Scripted series · Discovery
Frontier
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jason Momoa
Declan Harp
18 eps
Landon Liboiron
Michael Smyth
18 eps
Alun Armstrong
Lord Benton
18 eps
Jessica Matten
Sokanon
18 eps
Zoe Boyle
Grace Emberly
18 eps
Lyla Porter-Follows
Clenna Dolan
12 eps
Allan Hawco
Douglas Brown
18 eps
Christian McKay
Father James Coffin
18 eps
William Belleau
Dimanche
18 eps
Evan Jonigkeit
Captain Chesterfield
18 eps
Breanne Hill
Mary
18 eps
Michael Patric
Malcolm Brown
18 eps
Diana Bentley
Imogen
6 eps
Greg Bryk
Cobbs Pond
18 eps
Rémy Girard
Marquis de Beaumont
6 eps
Shawn Doyle
Samuel Grant
18 eps
Star Slade
Minno
3 eps
Cameron Roberts
Tugran
1 eps
Julian Richings
Mr. Pickersgill
1 eps
Tantoo Cardinal
Kamenna
7 eps
Stuart Hughes
4 eps
Evan Mercer
Mercer
3 eps
Lawrence Barry
Irishman
1 eps
Greg Malone
Innkeeper
1 eps
Phil Churchill
Burley Guard
1 eps
Chuck Herriott
Frontiersman
2 eps
Stephen Oates
O'Reilly
5 eps
Janet Cull
Cree Woman
1 eps
Katie McGrath
Elizabeth Carruthers
7 eps
Karen LeBlanc
Josephette
9 eps
Paul Rowe
French Butler
2 eps
Brendt Thomas Diabo
Aki
3 eps
Kim Fardy
Captain of the Guards
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Frontier actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Frontier reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Spectacle.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
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.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In 18th-century North America, ruthless trappers and entrepreneurs fight to wrest control of the fur trade from the mighty Hudson's Bay Company.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E02 · Signature episode
Wanted
Bounty hunters find Harp in the North. Benton sails to England at the mercy of Everton, but makes a new friend. Michael has a plan to make the Black Wolf more money. Carruthers and Grant vie for the attention of a French Marquis, and Emberly finds herself in danger of losing her independence.
- Directed by Brett Sullivan
- Written by Aubrey Nealon
S01E02 · Signature episode
Little Brother War
While Douglas and Malcolm Brown negotiate a loan with wealthy Samuel Grant, their brother Cedric Brown kidnaps a Lake Walker boy as trade leverage, setting off a deadly chain of events in the Bay. Michael chooses a side. Emberly takes a big risk that puts her in Benton's crosshairs. Harp makes a promise to the Lake Walkers.
- Directed by Brad Peyton
- Written by Perry Chafe
S03E05 · Signature episode
House of the Lord
Lord Benton leverages Grace in his cause with the Hudson's Bay Company. Harp discovers a betrayal. Sokanon faces a perverse imprisonment.
- Directed by John Vatcher
- Written by Chris Roberts
S02E06 · Signature episode
Keetom Takooteeoo Maheekun (The Return of the Wolf)
Season Finale. Chesterfield reels from the theft of the pelts and searches for Harp. Michael meets with Pond and is faced with a hard choice when Sokanon arrives. Josephette and the Brown Brothers unite against Grant, and Harp must deal with enemies on all sides and make new alliances.
- Directed by David Frazee
- Written by Peter Blackie, Rob Blackie
S02E01 · Signature episode
Dead Reckoning
With a price on Harp’s head, Fort James fills up with bounty hunters. Emberly and Chesterfield conspire against Benton for the good of the Fort. Michael and Sokanon struggle to keep the Black Wolf in business, as Grant and Carruthers compete for supremacy.
- Directed by Brad Peyton
- Written by Sherry White
S03E02
La Fin Du Monde
Emberly and Chaulk turn the tables on Benton; Michael makes an attempt at forming an alliance.
- Directed by T.J. Scott
- Written by Russ Cochrane
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S03E06
The Sins of the Father
- Directed by John Vatcher
- Written by Peter Blackie, Rob Blackie
S03E05 · Signature episode
House of the Lord
- Directed by John Vatcher
- Written by Chris Roberts
S03E04
All For All and None for One
- Directed by Lee Rose
- Written by Michelle Latimer, Sherry White
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Peter Blackie
Showrunner
Rob Blackie
Creator
Brad Peyton
Creator
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Kerri MacDonald
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Michael Levine
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Perry Chafe
Executive producer
Jeffrey Fierson
Executive producer
Allan Hawco
Executive producer
Jason Momoa
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Sherry White
Executive producer
Brian Andrew Mendoza
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Alex Patrick
Executive producer
Greg Nelson
Writer
Aubrey Nealon
Writer
Michelle Latimer
Writer
Adriana Maggs
Writer
Greg Spottiswood
Writer
Russ Cochrane
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Joseph Kay
Writer
Chris Roberts
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kerri MacDonaldExecutive Producer
- Peter BlackieExecutive Producer
- Rob BlackieExecutive Producer
- Michael LevineExecutive Producer
- Perry ChafeExecutive Producer
- Jeffrey FiersonExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kerri MacDonaldWriter
- Greg NelsonWriter
- Peter BlackieWriter
- Aubrey NealonWriter
- Michelle LatimerWriter
- Rob BlackieWriter
Direction
- David FrazeeDirector
- Lee RoseDirector
- Brett SullivanDirector
- Paul FoxDirector
- Kelly MakinDirector
- Brad PeytonDirector
Cinematography
- Philip LanyonDirector of Photography
- Glen KeenanDirector of Photography
- David HerringtonDirector of Photography
Music
- Andrew LockingtonOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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