Citizens of the World

Citizens of the World is an as-yet unproduced concept for an American “[spy-fi]” and [political thriller] television series created by Marian Mijinyawa. It presents an atypical setting for the [science fiction] narrative, being set in a slightly [dystopic], quasi [futuristic] [22nd Century] America.

The series explores the predicament of two people who, by a fluke, get involved with the operations of a covert [black ops] organization who are after the super-[algorithm] that one of them possesses. The series gradually branches off into three specific interchanging arcs involving a mysterious Central Intelligence Agency conspiracy, a private contracting company called NORAD and an algorithm codenamed Pillbox. Several stand-alone episodes contained within each season explore the back stories of the main and recurring characters, without usually venturing far from the rolling story.

The show is broadcast on the ABC network in the USA and syndicated worldwide. The show first aired with an initial fifteen episodes and is currently running a 20 episode second season.

ELEMENTS STORYTELLING The series is presented as a series of chapter-esque flashbacks, flash forwards and real-time action. An episode typically begins with a brief flash-bang teaser, which begins seemingly in the middle of the show or at some part of the end, and then, after some surprising occurrence such as one of the main characters seemingly betraying the other, or acting out of character, or being in some irrevocable trouble, cutting abruptly to its Seven Nation Army Intro. This random event will be built up to, explained and revealed for what it is towards or directly at the conclusion of the episode. A recurring element in each episode usually includes some form of betrayal, revenge or subterfuge involving a number of groups. In Season 1, Gabrielle Taylor destroys the much coveted pillbox algorithm, but James Fawkes makes a secret copy to sell on the black market. James sells the device to an undercover CIA agent who ends up getting killed by operatives from a cybercrime organization who have been observing him. They discover, however, that the algorithm they killed for is apparently a fake, meaning that James still possesses the original, functional copy. A similar incident occurs in Season 2, involving a facially altered woman whom the black ops organization NORAD believes to be Gabrielle. The bizarre futuristic elements of the series come into play especially concerning the heavily technological environment the characters live in. In season 2, a bio-mechanical supercomputer system ‘impregnated’ with the Pillbox algorithm takes over world satellite systems, turning into a living, self-aware weapon. In the same season, Gabrielle briefly has her consciousness transferred into the mind of a WASP, a bioengineered insect designed to search, apprehend and/or destroy. The manic rush of a typical 60 minute episode usually contains: A Question, or a startling, seemingly random event which is stated in the very brief teaser, and which is eventually answered in fragmented mini-chapters throughout the episode. A Goal that much be completed in a certain length of time, and rarely is due to some other contingency arising. A Predicament which faces a character or a group of characters, creating conflict and rush and often, revealing something. A Cliffhanger, besides the one that begins the episode. Usually at the end of each act within the story. VISUAL STYLE Citizens of the World has fast paced, some might say hyperactive and unusually visually expressive storytelling. The brightly saturated, vividly hued, nearly cartoonish look of the show is intended to blur the line between the 21st Century and the 22nd Century in which the story takes place. Because of the naturalistic filming style, it is often hard to pinpoint the exact elements that make the era of Citizens of the World different from the era we live in. The use of modern lingo and references to pop-culture and literature of earlier decades imply that the world has evolved more technologically and politically than socially. Whats more, 22nd Century concept vehicles roam the roads along side such dated vehicles as Ford 2008 models, Chevy Silverados, and even Beetles. To blend with the new decade, a popular vehicle seems to be a Hybrid Electric model called Wolfe, designed by GM which is now a billion dollar mega corporation and the only car manufacturing company existing in the US. It is also implied that with innovations by NASA and conglomerates of the space tourism corporation WTA (The World Tourism Association), space travel has come far, with regular civilian trips to outer space costing up to $100. CREATIVE INFLUENCES The primary arc involving corrupt CIA officials and it's affiliate, the NORAD organization, invokes ideas from popular 20ies and 90ies espionage and political thrillers. In Season 2, Gabrielle and James are victims of NORAD's insidious mind control experiment