6.843 minSeason 1 • Episode 13
LatestDrill’s mysterious end game is put into motion and the team must do their utmost to stop it before it reaches its final – and possibly deadly – conclusion.
We love to play games with our children. But what happens when someone else starts to play with them too? Someone we don't know. Can't see. Can't hear. In The Whispers, someone or something -- is manipulating the ones we love most to accomplish the unthinkable. An unseen alien force has figured this human weakness out. They have invaded earth and are using our most unlikely resource to achieve world domination – our children.
Acting
Lily Rabe's unraveling-mom energy carries every frame
Direction
Child actors doing unsettling things, shot like horror
Production
That creepy-as-hell 'Drill' visual design
Creator
Soo Hugh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Soo Hugh developed this from a Ray Bradbury short story 'Zero Hour,' which also featured children helping aliens invade.
The 2015 cancellation came right as 'prestige sci-fi' was migrating to streaming—The Whispers became a case study in network TV's struggle with complex genre premises.
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