What is Pantheon (TV) About?
Pantheon is an American adult animated science fiction drama television series, deeply rooted in the speculative and ethical dilemmas surrounding technology and mortality. The show introduces viewers to Maddie Kim, a teenage girl coping with the loss of her father and the pressures of high school life. In an unexpected twist, Maddie begins receiving help from an online entity who is soon revealed to be her father, David Kim, whose consciousness has been preserved and transferred to the Cloud after an experimental brain scan, transforming him into an Uploaded Intelligence (UI). As Maddie reconnects with her father in this new digital form, the plot thickens to reveal a labyrinthine web of corporate secrecy at Logorhythms, a company driven by a deceased visionary's quest for digital immortality, which now operates with questionable ethics to further its pursuits. Through its narrative, Pantheon poses thought-provoking questions about identity, existence beyond death, and the implications of such technology on personal relationships and society at large. As conspiracies unravel, the emergent UI phenomenon hints at a potential upheaval on a global scale, possibly escalating towards a novel world war. The series amalgamates personal drama with science fiction to create a narrative that is both intimate and expansive, offering a look at the profound impacts that future technologies could have on human life and civilization.
The first episode of Pantheon aired on September 01, 2022 and the most recent episode to air was on October 15, 2023.