Series synopsis
Pantheon is an American animation sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Netflix on September 1, 2022. It ended on February 21, 2025. It was created by Craig Silverstein. It stars Katie Chang, Paul Dano, Aaron Eckhart and Rosemarie DeWitt.
A bullied teen receives mysterious help from someone online: a stranger soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David, whose consciousness has been uploaded to the Cloud following an experimental destructive brain scan. David is the first of a new kind of being – an “Uploaded Intelligence” or “UI” – but he will not be the last, as a global conspiracy unfolds that threatens to trigger a new kind of world war.
Premise
A bullied teen receives mysterious help from someone online: a stranger soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David, whose consciousness has been uploaded to the Cloud following an experimental destructive brain scan. David is the first of a new kind of being – an “Uploaded Intelligence” or “UI” – but he will not be the last, as a global conspiracy unfolds that threatens to trigger a new kind of world war.
Premise: What is your humanity worth?
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Katie Chang as Maddie Kim (voice)
- Paul Dano as Caspian Keyes (voice)
- Aaron Eckhart as Cary Duval (voice)
- Rosemarie DeWitt as Ellen Kim (voice)
- Chris Diamantopoulos as Julius Pope (voice)
- Raza Jaffrey as Vinod Chanda (voice)
- Daniel Dae Kim as David Kim (voice)
- Ron Livingston as Peter Waxman (voice)
Supporting cast
- Taylor Schilling as Renee Keyes (voice)
Guest cast
- Samuel Roukin as Gabe (voice)
- Odeya Rush as Samara (voice)
- Maude Apatow as Justine (voice)
- William Hurt as Stephen Holstrom (voice)
- Madhur Jaffrey as Preethi (voice)
- Michael Kelly as Karl Van Leuwen (voice)
- Ajay Mehta as Ajit Prasad (voice)
- Julian Lerner as Oliver (voice)
- Jacob Sartorius as Bored Boy (voice)
- Krystina Alabado as Hannah (voice)
- Magnus McLain as Brandon (voice)
- Nyima Funk as Deirdre Ryan (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 16 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | September 1, 2022 | October 13, 2022 |
| Season 2 | 8 | February 21, 2025 | February 21, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pantheon Maddie, a bullied teen, receives help from a stranger online; Caspian, a teen loner and math genius struggles with his parents’ toxic relationship; Chanda, a computer engineer, secretly meets with a rival tech giant. |
September 1, 2022 |
| 2 |
Cycles Ellen fights with Logorhythms over control of David’s consciousness; Maddie learns the truth about her father’s death and meets a stranger who wants to help; Caspian stumbles on Maddie’s crisis on the dark web; A new consciousness is uploaded. |
September 1, 2022 |
| 3 |
Reign of Winter Chanda’s life is on a loop; Maddie and David make up for time lost; Ellen tries to move on from her dead husband; Caspian watches his parents’ marriage disintegrate while trying to start a romance of his own. |
September 8, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Gods Have Not Died in Vain While Ellen testifies before Congress, Maddie leads a group of teens to get the local network up and running; Caspian, in charge at Logorhythms, leads a team to help him crack integrity; Chanda waits for help with other uploaded minds. |
February 21, 2025 |
| 2 |
Crack Integrity Caspian must convince Maddie to bring David's upload back online in order to crack integrity; Ellen reveals a secret to Congress that could bring Logorhythms down; Pope works in the shadows to finish the mission he helped start. |
February 21, 2025 |
| 3 |
Joey Coupet Maddie meets a family member she didn't know existed; Caspian and Maddie meet an uploaded astronaut and her family on earth; Renee helps Holstrom break free of his hard drive. |
February 21, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Netflix |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 1, 2022 |
| Last aired | February 21, 2025 |
| Status | canceled |