Series synopsis
X Company is a Canadian drama television series that premiered on CBC Television on February 18, 2015. It ended on March 15, 2017. It was created by Stephanie Morgenstern, Mark Ellis. It stars Evelyne Brochu, Jack Laskey, Connor Price and Dustin Milligan.
An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British - torn from their ordinary lives to train as agents in an ultra-secret facility on the shores of Lake Ontario. These agents parachute behind enemy lines, where they're fair game for torture and execution. From elegant hotels to hellholes in the field, it's one risky operation after an ...
Premise
An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British - torn from their ordinary lives to train as agents in an ultra-secret facility on the shores of Lake Ontario. These agents parachute behind enemy lines, where they're fair game for torture and execution. From elegant hotels to hellholes in the field, it's one risky operation after another, masterminded by the brains of Camp X.
Premise: The allies needed a secret weapon. They got five.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Evelyne Brochu as Aurora Luft
- Jack Laskey as Alfred Graves
- Connor Price as Harry James
- Dustin Milligan as Tom Cummings
- Warren Brown as Neil Mackay
- Hugh Dillon as Duncan Sinclair
- Lara Jean Chorostecki as Krystina Breeland
- Torben Liebrecht as Franz Faber
Guest cast
- Pierre Kiwitt as Brigadeführer Oster
- Juliet Stevenson
- Suzanne Bertish
- Craig Parkinson as Drabek
- Sara Alicia Garcia as Miri
- Emily Taaffe as Siobhan
- Aylin Tezel as Zosia
- Lewis Rainer as Peter
- Karen Gagnon as Alice
- Antoinette Fekete as Derica
- Ádám Farkas as Loving German
- Gábor Fábián as Nazi officer
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 28 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | February 18, 2015 | April 8, 2015 |
| Season 2 | 10 | January 27, 2016 | April 6, 2016 |
| Season 3 | 10 | January 11, 2017 | March 15, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot As a new team of Allied agents face a terrifying first mission, Camp X's spymaster Duncan Sinclair must convince a fragile young man with a perfect memory to join the fight. |
February 18, 2015 |
| 2 |
Trial by Fire It’s a trial-by-fire first mission for Alfred as the team parachutes into France. Their mission: to penetrate a German headquarters and steal codes that could save thousands of British lives. |
February 25, 2015 |
| 3 |
Kiss of Death The team infiltrates a brothel and a Gestapo headquarters as they battle to stop atomic research from falling into the hands of the Nazis. |
March 4, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Creon Via London The team reels from the disaster of losing Alfred to the Nazis. Making matters worse, Aurora, Neil, Tom and Harry have been cut off from all communications with Camp X. |
January 27, 2016 |
| 2 |
Night Will End Franz Faber tries to get Alfred to break using inhuman techniques. Sinclair leads the team on a rescue mission in France. |
February 3, 2016 |
| 3 |
Schein Und Sein With the Gestapo hot on their heels and no way out of France, the team must get creative to get Alfred and René back to Camp |
February 10, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Creon vs. Ixion After the sobering losses at Dieppe, Sinclair joins the team in Paris galvanized by the possibility of cultivating Franz Faber as a double agent. |
January 11, 2017 |
| 2 |
Masquerade The team discovers a secret Nazi operation. |
January 18, 2017 |
| 3 |
One for the Moon The team tries to rally France before the Nazis take over. Faber's transfer could cost the team. |
January 25, 2017 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | CBC Television |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 18, 2015 |
| Last aired | March 15, 2017 |
| Runtime | 44 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 21:00:00 |