40 Fun Facts About The Society

Which 1954 novel did the creator of The Society call a key inspiration for the teen survival drama?

Lord of the Flies strands a group of schoolboys on an island, and the show's creator said writing his own version made him question how far civilization had really come.

The Society is set in the fictional town of West Ham, located in which US state?

Connecticut is where West Ham's students board buses for a 10-day trip, only to be driven back the same night to a town with nobody else in it.

What does Allie rename the town in The Society after the teens decide it is a parallel universe?

New Ham was Allie's choice in the seventh episode, a sign the teens had stopped waiting for rescue and started treating the copy of their town as home.

Which future Cassie Lang of Marvel's Ant-Man series plays Allie Pressman in The Society?

Kathryn Newton was the first actor announced for the series, cast as a girl who grew up in her older sister's shadow before being pushed into running a town.

The Society was renewed for a second season, so why did Netflix cancel the series in August 2020?

The COVID-19 pandemic halted production on season two, and Netflix scrapped the show a year after renewing it, citing rising costs and scheduling problems.

Who shoots Cassandra Pressman dead in The Society, believing that Harry wanted her out of the way?

Greg Dewey confessed to Harry himself, and the murder weapon turned up in his bedroom when a dawn raid arrested him.

Which character in The Society tries to kill her abusive boyfriend Campbell with a poisoned pie?

Elle baked the pie for Campbell alone, then had to eat as much of it as she could herself when he carried it to the town's communal dinner.

What sentence does Allie impose on her sister's convicted killer in The Society, on Will's advice?

Death was a sentence Allie carried out in person: when Grizz vomited at the execution site, she took his place alongside Luke and Jason.

Which lifelong condition leaves Cassandra Pressman worried about finding medicine in The Society?

A heart defect she was born with sends Cassandra hunting for medication in the first episode, and she is the first to urge the others to share the town's resources.

In The Society, what suddenly surrounds the town and blocks every road out after the adults vanish?

A dense forest appears on every side, and the first group sent in to explore it comes back carrying a classmate's body.

In The Society, Cassandra is shot while clearing up after which morale booster proposed by Kelly?

The prom was meant to lift spirits in the third episode, but it stirred up jealousies and ended with Cassandra shot twice by an attacker nobody saw.

At her first town meeting as leader in The Society, Allie announces that what will be confiscated?

All guns were collected in house-to-house searches, but Allie quietly kept the weapons instead of destroying them.

Which holiday do the teens of The Society mark with a communal dinner that leaves several poisoned?

Thanksgiving dinner sends Allie and others to the hospital, where Kelly nurses every patient back to health.

How is Sam Eliot, who is deaf, related to sisters Allie and Cassandra Pressman in The Society?

Their cousin Sam is also the younger brother of Campbell, who talks him into hiding a document found at the town hall.

Which nuisance hangs over the town in The Society's first episode, before the students leave by bus?

A strange smell turns out to matter: Sam finds a record of a company asking $1.5 million to remove it, which his father and uncle refused to pay the day before the teens were taken.

What name does Becca give her baby daughter, born in the season finale of The Society?

Eden is born into a town with no doctors, and Sam, who is not the biological father, has already promised to raise her as his own.

In The Society, what is the patrol of football players formed after Cassandra's murder called?

The Guard starts out patrolling the streets and searching houses, and by the finale its members help stage a coup against Allie.

At a holiday dinner in The Society, a pie baked for Campbell is laced with which toxic liquid?

Antifreeze goes into a pumpkin pie meant for one person, but the dessert ends up on the communal table and several classmates fall ill.

Which deaf actor, known as Emmett in Switched at Birth, plays Sam Eliot in The Society?

Sean Berdy was born deaf and has American Sign Language as his first language; on Switched at Birth his character's mother was played by Oscar winner Marlee Matlin.

Which director of The Amazing Spider-Man films directed The Society's first two episodes and finale?

Marc Webb first pitched the series with its creator in 2013, six years before it reached the screen, and stayed on as an executive producer.