Project Machina, turning them into brainwashed agents similar to The Manchurian Candidate. The series itself begins with James witnessing a murder by government officials, as in Absolute Power and The Man Who Knew Too Much. Unlike the protagonist of Absolute Power, James is not only the witness, but he is the man whom the crime has been pinned on. The pillbox algorithm arc itself is much akin to one of the concepts in Enemy Of The State, in which the protagonist comes to possess a piece of evidence incriminating corrupt government officials. As an observation, Citizens of the World incorporates some subtle elements of film noir: Characters commit brutal, vengeful and sometimes psychopathic acts of violence. Moody lighting including the classic noir Venetian Blinds effect on the walls and on characters' faces in some scenes look like bars on a jail and make the characters of Citizens of the World seem as though they are trapped by their human weaknesses and doomed to failure. The cinematographic compositions and the art direction are particularly claustrophobic as well. Characters are often backed into a corner where mobility is impossible (such as in cars or tight indoor spaces). While not definitively “hardboiled”, the characters of Citizens of the World exist in a definitively unsympathetic, heavily monitored world which forces them to rely on their own cleverness of cunning as they confront danger on a daily basis. RECURRING PLOT DEVICES There are a number of plot devices which are used frequently on Citizens of the World - The following article contains SPOILERS. Mind Control – While not a predominant theme in the first season, mind control is a prominent theme in the second season, with the protagonists' minds having been wiped in order to put them under control of the organization they spent half of the first season attempting to evade. Altered or Double Identities – On numerous occasions Gabrielle has been a victim of either mistaken identity or altered her personality/identity in order to achieve a goal. In Season 1's “The Double Life of Victoria Jones”, Gabrielle is kidnapped by NORAD operatives stationed in Morocco and made to take on the identity of a seclusive contact of the renegade CIA agent they are trying to capture. Altered identity is not a phenomenon limited to the protagonists. Evelyn Halliburton, one of the series' lesser antagonists, suffers gradual memory alteration when she kidnapped by the delusional cyberterrorist Norman Chandler, and begins to believe that she is Gabrielle's mother. Moles & Double Crosses - Disguises – Regularly, the main characters Gabrielle and James will don disguises in order to confuse, evade or achieve some goal. Disguises the duo have donned to date are: A police man, a mob boss, an IRS official with an attitude (among other federal employees) a clown, a fashion designer, jazz club singer and a high class call girl. People who are dead but actually are alive - Gabrielle having to rescue her father, or vice vera - Computer Hacking - Torture - SEASONS Season One begins with a two part Pilot episode which sets up the main arc regarding the much coveted Pillbox. Pilot part 1 begins with man named Matt Bauer being shot in cold blood by faceless assassins. Matt is a computer programmer who has been holed up in a hotel, hiding from the people who have hired him to create a complex computer algorithm that could potentially pose a serious threat to national and world security. Matt had predicted his own death at the hands of government agents, and had secured the algorithm in the possession of his hired bodyguard, James Fawkes, who, hiding in a ventilation grate, witnesses the unfortunate young man's murder. When the agents discover his presence, James fights his way out and in an effort to escape, hijacks the car of a young hacker named Gabrielle who herself is evading law enforcement. Meanwhile, CIA officials scramble to close the breach in security by framing James for the death of Matt Bauer and putting out a nation-wide arrest warrant on him and his “accomplice”. Now on the run, James must get the algorithm code named Pillbox to a contact of Matt's named Juan Gutierrez who lives across the continent in Pasadena, California. However, when CIA officials catch up with them, Gabrielle is captured. In Part 2, Gabrielle is interrogated and forced to help the CIA apprehend James, who is revealed by her interrogators to be her long estranged father. James gets a ride to Pasadena from a traveling biker girl named Christian, but trouble ensues when they're held hostage by Christian's ex-boyfriend who's looking to collect the reward on James' head. James and Christian take action and part ways, but when James hits the road, he realizes that Christian has stolen the pillbox. Intending on selling it to a group of programmers, Christian crosses the border into Canada, not realizing James is on her tail. When James catches up with her, he is caught by the programmers Christian