2013 Canadian-British police drama television series
Rogue is a police drama television series starring Thandiwe Newton. It is set in Northern California but was filmed in Vancouver. The series is a Canadian-British-American co-production. It was co-commissioned by DirecTV's Audience network and the Canadian premium services The Movie Network and Movie Central.[1]
The series aired from April 3, 2013 through May 24, 2017.
Premise
Grace Travis begins as a San Jose police officer working undercover in Oakland to bring down Jimmy Laszlo's criminal enterprise. After Grace's son is murdered, she and Jimmy discover they have a common purpose.
In the second season, Grace takes a new job as a handler for an FBI task force investigating corporate espionage in San Francisco. When a female undercover operative goes missing, Grace is forced undercover where she meets Ethan, a charming and enigmatic security consultant who might be responsible for the disappearance, or even death, of the operative.
In the third season, Grace is convinced that Ethan is key to her survival and goes to Chicago. There, Ethan infiltrates the firm of notorious attorney and power broker, Marty Stein, whose dealings are shown to extend into one of Chicago's most feared gangs. Meanwhile, Ethan meets Marlon Dinard, a respectable, high-end store owner, who also seems to have more going on than meets the eye. Ethan tracks him and his half-sister Talia. When a reporter who nearly discovers the depths of Marty's empire winds up dead, Federal Agent Harper Deakins investigates his death. Grace and Ethan work together to bring down those who murdered her son and have Ethan under their thumb. A powerful conspiracy that connects the white-collar boardrooms to the gangs of Chicago is ultimately revealed.
Production
The series' ten-episode second season aired from May 28 through July 30, 2014.[2][3] On August 12, 2014, DirecTV renewed the series for 20 additional episodes.[4] On August 1, 2016 Rogue was renewed for a fourth and final season by Audience, which premiered March 22, 2017.[5]
Thandie Newton discussed her traumatic experiences with Rogue in Vulture in 2020; she was upset by being the token Black person for a show set in Oakland, California, was forced into a topless scene, and wasn't released from her second-season contract. When Newton declined to do the nude scene, she stated that Matthew Parkhill, the showrunner and executive producer, asked her scene partner to pull down her top forcibly without consent. Newton was written off the show in the third season, with her character's body in a "Westworld Garbage Disposal" container, a nod to her next show, Westworld'.[6]
Reception
Rogue received mixed reviews. Metacritic gave the first season a "mixed or average" score of 47 out of 100, based on 14 critics.[7] On Rotten Tomatoes, it held a 38-percent rating with an average rating of 4.9 out of 10, based on eight reviews.[8]
Broadcast
In Canada, it aired on The Movie Network and Movie Central[9] and on Super Écran[10] and on Investigation in French-speaking Canada.[11] In Australia, the series premiered on 3 August 2015 on SoHo,[12] while in Bulgaria it premiered on 11 April 2017 on VIVACOM Arena, VIVACOM's own 24/7 movie channel.[13]
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