Detective Raimy Sullivan is stunned when a voice suddenly crackles through her father’s old, long-broken ham radio – it’s Frank Sullivan, somehow transmitting over the airwaves and through the decades from 1996. Separated by twenty years, father and daughter have reunited on a frequency only they can hear, but can they rewrite the story of their lives without risking everyone they love?

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Frequency (2016)

1996 called. 2016 answered.

★ 7.1/10 October 5, 2016 1 season

DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

Creator: Jeremy Carver

Detective Raimy Sullivan is stunned when a voice suddenly crackles through her father’s old, long-broken ham radio – it’s Frank Sullivan, somehow transmitting over the airwaves and through the decades from 1996. Separated by twenty years, father and daughter have reunited on a frequency only they can hear, but can they rewrite the story of their lives without risking everyone they love?

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Creators

Jeremy Carver Jeremy Carver

Cast

Peyton List Peyton List Raimy Sullivan Riley Smith Riley Smith Frank Sullivan Devin Kelley Devin Kelley Julie Sullivan Mekhi Phifer Mekhi Phifer Satch Reyna Lenny Jacobson Lenny Jacobson Gordo Anthony Ruivivar Anthony Ruivivar Stan Moreno Daniel Bonjour Daniel Bonjour Daniel Lawrence Britt McKillip Britt McKillip Young Meghan Julius Fair Julius Fair Soloman Reyna

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YouShouldKnow
YouShouldKnow August 21, 2026
★ 4/10

The trailer has quite the hook, but the series doesn't have the sinker. The first 2 episodes are amazing and really want to make you binge watch the series. It has an "save the cheerleader, save the world" vibe that Heroes had in season 1. But come episode 3, things start going awry and it becomes a chore to pull through. The acting is good, but the writing is awful. For whatever reason, the series can't seem to make up its mind on who's the bad guy, which plot they want to follow, and just how smart or dumb people are. It seems like the writers wanted to have multiple sub-plots going, but couldn't decide on how. Normally every change and episode cliff-hanger should make you **want** to know more, but instead it leaves you with dread of "oh no, I'm not sure I want to know what they came up with this time". And just when you think they'll get a grip of the story and keep it sensibl…