Miniseries · Netflix
Evil Genius
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Evil Genius actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Evil Genius reads strongest on Bingeability, Tension and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
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.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Part 1: The Heist
A bank robbery in Pennsylvania ends in the bombing death of a pizza deliveryman who may or may not have been a hostage forced to commit the crime.
S01E02
Part 2: The Frozen Body
The revelation of a corpse in a freezer near the crime scene leads police to a highly intelligent woman with mental and personality disorders.
S01E04
Part 4: The Confessions
As conspirators come forward, deals are made and a jury renders its verdict -- but years after the case seems solved, another witness appears.
S01E03
Part 3: The Suspects
Two years after the heist, one of its possible architects has died, a witness steps forward, and the prime suspect reveals too much to her cellmates.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Dan Braun
Executive producer
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Adam Del Deo
Executive producer
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Lisa Nishimura
Executive producer
Trey Borzillieri
Executive producer
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Jason Spingarn-Koff
Executive producer
Jay Duplass
Executive producer
Mark Duplass
Executive producer
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Josh Braun
Executive producer
Mel Eslyn
Executive producer
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Barbara Schroeder
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Dan BraunExecutive Producer
- Adam Del DeoExecutive Producer
- Lisa NishimuraExecutive Producer
- Trey BorzillieriExecutive Producer
- Jason Spingarn-KoffExecutive Producer
- Jay DuplassExecutive Producer
Writing
- Barbara SchroederWriter
Direction
- Barbara SchroederDirector
Music
- Gage BoozanOriginal Music Composer
- Gary LionelliOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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