is dealing with and bartered as part of the pillbox package. Christian strikes a bargain—split the profits made from selling the Pillbox which is worth more on the black market then James could ever be. The trade is made and one of the programmers tips the cops off to James' location. Before the police arrive, however, Christian helps James escape and hits the road with her money. Meanwhile, Gabrielle is briefed by Officer Doyle on what to do when it's time to bring James in. In Pasadena, Christian and James part ways and James dials up Juan who doesn't answer his phone. Within moments of the failed call, James' cell receives a text message. It's an address. James heads to the address, which is Juan's home. Juan is not there and the place is in shambles. James excavates the ruins of the house, trying to find some clue as to what happened. When he finds a bullet shell, he realizes exactly what must have happened. Suddenly, he realizes he's not alone. Gabrielle appears, immediately trying to explain her presence, but James gives her the muzzle of his gun to talk to. Gabrielle explains that CIA agents are on their way and that she's sorry, but they coerced her into doing it. There's nothing he can do now. With helicopters and vans surrounding the building, James springs into action. He rigs the house to explode and then takes Gabrielle hostage. As gas canisters burst through the windows, James brings Gabrielle outside. There is a short futile standoff and then the house explodes. When the dust clears, James and Gabrielle are nowhere to be found. From there, the season continues to explore the conspiracy surrounding the pillbox, the NORAD agency and a mysterious undercover, unaffiliated agent who claims to know everything about NORAD and more. SEASON ONE: THEMES: Trust, Conspiracy, Family, Discovery, Coming Full Circle. Season one predominantly revolves around Gabrielle, an underground programmer/hacker who gets mixed up in a conspiracy when James, the former bodyguard of another programmer/hacker, bumps into her while fleeing from the CIA with a stolen, high-tech device. The season is spiced with Intelligence Organizations, bounty-hunting citizens, and a mysterious free agent all hunting them. (James, Gabrielle) and the theme centric MacGuffin (The Pillbox) are introduced, and in quick succession, their antagonists (The Hub Operators, Agents Sanders & Doyle, NORad). Guest characters whose parts are minor but pivotal to the plot (Juan Gutierrez, Christian) are introduced as the first arc (getting the Pillbox to Juan) rolls out of play and into the next arc (keeping the Pillbox away from Gunrunners and renegade CIA & NORAD agents). 15 episodes of conspiracy, stunning twists and on-the-road trusting-noone mayhem (the passing of the Pillbox from hand to hand until it’s destruction by Gabi) comes to a shocking end with the cliffie of the century (James and Gabi getting caught by NORAD agents and brainwashed into working for them—starting by enlisting an identity confused Gabrielle to re-create the Pillbox she destroyed) SEASON TWO: THEMES: Remembrance, Recovery, Family, Second Chances, Humanity. We find our protagonists in a state altered. James and Gabrielle, now agents of NORAD, begin to realize that they are not who they think they are. James remembers he has a daughter and Gabrielle remembers she’s responsible for the re-creation of the device that sparked the SISCO Event (Episode 12.1, Icarus Laughed, in which a biomechanical supercomputer system ‘impregnated’ with the Pillbox algorithm took over world satellite systems.) NORAD catches on and the run is on for James and Gabrielle. A reformed John Franklin recruits James into his underground intelligence group with the intention of exposing the CIA’s affiliation with NORAD as well as other terrorist and gunrunner-type groups. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Agent Doyle find themselves (back) in Baghdad searching for the mysterious renegade black ops agent who foretold Norman Chandler’s attempted nuke plant sabotage as well as Gabi and James’ eventual capture and brainwashing. (Episode 19.1 Mr. Carmichael) The series wraps, leaving us with the implication that there is nothing more powerful and unstoppable than government. Everyone who is involved with it will become swept up within it and prosper as an immutable, dominative force or be crushed, forgotten or branded forever an enemy of the government "values" which are not really "values" at all, but a series of whims and desires, focusing on obtaining as much power as possible. Our heroes will fail, and so will the others after them, merely because that is the way of history. Where one hero fells an evil, another evil will rise, with another hero to fight it. POSSIBLE ENDINGS FOR THE SERIES James, by a fluke, gets launched into space while trying to stop a shuttlecraft filled with grey goo from deploying it's cargo on Earth and into space. Christian is the only hero left alive. The others are