“Quantico” is a riveting and captivating drama. Definitely one of my favorite series currently airing on television. Featuring a storyline with many surprising twists and turns and nothing is predictable. Each episode sports solid writing and wonderful performances, “Quantico – The Complete First Season” is highly recommended!
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DVD TITLE: Quantico – The Complete First Season
SERIES DATE: 2015-2016
DURATION: Episodes 1-22 (945 Minutes)
DVD INFORMATION: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound,Widescreen (1:78:1) – Enhanced for 16×9 Televisions, Subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish
COMPANY: ABC Studios
RATED: TV 14 DSLV
RELEASE DATE: September 13, 2016
Created by Joshua Safran
Directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch, David McWhirter, Stephen Kay, Paul A. Edwards, Thor Freudenthal, Peter Leto, Rachel Morrison, Marc Munden, Patrick R. Norris, James Whitmore Jr., Jamie Barber, Holly Dale, Felix Enriquez Alcala, Jamie Payne, P.J. Pesce, Steve Robin, Larry Teng, J. Miller Tobin, Ron Underwood
Written by Joshua Safran, Logan Slakter, Justin Brenneman, Beth Schacter, Cami Delavigne, Jake Coburn, Cameron Litvack, Sharbari Z. Ahmed, Cherien Dabis, Jordon Nardino, Braden Marks, Dan Pulick
Executive Producer: Robert M. Sertner, Jake Coburn, Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper, Joshua Safran, G. Mac Brown, Merrill H. Karpf
Co-Executive Producer: Stephen Kay, Cameron Litvack
Producer: Robert D. Simon, Cherien Dabis, Barbara D’Alessandro
Consulting Producer: Jeff Rafner
Supervising Producer: Jordan nardino
Associate Producer: Leslie Estelle
Music by Joel J. Richard
Cinematography by Anastas N. Michos, Todd McMullen, Anthony Wolberg
Edited by Nicholas Erasmus, Terilyn A. Shropshire, Daniel A. Valverde, Lori Ball, Allyson C. Johnson, Vanessa Procopio
Casting by Beth Bowling, Freya Krasnow, Kim Miscia, Eric Dawson, Carol Kritzer, Alex Newman, Robert J. Ulrich
Production Design by Beth A. Rubino, Stuart Blatt, David Blass
Set Decoration by Martine Giguere-Kazemirchuk, Melinda Sanders
Costume Design by Samantha Rattner
Art Direction by Guy Lalande, Mathieu Giguere, Vincent Aird, Real Capuano, Robert Parle, Sean Breaugh, Charles M. Lagola, Marc-Andre Stronkowski, Mark Zuelzke
Starring:
Priyanka Chopra as Alex Parrish
Jake McLaughlin as Ryan Booth
Aunjanue Ellis as Miranda Shaw
Yasmine Al massri as Nimah Amin
Johanna Braddy as Shelby Wyatt
Josh Hopkins as Liam O’Connor
Tate Ellington as Simon Asher
Graham Rogers as Caleb Haas
Jacob Artist as Brandon Fletcher
Victor Cornfood as field Counselor Pollard
Annabelle Acosta as Natalie Vasquez
Mark Pellegrino as Clayton Haas
Li Jun Li as Iris Chang
Rick Cosnett as Elias Harper
Lenny Platt as Drew Perales
Jay Armstrong Johnson as Will Olsen
Marcia Cross as Claire Haas
J. Mallory McCree as Charlie Price
Eliza Coupe as Hannah Wyland
Television’s most riveting mystery unfurls against a backdrop of steamy seduction, maddening conspiracies and nerve-shattering suspense in ABC’s QUANTICO: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON. People’s Choice Award winner Priyanka Chopra (Favorite Actress In A New TV Series, 2016) stars as Alex Parrish, one of a diverse group of young recruits at the FBI Quantico Base. Despite intriguing personal secrets and complicated pasts, Alex and her fellow “NATs” (New Agents In Training) are the best, brightest, most thoroughly vetted candidates in the U.S., so it seems impossible that one of them could be a traitor. However, when Alex is framed for masterminding the most lethal attack on New York City since 9/11, she must race against time — and betray her closest friends and colleagues — to somehow identify the real culprit and prevent further carnage… because the bomber appears to be working from inside the Bureau. Revel in the thrill of the chase with all 22 action-packed episodes — plus captivating bonus features — that let you navigate the dangerous labyrinth of twists and turns that is QUANTICO.
