{"id":22122,"date":"2019-10-29T10:03:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T15:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=22122"},"modified":"2019-10-29T10:03:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T15:03:06","slug":"baylor-alumna-allison-tolman-stars-in-new-abc-series-emergence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2019\/10\/baylor-alumna-allison-tolman-stars-in-new-abc-series-emergence\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor alumna Allison Tolman stars in new ABC series &#8216;Emergence&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22123\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bp-baylor-Emergence-Allison-Tollman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bp-baylor-Emergence-Allison-Tollman.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bp-baylor-Emergence-Allison-Tollman-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bp-baylor-Emergence-Allison-Tollman-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2798112\/\">Allison Tolman<\/a>, BFA \u201904, is the leading role in ABC&#8217;s newest hit drama: <a href=\"https:\/\/abc.com\/shows\/emergence\"><em>Emergence<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Airing Tuesdays at 9 p.m. CT, <em>Emergence<\/em> is a mystery\/drama that draws comparisons to <em>Lost<\/em>, <em>Stranger Things<\/em> and <em>E.T. <\/em>The story revolves around Jo Evans, a young police chief played by Tolman, who takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident. The child, however, has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws Tolman&#8217;s character into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child\u2019s identity is at the center of it all.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aAD2deAqxCE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The show has been well-received since its debut earlier this fall, with a &#8220;93% fresh&#8221; rating from critics on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/emergence\/s01\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>. The site&#8217;s critical consensus: &#8220;Led by an outstanding Allison Tolman, <i>Emergence<\/i>\u00a0avoids becoming just another mystery-box mess with strongly-written characters that will keep viewers caring no matter the resolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Tolman&#8217;s performance seems to be widely recognized as the key to the show. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/tv\/story\/2019-09-17\/netflix-unbelievable-abc-emergence-toni-collette-merritt-wever-allison-tolman\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em> calls the Baylor alumna &#8220;a great gift to television,&#8221; and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/tv\/reviews\/tv-review-emergence-allison-tolman-1203341122\/\">Variety<\/a><\/em> says &#8220;it\u2019s a pleasure simply to watch her&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Tolman\u2019s breakout role came in the televised version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2014\/04\/baylor-alum-stars-as-fargo-tv-series-debuts\/\"><em>Fargo<\/em><\/a>, based on the 1996 movie, for which she earned multiple award nominations. Since then, she has starred in films such as <em>Krampus<\/em> and <em>The House<\/em> as well as the ABC sitcom <em>Downward Dog<\/em>. You may have also seen her in one of her appearances on <em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/em>, <em>Castle Rock<\/em>, <em>The Mindy Project<\/em>, <em>Good Girls<\/em>, <em>Prison Break<\/em> and other shows.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Allison!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actress Allison Tolman, BFA \u201904, is the leading role in ABC&#8217;s newest hit drama: Emergence. Airing Tuesdays at 9 p.m. CT, Emergence is a mystery\/drama that draws comparisons to Lost, Stranger Things and E.T. The story revolves around Jo Evans, a young police chief played by Tolman, who takes in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}