People filled Surrey City Hall Tuesday (Feb. 6) during an invite-only launch party for 91裸聊视频淎llegiance,91裸聊视频� .
A night before its TV and streaming debut tonight (Feb. 7), the first episode of the series was screened in Centre Stage theatre and adjacent room for an overflow crowd, followed by food and drinks.
stars Supinder Wraich and Enrico Colantoni attended the evening party, along with fellow actors, the show91裸聊视频檚 creative team, politicians, business leaders and others.
Airing Wednesdays at 9 p.m., the series stars Wraich as 91裸聊视频淪urrey girl91裸聊视频� Sabrina Sohal, a rookie police officer who fights to exonerate her politician father, played by Stephen Lobo. The first woman in her trailblazing Punjabi-Canadian family to become a Canadian Federal Police Corps officer, Sohal patrols Surrey alongside veteran officer Vince Brambilla, played by Enrico Colantoni.
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke said she was impressed by the pilot episode, which sees Sohal graduate from the police academy and, on her first day on the beat, work to find a missing child while coping with the arrest of her father, Minister of Public Safety.
91裸聊视频淚 loved it,91裸聊视频� Locke said. 91裸聊视频淗ow they showcased Surrey was great. I teared up at one point and I jumped another time. I was blown away how good it was.91裸聊视频�
Locke said she met with the series producers last spring.
91裸聊视频淭hey came to say they wanted to do this in Surrey and I said, 91裸聊视频榊eah, what can we do to help?91裸聊视频� Some of it was filmed here at city hall, and you can see Surrey all over the place. I91裸聊视频檒l be PVR91裸聊视频檌ng it.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频� RELATED: .
It's here: The just-released trailer for new Surrey-set police drama "Allegiance," debuting Feb. 7 on .
91裸聊视频� Tom Zillich (@TomZillich)
Have a look and fire up a reply.
MORE IN STORY:
First-season episodes of 91裸聊视频淎濒濒别驳颈补苍肠别91裸聊视频� involve a deadly batch of drugs hitting the streets, high-tech car thefts linked to an international crime ring, Surrey91裸聊视频檚 gangland culture and more.
Surrey Coun. Doug Elford said he enjoyed the moving script and pace of the pilot episode.
91裸聊视频淚 had a lot of different feelings watching it, emotions built into it, very riveting,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 well-produced, and I love to see Surrey, the backgrounds, just fantastic. I was really proud to see that, and they got into the cultural component too, which is really important. The show truly reflects the diversity of our city. I91裸聊视频檓 going to recommend everybody have a look at it.91裸聊视频�
Vancouver Police Const. Kal Dosanjh, Surrey resident and , said 91裸聊视频淎濒濒别驳颈补苍肠别91裸聊视频� rings true to him.
91裸聊视频淚t was neat to see policing from a visible minority perspective, with the focus on a South Asian police officer and her experiences,91裸聊视频� Dosanjh said.
91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a cultural diaspora element to it as well, because she91裸聊视频檚 trying to balance eastern and western cultural values at the same time, which was exactly my experience. I came from a very traditional Sikh family, and when I first got on the job I was full Sikh, with a turban, and it wasn91裸聊视频檛 an easy experience, being on the street and dealing with suspects making racial insinuations, a lot of discrimination and prejudice.
91裸聊视频淚 share a lot of those story elements in my own life, what (Sabrina) is going through in the show. I saw a lot of myself in her, just what she has to deal with on the job and in her life.91裸聊视频�
Documentary filmmaker Baljit Sangra said she loved Wraich91裸聊视频檚 lead character.
91裸聊视频淪eeing her father get arrested at her police graduation, that was interesting,91裸聊视频� said Sangra, who is currently working on a documentary/biopic of jazz singer , a Black-South Asian musician from Edmonton.
91裸聊视频淚 think it91裸聊视频檚 lovely to have a series anchored in Surrey, so I91裸聊视频檓 looking forward to more episodes where they get into the community, other cases that inspire stories. I imagine there will be gang storylines, politics. I91裸聊视频檒l be watching.91裸聊视频�
With a Surrey policing transition still a very hot topic in the news, the 91裸聊视频淎濒濒别驳颈补苍肠别91裸聊视频� creative team says the timing of the series launch is coincidental.
91裸聊视频淭he CFP is a fictionalized police force and not meant to really represent the RCMP or the Surrey Police,91裸聊视频� Wraich underlined during a recent interview on Zoom alongside Colantoni, series creator Anar Ali and co-showrunner Mark Ellis.
91裸聊视频淥f course we91裸聊视频檝e always been aware that this was happening with the RCMP and the police,91裸聊视频� Ali added, 91裸聊视频渂ut it91裸聊视频檚 nothing that we necessarily address in our show, which is this fictional world.91裸聊视频�
Last fall, until just before Christmas, the first season of 91裸聊视频淎濒濒别驳颈补苍肠别91裸聊视频� was filmed in Surrey and parts of Langley.
