School Warrior (TV series)

School Warrior
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Genre	Superhero Drama Action
Based on	Characters from original characters, inspired by DC and Marvel Comic characters
Developed by	Freddie Goodwin
Showrunners	Freddie Goodwin Jackson Greene
Starring	Asa Butterfield Hailee Steinfeld Noah Jupe Emma Myers Cillian Murphy Giancarlo Esposito Madelaine Petsch Margot Robbie Jonathan Majors Melissa Barrera Malese Jow Jacob Tremblay Robert Downey Jr. Nick Creegan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	60 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Freddie Goodwin
Producer	Mob Productions
Production location	Vancouver, British Columbia
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30–40 minutes
Production company	Mob Productions
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	December 14, 2024 (2024-12-14) – present
Related
Warriorverse

School Warrior is an American television series based on content originally created by Freddie Goodwin. Produced by Mob Productions and Freddie Goodwin, it is the first series to be set in the Warriorverse. Goodwin serves as the lead showrunner. Jackson Greene joined Goodwin as showrunner for the fourth season.

Asa Butterfield and Hailee Steinfeld respectively star as Miles Porter / Velocity and Kendra Vale in the series, alongside Noah Jupe and Emma Myers, who would portray Jason, and Emily, respectively. Goodwin began developing a series based on a meta-human superhero with super-speed. Due to copyright issues, Goodwin couldn't adapt any characters from DC Comics or Marvel Comics, so he decided to make characters that are somewhat inspired by them. Filming took place from April 2024 and concluded in August 2024.

The first season was announced in June 2022 and premiered on December 14, 2024 and consisted of 10 episodes. The first season concluded on February 22, 2025. The series was renewed for a second season in March 2025. The series was renewed for a third season in March 2026. The series was renewed for a fourth season in March 2027. The series was renewed for a fifth season in November 2027, making it the earliest the series was renewed.

Episodes

Season 1 (2025)

