to use their abilities, and shows those abilities evolving along with

585-485: A member under the Thunderbolts' new leadership. Teammate and current field leader Moonstone has approached Andreas with a reassurance. If he helps kill Songbird , Moonstone would be able to make a move to usurp Norman Osborn , the Thunderbolts' mentally fragile director. Thus, two factions seem to be forming amongst the Thunderbolts with Andreas and Moonstone on one side while Songbird and the Radioactive Man stand on

650-513: A message to Adam Warlock, who is in the 21st Century just prior to the T-Bomb's Detonation. The Guardians are suffering symptoms of the broken time-stream. With Peter Quill, via the use of a Ba enslaved Celestial and the telepathic dog Cosmo, Warlock manages to stop the growth of the Fault. The tear remains, opening a door for greater perils: Warlock has become his evil self, The Magus, as a result of his saving

715-426: A mutant created for the series. In March, Natalie Alyn Lind joined as Lauren Strucker, one of the series' central children. She was followed by Amy Acker as Caitlin Strucker, a mother and the series' female lead; Emma Dumont as mutant Lorna Dane / Polaris ; Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker, another of the central children; and Coby Bell as the morally ambiguous Jace Turner. Acker auditioned alongside

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780-504: A painting from Mr. Hyde , who severely beat Jack. While fighting, Hyde's chemicals drenched Jack and he developed superhuman physical abilities. After receiving his new powers, Flag easily defeated Mr. Hyde and retrieved the painting. Before returning the painting to King Cobra, Flag contacted Captain America's hotline and informed them that the Serpent Society was in Sandhaven. Impressed that he

845-530: A resistance against both mutants and the Kree . Both of them end up killed in action. The Ultimate Marvel version of Andrea von Strucker and Andreas von Strucker are androgynous mutant twins who can generate heat blasts and protective force fields when they touch each other that seek mutant supremacy through economic control as German business tycoons. Co-Presidents of the global investment firm Fenris International , they are deeply involved in corporate crime to "end

910-454: A series based on the Hellfire Club , an X-Men comic property, did not move forward at Fox , the network made a put pilot commitment for a different X-Men based series. The new pilot, written by X-Men fan Matt Nix , was for an action-adventure series based on ordinary parents discovering their children's mutant abilities. Fox Entertainment President David Madden said that "developing

975-556: A shouting, shooting and blasting match. Fenris attempted to kill Hammerhead, but was rescued. Their sibling is soon after killed by their father attending the conference disguised as Werner's assistant. The twins resurfaced, where they were seen working with Baron Strucker. They fight Citizen V; however, Andrea discovers that Citizen V is actually Helmut Zemo 's transferred mind in the real Citizen V 's body by Techno after being decapitated by Nomad under Henry Peter Gyrich 's orders. Zemo quickly kills Andrea to keep her from telling anyone

1040-459: A weighted average, assigned a score of 63 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". For the second season, Rotten Tomatoes reported an 83% approval rating, with an average rating of 6.8/10 based on 12 reviews. Discussing the series, Drew Koch of Bustle magazine noted that it explored themes such as the persecution of minority groups, sacrificing freedom for safety, and criticizing "big government". He highlighted

1105-633: Is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He has occasionally appeared alongside Captain America and has been a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy . He first appeared in Captain America #434 (Dec. 1994), and was created by Mark Gruenwald and Dave Hoover . Jack and his brother, Drake, were members of Captain America 's computer hotline network. Together, they created

1170-547: Is attacked outside of his apartment building. Because of this, he is targeted by the new Thunderbolts for violating the Superhuman Registration Act. He is able to subdue almost all of the Thunderbolt's team. As he escaped, he is then stabbed in the spine by Bullseye , puncturing his cauda equina and leaving him paralyzed. Bullseye states that Flag would "never walk again". He is then taken into custody, where he

1235-495: Is due to a "bit of a 9/11 event, that caused enormous social upheaval and a lot of hatred towards mutants." The Gifted aired on Fox in the United States, with CTV acquiring the broadcast rights for Canada. The series launched in more than 183 countries on Fox , following its U.S. debut, using a "day-and-date launch" format. Both seasons of The Gifted were added to Disney+ on February 23, 2021. The pilot's viewership