either dead, in hiding or working for the government. The Hub is destroyed in a nuclear bomb attack. Gabrielle and James end up working voluntarily for the very organization that hunted them for years. Gabrielle calls James on the phone. “It's bullshit, ain't it?” “Yep. Somehow...kinda makes sense, though.” “Hm. Heard from Christian?” “No...haven't seen or heard from her since...so...I don't know. Maybe she's...just gone.” “I think she's alive.” “Yeah?” “Somethin' just tells me. Also...that girl just. Will. Not. die, pop.” “Ha ha! Sure...look...I gotta go. Gotta save the world or somethin'. You take care, kiddo.” “Yeah...you too pop.” “........I love you, Gabrielle.” “.......I love you too, Dad.” Gabrielle steps off of the walkway of the Federal whatever building. Looks up at a Hawk perched on the ball of a flagpole. A BOP? Maybe. Gabrielle smiles. Walks off into the plaza. FLASH-BANG TEASERS: T-1: The episode starts with a steaming wreck lying on the side of s deserted road. Suddenly, James comes running shirtless down the street. He jumps into a waiting car which veers off down the road. Inside the car, he frantically dials a number. He answers not with hello but: “They got Gabi. It’s over.” He hangs up. He turns to the driver. The driver of the car is Officer Doyle. Doyle gives him a cocky, reassuring look and says, “It ain't over yet.” T-2: The episode starts with a man shutting a door. Behind him, tied and gagged to a bed is Gabrielle in just her tank. The man approaches, un-buttoning his shirt and saying with a come-hither stare “You have something I want. You have a choice. You can give it willingly, or I will take it.” He crawls onto the bed and puts his face close to Gabi’s. “So what’s your answer?” Without warning, Gabrielle head butts him, tears her seemingly bound hands loose and jams a pen into his neck. The man falls, gurgling blood to the bed. Gabrielle gets to her feet and stares, horrified, at the dead man bleeding all over the sheets. T-3 (The Double Life of Victoria Jones): The episode starts with us, lying on our sides, apparently rousing to awareness. We sit up and look around. A door opens and a woman dressed in Arab garb enters with a plate of food. She says something in Arabic and then leaves. We stand up, look at the food, look at our bare feet then go to a mirror. We are actually Gabrielle, looking disheveled, disoriented and platinum blond. T-4: The episode begins with Gabrielle popping a white pill and downing it with a glass of water. On a table nearby, a newspaper headline reads: THE INFECTION SPREADS”, and various ominous lines such as “...quarantined until further notice”...”Officials have not yet commented on the source of the incident”....”4 dozen people dead or hospitalized”. Gabrielle picks up a phone and dials a number. “Hello,” she answers, “Are you in town? Uh huh. No I'm fine. Its getting a little chaotic outside though. Sure.” Without warning, she spasms. “Yeah—can you hang on?” she drops the phone with her next spasm. She rushes for the bottle of pills and pops another, trying to keep the pills from scattering everywhere as he spasms worsen by the second. The pills scatter and Gabrielle, in full violent convulsion, collapses to the floor. T-5: The episode begins with James, dressed like a Vegas casino troll, jaywalking across the casino floor towards a craps table. With the demeanor of a gambling addict, he joins in the game, quickly racking up scores and cash. He maneuvers his way around the table, getting closer to the table attendant than the table attendant would like. When the game master expresses his wish for James to remove himself from the table, James pulls a silenced weapon from his bedazzled jacket and shoots the man. As the game master crumples to the floor, James feigns shock and horror, calling exaggeratedly for police. “He's been shot! Oh my freaking God, he's been shot!” T-6: The episode begins with a woman who is not Gabrielle (she's about 45 and Asian) breaking the fourth wall with a: “Hello, my name is Gabrielle.” Succinctly, several other women who also are not Gabrielle do the same thing in a series of rapid cuts. The screen abruptly cuts to black and then Gabrielle stares at us, looking pale and disheveled. She asks us in a soft, scared voice, “Who am I?” T-7 ( A Madman Among Us): The episode begins with a slow, romantic 50ies tune playing as a computer boots up. The screen brightens and a series of codes appear on the screen. The codes scroll and blink and change, typing as though someone were typing them, but they're really typing themselves. As the music reaches a crescendo, an intro message appears on the screen: “SISCO Version X” and then: “SYSTEM ARMED.” T-8 (Mr Carmichael): The episode begins with an extreme closeup of a drop of blood. The camera pulls back at an agonizingly slow pace from the blood drop, all the while as we hear a man sobbing. Finally, it is clear what is happening. James is cradling Gabrielle in his arms and crying, and