The Crossing (TV series)

The Crossing is an American science fiction thriller series that aired on ABC. The series debuted on April 2, 2018, and aired its final episode on June 9, 2018. On March 19, 2018, ABC released the pilot episode on their website. The series was filmed in British Columbia, Canada. On May 11, 2018, ABC cancelled the show after one season. The showrunners wrote the first season as a self-contained story so were able to bring it to something of a conclusion.

Premise
Refugees fleeing a war seek asylum in an American town—but they claim to be from America, 180 years in the future. Moreover, at least one of the refugees exhibits apparently superhuman powers that may make her a threat.

Cast

 * Steve Zahn as Sheriff Jude Ellis
 * Natalie Martinez as Reece
 * Sandrine Holt as Agent Emma Ren
 * Tommy Bastow as Marshall
 * Rob Campbell as Paul
 * Rick Gomez as Nestor Rosario
 * Marcuis W. Harris as Caleb
 * Grant Harvey as Roy Aronson
 * Jay Karnes as Craig Lindauer
 * Simone Kessell as Rebecca
 * Kelley Missal as Hannah
 * Luc Roderique as Bryce Foster
 * Bailey Skodje as Leah
 * John D'Leo as Will
 * Georgina Haig as Dr. Sophie Forbin

Production
Set in the fictional town of Port Canaan, Oregon and in Seattle, the series was filmed in coastal areas of British Columbia and in the city of Vancouver in 2017. The beach where the refugees arrive is near Ucluelet on Vancouver Island while the sheriff's office and some other locations were filmed in and around the village of Britannia Beach, north of Vancouver. The Oceanic Plaza in Vancouver was the setting for the Seattle offices of the show's Homeland Security and other scenes were filmed in and around the city. Additional shooting locations in BC were in Steveston, British Columbia and in New Westminster. The first camp footage was filmed at Camp McLean. Filming in Vancouver started in July and wrapped in late-November 2017.

On May 11, 2018, ABC canceled the show after one season. The showrunners wrote the first season as a self-contained story so were able to bring it to something of a conclusion,

Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 60% based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 5.79/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Though somewhat derivative and overstuffed, The Crossing offers up just enough decent twists to draw intrigue." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 59 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".