Scripted series · HBO Max
Raised by Wolves
Sacrifice for survival.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Abubakar Salim
Father
18 eps
Winta McGrath
Campion
18 eps
Travis Fimmel
Marcus
18 eps
Amanda Collin
Mother
18 eps
Niamh Algar
Sue
17 eps
Jordan Loughran
Tempest
17 eps
Felix Jamieson
Paul
17 eps
Ethan Hazzard
Hunter
17 eps
Aasiya Shah
Holly
17 eps
Ivy Wong
Vita
17 eps
Ingvild Lakou
Varlac
1 eps
Steve Wall
Ambrose
2 eps
Anlia van Rensburg
Kroni
5 eps
Clayton Evertson
Dorian
8 eps
Jack Hawkins
Caleb
2 eps
Cosmo Jarvis
Campion Sturges
3 eps
Garth Breytenbach
Den
9 eps
James Harkness
Tamerlane
5 eps
Kim Suzanne Engelbrecht
Decima
5 eps
Litha Bam
Bartok
11 eps
Susan Danford
Justina
11 eps
Loulou Taylor
Cassia
12 eps
Morgan Santo
Vrille
7 eps
Jennifer Saayeng
Nerva
3 eps
Selina Jones
Grandmother
3 eps
Natalie Robbie
Marcella
3 eps
Brett Williams
Payen
1 eps
Courtney Michael
Cleric
1 eps
Joshua James
Jinn
1 eps
Bronte Carmichael
Spiria 12 yrs old
1 eps
Maya Seuffert
Spiria 4 yrs old
1 eps
Isla Hounsom
Spiria 8 yrs old
1 eps
Grace Li
Tally 4 yrs old
1 eps
Liam de Wet
Gabin 4 yrs old
1 eps
Owen de Wet
Gabin 8 yrs old
1 eps
Jadon Holdsworth
Campion 4 yrs old
1 eps
Munro Lennon-Ritchie
Campion 8 yrs old
1 eps
Luhle Mbili
Mariall 4 yrs old
1 eps
Dineo Pikini
Mariall 8 yrs old
1 eps
Imaad Sasman
Walden 4 yrs old
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Raised by Wolves actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Raised by Wolves reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
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 often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
After Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. Their treacherous task is jeopardized by the arrival of the Mithraic, a deeply devout religious order of surviving humans.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 18 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202010 episodes
7.7IMDbBest episode · S01E02 Pentagram
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20228 episodes
7.1IMDbIn season two, Android partners Mother and Father, along with their brood of six human children, join a newly formed atheistic colony in Kepler 22 b’s mysterious tropical zone. But navigating this strange new society is only the start of their troubles as Mother’s “natural child” threatens to drive what little remains of the human race to extinction.
Best episode · S02E04 Control
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
Virtual Faith
After the Mithraic kids fall sick, Campion believes Mother is poisoning them and plans an escape. As Mother and Father attempt to prove otherwise, Marcus and Sue work to convince the other surviving Mithraic to mount a rescue of the children, desperate to get their son Paul back.
- Directed by Luke Scott
- Written by Aaron Guzikowski
S01E02
Pentagram
After a confrontation with Marcus, Mother discovers and takes five Mithraic children (Hunter, Tempest, Paul, Holly and Vita) back to her settlement. While Mother, Father and Campion, adjust to living with a new group of Earth-born children, Marcus struggles to survive alone on Kepler-22b.
- Directed by Ridley Scott
- Written by Aaron Guzikowski
S01E06
Lost Paradise
After rekindling her connection to her creator, Mother finds herself distracted by intense feelings she didn’t know she was capable of having, unaware that Marcus, Sue and the Mithraic are closing in on the settlement.
- Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Written by Donald Joh
S01E05
Infected Memory
Marcus moves forward with a plan to rescue the Mithraic children, but first he has to find them. Back at the settlement, Campion and Paul bond while on a hunting expedition with Father, and Mother attempts to learn more about her origins.
- Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Written by Heather Bellson
S01E01
Raised by Wolves
After Earth is rendered uninhabitable, Androids Mother and Father start a new settlement and family with human embryos on the planet Kepler-22b. Twelve years later, only one child, Campion, remains, and the arrival of an Ark of surviving humans called the Mithraic presents a threat that Mother has no choice but to confront.
- Directed by Ridley Scott
- Written by Aaron Guzikowski
S01E07
Faces
Marcus’s decisions stress his relationship to his family as he struggles to maintain his clout as leader of the Mithraic. Mother is able to see Marcus for who he truly is, which threatens his power and puts Mother in a precarious situation she might not recover from. Meanwhile, Campion is faced with a choice that could result in dire consequences.
- Directed by Alex Gabassi
- Written by Karen Campbell
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E03
Good Creatures
- Directed by Sunu Gonera
- Written by Julian Meiojas
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Aaron Guzikowski
Showrunner
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Robyn Meisinger
Executive producer
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David W. Zucker
Executive producer
Adam Kolbrenner
Executive producer
Jordan Sheehan
Executive producer
Ridley Scott
Executive producer
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Mark Huffam
Executive producer
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Karen Campbell
Writer
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Donald Joh
Writer
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Jon Worley
Writer
Sinead Daly
Writer
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Heather Bellson
Writer
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Julian Meiojas
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Aaron GuzikowskiExecutive Producer
- Jon KuyperProducer
- Robyn MeisingerExecutive Producer
- David W. ZuckerExecutive Producer
- Adam KolbrennerExecutive Producer
- Jordan SheehanExecutive Producer
Writing
- Karen CampbellWriter
- Donald JohWriter
- Jon WorleyWriter
- Aaron GuzikowskiWriter
- Sinead DalyWriter
- Heather BellsonWriter
Direction
- Luke ScottDirector
- Sergio Mimica-GezzanDirector
- Lukas EttlinDirector
- Alex GabassiDirector
- Sunu GoneraDirector
- Ernest R. DickersonDirector
Cinematography
- Dariusz WolskiDirector of Photography
- Erik MesserschmidtDirector of Photography
- Ross EmeryDirector of Photography
Music
- Ben FrostOriginal Music Composer
- Marc StreitenfeldOriginal Music Composer
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