jPod: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The jPod universe chronicles the amoral, lighthearted and often shocking lives of five 'Podsters.' Set in an isolated work area inside the global headquarters of video gaming giant, Neotronic Arts, Ethan Jarlewski (David W. Kopp; Stargate-SG-1, Psych) and four co-worker pals are bureaucratically marooned in the basement all because of the Y2K virus and the simple fact that their surnames begin with the letter 'J.' The Podsters' lives are far from normal and they routinely deal with dim-witted bosses, sexual debauchery, gang warefare and gore-laced game designs. jPod also follows the lives of Ethan's seemingly ultranormal parents, Jim and Carol Jarlewski (Alan Thicke; Growing Pains and Sherry Miller; Queer as Folk). Jim and Carol are the new post-middle class, now enmeshed in growing marijuana, biker gangs and ballroom dancing. Full of amusing and evil twists, jPod is a startling and ground-breaking series about life in this new century. There is no map into the unknown, but we do have these five kids with a lot of heart and plenty of dark humor to lead the way.

Series details

• Title: jPod
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2008-01-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-04-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBC
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 2041

Cast and credited roles

• David Kopp — Ethan Jarlewski
• Steph Song — Bree
• Benjamin Ayres — Cowboy
• Emilie Ullerup — Kaitlin Joyce
• Torrance Coombs — John Doe
• Alan Thicke — Jim Jarlewski
• Sherry Miller — Carol Jarlewski
• Raugi Yu — Kam Fong
• Colin Cunningham — Steve Lefkowitz

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-01-08; final listed air date 2008-04-11.

Source and licence

Adapted from jPod on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.