'The Passage' Season 1: Expendable youth the focus of a riveting start to vampire thriller
Fox's new show, 'The Passage' has been a simple story about a lot of burning issues. From powerful authorities bringing down the nation to an apocalyptic climate for their personal gain, to the government treating criminals and young black orphans as 'expendables', the show based on Justin Cronin's novel of the same name doesn't let the story of survival fall prey to the cliches of its genre. And while the sci-fi and the supernatural come together to make it a dystopian vampire flick, 'The Passage' also manages to shine in portraying how black children are treated in general.
The official synopsis of the show describes it as: "An epic, character‐driven thriller about a secret government medical facility experimenting with a dangerous virus that could either cure all disease or cause the downfall of the human race. The series focuses on a 10‐year‐old girl named Amy Bellafonte (Saniyya Sidney), who is chosen to be a test subject for this experiment and Brad Wolgast (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), the federal agent who becomes her surrogate father as he tries to protect her.”