1300-456: Is severely beaten by an enraged Swordsman . Jack Flag is later shown leading the prisoners of the Negative Zone prison against Blastaar 's army, which he does from a wheelchair. After escaping with the Guardians of the Galaxy , Jack's spine is repaired, in two minutes, by Knowhere 's medical staff. He opts to remain on the station rather than return to Earth (where he would be considered

1365-697: Is sheathed in an adamantium alloy and can shoot a grappling hook -like projectile. His sword's hilt is wrapped with Andrea's skin to release powerful bioelectric blasts of concussive force. Set in Marvel Noir , Fenris/Andreas is an agent for the German based Weapon X alongside " the Demon ". He was killed in battle with Mimic/Agent Calvin Rankin . During the House of M reality, Andrea and Andreas were seen assisting their father in

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1430-504: The Civil War storyline, Jack Flag is shown to be living a civilian life with his girlfriend Lucy in Cleveland, Ohio, but refuses to either register or throw out his suit and weapons on the basis of the Superhuman Registration Act being "un-American". Growing frustrated with the police's slow response and lack of action about crime in his area, he intervenes in disguise as Jack Flag when a woman

1495-575: The X-Men film series where the X-Men have disappeared. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Marvel Television , with Nix serving as showrunner . The series stars Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker as ordinary parents who take their family on the run after they discover their children's mutant abilities. Sean Teale , Natalie Alyn Lind , Percy Hynes White , Coby Bell , Jamie Chung , Blair Redford , and Emma Dumont also star in

1560-554: The Stepford Cuckoos in the first season, was being looked at to be promoted to series regular for the second, and this move was confirmed in June, along with the announcement that Grace Byers would also be joining the series as a series regular, in the role of Reeva. Production on the series' pilot took place through March and April 2017, in Dallas , Texas. The rest of the first season

1625-553: The X-Factor team easily beat the twins. The twins joined a conference of powerful criminal leaders who intended to divide up what's left by the Kingpin 's fallen empire. Among the members of the conference were the Slug , Hammerhead , Tombstone and Werner von Strucker . The twins did not believe Werner was actually their sibling. This and other arguments caused the conference to degenerate into

1690-449: The X-Men universe, and that the series would take advantage of those to avoid the films and comics and instead do "our own thing". He explained that in the series' "stream", the X-Men have disappeared, which is "not just [because] they're too expensive for television" and something that the show would explore. He soon called this one of the central mysteries of the series, and revealed that it

1755-582: The 31st Century Guardian, Starhawk , kidnaps Jack Flag, Starlord, Bug, Mantis, and Cosmo. They discover that the future is in a perilous flux due to "The Fault": a multi-parsec wide tear in the fabric of spacetime. The tear was created as a result of Black Bolt of the Inhuman-led Kree Empire having detonated a bomb so powerful it ruptured the Dark Matter holding the universe together. The Guardians make their way through this odyssey, attempting to deliver

1820-521: The Serpent Society on his own. He took on a disguise becoming Jack Flag, an identity which he thought would make Captain America proud. During a bank robbery, Jack intervened and stepped on Rock Python and Fer-de-Lance (both of whom were members of the Serpent Society). Shortly after this, Jack attempted to infiltrate the Society, but King Cobra did not fully trust Flag. King Cobra sent Jack to steal

1885-531: The Skrulls killed his sister's clone. Andreas also saves Songbird's life when Bullseye and Venom attempt to kill Songbird on Moonstone's orders. Andreas later confronts Osborn with the revelation that he wasn't offered a slot on the Dark Avengers , as well as never planning on resurrecting his sister or receiving a Presidential pardon; Osborn has a moment of insanity and stabs Andreas through the chest with his own sword, apparently killing him and throwing him out over

1950-425: The X-Men world". Despite this, the "cinematic universe will not worry about ... these TV worlds at all. [The films] will just continue in the way that they have been continuing". Nix added that the X-Men films "don't all line up perfectly. So it's not like I'm slavishly fitting myself into a particular slot [but] if you like that world and the world of the movies, there are definite nods to it, it definitely exists in

2015-450: The already-cast Moyer; the pair did not meet the actors playing their children, Lind and White, until the table read of the pilot episode. With the series order in May, Redford's character was revealed to be John Proudstar / Thunderbird . Moyer, Acker, Teale, Lind, White, Bell, Chung, Redford, and Dumont all return to star in the second season. By January 2018, Skyler Samuels , who recurred as

