Scripted series · Prime Video
Red Oaks
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Craig Roberts
David
26 eps
Alexandra Socha
Skye
26 eps
Paul Reiser
Getty
26 eps
Oliver Cooper
Wheeler
26 eps
Gage Golightly
Karen
26 eps
Ennis Esmer
Nash
26 eps
Jennifer Grey
Judy
26 eps
Josh Meyers
Barry
26 eps
Alexandra Turshen
Misty
26 eps
Richard Kind
Sam Meyers
26 eps
John Reynolds
Bartender
1 eps
Brady Dowad
Etienne
1 eps
Mackenzie Lansing
Claire
1 eps
Rita Duran
Cabaret Club Patron (uncredited)
1 eps
Cliff Moylan
Federal Agent #1
1 eps
Marc Damon Johnson
Federal Agent #2
1 eps
Richard Masur
Morrie
3 eps
Reggie Alvin Green
Shoe Shiner
3 eps
Anne O'Sullivan
Hinda
2 eps
James Waterston
Dr. Dale Blum
5 eps
Rachel Feinstein
Jean Blum
5 eps
Adriana DeGirolami
Kimberly
2 eps
Murielle Telio
Dawn
2 eps
Brandon Kyle Goodman
Alex
2 eps
Jared Loftin
Zach Levine
2 eps
Jacob Storms
Serge
2 eps
Will Roland
Joel
2 eps
Caleb Wells
Ricky
4 eps
Tom Papa
Dental Instructor
2 eps
Rick Crom
Club Member
2 eps
Beth Stelling
Margot
3 eps
Greer Barnes
Terry
8 eps
Shane Nepveu
Eli
3 eps
Willem Marx
Rizzo
7 eps
Lev Pakman
Six Pack
9 eps
David Fierro
Ganz
5 eps
Gina Gershon
Fay Getty
15 eps
Nick Bailey
Steve Lefevre
9 eps
Freddie Roman
Herb
18 eps
Nate Smith
Skip
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Red Oaks actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Red Oaks reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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.
The story
What it's about
A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end--and the future begins.
David Myers, an assistant tennis pro at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey in 1985, is both reeling from his father's heart attack and conflicted about what major to declare in the fall. While there, he meets a colorful cast of misfit co-workers and wealthy club members including an alluring art student named Skye and her corporate raider father Getty.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 26 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201410 episodes
6.4IMDbIt's the summer of '87 and change is in the air at Red Oaks. David is chasing his dream to become a director in NYC. Wheeler and Misty have taken their relationship to the next level but face unforeseen obstacles. Getty is making lemonade out of lemons in prison and Sam and Judy are finding new and unexplored passions. Meanwhile, back at Red Oaks, Nash finds that the club's future is in danger.
Best episode · S01E02 Doubles
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201610 episodes
8.7IMDbIt's summer '86 and life hasn't gotten any easier for the misfit staffers and clueless members of Red Oaks Country Club. David is caught in the crossfire between girlfriend Skye and her father Getty. Ex-spouses Sam and Judy brave the Jersey singles scene. Nash sets his romantic sights on a rich widow. And resident stoner Wheeler tries to break out of the "friend zone" with lifelong crush Misty.
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20176 episodes
9.1IMDbSummer '87 finds David in the Big Apple, working at a video production company, and striking out with the ladies of New York. Luckily he's got roommate Wheeler to help cheer him up. But Wheeler's got his own problems, with the appearance on the scene of a handsome rival for Misty's affections. Meanwhile Nash brings an incarcerated Getty news of a threat to the future of their beloved Red Oaks.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E05
Fourth of July
With Red Oaks' Independence Day party in full swing, Getty enlists David as his coach for the upcoming club tennis championship, and Wheeler catches Misty's boyfriend in a compromising position. Meanwhile, Judy struggles with conflicted feelings for her female yoga teacher.
- Directed by Hal Hartley
S01E06
Swingers
David is hired to film a sex tape for middle-aged swingers from the club, but the experience isn't quite the stuff of fantasy. Meanwhile, Karen tries her hand at modeling for Barry, and Judy throws a party for the students in her real estate class, to Sam's chagrin.
- Directed by Nisha Ganatra
S01E04
MDMA
David's romantic plans for Karen's birthday go awry, while Sam and Judy's marriage counselors give them a new "empathy" drug to tap into their romantic feelings, and Misty sets Wheeler up on the world's worst blind date.
- Directed by Andrew Fleming
S01E01
Pilot
In the summer of 1985, 20-year-old David Meyers takes a job as a tennis pro at Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey, as his parents, girlfriend, and co-workers pull him toward a future he's increasingly unsure he wants.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by Gregory Jacobs, Joe Gangemi
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S03E03
A Little Business Proposition
- Directed by Amy Heckerling
- Written by Gregory Jacobs, Joe Gangemi
S03E05
Paroled
- Directed by Hal Hartley
- Written by Gregory Jacobs, Joe Gangemi
S03E01
Summer in the City
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by Gregory Jacobs, Joe Gangemi
S03E02
Samwich
- Directed by Amy Heckerling
- Written by Gregory Jacobs, Joe Gangemi
S03E04
Memories
- Directed by Hal Hartley
- Written by Gregory Jacobs, Joe Gangemi
S03E06
Action!
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by Gregory Jacobs, Joe Gangemi
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
- Gregory JacobsExecutive Producer
- Joe GangemiExecutive Producer
- David Gordon GreenExecutive Producer
Writing
- Gregory JacobsWriter
- Joe GangemiWriter
- Laura SteinelWriter
- Shawn HarwellWriter
- Max WernerWriter
Direction
- Hal HartleyDirector
- Nisha GanatraDirector
- Amy HeckerlingDirector
- Gregg ArakiDirector
- David Gordon GreenDirector
- Andrew FlemingDirector
Cinematography
- Benjamin KasulkeDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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