apparently, Gabrielle is dead. What's more, they are sitting on a sand dune in the middle of a desert. T-9: The episode begins with “Good Morning” from Singin' In The Rain being played. We find Christian sitting in front of the TV, smoking and looking very serious despite the happy music. Gabrielle enters the room from behind, holding a glass of water and staring at the TV. We pull back to discover that the room is a mess and that a strange, robotic presence is there. Four of them. Stationed around the room. White eyes glowing in the dark. T-10: The episode opens with Gabrielle looking at someone in a very concerned manner. A woman off screen is speaking: “...if I had...the chance to make up for what we've lost together. (emotionally) I wish I could have seen you grow up. I wish I could have been there for you. I know it hasn't been easy. And I know you've been scared...and that you wished very much that I had been there. And I know you understood why I couldn't. It's so very wonderful to see the kind of young woman you've become. Let me take your hand, Gabrielle. Come on. Give mommy your hand. Let me look at you.” Tentatively, with tears streaming down her stolid face, Gabrielle takes the hand outstretched to her. The camera reveals who is speaking. The woman speaking is Evelyn Halliburton. T-11: The episode begins with a transaction taking place between two people. Quickly, the meeting goes awry when it appears that the merchant part has scammed the buyer, who charges that the goods are tainted. There are gunshots and the sound of a body crumpling to the floor. A female voice dripping with venom tells someone: “I want you to find Reyes' contact. I want him in front of me. YESTERDAY. T-12: “Plug the hole, stupid!” “Shut up, I'm working on it!” “You've both got 1 minute!!” “Shitshitshitshitshitshit--” “You're really pissing me off now.” “I've almost got it....DID YOU PLUG THE FREAKING HOLE?!?” “YES!!!” “THEN WHY IS MY CONSOLE BLINKING?!?” “...shit!” “COMING UP ON 10 SECONDS, 9, 8, 7,” “Waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait...” “4, 3, 2,” “GOT IT!” (something jams) “ONE!” Silence. “Did it work?” ....(buzzing noise. Lights flash on. The trio are standing at corners of a room at weird looking consoles. WASPS are shattered all over the floor in a wide perimeter, as if they hit a force field. “Yes Christian. I do believe it did work.” T-13 SYSCO - T-14 T-15 T-16 T-17 T-18 T-19 T-20 PILOT PRT.1 – In the pilot episode, a young underground hacker named Gabrielle, gets mixed up in a covert political blunder when James, the former bodyguard of another hacker, bumps into her while fleeing from the CIA with a stolen high-tech device. PILOT PRT.2 – At the secret underground CIA covert ops laboratory “The Hub”, Agent Sanders and his cohorts plan to utilize a mischievous Gabrielle as a logistics operator. There, the potential power of the mysterious pillbox is revealed. Meanwhile James hitches a ride to Pasadena. EPISODE 2 – With Juan Gutierrez dead and their mission seemingly at a dead end, James and Gabrielle cook up a con to use the Pillbox as a cash cow. When the con goes wrong, they find themselves caught between the CIA and a ruthless group of cyberterrorists. AMBER ALERT – During the course of a violent anti-police protest, Gabrielle is kidnapped by a seemingly psychopathic individual named Carmichael who forces her to carry out a list of bizarre and dangerous demands. EPISODE 4 – FRACTURE - CRIMSON TIDE DRIVER I WAS A LOVER SHUT THE DOOR THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE WINDOW – When Gabrielle, James and Christian stop for fuel and rest in a rural suburbia, a terrifying pseudo military presence rolls into the town and locks the the it down into an unexplained and nightmarish quarantine. When the soldiers begin inexplicably killing people, James, Gabrielle and Christian, aided by a cyber-journalist and a blind photographer battle the lock down, discovering, in the process, who and what the soldiers really are. Based on THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET When the power surge happens in the remake, it is not caused by aliens but by the government specifically the army, experimenting on how small towns react to the fear of terrorism. In the end, the neighborhood takes out its anger and frustration on a family who never left their house after the power surge occurred, thinking that they caused it since they still have power. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VICTORIA JONES S.2 SOMETHING NOT ORGANIC – S.2 A MOCKINGBIRD SANG A SPARROWS SONG S.1 A MADMAN AMONG US S.1 A RUNNING MAN PRT 1 S.1 I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM – During a heated chase, Gabrielle is trapped by a more pesky than usual WASP which, by a bizarre technical fluke, somehow transfers it's consciousness into her mind, leaving Gabrielle's body seemingly comatose, and her actual mind trapped in the cybernetic prison of an artificial military intelligence.

