Limited series · Prime Video
Butterfly
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Daniel Dae Kim
David Jung
6 eps
Reina Hardesty
Rebecca Jung
6 eps
Piper Perabo
Juno Lund
6 eps
Louis Landau
Oliver Barnes
6 eps
Sung Dong-il
Doo Tae Kim
2 eps
Lee Il-hwa
Young Sil Kim
2 eps
Sung Joon
Sanghoon
1 eps
Gina Theresa Williamson
Vicky Linwood
2 eps
Park Hae-soo
Yong Shik Choi
2 eps
Kim Tae-hee
Eunju Kim
5 eps
Sean Dulake
Hollis
5 eps
Kim Ji-hoon
Gun
5 eps
Seoyeon Jang
Moon
5 eps
Nayeon Kim
Minhee Jung
5 eps
Charles Parnell
Senator George Dawson
5 eps
Andrew Bishop
Male Secret Service
4 eps
Michael Proud
Teammate #1
2 eps
Andreas Fronk
Teammate #2
2 eps
Dimitri Cherbe
Caddis Gunman #4
2 eps
Henry Ian Cusick
Nick Barnes
1 eps
Josh Plasse
Atwood
1 eps
Luis Carazo
Manny
1 eps
Kim Min-gue
Taeyoung
1 eps
Thomas Frederiksen
Hori
1 eps
Ana Ruggiero
Younger Wife
1 eps
Choi So-yoon
Seo-Yeon
1 eps
Hayden Calder
14-YO Rebecca
1 eps
Laura Fitch Yang
Aunt Kathy
1 eps
Patty Malcolm
Jess Holt
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Butterfly actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Butterfly reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
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.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
David Jung, a mysterious former US intelligence operative living in hiding in South Korea, has his life blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself hunted by Rebecca, a deadly young assassin, and Caddis, the sinister spy organization she works for.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01 · Signature episode
Pilot
David Jung, a Korean-American man who faked his death nine years ago, confronts his past when his daughter Rebecca, now working as an assassin for the private intelligence agency Caddis, is sent to kill him.
- Directed by Kitao Sakurai
- Written by Ken Woodruff, Steph Cha
S01E03 · Signature episode
Busan
Rebecca, David and his family escape to a safe house in the coastal city of Busan. Family tensions mount as Rebecca struggles with her father's new family. And a shocking revelation about David's past with Juno is revealed during a violent confrontation at a marina.
- Directed by Kim Jin-min
- Written by Diana Son
S01E02 · Signature episode
Daegu
David and Rebecca find themselves on the run from Caddis after a tense encounter at a police checkpoint. But their unexpected reunion is complicated by Rebecca's resentment over her father's abandonment.
- Directed by Kitao Sakurai
- Written by Steph Cha
S01E04 · Signature episode
Pohang
After abducting Oliver, David and Rebecca use the information they gather from him to devise a plan to go after Juno, taking them back to Seoul, where Gun and Caddis are waiting.
- Directed by Kim Jin-min
- Written by Denise Thé
S01E05 · Signature episode
Seoul
Juno interrogates Oliver and discovers he betrayed her while being held captive by David. Meanwhile, David and Rebecca carry out a PSYOP campaign against Juno, aimed at dividing her and Oliver and bringing down Caddis once and for all.
- Directed by Jann Turner
- Written by Sung Rno
S01E06
Annyeong
David pursues Rebecca after she's captured by Juno and Caddis operatives, leading to a high-speed chase and brutal ambush at an abandoned factory site.
- Directed by Jann Turner
- Written by Dave Kalstein
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01 · Signature episode
Pilot
- Directed by Kitao Sakurai
- Written by Ken Woodruff, Steph Cha
S01E02 · Signature episode
Daegu
- Directed by Kitao Sakurai
- Written by Steph Cha
S01E03 · Signature episode
Busan
- Directed by Kim Jin-min
- Written by Diana Son
S01E04 · Signature episode
Pohang
- Directed by Kim Jin-min
- Written by Denise Thé
S01E05 · Signature episode
Seoul
- Directed by Jann Turner
- Written by Sung Rno
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Ken Woodruff
Creator
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Steph Cha
Showrunner
Arash Amel
Executive producer
Diana Son
Executive producer
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Ross Richie
Executive producer
Daniel Dae Kim
Executive producer
Stephen Christy
Executive producer
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John Cheng
Executive producer
Kitao Sakurai
Executive producer
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Sung Rno
Writer
Dave Kalstein
Writer
Denise Thé
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Arash AmelExecutive Producer
- Diana SonExecutive Producer
- Ken WoodruffExecutive Producer
- Ross RichieExecutive Producer
- Steph ChaExecutive Producer
- Daniel Dae KimExecutive Producer
Writing
- Diana SonWriter
- Ken WoodruffWriter
- Sung RnoWriter
- Steph ChaWriter
- Dave KalsteinWriter
- Denise ThéWriter
Direction
- Kitao SakuraiDirector
- Kim Jin-minDirector
- Jann TurnerDirector
Music
- Min HeOriginal Music Composer
- Curtis GreenOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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