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Future Man
Ripping space and time a new one.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Josh Hutcherson
Josh Futturman
34 eps
Eliza Coupe
Tiger
34 eps
Derek Wilson
Wolf
34 eps
Ed Begley Jr.
Gabe Futturman
13 eps
Glenne Headly
Diane Futturman
13 eps
Haley Joel Osment
Dr. Stu Camillo
18 eps
Britt Lower
Jeri Elizabeth Lang
5 eps
Keith David
Dr. Elias Kronish
5 eps
Carla Gallo
Dingo
2 eps
Robert Craighead
Detective Vincent Skarsgaard
7 eps
Kevin Caliber
Blaze
5 eps
Alexis Lynne Baumert
Sowing Kid Singer
2 eps
Lili Brennan
Sowing Kid Singer
2 eps
Reece Cody
Sowing Kid Singer
2 eps
Evan Kishiyama
Sowing Kid Singer
2 eps
Rowan Smyth
Sowing Kid Singer
2 eps
Staci Lynn Fletcher
Rivet
2 eps
Holger Moncada Jr.
Jorge Santiago
2 eps
Seth Rogen
Susan
5 eps
Wyatt Walter
Sowing Kid Singer
2 eps
Jaime Moyer
Clamp Barrowmaker
2 eps
David Theune
Binx
2 eps
Katherine LaNasa
Athena / Dr. Hogeveen
5 eps
Hillary Anne Matthews
Shiva
3 eps
Tim Johnson Jr.
Jimmy McGurgan
4 eps
Lehi Makisi Falepapalangi
Chisel Pitboss
3 eps
Troy Brenna
Apollo
2 eps
Timothy Simons
Xenu
2 eps
Diona Reasonover
Estelle Kronish
2 eps
Rati Gupta
Rake
7 eps
Patrick Cox
Wrench
3 eps
Jade Catta-Preta
Level
7 eps
Alyvia Alyn Lind
Lugnut
6 eps
Sara Amini
Thimble
7 eps
Timothy Hornor
Lathe
7 eps
Ricky Mabe
Pump
5 eps
Shaun Brown
Hatchet
7 eps
Artemis Pebdani
Dr. Mina Ahmadi
5 eps
Patrick Carlyle
Young Skarsgaard
2 eps
Jason Scott Jenkins
Carl
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Future Man actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Future Man reads strongest on World Building, Humour and Spectacle.
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.
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 often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Josh Futturman, a janitor by day/world-ranked gamer by night, is tasked with preventing the extinction of humanity after mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating the imminent super-race invasion.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 34 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201713 episodes
7.8IMDbBest episode · S01E07 Pandora's Mailbox
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201913 episodes
7.6IMDbSeason two picks up in 2162, and Josh, Wolf, and Tiger learn that their season one mission to stop the cure from getting out didn’t work. In this timeline, Stu Camillo is now in power, having created the cure, and launched a plan to relocate humanity to Mars. A shadowy organization called the Pointed Circle seeks to recruit Josh to take Stu down – but are they the good guys, or is Stu? As Wolf quickly acclimates to the strange customs of this time, Tiger struggles with her new discovery and searches for an escape.
Best episode · S02E12 The Brain Job
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20208 episodes
7.7IMDbConvicted of time crimes and sentenced to death by entertainment, Josh, Tiger, and Wolf become fugitives, on the run through time, trying desperately to evade capture while clearing their names and fixing the big mess of history they’ve made along the way.
Best episode · S03E02 There Will Be Borscht
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07
Pandora's Mailbox
Josh, Tiger, and Wolf jump into the future to steal the fuel they desperately need to continue their mission. But when they arrive at their destination, they are confronted by an unexpected enemy.
S02E12
The Brain Job
Armed with the newly discovered TTD, our team uses an 11-second window to jump back in time over and over to reach Stu’s brain and destroy it.
S01E06
A Blowjob Before Dying
With just twenty-seven minutes before a bomb explodes in the head of their captured Biotic, Josh, Tiger, and Wolf hold a high-stakes interrogation in Josh's bedroom while Josh’s unwitting parents host a holiday dinner party downstairs.
S03E02
There Will Be Borscht
Josh puts his faith in The Voice while Wolf basks in his element and Tiger struggles to adapt.
S01E09
Operation: Fatal Attraction
Convinced he knows how to stop Dr. Kronish once and for all, Josh commandeers the TTD and leads the team on a mission into the past. But when Wolf goes missing, they have to spilt up, forcing Josh to carry out his insane plan alone.
S02E01
Countdown to a Prologue
Josh is confused to discover that he’s been released from jail. As he tries to make sense of this, he quickly realizes that all is not as it seems in his world. A new nefarious plan is afoot and Josh is being pulled into it whether he likes it or not.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S03E03
Trapper's Delight
S03E05
Haven Is for Real
S03E01
The Precipice of Yesterday
S03E02
There Will Be Borscht
S03E04
The Outlaw Wild Sam Bladden
S03E06
The Land After Time
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Howard Overman
Creator
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Kyle Hunter
Creator
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Ariel Shaffir
Showrunner
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Kyle Hunter
Executive producer
Evan Goldberg
Executive producer
Matt Tolmach
Executive producer
Ben Karlin
Executive producer
Seth Rogen
Executive producer
James Weaver
Executive producer
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Joel Church-Cooper
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kyle HunterExecutive Producer
- Evan GoldbergExecutive Producer
- Josh HutchersonProducer
- Matt TolmachExecutive Producer
- Ben KarlinExecutive Producer
- Ariel ShaffirExecutive Producer
Writing
- Joel Church-CooperWriter
- Kyle HunterWriter
- Ariel ShaffirWriter
Direction
- Nisha GanatraDirector
- Wendey StanzlerDirector
- Evan GoldbergDirector
- Kevin BrayDirector
- Seth RogenDirector
Cinematography
- Brandon TrostDirector of Photography
Music
- Halli CautheryOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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