
Scripted series · NBC
Believe
An extraordinary girl...about to change the world.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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How Believe actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Believe reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
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
Believe is about an unlikely relationship between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison, who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 13 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201413 episodes
6.7IMDbLevitation, telekinesis, the ability to control nature, see the future... since she was born, Bo has had gifts she could neither fully understand nor control. But now that she is 10 years old, her powers have become stronger and the threat from malevolent forces that would use her abilities to control the world has grown more dangerous. With her life and future in jeopardy, Bo's protector, Milton Winter, turns to an unlikely source to keep her safe - Tate, a wrongfully imprisoned death row inmate who's lost his will. Tate and Bo begin an extraordinary journey, one in which trust must be earned. On the run and traveling from city to city, every place they stop and everyone they meet will be changed forever. But they'll have to keep going to stay one step ahead of the sinister forces after Bo's power... because it will take a miracle to keep them safe forever.
Best episode · S01E11 Revelation
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E11
Revelation
As Channing struggles to recover from her gunshot wound, Winter takes desperate measures to keep her alive. With Winter distracted, Bo and Tate sneak away to confront Skouras and demand he stop pursuing them. Meanwhile, Dani begins to question her position at Orchestra.
- Directed by Steve Shill
- Written by Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman

S01E03
Origin
Trapped in Manhattan, Bo and Tate encounter a wealthy woman mourning the decades-old loss of her son.
- Directed by Stephen Williams
- Written by Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman

S01E08
Together
Worried that Skouras has developed the ability to locate Bo, Winter sends Channing on a mission to infiltrate the Orchestra campus. Despite Winter's instructions to keep a low profile, Bo is compelled to help a family man who is in over his head.
- Directed by Bart Freundlich
- Written by Seamus Kevin Fahey, Alfonso Cuarón

S01E01
Pilot
Since she was born, Bo has had gifts she could neither fully understand nor control. But now that she is 10, her powers have become stronger and the threat from malevolent forces that would use her abilities to control the world has grown more dangerous. With her life and future in jeopardy, Bo's protectors turn to an unlikely source to keep her safe – Tate, a wrongfully imprisoned death row inmate who's lost his will. Tate and Bo begin an extraordinary journey, changing the lives of everyone they meet as they keep moving to stay one step ahead of the sinister forces after Bo's power.
- Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
- Written by Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman

S01E05
White Noise
Bo and Tate resurface in Philadelphia where Bo is drawn toward a young woman and her husband, a blogger whose unrelenting pursuit of a mysterious story is threatening to tear the couple apart. Meanwhile, Skouras takes forceful action to track down a traitor within Orchestra.
- Directed by Jonas Pate
- Written by Dave Erickson, Alfonso Cuarón

S01E09
Prodigy
Tate's efforts to keep Bo focused on her training are sidetracked when Bo has a premonition of a young musical prodigy dying in a car crash. In the wake of Channing's capture, Winter sets a risky contingency plan in motion. At Orchestra, Skouras tests the powers of Dani, a newly discovered telepath.
- Directed by Sam Hill
- Written by Melisa Wallack, Alfonso Cuarón
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S01E13
Perception
- Directed by Eric Stoltz
- Written by Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman

S01E12
Second Chance
- Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman

S01E11
Revelation
- Directed by Steve Shill
- Written by Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman

S01E10
Collapse
- Directed by David Boyd
- Written by Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman

S01E09
Prodigy
- Directed by Sam Hill
- Written by Melisa Wallack, Alfonso Cuarón

S01E08
Together
- Directed by Bart Freundlich
- Written by Seamus Kevin Fahey, Alfonso Cuarón
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Alfonso Cuarón
Creator
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Mark Friedman
Showrunner
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Hans Tobeason
Executive producer

Bryan Burk
Executive producer

Jonas Pate
Executive producer

J.J. Abrams
Executive producer
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Melisa Wallack
Writer

Dave Erickson
Writer
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Seamus Kevin Fahey
Writer
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Nick Antosca
Writer
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Vim Shanmugam
Writer
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Holly Harold
Writer
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Brynn Malone
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Hans TobeasonExecutive Producer
- Seamus Kevin FaheyProducer
- Athena WickhamProducer
- Alfonso CuarónExecutive Producer
- Tamara IsaacProducer
- Bryan BurkExecutive Producer
Writing
- Melisa WallackWriter
- Dave EricksonWriter
- Seamus Kevin FaheyWriter
- Alfonso CuarónWriter
- Mark FriedmanWriter
- Nick AntoscaWriter
Direction
- Stephen WilliamsDirector
- Michael OfferDirector
- Eric StoltzDirector
- Bart FreundlichDirector
- Alfonso CuarónDirector
- Steve ShillDirector
Music
- Steven PriceOriginal Music Composer
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