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Killjoys is a Canadian space adventure drama television series that aired on Space (now CTV Sci-Fi) in Canada. Primarily a science fiction series, Killjoys follows a trio of hard-living bounty hunters—Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen), Johnny (Aaron Ashmore), and D'avin (Luke Macfarlane).
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| Created by | Michelle Lovretta |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 50 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 42 minutes |
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| Release | June 19, 2015 – September 20, 2019 |
The series ran for five seasons, ending in 2019. It was officially ordered to series on October 7, 2013, with a 10-episode pick-up.[1] In April 2014, it was announced that Syfy would co-produce the series, and the first season premiered June 19, 2015.[2][3] In September 2017, Syfy renewed the series for a fourth and a fifth season, each to consist of 10 episodes.[4] The fifth and final season premiered July 19, 2019, and concluded on September 20, 2019.[5]
Throughout its run, the series received generally positive reviews[6] and was nominated for several accolades, including two Canadian Screen Awards nominations and three Prix Aurora Awards nominations.
Killjoys follows a trio of hard-living bounty hunters – Dutch, John, and D'avin. Working for the Reclamation Apprehension Coalition (RAC), they work in a four planet-and-moon system known as the Quad.[7] Taking on warrants to apprehend people or property, RAC Agents are given high authority by their agency. As part of their job, they swear to remain neutral in conflicts and owe no allegiance to any system, government, or other organizations. With their pasts coming back to haunt them, the trio will have to work hard to keep themselves, and their friends, alive.
On September 1, 2015, Syfy announced it would renew Killjoys for a second season of 10 episodes. Bill McGoldrick, Syfy's executive VP of original content was quoted as saying "With exciting space-based action, deep world building, and a standout cast, Killjoys has struck a nerve with viewers and critics alike. We can't wait to see what adventures Michelle Lovretta and Temple Street take Dutch, John and D'avin on in season two." David Fortier and Ivan Schneeberg, the executive producers of the show, were quoted as saying "We couldn't be more excited to bring back Killjoys and its stellar cast to audiences across the U.S. We look forward to working with the team at Syfy for a thrilling second season."[8]
Starting with the fourth season, Adam Barken became the showrunner of the series, with Michelle Lovretta remaining with the production as an executive producer and writer.[9][10][11]
Killjoys premiered June 19, 2015, in both Canada and the United States, and episodes aired simultaneously on the two channels each Friday.[12] It premiered in UK on January 25, 2016, and in Australia on January 30, 2016.[13] In July 2018, Ellation announced that the first through third seasons would stream exclusively on its VRV subscription service.[14]
Throughout its run, the series received generally positive reviews.[6] The first episode of the series received 286,000 overnight viewers in Canada.[15] Charlie Jane Anders of io9 gave the show a very positive rating:
If wanting to watch fun, quippy characters get into scrapes and survive by the skin of their teeth, on spaceships and alien planets, is wrong, I don't want to be right. Killjoys has just the right mix of guns, high-tech knives, assassins, cage fights, missions to hostile planets, dark secrets, tiny robot weapons and general space headbutting thrills to be the perfect treat for Friday nights.
Noting others' negative reviews, she went on to state "[w]e don't need every television show to be True Detective or even Battlestar Galactica."[16] Writing for Forbes.com, Merrill Barr reviewed the first four episodes in a review titled "Sci-Fi Fun With Nothing Else To Offer", opining that though enjoyable for sci-fi fans, it featured "sci-fi archetypes that aren't bringing anything new to the table", an "overly complicated" fictional universe, and was "extremely light on depth and character intrigue".[17] Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season a score of 82% based on reviews from 17 critics[18] and the series an overall score of 95%.[6] On Metacritic the series has a score of 53% based on reviews from 8 critics.[19]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
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| 2015 | IGN Awards | Best TV Sci-Fi Series | Killjoys | Nominated | [20] |
| 2016 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Achievement in Makeup | Colin Penman, Ryan Reed | Nominated | [21] |
| Best Visual Effects | Krista Allain, Igor Avdyushin, Jason Gougeon, Ran Long Wen, Ben Mossman, Yuhay-Ray Ng, Chris Ross, Kyle Sim, Somboun Souannhaphanh, Edward J. Taylor IV | Nominated | [21] | ||
| Prix Aurora Awards | Best Visual Presentation | Killjoys | Nominated | [22] | |
| 2017 | Prix Aurora Awards | Best Visual Presentation | Michelle Lovretta | Nominated | [23] |
| Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor | Jack Fulton | Nominated | [24] | |
| 2018 | Prix Aurora Awards | Best Visual Presentation | Michelle Lovretta | Nominated | [25] |
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