School Warrior season 1 episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	AUS viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Daniel Serrano	Kelsey Vaughan	March 6, 2025	SWX01	2.31
When quiet, quick-witted high schooler Alex Singh discovers he has the ability to manipulate time for short bursts after a mysterious lightning storm strikes the Bayshore Academy science lab, he struggles to keep his new power a secret from his classmates and teachers. Haunted by visions of a shadowy armored figure wreaking havoc on the school’s future, Alex reluctantly accepts help from Dr. Nadia Chen, the school’s physics teacher, and Ethan Cole, a tech-savvy best friend who sees Alex’s gift as the ultimate prank tool. As Alex learns to slow and speed up time in controlled ways, a dangerous metahuman calling himself Bellringer emerges, using sonic shockwaves to terrorize students during a championship basketball game. Forced into action, Alex dons a makeshift suit cobbled together from sports gear and band uniforms, confronting Bellringer in the gym and narrowly defeating him by freezing time mid-attack. In the aftermath, Alex vows to use his abilities to protect his classmates, but a post-credits scene reveals the armored figure—known only as The Warden—watching Alex through a rift in time, muttering, “The boy is not ready… but he will be.”
2	2	"Speed Lesson"	Marcos Lee	Tara Winslow	March 13, 2025	SWX02	2.18
A week after stopping Bellringer, Alex struggles to balance schoolwork, secret training sessions, and keeping his abilities hidden from Principal Hargrove, who has begun investigating strange events on campus. When the school’s track star, Jordan Price, suddenly gains superhuman speed after stealing experimental energy drinks from the science lab, Alex is forced to race him through the halls to prevent a chemical explosion. Meanwhile, Dr. Chen warns Alex that using his powers in rapid succession could cause “time fractures” that temporarily erase moments from reality, something Alex experiences firsthand when a conversation with Ethan vanishes from existence. The speedster is eventually stopped by Alex luring him into a physics classroom and setting off a timed sprinkler activation, slowing him enough to confiscate the drinks. In a quiet moment, Alex admits to Ethan he’s scared of what’s happening to his mind, but the episode ends with The Warden stepping through a temporal breach inside the janitor’s closet, planting a small device and disappearing before anyone notices.
3	3	"Echo Chamber"	Sophie Ramirez	David Trent	March 20, 2025	SWX03	2.12
During a routine science class, a malfunctioning sound experiment unleashes Echo, a student who can duplicate their voice into disorienting illusions capable of distracting or manipulating anyone within earshot. Alex quickly realizes Echo’s powers are being used to frame students for pranks they didn’t commit, causing chaos between friend groups and even sparking a near-fight between rival sports teams. While investigating with Ethan, Alex discovers that Echo’s abilities are amplified by the school’s PA system, allowing them to broadcast false announcements across campus. With Dr. Chen’s help, Alex constructs a counter-frequency device to neutralize the sound waves, but triggering it requires him to sprint through the crowded cafeteria while every student hears multiple versions of his voice in their heads. The plan works, exposing Echo’s identity and ending the frame jobs, though Alex is left uneasy after noticing faint feedback in his own voice when he speaks—a sign that his connection to time manipulation might be evolving in unexpected ways.
4	4	"Shadow Lesson"	Kenji Ward	Melissa Crane	March 27, 2025	SWX04	2.05
A string of locker room thefts leaves the school on edge, with security cameras only capturing fleeting glimpses of a moving shadow. Alex suspects a metahuman is involved and tracks the trail to Shade, a former student who can merge with and travel through darkness. Shade claims to be stealing to fund a device that will permanently keep him in the shadows, away from a painful past, but his methods turn increasingly reckless as he begins targeting teachers and using students as hostages to cover his escape. Alex experiments with his time powers to slow the movement of light itself, forcing Shade into a narrow patch of illumination where he can be confronted without an easy escape. The tense standoff is broken when Principal Hargrove barges in, unaware of the danger, and Alex must freeze the moment entirely to pull her to safety. Shade is taken into custody, but Alex notices the same strange insignia on his stolen gear that he once glimpsed in Dr. Chen’s files—one that also matches the emblem on The Warden’s armor.
5	5	"Fractured"	Alana Greer	Victor Hale	April 3, 2025	SWX05	1.98
