Frequency

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?

Frequency (2016-2017) is a US network science fiction drama created by Jeremy Carver for The CW. Detective Raimy Sullivan (Peyton List) is stunned when her long-missing father Frank Sullivan (Riley Smith) starts speaking to her through his old ham radio, his voice reaching her from 1996 across twenty years. Raimy works New York City cases alongside her partner Satch Reyna (Mekhi Phifer) while she and Frank try to reshape events so that a past tragedy does not claim the people they love. The engine of the series is that every change to the past seems to ripple forward, forcing Raimy to juggle a police caseload with a supernatural mystery that keeps shifting under her feet. The show runs for a single thirteen-episode season, with a serialized arc built around its time-altering premise and a procedural frame of individual cases. Its tone is suspenseful and emotional, mixing a crime procedural's grit with the warmth of a family reunion held together by a fragile signal. Fans of Dark, Timeless and Quantum Leap will find resonance in its blend of time travel puzzles and personal stakes. Atmosphere leans toward urban nights, static-filled radio calls and the tension of trying to fix a life that cannot stay still.

Viewers rated the single season positively for its time-travel hook and father-daughter emotional core, though reviewers found the writing uneven after the opening episodes.

• Darktime travel mystery with police procedural elements and family stakes
• Timelessserialized time travel drama with a single standing mystery and emotional family core
• Quantum Leapensemble sci-fi drama about characters changing the past, with a mystery engine
• Heroescrime procedural tone blended with supernatural serialized mystery

Created by

Jeremy Carver

Release Date

2016-10-05

Episode runtime

42 min

Rating

7.4 / 10 (273)

What is Frequency about?

A New York detective reconnects with her long-dead father through a ham radio that carries his voice from 1996, and the two race to change the past.

What is Frequency like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Frequency as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.

Is Frequency violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Frequency as mild.

What did critics think of Frequency?

Viewers rated the single season positively for its time-travel hook and father-daughter emotional core, though reviewers found the writing uneven after the opening episodes.

Which shows are like Frequency?

Shows with a similar feel include Dark, Timeless, Quantum Leap, and Heroes.

How long is Frequency?

Frequency: 1 season, 13 episodes.

Is Frequency still running?

No, Frequency was canceled.

Where can I watch Frequency?

In United States, Frequency is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies.