Into the Badlands (TV series)
American wuxia television series, 2015–2019
Into the Badlands is an American Action drama television series created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar for AMC. It is set in a post-apocalyptic United States and follows a warrior and a teenage boy who journey through a dangerous feudal land together.
The series premiered on November 15, 2015, and concluded on May 6, 2019, after three seasons consisting of 32 episodes.
Background
Set approximately five hundred years in the future, war has left civilization in ruins. A few elements of technology, such as electricity and ground vehicles, have survived the apocalypse, but society now shuns firearms and relies on melee weaponry and crossbows.
In a territory known as the Badlands, encompassing several states located between the Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River, a feudal society has developed to fill the power vacuum left by the war. Barons control land and monopolies over commodities like opium and fuel, trading amongst themselves to maintain the peace. Each baron is served by slaves called "cogs", as well as a prostitute class called "dolls". A baron maintains power through an army of young men and women called clippers, who are highly trained and loyal warriors. Clippers are forbidden from marrying and having children lest their loyalties be divided. Each clipper force is captained by a regent.
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