Summary
- Into the Badlands is set in a post-apocalyptic US, spanning from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
- The show's territories include Butterfly and Armadillo in Arkansas and Oklahoma, with the Outlands beyond.
- Characters like Sunny and M.K. explore this world, with Louisiana and Ireland serving as filming locations.
AMC's what caused Into the Badlands' apocalypse. However, deeper details make it possible to nail down its exact location on the United States map.
Into the Badlands certainly created an interesting world for its characters to experience. It's long been clear that Into the Badlands occupies a portion of the United States, and the geography and climate made it seem that the setting of the show was either the South or the Midwest. Maps in a season 3 episode and on the Into the Badlands website provide much more specific answers.
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How Much Of The United States The Badlands Cover
The Seven Territories Cover A Portion Of The Midwestern United States
The maps of the seven territories that comprise the Badlands confirm that its world occupies a region stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The Badlands encom parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Kansas, and Louisiana. This puts much of the show's events occurring in Oklahoma and Arkansas, since that's where the show's two most important territories - Butterfly and Armadillo - are located.
Into the Badlands was filmed in Louisiana during season 1, with Ireland being the primary shooting location for the second and third seasons.
Into the Badlands' setting widens over time. Expansion of certain territories on the Into the Badlands map over the course of the series led to a wider range of locations being shown on a consistent basis. And even those that don't get absorbed are ultimately featured regardless since the main characters in Into the Badlands travel all over the region. An example of this was in Into the Badlands season 2 when Sunny (Daniel Wu) and Bajie (Nick Frost) spent many episodes traveling through the Badlands to get back to the Armadillo Territory.
Territory |
Baron |
|---|---|
Armadillo |
Quinn |
Butterfly |
The Widow |
Narwahl |
Broore |
Peacock |
Hassan |
Fox |
Chau |
Grasshoper |
Rojas |
Pickaxe |
Jacobee |
What Lies Beyond The Badlands?
The Outlands Are Also Featured In Into The Badlands
Despite the show's title, the Badlands themselves aren't the only relevant locations in the series. What exists beyond the borders of the Badlands eventually becomes integral to the plot, especially with all the discussion of the mythical city known as Azra. It, as well as other notable characters in the series, are associated with the Outlands, which are believed to encom the western United States and possibly Mexico. Otherwise known as the Outlying Territories, these regions are subjects of great mystery in Into the Badlands, especially since they're largely unchartered.
Into the Badlands
- Release Date
- 2015 - 2019-00-00
- Network
- AMC
- Showrunner
- Miles Millar
Cast
Madeleine Mantock
Ella-Rae Smith
WHERE TO WATCH
Into the Badlands follows Sunny (Daniel Wu) and M.K. (Aramis Knight), who traverse a post-apocalyptic world set 500 years in the future. Premiering in 2015, Into the Badlands was created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and aired on AMC until 2019 when its third season came to a close.
- Seasons
- 3
- Streaming Service(s)
- AppleTV+
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