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2080-538: The antagonistic agency Sentinel Services, guessing the initials "SS" were a reference to the Schutzstaffel , a paramilitary division of Nazi Germany. USA Today 's Brian Truitt also noted this reference, and the character Polaris directly calling out the government agents as Nazis, along with the mutant underground being patterned after the Underground Railroad . Jack Flag Jack Flag ( Jack Harrison )

2145-581: The beliefs of white supremacy , Nazism and the Fourth Reich . In adulthood, the twins became the supervillains known as "Fenris" and led the Fenris terrorist organization. Like their father, they are white supremacists. The Strucker twins have gone up against Storm when Storm interrupts Andreas's attempted assault on a native woman in Africa. Andrea retaliates for Storm's humiliation of her brother by shooting her in

2210-448: The board this year is a little slower than usual", but the network hoped to begin airing the potential series during the 2017–18 television season . Nix said that as a fan of the X-Men comics, "you don't want to be slavishly doing the same thing over and over again that everyone else has done, but at the same time, you're conscious that this is important, and that I owe something to my 10 year old self right now." Fox officially ordered

2275-424: The characters. By early January 2017, "exploratory casting" for the series had begun, with the process expected to "ramp up" after the official pilot pickup. The next month, Blair Redford was cast as a mutant leader; Jamie Chung was cast as popular mutant Clarice Fong / Blink ; Stephen Moyer was cast as Reed Strucker, a father and the series' male lead; and Sean Teale was cast as Marcos Diaz / Eclipse,

2340-501: The duo are mutant terrorists who were active in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Additionally, Andreas possesses destructive telekinesis while Andrea has molecular forcefield creation, with the two being able to produce destructive light energy when in physical contact. Horrified by their actions, Andreas’s son Otto Strucker runs away from them and manages to suppress the X-Gene after years of conducting research on his son Reed Strucker to prevent

2405-481: The economic domination of Homo sapiens " while masquerading as an honorable investment banking firm with offices in the Empire State Building . It is also shown that they are lovers. They have dealings with Black Tom Cassidy and have tried to recruit Gambit and Rogue ; Rogue rejected the offer and Gambit was already in their employ but rebelled to help Rogue escape. It is revealed that the twins are behind

2470-422: The fight against the growing threat of Hydra . He and Free Spirit went to Bagalia to deal with Baron Zemo and his "New Masters". Jack ignored Rogers' orders to stay with Free Spirit and went after Zemo himself, confronting him on his getaway plane and defeating him. Angry at him, Rogers throws Flag from the airplane without a parachute, before saying "Hail Hydra". Free Spirit finds him unconscious, but alive, on

2535-453: The government only taking issue with mutants if they reveal themselves in public. The series' mutant underground is inspired by the Underground Railroad . Madden said that the series also took inspiration from Heroes , particularly for its themes of family and "that loner, outcast, people with superpowers thing", though he felt The Gifted would take "that thread [in] a very different direction than anything that happened on Heroes ." Nix

2600-521: The head and leaving her to die. The Strucker twins despise Magneto for his role in their father's seeming death some years after World War II. They conduct acts of terrorism and finally attack Magneto during the trial in Paris by the International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity. The X-Men foil their assassination attempt, but Fenris manages to escape by allowing themselves to be swept into

2665-651: The loyalty of several guards by paying them well and ordered them to set off a bomb in the Zeus (the Thunderbolts' carrier) to initiate a lockdown. He declares to one of his guards that Osborn will bring him back his sister or everyone in Thunderbolts Mountain will be killed. After a detachment of guards kill most of his loyal guards, Strucker kills off the remaining attacking guards. He then encounters Venom declaring to eat Strucker. The two fight and Strucker runs Venom through with his sword, activating his energy powers while

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2730-756: The mountain. Andrea's clone and Andreas have somehow returned to the land of the living and have opened "Club Fenris", a supervillain club in Manhattan. When questioned about their demise and subsequent return from the dead, they stated that their father "took care of it". They are also residents of the newly established mutant nation of Krakoa. As a result of genetic engineering with their X-Genes when they were still in utero , Fenris are able to fly and generate energy blasts, but only when they are holding hands. When holding hands, Andreas can generate concussive force blasts while Andrea generates disintegration beams. The Swordsman uses various hidden blades; his primary sword blade

