
Scripted series · Prime Video
Elle
Law school was hard. High school was harder.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Elle actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Elle reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Before Elle Woods was a fish-out-of-water at Harvard, we meet her in 1995 in the tumultuous waters of high school where she encounters tricky friendships, forbidden romance, and questionable fashion choices. In this unexpected chapter of her adolescence, we learn about the experiences that shaped Elle into the iconic young woman we've come to know and love.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E02 · Signature episode
No Silly, I Go Here
Elle must clean up the mess she's made by bringing justice to the only friend she's made in her new city. But when Elle learns this could lead to unintended consequences, she questions what's more important: saving her reputation or fighting for justice.
- Directed by Jason Moore
- Written by Eli Wilson Pelton

S01E08 · Signature episode
What, Like It's Hard
After Elle's reputation is damaged at school, she escapes to the comfort of Bel-Air. She enrolls in her dream internship and meets a personal hero but she realizes she has unfinished business in Seattle and must make a choice between two worlds she cares deeply about.
- Directed by Stacie Passon
- Written by Laura Kittrell

S01E03 · Signature episode
You're Not the Girl I Thought You Were
When the school bully threatens to spread a rumor about Elle's crush, Elle goes to great lengths to hide her true feelings until her attempts to stay under the radar are thwarted by an embarrassing fashion faux pas. Meanwhile, Elle's mom Eva throws a garden party and finds that her Bel-Air social skills don't quite translate in Seattle.
- Directed by Sammi Cohen
- Written by Asmita Paranjape

S01E01 · Signature episode
Pilot
It's 1995, and Elle Woods is living a 16-year-old's dream: she has a perfect plan to dominate her junior year in Bel-Air. Her world turns upside down before she gets to put that plan into action when her parents tell her they have to unexpectedly move to... Seattle.
- Directed by Jason Moore
- Written by Laura Kittrell

S01E05 · Signature episode
Trust Me, I Can Handle Anything
After a sudden tragedy strikes, Elle throws all of her energy into helping a friend in need when she's waylaid by an unexpected out-of-town visitor. Elle finds herself torn between her past and her present as she tries to cope with complicated, adult feelings she's never encountered before, all while wrestling with the consequences of her romantic actions.
- Directed by Pete Chatmon
- Written by Jen Regan

S01E04
I'm Not Afraid of a Challenge
When Elle is inspired to organize her school's first-ever Homecoming, she experiences friction with her classmates until she learns to delegate and leave room for others to shine. At the same time, Elle's crush becomes single, igniting a bravery in Elle that she didn't know she had and causing her to question whether or not she wants to escape back to Bel-Air after all.
- Directed by Sammi Cohen, Julia Brownell
- Written by Julia Brownell
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S01E01 · Signature episode
Pilot
- Directed by Jason Moore
- Written by Laura Kittrell

S01E02 · Signature episode
No Silly, I Go Here
- Directed by Jason Moore
- Written by Eli Wilson Pelton

S01E03 · Signature episode
You're Not the Girl I Thought You Were
- Directed by Sammi Cohen
- Written by Asmita Paranjape

S01E04
I'm Not Afraid of a Challenge
- Directed by Sammi Cohen, Julia Brownell
- Written by Julia Brownell

S01E05 · Signature episode
Trust Me, I Can Handle Anything
- Directed by Pete Chatmon
- Written by Jen Regan

S01E06
Whoever Said Orange Is the New Pink Was Seriously Disturbed
- Directed by Pete Chatmon
- Written by Chad Charlie
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Laura Kittrell
Showrunner

Caroline Dries
Creator

Jason Moore
Executive producer
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Brad Van Arragon
Executive producer

Lauren Kisilevsky
Executive producer
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Lauren Neustadter
Executive producer

Marc Platt
Executive producer

Reese Witherspoon
Executive producer

Amanda Brown
Executive producer
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Julia Brownell
Writer
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Eli Wilson Pelton
Writer
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Jen Regan
Writer
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Asmita Paranjape
Writer
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Chad Charlie
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jason MooreExecutive Producer
- Brad Van ArragonExecutive Producer
- Lauren KisilevskyExecutive Producer
- Lauren NeustadterExecutive Producer
- Marc PlattExecutive Producer
- Laura KittrellExecutive Producer
Writing
- Julia BrownellWriter
- Eli Wilson PeltonWriter
- Laura KittrellWriter
- Caroline DriesWriter
- Jen ReganWriter
- Asmita ParanjapeWriter
Direction
- Stacie PassonDirector
- Jason MooreDirector
- Sammi CohenDirector
- Julia BrownellDirector
- Pete ChatmonDirector
Cinematography
- Tobias DatumDirector of Photography
- Shasta SpahnDirector of Photography
Music
- Tom HoweOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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