- “In a highly classified location, four brilliant, jackass grad students are interrogated by government operatives. Why? Because the world is about to end, and it’s all their fucking fault. After using reckless “cutting-edge” science for their own petty purposes, this rag tag team creates a small but potentially world-ending black hole in their college lab. The clock is ticking for this secret government agency to clean up the mess these “wannabe scientists” have made. With cooperation, the crisis could be averted before the world goes to shit. The problem? Well, these students are what you’d call bonafide assholes...and they don’t know what the hell they did to tear open the fabric of space and time. They’re clueless. The Solution? – tell these government operatives EVERY illegal thing they’ve done in the lab...
- Series premiere September 11 on Rooster Teeth FIRST”
- — Official website
Crunch Time(TV Mini-Series) is an ongoing American Rooster Teeth Live action comedy/drama and Sci-Fi (science fiction comedy drama) YouTube TV Mini Web series created by Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson and produced by Rooster Teeth that initially aired in September, 2016. The original trailer was featured on The Nerdist's announcement article, and depicted about some university physics students who create a black home by creating a machine to allow them to enter other people's dreams. The series was created by Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson and produced by Matt Hullum, Burnie Burns. It premiered on Rooster Teeth's website on September 11, 2016. In this show, Four grad students using reckless cutting-edge science, create a potentially world-ending blackhole.
The series follows a group of students who have built a machine that allows them to enter people's dreams. They have somehow caused a black hole to form in their laboratory, leading them to having to explain their actions to the authorities. The show stars Samm Levine of Freaks and Geeks and Inglorious Basterds fame, as well as Good Neighbor's Nick Rutherford; also starring Jessy Hodges and Kirk C. Johnson, who starred in Rooster Teeth's first feature film, Lazer Team. Supporting the main cast is comedian Brent Morin and True Detective's Michael Hyatt as agents Hobbs and Mullins, respectively. The series has been called "Rooster Teeth's Inception".
Despite Crunch Time's success and plans for more episodes, for various reasons Season 2 has never gotten beyond the script stage. On May 19, 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rooster Teeth hosted a live table read of Season 2 featuring the original cast for charity.
Creators: Andrew Disney, Bradley Jackson[]
Stars: Avery Monsen, Jessy Hodges, Nicholas Rutherford[]
Synopsis[]
Crunch Time begins when four grad students accidentally open up a black hole that could be the end of the world. After recklessly handling cutting-edge tech in their school lab, this brilliant team of jackasses creates a small, but potentially earth shattering, black hole that grabs the attention of government operatives. Since the "wanna-be" scientists can't pinpoint exactly where their experiment went wrong, they must work with the secret government agency sent in to save the day by detailing EVERY illegal thing they've done in the lab thus far.
Episodes[]
Season 1 (2016; 6 episodes)[]
| No. | Title | Synopsis | CAST | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Beginning" | In a highly classified location, a gang of brilliant, misfit grad students are interrogated by government operatives. The question: How did it all begin? The answer: With a last ditch effort to win back love - by way of an extremely dangerous, untested, lucid dreaming machine. | Avery Monsen ... Sam
Jessy Hodges ... Hannah Nicholas Rutherford ... Berkman Samm Levine ... Connor Kirk Johnson ... Larry Brent Morin ... Hobbs Michael Hyatt ... Mullins Gus Sorola ... Bartender Andrew Key ... Stackhouse Lauren Knutti ... Callie Brently Heilbron ... Sommelier Christopher Safos ... Bar Patron
Barbara Dunkelman ... Blond Bartender (uncredited) |
Andrew Disney | Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson | September 11, 2016 |
| 2 | "The Brain Frame" | Andrew Disney | Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson | September 11, 2016 | ||
| 3 | "The Business" | Andrew Disney | Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson | September 18, 2016 | ||
| 4 | "The Big Sleep" | Andrew Disney | Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson | September 25, 2016 | ||
| 5 | "The Party of the Century" | Andrew Disney | Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson | October 9, 2016 | ||
| 6 | "The Moruga" | Andrew Disney | Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson | October 16, 2016 |
Crew[]
Executive producer[]
- Andrew Disney
- Bradley Jackson
- Burnie Burns
- Matt Hullum
- Doreen Copeland
Producers[]
- Russell Wayne Groves
- Andrew Lee
- David James Ward
Cast[]
- Avery Monsen - Sam
- Jessy Hodges - Hannah
- Nicholas Rutherford - Berkman
- Samm Levine - Connor
- Kirk Johnson - Larry
- Brent Morin - Hobbs
- Michael Hyatt - Mullins
- Bill Wise - Dean Samuelson
- Jade Catta-Preta - Victoria Wain
- Chris Demarais - Awkward Guy
- Gavin Free - Gavin
- Aaron Marquis - Surfer Dude
- G-Su Paek - Nervous College Kid
- Kaci Beeler Wheelchair Girl
- Lane Ingram - Jacobs
- Jody Haselbarth - Aunt Lisa
- Meg Turney - Ava Fontaine
- Benjamin Scott - Priest
- Otis - Mr. Peanuts
- Maggie Maye - College Female 1
- Jordan Maxwell - College Male 2
- Cody Dearing - Weird Looking Guy 1
- Ariana Guerra - Liza Bits
- Cortine Jones - Middle Age Woman
- Natalie Wilemon - Gorgeous Woman (1)
- Paola Nieto - Sofia
- Sweta Vakani - Customer (1)
- Dax Stringer - Customer (2)
- Justin Hall - Video Game Ninja
- Lizzie Dupnik - Gorgeous Woman (2)
- Fran Rush - Old Lady
- Arthur Simone - Terrifying Clown
- Haley Alea Erickson - Goth Girl
- Joseph Dailey - Electric Guitar Guy
- James Boisvenue - Mid 30's Male
- Ceej Allen - Business Man
- Larry O'Connor - Tactical Agent (1)
- Ryan Sterling Smith - Tactical Agent (2)
- Christian Nietzey - Tactical Agent (3)
- Sam Malcom - Tactical Agent (4)
- Norissa Groth - Victoria Wain Double
- Kathleen Brown - Hannah Double
Cinematography[]
- Jeffrey Waldron
Music[]
- Steve Moore