I Am Frankie Information

I Am Frankie is an American drama television series created by Marcela Citterio that first aired a sneak peek of the pilot on September 4, 2017, and later officially premiered on Nickelodeon on September 11, 2017. The series stars Alex Hook in the titular role of Frankie Gaines, who is an android attempting to pass herself off as a normal school girl.

Plot

Sigourney is a scientist working for the company EGG who has developed a teenage android girl named Frankie. When the head of EGG, Mr. Kingston, plans to use Frankie for the military company Warpa's Project Q, Sigourney quits her job, smuggles her out of EGG, and moves her family far away from EGG over so that Frankie can live a normal life. As Frankie adapts to normal life as a high school student at Sepulveda High, she befriends a girl named Dayton and gains a rival in Tammy, while she and her family work to keep her secret safe so that EGG doesn't find her, but Mr. Kingston is determined to do whatever it takes to locate Frankie. Unbeknownst to Mr. Kingston, he's not the only one who's after her.

Cast and characters

Main

• Alex Hook as Frankie, an android girl.
• Uriel Baldesco as Lucia, a follower of Tammy and a member of Sepulveda High School's Brain Squad.
• Armani Barrett as Byron, a member of Sepulveda High School's Brain Squad who is into robotics.
• Kristi Beckett as Makayla, a follower of Tammy and a member of Sepulveda High School's Brain Squad.
• Kyson Facer as Andrew, a student at Sepulveda High School who is one of Frankie and Tammy's love interests. He is later revealed to be an android created by James.
• Sophia Forest as Jenny, the daughter of Sigourney who gets Frankie as an older sister.
• Mohana Krishnan as Tammy, a girl and leader of Sepulveda High School's Brain Squad who becomes Frankie's rival and seeks to find the truth about her.
• Jayce Mroz as Robbie, an intelligent student who follows Frankie and Dayton around.
• Nicole Alyse Nelson as Dayton, a girl who becomes Frankie's best friend and one of a few people to know the truth about Frankie.
• Carson Rowland as Cole, the brother of Dayton who is one of Frankie's love interests.
• J.D. Ballard as Mr. Kingston, the head of EGG who seeks to reclaim Frankie.
• Todd Allen Durkin as James, a former EGG scientist that used to work with Sigourney and wants to destroy Frankie.
• Joy Kigin as Ms. Hough, the principal of Sepulveda High School.
• Michael Laurino as Will, the father of Jenny and husband of Sigourney who gains Frankie as a daughter.
• Carrie Schroeder as Sigourney, is the scientist who built Frankie.
• Mark Jacobson as the "voice of PEGS1", a small floating egg-shaped robot.

Recurring

• Justin Jarzombeck as John
• Rachael Thompson as Engineer

Production

On January 20, 2016, Nickelodeon announced that it had green-lit I Am Frankie to series with its first season to contain 20 episodes. The series will be the first global series to be produced at the new Viacom International Studio in Miami, Florida. The series was originally produced as Yo Soy Franky by Nickelodeon Latin America in Colombia and Catharina Ledeboer, who has previously worked on Every Witch Way and Talia in the Kitchen, will be adapting the series into English for global audiences. It was stated that production of the series would begin sometime in 2016. The series will officially debut on September 11, 2017, after a special sneak peek of the premiere airs on September 4, 2017. The premiere episode was made available on Nickelodeon streaming platforms starting on August 21, 2017.

Episodes

Pilot (2017)

| ProdCode = 101 | Viewers = 1.27 | ShortSummary = EGG scientist Sigourney Gaines invents an android called Frankie and sneaks her out of EGG to be a birthday present for her daughter, Jenny, as a way to keep Mr. Kingston from having Warpa use her for Project Q. In order to keep Frankie from being found by EGG, Sigourney moves her family to the next town over and they settle in with the help of former EGG employee James Peters. Once enrolled in school, Frankie befriends a girl named Dayton and gains a girl named Tammy as a rival.

Guest stars: JC Casely as Casey, Victor Jones as Mr. Manhart, Kevin Harrison as Night Guard 1, Michael Sanchez as Night Guard 2

Absent: Kyson Facer as Andrew, Jayce Mroz as Robbie | LineColor = F46D25 }} }}

Season 1 (2017)

| ProdCode = 101-102 | Viewers = 1.47 | ShortSummary = EGG scientist Sigourney Gaines invents an android called Frankie and sneaks her out of EGG to be a birthday present for her daughter, Jenny, as a way to keep Mr. Kingston from having Warpa use her for Project Q. In order to keep Frankie from being found by EGG, Sigourney moves her family to the next town over and they settle in with the help of former EGG employee James. Once enrolled in school, Frankie befriends a girl named Dayton and gains a girl named Tammy as a rival. Later, after Cole saves Frankie from the rain, Sigourney works to dry her out and finds that some of her circuits got fused together. Meanwhile, Mr. Kingston sends PEGS1 to search Sigourney's old house to find the whereabouts of the Gaines family.

