Anyone tuning into the new TV series
“Motherland: Fort Salem” will find a few changes
in the America depicted. For one thing, women
are in charge of the military. For another, they’re
all witches.
Freeform’s 10-episode first season is set in an
alternate, present-day United States where
magical women make up the armed forces and
are fighting a shadowy terrorist threat. It’s a TV
show like no other. Think of “Charmed” mashed
with “The Man in the High Castle.”
It’s the brainchild of creator and executive
producer Eliot Laurence, who said the idea came
to him years ago like a lightening bolt — witches
plus military.
“I had not seen that. And who knows? In the
history of fantasy writing, I’m sure many people
have tackled this combo. But for me, it felt very
new,” he said.