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Frontier is a Canadian historical drama television series co-created by Rob Blackie and Peter Blackie, chronicling the North American fur trade in colonial Canada/Rupert's Land, sometime in the late 1700s or early 1800s. The series is co-produced by Discovery Canada, as the channel's first original scripted commission, and Netflix. The series premiered on November 6, 2016.

Frontier
Genre	Historical drama Action-adventure Western
Created by	Rob Blackie Peter Blackie
Starring	Jason Momoa Greg Bryk Kyle M. Hamilton Alun Armstrong Landon Liboiron Zoe Boyle Jessica Matten Christian McKay Evan Jonigkeit Shawn Doyle
Composer	Andrew Lockington
Country of origin	Canada
Original languages	English Cree
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	18 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Brad Peyton Jeff Fierson Alex Patrick John Vatcher Jason Momoa Edwina Follows Perry Chafe Allan Hawco Michaell Levine Rob Blackie Peter Blackie
Producer	John Vatcher
Production locations	Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Nova Scotia, Canada Ontario, Canada Cornwall, United Kingdom
Editor	James Patrick
Production companies	Take the Shot Productions Factory Backwards 20th Century Fox and Dream Waves
Release
Original network	Discovery Channel (Canada) Netflix (international)
Picture format	4K
Original release	November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06) – December 21, 2018 (2018-12-21)

The series was renewed for a second season in October 2016, ahead of its premiere, which premiered on October 18, 2017. Frontier was renewed for a third season on September 20, 2017, also ahead of the previous second season. The entirety of the third season premiered first on Netflix on November 23, 2018, and was broadcast in Canada between December 7 and 21, 2018.

Synopsis

The series chronicles the North American fur trade in late 1700s Canada, and follows Declan Harp (Jason Momoa), a half-Irish, half-Cree outlaw who is campaigning to breach the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on the fur trade in Canada, which has become corrupt and engages in illegal activities to enrich itself.[1]

Cast

Main

Recurring

• Sean Wei Mah as Omaciw
• Graham Abbey as MacLaughlan (season 1)
• A.C. Peterson as Governor Threadwell (season 1)
• Peter O'Meara as Peter Carruthers (season 1)
• Nathaniel Arcand as Wahush (season 2)
• Star Slade as Minno (season 2)
• Ryan Tarran as Wadlow (season 3)

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	6		November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)	December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)
2	6		October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18)	November 22, 2017 (2017-11-22)
3	6		December 7, 2018 (2018-12-07)	December 21, 2018 (2018-12-21)

Season 1 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original Can. air date
1	1	"A Kingdom Unto Itself"	Brad Peyton	Rob Blackie & Peter Blackie & Perry Chafe	November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)
Bent on restoring the Hudson's Bay Company's fur trade stranglehold, Lord Benton voyages to the New World to stamp out cutthroat trapper Declan Harp.
2	2	"Little Brother War"	Brad Peyton	Perry Chafe	November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13)
While Emberly schemes with Captain Chesterfield behind Lord Benton's back, Harp makes a dangerous raid to secure an alliance with the Cree.
3	3	"Mushkegowuk Esquewu"	John Vatcher	Rob Blackie & Peter Blackie & Joseph Kay	November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20)
Harp scrambles to make peace after Lord Benton's intrigues stir up deadly trouble among the independent trading outfits and the Cree.
4	4	"Wolves"	Kelly Makin	Greg Nelson	November 27, 2016 (2016-11-27)
A Hudson's Bay Company ship arrives from London with a surprise passenger and troubling news for Lord Benton, who lays a snare for Michael and Harp.
5	5	"The Disciple"	Ken Girotti	Greg Nelson	December 4, 2016 (2016-12-04)
A shrewd new entrepreneur contrives to topple Grant and the Brown brothers alike, and Lord Benton's obsession with Harp disintegrates into savagery.
6	6	"The Gallows"	Ken Girotti	Greg Spottiswood	December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)
Declan is badly hurt. He returns to the Alehouse seeking Grace Emberly's help. Declan wants revenge on Benton. Emberly's tell Chesterfield now is the time to arrest Benton and become Governor. Everton asks Benton for more food for his imprisoned soldiers but Benton refuses. Everton receives 50 lashes in the yard. Samuel Grant visits Fort James and meets with Emberly. He also visits Benton. Michael, Clenna and Sokanon try to make it back to Fort James to stop Declan but Clenna breaks her leg. Malcolm Brown waits for Chesterfield in the Alehouse. Emberly de-escalates a confrontation between them. Chesterfield proposes to Emberly and she refuses. Michael, Clenna and Sokanon make to the Alehouse and the girls set Clenna's leg. Declan meets with Samuel Grant. Declan agrees for Samuel Grant to do business with the Black Wolf Company, on the condition that Grace Emberly has safe passage to Montreal and that Samuel takes Benton for a walk tomorrow. Emberly betrays Chesterfield to Malcolm Brown. Chesterfield and Malcolm fight and Malcolm is badly beaten. Michael goes after Declan. Samuel Grant meets with Benton as promised but informs him that Declan is waiting to attack him. Declan injures Benton but is captured. Clenna and Michael end their relationship. Michael, Sokanon, Emberly and the girls from the Alehouse blow up the magazine while Declan stands on the gallows. Benton aims for Declan but shoots Father Coffin. Michael shoots Benton and DeClan escapes.

