There is a pandemic and the world's population gets devastated. Only a small fraction survives. Jeevan Chaudhary (Himesh Patel) is attending a play in Chicago when lead actor Arthur Leander dies on stage. He befriends child actor Kirsten Raymonde (Matilda Lawler) who seems to have no one looking after her in the chaotic aftermath. She is obsessed with the graphic novel Station Eleven. With the deadly flu spreading, Jeevan takes the little girl back to his brother Frank's apartment. Twenty years later, Kirsten (Mackenzie Davis) is part of a traveling performing troupe called the Traveling Symphony. They make the same circular tour each year to perform for small communities around the Chicago area. Their leader and Kirsten's mentor Sarah (Lori Petty) found her alone a couple of years after the devastation but Jeevan is nowhere to be seen.
It's a different take on the apocalypse. It's more about the power of art. It's more about the characters than the pandemic. It's about the cinematic magnetism of Mackenzie Davis and the uniqueness of little girl version Matilda Lawler. The whole cast is given the opportunity to shine and almost everybody do exactly that. This is way more compelling than most post-apocalyptic shows that are only standard world building exercises.
It's a different take on the apocalypse. It's more about the power of art. It's more about the characters than the pandemic. It's about the cinematic magnetism of Mackenzie Davis and the uniqueness of little girl version Matilda Lawler. The whole cast is given the opportunity to shine and almost everybody do exactly that. This is way more compelling than most post-apocalyptic shows that are only standard world building exercises.