REFERENCES TO THEMES OF CYBERNETIC SUPERINTELLIGENCE Grey Goo: Grey goo is a hypothetical end-of-the-world scenario involving molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating robots consume all living matter on Earth while building more of themselves – a scenario known as ecophagy (eating the environment). The term grey goo is usually used in a science fiction or popular-press context. In the worst postulated scenarios (requiring large, space-capable machines), matter beyond Earth would also be turned into goo (with "goo" meaning a large mass of replicating nanomachines lacking large-scale structure, which may or may not actually appear goo-like). The disaster is posited to result from a deliberate doomsday device, or from an accidental mutation in a self-replicating nanomachine used for other purposes, but designed to operate in a natural environment. Self Modifying Code: In computer science, self-modifying code is code that alters its own instructions, intentionally or otherwise, while it is executing. Self-modifying code is quite straightforward to write when using assembly language (taking into account the CPU cache). It is also supported by some high level language interpreters such as SNOBOL4, the Lisp programming language, or the ALTER verb in COBOL. It is more difficult to implement on compilers but compilers such as Clipper and Spitbol make a fair attempt at it, and COBOL almost encourages it. One batch programming technique is to use self-modifying code[1]. Most scripting languages such as Perl and Python are interpreted, which means that the program can generate new code and execute it; usually, this is done in a variable, but it can also be performed by writing out a new file and running it in the scripting language interpreter. Technological Singularity: Some groups, called Singularitarians, who advocate what might be defined as a peaceful (non-violent, non-invasive, non-coercive) cybernetic revolt known as a 'technological singularity', argue that it is in humanity's best interests to bring about such an event, as long as it can be ensured that the event would be beneficial. They postulate that a society run by intelligent machines (or cyborgs) could potentially be vastly more efficient than a society run by human beings. A society led by friendly, altruistic sentiences of this type would therefore be to humanity's great benefit. To this end, there has been much recent work in what has become known as Friendliness Theory, which holds that, as advocate and AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky states, "... you ought to be able to reach into 'mind-design-space' (i.e. the hypothetical realm which contains all possible intelligent minds) and pull out a mind (design an intelligent machine) such that afterwards, you're glad you made it real."[3] Toxic Shock | Pennsylvania A terrorist truck-bomb attack or major industrial accident at an oil refinery in south Philadelphia could rupture pipelines to several pressurized tanks containing thousands of gallons of anhydrous fluoride. Because the refinery is located close to population centers, lethal concentrations of the gas would threaten the lives of over 100,000 people downwind of the plume.