Season 2 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original Can. air date
7	1	"Dead Reckoning"	Brad Peyton	Sherry White	October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18)
With a bounty on Harp's head, Fort James fills up with bounty hunters; Emberly and Chesterfield conspire against Benton; Michael and Sokanon struggle to keep the Black Wolf in business.
8	2	"Wanted"	Brett Sullivan	Aubrey Nealon	October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25)
Bounty hunters find Harp in the North. Benton sails to England at the mercy of Everton, but makes a new friend. Michael has a plan to make the Black Wolf more money. Carruthers and Grant vie for the attention of a French Marquis, and Emberly finds herself in danger of losing her independence.
9	3	"The Wolf and the Bear"	John Vatcher	Chris Roberts	November 1, 2017 (2017-11-01)
Harp is hunted by the Siberian. Michael and Sokanon plot a heist against the Hudson Bay Company. Emberly seeks to protect her father's alehouse from Chesterfield.
10	4	"Mutiny"	David Frazee	Adriana Maggs	November 8, 2017 (2017-11-08)
Michael and Sokanon remain at Fort James preparing to execute the plan for the Black Wolf company. En route to England, Benton proves he is still a skilled manipulator and Chesterfield demonstrates that he is an able student of Benton's.
11	5	"Cannonball"	Paul Fox	Kerri MacDonald & Sherry White	November 15, 2017 (2017-11-15)
Emberly reclaims the Alehouse, but even caught with his pants down, Chesterfield does not intend to lighten the pressure. The plan for seizing the pelts becomes more dangerous. Grant's and Elizabeth's sparring turns deadly.
12	6	"Keetom Takooteeoo Maheekun (The Return of the Wolf)"	David Frazee	Peter Blackie & Rob Blackie	November 22, 2017 (2017-11-22)
Michael meets Pond and negotiates the sale of the stolen pelts but Sokanon has reservations, meanwhile Chesterfield is searching for Harp and Grace is in danger. Douglas and Malcolm Brown find a new ally and set their sights on a weakened Grant. Lord Benton is the chess grand-master and is making sinister plans.

Season 3 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original Can. air date
13	1	"The Low Road"	TJ Scott	Sherry White	December 7, 2018 (2018-12-07)
Declan sets out to save Grace from Benton; Michael tries to keep the BWC together; the Browns and Samuel find themselves in the same boat.
14	2	"La Fin Du Monde"	TJ Scott	Russ Cochrane	December 7, 2018 (2018-12-07)
Emberly and Chaulk turn the tables on Benton; Michael makes an attempt at forming an alliance.
15	3	"Satanazes"	TJ Scott	Kerri MacDonald	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
Harp and the group chase Emberly and Benton; Emberly tries to figure out what Benton wants; Douglas finds out about a betrayal; Malcolm gets in some trouble.
16	4	"All For All and None For One"	Lee Rose	Sherry White & Michelle Latimer	December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
Harp and the crew assemble more men in Scotland; Michael tries to come to agreement with the Lake Walkers; Sokanon is betrayed.
17	5	"House of the Lord"	John Vatcher	Christopher Roberts	December 21, 2018 (2018-12-21)
Lord Benton leverages Grace in his cause with the Hudson's Bay Company. Harp discovers a betrayal. Sokanon faces a perverse imprisonment.
18	6	"The Sins of the Father"	John Vatcher	Rob Blackie & Peter Blackie	December 21, 2018 (2018-12-21)
While the new alliance teeters on collapse Sokanon's crusade leads to bloodshed. Harp invades Lord Benton's castle and faces a dark temptation.