Guest stars: JC Casely as Casey, Victor Jones as Mr. Manhart, Kevin Harrison as Night Guard 1, Michael Sanchez as Night Guard 2

Absent: Kyson Facer as Andrew, Jayce Mroz as Robbie | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 103 | Viewers = 1.32 | ShortSummary =

Guest stars: Katelyn Adair as Student 1, Brian Dijols as Student 2

Absent: Kyson Facer as Andrew, Jayce Mroz as Robbie, Joy Kigin as Ms. Hough | LineColor = 48D1CC }} | OriginalAirDate = | ProdCode = 104 | Viewers = 1.46 | ShortSummary =

Guest stars: Victor Jones as Mr. Manhart, Justin Jarzombeck as John, Rachael Thompson as Engineer

Absent: Kyson Facer as Andrew, Jayce Mroz as Robbie, Joy Kigin as Ms. Hough | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 105 | Viewers = 1.29 | ShortSummary =

Guest stars: Jeanne Bennett as Ms. Kagan, Justin Jarzombeck as John, Victor Jones as Mr. Manhart, Rachael Thompson as Engineer, Zachery Robbins as Football Player

Absent: Kyson Facer as Andrew, Jayce Mroz as Robbie, Todd Allen Durkin as James | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 106 | Viewers = 1.30 | ShortSummary =

Guest stars: Bob Schenkel as Elderly Man, Fern Katz as Elderly Woman

Absent: Kyson Facer as Andrew, Jayce Mroz as Robbie, Joy Kigin as Ms. Hough | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| OriginalAirDate = | ProdCode = 107 | Viewers = 1.14 | ShortSummary =

Guest star: Justin Jarzombeck as John | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 108 | Viewers = 1.22 | ShortSummary =

Guest stars: Constance Fields as Judge, Eric Garduno as Competition Student, Justin Jarzombeck as John | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 109 | Viewers = 1.19 | ShortSummary =

Guest stars: Victor Jones as Mr. Manhart, Rachael Thompson as Engineer

Absent: Uriel Baldesco as Lucia, Kristi Beckett as Makayla | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 110 | Viewers = 1.10 | ShortSummary =

Guest stars: Justin Jarzombeck as John, Rachael Thompson as Engineer

Absent: Michael Laurino as Will | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 111 | Viewers = 1.33 | ShortSummary =

Guest stars: Jean-Carlos Casey as Casely, Justin Jarzombeck as John, Katherine McDonald as Mrs. Mulligan, Rachael Thompson as Engineer

Absent: Michael Laurino as Will | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 112 | Viewers = 1.17 | ShortSummary = As Sepulveda High's halls have been vandalized by an unknown person, Frankie discovers that she has two dates to the prom. To help her blend in with her dates, Dayton works with Frankie and Sigourney into making an E-Stomach so that Frankie can eat food easily. Meanwhile at EGG, Mr. Kingston and PEGS1 start to put their plans to reclaim Frankie into motion.

Guest stars: Justin Jarzombeck as John, Nicole Kinzel as Smoothie Barista, Rita Man Yette as Proctor, Rachael Thompson as Engineer | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 113 | Viewers = 1.07 | ShortSummary =

Guest stars: Welder Santos as Busboy, Rachael Thompson as Engineer

Absent: Jayce Mroz as Robbie, Todd Allen Durkin as James, Joy Kigin as Ms. Hough | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 114 | Viewers = 1.11 | ShortSummary = In light of the recent actions at Sepulvada High, Ms. Hough blames Frankie and has her suspended from school for the recent violent conduct. James orchestrates events that involves him deleting specific files from Frankie which leads to Sigourney having to take an action to keep Frankie from becoming a violent android. Meanwhile, representatives from Warfa confiscate PEGS1 upon Mr. Kingston's failure to reclaim Frankie as he finds a clue on where Sigourney is hiding Frankie. At the same time, Tammy is still wanting to prove that Frankie is a robot and plans to get her unsuspended by pinning the blame of recent happenings at Sepulvada High on someone else.

Guest stars: Justin Jarzombeck as John, Rachael Thompson as Engineer

Absent: Kyson Facer as Andrew | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 115 | Viewers = 1.09 | ShortSummary = Now that Tammy's plot to get Frankie unsuspended has succeeded, she still makes plans to expose Frankie as a robot where she, Lucia, and Mikayla work on a pulley-activated device that will enable her to spill water on Frankie at the Emoji-themed dance. Suspicious at the bounty fliers that Mr. Kingston has printed out, Sigourney forbids Frankie to go to the dance just in case someone catches her.

Guest stars: Elgin Aponte as DJ, Justin Jarzombeck as John

Absent: Jayce Mroz as Robbie, Joy Kigin as Ms. Hough | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 116 | Viewers = 1.35 | ShortSummary = Now that Frankie and Dayton know that Andrew is an android, they plan to find out who created him. Ms. Hough begins an investigation on who attempted the water prank on Frankie. Meanwhile, operatives from Warpa plan to use PEGS1 as leverage on Mr. Kingston in order to reclaim Frankie, but PEGS1 plans his escape from Warpa.

Guest stars: Justin Jarzombeck as John, Rachael Thompson as Engineer

Absent: J.D. Ballard as Mr. Kingston | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 117 | Viewers = | ShortSummary = Andrew begs Frankie not to tell Sigourney about him. After her Sepulveda High School's Brain Squad rejects her upon learning the truth, Tammy comes clean to Ms. Hough about falsely accusing Robbie of the school vandalism. Ms. Hough announces to the school that Robbie is exonerated, but she threatens to punish the entire school if the person responsible for the vandalism doesn't come forward. Meanwhile, Frankie plays minigolf with Cole. Also, James orders Andrew to lure Frankie into a trap that James and Mr. Kingston have devised. | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 118 | Viewers = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 119 | Viewers = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 48D1CC }}

| ProdCode = 120 | Viewers = | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 48D1CC }} }}