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2014 American TV series or program
The Lottery
Genre
Created byTimothy J. Sexton
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes3 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Production locationsMontreal, Canada
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkLifetime
ReleaseJuly 20, 2014 (2014-07-20) –
present

The Lottery is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series that premiered on Lifetime on July 20, 2014. The series is set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children, and stars Marley Shelton.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Recurring cast

Production

On September 16, 2013, Lifetime placed a pilot order on The Lottery. On November 4, 2013, Michael Graziadei, Lesley-Ann Brandt and Louise Lombard were cast as regulars. On November 21, 2013, Marley Shelton signed on to star in pilot. David Alpay later was cast as her character's assistant. On December 2, 2013, Martin Donovan was cast as a regular and Salli Richardson got recurring role as the first lady of the United States. On February 11, 2014, Lifetime officially green-lit The Lottery with a 10-episode series order.

The series filmed in Montreal, Canada. After the pilot was picked up by Lifetime, several characters were recast. Lesley-Ann Brandt was reduced to guest status, Athena Karkanis replaced Louise Lombard as Chief of Staff Vanessa Keller. Yul Vazquez was cast as President of the United States, and Shelley Conn replaced Salli Richardson in the role of First Lady of the United States.

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
1"Pilot"Danny CannonTimothy J. SextonJuly 20, 20141.08
In the year 2025, the world is facing a fertility crisis. A breakthrough has been made that will allow women to have children again, with 100 human embryos created, but Allison, who has been leading the project, is removed and has her credentials taken away by her boss Darius, prompting her to take the only embryo egg with her and she uses it to track down its donor, Brooke Ashton, who is then murdered by Darius after she decided to contact her lawyer. At the same time, the news of the breakthrough leads Vanessa, the chief of staff to come up with the idea of holding a lottery that will choose only 100 women. Since 2019, only six children were born and are under the watchful eye of the US government, but when Kyle, the father of one of the six children discover that they are taking away his son Elvis, he takes action by rescuing him from the hospital they are keeping him at and becomes a fugitive from justice. It is later revealed that he is the sperm donor of the murdered woman.
2"Rules Of The Game"UnknownUnknownJuly 27, 2014 (2014-07-27)0.72
After Allison is arrested and tortured by Darius, Vanessa has her released and restores her job and clearance on the condition that has she to go along with the President's plan to promote the lottery to the public, which Allison soon discovers she can use this to her advantage when she discovers a loophole in the deal. Allison also suspects Darius murdered Brooke and later discovers that the database of every donor listed has been removed. Meanwhile the President tells Darius that he will not use a military proposal that could jepordize the lottery, leading Darius to come up with a plan that would undermine the President's; Kyle find refuge at a farm with a woman and another one of the six surviving children, but risks arrest when he has to steal insulin for Elvis; Vanessa learns that Nathan (who is also her boyfriend) is kidnapped and is being held in exchange for five embryos.
3"Greater Good"UnknownUnknownAugust 3, 2014 (2014-08-03)0.80
The lottery push begins. As the Chinese terrorists vows to kill the diplomats within the next 24 hours if they don't receive the five embryos, Vanessa takes her job and risks to save Nathan too seriously, and ends up getting a break from Nathan about the whereabouts, only to have the terrorists be one step ahead of them and they end up killing one of the diplomats. When the general suggests to Vanessa that they have no choice but cut their losses by killing the terrorist and hostages, she tells the President her decision and the Chinese police eventually kills them. Unfortunately, the Chinese terrorist leader survived and received a contact from Darius, who is revealed as the person behind the kidnapping, and when he finds out that Darius double-crossed him (as Darius was using the ploy to win over Vanessa's affections after having found out about her and Nathan), Darius uses a cellphone device to track him and kills the terrorist. Allison, who just cut a public service ad for the lottery, hopes to track down Kyle, who she sees as the answer to the "cure." Kyle and Elvis is later captured by the Department of Humanity as they try to escape to Quebec, but Kyle is bailed out of jail by Allison, who wants Kyle to provide her with a sperm to fertilize more eggs, only to have Kyle demand that all charges against him dropped and have Elvis returned to him, When the results prove inconclusive, Allison believes that Kyle can still conceive and attempts to find out why, only to discover that he has the Bubonic plague. Allison also finds herself the target of a stalker, but he is killed by another person right in front of her.
