Miniseries · Apple TV
Lisey's Story
There's a darkness within us that lives on without us.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Julianne Moore
Lisey Landon
8 eps
Clive Owen
Scott Landon
8 eps
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Darla Debusher
8 eps
Dane DeHaan
Jim Dooley
8 eps
Joan Allen
Amanda Debusher
8 eps
Will Brill
Gerd Allen Cole
1 eps
Brenda Wehle
Angela
1 eps
Wilbur Edwin Henry
Man in Crowd (Wedding)
1 eps
Jennifer Kim
Dr. Masterson
1 eps
Janice Lieberman
Tennessee TV Reporter
1 eps
Ava Eisenson
Nurse (Tennessee)
1 eps
Jared Kirby
Heffernan
1 eps
Christine Spang
Lisa (Flower Top Girl)
1 eps
Brian Walters
Photographer (Horlicks)
1 eps
Dominique Allen Lawson
Crowd Person (Horlicks)
1 eps
India Chappell
Kid in the Crowd
1 eps
Brandon Ford Green
Orderly
1 eps
Mathia Vargas
Someone in the Crowd #1
1 eps
Rebecca S'Manga Frank
Someone in the Crowd #2
1 eps
Vin Kridakorn
Someone in the Crowd #3
1 eps
Alfredo Narciso
Homeowner
1 eps
John P. McGinty
Scott's Pal
1 eps
Andrea Abello
Officer Barbara Danton
1 eps
Jonathan Rayson
Matt (Darla's Husband)
1 eps
Marissa McGowan
Greenlawn Attendant #1
1 eps
Jorge Luna
Greenlawn Attendant #2
1 eps
John Thomas Waite
Professor Walsh
1 eps
Michelle Girolami
Woman in White
3 eps
Paul Lazar
Thomas Fenton
2 eps
Petronia Paley
Mrs. Dashmiel
1 eps
Nancy Fox
Mrs. Fenton
2 eps
Ashley Wren Collins
Woman with Child
1 eps
Lyman Good
Mutilated Man
1 eps
E.R. Ruiz
Cosmic Man
1 eps
Talia Cuomo
Little Girl
1 eps
Omar Metwally
Dr. Hugh Alberness
4 eps
Ann Harada
Greenlawn Attendant #3
1 eps
Robert Siverls
Potbellied Man #1
1 eps
Goldwyn Banton
Potbellied Man #2
1 eps
Krysta Rodriguez
Scott Landon's Assistant
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Lisey's Story actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Lisey's Story reads strongest on Bingeability, Serialized and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
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.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
This terrifying thriller follows widow Lisey Landon as a series of disturbing events revives memories of her marriage to author Scott Landon and the darkness that plagued him.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
Blood Bool
Lisey calls Professor Dashmiel to warn him about Jim Dooley, who is already close at hand.
- Directed by Pablo Larraín
S01E01
Bool Hunt
Lisey Landon begins to face repressed realities about her late husband, novelist Scott Landon, two years after his death.
- Directed by Pablo Larraín
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Andrew BalekProducer
- Pablo LarraínExecutive Producer
- Stephen KingExecutive Producer
- Ben StephensonExecutive Producer
- Juan de Dios LarraínExecutive Producer
- Julianne MooreExecutive Producer
Direction
- Pablo LarraínDirector
Cinematography
- Darius KhondjiDirector of Photography
Music
- ClarkOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Apple TVStreaming
- Apple TV Amazon ChannelStreaming
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