The Gifted Episode 1.01: eXposed

"eXposed" is the first episode of the first season of The Gifted.

Plot

Set in the "X-Men" universe, family adventure series THE GIFTED tells the emotional story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their teenage children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family seeks help from an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

Cast

Stephen Moyer as Reed Strucker
Amy Acker as Caitlin Strucker
Sean Teale as Marcos Díaz/Eclipse
Natalie Alyn Lind as Lauren Strucker
Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker
Coby Bell as Jace Turner
Jamie Chung as Clarice Fong/Blink
Blair Redford as John Proudstar/Thunderbird
Emma Dumont as Lorna Dane/Polaris
Hayley Lovitt as Sage
Jermaine Rivers as Shatter
Ptolemy Slocum as Ted Laird
Joe Nemmers as Agent Ed Weeks
Matthew Tompkins as D.A. Cal Jones
Steffan Argus as Jack
Dalton Gray as Jake
Pierce Foster Bailey as Trevor
Giovanni Devito as Dax
Toks Olagundoye as Carla
Jeff Daniel Phillips as Fade

Continuity and References to the X-Men Universe

Reed Strucker is introduced.
Caitlin Strucker is introduced.
John Proudstar/Thunderbird is introduced.
Clarice Fong/Blink appears.
Marcos Díaz/Eclipse is introduced.
Lorna Dane/Polaris is introduced.
Lauren Strucker is introduced.
Andy Strucker is introduced.
Jace Turner is introduced.
Sage is introduced.
The X-Men and The Brotherhood of Mutants are mentioned.

Trivia

Marcos' ringtone is the 1990's X-Men animated series theme.
Producer Matt Nix says the cameo by X-Men creator Stan Lee happened through chance. Lee was in Dallas for a comic convention, which was where shooting was taking place. He was able to shoot his cameo in 20 minutes. Nix said, "That's the kind of thing where I think people sometimes underestimate the degree to which we who make the show are just another group of fanboys trying to make something happen by the skin of our teeth".
A nod to the X-Man, Wolverine, there is a painting of a wolverine on the wall behind Eclipse when he's waiting for his meeting with Reed Strucker.
One time X-Man Tessa, a.k.a. Sage makes her live action debut in this episode as a member of the secret Mutant Underground.
When Marcos enters Tex's Lounge, the neon is only lit to read "X'S".
When Andy Strucker is first introduced at school, he is sketching a wolf in a notebook. In the comics, Andreas and Andrea Von Strucker are collectively known by the code name Fenris (sometimes Fenris twins). This name is taken from the Fenris wolf from Norse mythology, who is also a separate character in the Marvel Universe and appears in Thor: Ragnarok.