Although he is reluctant to take on the role as her protector, the two eventually form a bond that guide them to helping each other, as well as others, while staying one step ahead of the evil forces that want the girl.

[20] A few months later, in December, Erickson also stepped down as executive producer/showrunner and was replaced by Jonas Pate, who was serving as a co-executive producer and series director.

Pate ran the day-to-day production of the series along with Hans Tobeason, who served as "on-set" producer in New York, where filming took place.

McLaughlin (Tate) was the first regular to be cast in February 2013,[21] followed by Lindo (Winter),[22] Sienna Guillory, Chung (Channing) and ten-year-old newcomer Sequoyah (Bo).

[25] In June 2013, Guillory was dropped from the series after the pilot, with producers choosing not to continue with her character, professional hit-woman Moore, going forward.

[26] Moayed, whose character Corey was originally conceived to be Moore's right-hand man,[27] was quietly dropped as a series regular after the second episode.