SERIES STORY ARCS The Pillbox Operation Arc —In which a super-algorithm is created, posing a serious threat to the security of computer systems worldwide. This arc works synonymously with the NORAD arc, as it involves a number of NORAD agents, including Evelyn Halliburton and the mysterious renegade black ops agent Carmichael.

The NORAD Operation Arc —

The Machines Will Screw Us All Arc –

CHARACTERS THE PLAYERS James Fawkes – an ex CIA agent who should have been a cop but somehow became a freelance contractor, doing things for people who don't want to do it their themselves. He's vaguely a McClane, McGarret type, with a dash of Jason Bourne. He's unflappable and matter-of-fact with deep set, mysterious eyes and a hint of salt and pepper in his hair. He is serene, cerebral if you squint very hard, invisible when he wants to be. Conscientious and cunning. Guilty. Like most men, he hides his emotions and distances himself further when emotional or personal stakes are high. He doesn't understand how to deal with his own emotions when they cross his set emotional line. He thinks God's gonna cut him down one day.

Gabrielle Fawkes – born February 17th 2101 (the show's operating year being 2119 making her 18) in Syria of mixed extraction, she's an orphan and proud of it. She hides within the folds of the Internet, hacking her way to cyberstardom. People know her on that side, but not much on the outside. She is a social chameleon, striving to be inconspicuous and largely succeeding. She is highly intellectual, devious, witty and above all, strong headed. Her fearlessness might be misconstrued for stupidity and naiveté, but she generally knows how to get what she wants without getting caught or getting hurt and she knows to stay within her limits. Her most mysterious aspects are her physical and mental duality. Her strength vs her weakness. Her indecisiveness vs her decisions. Her childishness vs her maturity. She is emotional only at the breaking point. Until then, she is a emotional void, but at any rate, a reaction is certain. She feels abandoned. She pushes her own cause.

Christian – BIO TBW

THE PLAYER-HATERS

Peter Franklin – BIO TBW

Evelyn Halliburton – Lynn Halliburton is a woman of power and influence who seeks to ensure the security of the United State, both regarding it's populace and it's politics. Because she will do whatever she feels is necessary to ensure that, she has a great duality. All too often, her morality can be bypassed in favor of doing what is necessary for a plot to succeed. She represents The Man.

Agent Sanders – BIO TBW

Agent Doyle – BIO TBW

EVERYONE ELSE (Baddies, Double Agents, etc)

Mickey Langham – Mickey Langham, the trusted head technician of The Hub's Cyber-Intel Operations Division, is revealed early to be a double agent working for an unknown terrorist organization

Juan Gutierrez – BIO TBW

Norman Chandler – Once a brilliant biomechanic and professor of medieval literature, Norman Chandler became a psychological case study after the death of his Marine son in World War III. He became obsessed with creating transgenic and biomechanically altered lifeforms to such an extent that he became a danger to himself and his co-workers and was finally indefinitely suspended from working in his laboratory. A friend of his named Madeline Swift who remained interested in Norman's studies, and later disappeared without a trace, introduced Norman to a process involving molecular nanotechnology which made it possible to re-create a lifeform using DNA and nanites. From this sprung Norman Chandler’s ultimate project—a bio-mechanical self-aware computer system which would, at some point, be able to entirely take over world computer system functions, effectively running the world at increasingly greater efficiency than a human being ever would. Mis-guided by his feelings of anger for his son's death during the war, and turned rather cold and withdrawn due to his intense focus on his studies, Norman begins a slow and steady descent into an insanity that never truly presents itself...at least in human form.