In The Society, which unscheduled sky event makes Bean suspect the teens are in a parallel universe?

A solar eclipse darkens the sky in the second episode, and Bean works out that none was due, which backs a classmate's theory that this is not their world.

In The Society's first episode, what kills Emily during the first expedition beyond the town?

A snakebite kills Emily on the teens' second day alone, hours after many of them had celebrated their freedom with a wild party.

In The Society, Sam reveals that his older brother Campbell has been diagnosed with which condition?

Psychopathy is the diagnosis Sam shares in the fourth episode, the same hour in which Campbell nearly drowns his girlfriend in a bathtub to show his control over her.

Locked up after his conviction in The Society, Cassandra's killer stages which form of protest?

A hunger strike keeps the prisoner in the town's thoughts while Allie hesitates over his fate, and the delay turns public opinion against her.

Which last-minute candidate in The Society ends the season sharing the title of mayor with Harry?

Lexie campaigned by calling Harry selfish and Allie a dictator, then allied with him when the plotters of a coup came calling.

On which false charge are Allie and Will locked up during the coup in The Society's finale?

Rigging the election was the pretext Campbell and Harry used, and an angry crowd nearly stoned the pair before a rival stepped in to stop it.

What does the expedition led by Grizz find in The Society's finale, easing fears over food?

Land for farming was the goal after Will warned that the stores would be empty by the following summer, and the search party returns with good news in the final minutes.

Trying to talk with Sam in The Society, Grizz mistakenly learns which sign language instead of ASL?

British Sign Language was the wrong choice for a friend who signs in ASL, but Sam appreciates the effort and the two spend the day together.

In The Society's final scene, set in the teens' real hometown, Allie's mother pets which animal?

A dog links the two worlds: the same animal had been taken in by one of the stranded teens, and it turns up near a memorial plaque listing all their names.

Will LeClair, Allie's best friend and love interest in The Society, grew up in which circumstances?

In foster care is where Will grew up, and he is the one who proposes giving the town's first murder suspect a trial.

Which co-creator of the 1990s family drama Party of Five created The Society for Netflix?

Christopher Keyser went to Harvard Law School and wrote political speeches before television, then wrote the first, second and last episodes of the series himself.

Which network passed on The Society in 2013, six years before the series reached Netflix?

Showtime heard the pitch from the creator and director in 2013 and declined; Netflix gave the same idea a full series order in July 2018.

The Society was filmed around towns such as Concord, Lexington and Groton in which US state?

Massachusetts hosted the whole shoot from a studio base in Devens, and the production employed more than 650 local residents over seven months.

Which actress, known as Syd Barrett in FX's Legion, plays Cassandra Pressman in The Society?

Rachel Keller plays the town's natural leader for only three episodes before her character is murdered, the shock that drives the rest of the season.

Which actress who plays Helena in The Society went on to play Sabine Wren in the series Ahsoka?

Natasha Liu Bordizzo is Australian, and made her screen debut in a Netflix martial-arts sequel, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.

Which actor who plays Campbell in The Society won a Venice Film Festival award for Babyteeth?

Toby Wallace was born in Britain and raised in Australia, and took the Marcello Mastroianni Award at Venice in the same year the series came out.

In The Society, what is the name of the bus driver Kelly recognizes in a photograph?

Mr. Pfeiffer argued with Harry's mother and Sam's father the day before the buses came, and Becca had earlier found his name in official letters at the town hall.

Which Saudi Arabian filmmaker, director of Wadjda, directed the murder trial episode of The Society?

Haifaa al-Mansour made Wadjda as the first full-length feature shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, then directed the fifth episode, in which the teens hold a jury trial.

Which chase game does Harry organize in The Society's second episode to distract the other teens?

Fugitive buys only a short calm: the same episode ends with a brawl over flashlights, looting and an exploding car.

Who removes the bullets from Cassandra's body in The Society and later prosecutes her killer?

Gordie had a crush on Cassandra and researched her illness for her, and after her murder he is the one who talks Allie into taking over as leader.