The four-hour event miniseries Labyrinth has earned a Thursday, May 22, 2014 debut with a two-hour episode airing at 8pm ET/PT on The CW. The series’ final two hours will air the next night, also at 8pm. Event miniseries have become popular with networks, grabbing ratings over a limited run while telling a complete story in a compressed time frame.
The miniseries stars John Hurt, Sebastian Stan, Jessica Brown-Findlay, Vanessa Kirby, Tom Felton, Janet Suzman, Claudia Gerini, Katie McGrath, Emun Elliott, and Tony Curran and is based on the bestselling novel Kate Mosse. Labyrinth, which was shot on location in the southwest of France and in Cape Town, South Africa, is a historical miniseries that “jumps back and forth between modern and medieval France as it follows the lives of two women who are separated by centuries, but united in their search for the Holy Grail.”
The network also announced the season finale dates for its prime-time lineup:
Monday, May 5: THE TOMORROW PEOPLE (9:00-10:00pm)
Monday, May 12: STAR-CROSSED (8:00-9:00pm)
Tuesday, May 13: THE ORIGINALS (8:00-9:00pm)
Wednesday, May 14: ARROW (8:00-9:00pm)
Thursday, May 15: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (8:00-9:00pm) and REIGN (9:00-10:00pm)
Friday, May 16: HART OF DIXIE (9:00-10:00pm).
Tuesday, May 20: SUPERNATURAL (9:00-10:00pm)
Wednesday, June 11: THE 100 (9:00-10:00pm)
The Plot of Labyrinth:
In Carcassonne, France, in the year 1209, 17-year-old Alaïs (Jessica Brown-Findlay, Downton Abbey), is given a mysterious book by her father; a book which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although Alaïs cannot understand the book’s strange words and labyrinth symbols, her father instructs her to protect the book no matter what happens to him. Alaïs realizes that her destiny lies in keeping the secret of the labyrinth safe.
Eight centuries later, at an archeological dig in the French Pyrenees, a young volunteer named Alice Tanner (Vanessa Kirby) discovers two skeletons in a forgotten cave. Puzzled by the labyrinth symbol carved into the rock, she realizes she’s disturbed something that was meant to remain hidden. Somehow, a link to a horrific past – Alice’s own past – has been revealed.