From producer Joshua Safran (producer of “Gossip Girl” and “Smash”) comes his latest series, “Quantico”.
The series stars Priyanka Chopra (“Barfi!”, “Don” films, “Agneepath”), Jake McLaughlin (“Warrior”, “The Valley of Elah”, “Safe House”, “Savages”), Aunjanue Ellis (“Men of Honor”, “The Help”, “Ray”), Yasmine Al Massri (“Miral”, “Caramel”, “Crossbones”), Johanna Braddy (“Easy A”, “Paranormal Activity 3”, “Greek”), Josh Hopkins (“Cougar Town”, “The Perfect Storm”, “G.I. Jane”), Tate Ellington (“Straight Outta Compton”, “Remember Me”, “Sinister 2”), Graham Rogers (“Love & Mercy”, “Crazy Kind of Love”, “Struck by Lightning”), Jacob Artist (“Glee”, “After the Dark”, “White Bird in a Blizzard”), Anabelle Acosta (“Freelancers”, “Ballers”), Li Jun Li (“Minority Report, “Chinese Puzzle”, “Billy & Billie”), Marcia Cross (“Desperate Housewives”, “Melrose Place”) and more.
As the second season of the ABC series “Quantico” will be airing on television during the fall, the first season will be released on DVD in September 2016.
“Quantico” revolves around a group of FBI recruits training at the academy in Quantico, Virginia.
Alex Parrish (portrayed by Priyanka Chopra) is a promising FBI agent. Intelligent, athletic and one of the better FBI recruits looks like she has it all made. But fast forward to the present as Alex is seen lying near the destruction of leveled cities and she is accused of masterminding the biggest terror attack on US soil since September 11th.
Framed for these attacks, Alex must find who is responsible and clear her name.
The series features the following characters:
- Alex Parrish (portrayed by Priyanka Chopra) – An FBI recruit who is excelling at Quantico. But she has been framed for the largest terrorist attack since September 11th. When she was younger, she was responsible for shooting her father, a secret agent.
- Liam O’Connor (portrayed by Josh Hopkins) – A Seasoned FBI Agent who was demoted to work at the FBI Academy as a teacher. He and Alex’s father graduated from the FBI academy years ago and both were responsible in a blown sting which killed 200 people.
- Ryan Booth (portrayed by Jake McLaughlin) – An undercover FBI agent who was hired to do surveillance on Alex and ends up falling for her. He is pretending to be one of the FBI recruits at Quantico.
- Miranda Shaw (portrayed by Aunjanue Ellis) – The Assistant Director of the FBI Academy at Quantico and the director of the training program. She mentors many of the recruits.
- Nimah and Rain Amin (portrayed by Yasmine Al Massri) – Twins who were tasked by Miranda to pretend to be one person at the Academy. Nimah is wanting to be a special agent, while Raina is the more physical of the two.
- Shelby Wyatt (portrayed by Johanna Braddy) – Wealthy recruit who’s parents owned a couple of corporations. Her parents were killed in 9/11 which prompted her to want to become an FBI agent.
- Simon Asher (portrayed by Tate Ellington) – Spent his time at Gaza and appears to be one of the unstable and mysterious recruits. Has deep secrets.
- Caleb Haas (portrayed by Graham Rogers) – Flunked out of the academy and is brought back to train as an analyst. He and Shelby are attracted towards each other.
- Natalie Vasquez (portrayed by Anabelle Acosta) – Alex’s Academy rival who likes Ryan. She carries a secret.
