Stitchers


Stitchers is an American science fiction crime drama series created by Jeffrey Alan Schechter. The show was picked up to series on September 29, 2014, and premiered on June 2, 2015, on ABC Family. In an October 2016 Facebook Live chat, it was announced that the series was renewed for a third season, which aired from June 5 to August 14, 2017. On September 15, 2017, Freeform canceled the series after three seasons.

Plot

Stitchers follows Kirsten Clark, who has been recruited into a government agency to be "stitched" into the memories of people recently deceased to investigate murders and mysteries that otherwise would have gone unsolved. Dr. Cameron Goodkin, a brilliant neuroscientist, assists Kirsten in the secret program headed by Maggie Baptiste, a skilled covert operator. The program also includes Linus Ahluwalia, a bioelectrical engineer and communications technician. Camille, Kirsten's roommate and a computer science grad student, is also recruited to assist Kirsten as a "stitcher". LAPD Detective Quincy Fisher is recruited and added to the team after crossing paths with Kirsten.

Cast

Main

Stitchers ran for three seasons. The first season was presented as a miniseries of eleven episodes, which aired weekly from June 2, 2015 to August 4, 2015 for the first ten, plus a Halloween special "When Darkness Falls" on October 20, 2015.

Reception

Stitchers has received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a rating of 25%, based on 16 reviews. There are not enough reviews to provide statistics for the second and third seasons. The site's critical consensus for Season 1 reads, "Confusing and tonally inconsistent, Stitchers is neither campy enough to be fun nor intelligent enough to be compelling." On Metacritic, the first season has a score of 48 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Broadcast

Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on FOX8 on October 14, 2015 and in the United Kingdom, it premiered on SyFy on July 23, 2018, being shown daily Monday-Friday. Season 2 started the day after the end of Season 1. On September 15, 2017, Freeform canceled the series after three seasons.