The Lottery

The Lottery

On Lifetime

20141 season10 episodes60 min6.1 / 10

A high-concept dystopian drama that uses reproductive crisis and state control as a lens for examining bodily autonomy and existential threat.

Set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children, "The Lottery" reveals a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction. Remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery over this global crisis unfolds, the government’s interests and power begin to dominate, igniting a highly controversial debate over our fundamental and personal freedom to raise a family.

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