VIDEO:
“Quantico – The Complete First Season” is presented in Widescreen (1:78:1) – Enhanced for 16×9 televisions. For the most part, the series looks good on DVD, nice good closeups and skintones are natural and during low light scenes, I didn’t see any major noise or compression artifacts. For the most part, the series looks good on DVD but wished they released the series on Blu-ray as well.
AUDIO:
As for audio, “Quantico – The Complete First Season” is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and the series is primarily dialogue and music driven. Dialogue is clear and understandable, while the music has always played a major part for the series and definitely enhances certain scenes.
The show is presented in English SDH, Spanish and French subtitles.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Quantico – The Complete First Season” includes the following special features:
Disc 1
- Commentary – “Run” with video commentary by executive producer/creator Joshua Safran and actors Priyanka Chopra, Jake McLaughlin, Yasmine Al Massri, Johanna Braddy, Tate Ellington and Graham Rogers.
- Deleted Scenes – Featuring four short deleted scenes
DISC 2
- Deleted Scenes – Featuring ten deleted scenes.
DISC 3
- Deleted Scenes – Featuring three deleted scenes.
Disc 4
- Deleted Scenes – Featuring nine deleted scenes.
Disc 5
- Welcome to Quantico – (18:53) The filming of the season finale of “Quantico”. With interviews with creator Joshua Safran and the cast.
- Bloopers – (4:15) Outtakes from season one of “Quantico”.
- Who Did It? – (8:11)
- Deleted Scenes – Featuring five deleted scenes.
EXTRAS:
“Quantico – The Complete First Season” comes with a slipcover.
Addictive and captivating, “Quantico” is one of the best series currently airing on television!
“Quantico” is a series which comes off like a crime/drama series featuring a group of young FBI recruits. All with their own personal baggage and trying to pass the Academy.
But as the series progresses, we realize immediately that this series is anything but. You do get the FBI recruit storyline, as we get to see the chemistry develop of each character and how they handle their own personal issues and how the become a team, but the more we watch, we see how the series revolves around Alex Parrish (portrayed by People’s Choice Award winner, Priyanka Chopra), an FBI Agent who has been accused for masterminding the largest terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11.
Alex wakes up with no memories of what happened. She was assigned to be on detail near the area where the terrorist attack happened but because she was the only person that survived within the radius and so Alex is considered a primary suspect.
While being taken to prison, she is rescued by her mentor, Assistant Director of the FBI Academy at Quantico, Miranda Shaw. And as Alex tries to find out who framed her and who is responsible for the attacks, her friends and former recruits at the FBI Academy are now hunting her down.
And Alex Parrish becomes the most wanted person in the United States. Can she prove her innocence and can they find the true mastermind of the terrorist attacks?
As for this DVD set, picture quality and audio quality are very good. Picture quality is as good as one can expect on DVD, audio features crystal clear audio and music, with ambiance and sound effects being utilized on the surround channels. As for special features, you get a video commentary, featurettes, bloopers and several deleted scenes.
Overall, “Quantico” was a fantastic first season with solid writing and each episode keeping you on the edge of your seat. Part of the success of the series is due to the wonderful characters featuring a good amount of character building episodes to make these characters easy to sympathize and root for.
“Quantico” is a series that manages to balance two storylines. One storyline that revolves around the recruits trying to pass the academy at Quantico and then the present storyline featuring Alex being accused of being the mastermind of the largest terrorist attack since 9/11. And with each episode, we see how Alex changes from the first episode to the final episode when the true mastermind of the attacks are revealed.
The series tries to cast doubt on many characters, friends of Alex who are promising FBI agents but at the same time, each with their own personal baggage. Can any of these individuals be responsible for the terrorist attacks?
Overall, “Quantico” is a riveting and captivating drama. Definitely one of my favorite series currently airing on television.
Featuring a storyline with many surprising twists and turns and nothing is predictable. Each episode sports solid writing and wonderful performances, “Quantico – The Complete First Season” is highly recommended!