4"Genie"UnknownUnknownAugust 10, 2014 (2014-08-10)N/A
Allison learned that the stalker (who was shot by a Secret Service agent assigned to protect her) was a foreigner sent to kidnap her. More than 200,000 women have signed up for the lottery, but Vanessa is becoming more worried about how to handle the situation in the wake of Nathan's death, which is taking a toll when one of her staffers, Connor, starts drinking again that later leads to a standoff with police that results in him being shot while he had a gun in his hand just as he was about to tell Vanessa something about the hostage standoff, unaware that Darius is using this crisis to take control of the project. Allison gets a break into how Kyle received the plague despite being fertile and able to conceive by taking a DNA sample of Brooke's hair, which leads her and James to a doctor who treated Kyle and Brooke two years before the infertility crisis began. When they learn from a doctor whose father they were seeking out was killed in a plane crash in 2017 (after Kyle and Brooke visited the clinic to get vaccinated), James discovers that before the doctor died he collaborated with a zoologist. The theories behind this mystery and Darius' ties to the doctor's death convinces James to team up with Allison to get to the bottom of the coverup. Meanwhile at the same time Allison must deal with Kyle demanding to see Elvis, and when Vanessa discovers that the Department of Humanity plans to induce early puberty on Elvis and rumors about the facility to be the future home for the lottery winners, she tells Kyle to get a lawyer and "fight like hell," but the lawyer Kyle picks is tied to the DoH and to make matters worse his ex-wife (Elvis' mother) has shown up claiming she has sobered up but at the same time blame Kyle for taking Elvis away. Allison later allows Kyle to stay with her while Darius confronts James by telling him to notify when the fertility process begins. With the lottery now underway, Vanessa is questioned by a television reporter about why the President's approval numbers has not improved since the lottery was announced by telling the public that they're more concerned about the women and not the polls. It is later discovered that Darius is behind the plans to test Elvis for the early puberty program, and also, to make it look like Connor was behind the hostage plot.
5"Crystal City"UnknownUnknownAugust 17, 2014 (2014-08-17)N/A
6"Sleep Deprived"UnknownUnknownAugust 24, 2014 (2014-08-24)N/A
7"St. Michael"UnknownUnknownSeptember 7, 2014 (2014-09-07)N/A

See also

References

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  2. Ileane Rudolph. "Video: Check Out the Trailer for the Harrowing New Lifetime Series The Lottery - Today's News: Our Take". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  3. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (November 4, 2013). "Lifetime Casts Trio In Pilot 'The Lottery', Duo In 'Deliverance Creek'". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
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  5. "Steven Pasquale Joins 'The Good Wife'; Ernie Hudson In 'The Lottery'". Deadline. July 18, 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  6. Andreeva, Nellie. "Dystopian Future Drama 'The Lottery' From Timothy J. Sexton Gets Lifetime Pilot Order". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  7. Andreeva, Nellie (November 21, 2013). "Marley Shelton To Topline Lifetime Pilot 'The Lottery'; Noah Bean In Syfy's '12 Monkeys'". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  8. Andreeva, Nellie (November 25, 2013). "Wilmer Valderrama In El Rey's 'From Dusk Till Dawn', David Alpay In Lifetime's 'Lottery'". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  9. Goldberg, Lesley (December 2, 2013). "'Homeland's' Martin Donovan Joins Lifetime's 'Lottery' (Exclusive)". Tee Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
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  16. "A+E Networks – Life is Entertaining". Aenetworks.com. 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
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