Scripted series · ABC
Deception
The FBI has a new trick up its sleeve.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jack Cutmore-Scott
Cameron Black
13 eps
Ilfenesh Hadera
Kay Daniels
13 eps
Lenora Crichlow
Dina Clark
13 eps
Amaury Nolasco
Mike Alvarez
13 eps
Justin Chon
Jordan Kwon
13 eps
Laila Robins
FBI Agent Deakins
13 eps
Vinnie Jones
Gunter Gustafsen
13 eps
Lucas Hall
Charlie Dietrich
1 eps
Danny Henriquez
Alex Boyd
1 eps
David Deblinger
Slimy Billionaire
1 eps
Eyas Younis
Andrei Stanislav
1 eps
Hal Ozsan
Mikhail Koslov
1 eps
Elliot Villar
Felix Ruiz
1 eps
Leonid Citer
Sasha Sokolov
1 eps
John Shea
Abe Dietrich
1 eps
Jeremiah Wiggins
Museum Curator
1 eps
Jess Weixler
Joan
1 eps
Kevin Corrigan
Prison Inmate
1 eps
Christine Ko
Vivian Song
1 eps
David L. Townsend
Quincy James
1 eps
Tina Chilip
Irene Huang
1 eps
Grant Chang
Harry Chou
1 eps
Evan Parke
Winslow
4 eps
Mike Faist
Mekka
1 eps
Kevin Elden
Businessman
1 eps
Stephanie Corneliussen
Mystery Woman
6 eps
Eli Golden
Max
1 eps
Meghann Fahy
Alicia Davis
1 eps
Adam Kaplan
Noah Hawthorne
1 eps
Danny Burstein
Indar Danek
1 eps
Yorgo Constantine
Kostya Veradin
1 eps
Jack Davenport
Alistair Black
3 eps
Katarína Morháčová
Lena Danek
1 eps
Rita Neidich
Consulate Clerk
1 eps
Sonny Corbo
Young Jonathan
3 eps
Martin Mundzik
Agent Armstrong
1 eps
Sahr Ngaujah
Olivier Scott
1 eps
Danny Corbo
Young Cameron
2 eps
Naren Weiss
Dekker
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Deception actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Deception reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
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
Cameron Black is the world's greatest illusionist. At least, that's what people used to call him—before his greatest secret was exposed and his career destroyed. Even worse, Cameron has good reason to believe this was no accident.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07
Sacrifice 99 to Fool One
When the Mystery Woman kidnaps Cameron, the FBI calls on Jonathan Black to help find him – and stop the Mystery Woman from committing her next crime.
- Directed by Rob Hardy
- Written by John A. Norris
S01E04
Divination
When a psychic is murdered, Kay and Cam investigate only to learn she had a partner who’s now on the run. Enlisting her help, Cameron and the team take down an international arms dealer.
- Directed by Kevin Tancharoen
- Written by Kai Yu Wu
S01E02
Forced Perspective
As Cameron continues to focus on helping his brother, he and Kay get to work on a case that has unknowing tourists participating in a reality show – yet it’s anything but real, it’s deadly.
- Directed by Michael Lehmann
- Written by Chris Fedak
S01E01
Pilot
When his career is ruined by scandal, superstar magician Cameron Black has only one place to turn to practice his art of deception, influence and illusion — the FBI. Using every trick in the book and inventing new ones, he will help the government catch the world’s most elusive criminals while staging the biggest illusions of his career.
- Directed by Michael Lehmann
- Written by Chris Fedak
S01E05
Masking
When a church's stained glass window is stolen while a famous street artist is painting a mural nearby, Cam and the team's investigation leads them to the criminal.
- Directed by Silver Tree
- Written by Nelson Greaves
S01E08
Multiple Outs
The FBI works with the Deception group to help stop the Mystery Woman from successfully committing one of the largest jewel heists in history. And, for the first time this season, viewers will have their perspective reversed and see how Cameron Black performs his greatest deception yet.
- Directed by Glen Winter
- Written by Bryan Malone
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
Code Act
- Directed by Dermott Downs
- Written by Sam Sklaver, Brynn Malone
S01E13
Transposition
- Directed by Michael Lehmann
- Written by Chris Fedak, Elizabeth Peterson
S01E11
Loading Up
S01E10
The Unseen Hand
- Directed by Lexi La Roche
- Written by Cesar Mazariegos
S01E09
Getting Away Clean
- Directed by Michael Lehmann
- Written by Joe Peracchio
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
- Nelson GreavesProducer
Writing
- John A. NorrisWriter
- Joe PeracchioWriter
- Sam SklaverWriter
- Chris FedakWriter
- Kai Yu WuWriter
- Nelson GreavesWriter
Direction
- Rob HardyDirector
- Rob SeidenglanzDirector
- Lexi La RocheDirector
- Silver TreeDirector
- Dermott DownsDirector
- Michael SmithDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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