Production

The series is co-produced by Discovery Canada, as the channel's first original scripted commission, and Netflix.[2] Filming for Frontier took place in several locations in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Ontario, Canada, as well as Cornwall and Northumberland in the United Kingdom.[3][4][5]

Release

The series is produced in 4K ultra high definition; on January 8, 2016, Bell Media confirmed that Frontier would stream in 4K via the Discovery Go app exclusively on Samsung 4K smart TVs.[6]

The series premiered on November 6, 2016.[7] The series was renewed for a second season in October 2016, ahead of its premiere,[8] which premiered on October 18, 2017.[9] Frontier was renewed for a third season on September 20, 2017, also ahead of the previous season.[10] The entirety of the third season premiered first on Netflix on November 23, 2018, and was broadcast in Canada between December 7 and 21, 2018.[11][12]

Internationally, the series is distributed by Netflix, with the first season available from January 20, 2017.[13] An exclusivity agreement meant that the series would not be available on Netflix in Canada until 2017.[2][14]

Reception

The first season received mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating from critics of 43% based on 14 reviews, with the site's consensus reading "Jason Momoa's powerhouse performance as Declan Harp is ultimately weighed down by Frontier's often sluggish storytelling".[15] Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on reviews from 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[16]

In a positive review, John Doyle of The Globe and Mail described the series as "an action-packed, uncomplicated and very entertaining yarn about the cutthroats who created this country by plundering it, when they weren't busy killing each other". Doyle felt the opening episode's handling of interactions with First Nations was handled "delicately," commenting that Frontier was "far from being a whitewashed tale about the English, Scots, Irish and French battling out for possession of fur and land".[17]

The second season was better received and has a 100% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 5 reviews.[18]

Awards and nominations

Canadian Screen Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2017	Best Achievement in Casting	Denise Chamain, Sara Kay, Jenny Lewis, Danielle Irvine	Nominated	[19]
	Best Direction in a Dramatic Series	Brad Peyton	Nominated
	Best Achievement in Make-Up	Elizabeth Kuchurean	Won
	Best Costume Design	Michael Ground	Nominated
	Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Jason Momoa	Nominated
		Landon Liboiron	Nominated
	Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series	Gordon Barnes	Nominated
2018	Best Achievement in Make-Up	Elizabeth Kuchurean, Norma Richard	Nominated	[20]
	Best Costume Design	Michael Ground	Nominated
	Best Photography, Drama	Glen Keenan	Nominated
	Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction	Gord Barnes	Nominated
	Best Sound, Fiction	Marco Dolle, David Yonson, John Elliot, Clive Turner, Alastair Gray, Orest Sushko, Janice Ierulli, Dave Johnson, Mark Shnuriwsky	Nominated

Directors Guild of Canada Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2017	Best Production Design - Television Series	Gordon Barnes (Episode 101 – A Kingdom Unto Itself)	Nominated	[21]
	Best Sound Editing - Television Series	Matthew Hussey, Alastair Gray, Mark Shnuriwsky, Clive Turner (Episode 104, Wolves)	Nominated
2018	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series	John Vatcher (Episode 203, The Wolf and the Bear)	Nominated	[22]

References

External links

• Official website
• Frontier Watch Frontier | Netflix Official Site on Netflix
• Frontier at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Frontier (2016 TV series)

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[ru] Граница (телесериал)

«Грани́ца» (англ. Frontier) — канадо-американский исторический телесериал, совместно созданный Брэдом Пейтоном, Робом Блэки и Питером Блэки. Телесериал рассказывает о пушном промысле в Северной Америке в конце XVIII века[1].

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