"Kyle XY" Pilot (2006)

Director:

Gil Junger

Writers:

Eric Bress (creator) &
J. Mackye Gruber (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Kyle XY" (2006)

Original Air Date:

26 June 2006 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Music | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A family welcomes a lost boy into their home and soon discovers that he possesses powerful talents they can't explain.

Plot Keywords:

Party | Woods | Male Rear Nudity | Nightclub | Urination

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

Matt Dallas	...	Kyle
Marguerite MacIntyre	...	Nicole Trager
Bruce Thomas	...	Stephen Trager
April Matson	...	Lori Trager
Jean-Luc Bilodeau	...	Josh Trager
Chris Olivero	...	Declan McDonough
Kirsten Prout	...	Amanda Bloom
Nicholas Lea	...	Tom Foss
Chelan Simmons	...	Hillary
Dorian Harewood	...	Lou Daniels
Kevin Durand	...	Police Officer at Party
Rhys Williams	...	Skeeter
Justen Ortiz	...	Conroy
Teryl Rothery	...	Mrs. Bloom
Amber Borycki	...	Jessica Birch

Runtime:

USA:43 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

Character Lori Trager mentions a recent fling with one Mike Suby. Mind the credits and you'll note Michael Suby is the score composer for the show.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the dinner scene near the end, Josh pours himself the same drink twice.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kyle: My birth was unconventional at best.

Soundtrack:

Flock

Accessible, smart, entertaining, interesting, refreshing and inspiring pilot

Watching this pilot was a great and unexpected surprised. I never really paid attention to it until someone mentioned John Doe, the TV show, in an article about best cliffhangers. Then I discovered that the shows were actually quite similar.

The one thing that astonished me is that it's quite smart when the audience is the whole family. So it's quite accessible and that's a brilliant concept because these days some productions are just all black or all white. Kyle XY deals with very important topics like family issues, learning process, relationships… The protagonist almost looks like a genius baby doing his first steps and we're here to witness his epic adventure. Moreover the acting was quite good, from the children to the adults. There were also some eye candy scenes that kids and teenagers should really like as they reminded me of films like American Pie. However I found a fighting one was over the top because the character who was involved wasn't supposed to do what he did. I like to compare it to The Matrix scene where Neo first have to learn kung fu before practicing it against Morpheus in the virtual dojo. But in the end what I really appreciated was the family vibe and how well the relationships were covered. After only a few minutes you should already care about all these interesting characters and I already want to learn more about them. Some arcs were also introduced and they should convince you to watch the other episodes because they bring new elements like mystery and attraction.

To sum things up it was a great way to introduce us to the show. The last time I was so gladly surprised was probably after watching Eureka's pilot. It felt so refreshing and the story seems quite inspiring. It's really nice to see that some talented people have managed to create such a brilliant production.