Flight 29 Down
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| Genre | Children's television series |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Creator(s) | Stan Rogow D.J. MacHale |
| Starring | Allen Alvarado Corbin Bleu Hallee Hirsh Jeremy Kissner Johnny Pacar Lauren Storm Kristy Wu |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original channel | Discovery Kids |
| Original run | October 1, 2005–present |
| No. of episodes | 20 (as of October 21, 2006) |
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Flight 29 Down is a children's television series about a group of mostly teenagers who are stranded on an island. It is produced by the Discovery Kids Channel. The show was created by Stan Rogow (Lizzie McGuire, Darcy's Wild Life) and D.J. MacHale (Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Pendragon Book series).
The show is filmed in O'ahu, Hawaii.
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[edit] Synopsis
The show follows a group of kids stranded on a South Pacific island after the crash of a small plane while flying to an eco-adventure camping trip in Micronesia. A plot device of a video diary powered by a solar battery charger allows the kids to talk to the camera about their everyday struggles they deal with the island and with each other.
Arguably, the show is much like the ABC drama Lost, as it is even filmed on a set near the beach on O'ahu that Lost is filmed on. However, the show was developed before Lost aired. Moreover, the show is targeted towards kids, featuring teenage stereotypes and focusing heavily on social order and teamwork. In this way, the show most resembles the New Zealand kids show The Tribe which is set in a world where all adults have died and children are left to survive on their own and also heavily focuses on social order and teamwork.
It can also be thought of as a scripted version of Endurance, another Discovery Kids program. Another program featuring a group of young people stranded on a Pacific island as a result of an airplane crash was the 1969 45-minute long prime time ABC drama, The New People.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main Cast
- Allen Alvarado as Lex Marin
- Corbin Bleu as Nathan McHugh
- Hallee Hirsh as Daley Marin
- Jeremy Kissner as Eric McGorrill
- Johnny Pacar as Cody "Jackson"
- Lauren Storm as Taylor Hagan
- Kristy Wu as Melissa Wu
[edit] Recurring Cast
- Tani Lynn Fujimoto as Abby Fujimoto
- B.K. Cannon as Jory Twist
- Blade Rogers as Ian Milbaurn
- John Kapelos as Captain Russell
[edit] Characters
[edit] Main Characters
[edit] Daley Marin
The recently elected class president of Hartwell High School. A hard worker who is fiercely competitive and a bit of a perfectionist. Daley is Lex's stepsister. Daley has developed a crush on Nathan. Daley is also the leader of the group.
[edit] Eric McGorrill
One of the more popular students at Hartwell, a bit of a flirt with the girls and is trying to hook up with Taylor. He is more of a slacker and a comedian than anything else. He also tends to manipulate people to get out of various responsibilities. He hates lugging water, and caused the lighter to break because of it, he later fixed it.
[edit] Cody "Jackson"
A quiet, intimidating guy who always keeps to himself (as he was the new kid at Hartwell High). On the island, Jackson brings order to the group when it is needed. As a result, he is elected the leader of the stranded and continues to keep the peace. In the second season he passed the responsibities of leader to Daley. It is not known for sure whether he has a crush on Melissa or Taylor. He thinks Hartwell High is full of spoiled, little, rich kids.
[edit] Lex Marin
Daley's younger step-brother who is intelligent and very observant, although the group constantly ignores him. He always comes up with the best ideas on how to adapt to the island and make use of its resources.
[edit] Melissa Wu
An optmistic person who wants everyone to get along. She is a member of every major club at school. She has her loyalties torn between Nathan and Daley. Sometimes Melissa feels very meek and pushed around but at times has shown her own sense of leadership in major emergencies. Since being on the island has developed a crush on Jackson.
[edit] Nathan McHugh
Believes he is the natural leader since he was a Boy Scout back home, this places him in a neverending rivalry with Daley. He always came in second to Daley, including in the class president elections. He and Taylor formerly dated because he thought she liked football. Nathan tends speak before he thinks, causing him to be at odds with Jackson. In the episode "Until Proven Guilty", he admits to Melissa that he has a crush on Daley.
[edit] Taylor Hagan
The vain girl of the group and kind of a ditz. She wanted to use the camera to make a movie about how she came to the rescue after the plane crashed so she could become "famous". She has no survival skills and has the most difficulty adapting to the island and doing what is needed to stay alive on the island. She does tend to suprise the other castaways with her hidden talents. One of her talents that nobody else had was how to make fire. She appears to have a crush on Jackson. She also told Jackson she played the Cello.
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[edit] Captain Russell
The pilot of Flight 29 and the only adult on the island, he seems clueless and unresourceful. He led a group of kids into the island in search for help but has not returned since.
[edit] The Others
Consists of the three other students on the plane Abby Fujimoto, Jory Twist, and Ian Milbaurn. They were mostly quiet and hung around each other forming their own separate family from the main characters. They joined Captain Russell in searching for help. About a week after leaving, Abby was found alone and unconscious in the jungle and brought back to camp. It is revealed that she got separated from them during a big storm. After spending a day in the camp Abby went back into the jungle to look for her friends and Captain Russell.
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[edit] Continuity Errors
- In episode eight ("Survival of the Fittest"), Melissa says she only has four pieces of clothing but you can see throughout the first and second season she has more than four. Though she may have worn Daley's or Taylor's clothing, this seems unlikely since the clothing she wears aren't shown as being worn by Taylor or Daley, unless they have decided to let her keep the clothes.
[edit] Trivia
- Flight 29 Down was originally offered to the Disney Channel because Stan Rogow had done previous work with the Disney channel Series "Lizzie McGuire." But Disney Channel decided not to pick up the series because it didn't 'fit in' with other shows. Stan Rogow then again offered the series to Discovery Kids and they liked the idea and decided to pick up the series.
- Nathan McHugh almost got killed after falling off a coconut tree.
- Eric McGorrill almost got killed by a allergic reaction to shellfish but Melissa gave him a injection which saves his life.
- In the episode the "Cry of the Wolf", Taylor lends Nathan her skirt because he had a rash. Taylor said she would never wear the skirt again but, in the episode "Groundbreaking" she is wearing it.
[edit] Broadcasting
Flight 29 Down debuted on NBC as part of the Discovery Kids on NBC on October 1, 2005 and was also broadcast on the Discovery Kids cable television channel the following Monday. Originally airing weekly from Noon-12:30 p.m. (ET)/ 10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. (PT) on NBC when not preempted by local stations and shown the following Monday on Discovery Kids Channel on Mondays and Fridays at 8 p.m. (ET) and 11 p.m. (ET).
The show is aired on SVT (Sweden) during the Summer 2006, as a part of the breakfast show Hej Hej sommar (Hello, Hello Summer). It is also played in Finland (season 1 and season 2) during the Summer 2006 as a part of the breakfast show Summeri.
The current season was filmed in Hawaii and premiered Saturday, September 9th on Discovery Kids.
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| Flight 29 Down |
| Main Characters |
| Taylor Hagan | Cody "Jackson" | Daley Marin | Lex Marin | Eric McGorrill | Nathan McHugh | Melissa Wu |
| Secondary Characters |
| Abby Fujimoto | Ian Milbaurn | Jory Twist | Captain Russell |
| Episodes |
| List of Flight 29 Down episodes |
| Creators |
| Stan Rogow | D.J. MacHale |