2795-584: The old city sewers. The twins later resurface as part of a group of mutant millionaires who engage in a campaign of murder as part of a game organized by the mutant telepath the Gamesmaster and the Hellfire Club 's former Black Queen Selene . The twins tried to acquire Omega Red for the Upstarts, but failed. The twins ultimately met their match when they tried to kill Wolfsbane of the New Mutants . Wolfsbane and

2860-476: The other. Despite his considerable skill, he has been defeated twice; the first is when Jack Flag hit him with the flat of his own sword and the second is when the Steel Spider threw him through a window and a flat-screen television using a metal limb. Under the control of four imprisoned telepaths, Strucker has taken over the title of " Baron Strucker " and shaved his head in his father's honor. He has gained

2925-800: The recent Sentinel attacks with the creator of the first wave of mutant hunting robots. It has also been revealed that they are tied to the Mutant Liberation Front . As a result of their activities involving the Sentinels and the Mutant Liberation Front, the twins apparently killed during their battle with Bishop 's X-Men team. Fenris appears in The Gifted , with Andreas von Strucker portrayed by Paul Cooper (younger) and Carsten Norgaard (older) and Andrea von Strucker portrayed by Caitlin Mehner (younger) and Julia Farino (older). This version of

2990-613: The same general universe". Nix wanted to avoid repeating the connection between Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by having a more general relationship, with existing characters from the films appearing in different ways in the series such as the new adaptation of Sentinels , mutant-hunting robots that have appeared in several of the films. Moyer stated in June 2017 that The Gifted would be set between Legion , in which mutants "are still largely not understood", and Logan , which sees

3055-450: The score for the show; Ottman previously scored several of the X-Men films for Singer, and he collaborated with Buckley on the score for the film The Nice Guys . Donner explained in January 2017 that, unlike the previous X-Men television series Legion , this series "is much more a part of just the world in terms of there are mutants, mutants are hated ... you feel like you're here in

3120-532: The series after two seasons. Two ordinary parents take their family on the run from the government when they discover that their children have mutant abilities, and join an underground community of mutants who have to fight to survive. At the end of the first season several members of the underground leave to join the Inner Circle, and the second season sees conflict between these groups as well as others with their own extreme ideologies. In July 2016, after

3185-433: The series to executives as " Running on Empty with mutants". He created an elaborate presentation using Prezi which included photos of actors that he had altered to look like mutants, and graphics to explain how the series would fit in with the X-Men films as well as the larger X-Men universe of the comics. The presentation was met with applause, according to Loeb. The biggest criticisms that Nix received about his pitch

3250-504: The series to pilot, as "untitled Marvel action-adventure series", at the end of the month. Donner referred to the series as Gifted in March, which was clarified to be a temporary title for the series. On May 9, Fox ordered the show to series as The Gifted . The pilot had been called "one of the hottest pilots of the [2017] broadcast development season" by commentators. The first season consists of 13 episodes. In August, Len Wiseman joined as

3315-416: The series was renewed for a 16-episode second season. Described as being designed for "limited runs", Fox had not been in a hurry to give the series an early renewal before then. On April 17, 2019, it was announced that the series had been cancelled by Fox. Nix described the series as coming "at the world of mutants from the side"; the films and comics "have generally started with the X-Men and encountered

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3380-589: The show, with Skyler Samuels and Grace Byers joining them with the second season . The series received a put pilot commitment at Fox after a previous attempted X-Men television series did not move forward at the network in 2016; The Gifted was ordered to series in May 2017. The Gifted ' s first season aired from October 2, 2017, to January 15, 2018, and consisted of 13 episodes. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and "solid" viewership. The second season began airing on September 25, 2018, consisting of 16 episodes. On April 17, 2019, Fox canceled

3445-701: The street when the villains of Bagalia appear and attempt to kill them. They're eventually rescued by Rogers and other members of S.H.I.E.L.D. in time to get Jack Flag medical attention. He had fallen into a coma as a result of the injury. He is later seen in the medical bay in a comatose state, while Free Spirit and Rick Jones visit him. Later, Steve Rogers attempts to kill Jack, by injecting him with poison, until Free Spirit arrives and tells him that Jack's family decided to disconnect him. During his funeral, Steve tries to help Cathy and Rick, who are still in grief. After being drenched with Mr. Hyde's chemicals, Jack Flag gained superhuman strength, stamina, and durability. He

