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Origin
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Sen Mitsuji
Shun Kenzaki
10 eps
Natalia Tena
Lana Pierce
10 eps
Tom Felton
Logan Maine
10 eps
Siobhán Cullen
Katie Devlin
10 eps
Philipp Christopher
Baum Arndt
10 eps
Madalyn Horcher
Abigail Garcia
10 eps
Nora Arnezeder
Rey
10 eps
Fraser James
Henri
10 eps
Adelayo Adedayo
Lee
10 eps
Nina Wadia
Venisha Gupta
10 eps
Alana Boden
Ayko
1 eps
Sven Ruygrok
Professor
1 eps
Wil Coban
Max Taylor
6 eps
Millie Davis
Ruby Touré (archive footage)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Origin actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Origin reads strongest on Bingeability, World Building and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
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.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A group of troubled passengers wake up on a damaged spaceship abandoned in deep space, each having left behind a dark past in search of a fresh start on a newly colonized planet. As their terrifying situation spirals into paranoia, they come to realize that the greatest threat to their dream of starting over – and indeed their lives – is something far darker than the pasts they were so desperate to escape.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
Bright Star
A survivor’s life hangs in the balance – and they hold the key. A new discovery threatens to tear the group apart.
- Directed by Mark Brozel
- Written by Mika Watkins
S01E01
The Road Not Taken
The passengers wake up on board the Origin, abandoned in space. They search for other survivors, but find something else entirely.
- Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
- Written by Mika Watkins
S01E05
Remember Me
An object from Earth threatens to blow SIREN’s mission wide open, while suspicion boils over into full blown paranoia.
- Directed by Ashley Way
- Written by Mika Watkins, Joe Murtagh
S01E06
Fire and Ice
An unexpected find prompts a life or death dilemma, while reminders of home lead to a brutal revelation.
S01E04
God’s Grandeur
Weakness leads to danger, as our passengers truly begin to understand what they’re up against. But who can they trust?
- Directed by Mark Brozel
- Written by Mika Watkins
S01E02
Lost on Both Sides
A tense showdown prompts a difficult decision. Shun and Lana realise that the threat could be nearer than any of them thought.
- Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
- Written by Mika Watkins
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
The Road Not Taken
- Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
- Written by Mika Watkins
S01E02
Lost on Both Sides
- Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
- Written by Mika Watkins
S01E05
Remember Me
- Directed by Ashley Way
- Written by Mika Watkins, Joe Murtagh
S01E06
Fire and Ice
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
- Jeff PinknerExecutive Producer
- John PhillipsProducer
- Rob BullockExecutive Producer
- Suzanne MackieExecutive Producer
- Scott RosenbergExecutive Producer
- Josh AppelbaumExecutive Producer
Writing
- Mika WatkinsWriter
- Joe MurtaghWriter
Direction
- Ashley WayDirector
- Mark BrozelDirector
- Paul W. S. AndersonDirector
Where to watch
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