Scripted series · NBC
Debris
Every piece holds the power to change our world.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jonathan Tucker
Bryan Beneventi
13 eps
Riann Steele
Finola Jones
13 eps
Norbert Leo Butz
Craig Maddox
13 eps
Scroobius Pip
Anson Ash
13 eps
Alisha Newton
Isla Vandeberg
1 eps
Julia Benson
Mary Vandeberg
1 eps
Michael Eklund
Black Market Dealer
1 eps
Kendra Westwood
Dr. Sharon Bhandari
1 eps
Benjamin Goas
The Boy / Kieran
1 eps
June B. Wilde
Woman From Restaurant
1 eps
Amanda Marier
Amy Morrison
1 eps
Klarc Jerome Wilson
Maddox's Aide
1 eps
Julia Rekaikyna
Carlotta Orlovova (Maid)
1 eps
Evelyn Platt
Fionla's Mother
1 eps
Scott Pocha
Wichita Cop
1 eps
Aaron Paul Stewart
Store Clerk
1 eps
Jaren Moore
Man at Gas Pump
1 eps
Andrei Kovski
Eastern European
1 eps
Amanda Wong
Front Desk Clerk
1 eps
Jayce Barreiro
Hotel Manager
1 eps
Yoshie Bancroft
Agent McGuire
1 eps
King Lau
Situation Team Agent
1 eps
Joshua Panagiotou
Orbital EMT
1 eps
Adam Abrams
Woman's Husband
1 eps
Mike Dobbin
James Vandenberg
1 eps
Darlene Pineda
Floating Woman #1
1 eps
Nesta Chapman
Floating Woman #2
1 eps
Andrea Ross
Floating Woman #3
1 eps
David Alpay
Eric King
1 eps
Alexandra Siouras
Maddox's Assistant
2 eps
Alex Bogomolov
Russian Driver
2 eps
Dmitry Chepovetsky
Tarkolov
2 eps
Rowan Schlosberg
Holloway
2 eps
Todd Thomson
Harris Grohl
2 eps
Armin Karame
Orbital Tech Brandt
4 eps
Gabrielle Ryan
Dee Dee Jones
4 eps
Anjali Jay
Priya Ferris
7 eps
Aliyah O'Brien
Grace
2 eps
Keenan Tracey
Shelby
2 eps
Jess McLeod
Kathleen
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Debris actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Debris 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
Two federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E05
Earthshine
INFLUX steps out from the shadows, weaponizing the debris in a terrifying experiment. Finola struggles to keep her newfound knowledge from affecting her work.
- Directed by Rebecca Rodriguez
- Written by Tiffany Shaw Ho, Tracy Bellomo
S01E04
In Universe
When the Debris creates a strange rainstorm over a farm in Nebraska, Bryan and Finola must treat the situation like they are stepping foot onto an alien planet.
- Directed by Karen Gaviola
- Written by Ryan Wagner, Kyle Lierman
S01E09
Do You Know Icarus? (1)
While Bryan and Finola figure out their next move, a diver finds debris off the coast and accidentally erases his sister from reality.
- Directed by Padraic McKinley
- Written by Ryan Wagner, J. H. Wyman
S01E08
Spaceman
Bryan and Finola undertake a dangerous operation into an INFLUX compound in order to rescue George Jones. But Maddox and Ferris have their own plans for how the mission should be carried out.
- Directed by Clare Kilner
- Written by J. H. Wyman
S01E01
Pilot
Two agents, from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
- Directed by Brad Anderson
- Written by J. H. Wyman
S01E06
Supernova
When the team investigates a group of teenagers who are using Debris to kill the elderly, Bryan faces increasing pressure from Maddox to get answers out of Finola.
- Directed by Steven A. Adelson
- Written by Jeff Vlaming, Davia Carter
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
A Message from Ground Control
- Directed by Brad Anderson
- Written by Kyle Lierman, Glen Whitman
S01E11
Asalah
- Directed by Eagle Egilsson
- Written by Ryan Wagner, J. H. Wyman
S01E10
I Am Icarus (2)
- Directed by Padraic McKinley
- Written by Kyle Lierman, J. H. Wyman
S01E09
Do You Know Icarus? (1)
- Directed by Padraic McKinley
- Written by Ryan Wagner, J. H. Wyman
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
J. H. Wyman
Showrunner
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Samantha Corbin-Miller
Executive producer
Brad Anderson
Executive producer
Jeff Vlaming
Executive producer
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Jason Hoffs
Executive producer
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Tiffany Shaw Ho
Writer
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Ryan Wagner
Writer
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Tracy Bellomo
Writer
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Kyle Lierman
Writer
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Davia Carter
Writer
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Glen Whitman
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Samantha Corbin-MillerExecutive Producer
- Brad AndersonExecutive Producer
- Bonnie BenwickProducer
- Tanya SwerlingProducer
- Jeff VlamingExecutive Producer
- Jeff RafnerProducer
Writing
- Samantha Corbin-MillerWriter
- Tiffany Shaw HoWriter
- Ryan WagnerWriter
- Tracy BellomoWriter
- Jeff VlamingWriter
- Kyle LiermanWriter
Direction
- Tim SouthamDirector
- Brad AndersonDirector
- Karen GaviolaDirector
- Clare KilnerDirector
- Padraic McKinleyDirector
- Steven A. AdelsonDirector
Cinematography
- Tony MirzaDirector of Photography
- Michael WaleDirector of Photography
Music
- Raney ShockneOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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