Miniseries · A&E
Bag of Bones
Beware the lake.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Pierce Brosnan
Mike Noonan
2 eps
Melissa George
Mattie Devore
2 eps
Annabeth Gish
Jo Noonan
2 eps
Anika Noni Rose
Sara Tidwell
2 eps
Matt Frewer
Sid Noonan
2 eps
Jason Priestley
Marty
2 eps
Caitlin Carmichael
Kyra Devore
2 eps
Peter MacNeill
Bill Dean
2 eps
William Schallert
Max Devore
2 eps
Deborah Allen
Brenda Meserve
2 eps
Shane Anderson
Lance Devore
2 eps
Geordie Brown
Young Edgar White
2 eps
Fiona Forsythe
Jellison Daughter
2 eps
Joel Freckelton
Harold Noonan
2 eps
Deborah Grover
Rogette Whitmore
2 eps
Gary Levert
Deputy George Footman
2 eps
Jefferson Mappin
Buddy Jellison
2 eps
Cienna Prendergast
Kisha Tidwell
2 eps
David Sheftell
Young Max Devore
2 eps
Julian Richings
Elmer Durgin
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Bag of Bones actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Bag of Bones reads strongest on Bingeability, Serialized and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
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
Bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, unable to cope after his wife's sudden death, returns to the couple's lakeside retreat in Maine, where he becomes involved in a custody battle between a young widow and her child's enormously wealthy grandfather. Mike inexplicably receives mysterious ghostly visitations, escalating nightmares and the realization that his late wife still has something to tell him.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Mick GarrisExecutive Producer
- Stewart MackinnonExecutive Producer
- Michael MahoneyProducer
- Mark SennetExecutive Producer
Writing
- Matt VenneWriter
Direction
- Mick GarrisDirector
Cinematography
- Barry DonlevyDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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