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Crisis in Six Scenes
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Woody Allen
Sidney J. Munsinger
6 eps
Miley Cyrus
Lennie Dale
6 eps
Nina Arianda
Lorna
1 eps
Elaine May
Kay Munsinger
6 eps
Rachel Brosnahan
Ellie
6 eps
John Magaro
Alan Brockman
6 eps
Gad Elmaleh
Moe
6 eps
Michael Rapaport
Trooper
6 eps
Lewis Black
Al
6 eps
David Harbour
Vic
6 eps
Marylouise Burke
Lucy
6 eps
Julie Halston
Roz
6 eps
Joy Behar
Ann
6 eps
Sondra James
Rita
6 eps
William Hill
Sol
6 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Crisis in Six Scenes actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Crisis in Six Scenes reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
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.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
A comedy that takes place in the 1960s during turbulent times in the United States when a middle class suburban family is visited by a guest who turns their household completely upside down.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E06
Episode 6
Finally a resolution but not before chaos, surprising disclosures, police and guns come into play.
S01E03
Episode 3
Because of an armed intruder, after a home invasion, a married couple's life is turned upside-down.
S01E02
Episode 2
An unwelcome intruder causes terrible panic and tension in a usually placid household.
S01E01
Episode 1
A middle-class suburban home- all seems well until a dangerous intruder enters in the dead of night.
S01E05
Episode 5
A middle-class husband and wife put their lives in jeopardy carrying out a dangerous assignment.
S01E04
Episode 4
Romantic alliances fray and conflict in the suburban home reaches a boiling point.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
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
- Erika AronsonExecutive Producer
Writing
- Woody AllenWriter
Direction
- Woody AllenDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Amazon Prime VideoStreaming
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