Freakish (TV series)

Freakish
Genre	Horror
Created by	Beth Szymkowski
Starring	Leo Howard Liza Koshy Adam Hicks Melvin Gregg Mary Mouser Meghan Rienks Hayes Grier Aislinn Paul Tyler Chase Chad Michael Collins Olivia Gonzales Alex Ozerov Chad L. Coleman
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Chris Grismer Brian Robbins Beth Szymkowski Shelley Zimmerman Matthew V. Lewis
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Awesomeness TV
Release
Original network	Hulu
Original release	October 10, 2016 – present
External links
Website

Freakish is an American television horror series that premiered on October 10, 2016 on Hulu. The series focuses on a group of high-school students who are trapped inside their school when a nearby chemical plant explodes, resulting in residents and other infected students to turn into mutated freaks.

Plot summary

The series follows a group of students who gather for school detention on Saturday at Keller High. Other students are on campus as well, but involved in various activities (basketball, debate prep, music, etc.). Suddenly, without much warning, a nearby chemical plant explodes. Now they must find a way for survival, not only from the limited supplies from inside, but outside as well as the resident who have turned into freakish zombie-like creatures as a result of the radioactive fallout.

Cast

• Leo Howard as Grover Jones
• Liza Koshy as Violet Adams
• Adam Hicks as Diesel
• Melvin Gregg as LeShawn Deveraux
• Mary Mouser as Mary Jones
• Meghan Rienks as Zoey Parker
• Hayes Grier as Noodle Nelson
• Aislinn Paul as Natalie
• Tyler Chase as Barrett
• Chad Michael Collins as John Collins
• Olivia Gonzales as Addie
• Alex Ozerov as Lyle
• Chad L. Coleman as Coach

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	10	October 10, 2016	October 10, 2016

Season 1 (2016)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Detention"	Chris Grismer	Beth Szymkowski	October 10, 2016
Despite not having Saturday detention, Grover Jones attends anyway just to be near the girl of his dreams, Violet Adams. When a nearby chemical plant explodes, they find themselves trapped in the school along with his sister Mary, basketball players Lashaen and Noodle, Leshaen's girlfriend Zoey, bully Diesel, computer whiz geek Barrett, and Natalie while the other students venture outside to try and find any survivors. At the end of the episode, one of the students who ventured outside, Lyle, re-enters the school, with strange sick-like symptoms. When Grover questions him, Lyle replies: "All dead."
2	"Winds of Change"	Chris Grismer	Beth Szymkowski	October 10, 2016
As Grover, Violet, Barrett, and the Coach try to get more answers from Lyle, more students show up, all experiencing the same symptoms. They go to sleep momentarily, and wake up as zombies. The remaining check on food and supplies. As Grover and Mary try to bring food to a sleeping Coach, only to find him being eaten by the reanimated "freaks". Grover and Mary barely manage to escape and barricade the freaks inside. Mary goes to the bathroom to try and catch her breath, and is revealed to have been bitten.
3	"Secrets"	Michael A. Allowitz	Beth Szymkowski	October 10, 2016
Grover learns that Mary has been bitten, and starts bringing her supplies. However, Mary slowly starts experiencing the symptoms and begins acting strangely toward other people. Barrett tries to establish contact on a CB radio, but doesn’t initially get help. However, when no one is looking he plugs in the radio and speaks with an unknown person. He is caught by Mary, who tries to tell the group. The freak instinct comes over her and she prepares to eat him, but Grover intervenes. The remaining survivors become suspicious of Grover, and Violet is the one who defends him when the truth comes out. Mary goes to sleep, but a few hours later wakes up a freak.
4	"Trapped"	Chris Grismer	Matthew V. Lewis	October 10, 2016
Grover goes in to check up on Mary, but is shocked to learn she has become a freak. Mary escapes, and the group splits up to look for me. LeShaen and Zoey manage to find her in the locker room (and also a dead Noodle). Zoey barely escapes, and Mary is knocked unconscious. She is locked up as the remaining group decide what to do. Grover manages to convince them to keep her alive. Barrett goes down later and burns her with a flame in order to learn more about the freaks. Grover finds out and gets mad, but the group takes a vote to either keep her alive or continue testing on her. The votes are tied, with the deciding vote being from Violet; they agree to keep testing. Grover angrily goes to confront Mary, and the episode ends with an implication that he is going to kill her.
5	"Weakness"	Michael A. Allowitz	Beth Szymkowski	October 10, 2016
Lashawn is acting strangely, and the kids begin to suspect he might be infected. Zoe and Barrett strike an uneasy alliance.
6	"Thirst"	Chris Grismer	Beth Szymkowski	October 10, 2016
Running low on resources, Violet and Zoe take on a dangerous mission. Zoe and Natalie address their past.
7	"Knockout"	Chris Grismer	Matthew V. Lewis	October 10, 2016
A potentially deadly trip into the fallout shelter puts one of the group in grave danger. Grover learns disturbing information about Barrett.
8	"Outsiders"	Heather Cappiello	Beth Szymkowski	October 10, 2016
One of the group must venture outside to look for help. Diesel reassesses his relationship with Natalie.
9	"Saved"	Tony Solomons	Matthew V. Lewis	October 10, 2016
The arrival of someone at the school may represent new hope for the group. Grover decides if he can trust Violet with his secret.
10	"Prey"	Chris Grismer	Beth Szymkowski & Matthew V. Lewis	October 10, 2016
In the season finale, things come to a head when a traitor is revealed. One of the group makes a sacrifice as more secrets about the explosion are brought to light.

References

External links

• Freakish at the Internet Movie Database