Limited series · Prime Video
56 Days
Do you live secrets?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How 56 Days actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
56 Days reads strongest on Bingeability, Serialized and Tension.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When an unidentified body is found in a luxury apartment linked to Oliver Kennedy and his girlfriend Ciara Wyse, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly reconstruct the couple's deadly romance across the past 56 days.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01 · Signature episode
Chapter 1
Working class Ciara begins to fall for rich, handsome Oliver after a chance encounter. 56 days later, Detectives Lee and Karl encounter a gruesome homicide. Did Ciara and Oliver's highly-charged romance end in murder?
- Directed by Alethea Jones
- Written by Karyn Usher, Lisa Zwerling
S01E03 · Signature episode
Chapter 3
Oliver's paranoia grows when Ciara moves into his upscale apartment. Lee keeps a secret from Karl, but makes a key discovery in the search for the killer.
- Directed by Shana Stein
- Written by Karyn Usher, Lisa Zwerling
S01E04 · Signature episode
Chapter 4
Oliver and Ciara's twisted romance intensifies as she gets closer to accessing his multi-million dollar fortune. Lee admits the truth about Linus Finch while she and Karl track down a stalker.
- Directed by Shana Stein
- Written by Janet Lin
S01E02 · Signature episode
Chapter 2
Oliver rushes headlong into a romance with Ciara despite red flags on both sides. Karl spots Lee in a mysterious encounter with a suspect while they work to investigate the identity of both the victim and the killer.
- Directed by Alethea Jones
- Written by Karyn Usher, Lisa Zwerling
S01E05 · Signature episode
Chapter 5
In the midst of a city-wide holiday celebration, altered states and a prying journalist push Oliver and Ciara to their breaking point. Lee and Karl circle a new suspect as they close in on the identity of the body in the bathtub.
- Directed by Lauren Wolkstein
- Written by Brandon K. Hines, Michael Broady
S01E06
Chapter 6
Oliver spirals as Shyla forces Ciara to make a hard decision. Karl and Lee confront personal demons that threaten their partnership.
- Directed by Lauren Wolkstein
- Written by Michael Broady
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01 · Signature episode
Chapter 1
- Directed by Alethea Jones
- Written by Karyn Usher, Lisa Zwerling
S01E02 · Signature episode
Chapter 2
- Directed by Alethea Jones
- Written by Karyn Usher, Lisa Zwerling
S01E03 · Signature episode
Chapter 3
- Directed by Shana Stein
- Written by Karyn Usher, Lisa Zwerling
S01E04 · Signature episode
Chapter 4
- Directed by Shana Stein
- Written by Janet Lin
S01E05 · Signature episode
Chapter 5
- Directed by Lauren Wolkstein
- Written by Brandon K. Hines, Michael Broady
S01E06
Chapter 6
- Directed by Lauren Wolkstein
- Written by Michael Broady
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Karyn Usher
Creator
Lisa Zwerling
Showrunner
Michael Clear
Executive producer
Rob Hackett
Executive producer
Alethea Jones
Executive producer
Sandrine Gros d'Aillon
Executive producer
James Wan
Executive producer
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Janet Lin
Writer
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Brandon K. Hines
Writer
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Alexandra Cunningham
Writer
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Michael Broady
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Michael ClearExecutive Producer
- Karyn UsherExecutive Producer
- Rob HackettExecutive Producer
- Alethea JonesExecutive Producer
- Sandrine Gros d'AillonExecutive Producer
- James WanExecutive Producer
Writing
- Janet LinWriter
- Brandon K. HinesWriter
- Karyn UsherWriter
- Alexandra CunninghamWriter
- Michael BroadyWriter
- Lisa ZwerlingWriter
Direction
- Lauren WolksteinDirector
- Jessica YuDirector
- Alethea JonesDirector
- Shana SteinDirector
Music
- Nathan BarrOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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