A sudden surge of temporal anomalies sweeps through Bayshore Academy, freezing some students mid-step while forcing others to repeat the same moments over and over. Dr. Chen identifies the source as a rift forming inside the school’s old clock tower, its energy signature identical to the storm that gave Alex his powers. Investigating inside, Alex encounters The Warden for the first time in person, discovering he can manipulate time on a far greater scale, effortlessly trapping Alex in looping seconds and rewinding his attacks. The Warden warns that Alex’s use of his abilities is “fracturing the timeline,” and that the anomalies will only worsen unless Alex surrenders his powers. Refusing, Alex pushes his limits to break free of the loop long enough to disrupt the rift, but doing so leaves him with severe temporal aftershocks—moments where hours vanish from his memory without warning. Ethan notices the gaps and grows concerned, while The Warden, watching from a distance, begins assembling others who have been altered by the storm.
6	6	"Chain Reaction"	Elise Morrell	Freddie Goodwin	April 10, 2025	SWX06	1.94
A new transfer student, Callum Vega, arrives at Bayshore Academy and quickly becomes popular for his ability to predict events with uncanny accuracy. Alex and Ethan discover that Callum was also caught in the lightning storm and can glimpse short bursts of the immediate future, using this foresight to manipulate people into giving him favors and protection. When a series of accidents around the school’s chemistry lab nearly turns catastrophic, Alex realizes Callum has been orchestrating them to flush out and capture him for The Warden. Forced into a cat-and-mouse chase across campus, Alex is repeatedly outmaneuvered as Callum anticipates his every move, until Alex uses his own time-slowing ability to layer unpredictable feints, breaking the pattern Callum relies on. Callum is subdued and taken away by authorities, but not before warning Alex that more metahumans are being “recruited” and that the clock is running out for everyone altered by the storm. Dr. Chen urges Alex to prepare for an escalation, though she seems more worried about The Warden’s interest in the clock tower than she lets on.
7	7	"Siege of Bayshore"	Colin Mercer	Jada Lowell	April 17, 2025	SWX07	2.06
An unseasonal thunderstorm traps students and staff inside Bayshore Academy just as The Warden arrives with a small team of storm-altered metahumans, sealing the building in a shimmering temporal barrier that isolates it from the outside world. Announcing over the intercom that he has come for Alex, The Warden methodically sends his recruits to flush him out—each with abilities designed to counter Alex’s own time control. As chaos spreads through the halls, Alex works with Ethan, Dr. Chen, and a small group of students to navigate the shifting timelines within the barrier, which rearrange rooms and corridors at random. In a rare direct confrontation, The Warden briefly overpowers Alex, showing him a vision of a fractured future where Bayshore is abandoned and consumed by a vortex of collapsing time. Claiming Alex’s interference has already set this outcome in motion, he offers one last chance to surrender his powers. Alex refuses, managing to disable part of the barrier, allowing dozens of students to escape, but The Warden vanishes before Alex can press the attack, leaving behind the cryptic phrase, “Tomorrow dies here.”
8	8	"Tomorrow Dies Here"	Rachel Finn	Marcus Dole	April 24, 2025	SWX08	2.24
With the temporal barrier gone but the aftershocks still rippling through Bayshore, Alex learns from Dr. Chen that The Warden’s armor draws directly from the same storm energy that fuels Alex’s powers—and that destroying it could collapse both abilities at once. The Warden reappears at the clock tower, activating a massive device meant to rewind the entire town to a point before the storm, erasing every metahuman from existence. Alex, Ethan, and Dr. Chen work together in a desperate push to disable the device, while Morgan and several classmates hold off The Warden’s recruits in the hallways below. In a final battle fought between frozen seconds, Alex uses controlled bursts of time-slowing to dismantle the armor piece by piece, severing The Warden’s connection to the storm and rendering him powerless. Authorities take him into custody, and the recruits scatter, some disappearing entirely as the storm’s influence fades. In the aftermath, Alex chooses to keep his powers, resolving to use them more responsibly; Ethan sets up a secure “metahuman watch” network; and Dr. Chen quietly stores the remnants of The Warden’s device in her lab, hinting she isn’t done studying the storm. Bayshore returns to normal life—for now—with Alex walking to class as the school bell rings in real time.