Henry Carmichael – BIO TBW

CAST Five characters make up the major cast billing of Citizens of the World. [Actor A] stars as James Fawkes, the ex CIA officer turned freelance contractor who gets the dubious pleasure of ferrying a top-secret government gadget across the country, along with his estranged daughter. [Actress A] as Gabrielle Taylor, the youthful hacker wunderkind with wit as sharp as her mad computer skills and a love-hate relationship with her estranged father. [Actress B] as Evelyn Halliburton, the brass, conflicted and duplicitous lead officer of the Pillbox operation. [Actor B] as the cool-headed Peter Franklin, the secondary lead operative. Sean Kanan and Jeff Donovan portray Officers Sean Doyle and David Sanders. RECURRING CHARACTERS [Actor E] portrayed the mysterious hacker Juan Gutierrez for approximately 5 episodes out of season 1's 14, until his character's death. It's been rumored that the actor will make either a cameo or actual resurgence in the Second season. As for now, this is still just speculation. Also recurring is Michelle Rodriguez as Sara Christianne “Christian” Alvarez. Christian's role spanned over 6 episodes for Season 1. It has been confirmed that Rodriguez will be reprising her role as Christian in a larger capacity for Citizens of the World's Second season. [Actor G] also makes the occasional appearance as Operations Technician and double agent Mickey Langham. GUEST STARS [Guest Actor A] as Norman Chandler Tyler Christopher makes his mark in several episodes as the renegade CIA agent gone permanently undercover, Henry Carmichael.

CITZIZENS OF THE WORLD – TEASER CLIPS Christian jams a dagger in the foot of a robot which screams metallically and viciously hurls a titanium blade at her head. Walking down a sidewalk in NYC, Gabrielle puts her cellphone to her ear. “Hello?” A conversation ensues, as a building explodes behind her. Gabrielle looks back, smiles and walks on. Samaritans standing in dozens of rows before a massive video screen. A single white symbol displays on the screen. A man looks up, screaming, as GREY GOO is poured over him. Two plug devices plunged at her, Gabrielle, her eyes unnaturally lit green, screams and shoves them back at us. Dressed like a casino troglodyte, James flashes a Colgate smile and snaps his fingers. “YEAH!” Gabrielle puts on a pair of shades and smirks. The screen is effused with WHITE. A motorcycle BOOT stomps on a skittering army of infant WASPS. Christian whirls in slo motion, a pipe iron in her hand which she swings at the head of a faceless NORAD agent who STOPS it with his bare hand. His head tilts to the side. Christian stares, agog. “Oh shit.” A BUSINESSMAN jogs down the steps of the CIA Headquarters at Langley. The camera ZOOMS in and the film turns brightly saturated. A Crow BOP stares down from it's perch on the ballpoint of an American flag pole. James and Agent Doyle watch as a train full of glowing pods whips past. James grabs onto the luggage rack of a passing trolley and pulls himself up to the top of the moving vehicle. Looking up, he sees a swarm of WASPS closing in. He LEAPS from the moving trolley and lands on the hood of a Wolfe stopped in traffic. The stunned driver watches as James scrambles off of the now dented hood and sprints off. The driver looks up with rising horror as shadows forming on his windshield turn out to be the WASPS, zeroing in. He ducks, and the WASPS surge overhead, buzzing and chittering, en route for James. The episode opens on a small army of troopers struggling to control a riot which is chanting “1-2-3-4 we won't take it anymore, 5-6-7-8 we don't want a police state!” The military seems to be watching for two figures—James and Gabrielle. Suddenly, someone throws a flaming bottle into a shop window and all hell breaks loose. The military disperse and gas canons are shot into the chaotic crowd. As everyone scatters, one man stands unscathed by the gas. He is attacked by a trooper, but despite a full on blow by a sick stick, he is unharmed. With superhuman strength, he sends the trooper flying, and grabs an unconscious person lying on the ground. Gabrielle.