Limited series · Netflix
Far from Home
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Far from Home actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Far from Home reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
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.
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
Through a scholarship to a top school, Ishaya ends up in the luxurious world of the happy few in Nigeria, but a secret threatens not only to put an end to this.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
The Dr. High Effect
A video from the party goes viral, forcing Carmen to come face to face with the consequences of her actions. Ishaya launches his new business.
S01E04
A Founder's Day Affair
Heightened security at the school causes chaos and protests. Ishaya meets his hero — and the experience crushes him. Adufe makes a costly mistake.
S01E05
Revelations Are Forever
Ishaya desperately looks for a way out, but Adufe gets dragged deeper into the gang's illicit dealings. Rambo attacks Wilmer Academy.
S01E02
No Way Out
Ishaya offers to sell ecstasy at Wilmer Academy. He begins to make in-roads with the cool kids, but stumbles on some illicit activity at a party.
S01E01
Welcome to Wilmer
Just as he gets a life-changing opportunity, Ishaya and his impoverished family find themselves in crisis, pushing him to make some dangerous decisions.
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Latest Episodes
Behind the series
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