Chance | |
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Based on | Chance by Kem Nunn |
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Theme music composer | Bear McCreary |
Composer | Will Bates |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Jane Bartelme |
Production location | San Francisco, California |
Cinematography | Terry Stacey |
Running time | 41–50 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Hulu |
Release | October 19, 2016 – November 29, 2017 |
Chance is an American television series created by Kem Nunn and Alexandra Cunningham which stars Hugh Laurie. The series is based on Nunn's 2014 book of the same name and was ordered straight-to-series in January 2016 with a straight two-season order containing twenty episodes. [1] It premiered on Hulu on October 19, 2016. [2] The second season premiered on October 11, 2017. [3] On January 9, 2018, the series was cancelled. [4]
The series focuses on a forensic neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Eldon Chance, living in San Francisco, who is semi-willingly pulled into his patient Jaclyn Blackstone's dangerous life of police corruption, manipulation, and abuse. While dealing with a divorce of his own and secrets he has been trying to hold back for years, he has to save Jaclyn, as well as himself, from her abusive partner, a corrupt police detective. Chance enlists the aid of an intelligent but violent furniture restorer, Darius, who moonlights as a quasi-mercenary, and they receive low-key assistance in their vigilante endeavor from a morally ambiguous cop, Detective Hynes.
In the second season, Hynes blackmails Chance and Darius into going after a software tycoon who may secretly be a serial killer, while the pair also use Darius's fighting skills to bring justice to the various abusers of Chance's patients. The once mild-mannered Chance finds himself drawn more deeply into Darius's view of violence as a solution to problems, while also dealing with his daughter's continuing struggle with mental health problems she may have inherited from him.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "The Summer of Love" | Lenny Abrahamson | Alexandra Cunningham & Kem Nunn | October 19, 2016 |
2 | 2 | "The Axiom of Choice" | Lenny Abrahamson | Alexandra Cunningham | October 19, 2016 |
3 | 3 | "Hiring It Done" | Michael Lehmann | Kem Nunn | October 26, 2016 |
4 | 4 | "The Mad Doctor" | Carl Franklin | Peter Elkoff | November 2, 2016 |
5 | 5 | "A Still Point in the Turning World" | Roxann Dawson | Victoria Morrow | November 9, 2016 |
6 | 6 | "The Unflinching Spark" | Dan Attias | Sara Gran | November 16, 2016 |
7 | 7 | "Unlocking Your Hidden Powers" | Michael Lehmann | Alexandra Cunningham & Kem Nunn | November 23, 2016 |
8 | 8 | "The House of Space and Time" | Andrew Bernstein | Peter Elkoff & Victoria Morrow | November 30, 2016 |
9 | 9 | "Camera Obscura" | Dan Attias | Sara Gran & Pete Begler | December 7, 2016 |
10 | 10 | "Fluid Management" | Michael Lehmann | Alexandra Cunningham & Kem Nunn | December 14, 2016 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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11 | 1 | "Multitiaxal System" | Jonas Pate | Alexandra Cunningham & Kem Nunn | October 11, 2017 |
12 | 2 | "A Very Special Onion" | Roxann Dawson | Peter Elkoff | October 11, 2017 |
13 | 3 | "The Flitcraft Parable" | Carl Franklin | Alyson Evans & Steve Kornacki | October 11, 2017 |
14 | 4 | "The Coping Mechanism" | Nelson McCormick | Dave Flebotte | October 18, 2017 |
15 | 5 | "The Collected Works of William Shakespeare" | Jonas Pate | Andrew Gettens & Lauren Mackenzie | October 25, 2017 |
16 | 6 | "Treasures in Jars of Clay" | Dan Attias | Ryan Parrott | November 1, 2017 |
17 | 7 | "Define Normal" | Nelson McCormick | Peter Elkoff | November 8, 2017 |
18 | 8 | "An Infant, A Brute or a Wild Beast" | Andrew Bernstein | Steve Kornacki & Alyson Evans | November 15, 2017 |
19 | 9 | "A Madness of Two" | Jonas Pate | Kem Nunn | November 22, 2017 |
20 | 10 | "Especially If You Run Away" | Nelson McCormick | Alexandra Cunningham & Kem Nunn | November 29, 2017 |
Both seasons of Chance were later released on Disney+ via the Star hub in selected territories following Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox which included the show's distributor and production company Fox 21 Television Studios. [12]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 75% based on 32 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Chance is an entertaining and profoundly dark thriller primarily kept afloat by Hugh Laurie's outstanding performance." [13]
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