Scripted series · Netflix
Sense8
I am we.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Aml Ameen
Capheus Onyango
12 eps
Miguel Ángel Silvestre
Lito Rodriguez
24 eps
Max Riemelt
Wolfgang Bogdanow
24 eps
Jamie Clayton
Nomi Marks
24 eps
Bae Doona
Sun Bak
24 eps
Brian J. Smith
Will Gorski
24 eps
Tuppence Middleton
Riley Blue
24 eps
Tina Desai
Kala Dandekar
24 eps
Freema Agyeman
Amanita Caplan
24 eps
Naveen Andrews
Jonas Maliki
24 eps
Paul Ogola
Jela
15 eps
Toby Onwumere
Capheus Onyango
12 eps
Anupam Kher
Sanyam Dandekar
11 eps
Daryl Hannah
Angelica Turing
24 eps
Terrence Mann
Whispers
24 eps
Joe Pantoliano
Michael Gorski
1 eps
Frank Dillane
Shugs
3 eps
Maxwell Jenkins
Young Will
8 eps
Cheyenne Jackson
Blake Huntington
1 eps
Andy Dick
Kit Wrangler
1 eps
Sofía Garza
Don Carlos' Daughter
3 eps
Cha In-pyo
Sun's Attorney
2 eps
Son Suk-ku
Detective Mun
5 eps
Lee Kyung-young
Kang-Dae
5 eps
Lee Ki-chan
Joong-Ki
8 eps
Youn Yuh-jung
Min-Jung
7 eps
Joseph Mawle
Nyx
2 eps
Matt Stokoe
Jacks
2 eps
Max Mauff
Felix
17 eps
Michael X. Sommers
Bug
13 eps
Chichi Seii
Shiro
15 eps
Purab Kohli
Rajan Rasal
18 eps
Alfonso Herrera
Hernando Fuentes
20 eps
Ness Bautista
Diego
11 eps
Eréndira Ibarra
Daniela
19 eps
Sara Sohn
Soo-Jin
6 eps
Peter King Nzioki
Silas Kabaka
10 eps
Rajiv Kachroo
Vikram
2 eps
Mumbi Maina
Zakia
4 eps
Bernhard Schütz
Anton Bogdanow
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sense8 actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sense8 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
One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people suddenly reborn as "Sensates."
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 24 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201512 episodes
7.5IMDbEight strangers from around the globe suddenly begin to communicate telepathically, but soon discover their gift also makes them targets.
Best episode · S01E12 I Can't Leave Her
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201612 episodes
7.4IMDbThe Sensates face growing dangers and harrowing personal battles as they begin to unravel the truth about the shadowy forces out to destroy them.
Best episode · S02E11 You Want a War?
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E12
I Can't Leave Her
In the season finale, with Riley in the hands of Whispers, all of the Sensates' skills are needed to give them any chance at survival.
- Directed by Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
S02E11
You Want a War?
At the gala, Sun braces for a showdown with her brother. Soon a dire new threat sends the Sensates scrambling to save another member of the cluster.
- Directed by Lana Wachowski
S02E02
Who Am I?
Will and Whispers each race to piece together the other's location, while Lito heads to his first movie premiere since the photos leaked.
- Directed by Lana Wachowski
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
S01E08
We Will All Be Judged by the Courage of Our Hearts
Sun fights to adjust to her new life as Capheus tries to change his. Will and Nomi dig up disturbing information that could change everything.
- Directed by Dan Glass
S01E10
What Is Human?
Will learns more about his origins and the threat to his future, while Wolfgang's actions catch up with him, even as his bond with Kala strengthens.
- Directed by Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
S02E03
Obligate Mutualisms
The Sensates make contact with a key figure in BPO. Ripped from her prison cell, Sun sends out a plea for help. Wolfgang meets an intriguing stranger.
- Directed by Lana Wachowski
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E12
Amor Vincit Omnia
- Directed by Lana Wachowski
- Written by Alexander Hemon, David Mitchell
S02E02
Who Am I?
- Directed by Lana Wachowski
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Lilly Wachowski
Creator
Lana Wachowski
Showrunner
J. Michael Straczynski
Creator
Grant Hill
Executive producer
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Marc Rosen
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Marc Rosen
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Peter Friedlander
Executive producer
John Toll
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Leon Clarance
Executive producer
Tara Duncan
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Cindy Holland
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Alexander Hemon
Writer
David Mitchell
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Grant HillExecutive Producer
- Alex BodenProducer
- Marc RosenExecutive Producer
- Terry NeedhamProducer
- Lana WachowskiExecutive Producer
- Marc RosenExecutive Producer
Writing
- Lilly WachowskiWriter
- Lana WachowskiWriter
- Alexander HemonWriter
- David MitchellWriter
- J. Michael StraczynskiWriter
Direction
- Dan GlassDirector
- Lilly WachowskiDirector
- Tom TykwerDirector
- Lana WachowskiDirector
- James McTeigueDirector
Cinematography
- Christian AlmesbergerDirector of Photography
- John TollDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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