It’s so cold it will freeze you to the bone in the dystopian world of “Snowpiercer,” which moves to AMC and AMC+ from TNT for its fourth and final season premiere on Sunday, July 21. Set in a near future where Earth has become an uninhabitable tundra, a luxury train populated with the world’s only remaining humans circles the globe, waiting for a thaw that may never come. Catch up on all the chilling action exclusively on AMC+, with all three previous seasons of “Snowpiercer” available to stream now.
Based on the 2013 film of the same name, that was directed by series executive producer Bong Joon-ho (“Parasite,” 2019), the series explores the revolution that takes place when the classes clash on the train. After several years onboard the never-ending rail journey, the lowest-class “Tailies” revolt against their living conditions and the train’s strict class divisions.
In a brutal, claustrophobic dystopia where a common punishment is the freezing and shattering of limbs by exposure to the elements, it doesn’t take long for the oppressed to demand decency, if not equality. The leader of the resistance, Andre Layton, portrayed by Daveed Diggs (“Blindspotting”), has plotted and battled against the system and those who uphold it, such as Snowpiercer’s head of hospitality, Melanie Cavill (Jennifer Connelly, “Top Gun: Maverick,” 2022), and the billionaire creator of the train, Joseph Wilford (Sean Bean, “World on Fire”), in the hope that a better future is possible.
Hopping on “Snowpiercer” this season are new cast members Clark Gregg (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) and Michael Aronov (“The Americans”). In the official trailer for the upcoming season, Gregg’s character is among a small group of armed enemies who force their way onto the Snowpiercer. Taking 100 passengers hostage and putting their lives at risk by exposure, they demand control of the train. While Andre is out for revenge against whoever took his daughter, Melanie must do what she can to resist or undermine the hostile takeover of Snowpiercer.
Last season’s finale saw passengers choose sides, split between Melanie aboard Snowpiercer and Andre on the secondary supply train, Big Alice. Snowpiercer would continue on the same track around the world while Big Alice embarked on an adventure to New Eden.
Motivated by a vision he had of dragon blood trees, Andre planned to take Big Alice and any passengers willing to take a chance along some of the most dangerous tracks of the rail system to a valley in the Horn of Africa. Miraculously, despite a derailment, passengers stepped off the train for the first time in years onto solid ground. Meanwhile, back on Snowpiercer, Melanie watched as an explosion went off in the distance, with shells heading in the direction of the train and no idea who had set it off as Season 3 came to a close.
The Season 4 premiere, titled “Snakes in the Garden,” takes place nine months after the two trains went their separate ways, as passengers on both locomotives encounter new, unexpected adversaries. After spending so much time battling each other, outside forces are a complete unknown.
Returning this season are Rowan Blanchard (“Crush,” 2022) as engineer Alexandra Cavill; Alison Wright (“Feud”) as resistance member Ruth Wardell; Mickey Sumner (“Frances Ha,” 2012) as lead brakeman Bess Till; Iddo Goldberg (“Peaky Blinders”) as engineer Bennett Knox; Kate McGuinness (“Hollywood”) as Tailie and resistance member Josie Wellstead; Lena Hall (“Becks,” 2017) as performer Miss Audrey; and Sam Otto (“The State”) as former brakeman John Osweiller.
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