Season 2 (2026)

School Warrior season 1 episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	AUS viewers (millions)
11	1	"New Scars"	Tobias Kane	Lena Arkwright	March 5, 2026	SWX09	2.67
Six months after The Warden’s defeat, Alex has eased into a normal routine, balancing school, training sessions with Dr. Chen, and late-night video calls with Ethan, who is now interning at the Bayshore Chronicle to monitor unusual activity in town. The peace fractures when the gymnasium is suddenly overtaken by a “time scar”—a glowing fissure in the air that pulls students into a 1970s version of Bayshore Academy, complete with polyester uniforms, chain-smoking teachers, and an undefeated basketball team who believe they’re still playing in the state championship. Alex barely manages to bring the trapped students back, but the incident draws in Helena Cross, a charismatic historian posing as a consultant for the school board, who quickly earns the staff’s trust. Meanwhile, Morgan starts experiencing flashes of slowed perception, sensing events seconds before they happen, which she hides from Alex after overhearing Chen warn that residual storm energy can be unstable. Ethan’s investigation reveals other time scars forming around town—one freezing a street in 1942 mid–Victory Day parade, another inside the public library where books re-stack themselves endlessly—and he suspects someone is deliberately linking them. In a quiet moment after classes, Alex spots Helena alone in the clock tower examining fragments of The Warden’s dismantled armor, murmuring about “binding the threads” before vanishing into a scar with a silver device he’s never seen before.
12	2	"Threads of Time"	Hollis Vance	Katrina Rowe	March 12, 2026	SWX10	2.59
While chasing a new time scar that has opened beneath the Bayshore train station, Alex is pulled inside and finds himself moving through vivid, living snapshots of his own past. He sees his birth in 2009 during a summer blackout in the Bayshore General maternity ward; his mother holding him under the warm light of a backup generator while his father rushes in from a storm outside. As he tries to navigate back to the present, each step drops him into another moment—his first day at Bayshore Primary, the backyard birthday party where Ethan became his best friend, the science fair where he accidentally set the fire alarm off, and the night of the lightning storm that gave him his powers. Between these memories, Alex notices small inconsistencies: people who were never there in the real events, objects bearing the same strange insignia as The Warden’s armor. Dr. Chen, monitoring from the outside, warns that the scar is reacting specifically to Alex’s timeline, rewriting it to insert new elements. Meanwhile, in the present, Ethan and Morgan try to keep Helena Cross distracted when she shows up at the station claiming she’s there for “historical surveying,” though Morgan begins to suspect Helena knows about her emerging storm residue abilities. Alex finally reaches the present-day layer of the scar, only to find Helena waiting for him inside the scene of his first-grade classroom, calmly revealing she’s been studying his life for years because “your thread is the one that ties the storm together.” He escapes with Chen’s help, but leaves shaken, knowing Helena now holds pieces of his past he didn’t even remember existed.
13	3	"Ghosts in the Halls"	Elliot Granger	Mina Kapoor	March 19, 2026	SWX11	2.54
A sudden blackout during third period floods Bayshore Academy’s west wing with cold air and flickering images of long-gone students and teachers, forcing an evacuation. While others see it as a power glitch, Alex recognizes it as a hybrid phenomenon—a time scar laced with “memory echoes” from his altered past. Dr. Chen explains these echoes are unstable recreations of people tied to his timeline, capable of interacting physically if the scar’s energy spikes. Among them is Arjun Singh, Alex’s late uncle who died when Alex was six, now wandering the hall as though the years never passed. Overcome with the chance to talk to him again, Alex begins spending dangerous amounts of time inside the scar, ignoring Chen’s warnings that prolonged exposure could trap him there permanently. Ethan teams with Morgan to investigate the source of the anomaly, uncovering that Helena Cross orchestrated the blackout using a network of hidden devices planted in school ventilation shafts. Meanwhile, Morgan’s brief bursts of slowed perception intensify, allowing her to see Helena moving between echoes without disturbing them, as if she belongs there. When the scar starts collapsing, Alex is forced to let go of Arjun, realizing Helena’s true goal is to mine emotional connections from his life to build a map of every storm-altered event. They manage to shut down the devices and stabilize the wing, but Helena slips away again, now armed with a list of names from Alex’s childhood—names Chen quietly admits should not all exist in this timeline.
14	4	"Dual Currents"	Patrick Holm	Savannah Lee	March 26, 2026	SWX12	2.61
After spotting Morgan freeze mid-step to avoid a falling light fixture, Alex corners her after school and learns she’s been experiencing bursts of slowed perception for weeks. Morgan insists it’s minor, but Dr. Chen confirms it’s residual storm energy beginning to stabilize into a permanent ability. Reluctant to let his sister face the same dangers, Alex agrees to train her in secret, running her through exercises in the old gym using softballs, stopwatches, and timed obstacles—until a time scar opens on the football field, spilling out a swarm of shimmering constructs shaped like old sports trophies. Helena appears at the edge of the scar, manipulating the constructs to attack anyone approaching, clearly testing Morgan more than Alex. Ethan works from the bleachers to disrupt Helena’s control by jamming her frequency device, while Alex and Morgan fight side-by-side, their powers overlapping in unpredictable ways that allow them to dismantle the constructs faster than either could alone. After the scar closes, Morgan admits the thrill of using her ability, while Alex privately worries she’s enjoying the risk too much. In the background, Helena reviews footage from a hidden camera embedded in one of the constructs, pausing on a frame of Alex and Morgan fighting together with the caption “The thread is doubling.”
15	5	"Legion of Zoom"	Freddie Goodwin	Freddie Goodwin & Jackson Greene	September 1, 2025 (2025-09-01)	205	1.92
16	6	"Echoes of the Past"	Freddie Goodwin	Freddie Goodwin & Jackson Greene	September 1, 2025 (2025-09-01)	206	1.87
17	7	"A Flash of Betrayal"	Freddie Goodwin	Freddie Goodwin & Jackson Greene	September 1, 2025 (2025-09-01)	207	1.90
18	8	"Faster Than Destiny"	Freddie Goodwin	Freddie Goodwin & Jackson Greene	September 1, 2025 (2025-09-01)	208	1.91

Production

Background

In 2018, Freddie Goodwin first developed the initial story outline during his high school years, drawing significant inspiration from DC Comics. Over the following year, these early ideas evolved, and by December 2019, Goodwin began crafting original characters for the narrative, beginning with Miles Porter—a character inspired by, but not a copy of, The Flash. In 2020, development started on a series adaptation, originally planned as a self-contained, single-season story spanning eight episodes. In shaping Miles Porter, Goodwin was careful to avoid creating a mere imitation of The Flash. Across interviews in 2021 and 2022, he emphasized his goal to build a character with a grounded backstory and relatable struggles. While Miles carries echoes of The Flash, Goodwin highlighted how he found a “unique way” to weave that inspiration into a wholly original creation, blending homage and innovation to establish a distinct presence within his story world.

