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Castle Rock
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
André Holland
Henry Deaver
10 eps
Lizzy Caplan
Annie Wilkes
10 eps
Melanie Lynskey
Molly Strand
10 eps
Tim Robbins
Reginald "Pop" Merrill
10 eps
Sissy Spacek
Ruth Deaver
10 eps
Noel Fisher
Dennis Zalewski
4 eps
Elsie Fisher
Joy Wilkes
10 eps
Bill Skarsgård
Shawshank Prisoner
10 eps
Yusra Warsama
Dr. Nadia Howlwadaag
10 eps
Jane Levy
Jackie Torrance
10 eps
Barkhad Abdi
Abdi Howlwadaag
10 eps
Scott Glenn
Alan Pangborn
10 eps
Matthew Alan
Chris Merrill
10 eps
Terry O'Quinn
Dale Lacy
10 eps
Paul Sparks
John "Ace" Merrill
10 eps
Josh Cooke
Reeves
10 eps
Caleel Harris
Young Henry Deaver
10 eps
J.D. Dorn
Prison Guard
10 eps
Colbi Gannett
Young Joy Wilkes
1 eps
Dennis Staroselsky
Stephen Bannerman
1 eps
Sarah Gadon
Rita K. Green
2 eps
Greg Grunberg
Andersen
4 eps
David Alpay
Mandolin Player
2 eps
Aaron Staton
Reverend Appleton
3 eps
Mathilde Dehaye
Amity Lambert
1 eps
Thomas Belgrey
Marius Lambert
1 eps
Isayas Theodros
Jamal
5 eps
Faysal Ahmed
Hassan
6 eps
Skylan Brooks
Timothy
5 eps
John Diehl
John
1 eps
Frances Conroy
Martha Lacy
3 eps
James Harvey Ward
Guard Jimmy
2 eps
Abby Corrigan
Chance
6 eps
Tenea Intriago
Vera
7 eps
Alison Wright
Valerie Blount
6 eps
John Hoogenakker
Tall Man / Carl Wilkes
4 eps
Robin Weigert
Crysilda Wilkes
3 eps
Chris Mulkey
Clay
5 eps
Josiah Harvey
Shawshank Prisoner (uncredited)
1 eps
Rickland Powell
LNJ Village Councilman
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Castle Rock actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Castle Rock reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
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
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 20 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201816 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201810 episodes
7.6IMDbBased on the works of Stephen King, this horror series weaves together his characters and stories set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine.
Best episode · S01E07 The Queen
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201910 episodes
7.4IMDbA feud over real estate and control of the Merrill crime family becomes murderous just as mentally ill nurse Annie Wilkes arrives in Castle Rock.
Best episode · S02E05 The Laughing Place
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07
The Queen
Ruth explains her jumbled memories and time-skipping to her grandson Wendell, but the Kid's presence and her disorientation have tragic consequences.
- Directed by Greg Yaitanes
- Written by Sam Shaw
S02E05
The Laughing Place
Joy learns the truth about her mother's traumatic childhood and struggles with learning disabilities. Joy also discovers her own real origin.
- Directed by Anne Sewitsky
- Written by Daria Polatin, Vince Calandra
S01E04
The Box
Henry urges the Kid to accept the prison's settlement and investigates his own disappearance decades earlier. A Shawshank prison guard snaps.
- Directed by Michael Uppendahl
- Written by Scott Brown
S01E08
Past Perfect
Out-of-towners renovate the Lacy home into a murder-themed bed and breakfast. Molly rescues Henry from the camper. Ruth remains lost in the past.
- Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
- Written by Mark Lafferty
S01E02
Habeas Corpus
Henry Deaver returns to Castle Rock and takes on the Kid as a client. A letter left behind by Warden Lacy sheds some light on the Kid's origins.
- Directed by Dan Attias
- Written by Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason
S02E01
Let the River Run
On the run with her daughter Joy, ex-nurse Annie Wilkes works temp jobs to steal medication. Ace Merrill threatens the Somali developer of a new mall.
- Directed by Greg Yaitanes
- Written by Dustin Thomason
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E10
Clean
- Directed by Lisa Brühlmann
- Written by Michael Olson, Dustin Thomason
S02E08
Dirty
- Directed by Craig William Macneill
- Written by Michael Olson, K. Corrine Van Vliet
S02E07
The Word
- Directed by Loni Peristere
- Written by R. Christopher Murphy, Guy Busick
S02E06
The Mother
- Directed by Mark Tonderai
- Written by Daria Polatin, Vince Calandra
S02E05
The Laughing Place
- Directed by Anne Sewitsky
- Written by Daria Polatin, Vince Calandra
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Sam Shaw
Creator
Dustin Thomason
Showrunner
- Photo unavailable
Vince Calandra
Executive producer
Liz Glotzer
Executive producer
Stephen King
Executive producer
Mark Lafferty
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Ben Stephenson
Executive producer
J.J. Abrams
Executive producer
Greg Yaitanes
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Vinnie Wilhelm
Writer
R. Christopher Murphy
Writer
K'naan
Writer
Daria Polatin
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Michael Olson
Writer
- Photo unavailable
K. Corrine Van Vliet
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Lila Byock
Writer
Marc Bernardin
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Gina Welch
Writer
Guy Busick
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Scott Brown
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Obehi Janice
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Debbie Hayn-CassProducer
- Vince CalandraExecutive Producer
- Sam ShawExecutive Producer
- Robin Nelson SweetProducer
- Dustin ThomasonExecutive Producer
- Tamara IsaacProducer
Writing
- Vinnie WilhelmWriter
- R. Christopher MurphyWriter
- K'naanWriter
- Daria PolatinWriter
- Michael OlsonWriter
- Vince CalandraWriter
Direction
- Kevin HooksDirector
- Lisa BrühlmannDirector
- Dan AttiasDirector
- Ana Lily AmirpourDirector
- Andrew BernsteinDirector
- Anne SewitskyDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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