Miniseries · MGM+
Earth Abides
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Alexander Ludwig
Isherwood 'Ish' Williams
6 eps
Jessica Frances Dukes
Emma
6 eps
Leah Gibson
Ann
1 eps
Martin Donovan
Milton
1 eps
Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll
Jorge
4 eps
Elyse Levesque
Maurine
4 eps
Luisa d'Oliveira
Molly
4 eps
Hilary McCormack
Jean
4 eps
Birkett Turton
Ezra
4 eps
Milania Kerr
Evie (12 years old)
1 eps
Jenna Berman
Evie (20 years old)
4 eps
Leah Belle MacDonald
Heather
2 eps
Amarah Taylor
Heather (13 years old)
2 eps
Kawhi Hollywood
Alex (3 years old)
1 eps
Denzel Onaba
Alex (11 years old)
2 eps
Eamon McBride
Raif (7 years old)
2 eps
Luke Alfred Bateman
Raif (14 years old)
1 eps
Samson Peake Ondego
Joey (8 years old)
2 eps
Adelyn Bruce
Olivia (7 years old)
4 eps
Isaiah Ramirez
Kristian (6 years old)
3 eps
Aaron Tveit
Charlie
2 eps
Aleksandra Cross
Heather (16 years old)
3 eps
River Codack
Raif (17 years old)
2 eps
Lennox Leacock
Alex (14 years old)
3 eps
Elias Leacock
Joey (11 years old)
3 eps
Victoria Morgan
Perry
3 eps
Howie Lai
Kori
3 eps
Andres Joseph
Silas
3 eps
Taylor Kinequon
Arabella
2 eps
Toby Marks
Penelope
2 eps
Timothy Stubbs
Jack
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Earth Abides actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Earth Abides reads strongest on Bingeability, World Building and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
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 often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When a plague of unprecedented virulence sweeps the globe, the human race is all but wiped out. In the aftermath, as the great machine of civilization slowly and inexorably breaks down, only a few shattered survivors remain to struggle against the slide into extinction.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Alone
Ish, a solitary young geologist, barely survives a snake bite. After a coma, he drives to the nearest town only to find dead bodies. He searches for survivors, from San Francisco to Las Vegas. There must be someone else left...
- Directed by Bronwen Hughes
S01E02
The Space Between
Ish finds a survivor, Emma. There's a spark. Is it real, or are they just the last two people on earth? Nature is unrelenting. Rats plague San Lupo. Ish dreams of rebuilding civilization, but can they even survive extinction?
- Directed by Bronwen Hughes
S01E06
Forever Is Tomorrow Is Today
San Lupo fights for survival against the virus. Ish realizes the answers to humanity’s future may not be in his books. That’s when Ish finds Joey’s secret project. There must be others out there. Joey might just hold the key...
- Directed by Stephen S. Campanelli
S01E04
Predators
A drought hits San Lupo. A nomadic group led by Charlie, comes. They know how to find water and want to trade. Ish has his doubts, but chooses to accept help. They strike water. But a trade might not be enough for Charlie...
- Directed by Rachel Leiterman
S01E05
The Return
Ish catches Charlie assaulting Evie. San Lupo must decide how to punish evil. But will Charlie and his people accept their judgement? The virus returns. Joey falls ill, and Ish feels humanity’s future hanging in the balance.
- Directed by Stephen S. Campanelli
S01E03
World Without End
New residents move in, Jorge and Maurine, and a mysterious mute girl, Evie. More come, Molly, Jean, Ezra and little Raif. Ish doesn’t trust them, Emma invites them in. A bad storm slams San Lupo, but the worst is yet to come...
- Directed by Rachel Leiterman
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
- Michael PhillipsExecutive Producer
- Kearie PeakExecutive Producer
- Todd KomarnickiExecutive Producer
- Juliana MaioExecutive Producer
Direction
- Bronwen HughesDirector
- Rachel LeitermanDirector
- Stephen S. CampanelliDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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