Let's hear it for minor miracles; Snowpiercer's fourth and final season is coming fast with its July 21 release date. Though Season 4 production wrapped in mid-2022, the show was dropped by its original network, TNT. That left its airdate unknown until AMC announced it had picked it up earlier this year.
Indeed, the series has been mired in production woes since well before it even began, but humanity's tenacity in the face of hardship is, after all, kind of the point of Snowpiercer. Considering that the Season 3 finale ended on a pretty serious cliffhanger, Season 4 of Snowpiercer is going to have some explaining to do right out of the gate. Meanwhile, if your memory is a little foggy on what went down on the trains, we've got you covered.
Here's what you need to remember ahead of Snowpiercer's final season. Snowpiercer Season 4 Gallery 16 Images Snowpiercer: The Basics The Snowpiercer is a big old train rocketing through the icy terrain of Planet Earth, which was frozen by scientists in an unbelievably boneheaded move 5-7-ish years ago. Former homicide detective Layton (Daveed Diggs), his son Miles (Jaylin Fletcher), and his partner Josie (Kate McGuinness) are "tailies," meaning they barely managed to board the train before the doors were permanently sealed.
As such, they live in squalor, and dream of the better life afforded to the first-class ticket-holders. It may surprise you to hear that there is indeed some class commentary at play here, as the first-class is treated like royalty while the tailies fight for scraps. Between them, there is a second and third class that works day and night to keep the first-class living in luxury and the tailies at bay.
Hospitality expert Melanie Cavill (Jennifer Connelly) is the only person aboard in communication with the train's owner, Mr. Wilford (Sean Bean). In the first episode's twist, we discover that Wilford has been gone for quite some time, and she's the one actually pulling the strings.
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