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Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol 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.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
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
The early adventures of young Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who must solve a series of deadly puzzles to save his kidnapped mentor and thwart a chilling global conspiracy.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
As Above, So Below
Young professor Robert Langdon is pulled into a complex mystery when his mentor is kidnapped.
- Directed by Dan Trachtenberg
- Written by Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie
S01E09
Order Eight
Langdon, Katherine, Nuñez and Peter partner with Sato and the CIA to spring a trap for Mal'akh.
S01E06
Diophantine Pseudonym
Mal'akh pressures Langdon and Peter to decipher the clues. Katherine, Nuñez and Sato try to regroup.
S01E08
Cascade
Katherine and Langdon persuade Isabel to protect herself. Peter reconnects with Leviathan members.
- Written by Andrew Saito
S01E04
L'Enfant Orientation
Forced to split up, Langdon follows the next clue while Katherine joins Sato to find her father.
S01E05
Melencolia I
Langdon must reunite with Katherine and team up with Sato while Nuñez follows a hunch.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Dan Dworkin
Creator
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Jay Beattie
Showrunner
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Samie Kim Falvey
Executive producer
Brian Grazer
Executive producer
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Anna Culp
Executive producer
Dan Trachtenberg
Executive producer
Ron Howard
Executive producer
Dan Brown
Executive producer
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Andrew Saito
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Samie Kim FalveyExecutive Producer
- Brian GrazerExecutive Producer
- Anna CulpExecutive Producer
- Dan DworkinExecutive Producer
- Jay BeattieExecutive Producer
- Dan TrachtenbergExecutive Producer
Writing
- Dan DworkinWriter
- Jay BeattieWriter
- Andrew SaitoWriter
Direction
- Dan TrachtenbergDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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