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Jul 2021
30m 30s

Blackout from QCODE Media

Passenger List And Radiotopia
About this episode

Attention Passenger List fans: If you enjoyed the story of Kaitlin Le and the mystery of flight 702, then we’ve got another fiction show we think you’ll like. 

Academy Award® winner Rami Malek stars in this apocalyptic thriller as a small-town radio DJ, Simon Itani, fighting to protect his family and community after the power grid goes down nationwide, upending modern civilization.

Season 2 picks up after Simon’s family escapes. Upon crossing paths with an old family friend, Wren (played by Aja Naomi King), recounts her experience getting out of Boston... but can she be trusted? What truths remain to be uncovered about the origins of this blackout?

Blackout was created by Scott Conroy. Blackout Season 2 was written by Jeremy Novick, and directed by Stefanie Abel Horowitz and Jeremy Novick.

This season of Blackout is presented by Sonos, go to sonos.com to learn more.

"Simon Itani" - Rami Malek
"Wren Foster” –– Aja Naomi King
“Carla Itani” –– Chloe Brooks ––
“Hunter Itani” –– T.C. Carter
“Izzy Itani” –– Seychelle Gabriel
“Kira” –– Caroline Newton
“Lance” –– Ray Stoney (9-1-1, PEARSON)
“Danny” –– Christopher Backus
“Lana” –– Samantha Rose Cardenas
“Carter” –– Spence Moore II (
“Tyler” –– Denny McAuliffe
“Dean Julian Adams” –– Andre Royo
“Kellen” –– Colman Domingo

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