3510-504: The sword is in Venom's body. Soon afterwards, Osborn snaps from the pressures of running the Thunderbolts and the Green Goblin brutally attacks Andreas, crucifying him to a wall with small Goblin-Daggers. Not long afterward, it is discovered that Andreas used Arnim Zola to make a clone of his sister. Although Andreas has Andrea back, he wants to complete his Thunderbolts contract, leaving as

3575-483: The third best new drama series of the season. For the first season, the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 76% approval rating, with an average rating of 6.8/10 based on 54 reviews. The website's consensus states, " The Gifted ' s first season lays a solid foundation for an involving superhero drama that powers past the origin-story doldrums by focusing on grounded, topical stories over mindless action and special effects." Metacritic , which uses

3640-519: The threat from returning. However, Reed's children Lauren and Andy Strucker inherit Fenris' abilities. Andreas von Strucker as the Swordsman appears in the PSP version of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance . The Gifted (U.S. TV series) The Gifted is an American superhero television series created for Fox by Matt Nix , based on Marvel Comics ' X-Men properties, set in an alternate timeline to

3705-434: The title character as one of the last mutants. He added, "we definitely slot into a timeline, but as of yet, we're not allied. I think they have given themselves a lot of leeway in order to be able to go places, but we've enough story within our universe to propel us forward without having to do that." The next month, Nix noted that the film X-Men: Days of Future Past established multiple, different timelines or "streams" in

3770-562: The truth. After Andrea's death, Zemo has the Purple Man brainwash Andreas into taking the alias of " Swordsman ". The Purple Man has him flay the skin from Andrea's corpse to incorporate the resulting leather into his sword's hilt, allowing him to channel their shared powers through his sword. Andreas breaks free of the Purple Man's control and joins the Thunderbolts . Andreas continues to be

3835-431: The universe from destruction via the Fault's expansion, Star-Lord becomes geriatric, Mantis an infant, Bug an adolescent, Cosmo a puppy, and Jack Flag seem intangible. Starhawk reveals to him that this is due to Jack Flag's "unique nature". He informs him that it is Jack Flag's destiny to reshape the universe. Jack Flag later returned to Earth, recruited by the rejuvenated Steve Rogers to be a part of S.H.I.E.L.D. and join

3900-573: The world outside" from their perspective, but the series looks to "take place inside the world of people who are [not] already X-Men and [do not yet] know that world." He said the show would tell a more intimate story than the films have done as "it also explores issues surrounding mutants and what that experience is in a way that's hard to do in a two-hour movie because [a movie] needs to move very quickly and needs to get to big action." These issues reflect modern, real-world problems such as police attempting to kill mutants just because they look different, or

3965-486: Was able to defeat Mr. Hyde, Cobra tried out Jack as a new King Cobra. While Flag was undercover with the Serpent Society, Captain America, and his protégé , Free Spirit , showed up to aid Jack and defeat the Society. Jack followed Captain America and Free Spirit east, aiding them against ULTIMATUM , AIM , and Madcap . When Captain America believed he was dying, he charged Jack Flag, Free Spirit, Fabian Stankowicz and Zach Moonhunter with maintaining his hotline. During

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4030-408: Was called a "solid start" to the series, and was noted to be higher than the season premiere of Lucifer in the same timeslot the year before, as well as the debut of the other new Marvel series of the season, Inhumans . By the series' second season renewal, it was considered to be a "solid ratings performer" for Fox, performing 18 percent better than the same timeslot the year before, and ranking

4095-540: Was not filmed in the city after a decision on tax rebates in the state to be made by the Texas Legislature took too long for the series' schedule, with production moving to Atlanta , Georgia. The series' setting was subsequently changed from Dallas to Atlanta, including a retroactive change to the pilot. It was revealed in October 2017, ahead of the series premiere, that John Ottman and David Buckley were composing

4160-487: Was particularly influenced by the comic District X which is "just about a district in New York. It's where the mutants are ... the show is not a procedural [like the comic] at all, but it was seeing mutants in society, dealing with crime, drugs, their relationships to each other. We didn't take any characters from it. It was one of my favorites." Elaborating on the series not being a procedural, Nix said that it would not have

4225-402: Was that he wanted to include too much story in the pilot, with some of his initial ideas becoming the stories of several other episodes. Early versions of Nix's pilot script were received "enthusiastically" by Fox executives, and Fox chairman and CEO Gary Newman was expecting a final draft in early January 2017, with a pilot pickup within a few weeks of that. Newman noted that "development across

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