Limited series · Netflix
Away
Home can never leave you.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Hilary Swank
Emma Green
10 eps
Mark Ivanir
Misha
10 eps
Ray Panthaki
Ram
10 eps
Vivian Wu
Yu
10 eps
Ato Essandoh
Kwesi
10 eps
Talitha Eliana Bateman
Alexis Logan
10 eps
Josh Charles
Matt Logan
10 eps
Adam Irigoyen
Isaac Rodriguez
8 eps
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Melissa Ramirez
8 eps
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
1 eps
Michael J. Massimino
Self (as Mike Massimino)
1 eps
Requell Jodeah
BBC Reporter
1 eps
Uri Burstyn
Russian Reporter
1 eps
Bowen Zhang
Chinese Reporter
1 eps
Anoop Randhawa
Another Reporter
1 eps
Sasha Piltsin
GNC Operator
1 eps
Quynh Mi
SATCOM Operator
1 eps
Kris McRonney
INCO Operator
1 eps
Carly Buhler
THOR Operator
1 eps
Aidan Wang
SURGEON Operator
1 eps
Heather Decksheimer
Operator
1 eps
Ian Hawes
ESA Engineer
1 eps
Bruce Dawson
Hutch Fulton
1 eps
Dominika Pavlova
Young Natalya
1 eps
Bonnie Hay
Nurse
1 eps
Sonia Sunger
Newscaster
1 eps
Anastassia Krainik
Anna Popov
1 eps
Nadia Hatta
Mei Chen
3 eps
Alessandro Juliani
Dr. Lawrence Madigan
3 eps
Rhys Fleming
Annie
1 eps
Rocky Anderson
Texan
1 eps
Donald Sales
Jerry
3 eps
Felicia Patti
Cassie Ramirez
7 eps
Sharmaine Yeoh
Chinese Translator
4 eps
Liza Cosier
Russian Translator
2 eps
Alex Vishniakoff
Roscosmos Sergei Sokolov
4 eps
Michael Patrick Thornton
Dr. Fred Putney
5 eps
Marion Eisman
Miriam Weisberg
2 eps
Ryan Mah
Dave
3 eps
Jay Zhang
Zhang Yong
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Away actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Away reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
American astronaut Emma Green must leave her husband and teenage daughter behind to command an international space crew embarking upon a treacherous mission. A series about hope, humanity and how we need one another if we are to achieve impossible things.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 10 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202010 episodes
6.0IMDbAmerican astronaut Emma Green must leave her husband and teenage daughter behind to command an international space crew embarking upon a treacherous mission. A series about hope, humanity and how we need one another if we are to achieve impossible things.
Best episode · S01E01 Go
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01 · Signature episode
Go
As the mission launches, Emma finds her mettle as commander tested by an onboard accident, a divided crew and a family emergency back on Earth.
- Directed by Edward Zwick
- Written by Andrew Hinderaker
S01E10 · Signature episode
Home
With only hours to go before Atlas' planned touchdown on Mars, Emma is confronted with everything that could go wrong, while Lu receives new orders.
- Directed by Jet Wilkinson
- Written by Andrew Hinderaker
S01E02 · Signature episode
Negative Return
When a ship malfunction threatens the voyage before it's barely begun, Emma works with a wary Misha on a high-risk repair operation.
- Directed by Jeffrey Reiner
- Written by Jessica Goldberg
S01E07 · Signature episode
Goodnight Mars
Emma's behavior becomes a cause for concern, Kwesi and Lu team up on a plant mystery, and Lex makes an impulsive decision with far-reaching consequences.
- Directed by David Boyd
- Written by Aditi Brennan Kapil
S01E06 · Signature episode
A Little Faith
Tempers flare on the Atlas over a water-system glitch and an act of betrayal. As Matt works on the ship's issue, he accidentally meets Lex's new friend.
- Directed by David Boyd
- Written by Janine Nabers
S01E09
Spektr
Emotions run high as rapidly dwindling water rations on the Atlas leave the crew and Mission Control scrambling to find a fix before time runs out.
- Directed by Charlotte Brändström
- Written by Jessica Goldberg
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01 · Signature episode
Go
- Directed by Edward Zwick
- Written by Andrew Hinderaker
S01E02 · Signature episode
Negative Return
- Directed by Jeffrey Reiner
- Written by Jessica Goldberg
S01E03
Half the Sky
- Directed by Jeffrey Reiner
- Written by Andrew Hinderaker
S01E04
Excellent Chariots
- Directed by Bronwen Hughes
- Written by Ellen Fairey
S01E06 · Signature episode
A Little Faith
- Directed by David Boyd
- Written by Janine Nabers
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Andrew Hinderaker
Showrunner
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Adam Kassan
Executive producer
Jessica Goldberg
Executive producer
Edward Zwick
Executive producer
Jason Katims
Executive producer
Matt Reeves
Executive producer
Hilary Swank
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Michelle Lee
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Jeni Mulein
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Chris Jones
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Aditi Brennan Kapil
Writer
Janine Nabers
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Ellen Fairey
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Adam KassanExecutive Producer
- Jessica GoldbergExecutive Producer
- Edward ZwickExecutive Producer
- Jason KatimsExecutive Producer
- Andrew HinderakerExecutive Producer
- Matt ReevesExecutive Producer
Writing
- Chris JonesWriter
- Aditi Brennan KapilWriter
- Janine NabersWriter
- Jessica GoldbergWriter
- Jason KatimsWriter
- Andrew HinderakerWriter
Direction
- Edward ZwickDirector
- Charlotte BrändströmDirector
- Bronwen HughesDirector
- Jeffrey ReinerDirector
- Jet WilkinsonDirector
- David BoydDirector
Cinematography
- David BoydDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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