Development

In 2021, series showrunner Freddie Goodwin revealed his plans to develop a superhero series inspired by the DC Comics character The Flash. However, he noted that due to licensing restrictions, he could not directly incorporate elements from the comics, aside from allowing characters to reference certain names. Around the same time, series star Asa Butterfield disclosed that discussions about renewing the series for a second and third season had taken place but were temporarily put on hold to prioritize the completion of the first season. Butterfield signed a one-year contract for 10 episodes, earning a reported $120,000 per episode for his role.

In December 2024, Netflix renewed the series for a second season with 10 episodes. In May 2025, it was confirmed the season would have 8 episodes.

In March 2025, Netflix renewed the series for a third season with 20 episodes. The series was originally intended to conclude with the second season without having a third season, however HBO Max had the series renewed after buying rights to it and ordered a season that will have 20 episodes. In March 2027, HBO Max renewed the series for a fourth season with 22 episodes.

Writing

Discussing the events of the first season, Goodwin described the hero, Miles Porter, as a character distinct from traditional superheroes, emphasizing his relatable and grounded past, which many viewers may find familiar. Goodwin also teased the season’s villain, describing them as "terrifying" and capable of pushing Miles to his absolute limits. Additionally, Goodwin hinted that the eighth episode would take a unique approach by centering entirely on the villain, making it the only episode in the season to exclude the traditional main cast.

When Goodwin wrote the second season, he wrote it as a final season. After he found out the series was revived and renewed for a third season, with a much larger 20 episode order, Goodwin decided to keep the second season as it is and just focus on telling a story with any future season. He announced that the third season would be split up into mini storyline arcs called "Graphic Novels", and would feature small "interlude" filler episodes between each.

Discussing the events of the first graphic novel, Goodwin said the villain would be very powerful, but not the strongest villain of the season. Goodwin announced that the Reverse-Velocity would return in the season at some point and would play a "vital role" in the story. Goodwin confirmed Bart Allen's return at some point too.

Goodwin said the final graphic novel of the season would be all about action, not drama, with it being a "speedster focused story".

In December 2026, Freddie Goodwin, who served as showrunner for the first three seasons, stated that if the series were renewed for a fourth season, he would collaborate with Jackson Greene as co-showrunner. In March 2027, the series was officially renewed for a fourth season, consisting of 22 episodes. Shortly after the renewal, Goodwin expressed his gratitude to HBO Max and revealed that he had long envisioned Iron Man's return as a central element of the upcoming season.

In April 2027, it was announced that the season's first three episodes would form a single graphic novel and would feature the return of both Iron Man and Silverman. However, in July 2027, it was revealed that the event would expand to encompass the first eight episodes of the season, instead of the initially planned three.

Goodwin worked closely with Greene to develop the story, drawing on Greene's experience as the creator of the Iron Man series in 2023. Greene specifically chose to involve Robert Downey Jr., believing that the actor's insights and connection to one of the lead characters would enhance the narrative's depth and overall quality.

Filming

Filming began on April 14, 2024, and concluded on August 6, 2024.

Release

The first season was released on December 14, 2024. The second season was released on September 1, 2025. The third season premiered on October 16, 2026 and concluded on June 25, 2027. The fourth season premiered on October 14, 2027 and is planned to conclude in May 2028.

Warriorverse

"Base" universe

The Warriorverse was an original concept that Mob Productions had whilst making School Warrior and other unannounced projects. On December 1, 2024, it was announced that Goodwin would begin early work on a second series based on the Marvel Comics character Tony Stark / Iron Man. On December 8, it was announced that the series Iron Man would premiere at some point in 2025 and the first season would consist of 15 episodes. However, the series would soon be cancelled on December 15, 2024.

Future, crossovers, and more

Throughout December, Goodwin has stated in various interviews that he intends on making each series feel unique and plans on only connecting the universe through unique "crossover" events in the form of a miniseries. The first crossover called "Velocity x Iron Man", will consist of 5 episodes and be released at some point in Fall 2025. Due to budget cuts and a change of CEO at Mob Productions, School Warrior was cancelled. However, Goodwin managed to make a deal to have a 6 episode final season to end the story.