
Scripted series · ABC
Pan Am
Buckle up... adventure calls.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Pan Am actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Pan Am reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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.
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
In this modern world, air travel represents the height of luxury and Pan Am is the biggest name in the business. The planes are glamorous, the pilots are rock stars and the stewardesses are the most desirable women in the world. They're trained to handle everything from in-air emergencies to unwanted advances—all without rumpling their pristine uniforms or mussing their hair.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E01
Pilot
Dean takes on his first assignment since his promotion, piloting the Clipper Majestic on its inaugural New York to London flight. Bridget is supposed to be his lead stewardess, until she's a no-show for the flight. Grounded purser Maggie is called in to fill in for her. On the same fateful flight, Kate adds another dimension to her work as she takes on her first assignment from U.S. intelligence. Her stress is compounded when she discovers that newly minted stewardess, Laura, her sister, is also working the same flight.
- Directed by Thomas Schlamme
- Written by Jack Orman

S01E05
One Coin in a Fountain
The Pan Am crew rolls the dice in more ways than one in glamorous Monte Carlo: Kate and Maggie square off for the attentions of a handsome passenger, but things get more complicated when Kate learns the sexy stranger is involved in her next covert mission; and Dean gambles with his career when an attractive, wealthy woman on the flight tempts him -- and he later discovers who her flying companion is.
- Directed by Andrew Bernstein
- Written by Lydia Woodward

S01E06
The Genuine Article
Maggie is perilously close to losing her job for insubordination, but still manages to maneuver her way onto the flight down to Rio de Janeiro. She reflects back on the rocky path she took to land her dream job, but it's her decision to do whatever it takes to keep it that surprises even her. Meanwhile, Kate has earned her stripes as a courier, but when she is given a difficult mission involving Niko, a Yugoslavian diplomat, she's unsure how to manage the task, as she tries to juggle their deepening personal relationship with her assignment. Finally, Ginny and Dean continue to play with fire in Rio, but Ginny's game playing with both Dean and her boss and lover, a Pan Am executive, is a source of contention with Dean.
- Directed by Matthew Penn
- Written by Nick Thiel, Todd Ellis Kessler

S01E03
Ich Bin Ein Berliner
When the crew gets a flight taking journalists to Berlin to cover an important speech by President Kennedy, Maggie, who campaigned for him, is determined to meet JFK no matter what. Meanwhile, when her contact's safety is compromised, Kate tries to help the young woman escape East Germany; and painful memories of World War II force Colette to face her tragic past.
- Directed by Alex Graves
- Written by Yahlin Chang

S01E04
Eastern Exposure
After a last minute change sends the crew on a flight to Rangoon, a routine courier mission for Kate turns harrowing as she struggles to make a drop by the deadline. Meanwhile, Maggie takes naive Laura under her wing and shows her the wilder side of the city; and news of a space mission leads Ted to reflect on his own past and what his powerful family connections have cost him.
- Directed by Christopher Misiano
- Written by Jack Orman

S01E07
Truth or Dare
Sparks fly between Laura and a sailor on a special – and unusually wild -- Pan Am flight bringing servicemen home, leading Laura to realize what she’s really looking for in a man, as well as opening her eyes to the malicious racial climate in the country. Meanwhile Kate’s complicated mission to turn Niko to work for the U.S. government culminates in dramatic fashion, threatening their personal relationship.
- Directed by Julie Anne Robinson
- Written by Jack Orman
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E02
The Berlin Set


S01E13
Romance Languages
- Directed by John David Coles
- Written by Moira Walley-Beckett

S01E12
New Frontiers
- Directed by John Fortenberry
- Written by Scott Erik Sommer, Jessica Ramos

S01E11
Diplomatic Relations
- Directed by David Petrarca
- Written by Jack Orman

S01E10
Secrets and Lies
- Directed by Allison Liddi-Brown
- Written by Mike Daniels
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Nancy Hult Ganis
Creator
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Jack Orman
Showrunner

Moira Walley-Beckett
Writer
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Mike Daniels
Writer
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Jill Abbinanti
Writer
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Lydia Woodward
Writer
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Scott Erik Sommer
Writer
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Nick Thiel
Writer
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Jessica Ramos
Writer

Todd Ellis Kessler
Writer
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Yahlin Chang
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Iain PatersonProducer
- Mike DanielsProducer
- Thomas SchlammeProducer
- Nancy Hult GanisExecutive Producer
Writing
- Moira Walley-BeckettWriter
- Mike DanielsWriter
- Jill AbbinantiWriter
- Lydia WoodwardWriter
- Scott Erik SommerWriter
- Nick ThielWriter
Direction
- Matthew PennDirector
- Andrew BernsteinDirector
- Allison Liddi-BrownDirector
- David PetrarcaDirector
- John David ColesDirector
- John FortenberryDirector
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